Definitions & Examples of Yandere & Dere Types!!

Different Yan types:Type: Harmless | Mugaigata | (無害型)
"I'll work hard to make you love me."
Seeking to bring joy and fulfillment to the lives of their love interests, they take care of all of their love interest's needs and see to the perfection of their education, emotions, and soul with the greatest care. They might even give up marrying their love interest, so that their love interest can peruse whomever they wish to..Type: Obsession | Shuuchakugata | (執着型)
"I'm addicted to you. It feels like I'm going to die if I'm not breathing the same air as you. Doesn't it feel nice to have someone care about you so much? To have someone who wants to revolve their entire life around you?"
Unwilling to entertain the possibility that anything else is more worthy of their attention than their love interest, they always want to know what their love interest is doing, how they're doing, what they're thinking, what they need or want, and so on..Type: Stalker | Sutookaagata | (すとーかーがた)
"I know all about you. Your phone number, your email address, your birthday, your family, your past... I know everything you're up to, Itarou. When you study, take a bath, use the toilet, eat your meals, brush your teeth, everything. From this spot... Whatever Itarou does, I can see it all. Isn't that amazing?"
Wishing to know everything possible about their love interest, they pursue their love interest learning what they like, where they go, what they do, and who they associate with..Type: Self-Sacrifice | Jiko-giseigata | (自己犠牲型)
"I'm fine with dying if it's for your sake."
Desiring to save their love interest from bullets, or even just their children's dirty diapers, these yandere characters will give of their time, their desires, and work for whatever their love interest wants. They are willing to do almost anything for the good of their love interest and the relationship. They see self giving and self sacrifice as essential to a relationship and they, better than any other dere type, push themselves to do it more and better..Type: Dependence | Izongata | (依存型)
"I was always alone. Always numb. Something was always missing. I was always sad. I thought I would end up dying alone. But I was wrong. (Name) found me and proved me wrong!"
Wishing for their love interest to be able to know that they make a difference in the lives of their dependence yandere partner/spouse, they seek to be vulnerable around their love interest by depending on them. This can range from stupidly simple things, like constantly dropping or forgetting something, behaving like an idiot -- often times subconsciously so, to claiming that they'd die without their love interest..Type: Monopoly | Dokusengata | (独占型)
"I'm here with you! From now on, I'll stay by your side!"
Believing that there's nothing their love interest wants in the world more than them, they give their love interest constant and unending attention. Although they are seen as pests by many, they are quite harmless if their love interest is willing to devote themselves. They will cling to their love interest, trying to be with them every moment of the day. They will try to be with them in everything they do, which can affect the daily life of the love interest and their interactions with other people. In extreme cases, they might not let their love interest talk to others at all, and only let them be with them..Type: Worship | Suuhaigata | (崇拝型)
"Oh, (Name)... My sweet, succulent mentor... I would do anything for you...anything at all."
Having an aggrandized opinion of their love interest, these yandere characters see themselves as insignificant compared to their love interest. They may even compare themselves to inanimate objects, such as tools for their love interests use. They, along with the "harmless" yandere character type, may allow their love interest to marry someone else, for they see themselves as unworthy of their love interest's attentions and affections..Type: Manipulative | Sousatekigata | (操作的型)
"Do you think I took advantage of you not knowing anything, and tricked you into thinking I'm your lover?"
Seeking to get their love interest to react positively to their presence and to care about them, they manipulate their love interest's feelings and world perception. Some might see their love interest as incapable of caring about them. Others might think that their love interest wants to feel "in love" or "happy" around them so they try to address their emotional state so that they frequently feel "in love" or "happy.".Type: Training | Choukyougata | (調教型)
"If you kiss me right here, right now, I'll overlook your recent attitude problems."
Some would do it secretly without the love interest knowing, similar to a more physical and direct form of manipulative yandere type. They will consciously let the love interest know when they did something the yandere sees as positive by giving them gifts in return, showing great joy and appretiation, spoil them, do things for them in return, etc. However, they will also discreetly show disappointment and rejection to the love interest when they do something they don't see as correct. Maybe they do it by ignoring more the love interest that day or even by guilt tripping them. This way, the love interest can understand that what they did is wrong and that this action will only bring negative emotions to all, so they souldn't do it again in the future..Type: Loneliness Induction | Koritsu yuudougata | (孤立誘導型)
"Poor (Name) it hurts, doesn't it? Isn't it painful? You can cry if you want... I'll soothe your pain. The sooner you forget about someone like that, the better. Don't worry, I'll give you lots of love."
