History Tsundere / VisualNovels

* Mio Shimazu from ''VisualNovel/YuNo'' is of the classic type, combined with OjouSama. She acts offended at her [[TheGadfly classmate Takuya's dirty jokes]], but has a secret crush on him. She even tries to arrange so that she can sit close to him in supplementary classes. Once they spend time together investigating the mysterious Sword Cape and he actually listens to the results of her research, they become more open and romantically close to each other.

*** The same can be said in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', where two goddesses [[note]](Ishtar and Ereshkigal, whom are sisters)[[/note]] happen to be using part of her body as a host and are Servants. Even with two dramatically different personalities, they are Tsunderes non par.[[note]]Through the targets of affection change. For Ishtar, it's [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilga]][[VideoGame/FateExtra mesh]], whom she [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh has a history and love/hate relationship with]].[[spoiler: For Ereshkigal, it's you... the player character, regardless of gender.]][[/note]]

{{Visual Novel}}s were [[TropeCodifier the first medium to popularize the phrase]].

Back to {{Tsundere}}.

* Lucette Britton of ''VisualNovel/CinderellaPhenomenon''. She's harsh and abrasive. She's [[BrutalHonesty blunt]]. But, as the story progresses, we see that she can also be caring and even sweet, especially after she solves her trust issues.
* Rod Widdensov of ''VisualNovel/CinderellaPhenomenon''. He is an aloof guy and, in his route, he often bickers with protagonist Lucette Britton. There are moments when he is harsh towards her, but it's clear there is ''Main/BelligerentSexualTension'' between them. And as the story progresses and they get close, Rod is shown to be caring and protective towards her too. It helps that they are [[BirdsOfAFeather so alike]].

** Byakuya Togami, the Ultimate Affluent Progeny. He is a brash man who states multiple times he would have no qualms on killing others to get out of the game, nonetheless, he [[spoiler:survives, and becomes closer to the group, by ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'', it's clear he actually values and likes the other members of the 78th Class.]]

** The [[Anime/Danganronpa3 third installment]] has two: both Juzo Sakakura and Kyosuke Munakata. Both are cruel KnightTemplar that threat and actively try to kill Naegi, believing he is on the side of Despair and recognizing the threat he might represent to their view on the battle against Despair, Juzo particularly, double as a BloodKnight. In the end though, they are also ChildhoodFriends with each other and Chisa Yukizome, having a soft spot for each other and her. Juzo particularly, is revealed to [[spoiler:be in love with Kyosuke, and ends up saving everybody in the end, through a HeroicSacrifice.]]

** And in VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony we have [[DefrostingIceQueen Maki]] [[ActionGirl Harukawa]], who is an AloofDarkHairedGirl who prefers to keep her distance from the group and is cold and hostile with everyone at first. However, over the course of the game she starts to open up more thanks to Kaito and Shuichi, referring to the former as "that idiot" and at one point blushing furiously when he hugs her. [[spoiler: The moment before his execution, as he was revealed as Kokichi's killer (as a request from him to end the killing game) she outright confesses that she loves him.]]

* Gen-san is the only real tsundere in ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'', as [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by others in the family. He manages to invoke IWasJustPassingThrough pretty much every time he "happens" to lend a hand. The only girl on the heroine side who comes even remotely close is Chris, and even she starts dere-ing it up rather quickly. This may, however, change in the sequel, with the advent of Fushikawa's storyline.

* ''VisualNovel/SonoHanabira'' has not one, not 2, but 4 Tsunderes. But the one who fits Harsh is Reo. She is about as violent as [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Taiga]] towards her lover Mai, often biting her and acting like a {{Jerkass}}, however as the game goes on, she mellows out and actually cares for Mai.

* Icari Isidolde from VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}, so much so that "I'm not doing this because I like you!" is practically her catch phrase and the other characters even acknowledge her as a tsundere.

