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Kuroyukihime: Shall I tell you what I'm feeling right now?
Haruyuki: O-Okay.
Kuroyukihime: Forty-nine percent the desire to praise you for a job well done. Fifty percent the desire to punch you. [...] Now. Shall I tell you the remaining one percent of my feelings? (hugs Haruyuki).
Haruyuki: O-Okay.
Kuroyukihime: Forty-nine percent the desire to praise you for a job well done. Fifty percent the desire to punch you. [...] Now. Shall I tell you the remaining one percent of my feelings? (hugs Haruyuki).
Okajima: You hear that, dude? I love how she pretends not to care.
Takebayashi: The girl runs hot and cold.
Takebayashi: The girl runs hot and cold.
Love! Yuttari heion na hibi (daisuki)
Yume to seishun? Sonna gara janai shi
Nē niwaki ni mizu wo yarimasho (yoshi yoshi)
Gokigen ikaga desu? Watashi wa bochibochi
Sore na no ni ne kao ga chikai!
Sonna me de semararete mo!!
Chigau kara! Chigau ndakara ne!
Datte watashi sonna ni ―― choro kunai!
Chomama chomamama chotto matte chotto!
Hontō wa chotto wa chotto wa chotto wa ureshī kedo
Chigē yo! (Chigē!) Uzē yo! (Uzē!)
Su, su, suki nanka janai kara!
Ano ne! Matte ne! Sō janai no!
Butchake chippoke jiishiki dakedo
Sunao ni nareru hi made mō sukoshi matte yo ne
Suki dakedo suki janai suki dakedo tasukete!!
(Translation)
LOVE! Comfortable, peaceful days (I love you)
Dreams of youth? It's not like that
Hey, let's water the tree in the garden (there, there)
How am I? I'm not bad
Even so, your face is too close!
And you're pressuring me with those eyes!!
It's not like that! It's not like that, so!
Listen, I'm not that—— soft!
W-wai— w-w-w-wai— wait just a second, hold on!
It's true that I'm just a little—just a little—just a little glad, but
It's not like that! (It's not!) Shut up! (Shut up!)
Because it's—it's—it's not like I like you or anything!
Hey! Wait a second! That's not how it is!
To be frank, I am just a tiny bit self-conscious, but
Just wait a little while, until the day I can be honest, okay?
I like you, but I don’t like you; I like you— someone help me!
Yume to seishun? Sonna gara janai shi
Nē niwaki ni mizu wo yarimasho (yoshi yoshi)
Gokigen ikaga desu? Watashi wa bochibochi
Sore na no ni ne kao ga chikai!
Sonna me de semararete mo!!
Chigau kara! Chigau ndakara ne!
Datte watashi sonna ni ―― choro kunai!
Chomama chomamama chotto matte chotto!
Hontō wa chotto wa chotto wa chotto wa ureshī kedo
Chigē yo! (Chigē!) Uzē yo! (Uzē!)
Su, su, suki nanka janai kara!
Ano ne! Matte ne! Sō janai no!
Butchake chippoke jiishiki dakedo
Sunao ni nareru hi made mō sukoshi matte yo ne
Suki dakedo suki janai suki dakedo tasukete!!
(Translation)
LOVE! Comfortable, peaceful days (I love you)
Dreams of youth? It's not like that
Hey, let's water the tree in the garden (there, there)
How am I? I'm not bad
Even so, your face is too close!
And you're pressuring me with those eyes!!
It's not like that! It's not like that, so!
Listen, I'm not that—— soft!
W-wai— w-w-w-wai— wait just a second, hold on!
It's true that I'm just a little—just a little—just a little glad, but
It's not like that! (It's not!) Shut up! (Shut up!)
Because it's—it's—it's not like I like you or anything!
Hey! Wait a second! That's not how it is!
To be frank, I am just a tiny bit self-conscious, but
Just wait a little while, until the day I can be honest, okay?
I like you, but I don’t like you; I like you— someone help me!
— Arisa Ichigaya, Ban G Dream! (Su-Suki Nanka Janai! - Arisa's Character Song)
"You get all jealous, you get mad fast, and you're quick to hit! You're plenty womanly."
— Guts to Casca, Berserk
Yamada: I've finally made up my mind, poured my heart out and confessed for the first time in my life! HOW DARE YOU PASS OUT!
Yamada's Erogami: You hit him with the door yourself!
Yamada's Erogami: You hit him with the door yourself!
Harumi: You uh... You like him?
Mikoto: W-What?
Harumi: You know, when a girl behaves all cold towards the guy she likes. It was popular a while back... Tsun... Tsun... Tsundara? No... Tsunjire?
Mikoto: Not a chance!
Mikoto: W-What?
Harumi: You know, when a girl behaves all cold towards the guy she likes. It was popular a while back... Tsun... Tsun... Tsundara? No... Tsunjire?
Mikoto: Not a chance!
"If someone truly loves me, I have the special power to turn me into that "Mighty Unicorn" you saw. And I think you love me Beezle."
— Unico to Beezle, The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
"You just know she's covering her lust for me with cruelty and violence."
— Hajime Aoyama, Ghost Stories (dub)
Kaguya: [mentally] Its all your fault, President!
Narrator: Oh Kaguya, you tsundere you.
Narrator: Oh Kaguya, you tsundere you.