Seeking to have their love interest all to themselves, these type of yandere characters work from the opposite end compared to the removal type. They don't target their love interest's friends or other relations but rather their love interest. They sow mistrust and put other blocks in the way between their love interest and the rest of the world. They wait until their love interest is in need of someone and become that someone for their love interest. Overtime, as a result of having no one else to trust or rely on, the love interest devotes themselves fully to their yandere..Type: Restraints | Sokubakugata | (束縛型)
"Sorry, darling! You're not allowed out of that chair until I'm 100% sure that you'll never try to leave me! From this day forward, I'm never going to let you out of my sight! We'll be together...forever!"
Desiring their love interest to be with them literally always, these yandere characters make sure the love interest won't leave their side now or in the future. They can use promises, deals, contracts or just simply make sure the love interest is content where they are so they won't ever think about leaving. Thus their love interest can't see the bonds, but they're still tightly bound to their yandere..Type: Domestic Violence | DVgata | (DV型)
"Love hurts. But it can hurt worse if you allow your eyes to wander."
Believing that if words don't work, stronger methods must be employed, they don't fear to smack their love interest or even hit or kick them a few times just like a tsundere would. But unlike a tsundere, they don't hit their love interest out of a lack of emotional self-control, or because they don't know what else to do, or to conceal their true feelings. Domestic Violence yandere characters do so, having employed other methods, out of a belief that their relationship can be significantly improved as a result of that smack or a few punches or kicks, similar to a kiredere..Type: Removal | Haijogata | (排除型)
"Hey, I've been thinking forever and ever and ever. How I can get you back, (Name). How you can love me again... how I can make your love only for me... The answer was simple. I just needed to get rid of people who were in my way!"
Believing that they are all their love interest needs, these yandere characters seek to remove other people from their love interest's life. To do this, a removal yandere character will destroy messages, both physical and virtual. They will interrupt conversations and lead their love interest away from the group. they will dissuade friendships and pull their love interest away from having time with their friends. A yandere character will probably not stop with just people though, phones, pets, and any other distractions are fair game for the yandere character to go after. They might do this secretly or allow their love interest to know..Type: Protective | Hogogata | (保護型)
"It’s sweet...it’s sweet. I have to protect this life. This is where I belong. I’m going to protect (Name) no matter what!"
This type of yandere cares deeply for the wellbeing and happiness of their love interest, and they fear what other, crueler people with bad intentions can do to their love interest. They will be on the lookout for anything that can cause any kind of discomfort to the love interest before taking action to get rid of it..Type: Self-harm | Jishougata | (自傷型)
"These scars are the proof that my body is your property alone, like a brand. No one else can touch it. No one other than you can see it. I will never yield my body to anyone other than you..."
They will hurt themselves to show their true devotion to their love interest or to make it clear to anyone that they belong to their love interest alone. Their self-inflicted wounds and scars will represent their infinite and loyal love for their love interest, treating their own body like a canvas created just for the admiration of the love interest and a representation of their love towards them..Type: Disappearance | Shoushitsugata | (消失型)
"I hope you still love me when we’re reborn. I’m sorry...and thanks."
They think that their love interest will never care for them or that the love interest will be happier without the yandere in their life. They don't think they're enough for their love interest, so they decide to run far away where they can't be found.
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Type: Double Suicide | Shinjuugata | (心中型)
"I don't want you stolen from me. I don't want anyone else taking you away. So... the only thing I can do... is kill you, (Name). Don't worry. You won't be alone. I'll die right after I kill you."
A utsudere love interest has commited suicide, the yandere then decides that they will follow on the steps of their love interest to be reunited by them or because they don't have anything else to live for now.Type: Final | Shuumatsugata | (終末型)
"Without you, the world held no meaning or joy... So I used the forbidden prophecy of the Tribe of Ancients to end all worlds. I wanted to destroy everything that had taken you away from me..."
They didn't have much luck when it comes to love for one reason or another. Love is now dead to them and something that only brings them great emotional harm. They won't feel love again unless their status with their original love interest can be fixed and improved in some way..Type: Delusion | Mousougata | (妄想型)
"What nonsense are they spouting? (Name)'s not dead. The promise we made this morning, the warmth, the feeling, it's all still here in my hands. It's still here."