* Fujibayashi Kyou of VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} is friendly, but she still tends to be aggressive. Easily angered, she also purposely shows her tsun-tsun persona even if she really isn't mad. This is to hide her soft side, of course, leaning her more towards Type A than B. But she's still mixed since she has a friendly side and isn't always confrontational.

** Shiki Ryougi from ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' is a hardcore Type Tsun, bordering the SociopathicHero zone, but softens considerably in Mikiya Kokutou's presence.

** Also from ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' is Azaka, Mikiya's sister, [[BrotherSisterIncest who is in love with him.]] Atypically, she acts almost entirely dere around him- Shiki is the one who gets to see both sides of her. Azaka likes and respects Shiki, but sees her as a rival for Mikiya's affections, which brings out her tsun qualities.

* Mashiro Arisaka from ''[[VisualNovel/AoNoKanataFourRhythm Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue]]'' is generally a kind girl known to put others' needs ahead of her own, but tends to get temperamental around Masaya Hinata, particularly before the two get to know each other better. This persists on her route where she grapples with processing the romantic feelings she's developed for Masaya, coming to lament her tsun tendencies toward him since earlier on in the course of their relationship yet regularly finding herself [[CannotSpitItOut unable to express her true feelings directly]].

** Rin Tohsaka in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has earned a somewhat memetic status as a tsundere; however, she is actually a more realistic example than many others. She likes being always competent and never in the wrong, but, under most circumstances, lives up to her own standards. However, her self-righteous and hypocritical mindset coupled with her abusive, bitchy and trolling attitude can make her act impulsively, and rarely admits her own mistakes, and her need to humiliate those whom she can't stand makes it difficult for her to be on good terms with many, especially those who are didn't really deserve getting humiliated. Thus she can come off as harsh in "Fate". Starting from "Unlimited Blade Works" (where she's the main love interest, and her dere side comes out) and onwards, though, she is increasingly defined by the trope, as her increasing feelings towards Shirou manifest in increasing AngerBornOfWorry. In the last scenario, "Heaven's Feel", she again plays a WorthyOpponent-turns-TheLancer role ([[IncrediblyLamePun considering her Servant]]), but she's still ''very'' Tsundere. The focus of it just shifts from Shirou to [[spoiler:her sister, Sakura]]. In fact, in some ways, HF is where her Tsundere nature (and the reasons behind it) is most obvious (''especially'' at the end). A perfect example (which made it into the anime) is the scene where she goes from ''trying to blast Shirou senseless'' to tending his Rider-inflicted wounds in the space of a few minutes.

* Rod Widdensov of ''VisualNovel/CinderellaPhenomenon''. He is an aloof guy and, in his route, he often bickers with protagonist Lucette Britton. There are moments when he is very harsh towards her, but it's clear there is ''Main/BelligerentSexualTension'' between them. And as the story progresses and they get close, Rod is shown to be very caring and protective towards her too. It helps that they are [[BirdsOfAFeather very alike]].

* Rod Widdensov of ''VisualNovel/CinderellaPhenomenon''. He is an aloof guy and, in his route, he often bickers with protagonist Lucette Britton. There are moments when he is very harsh towards her, but it's clear there is ''Main/BelligerentSexualTension'' between them. And as the story progresses and they get close, Rod is shown to be very caring and protective towards he too.

** Rin Tohsaka in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has earned a somewhat memetic status as a tsundere; however, she is actually a more realistic example than many others. She likes being always competent and never in the wrong, but, under most circumstances, lives up to her own standards. However, her self-righteous and hypocritical mindset coupled with her abusive and trolling attitude can make her act impulsively, and rarely admits her own mistakes, and her need to humiliate those whom she can't stand makes it difficult for her to be on good terms with many. Thus she can come off as harsh in "Fate". Starting from "Unlimited Blade Works" (where she's the main love interest, and her dere side comes out) and onwards, though, she is increasingly defined by the trope, as her increasing feelings towards Shirou manifest in increasing AngerBornOfWorry. In the last scenario, "Heaven's Feel", she again plays a WorthyOpponent-turns-TheLancer role ([[IncrediblyLamePun considering her Servant]]), but she's still ''very'' Tsundere. The focus of it just shifts from Shirou to [[spoiler:her sister, Sakura]]. In fact, in some ways, HF is where her Tsundere nature (and the reasons behind it) is most obvious (''especially'' at the end). A perfect example (which made it into the anime) is the scene where she goes from ''trying to blast Shirou senseless'' to tending his Rider-inflicted wounds in the space of a few minutes.

