kuudere

plural kuuderes

1. InternetJapanesefictionA calm, aloof, reserved fictional character (usually a girl) who has a hidden soft side, especially for a love interest.

   Her words were as cool as ever, but there was a hint of embarrassment in her voice. Could she be one of those “kuuderes” I'd heard so much abou

   2021, Rifujin na Magonote, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Volume 11, unnumbered page

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   True, she wasn't very expressive—or anyway, I didn't feel like I saw a lot of emotion from her—but if I thought of her as a kuudere, or one of those “weird girl” types, that could actually be seen as a positive.

   2018, Ichiro Sakaki, translated by Kevin Steinbach, Outbreak Company, volume 5, unnumbered page

   The cool and tough exterior she displays makes for a good kuudere, and the blue eyes and silver hair already sets her up for the role in the Clannad series.

   2018, "Moogle", "Cool As Rain", Otakuzine Anime Magazine, Issue #121, page 40