—Kaguya-sama: Love Is War English Dub
Shozo Tanuma: [On Kaguya] She's quite the firecracker.
Nurse: I believe the kids call it "tsundere," sir.
Nurse: I believe the kids call it "tsundere," sir.
—Kaguya-sama: Love Is War English Dub
Teana: Since I keep having to listen to you talk about being partners... I'm not going to cut you any slack if you can't keep up with me. Got it, Subaru?
Subaru: (Beat Panel focused on her) Okay...! Tia!
Teana: Wai... what are you doing calling me that?
Subaru: You talked with Gin-nee, right? I should call friends or girls I get along with by a nickname.
Teana: You and I aren't friends or getting along together! I just don't feel like calling you 'Nakajima' after meeting Ginga-san!
Subaru: But right now we are partners. So let me call you that.
Teana: Geez... just do whatever you want! No matter what I say, you'll just keep being selfish, right?
Teana Narrates: At this time, I hadn't realized it, that my partnership with this weird girl was something that was going to continue for a very long time.
Subaru: (Beat Panel focused on her) Okay...! Tia!
Teana: Wai... what are you doing calling me that?
Subaru: You talked with Gin-nee, right? I should call friends or girls I get along with by a nickname.
Teana: You and I aren't friends or getting along together! I just don't feel like calling you 'Nakajima' after meeting Ginga-san!
Subaru: But right now we are partners. So let me call you that.
Teana: Geez... just do whatever you want! No matter what I say, you'll just keep being selfish, right?
Teana Narrates: At this time, I hadn't realized it, that my partnership with this weird girl was something that was going to continue for a very long time.
— Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS manga.
"The woman I love burns with jealousy,
leaps to conclusions, cries, and turns to ice.
But when she laughs, the world is mine."
leaps to conclusions, cries, and turns to ice.
But when she laughs, the world is mine."
— Yusaku Godai, Maison Ikkoku
Matsurika: I wish to inform you, I have no dere.
Kanako: She's 100% tsun!
Kanako: She's 100% tsun!
"Those clothes are too cute and you're good at everything. It makes me so angry that I want to give you a hug!!"
— Riko Saikawa, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
"Careful. With Sakura, that can mean a lot of butting horns and locking heads. I mean, she's into violent real life experience. Listen to her and you're liable to...end up back here in the hospital."
— Naruto Uzumaki on Sakura Haruno, Naruto Shippuden, episode 64
sonna yasashiku shinai de
hora mata kizutsukeatte
tsumikasaneta USO de kikoenai yo kimi no kotoba
hontou no koe wo kakushite
kuchizusamu kono MERODI
yukkuri to kawatteku kokoro ni
mi wo makasete
(Translation)
Don't be so nice to me like that.
See! We are hurting each other again.
I can't hear your words buried under the piles of lies.
Masking my real voice,
I hum to myself this melody.
To my gradually changing heart,
I will entrust my body.
hora mata kizutsukeatte
tsumikasaneta USO de kikoenai yo kimi no kotoba
hontou no koe wo kakushite
kuchizusamu kono MERODI
yukkuri to kawatteku kokoro ni
mi wo makasete
(Translation)
Don't be so nice to me like that.
See! We are hurting each other again.
I can't hear your words buried under the piles of lies.
Masking my real voice,
I hum to myself this melody.
To my gradually changing heart,
I will entrust my body.
"Don't think too badly of Akane. She's really a very sweet girl. She's just a violent maniac."
—Kasumi on Akane, Ranma ½
"If you want a girl who would rather kill you than kiss you, you can have her!"
—Ranma on Akane, Ranma ½
"Just keep being yourself. Because... I really like being around the normal you. But don't actually make me spell this stuff out. That's embarrassing, idiot."
— Kei Sugiura, School Zone Girls
"If I'm told it's white
I'd say it's black
I can't be honest
I say one thing but do another
If I'm told, "I love you"
I'd say, "I hate you"
I'm happy, but what am I saying?
Like putting salt
Into sweet vanilla..."
I'd say it's black
I can't be honest
I say one thing but do another
If I'm told, "I love you"
I'd say, "I hate you"
I'm happy, but what am I saying?
Like putting salt
Into sweet vanilla..."
— Vanilla Salt, first ED of Toradora!
"Reasoning... is love.
If we don't love each other, ...the reasoning won't start.
In that case, how can we say that we love each other?
'If you think you can solve it, just you try.' 'You're incompetent, like hell you can solve it.'
...Yeah, according to George-aniki, you call that sort of thing 'tsundora'.
Heheh, that brutal witch is finally starting to look a bit cute.
...If I meet her again, I wanna try saying 'You're such a tsundora.'"
If we don't love each other, ...the reasoning won't start.
In that case, how can we say that we love each other?
'If you think you can solve it, just you try.' 'You're incompetent, like hell you can solve it.'
...Yeah, according to George-aniki, you call that sort of thing 'tsundora'.
Heheh, that brutal witch is finally starting to look a bit cute.
...If I meet her again, I wanna try saying 'You're such a tsundora.'"
— Battler Ushiromiya, Umineko: When They Cry (game) Episode 5
"I met a violinist as crazy as they come. A total loose cannon— and what a temper! But when she smiles at you, it's like she's an angel."
