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Wheatlyfangirl
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02:02:44 PM Dec 1st 2012
edited by Wheatlyfangirl
I wonder that is there any Characters we're Tsundere for(type A or B don't matter) Because I have some I'm tsundere for.
JesusBuiltMyHotRod
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08:27:25 PM Sep 19th 2012
yo dawg I don't know why you disapprove of that one bit, as compared to everything else on the page. I'd prefer it if you said "it's dumb and gimmicky" straight up instead of claiming wiki rule.
AdelePotter
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01:03:14 PM Aug 29th 2012
Just wanted to say: The Stinger of this article totally got an "aww" out of me.
magnum12
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07:06:55 PM Jul 13th 2012
I find it kind of hard to believe Mion is classified as type A. Sure she doesn't overly tsun or dere, but I think she should be moved to type B for the fact that essentially, her nice persona is dominant. Her tsun side seems to show itself in the form of low grade trolling, especially towards Keiichi. It does fit with just how bad she is at expressing her true feelings.
TakeHomeRena
08:19:28 PM Jul 29th 2012
Mion's hard to place. She's nice by default, and her "trolling" is extremely mild. Does it even count as Tsundere? Her problem is that she Just Cant Spit It Out.
Aquophis
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09:07:03 PM Jun 29th 2012
Really, Real Life examples should be allowed. Or the article should at least justify not allowing them.
azul120
05:28:33 PM Jul 30th 2012
Agreed. If Jerk With A Heart Of Gold allows them, then they belong here too.
BardicFire
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04:30:26 PM Apr 26th 2012
is there a type of Tsundere that is less rude and insulting and more just bossy and assertive at times then kind and compassionate?
Merhabi
03:13:05 PM Jul 27th 2012
There could be , but if you're asking if there's a trope for that, I don't think so, it would just be a sub of the Tsundere trope.
Vootuu
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07:02:13 PM Mar 20th 2012
edited by Vootuu
Does anyone else have to keep referring back to this page to remind themselves what this term means? I just read the other remarks on this page. I think "Sugar and Spice Personality" sounds better.
Komodin
03:07:56 AM Mar 21st 2012
Add it as a redirect. Redirects Are Free.
DoctorDetective
08:10:08 PM Jul 4th 2012
Seems to be gratuitous Japanese, yeah.
YamiiDenryuu
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08:05:01 PM Feb 18th 2012
Could we add something like "Despite the japanese trope name, this character type is by no means unique to japanese media - the japanese were simply the first to produce a well-known term for it, possibly due to its popularity in anime romance series." to the page? There's this whole fracas going on with people saying japanese named tropes have to be japanese media only or what have you, which is not true at all, and a line like this could help. I'd do it myself but I'm not sure how to word it, or where exactly to put it.
flamingcarrot
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02:04:12 PM Feb 8th 2012
Something I think should be adressed: The assumption is that the 'hot' side carries negative feelings towards the love interest, disapproval and scorn, wheras the 'cold' side carries the positives, caring and understanding etc.

This is not always the case, especially in males tsunderes. The negatives can be on the 'cold' side, as an aloof, uncaring personality, wheras the positives come out in a passionate, defensive 'hot' side.

e.g. "[Cold] Stop whining. I get so damn sick of hearing you whine all the time... It never achieves anything. It never makes you happier. [Hot] Because you're an amazing person, and it makes me so freaking ANGRY that you can't appreciate it. I love you, and the least you could do is stop throwing these compliments back in my freaking FACE!" *Storms from room*

