tsundere

noun

1. (Japanese)A fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.

   “I usually draw very peaceful, happy manga, so it has been a real challenge for me to illustrate the vice president's death glare and Ri-chan's subtle tsundere attitude.”

   “Even Kaname's rude and overbearing tsundere personality is explained by her having gone to school in the United States where she was socialized to just bluntly say what she thought.”

   “Despite his apparent power, the boy behaves with uncharacteristic meekness toward the formidable tsundere Misato Tachibana, whose grotesquely distorted romantic feelings for Koujirou almost invariably result in her shooting him all over the school with heavy weaponry (which seems to spring out of nowhere).”

adj

1. Showing qualities typical of a tsundere.

   “Ah, the cactus. / Truly the most tsundere of plants.”