— Kousei, Your Lie in April
Fan Works
Rei: I am planning to have Nagisa over.
Asuka: Wha-... him? Why?
Rei: I might spend the evening making out with him, or possibly kill him. I haven't decided yet.
Asuka: Wha-... him? Why?
Rei: I might spend the evening making out with him, or possibly kill him. I haven't decided yet.
"That Aubrey girl, she accused me of liking Omori! ME! LIKING SOMEONE! I don't like that idiot! He's just an idiot! And that idiot is just too cute to be with Aubrey! He should be with someone way cooler like me! But is not like I like him or anything! Mph! I don't like him!"
— Buttermilk, Aubrey Vs Sweetheart's Lil Sister
, an OMORI fanfic
, an OMORI fanficAsuka: You're really an idiot sometimes, but when you want, you can be a really good friend... [grins] ...and a great lover.
Shinji: [grinning] You too. Sometimes you can be a real pain, and then suddenly, you're so nice...
Shinji: [grinning] You too. Sometimes you can be a real pain, and then suddenly, you're so nice...
— The Child of Love, chapter 5
Asuka: (nervously) Do you want me to help you?
Shinji: Why would you want to? You don't even like me.
Asuka: (frowning) That's not true. My mama asked me where I wanted to play, and I said here. I like being with you.
Shinji: But you're always mean to me.
Asuka: That doesn't mean I don't like you. I'm just afraid you'll go away, and it makes me nervous and upset. So I get mean even though I don't want to.
Shinji: Why would you want to? You don't even like me.
Asuka: (frowning) That's not true. My mama asked me where I wanted to play, and I said here. I like being with you.
Shinji: But you're always mean to me.
Asuka: That doesn't mean I don't like you. I'm just afraid you'll go away, and it makes me nervous and upset. So I get mean even though I don't want to.
"Love?" We met, like, once. And we weren't exactly the best of friends. When you've been pulled out of your normal life and locked away, your highest priority isn't becoming BFFs with your inmates, it's getting the heck out of there.
Stupid anklets. Stupid laser barriers. Stupid everything.
I saw the two guys I had to share my cell with, and my heart sank. I wished they would all go away. Dwight was a wimp, plain and simple. He had this weird habit of crying whenever Jorgen so much as raised his voice. Wimpy boys stink. As for Timmy, he looked like such a dork, but he acted like such a jock. When I gave him one of my trademark jibes, he talked back. His insults were so much better than mine, and it bugged me more than it should have done. Arrogant boys stink.
All boys stink.
So what if I hugged him over Dwight when the snakes in the Funhouse freaked me out? That's hardly true love. Dwight was just super-creepy and I wanted to get away from him. Would you want to hug a guy with an irrational fear of harpoons? No, thank you.
Timmy had more comforting vibes.
Did I say that out loud?
Stupid anklets. Stupid laser barriers. Stupid everything.
I saw the two guys I had to share my cell with, and my heart sank. I wished they would all go away. Dwight was a wimp, plain and simple. He had this weird habit of crying whenever Jorgen so much as raised his voice. Wimpy boys stink. As for Timmy, he looked like such a dork, but he acted like such a jock. When I gave him one of my trademark jibes, he talked back. His insults were so much better than mine, and it bugged me more than it should have done. Arrogant boys stink.
All boys stink.
So what if I hugged him over Dwight when the snakes in the Funhouse freaked me out? That's hardly true love. Dwight was just super-creepy and I wanted to get away from him. Would you want to hug a guy with an irrational fear of harpoons? No, thank you.
Timmy had more comforting vibes.
Did I say that out loud?
— Molly Wright, How Much Do You Love Timmy Turner
"The boy fell in love with the girl at first sight, despite her constant scary glares and complaints. She had already caught his heart the first time he laid eyes on her and she didn't even know it."
— Leo talking about himself, in Just Another Demigod Day In Angel High school
"Okay, so, now ... okay, I'm going to kiss you and —- you just follow my lead, OK? Try not to fuck it up too badly."
— Red Romance, a Homestuck fic
, a Homestuck ficGlimmer: So... I kinda, maybe, sort of really missed you when you weren't around, bumtrombone.
Adora: Seriously, Glimmer, just fucking tell him you fancy the shit out of him.
Bow: Ohhh, you do, do you?
Glimmer: Fuck you, Adora. Fuck you right up the wrong 'un. Fine! Yes! So I do think you are the greatest man ever to walk this planet and you make me feel so much better about myself when I see you! And you give me a warm feeling inside that's so nice, I don't even want to make a dirty joke about it! Okay, cockknobber?!
Adora: Seriously, Glimmer, just fucking tell him you fancy the shit out of him.
Bow: Ohhh, you do, do you?
Glimmer: Fuck you, Adora. Fuck you right up the wrong 'un. Fine! Yes! So I do think you are the greatest man ever to walk this planet and you make me feel so much better about myself when I see you! And you give me a warm feeling inside that's so nice, I don't even want to make a dirty joke about it! Okay, cockknobber?!
"The places where Phos' fingers touch, on their scalp and forearm, stroking up and down, seem to be on fire, prickling and burning, though not.. not unpleasantly so. (...) Cinnabar wants to say a lot of things. They want to say that's weird, and that's gross and don't stop"
Film
Wyldstyle: (from Emmet's perspective) Blah blah blah blah, proper name. Place name, backstory stuff. I'm so pretty! Blah blah, I like you but I'm angry at you for some reason.