You get the idea.
ReikoKazama
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08:57:17 PM Sep 20th 2011
The opening line that established this article as self-demonstrating is gone. Why?
Bookyangel2438
12:11:46 AM Jan 2nd 2012
Dunno. Apparently FE didn't like it even though it's been there for a while or something.
ReikoKazama
11:27:40 PM Mar 12th 2012
It's kinda back now though, so that's good.
efsfsefsdf
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02:13:58 PM Sep 11th 2011
We should have a new page for Tsundere scrappy. They are just too many Tsunderes i just wanna yell at "STOP BEATING UP THE MAIN CHARACTER FOR THE SLIGHTEST PERVERTED THING!!!!"
KazeKoichi
10:59:05 AM Sep 20th 2011
We have such page. It called Jerkass Sue.
efsfsefsdf
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08:52:12 AM Aug 21st 2011
Am I the only person here who hates Tsunderes? Those characters are always whiney and beat up people for no reason.
Belucre
01:40:19 PM Sep 23rd 2011
edited by Belucre
No, no, and no. Tsunderes do not 'always whine'. They take out their aggression through the only way they know how: verbal attacks/violence, hardly do they ever simply whine or complain on and on. Furthermore, you're thinking of a Flanderization of the Type A tsundere. Tsunderes are meant to sympathetic girls (or boys) who simply see no other alternative, and hide their inner troubles/issues/kindness for whatever reason, choosing to channel their frustration through anger instead, because they are unable to find another outlet. They feel helpless, and such outbursts are a clear sign for wanting help without damaging their pride. There is also such a thing as a tsundere TYPE B, where the girl/boy is almost always sweet, but has a hidden temper which reveals itself around the love interest.

Try to actually research the complexities of the tsundere before complaining.
Yuhhrflo
02:17:10 PM Nov 19th 2011
Im talking specifically about the flandernised ones, i do understand that there may be some good examples , but most versions are scrappy

Merhabi
03:09:18 PM Jul 27th 2012
In my experience Tsunderes are not always whiny, but they can be extremely annoying, especially in Fan Fiction when the character is being rewritten as something they are not. Many people try to justify the behavior of the Tsundere by saying they are 'more complex' than simply being abusive to their love interest for no reason, which is true, they often have reasons or a traumatic past is at least implied. But I have found that this does not change the fact that I feel strong dislike for these abusive characters and their violent tendencies. So, no, you are not the only one.
fraxas
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09:36:30 AM Jul 12th 2011
edited by fraxas
Love-Hate Mate.

Just a thought for an alternative title. People search "love-hate relationship" a lot, I imagine.
muninn
08:16:28 PM Jul 14th 2011
Tsundere doesn't have to be a love interest, though. It's a trope about the character's personality which frequently manifests through (but is still independent of) their relationship to another character.
fraxas
01:15:17 PM Jul 18th 2011
You'll have to run that by me again. The Japanese suggests that it's not necessarily relationship or romance related, but I thought the use of the term in Japanese and the trope itself implies it?

I mean, okay, I guess that a brother who really cares about his sister but teases her or acts aloof could technically be tsundere, and so could someone who genuinely cares about their friends but gives them all kind of hardship (as in Vitrolic Best Buds), but we technically have tropes for those.

Aren't all the examples here romantic interests?
fraxas
01:24:13 PM Jul 18th 2011
edited by fraxas
Well, I'm still not sure about the non-romantic-interest side of this one, but I see that there is a trope repair discussion about a possible English Alternate name. If the non-romance thing is true, then there's better trope names listed in there.
dangerwaffle
12:25:17 PM Aug 4th 2011
I think it's got to be manifested through the way the character relates to particular people, but it's all right if the relationship is not romantic.

Vitriolic Best Buds isn't quite the same thing as platonic tsundere, though there's overlap, because a lot of cases of Vitriolic Best Buds involve two characters who just enjoy giving each other crap as a sort of game.
LepidopteraApoklypsis
10:16:45 AM Oct 14th 2011
Hey, you know, since kuudere got renamed to Sugar and Ice, maybe a nice counterpart to this one might be Sugar and Spice. That way the two related tropes keep the theme naming.
GhostRam
02:02:07 AM Nov 15th 2011
How about Hot and Sweet? Works well with tvtropes types A and B. It could also work as Hot to Sweet for the original definition of Tsundere where they get progressively deredere from tsuntsun. Alternatively Spicy and Sweet or Sweet and Sour.
VVK
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07:27:55 AM May 1st 2011
edited by VVK
I don't know if I can make anything of this, and that's why I'm not taking it to the Repair Shop, but maybe someone can say something illuminating about it here.

