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The terms "tsundere", "yandere" and "kuudere" are most often used when
describing female characters. However, all the definitions of them start with
_"a person, who..."_ , which kind of suggests that these terms should be
applicable to male characters as well.

So, can they be used to describe a male character, and if they can't, are
there any other equivalent terms that can be used instead?


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Are tsundere/yandere/kuudere unisexual terms?


As far as I could find, all 3 of the terms are unisex. These terms are rarely
used for males and mostly used for female characters.

> [**Tsundere**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundere) is a Japanese
> character development process that describes a person who is initially cold
> and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing **his or
> her** warm side over time.
>
> [**Yandere**](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yandere) A common term in otaku
> fandom, a yandere is a person **(usually female)** romantically obsessed
> with someone to the point of using violent means to get them in their arms.
> Often seen with a sharp weapon and a psychotic grin.
>
> [**Kuudere**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuudere#K) A character type,
> mostly of a female character, who is normally cold and unassuming but later
> reveals a softer and kinder side. See Tsundere.


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The _dere_ family along with _tsundere_ (unapproachable outside, sweet
inside), yandere (sweet outside, crazy inside) _kuudere_ (cold outside, sweet
inside), and _dandere_ (asocial outside, sweet inside).

All of these terms are used to describe traits, rather than the characters
themselves, so they are used asexually. However, because the terms (most
prominently with tsundere, since it is the most popular trope of the family)
are attributed mostly to female characters, people usually attribute the terms
as female traits.


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