Literature
Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris?
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
(Translation of Above by Peter Green)
I hate and love. You wonder, perhaps, why I'd do that?
I have no idea. I just feel it. I am crucified.
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
(Translation of Above by Peter Green)
I hate and love. You wonder, perhaps, why I'd do that?
I have no idea. I just feel it. I am crucified.
— Catullus, Poem 85
Live-Action TV
Natalie: If Jeremy wanted, he could have me anytime, anywhere. I would do things to his mind and body that I think he'd really enjoy. God knows I would.
Jeremy: Natalie —
Natalie: Don't touch me!
Jeremy: Natalie —
Natalie: Don't touch me!
— Sports Night, "La Forza del Destino"
Sam: I hate you!
Freddie: Then why'd you kiss me?!
Sam: I... like you...
Freddie: So, you hate me and you like me...
Sam: Now you see why I need to be in [the mental hospital]?
Freddie: Then why'd you kiss me?!
Sam: I... like you...
Freddie: So, you hate me and you like me...
Sam: Now you see why I need to be in [the mental hospital]?
—Preview for iLost My Mind, iCarly
"Type A personality. Blood pressure always in the 400's."
Music
"You can keep me company
As long as you don't care"
As long as you don't care"
— Garbage, "Only Happy When It Rains"
"Can't read my, can't read my
No, he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)"
No, he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)"
— Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"
"You could never know what it's like
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use"
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use"
— Elton John, "I'm Still Standing"
"You've been acting awful tough lately
Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately
But inside, you're just a little baby, oh
It's okay to say you've got a weak spot
You don't always have to be on top
Better to be hated than loved, loved, loved for what you're not"
Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately
But inside, you're just a little baby, oh
It's okay to say you've got a weak spot
You don't always have to be on top
Better to be hated than loved, loved, loved for what you're not"
— Marina Diamandis, "I Am Not a Robot"
"You, who hide behind your smile when you're lonely
Are a blade of unmelting ice"
Are a blade of unmelting ice"
— Yui Makino, "Synchronicity"
"And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too..."
Except everything you had and what was left after that too..."
— Florence + the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
"Sometimes I hate every single stupid word you say
Sometimes I wanna slap you in your whole face
There's no one quite like you
You push all my buttons down
I know life would suck without you
Sometimes I wanna slap you in your whole face
There's no one quite like you
You push all my buttons down
I know life would suck without you
— P!nk, "True Love"
"My heart's not fluttering or anything
You just caught me by surprise
If you were to give me a kiss out of here
Well, I'd have to give you a slap in return"
You just caught me by surprise
If you were to give me a kiss out of here
Well, I'd have to give you a slap in return"
— "Tsundere No Uta" (The Song of the Tsundere)
"If she says she loves you
You can bet your boots she loves you
If she said she hates you
That can also mean she loves you"
You can bet your boots she loves you
If she said she hates you
That can also mean she loves you"
— Theme song of Gidget
She's "I want a piece of chocolate. Take me to a movie."
She's "I can't find a thing to wear." Now and then she's moody.
She's "I can't find a thing to wear." Now and then she's moody.
"You are a rose, but set with sharpest spine;
You are a pretty bird that pecks at me;
You are a little squirrel on a tree,
Pelting me with the prickly fruit of the pine;
A diamond, torn from a crystal mine,
Not like that milky treasure of the sea,
A smooth, translucent pearl, but skilfully
Carven to cut, and faceted to shine."
You are a pretty bird that pecks at me;
You are a little squirrel on a tree,
Pelting me with the prickly fruit of the pine;
A diamond, torn from a crystal mine,
Not like that milky treasure of the sea,
A smooth, translucent pearl, but skilfully
Carven to cut, and faceted to shine."
— Elinor Wylie, "Nancy"
"She's sun and rain.
She's fire and ice.
A little crazy, but it's nice.
And when she gets mad,
you best leave her alone.
She'll rage just like a river,
then she'll beg you to forgive her.
She's every woman that I've ever known."
She's fire and ice.
A little crazy, but it's nice.
And when she gets mad,
you best leave her alone.
She'll rage just like a river,
then she'll beg you to forgive her.
She's every woman that I've ever known."
— Garth Brooks, "She's Every Woman"
"You're my flower of the desert, yes you are.
And my diamond in a coal mine, yes you are.
You're my bright leaf on a fall tree,
and a rattler when you don't need me,
you're my flower of the desert, yes you are."
And my diamond in a coal mine, yes you are.
You're my bright leaf on a fall tree,
and a rattler when you don't need me,
you're my flower of the desert, yes you are."
— Havalina Rail Co., "Flower of the Desert"
"... And she'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden
And she'll carelessly cut you, and laugh while you're bleeding
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself...
... She's frequently kind then she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases, she's nobody's fool
And she can't be convicted, she's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me"
And she'll carelessly cut you, and laugh while you're bleeding
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself...
... She's frequently kind then she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases, she's nobody's fool
And she can't be convicted, she's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me"
— Billy Joel, "She's Always a Woman"
"Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
You don't really want to stay, no
But you don't really want to go..."
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
You don't really want to stay, no
But you don't really want to go..."