Their own mind transforms or tries to forget the unsatisfactory or cruel reality to what they want to believe in terms of their real relationship, as well as the feelings and state of their love interest. Unable to accept the rejection, absence or death of a loved one, they will deny it completely, which leads to the delusion yandere to rebuilding a new perfect reality in their head, sometimes even thinking that they can achieve something impossible to fix this, trying to replicate or obtain this ideal life of theirs..Type: Wrong Idea | Kanchigaigata | (勘違い型)
"(Name)... must be in a bind. That boring girl has been stalking them, so they're hanging out with her because they have no other choice. That must be it. ...Yeah. They're in trouble. I have to help them."
Desiring to believe what is their ideal outcome is what their love interest wants, they will mistake what is wanted or requested, substituting it with their own desires for their love interest..Type: Projection | Toueigata | (投影型)
"I'm sorry about your hair, my prince. I just wanted our lengths to match! ...and color...and curl...you look wonderful!"
They project their ideal lover onto their love interest and expect their love interest to act just like their ideal lover, even forcing these notions onto them. They become upset if their love interest doesn't act or behave like their ideal love interest..Type: Bizarre-Seeking | Kyoukigata | (猟奇型)
"I cut open your chest with a knife. I take out your heart and eat it. With this, your heart is now mine. You won't be able to love anyone but me"
They desire very strange things that people wouldn't collect as memento of their love interest or to analyze them. This includes, but isn't limited to; hair, blood, saliva, cut fingernails, used tissues, bitten apples and other body parts or fluids that can be taken without really hurting or killing the love interest. The love interest might not even notice about the abscence of these elements.

Different Dere Types:Dere Type: Masodere
"To be broken by the one you love... It's an indescribable happiness."
Masodere characters are characters who have masochistic tendencies. These characters want to be harmed and shamed, finding pleasure in their own suffering. Masodere characters would want their love interest to abuse them mentally or physically, especially enjoying pain inflicted from someone they admire..Dere Type: Sadodere
"I've found that there's no greater rush than taking the life of someone you care for. The intimacy that murderer and victim share is unparalleled - witnessing their spirit separate itself from their body."
A sadodere is a troublemaker who enjoys manipulating others feelings, commonly taking pleasure from it. It is common that a sadodere will play with their love interest's emotions and humiliate them as well.
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Dere Type: Kekkondere
"If you marry me, I'll go out with you."
Kekkondere characters decide immediately or almost immediately when they meet a person that they're the ultimate person for them. Then they start planning their marriage, even if the other person does not agree with this at first.
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Dere Type: Bakadere
"He’s so cute, I want to put peanuts in his nose!"
Bakadere characters are, for the most part, very innocent and sweet, but their stupidity outshines their other attributes. They are basically a dim bulb, ditzy or klutzy girl or boy in love. They also tend to act like children who must be looked after and taught about life by others and love interest..Dere Type: Hajidere
"I, uh, I wanted to, um, gift you a make— I mean, gift you a give I made— I mean.."
Hajidere characters will get nervous (such as blushing, sweating, stuttering, being somewhat passive and having trouble breathing) around their crush like a dandere character would but in a much more extreme way. This also happens only or mostly around their love interest instead of with other people, whom hajidere characters are mostly calm around..Dere Type: Dandere
"The real world is scary. It's a pain to deal with other people..."
A dandere will more or less act like a normal person, but will not talk unless spoken or required to. They will avoid talking because of their shyness, but if they need to, they will speak, sometimes with some difficulty or embarrassment..Dere Type: Tsundere
"F-Fall for me? This is hardly the time for that kind of thing! But if you want to keep going, I guess I could force myself to listen..."
Tsundere characters are characters who pretend not to be interested in someone, even though their liking is very obvious. They will do things for their love interest, such as making them lunch or buying them stuff, but will insist that they don't like them and make up cheap excuses to try and save face.
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Dere Type: Yandere
"I'm crazy?! What's crazy is this world that refuses to let me be with you"
Yandere characters take what one would call love to an extreme in an attempt at building a stronger, closer, and permanent bond with their love interest..Dere Type: Deredere
"Having so many things to love makes me really, really happy!"
The deredere archetype differs from the other dere types by its usual acceptance if the love interest rejects them, since this dere type is purely lovey-dovey almost all the time. While they can be in love with someone, they are still able to develop their characters separate from them along a different path..Dere Type: Kuudere
"I've found it's clearer to convey no emotion whatsoever."
A kuudere refers to a character who is often cold, blunt, and cynical. They may seem very emotionless and stoic on the outside, but on the inside, they’re very caring, at least when it comes to the ones they love.