Definitions

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  • noun A fictional character who fits the archetype of being genuinely romantic, loving, kind, merciful, sparing, sweet and gentle, but is at the same time brutal, psychotic or deranged in behavior. The psychotic tendency can be both sudden and ever-present. Often used for both comedic and dramatic displays of character.
  • noun Plural form of yandere.

Etymologies

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Yandere (ヤンデレ) is a portmanteau of two Japanese words yanderu (病んでる), meaning to be sick, and deredere (デレデレ), which is defined as strongly and deeply exhausted, infatuated, moonstruck, head-over-heels, or lovestruck, but in this case used for "lovestruck."

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Examples

  • Especially those eyes you could call yandere eyes.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Both are pretty insane (hence why they're called yandere), but let's look at it from two different angles: insanity through actions and insanity through thoughts.

    Sea Slugs! Anime Blog Hellomotto 2010

  • Especially those eyes you could call yandere eyes.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • However, this plan has been drafted without any knowledge of Nanami's own abilities, and so as their confrontation with her begins so we gain a first-hand demonstration of just what she's capable of - Never mind the sweet and mild-mannered girl we saw back in episode one, Nanami seems to be shooting for the top of the "yandere" league once she's confronted with any sort of hostile danger.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • However, this plan has been drafted without any knowledge of Nanami's own abilities, and so as their confrontation with her begins so we gain a first-hand demonstration of just what she's capable of - Never mind the sweet and mild-mannered girl we saw back in episode one, Nanami seems to be shooting for the top of the "yandere" league once she's confronted with any sort of hostile danger.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • An idiot, two girls who like him, a tactical genius, a voyeur, a yandere who likes the tactical genius, a trap and their misadventures in school.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • If she had lived, she would be a first-class yandere imouto

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • Isuzu takes out her yandere gear (she has it too!) and fights the Wolf leader but is quickly defeated.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • The main girl is a crazy yandere who puts Sekai and Rena to shame.

    Riuva : Research Institute for Unicultural Visual Arts tj_han 2010

  • Nota­bles include the sadis­tic tsun­dere and the mur­der­ous yandere.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • “Yandere” is a trope from anime and manga. It’s the combination of two Japanese words, “yanderu,” which means to be sick, and “deredere,” or lovestruck.

    TikTok world vs the real world Ryan Broderick 2021

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