— Katy Perry, "Hot n' Cold"
"I'm a bitch, I'm a lover,
I'm a child, I'm a mother,
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint,
I do not feel ashamed;
I'm your hell, I'm your dream,
I'm nothing in between,
You know you wouldn't want it any other way..."
I'm a child, I'm a mother,
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint,
I do not feel ashamed;
I'm your hell, I'm your dream,
I'm nothing in between,
You know you wouldn't want it any other way..."
— Meredith Brooks, "Bitch"
"Some days I'm a super bitch
Up to my old tricks
But it won't last forever
Next day I'm your super girl
Out to save the world
And it keeps gettin' better"
Up to my old tricks
But it won't last forever
Next day I'm your super girl
Out to save the world
And it keeps gettin' better"
— Christina Aguilera, "Keeps Getting Better"
"Just 'cause I can't go on
Just 'cause I die when you're gone
Just 'cause I think of you in bed
Don't let it go to your head"
Just 'cause I die when you're gone
Just 'cause I think of you in bed
Don't let it go to your head"
— Fefe Dobson, "Don't Let It Go To Your Head"
"Fire and ice
You come on like a flame, then you turn the cold shoulder."
You come on like a flame, then you turn the cold shoulder."
— Pat Benatar, "Fire and Ice"
"You think that you know me (tangled up in...)
You think that I'm only (tangled up in me)
When everything I do is only to get tangled up in you
You wanna know more, more, more about me
I'm the girl that's sweeping you off your feet
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away? Yeah!
Don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting today
Mix the words up with the actions do it all for your reaction. Yeah!
Hey! Hey!
Get tangled up in me"
You think that I'm only (tangled up in me)
When everything I do is only to get tangled up in you
You wanna know more, more, more about me
I'm the girl that's sweeping you off your feet
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away? Yeah!
Don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting today
Mix the words up with the actions do it all for your reaction. Yeah!
Hey! Hey!
Get tangled up in me"
— Skye Sweetnam, "Tangled Up in Me"
"Absolute trust with a contrasting action
A hopeless fate will turn into love one day
A one way expression of "tsunderation"
"I love you," it's hard to understand, isn't it?
Puppy Love"
A hopeless fate will turn into love one day
A one way expression of "tsunderation"
"I love you," it's hard to understand, isn't it?
Puppy Love"
— Perfume, "Puppy Love"
"She likes you Wednesday, but now it's Friday, and she has to wash her hair.
And it just figures that we'll never figure them out, first she's Jekyll, then she's Hyde...
At least she makes a lovely pair."
And it just figures that we'll never figure them out, first she's Jekyll, then she's Hyde...
At least she makes a lovely pair."
— Relient K, "Mood Rings"
"No chance, no way,
I won't say it, no no
(You swoon, you sigh,
Why deny it, uh-oh)
It's too cliche
I won't say I'm in love!"
I won't say it, no no
(You swoon, you sigh,
Why deny it, uh-oh)
It's too cliche
I won't say I'm in love!"
— "I Won't Say (I'm In Love)," Hercules
"I'm gonna let you down, gonna toss you around
Gonna make you want everything you haven't found
I'm gonna hold your hand, then ask you to stand
Ten feet away"
Gonna make you want everything you haven't found
I'm gonna hold your hand, then ask you to stand
Ten feet away"
— Katie Herzig, "Hologram"
"You're so stupid and perfect
And stupid and perfect
I hate you I want you"
And stupid and perfect
I hate you I want you"
— The Bird and the Bee, "Again and Again"
"I don't lalalala like you
I lalalala love you
I used to hahaha hate you
And now I really fucking love you"
I lalalala love you
I used to hahaha hate you
And now I really fucking love you"
— The Pretty Reckless, "Blender"
"When I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave her
She will turn to me and start to cry
And she promises the earth to me
And I believe her
After all this times I don't know why
Ah, girl
Girl
She's the kind of girl who puts you down
When friends are there, you feel a fool
When you say she's looking good
She acts as if it's understood
She's cool, cool, cool, cool"
She will turn to me and start to cry
And she promises the earth to me
And I believe her
After all this times I don't know why
Ah, girl
Girl
She's the kind of girl who puts you down
When friends are there, you feel a fool
When you say she's looking good
She acts as if it's understood
She's cool, cool, cool, cool"
— The Beatles, "Girl"
"Goodbye, my only friend,
Oh, did you think I meant you?
That would be funny if it weren't so sad,
Well you have been replaced,
I don't need anyone now,
When I delete you maybe I'll stop feeling so bad..."
Oh, did you think I meant you?
That would be funny if it weren't so sad,
Well you have been replaced,
I don't need anyone now,
When I delete you maybe I'll stop feeling so bad..."
— GLaDOS, "Want You Gone", Portal 2
"Cause she's bittersweet
She knocks me off of my feet
And I can't help myself I don't want anyone else."
She knocks me off of my feet
And I can't help myself I don't want anyone else."
— The Click Five, "Just the Girl"
"...And I hate how much I love you, boy
I can't stand how much I need you
And I hate how much I love you, boy
But I just can't let you go
And I hate that I love you so..."
I can't stand how much I need you
And I hate how much I love you, boy
But I just can't let you go
And I hate that I love you so..."