** Rin Tohsaka in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has earned a somewhat memetic status as a tsundere; however, she is actually a more realistic example than many others. She likes being always competent and never in the wrong, but, under most circumstances, lives up to her own standards. She doesn't act impulsively, admits her (rare) mistakes, and prefers to be on good terms with anyone she can. Those whom she can't stand, though, are humiliated swiftly and decisively, and she is a remarkable DeadpanSnarker; thus she can come off as harsh in "Fate". Starting from "Unlimited Blade Works" (where she's the main love interest, and her dere side comes out) and onwards, though, she is increasingly defined by the trope, as her increasing feelings towards Shirou manifest in increasing AngerBornOfWorry. In the last scenario, "Heaven's Feel", she again plays a WorthyOpponent-turns-TheLancer role ([[IncrediblyLamePun considering her Servant]]), but she's still ''very'' Tsundere. The focus of it just shifts from Shirou to [[spoiler:her sister, Sakura]]. In fact, in some ways, HF is where her Tsundere nature (and the reasons behind it) is most obvious (''especially'' at the end). A perfect example (which made it into the anime) is the scene where she goes from ''trying to blast Shirou senseless'' to tending his Rider-inflicted wounds in the space of a few minutes.

* ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' has a liking for male tsunderes:

** And in VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3 we have [[DefrostingIceQueen Maki]] [[ActionGirl Harukawa]], who is an AloofDarkHairedGirl who prefers to keep her distance from the group and is cold and hostile with everyone at first. However, over the course of the game she starts to open up more thanks to Kaito and Shuichi, referring to the former as "that idiot" and at one point blushing furiously when he hugs her. [[spoiler: The moment before his execution, as he was revealed as Kokichi's killer (as a request from him to end the killing game) she outright confesses that she loves him.]]

* Mizuha in ''[[VisualNovel/GSenjouNoMaou G-Senjou no Maou]]'', though you might not realize it at first because of Kyousuke's limited interaction with her until you actually reach the point you can choose to start her story. She actually does a pretty decent job of making it look like she hates him in the events leading up to said point, but once you get Kyousuke close to her you'll find she's a tad spoiled with a tendency to [[CryCute cry]] when plans to admit her long standing feelings don't work out.

-->'''Shannon:''' I believe you are what they call a [[IncrediblyLamePun "tsundora"]]. I think this type of personality will be very popular in a few years' time...

{{Visual Novel}}s were [[TropeCodifier the first medium to popularize the phrase]]. You ought to know this, you waste enough time poring over them!

Back to {{Tsundere}}! [---I swear, the only reason you lust after 2D girls so much is that you're not man enough to handle the real thing...---]N-not that I'd be interested in showing you! Stop grinning like that, pervert!

* Mashiro Arisaka from ''[[VisualNovel/AoNoKanataFourRhythm Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue]]'' is generally a kind girl known to put others' needs ahead of her own, but tends to get temperamental around Masaya Hinata, particularly before the two get to know each other better. This persists on her route where she grapples with processing the romantic feelings she's developed toward Masaya, coming to lament her tsun tendencies toward him since earlier on in the course of their relationship yet regularly finding herself [[CannotSpitItOut unable to express her true feelings directly]].

* Mashiro Arisaka from ''[[VisualNovel/AoNoKanataFourRhythm Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue]]'' is generally a kind girl known to put others' needs ahead of her own, but tends to get particularly temperamental around Masaya Hinata before the two get to know each other better.

