tsundere

Definitions

A fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.

Japanese

Equivalents

Examples

“I usually draw⟳ very peaceful, happy manga, so it has been a real challenge⟳ for me to illustrate⟳ the vice president's death glare and Ri-chan's subtle tsundere attitude.”

“Even Kaname's rude and overbearing tsundere personality is explained by her having gone to school in the United States where she was socialized to just bluntly say⟳ what she thought.”

“Despite his apparent power, the boy behaves with uncharacteristic meekness toward the formidable tsundere Misato Tachibana, whose grotesquely distorted romantic feelings for Koujirou almost invariably result⟳ in her shooting him all over the school with heavy weaponry (which seems to spring⟳ out of nowhere).”

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