THE DERE TYPES WIKI

THE DERE TYPES WIKI

Yandere

JAPANESE NAME

PERSONALITY Lovesick, obsessive, twisted,

possessive, devoted,
dedicated, loyal, lovestruck,
brainsick

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“
I'm crazy?! What's crazy is this world that
refuses to let me be with you!

YUNO GASAI, FROM MIRAI NIKKI.

Yandere is a term used for a person who is

initially loving and caring to someone they have
a strong a!ection for until their romantic
love, admiration, and devotion becomes feisty
and mentally destructive in nature through
either over protectiveness, violence, brutality or
all three combined.

Yandere characters are mentally unstable,

incredibly deranged and use extreme violence or
brutality as an outlet for their emotions.

Personality

Yandere characters are the term for crazy

girls/boys. Not dorky or stunt-loving people, but
rather the psychotic and jealous person that will
murder their love interest's entire family with the
intent to stay with them alone.

Yandere is someone who is overly lovesick;

someone who has been driven to insanity by
extreme obsession or love, thus resulting in
abnormal behavior if not violence, for those
around them and even themselves. The tropes
"Love Makes You Crazy," "Love Makes You
Evil," "Love Hungry," and "Stalker with a Crush,"
are all amplifed and combined, molding into a
singular personified character archetype.

A yandere sees everyone surrounding their love

interest as an enemy, regardless of gender.
Yanderes will attack people to get what they
want, in some cases gorily so, in other cases just
name-calling or stealing and hiding their
possessions somewhere with the intention of
them not being found.

Many yandere are introduced as looking normal

and cute, lovable and extremely sympathetic.
However that's often because they've only been
shown interacting with their love interest. Once
a third character gets into the equation, they will
start to show their true colors. That is,
a yandere character starts crazy, they don't go
crazy, they were usually crazy from the
beginning but were able to keep it concealed.

Note that the above is not always true.

Some yanderes are undeniably insane from the
start. Why a yandere has become insane can
vary; they might be a broken victim of some
horrible event, or they might simply have a
natural inclination to become a serial killer.
Regardless, as long as they have a mentally sick
kind of love they're a yandere.

The word "yandere", a term that blossomed

in moe fandom, refers to a character who
is crazy about someone else, often literally and
violently. Despite the anime-inspired name, this
type of character itself is much older than that.
One of the earliest examples is
the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar/Inanna
(technically an Uruk Example, as that was her
cult city that neighbored Ur in Sumer).

Yanderes are usually identifiable by their blank

eyes when they go crazy, blood being soaked on
them for the majority of their screen time,
carrying at least one signature weapon that they
use to kill and/or attack others for the majority
of their screen time, a mostly moe appearance
or at least an appearance that will deceive
others, psychotic behavior, and a tendency to
attack and/or kill people who would get in the
way of their love. Many of them utilize axes as a
wepon of choice. "Benign" cases don't even
need to bring weapons or violence into the mix:
just a well-established aura of menace and the
feeling of dread is enough. When on the
protagonists' or hero team, they are often
the anti-hero.

The character almost always appears cute and

harmless on the surface, but underneath they
may be obsessive, controlling, and insane. For
anyone unfortunate enough to be the object of
a Yandere's obsession, nothing will dissuade the
yandere from the notion that they are theirs and
theirs alone. But more pity should be reserved
for anyone who gets in the way, as this psycho-
obsessive is unwilling to put up with any
rivals to their often genuine a!ection. Most
yanderes have a history of mental instability, but
some have always been just a little bit "o!". If a
yandere ever goes o! the deep end, they are
likely to go Ax-Crazy, taking up the psycho
weapon of their choice and slaughtering people
as if straight out of a horror movie. Usually their
target is whoever they perceive to be in the way,
but if the person they love rejects them or
leaves them, they may decide that they would
rather see the person dead than with another or
themselves because they're nothing without
them, which can lead to tragedy.

