With the tsundere dominating the anime market now, there is little love for another subset of moe, the yandere.
Wiki: Yandere (ヤンデレ) is a Japanese term for a personality that is initially extremely loving and gentle, then at one point becomes deranged or psychotic, often brutally so.
There are two different types of yandere that I came up with.
The Loving-you-is-serious-business yandere. Probably the most obvious and noticable type, and they really mean serious business. One of them is Kaede from Shuffle!.
The Gentle-until-provoked yandere, sometimes known as yangire. Though some people might not agree, I still believe they are yandere. Our dearest Nanoha, usually with a smile of a angel, was given an aweful nickname of the white devil after snapping in episode 8.
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Not true yandere unless the ratio of craziness/psychotic/madness to gentleness is 5% to 95%. The keyword for them is “snap”.
Not true yandere if they show any sign of tsun. Not true yandere if they did not show any hints/signs of becoming one in the early stages (duh).
I don’t know the reason why some anime fans love yandere, but here are some of mine.
I’M UKE. Their unrequited love is amazing. I mean, they are able dedicate their life for someone, not easy. How often did a role of a gentle and nice character make a lasting impression or remains etched on your otaku mind? Yandere will always leave a deep impression, or maybe a scar, in your memory. No one can forget Ms Nice Boat. And lastly, I’M REALLY UKE when they snap, they send chills to my spine, which feels strangely good.
But please don’t always associate yandere with blood and murder. Ops, okay, never mind those pictures above. Let’s just enjoy anime.
So, how did you guys find Chaos Head? I kept laughing throughout the 20 minutes. I really LOL’ed at the ending part of episode 2. The way Yua interrogated Takumi was delicious.
To sum, like tsundere, yandere DON’T work in real life. Yeah real life sucks. I’m always putting on a smiling face but in fact I’m…. LOL JUST KIDDING!
10 Comments
October 24, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I think I slide more to the side of “does not like yandare”… It just seems really weird for a person that’s nice to go deranged, sadistic, and become masochistic.
One type of Yandare I’m starting to get over is School Day. Now that’s what I call death by love.
October 24, 2008 at 11:40 pm
No mention of the greatest yandere ever?
October 24, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Aizen: Truely one of Japan’s weird fetishes.
Baka-Raptor: If I do, my head will roll and sail off to nowhere.
October 25, 2008 at 12:43 am
Nice Boats
October 25, 2008 at 12:48 am
I love yandere characters because they’re so retarded
October 25, 2008 at 1:29 am
I just like to see teh crazy galz.
October 25, 2008 at 10:38 am
They effed up Nanoha in that scene. For once, the QUALITY version was actually superior.
October 25, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I like the “Gentle-until-provoked yandere” ’cause, well everyone has a limit until they snap…they’re at least more ‘believable’. >_>
@Shin: But I liked it better with her eyes all Yandere’d up…
October 26, 2008 at 11:45 am
Chaos;Head just rocks lol and u Mentiones Kotonoha ahhh i luv her :p, yeah i kinda like yandere but i prefer cute nice girls like Chihiro from Ef yeah i want a Chihiro-Chan!!!!
November 11, 2008 at 12:04 pm
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