I'm suspicious that there's something off with the concept of the type A tsundere. Why we have a trope here is because there's supposed to be a distinctive character type that has two different sides. Well, suppose a female character's personality basically has one side in this sense: she's just aggressive like that, "all the time". Still a normal person, though, so she's not like that *all* the time. And not incapable of having a relationship. Then she's probably a lot nicer part of the time when she's with someone she cares about. In that case, her different behaviours are not to be attributed to a dual-style personality but to circumstance and being human. So she's not a tsundere, because she's not showing a personality type with two aspects in any non-redundant sense.

But you just know that every female character whose personality includes the "tsun" part as dominant is going to be called a type A tsundere, at least if she's in a relationship at all ever. How can you make a difference, anyway? And who aside from some kind of a psycho is going to be seen as too non-dere not to be a type A tsundere? So does the concept of a type A tsundere really only require the "tsun" part plus being human?

For example, I've seen Gwynn from Sluggy Freelance being called a tsundere. Frankly, she's shown as being pretty nasty for most of the time. Of course it's really because of her own insecurities, and of course her relationship with Riff had some more positive moments (we were only explicitly shown her being gentle towards him after he'd saved her life or something) and she cares about her friends. But those things were necessary just to make her a character with any real depth and believability. Most of the time she is pretty harsh. Does it make any sense to say she had two sides? And either way, where do you draw the line?

Type B doesn't strike me as equally problematic, though you could try similar arguments against it.
fraxas
10:59:43 AM Jul 12th 2011
I think the type distinction is more about how they treat others, as opposed to just their love interest.

For example, type B is sweet to everyone BUT her love interest. And type A is harsh to everyone (including the love interest), but has secret or tender feelings for the love interest.

It's like the laconic description of the trope says: "like a cactus, prickly on the outside, soft on the inside. Or vice versa."
dangerwaffle
12:21:55 PM Aug 4th 2011
I agree with fraxas (and I think it might even be useful to add that to the trope description), but I think there's a little more to it.

A proper type A tsundere, I think, involves not just being angry most of the time but sometimes sweet: she's cranky and aggressive in part because she doesn't know how to deal with more tender emotions. So she'll try to hide her dere side, justifying it with the classic "I'm doing this because I happened to feel like it, not because I like you or anything" stuff. And when she's not in dere mode she'll often act even more aggressive and nasty toward her love interest (and/or people she really likes platonically) than she does toward others, sort of as a cover.

So I think a character who's both angry sometimes and sweet sometimes, but doesn't seem conflicted about expressing both sides, wouldn't properly qualify. Would like to hear what other people think, though; I'd like this trope to get a clearer explanation than it currently has.
Kreeble
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12:42:49 AM Jan 21st 2011
edited by Kreeble
This trope needs to be renamed. Tropes need to be accessible to everyone, not just the Otaku crowd. It should be recognizable without needing to click on the trope what the gist of the trope is.

From the sounds of the above conversation parts of this trope there is consensus that this trope can be moved under other tropes can be eliminated entirely.

This page needs to be reorganized/revamped or eliminated in a major way.
OJtheLION
01:06:18 AM Jan 21st 2011
edited by OJtheLION
This has been brought up before on the forums. If someone from that discussion can link it or summarize the major points, that'd be awesome. Basically, however, Tsundere is already the standard term in both the English and Japanese communities for these personality types, and it's a much more prominent term than any of the English alternative titles that the page is already linked to. Judging from how we recently had to divide the page into separate genres because it was so huge and popular, this doesn't seem to be an issue. What would be an issue is suddenly changing a well established title because some people think it's too otaku-ish. For reference, check the "related pages" button on the trope's main page—over 3000 Wicks and has brought almost 30,000 people to this site, which puts it in the groin-grabbingly popular category by the standard of the Wick index there.