— Rihanna, "Hate That I Love You"
"I like to see you
But then again
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me
So if I call you
Don't make a fuss
Don't tell your friends about the two of us
I'm not in love... No, no
It's because..."
But then again
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me
So if I call you
Don't make a fuss
Don't tell your friends about the two of us
I'm not in love... No, no
It's because..."
— 10cc, "I'm Not in Love"
"You should take it as a compliment
That I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk
You should think about the consequence
Of your magnetic field being a little too strong
And I got a boyfriend, he's older than us
He's in the club doing, I don't know what
You're so cool, it makes me hate you so much"
That I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk
You should think about the consequence
Of your magnetic field being a little too strong
And I got a boyfriend, he's older than us
He's in the club doing, I don't know what
You're so cool, it makes me hate you so much"
— Taylor Swift, "Gorgeous"
I went out and bought her roses.
She complained about the thorns,
but I caught her smiling,
and that's what I do it for.
She complained about the thorns,
but I caught her smiling,
and that's what I do it for.
—A Rocket to the Moon, "She's Killing Me"
I hate your fucking face and that stoic stare!
I think your cape is dumb, and you got no flair!
I think it's pretty clear that I do not care!
But I wanna run my hands through your hipster hair!
I think your cape is dumb, and you got no flair!
I think it's pretty clear that I do not care!
But I wanna run my hands through your hipster hair!
Karkat to Dave, "Strider Be Mine" by Broadway Karkat
Podcasts
Georgie: I thought you liked [Eric].
Antigone: [disgusted] For God's sake! Do you think I like gorgeous, handsome men? Do you?!
Antigone: [disgusted] For God's sake! Do you think I like gorgeous, handsome men? Do you?!
— Wooden Overcoats, "The Bane of Rudyard"
Stand-up Comedy
The weird thing about it was that she had no build to anger... She had two modes, I love you and HISSS!! ...she would come back later and say "I'm sorry, I have a sugar imbalance." Yeah, diabetes is a sugar imbalance, you are AN ESTROGEN MOLOTOV COCKTAIL.
— Christopher Titus on his Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
Theatre
"In vain to us you plead –
Don't go!
Your prayers we do not heed –
Don't go!
It's true we sigh,
But don't suppose
A tearful eye
Forgiveness shows.
Oh, no!
We're very cross indeed –
Yes, very cross,
Don't go!"
Don't go!
Your prayers we do not heed –
Don't go!
It's true we sigh,
But don't suppose
A tearful eye
Forgiveness shows.
Oh, no!
We're very cross indeed –
Yes, very cross,
Don't go!"
Video Games
Kohaku: The way you hide how nice you are, doesn't that make you a...what's it called? "Sun dairy"?
Copen: I'm not a "tsundere."
Copen: I'm not a "tsundere."
"I'm first place? I thought it was some kind of joke, not that there would be any good reason to... It's not like I'm happy or anything... Don't misunderstand me..."
— Wang Yuanji, Dynasty Warriors 7, on being chosen as the most popular character.
"Don't sell yourself short, Severa. I find the ice queen bit quite charming!"
"The higher the hurdle you have to leap, the more satisfying it feels once you're over it!"
"The higher the hurdle you have to leap, the more satisfying it feels once you're over it!"
— Inigo explaining the appeal of this trope in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
"Ah, the Cactus. Truly the most Tsundere of plants."
"Tsunderplane gets in the way! Not on purpose or anything."
"THERE'S NO NEED TO LIE TO YOURSELF!!! YOUR BARBS HIDE A HIDDEN AFFECTION! YOU EMOTIONAL CACTUS!"
— Papyrus if you insult him mid-battle, Undertale
Pit: The Forces of Nature?
Viridi: Don't get the wrong idea, Pit. I'm not here to help you. It's just in my best interest to keep you alive for now!
Palutena: Aww, it looks like Little Miss Cactus has a soft spot for Pit.
Pit: Uhhhhh... Really? 'Cause I don't think you're all that bad either...
Viridi: (whispering) Shhh! Keep your voice down! People are listening! (yelling) I'm definitely NOT doing this to help you, Pit.
Palutena: (sarcastically) Oh, really.
Pit: Hmph. Well, I'm not here to help you either, so THERE!
Viridi: Aaaaauugh! You two are SO ANNOYING! This is why I kept trying to kill you!
Viridi: Don't get the wrong idea, Pit. I'm not here to help you. It's just in my best interest to keep you alive for now!
Palutena: Aww, it looks like Little Miss Cactus has a soft spot for Pit.
Pit: Uhhhhh... Really? 'Cause I don't think you're all that bad either...
Viridi: (whispering) Shhh! Keep your voice down! People are listening! (yelling) I'm definitely NOT doing this to help you, Pit.
Palutena: (sarcastically) Oh, really.
Pit: Hmph. Well, I'm not here to help you either, so THERE!
Viridi: Aaaaauugh! You two are SO ANNOYING! This is why I kept trying to kill you!
"Aww, this guy. What a big softy. He acts all mean, but I'm sure he's that thing from TV. Y'know, soon-deh-ray? We're friends. I think."
— Hat Kid describing the Snatcher, A Hat in Time
Now feeling the stirrings of a first crush. It's not like she's doing it for you! B-baka! Might knockback enemies. (Area Attack)
— Awakened Ururun’s description, The Battle Cats
John Marston: Oh, darling. I never thought I'd see this day again.
