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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Yandere

Yandere

Yandere (ヤンデレ?) is a Japanese term for a person who is initially very loving and gentle, then at one point becomes deranged or psychotic, often brutally so. Yandere is a combination of the two words yanderu (病んでる?), meaning to be sick, and deredere (デレデレ?), which is defined as exhausted or lovestruck.[1] Much like the tsundere term, there is also the related noun yanderekko (ヤンデレっ娘?) which refers to a girl with a yandere personality (like how a meganekko is a girl with glasses), the suffix -ko (?) meaning "girl" and is the equivalent of "-ette/-elle".

Origins

The term arose in order to classify girls in anime, manga and visual novel video games who have these personality characteristics. Usually these girls are first presented as timid, shy and weak in varying degrees, which are more or less traits that stereotypically describe young Japanese girls. Additionally, these yandere girls have darker aspects of their personality that, as noted above, often goes beyond simply being cold and can turn very violent, even leading to the girl committing murder or suicide. This dark side is most of the time kept to herself and is usually the product of traumatic psychological stress experienced by the girl in her past. Also, the yanderekko will often be paired with the male main character of the series she is in and due to events involving him in the plot, will cause her to turn extremely aggressive, violent, and psychotic.[citation needed]
Besides the general aggressiveness of their darker sides, the yanderekko may also display an occasional psychotic episode or behavior related to their specific form of psychological illness. The love of the yanderekko varies from psychotic and the will to kill her love interest, to loving, yet dark, willing to harm or kill anyone who gets in the way of their love or her love interest's way, unless strictly prohibited or reprimanded by the love interest from doing so. Often, the yandere will go behind her love interest's back for "his sake."
In order to keep the original definition intact, another term has arisen to describe girls who exhibit yandere traits but do not fit the true definition of what a yanderekko entails. This term, known as yangire (ヤンギレ?), refers to characters who snap suddenly out of jealousy, irritation or something similar. Yangire is a combination of the two words yanderu (病んでる?), meaning to be sick, and kire or gire (切れ?), meaning to cut, slice, or "to snap". This behavior is different from that of a yandere character in regard to the motivation that sparked the change in the character.
In short, the yanderekko is motivated through her love for the male protagonist, while a yangire character is motivated through other characters and will not be connected with emotions of love or attraction. Like yandere, the related noun yangirekko can be used to describe a female character with a yangire personality trait.
Examples

Yandere

One example of the yanderekko is Kotonoha Katsura from the adult visual novel School Days. She becomes Makoto Itou's girlfriend early on in the story, but Makoto later leaves her for Sekai Saionji, Makoto's friend who had initially been their matchmaker. One of the bad endings in the game involves Kotonoha murdering Sekai by slicing open her throat with a Japanese saw in broad daylight, and another has Kotonoha throwing herself from a ledge and dying in front of Makoto and Sekai, traumatizing them forever. In the anime version of School Days, the stealing of Makoto is followed by lots of misfortune that eventually makes her break down. Sekai kills Makoto and Kotonoha kills Sekai by cutting open her womb with a Japanese saw and searching for the fetus; she then escapes in her family's yacht, carrying Makoto's severed head with her.
Another prime example of a yandere is Yuno Gasai from manga series Future Diary. She has an obsessive crush on Yukiteru Amano, to the extent that she would kill anyone who might have a relationship with him or threatens his life, against his will. What sets her apart is her obsession with Yukiteru is her main trait, and will listen to him regardless of what order is given. Everything she does is in Yukiteru's best interest, rather than her own. This leads to Yuno harming and attempting to kill people around Yukiteru, until ordered otherwise. Unlike other classic yanderekko, however, she does not have a signature weapon—instead using anything that she can get her hands on, which include pistols, crossbows, axes, tasers, scissors, penknives, among other things.

Yangire

One example of a yangirekko is Rena Ryuugu from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. First in the Onikakushi-hen story arc where she is first shown as a nice, sweet girl, but later becomes intimidating and violent toward Keiichi Maebara (although it is later revealed that Keiichi had exaggerated her intimidating appearance, and that she was actually trying to be caring in reality). In the Tsumihoroboshi-hen story arc, Rena is shown killing two people (one in self-defense and another in cold blood to protect her father) and endangering the lives of several others by threatening to blow up the local school.
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Some anime and manga characters with yandere personality.
That's why don't trust cute anime girls^^

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