I agree with you that some trope titles are Gratuitous Japanese, but there are a few like these that just don't have really decent English alternative titles and gained their popularity from anime anyway. It's just like a lot of the jargon-y titles like Lampshade Hanging that we get from the writer's "industry"—they make no sense to someone who's never heard of it, but we use it anyway since making up a new term is unnecessarily confusing once you do know.
LostHero
09:44:31 AM Jul 30th 2011
Not having good English counterparts hasn't stopped the us yet. USA! USA! USA!
raxies94
09:36:58 PM Aug 1st 2011
I agree that it doesn't need to be changed, especially with this particular trope. I feel that the majority of people, even non-tropers, know this name and the concept well enough to render your point moot. Really, I don't believe that any of the Japanese-sounding names needed to be changed to begin with. This really seems to be an attempted purge of Japanese influence to me.
ThisIsATestTai
06:20:05 PM Aug 7th 2011
I agree with raxies94. The term is very well-known and fits the trope, and I think it's old enough to be protected by the Grandfather Clause. I understand that some Tropers are frustrated with the anime community, but, honestly, this looks like a little much. I doubt there's a comparably appropriate English name for this term. People often cite Gratuitous Japanese for trope names like this, but come on, this is starting to look like Gratuitous English and the negative side of Eagleland. I mean, I was already pissed with Nakama was renamed. I am wholeheartedly against this renaming, and I get the feeling I'm not alone.
Belucre
01:51:45 PM Sep 23rd 2011
edited by Belucre
You aren't alone. They've already renamed Nakama and Kuudere, but there's a good reason why they've been known by the Japanese terms for so long: because there is no accurate English subsitute which can succinctly convey its meaning. By renaming them, it loses the essence of its meaning.
Stoogebie
11:27:15 AM May 26th 2012
Yes, thank you. Someone (forget the name) pointed out that there aren't many tropes with names taken from, say, Mandarin, but we have a whole index of Japanese-derived trope names. They proceeded to point out a kind of "favoring" of Japanese. Never mind we have an index called Trope Names From The French - well what if I don't like, know, or speak French? Should we rename all trope titles because We All Live In America and hey, let's just admit it, some of the editors bear a particular dislike toward anime?

I'm with Belucre; enough screwing with the trope names!
Scardoll
01:40:13 AM Dec 20th 2012
edited by Scardoll
What the fuck is a kuudere?

*Searches*

Oh, you mean Sugar And Ice Personality? Seems succinct enough to me. "But that doesn't totally get across all the little details..." No trope name gets across all the wrinkles. Choosing an English name that gets across some of them is better than choosing a Japanese name that gets across none of them. That's the purpose of a trope name, to convey what the trope means.

Since this is the English-speaking version of the website, it's a safe bet to assume that they'll understand English. The reason why Trope Names From The French gets a pass is that there are a lot of phrases and words used in the English language (Latin is the same). Every English speaker knows what a cliche is. There are some loanwords from Japan in English (Kimono, tsunami), and those are perfectly understandable for those who don't know Japanese.

Tsundere gets a pass because, as mentioned before, it's a really popular term that is well-known, although it's not at loanword status yet. Kuudere? No idea, other than it has something to do with tsundere (Except it really doesn't).

If people want to change the trope names like Kuudere because they don't like anime, yeah, that's a bad reason. But I think accessibility is important when it comes to trope names, images, and descriptions (I don't like self-demonstrating trope descriptions at all), and having names that people grok is a big part of that.
82.171.16.94
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07:15:26 AM Sep 16th 2010
Is it me, or has tsun tsun tsundere lost popularity since the late nineties?
75.173.59.153
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10:47:07 AM Aug 6th 2010
With all folders open, this 9-page article becomes a 75-page article. Should the examples be moved to their own subpages?
Sackett
06:06:47 PM Aug 7th 2010
Isn't that why we have folders?