Abigail Marston: You no-good hillbilly piece of shit!
Abigail Marston: You no-good hillbilly piece of shit!
Wha.. W-who'd get jealous!? I was just worried about you, and..!
She didn't have a thing to complain about, but she always found something anyway. Her first reaction to anything was always...anger. I never understood how she could have so much and still be so miserable. I would've switched places with her in a heartbeat.
Yuki Kinjou, Blue Reflection: Second Light, revealing her first impression of the resident Tsundere Rena Miyauchi.
I think I know how she does it now. She puts everything she has into caring for others. She's the type of person who would risk her life for someone else. That's why everyone wants to help her too. Rena sure is cool.
Kirby... Ugh! I hate having to rely on you, and your vacant stare when I revealed my grand plan was truly insulting. Well, let's see if you can break this thing on my head. If you can, then someday... hee hee hee...I may get to toy with you again!
Neo: Seems like the perfect gift, doesn't it, Elsie?
Elsie: W-Well, it's not as if... But, um...Elsie cannot go without expressing her gratitude.
Weronika: Geez, you're not very straightforward, are you? Did you know? In Japan, people like you are called "tsundere"...
Elsie: Shut up!!! Why does Weronika always have to say unnecessary things?!
Weronika: Ah!? You're the one who's always squealing and making a fuss...!
Elsie: W-Well, it's not as if... But, um...Elsie cannot go without expressing her gratitude.
Weronika: Geez, you're not very straightforward, are you? Did you know? In Japan, people like you are called "tsundere"...
Elsie: Shut up!!! Why does Weronika always have to say unnecessary things?!
Weronika: Ah!? You're the one who's always squealing and making a fuss...!
— D4DJ Groovy Mix, map conversation on Elsie's birthday
"Don't be intimidated by her. She's a total softy. She just won't admit it."
— Ren on Nastasia, Pokémon Rejuvenation
Visual Novels
Tsundere is that type of person who acts all "Blarg I hate you!" but they're REALLY all "Blurf I love you!"
— Genocide Jack, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
"There's a really popular character type called 'tsundere'... It's someone who tries to hide their feelings by being mean and fussy, or trying to act tough. I'm sure it's obvious, but Natsuki was really the embodiment of that. At first I thought she was nuts like that because it's supposed to be cute or something... But once I started to learn a bit more about her personal life, it made a little more sense. It seems like she's always trying to keep up with her friends. You know how some friend groups in high school just make a habit of picking on each other all the time? I think it’s really gotten to her, so she has this really defensive attitude all the time. And I’m not even going to talk about her home situation..."
— Monika, Doki Doki Literature Club!
Shirou: As if! What kind of love letter would say "I'll kill you if you don't come"?
Sakura: One written by [Rin] would!
Sakura: One written by [Rin] would!
Betty de Famme: Say what you want, but don't think for a second that... that I don't still hate you.
Trucy Wright: I-I guess she really does hate me...
Bonny de Famme: But, Betty, why? You used to be a huge fan of Trucy's.
Betty: H-Hey! Sh-Shut up! I've always hated her!
Bonny: Really? But if we hadn't seen Trucy's magic show... ...we never would've tried to become professional magicians ourselves, right?
Betty: S-Speak for yourself!
Bonny: But, Betty? You still have her autograph from that day--
Betty: GRAAAGH! Just shut up!
Apollo Justice: (thinking) Was she acting that way this whole time because she secretly loves Trucy? Wow, Trucy. I never knew that being the best could be so tough...
Trucy Wright: I-I guess she really does hate me...
Bonny de Famme: But, Betty, why? You used to be a huge fan of Trucy's.
Betty: H-Hey! Sh-Shut up! I've always hated her!
Bonny: Really? But if we hadn't seen Trucy's magic show... ...we never would've tried to become professional magicians ourselves, right?
Betty: S-Speak for yourself!
Bonny: But, Betty? You still have her autograph from that day--
Betty: GRAAAGH! Just shut up!
Apollo Justice: (thinking) Was she acting that way this whole time because she secretly loves Trucy? Wow, Trucy. I never knew that being the best could be so tough...
— Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, Case 6-2: "The Magical Turnabout"
"You, I swear... I hate you. No, just joking. You know that, after all! Idiot."
— Kotoko Minaduki, in the "Dear..." drama track of her Tokimeki Memorial 2 Blooming Stories CD
I...love you too.
But I'm trying to not get all sappy about it! Don't make me get all emotional.
But I'm trying to not get all sappy about it! Don't make me get all emotional.
— The Princess, responding to a Love Confession Slay the Princess
Web Animation
Ruby: (hugs Weiss, sobbing) Be strong, Weiss! We'll make through this together!
Weiss: Shut up! Don't touch me! (hugs Ruby closer)
Weiss: Shut up! Don't touch me! (hugs Ruby closer)
— RWBY, "Welcome to Beacon"
"Questions are for the weak. But we’re all on the same team now, not that I'm happy about it. (grabs his wagging tail)"
— Marrow, RWBY, "Pomp and Circumstance"
Webcomics
"I'm like a hedgehog
If you give me time to uncurl, I'll eventually relax and not be so prickly."