* Natuski of ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''. She's feisty, she's [[BrutalHonesty blunt]], and she clearly has a crush on the protagonist. [[spoiler:Possibly amplified by Monika, as it's more evident in Acts One and Two than in Act Four, where she's more welcoming to the protagonist after Monika is gone.]]

** Rin Tohsaka in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has earned a somewhat memetic status as a tsundere; however, she is actually a more realistic example than many others. She likes being always competent and never in the wrong, but, under most circumstances, lives up to her own standards. She doesn't act impulsively, admits her (rare) mistakes, and prefers to be on good terms with anyone she can. Those whom she can't stand, though, are humiliated swiftly and decisively, and she is a remarkable DeadpanSnarker; thus she can come off as harsh in "Fate". Starting from "Unlimited Blade Works" (where she's the main love interest, and her dere side comes out) and onwards, though, she is increasingly defined by the trope, as her increasing feelings towards Shirou manifest in increasing AngerBornOfWorry. In the last scenario, "Heaven's Feel", she again plays WorthyOpponent-turns-TheLancer role ([[IncrediblyLamePun considering her servant]]), but she's still ''very'' Tsundere. The focus of it just shifts from Shirou to [[spoiler:her sister, Sakura]]. In fact, in some ways, HF is where her Tsundere nature (and the reasons behind it) is most obvious (''especially'' at the end). A perfect example (which made it into the anime) is the scene where she goes from ''trying to blast Shirou senseless'' to tending his Rider-inflicted wounds in the space of a few minutes.

*** Likewise, in VideoGame/FateExtra, the lady is not [[NamesTheSame the same one we know of]]... and yet she is a Tsundere, through and through.
*** The same can be said in VideoGame/FateGrandOrder, where two goddesses [[note]](Ishtar and Ereshkigal, whom are sisters)[[/note]] happen to be using part of her body as a host and are servants. Even with two dramatically different personalities, they are Tsunderes bar none.[[note]]Through the targets of affection change. For Isthar, it's [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilga]][[VideoGame/FateExtra mesh]] whom she [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh has a history and love/hate relationship with]].[[spoiler: For Ereshkigal, it's you... the player character, regardless of gender.]][[/note]]

[[folder: Harsh (Tsun)]]

*** The same can be said in VideoGame/FateGrandOrder, where two goddesses [[note]](Isthar and Ereshkigal, whom are sisters)[[/note]] happen to be using part of her body as a host and are servants. Even with two dramatically different personalities, they are Tsunderes bar none.[[note]]Through the targets of affection change. For Isthar, it's [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilga]][[VideoGame/FateExtra mesh]] whom she [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh has a history and love/hate relationship with]].[[spoiler: For Ereshkigal, it's you... the player character, regardless of gender.]][[/note]]
*** If the name Rin Tohsaka is involved, the one big thing that gets carried over (outside of [[ZettaiRyouiki her appearance]]) is her Tsundere nature. The exceptions are LightNovel/FateZero, where she is noticeably less Tsundere and more of a {{Determinator}} and in a future seen in VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia, where she was very deredere and openly states that she can grant Shirou happiness the most, and vice versa.

[[folder: Sweet (Dere)]]

** Female tsunderes are rarer, but they do exist in this series. Mahiru Koizumi from the second game is one example. She has high standards for men [[spoiler:due to an emotionally neglectful father]], and establishes her character by criticizing Hinata and Komaeda for not acting like how she feels they should. She's also the TeamMom, doing her best to look out for the group, only she tends to come off like a nagging wife as Komaeda jokingly points out. She does argue that Hinata should be protecting her and the other girls when the killing game begins, but is shown to be more reasonable during the investigations and trials. In her Free Time Events and Island Mode, her softer side and HiddenDepths are in more easily seen, though hilariously, her lines when embarrassed tend to be classic tsundere justifications.
** And in VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3 we have [[DefrostingIceQueen Maki]] [[ActionGirl Harukawa]], who is an AloofDarkHairedGirl who prefers to keep her distance from the group and is cold and hostile with everyone at first. However, over the course of the game she starts to open up more thanks to Kaito and Shuichi, referring to the former as "that idiot" and at one point blushing furiously when he hugs her.

