Am i just the only one who hate female archetypes personality ?

[Saint rider 890]

Seriously am i just the only one who hate female protagonist with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere ? I mean what people like from female with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere ?

Also why female protagonist with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere is so popular than a female protagonist who acting normal personality ? Are female protagonist archetypes personality is really special compare to female protagonist without archetypes personality ?

Note: archetypes is tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere .

[IceHism]

What do you think is normal first of all? Most characters could be placed within these categories or a mix of these categories.
I'd also like to say that these traits only affect how someone expresses their love.

[Akito Kinomoto]

No you're not the only one who hates characters confined by their archetype, but there are varying degrees of constraint I'm willing to let slide before it gets egregious

[judasmartel]

OP, please define first what is a normal girl.

[relentlessflame]

I feel like there are plenty of female characters that have "normal" personalities, but they just don't stand out as much because they're... normal. Given that these particular archetypes annoy you so much, they probably stick out more when they occur. Plus, even within these archetypes, there are varying degrees.

If you're exposing yourself to too many shows that are defined by extreme stereotypes, may need to broaden your horizons.

[0utf0xZer0]

Originally Posted by IceHism

What do you think is normal first of all? Most characters could be placed within these categories or a mix of these categories.
I'd also like to say that these traits only affect how someone expresses their love.

Originally Posted by Akuma Kousaka

No you're not the only one who hates characters confined by their archetype, but there are varying degrees of constraint I'm willing to let slide before it gets egregious

To follow up on these points, there's definitely characters I dislike for being "too archetypical". However, many of my favourite characters fit these archetypes, enough that I think describing me as a tsundere and kuudere fan would be fair. Though I'd prefer to be described as a fan of many tsundere and kuudere characters.

I like a lot of characters people describe as danderes as well but I would question if they are really danderes - I see the term as applying to a narrower range of characters than many. Yanderes are pretty hit and miss for me.

I would also note that years ago I had trouble grasping the appeal of tsundere characters. Then I got exposed to a few very well executed tsunderes, which I liked, and afterwards I started to like an increasingly broad range of them.

[-Antares-]

Definitely need to broaden your horizons. Both with fictional girls and real girls. Supposedly I can be pretty tsundere about things, and I'm obviously not an anime character, though I am a girl. There's plenty of girls in anime that don't have extreme personalities, and plenty of girls in real life who have extreme personalities. Although, I will say that I completely do not understand the appeal of yandere characters... Then again, I once knew a guy who had been stalked by a girl for years and his reaction to it was, "it was kind of nice." People are weird, and that's probably the answer to your question.

[Brother Coa]

I like Kuudere a lot and Dandere to a degree. And I cannot stand Tsundere and especially Yandere.

Never stooped me from enjoying an anime. Btw, if you expect girls and characters in anime to behave more like normal persons then why are you even watching them?

[Tempester]

Originally Posted by Saint rider 890

Seriously am i just the only one who hate female protagonist with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere ?

Please name these female yandere protagonists that plague anime so much, because I don't really see many. Actually, up to now I haven't seen a single one, although I do know some female yandere *heroines*.

[-Antares-]

Originally Posted by Tempester

Please name these female yandere protagonists that plague anime so much, because I don't really see many. Actually, up to now I haven't seen a single one, although I do know some female yandere *heroines*.

Are you just talking semantics, here? I don't know about many, but I'm pretty sure Future Diary and School Days are both popular anime that happen to feature yandere as heroines second only to the main male lead. Correct me if I'm wrong, though, as I haven't seen a single episode of either anime. If you are talking semantics, then... I do not think protagonist still means what you think it means, and it hasn't for a long time. It likely hasn't meant that since before you were born. But you know what? Here's Google's handy dandy common use definition for you: "the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text." And if the OP meant the obsolete definition, then who knows? Maybe yandere was the one exception on the list and the word "protagonist" was referring more to the other archetypes he mentions.

Whatever the case, it's clear to me he's just sick of seeing these types of characters in prominent roles.

[Sixth]

Originally Posted by Saint rider 890

Seriously am i just the only one who hate female protagonist with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere ? I mean what people like from female with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere ?

Also why female protagonist with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere is so popular than a female protagonist who acting normal personality ? Are female protagonist archetypes personality is really special compare to female protagonist without archetypes personality ?

Note: archetypes is tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere .

Do you read or watch Oreimo? If yes, do you like Manami?

[erneiz_hyde]

Originally Posted by Sixth

Do you read or watch Oreimo? If yes, do you like Manami?

That reminds me, Manami was the only reason I continued watching oreimo, honest.
Wasn't even that interested with kuroneko until I read some lovely doujins.

Also, Katou Megumi is a goddess

[VORTIA]

Originally Posted by Saint rider 890

Seriously am i just the only one who hate female protagonist with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere ?

Nope, met a fair number of people who do.

Originally Posted by Saint rider 890

I mean what people like from female with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere ?