Interestingly, while yanderes are usually villains

by dint of their psycho and murderous nature,
they can still be perceived as moe if they
manage to gain enough tragic audience
sympathy. A sympathetic yandere often has the
person they love as a "Living Emotional Crutch",
and goes completely crazy and murderous at
the thought of losing them, either romantically
or otherwise. Worst case scenario, they'll go into
a "never my fault" fueled villainous breakdown,
at which point they lose the sympathy points.

Part of the dere family along

with Tsundere (cranky outside, sweet inside), or
sub-groups; Kuudere (cold outside, sweet
inside), and Dandere (asocial outside, sweet
inside). However, those are all sweet inside,
while the yandere is the reverse, appearing
sweet outside while crazy inside. While a sweet
tsundere may have some similarities with a
yandere (especially if jealousy is one of their
vices), the yandere will often patiently endure
things that will send any tsundere utterly
bonkers, but the yandere's jealous, possessive
and obsessive nature won't let them accept the
possibility that the person they love can be
happy without them. Unlike most tsunderes,
including sweet tsunderes, a female yandere is
usually a girly girl with a tomboy streak since
she is girly and lovey-dovey outside, but violent
inside.

Yandere characters are mostly female, but there

are male examples. Compare with the "Violently
Protective Girlfriend", who can become Ax-
Crazy when the love interest is in danger, but is
otherwise much more stable mentally. If the
admirer is crazy, but tends to be the one who
gets violently abused by their a!ection, then this
is "Mad Love".

Contrast with "wolf in Sheep's Clothing", in

which a character is consciously using the
illusion of purity and niceness to cover up a
sadistic true nature (though a WISC can become
a yandere if obsession and mental instability is
added). At the extreme, a love to dismember can
occur. Due to their often violent nature, they are
likely to be the unfettered. The more savage
examples also very likely to be faux a!ably evil.

Meaning of the Name

The "yan" in the word yandere ( ) comes

from the verb yanderu ( ) which means
"to be sick mentally." This is slightly di!erent
from the verb yamu ( ) which means "to be
sick (generally)," despite yanderu ( )
being also considered a contraction of the
verb yamu in the te-iru form yandeiru (
).

A somewhat related word is the

word koiyamai ( ), meaning "lovesick" and
written with the kanji for love (koi ( )) and
sickness (yamai ( )).

Analysis

Origin of the Yandere trope

Yandere may have emerged as

a deconstruction of the Yamato Nadeshiko
archetype: an eternally serene woman who
always puts the needs of her family and
husband before her own. A female yandere is all
of this driven to the logical extreme and then
examined realistically: a sentient individual put
in such a position would invariably experience
enormous emotional and mental strain. Sooner
or later, she would snap, even at the slightest
provocation. Ironically, it is this realistic take that
makes a yandere so endearing to the audiences,
often even more so than the traditional Yamato
Nadeshiko. (Granted, there are realistically a
wide range of possible responses to stress other
than going Axe-Crazy, but this one is definitely
more entertaining to watch.) Compare with
the violently protective girlfriend who can
become Axe-Crazy when the love interest is in
danger but is otherwise much more stable
mentally.

Why Yandere can be perceived as

attractive

Someone who is crazy for you.

Interestingly, these types of characters can still
be perceived as attractive if they can build up
enough tragic audience sympathy, despite the
argument that many originally become popular
by being subversions of wishy-washy female or
male characters until the fandom ended up
loving them in the typical way. Sometimes this
can play out in story, if the love interest ever
starts to rethink a relationship with them, the
yandere might threaten to harm the love
interest or themself if they ever think on leaving
the yandere. This threat might be explicit, but
often is more subtle.

The Trouble with Yanderes

A main problem with a yandere is that a poorly-

written yandere is easy scrappy bait. As
outlandish as the trope can be, yanderes can
still be likable as long as they have elements of
sympathy with them, but alas, there are a few
that lack that key redemptive trait. A yandere
written to be unlikable is more than likely to be a
villain of some caliber, planning to cause harm
to a more level-headed character in a fit of blind
fury simply because their dream relationship fell
apart. Another bad sign for a yandere is if he or
she su!ers from erotomania, and delusionally
believes that the person they love is in love with
them when in reality, the person is either
indi!erent or wants nothing to do with them.
Unrequited yandere attraction never ends well,
and can be very unfortunate if the yandere goes
o! the deep end.