If you give me time to uncurl, I'll eventually relax and not be so prickly."
— Faye, Questionable Content
Kim: I love you and I hate you at the same time.
Bruce: (She said she loves me!!!)
— Angry Little Girls
"Which didn't feel good or anything. No, it didn't. I was just really convincing at pretending it did. Although I didn't exactly dislike it, either (...) this sure as hell wasn't me talking, but still that fucking poisoned omelet France gave to me."
"Yes, let's be friends... N-Not that I'm doing this for you or anything! I'm doing it all for me! Me!"
— England to Japan, Hetalia: Axis Powers
Jareth: Your words conflict—stay, go. Attend. Ignore. Help me. Abandon me.
— Roommates, Page 172 - Villainy
Andy: Sorry, you just don’t seem like the type someone could ask about… you know,… love and stuff.
Gogo: I has been in hate with many people. I have much perspective.
Andy: Maybe, but that isn’t love.
Gogo: Do not be so silly, boo-bear. Often, difference between love and hate is like difference between red and orange.
— "love is what," Bomango by Rob Ten Pas, https://www.deviantart.com/vanheist/art/love-is-what-117838270
"THE SAGE ELDERS OF MANGA DESCRIBE THE QUADRANT THEY OCCUPY, AS I QUOTE "TSUNDERE". IT IS A TEMPESTUOUS LIAISON OF MUTUAL GRIEVANCE. AND YET, DEEP DOWN. THEY KNOW IN EACH OTHER'S HEART THAT THEY ARE SOLID DUDES."
— Caliborn, Homestuck
Web Original
"He loves me not, he says with blushing cheek.
He'd rather die a fiery death than kiss
A girl with zero sex appeal, a geek
(he says it twice for extra emphasis).
So why the constant stares? I ask. He lies.
He hates the sight of me, he quickly shouts –
Without the scorn his panicked oath implies."
He'd rather die a fiery death than kiss
A girl with zero sex appeal, a geek
(he says it twice for extra emphasis).
So why the constant stares? I ask. He lies.
He hates the sight of me, he quickly shouts –
Without the scorn his panicked oath implies."
— "Ode To The Tsundere", by Acaciathorn
", by Acaciathorn Western Animation
"Leela's not a killer. And she's not SOME chick! She's the chick I LOVE! But just don't tell her I called her a chick or she'll kill me."
— Fry on Leela, Futurama
Melissa: You wanted a ride to Make-Out Point? You think I want to make out with you?!
Finn: Uhh...
Melissa: (blushing) Well, maybe I do, but... wait. I HAVE A BOYFRIEND, FINN! (throws Finn to the ground)
Finn: Uhh...
Melissa: (blushing) Well, maybe I do, but... wait. I HAVE A BOYFRIEND, FINN! (throws Finn to the ground)
Natella: Why do you keep hitting [Spencer]?
Latrina: You know it's bad to hit!
Keisha: Since when?
Natella: Since September the 11th!
Latrina: Do you really think Spencer is floating on a cloud?
Keisha: Yeah, stupid fluffy cloud. What a loser. [mockingly] "Ooh! Look at me on my cloud, with stardust twinkling in my deep blue eyes, and the sun-plain of my beach-blue stupid blonde"—
Natella: Keisha! You're in love with Spencer!
Keisha: I don't like him. I chair'd him right in the head.
Natella: That's how we know you love him! The strength of your feelings fight you, and you seek a physical outlet for them. You strike out because you love.
— Bromwell High, "Keisha's in Love"
Clark: Lana, you know I really care about you. You're like...
Lana: Clark Kent, I swear, if you say "I'm like a sister to you" I'm going back to Lex!
Clark: Sorry. But I know you'll find that special person someday.
Lana: (kisses Clark's cheek) So will you. You deserve it. Someone quiet, understanding, patient...
Lois: (shouting) Hey, Smallville! Get your tail in here! Perry's got an assignment for us!
Lana: Clark Kent, I swear, if you say "I'm like a sister to you" I'm going back to Lex!
Clark: Sorry. But I know you'll find that special person someday.
Lana: (kisses Clark's cheek) So will you. You deserve it. Someone quiet, understanding, patient...
Lois: (shouting) Hey, Smallville! Get your tail in here! Perry's got an assignment for us!
"Oh, Arnold, how I love you. And yet I hate you! And yet I love you. And yet I hate you! And yet I LOVE you."
— Helga Pataki, Hey Arnold!
Sally: (not-the-least-bit-upset) I hope you find the Dragon Sword, Wizard Lad, and I hope you have a great time at the Dumble-Dance!
Johnny: What's with her? I said, "Thanks!"
Johnny: What's with her? I said, "Thanks!"
Squidward: Spongebob... no matter what I've said... I'VE ALWAYS SORTA LIKED YOU
— Squidward Tentacles, Spongebob Square Pants
"Luz needs our help! I know she pushed you guys and she always gets in over her head. She can be so stupid which I love... (blushes) I MEAN HATE! In any case, she needs you right now, which is sweet... (blushes again) I MEAN I HATE IT AND IT'S DUMB!"
— Amity Blight, The Owl House
"This is not because I like you."
Hmph. Looks like you managed to hold on till the end. Do you hate me now?
Go back to Tsundere... if you insist. (But if you think I'm gonna miss you, think again.)
