Kamidere

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### Personality

Arrogant, proud, greedy, prideful, self-important, entitled, jealous, demanding, deceptive, vengeful, manipulative, rude, brash, passive-aggressive, immature, loudmouth, dishonorable, insensitive, authoritarian, bossy, strict, unforgiving, narcissistic, selfish, loving, caring, afraid, distant

***"Kamidere"*** (*JP*Japanese: かみデレ

Romaji: Kamidere) is a term for a character who want to be treated as a god by their love interest. Their god complex makes them self-centered and arrogant towards those they see as inferior to them and who do not deserve of their time. They will demand to be treated like the perfect being they think they are, but will eventually open up and show a more loving respectful side.

## Meaning of the Name

*Kamidere* (かみデレ) is a combination of "kami" (かみ), meaning "god", and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey".

It is also sometimes written as カミデレ, but this is less common.

### Origin

The archetype comes from the 2012 eroge visual novel *Kamidere* (かみデレ). The story follows the character of Shinya, a 2nd year student at Nijiuki Gakuen, who one day awakened as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. The other six gods were all beautiful girls who looked down on him, calling him a monkey and shaming him endlessly. However, after working together they slowly began to grow closer and started showing a more loving side to him.

## History

The most notable example of a *kamidere* in media, is the character of Haruhi Suzumiya from the 2003 light novel series *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya*. Although she was not aware of it, Haruhi was a god that had the ability to reshape reality to fit her desires. Haruhi had a strong dislike for all things boring and was only interested in the supernatural. One day she met a fellow student named Kyon, who suggests they form a club to research the occult. As the story progresses Haruhi slowly started letting her cold bossy persona down when she was around Kyon. Although Haruhi had a massive god complex and would boss around everyone else in the school, because of her feelings towards Kyon she would listen to him, even when his ideas went against hers.

## Characteristics

In official media, *kamidere* are usually actual gods but there have also been official uses where a character just acts like one.

## Personality

### Kami Side

*Kamidere* characters believe that they are a god or superior being and want to be worshipped as such by those around them, especially their love interest. They feel that they are in a higher position, compared to others, even if they aren't actually a deity and are just humans or of the same species as the other characters. They are also highly arrogant and proud, and aren't afraid to speak their minds and show everyone how right they are.

They believe that they are the most perfect and infallible beings, and think they should get special attention and priority. Their pride makes them highly arrogant, overconfident, and stubborn. *Kamidere* characters think that they are better than everyone and that they are always right.

They will be even more arrogant and proud if they are an actual deity and the other characters are not. Those who act like gods but are not deities usually live in their own fantasy world where they see themselves as the most powerful creature, which can confuse the other characters.

Some *kamidere* will act lordly, pridefully, selfishly, arrogantly, over-confidently, and oftentimes, narcissistic.

### Deredere Side

Despite their arrogant exterior, *kamidere* do still have a loving soft side.

When a *kamidere* gets closer to their love interest, they will start to let down their cold bossy exterior. They will lower their superiority complex and will genuinely care about what their love interest has to say (even if they pretend it was suddenly their idea all along). For some, this may extend to other people around them too as they grow less prideful, but for others they will only listen to their love interest.

When a *kamidere* shows their "dere" side, they will no longer view their love interest as an inferior being or look down on them. They will start to view their love interest as an equal, or in some cases, they may even start to view their love interest as being above them.

The sweetest and more "dere" *kamidere* will show a somewhat prideful personality, thinking they are amazing, powerful, and admired by others, while at the same time, they will show respect towards other characters and beings. It is very likely that this type of *kamidere* actually has the wrong idea of their true power or the real view of others towards them, usually shown in a comical way.

Sometimes this is just an act; where the character is afraid to show their true personality. Therefore, the *kamidere* will eventually show their more "dere" side when their "kami" exterior is broken.

## Differences From Other Archetypes

*Kamidere* can be considered an extreme version of *himedere* and *oujidere*.

Due to the god-complex of these characters to the point where they see themselves as gods, *kamidere* can be seen as the counterpart and compatibility of *goudere* who view their love interest as the ultimate being and think they deserve the entire world.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Chuunibyou***: A term for a character who has delusions of grandeur.
* ***Megadere***: A term for a character who is obsessed with their love interest in a fangirl/fanboy fashion. In contrast to a "god" dere, this archetype is a "goddess" dere.
* ***Onidere***: A term for a character with who treats their love interest badly around other people to maintain a reputation of being feared. Could be considered a darker *kamidere*.

## Characters with this Personality

See Kamidere/Anime Characters to see characters from anime media.

See Kamidere/Western Characters to see characters from western media.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kamidere Official Site. Candysoft (2012/12/07).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mimiko Kaming! (MF Comics Flapper Series). Bookwalker (2013/11/15).
3. ↑ What is Kamidere?. hXcHector (2015/08/09).
4. ↑ Kamidere. Visual Novel Database (2012/12/07).

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