Tsundere - A progressive romance with a character with conflicted goals and feelings where love wins out over lesser values like pride or tradition. An independent character with their own goals that don't revolve around their lover. A character who's strong, feisty and not afraid to speak their mind or dress down their opposite if they need it. Slapstick comedy. Empathetic schadenfreude.

Yandere - An all-consuming love that won't take no for an answer or let anything come between them. An obsessively doting personality which nonetheless possesses a reserve of menacing strength. An exciting experience where pleasure is merely a knife's breadth from pain and suffering.

Dandere - Identifying with a shy character that reflects the viewer's inner desire to be gregarious in a comfortable situation. The desire to protect a shy person who is frightened of interpersonal interactions. The special feeling that comes from being in on them opening up to a select individual or group of individuals.

Kuudere - Essentiallly the same as Tsundere, only minus the slapstic comedy and empathetic schadenfreude.

I LOVE Tsundere, like Kuudere, am good with a mild level of Yandere and don't particularly care either way about Dandere.

Originally Posted by Saint rider 890

Also why female protagonist with tsundere , yandere , dandere and kuudere is so popular than a female protagonist who acting normal personality ?

"Normal" is boring. Fictional narratives require some manner of challenge or struggle to create dramatic or in this case romantic tension. "Normal" girls either agree to go out with a boy or don't, make "normal" small talk, engage in "normal" dating activities, and will ultimately marry their boyfriend or dump him. They do not make for interesting stories. Childhood friend characters almost invariably come-up the loser in any anime because they just aren't interesting enough to make for a good story.

Further, the world is full of "normal" girls. There's no need for anime to fantasize about them. Folks watching anime romance are most likely for something a little less normal.

Finally, I'd argue that in their own way, all the "-dere" archetypes are more realistic than the "normal" girls portrayed in anime, who are rarely angry, behave badly, or engage in quirky behavior. In being flawed, they are more human, and in being more human, the viewer becomes more emotionally invested in them.

In short: They're more exciting, more realistic, and more engaging than "normal" characters.

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

That reminds me, Manami was the only reason I continued watching oreimo, honest.

Wow. I mean, even by Osananajimi standards, Manami was a character doomed to play a limited part in the series. That's like watching Haruhi exclusively for Kyon's sister. Oreimo even gave you the cherry on top by making everything her fault at the end.

[Archon_Wing]

Originally Posted by VORTIA

Wow. I mean, even by Osananajimi standards, Manami was a character doomed to play a limited part in the series. That's like watching Haruhi exclusively for Kyon's sister. Oreimo even gave you the cherry on top by making everything her fault at the end.

It's generally possible in series that seem to go out of their way to make you hate the whole cast. It's kind of like "Wow, these are terrible people, the one that isn't wins by default" Naturally, that tends to be a peripheral fan, or a non-fan.

In Oreimo's case, I honestly thought the few characters that played a limited role were better off that way.

[Tempester]

Originally Posted by -Antares-

Whatever the case, it's clear to me he's just sick of seeing these types of characters in prominent roles.

That's generally what I assume too, and judging by the string of barely comprehensible babble that is the OP post I'm also assuming they're not putting much thought into elaborating on the issue they have. But if they can prove me wrong on those assumptions it would be really cool, so I'm testing them.

[Triple_R]

There's plenty of "normal girls" in anime, it's just that they're harder to find in certain anime (sub)genres than others.

If your anime diet is all battle shounen, LN adaptations, and harem romcoms? Yeah, you're going to be eating a very steady diet of deres, especially tsunderes.

Want more variety in female characters, and more female characters with normal-seeming personalities? You might want to try some mecha anime. You might want to try some mahou shoujo or idol anime. Or any version of all-girls anime, really. Not saying that these are completely free of the deres, because they definitely aren't, but these do tend to have a wide range of female character personalities.


Now, if you absolutely want an anime show where the lead character is a male character, and the female lead is a "normal girl", then that can be tricky to find. Here are some recommendations for that:

Clannad
Valvrave the Liberator (main girl is somewhat eccentric, but normal enough)
Gundam Seed (if "nearly perfect girl" = "normal girl" )
The Pilot's Love Song
Re:Zero
My Hero Academia
Macross Delta (same deal as Valvrave)
Gurren Lagann (romance isn't central here though)
True Tears (Noe's not normal, but she's not one of the deres either; Hiromi is pretty normal)

Note that about half of these shows are mecha shows. Want an anime where the lead character is a male character and the female characters are (relatively) normal? Mecha may well be the way to go!

[Gintokifan22]

I don't mind them if done right, they normally are my least favorite of the Heronies kinds. For example, I used to hate Nami from One Piece at the beginning due to that type of personality but she cooled down over the years since.

If you want a girl that's normal but has this type of personality, try Gintama. You'll find a certain blond female character who fits this but in my opinion she was done very well and is in my top list of favorite Gintama characters actually.