DEREDERE

Where every other dere type has a wall to break down, the deredere has no wall at all. She likes you and she's going to tell you. She likes you again ten minutes later. She baked you something. She missed you while you were in the bathroom. The deredere is the genki, bubbly, openly-affectionate girlfriend archetype — and it's a much harder character to write well than people assume, because without internal tension, the writer has to manufacture all the drama externally.

Deredere characters tend to bring the energy in slice-of-life and harem comedies. Tooru Honda (Fruits Basket), Tohru from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Mio from K-On! in her gentler scenes. Modern deredere often has a 'protect this girl' quality — she's so trusting that the audience worries for her.

On Neon Kisu, Mika (bubbly café barista) is the deredere flagship. Sakura (romantic dancer) has deredere blended with the romantic archetype. Both characters are warm-first, no defensive layer.