From tsundere to kuudere, there are multiple "dere" types in anime. But what do they all mean?. The Dere Types Wiki is a comprehensive digital encyclopedia hosted on Fandom that archives, categorizes, and analyzes Japanese character archetypes defined by their romantic behaviors and personality traits.
"Dere Type" (JP)Japanese: デレRomaji: __dere is a term for a concept that describes how different types of characters behave towards their love interest and how they react differently before/after falling in love and becoming deredere (lovestruck). These dere types are the result of a compound word of some variable adjective "__" and the word "deredere" (デレデレ), a mimetic word for.. The term - dere (written as デレ in Katakana) is an umbrella term for all words that end with this specific suffix; the term itself is usually translated in English as "lovey-dovey". These terms actually signify a specific type of stock character in manga and anime, usually female, whose main trait is them interacting with their love interest in a certain way. There are numerous types.