(The most common type of yandere is violent

and jealous, but there are other types
of yandere written further below)

Types of Yandere

In the west, yandere is basically always

associated with the jealous, violent type
of yandere, which is the most common.
However, given that the word just means
"mentally sick and in love," there are other types
of yandere which would be recognized only in
the Japanese speaking community.

Because Japanese nouns followed by the

su"x gata ( ), meaning "model," as in "[car]
model." So where one would say "a XXX(action
here)-ing yandere" in English to say what
the yandere does, in Japanese there's a noun
for that, so it becomes XXX-gata yandere,
"yandere of type XXX."

A single yandere can (and normally will) fit in

multiple of these types at a time. In
particular, Yuno Gasai fits a dozen of them,
which is why she's an ideal example of yandere.

All types of yandere can be male or female and

also have any kind of romantic attraction or
obsession. Below is a list of yandere types
sorted by degree of insanity, ascending;

mugai-gata ( )

Harmless type.

"As long as he/she is happy, I'm happy."

The most harmless type of yandere, the one

where they have fallen in love in an unhealthy,
obsessive way, but they don't do anything
insane about it. They will try hard to become
your lover, but won't harm anybody in the way. If
you get into a relationship with someone, this
type of yandere won't attack you two, they'll be
happy you found happiness, but perhaps they
may still hope that you'll choose them instead
one day.

This can be associated with Megadere, Undere

or Dorodere. Harmless type of yanderes, who
could also be one or three of these three types
and would not even come close to being a real
yandere.

They can either be viewed as a crazy, obsessive

version of a Deredere or a sweet, loyal version of
a yandere.

kanchigai-gata ( )

Wrong idea type.

"They gave me an eraser... this must mean they

loves me!"

They get the wrong idea when something is

done in order to match their expectations. If you
say you don't love them, they'll think you're lying
because you don't want to hurt them. If you do
something out of kindness to them, they'll think
it's out of love.

shuuchaku-gata ( )

Obsession type.

"I sent you 50 messages, why didn't you

answer? Where were you? What were you
doing?"

This type will try to learn everything about their

love interests, including personal information,
hobbies, routine, etc. They will regular messages
to check on their love, asks why they haven't
answered if they didn't, wants to know what
they're doing always. And, if possible, walks
around with them all the time as well.

The obsession type doesn't necessarily want to

monopolize you. They'll let you hang around
with friends, etc. but wants to know everything
you do. They probably want to go with you, too.
If they can't go somewhere with you, they might
stalk you.

If they learn a person is too close to you, they

might attack.

sutookaa-gata ( )

Stalker type.

"Although you don't know it, I'll always be with

you!"

Will follow a love around, often without them

knowing. May be in broad daylight or at night,
when they're walking alone on the streets, or
even online if relevant. A person of this type is
also often of the obsessive type.

dokusen-gata ( )

Monopoly type. (This is the most common

type.)

"Who is that person you were talking to?"

They want to monopolize their love interest. And

will ask who they're talking to and hang with, in
extreme cases won't let them be with anyone
else, regardless if they are well known as a
mutual friend.

This type of behavior is unfortunately common

in real life. It displays insecurities and lack of
trust in the relationship which might develop
into much worse yandere behavior.

ison-gata ( )

Dependence type. ("Dependence" as in

addiction, alcohol dependence, chemical, etc.)

"No, don't leave me! Please! I can't live without

you!"

Can't live without their love interest, and will beg

them to not leave or throw them away. Claim
that they will die or kill themselves if they leave.
May lose will to do anything if they aren't
watching. If their love intrest does, in fact, leave;
they might go full crazy and end up doing
something crazy like going on a murderous
rampage.