Is the size causing some sort of problem? If it is then maybe we need separate pages, but why fix it if it's not broken.
lmalady
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03:22:50 PM Jul 6th 2010
There's a Vocaloid song, "eight hundred" wherein Hatsune Miku is singing about many lies; winter is a sweaty season, and summer is a freezing one, many obvious things. Included are "I hate everything about you, and I never want you to be with me."

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl_QbG5RTPg

Judging by the context of the written part(s), it seems she says things like that to the boy constantly, but then her feelings are shown by the end of the song...and what happened to the boy.

Case of tragic Type A Tsundere?
Sackett
08:01:41 PM Jul 10th 2010
Probably
96.55.144.125
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09:36:16 PM Jun 28th 2010
I'd found myself questioning the inclusion of Eri Sawachika as a Type B tsundere (she comes across as very Type A-ish to me), and it got me wondering about how much "public face" factored into whether a character is a Type B tsundere or not. I kind of dislike the idea of classifying a character as a Type B based on a "nice" facade rather then them being a genuinely nice in general -I tend to think of Type B tsunderes as being generally nice people who can show a more tempermental side at times (like Mai Tokiha from Mai-Hi ME). Yet in the case of a Type A tsundere it is specifically noted that it's the face the character puts on -not the intensity of their feelings- that determines whether they're a Type A. So does this image factor apply to Type Bs as well?
Sackett
07:41:13 AM Jun 29th 2010
Well... I think the public face is important. However, the tsundere archetype assumes that both the "dere" and the "tsun" aren't fake.

I mean, Type A's might have a hidden sweet side, but that doesn't mean being short tempered and cranky is fake, just that it's not the only side to them.

Similarly Type B's are actually nice- they just have a hidden temper.

If the niceness is a facade then I'd guess Bitch In Sheeps Clothing or something would fit better.

I don't know the character, but are you saying that this Eri has a fake "nice" facade, and then is underneath a jerk, but underneath that jerkiness is another layer of true niceness?
96.55.144.125
10:18:12 AM Jun 29th 2010
Something like that, yes. She basically puts on a Miss Perfect act towards people at her school in general (largely due to her upbringing), but her friends are well aware of the fact that her true personality is rather tempermental (she's rather open about it with them). On the other hand, she's also shown a genuine dere side towards her best friend and her love interest at the very least.

So yeah... maybe she should be reclassified as a Type A?
Sackett
07:29:31 AM Jul 1st 2010
Yeah.. she's probably a Type A combined with another trope
75.161.23.70
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06:34:55 PM Mar 11th 2010
The capitalisation of (T/t)sundere is inconsistent—we should pick one and stick with it. Also, what about italicisation?
Sackett
08:02:29 PM Mar 15th 2010
Well, tsundere can be used in ways that suggest capitalization is proper.

Such as "Shana the Tsundere".

Or if used as as a form of address in place of a proper noun: "Hey, Tsundere, what's up today?"
Kersey475
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04:34:42 PM Mar 4th 2010
Kersey475: I nominate that this image be the new image for this page (I have no idea how to upload images onto this site so could someone else please do it).
75.161.5.86
07:53:50 PM Mar 8th 2010
Are we allowed to have more than one image on the page? If so, I'd suggest restoring the original Shana image ("Shana stays" per the archived discussion), leaving the caption unchanged, and moving the Rin image (in its current incarnation) further down, preferably right-aligning it with the paragraph that begins "Type B should not be confused..."

If that happens, more text (useful, not filler) might be needed to avoid an awkward white space between "...shift from Type A to Type B" and "Tsuntsun methods".

Finally, I don't think your nominated image would work here. Unlike a tsundere, a bipolar's mood flip-flops regardless of who's around.
Sackett
06:07:41 AM Mar 9th 2010
The current picture was chosen after endless debate and a long search for a demonstrative picture. It's staying, and it's not changing.

If you want to add more pictures feel free to add it to the image links page for this trope.
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