There are multiple types of “dere” personalities in anime from Yandere to Tsundere. The Yandere type is love obsessed, while the Tsundere type is initially unpleasant but warms up overtime. Another “dere” type seen in anime is the Dandere.
The Dandere types are extremely shy and reserved. Despite their usual shy exterior, fans shouldn’t underestimate Dandere characters as they can be just as strong as any other “dere” personality type. In fact, some of the strongest anime characters are Dandere.
10 Grey Is An Extremely Shy Shapeshifter That Transforms To Come Out Of Her Shell (Black Clover)
In her true form Grey is shy and gets embarrassed easily, but when she uses her ability to shapeshift she becomes confident. Grey has the ability to shapeshift into any human being and object. While transformed into someone else, Grey makes it a point to act like that person she morphed into. Due to her shy ways, Grey relies on her powers to become friendlier with her squadmates.
9 Katai Tayama Uses His Dandere Ways To Power Up His Ability (Bungo Stray Dogs)
Katai Tayama is a complete shut-in, he will lock himself inside for months at a time. If Katai has to go outside he gets extremely nervous, especially when he has to be around women.
However, being a shut-in actually allows Katai to be a pro at his abilities. Katai’s ability is called futon. This power allows him to manipulate electrical signals. Katai has to be wrapped in his futon to activate his power.
8 Crona Is Shy But Deadly When Partnered With Ragnarok (Soul Eater)
Crona is one of the biggest Dandere characters in anime history. Crona is often left alone with his partner Ragnarok, who likes to bully him. Crona has developed a shy personality and is very self deprecating. Ragnarok is a powerful demon sword and with Crona the two are a deadly combo, having killed multiple people in the past. Thanks to Maka, Crona finally has a true friend he can actually socialize with.
7 Despite His Menacing Appearance, Bols Is A Timid and Kind-Hearted Person (Akame Ga Kill!)
Bols is a very kind and timid person despite his terrifying appearance. Bols has a bashful personality because of his job, he had to kill hundreds of people and burned many villages to the ground. He believes that one-day karma will come to get him. So Bols keeps a mask on and rarely speaks. But due to his strength and his flamethrower, Bols is not a Dandere one would want to mess with.
6 Koji Koda Is The Quietest Character In Class 1-A (My Hero Academia)
Koji Koda is the shyest student in class 1-A, some of his classmates even assumed he was mute. Although he has trouble communicating with his classmates, Koda’s Quirk revolves around him speaking with animals. It is quite ironic that a Dandere character has a power that relies on communication. Either way, Koda’s Quirk is extremely powerful as it allows him to command any animal to do what he says.
5 Sailor Mercury Is The Smartest Sailor Scout (Sailor Moon)
Ami Mizuno aka Sailor Mercury, is a book nerd that gets pretty shy in social situations and has a hard time making friends. However, despite her Dandere ways, Ami is the smartest member of the Sailor Scouts.
Although many fans believe Sailor Mercury is the weakest of the Scouts, her intelligence gives her strength. Thanks to her smarts, Sailor Mercury knows how to control her powers better than the other Scouts.
4 Legoshi Is A Gentle Giant That Doesn’t Like To Act Like The Wolf He Is (Beastars)
On the outside he may look like a big bad wolf, but Legoshi is your average Dandere. Because he was born as a wolf, Legoshi acts very timid so he doesn’t intimidate others. Although he tries to act like he isn’t a predator, Legoshi’s strength is stronger than the average wolf. This is possible because he isn’t a full-blood wolf, Legoshi is mixed with a Kamoda Dargon thanks to grandfather Gosha.
3 Hinata Hyuga Is Famous And Overlooked In Anime (Naruto)
Hinata is the textbook definition of a Dandere. Every time Hinata is tasked with talking to her crush Naruto, she always faints. Hinata is also a character that is often regarded as weak by Naruto fans due to her fearful personality. However in reality, Hinata is one of the strongest Dandere characters in anime. For example, Hinata is able is to use the Gentle Step Twin Lion Fist which is a high-level secret technique taught only to the main family of the Hyuga clan.
2 Mob Is The Strongest Esper In The World, That Fears Public Speech (Mob Psycho 100)
Despite being one of the strongest Espers in the world, Mob’s personality says otherwise. An Esper is a human that possesses psychic powers. Still, Mob isn’t confident in his powers.
At the beginning of the series, Mob was too shy to say anything to his master Reigen, and any time he has to speak in public Mob has a breakdown.
1 Kaneki Ken Was Forced To Enter An Unkown World (Tokyo Ghoul)
At the beginning of Tokyo Ghoul, Kaneki was just a shy college student who loved to read books and was too nervous to talk to anyone but his best friend Hide. However, one day he is forced to come out of his shell after a freak accident transformed him into a half-ghoul. Now in order to survive in this new lifestyle, Kaneki must start socializing with other ghouls to learn the way of this new world. In the end, Kaneki soon became the strongest ghoul in Tokyo.