* Tsugumi of ''VisualNovel/{{Ever17}}'' is straddling the line between this and {{kuudere}} and it's towards everyone except Coco. And Sara, but she ignores her anyway. Obviously, she mellows by the end. Harsh, uses violence, (punches Takeshi at least once) cold shoulder (default. She doesn't answer meaningless questions in her own words) and also the smirk! Actually, she comes off as a bit of a {{jerkass}} a lot of the time so they gave her a {{morality pet}} before letting her officially act dere towards Takeshi.

*** Shiki is a rather interesting case, since she doesn't fit into any one type in the dere family having parts from them all (which mirrors the concept of her powers). Is a Type Tsun, she has hints of a {{Yandere}} (whom is both Possessive and Obsessive to a degree), {{Kuudere}} (mostly by Non-Verbal Cues and is a Cynic). That said... the dere is all the same, directed specifically at Mikiya Kokutou and no one else (except maybe Azaka, who she has a strange fondness towards. In her own way at least). Shiki Ryougi can and will fight to keep this status quo with Mikiya, and god help you if you are in the way.

*** The same can be said in FateGrandOrder, where two goddesses [[note]](Isthar and Ereshkigal, whom are sisters)[[/note]] happen to be using part of her body as a host and are servants. Even with two dramatically different personalities, they are Tsunderes bar none.[[note]]Through the targets of affection change. For Isthar, it's [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilga]][[VideoGame/FateExtra mesh]] whom she [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh has a history and love/hate relationship with]].[[spoiler: For Ereshkigal, it's you... the player character, regardless of gender.]][[/note]]
*** If the name Rin Tohsaka is involved, the one big thing that gets carried over (outside of [[ZettaiRyouiki her appearance]]) is her Tsundere nature. The exceptions are LightNovel/FateZero, where she is noticeably less Tsundere and more of a {{Determinator}} and in a future seen in FateHollowAtaraxia, where she was very deredere and openly states that she can grant Shirou happiness the most, and vice versa.

** Rin Tohsaka in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has earned a somewhat memetic status as a tsundere; however, she is actually a more realistic example than many others. She likes being always competent and never in the wrong, but, under most circumstances, lives up to her own standards. She doesn't act impulsively, admits her (rare) mistakes, and prefers to be on good terms with anyone she can. Those whom she can't stand, though, are humiliated swiftly and decisively, and she is a remarkable DeadpanSnarker; thus she can come off as harsh in "Fate". Starting from "Unlimited Blade Works" (where she's the main love interest, and her dere side comes out) and onwards, though, she is increasingly defined by the trope. In the last scenario, "Heaven's Feel", she again plays WorthyOpponent-turns-TheLancer role ([[IncrediblyLamePun considering her servant]]), but she's still ''very'' Tsundere. The focus of it just shifts from Shirou to [[spoiler:her sister, Sakura]]. In fact, in some ways, HF is where her Tsundere nature (and the reasons behind it) is most obvious (''especially'' at the end). A perfect example (which made it into the anime) is the scene where she goes from ''trying to blast Shirou senseless'' to tending his Rider-inflicted wounds in the space of a few minutes.

*** If the name Rin Tohsaka is involved, the one big thing that gets carried over (outside of [[ZettaiRyouiki her appearance]]) is her Tsundere nature. The exceptions are FateZero, where she is noticeably less Tsundere and more of a {{Determinator}} and in a future seen in FateHollowAtaraxia, where she was very deredere and openly states that she can grant Shirou happiness the most, and vice versa.