Nadeko is a young girl and the friend of Araragi's sister. After not meeting him for so long, she still remembers him. Nadeko was introduced as a shy and quiet girl who was easily amused. She has quite a soft and fragile voice while speaking. Eventually, she develops a crush on Araragi and starts calling him Koyomi-oniichan. This crush continues on even after Senjougahara and Koyomi got together.

Nadeko holds the shy and quiet traits of the dandere. A sub-characteristic of a dandere character is usually the soft voice that has which complements their shyness. Nadeko's shyness is exemplified by her soft voice and her tendency to hold her hands together. Apart from her body language, Nadeko spoke very little. Along the way, Nadeko starts to talk more with Araragi while her dere dere moments play out in her head.

Umi is one of the founders of the Muse. She has a strong head on her shoulders and is usually the most reasonable one and pragmatic amongst her other group members. Despite having the qualities of leadership, this role was passed on instead to Honoka. In contrast however, Umi is actually very shy in front of others and hated the idea of wearing short skirts. When teased, Umi also gets very flustered.

The Love Live! series ended just a few months ago and as such, we would like to mention a great Love Live! character. Unlike the other flamboyant, dazzling and confident members, Umi possesses dandere traits. She enjoys reading as shown by the fact that she is the group's main lyricist. Apart from that, Umi’s traditional upbringing is the reason for her excelling in many solitary Japanese arts such as archery and traditional dance. Umi also has difficulties expressing herself when asked about the group's well being as well. Amongst the 9 member of Muse, Umi is the veritable dandere of the group.

Shiraishi was seen to be an aloof student. Her results are exceptional and she is well-liked by all the teachers. Many often think that she is just cold as she does not talk much to her other classmates and also by the fact that she is beautiful and has high grades. However, the truth is that her first group of friends had simply used her intelligence and did not care much for her. This made her jaded with making friends and she refused to continue her studies. This was changed when she and Yamada had that fateful kiss...

Urara represents the dandere character that does not fall into the kuudere category. She may not be shy, like most danderes. Further, her silence is not to make her character cool, it just represents her reticent nature due to a bad past. While surrounded with the people she can genuinely call her friends, her personality changes and she will actually hold a proper conversation with them and show her caring side. This is even more so with Yamada as both of them had a developing relationship.

Shiori is one of the capture targets of the anime. She has trouble speaking and keeps most of her thoughts to herself. Due to the fact that she has no friends, she is extremely fond of books and escapes into the different worlds that they provide. Shiori’s usual hangout is the library because well - that's where all the books are. At first, she was even shown to have trouble holding a simply conversation as she was too shy to speak.

Amongst all of the targets in the series, Shiori is a unique individual. As Keima needs to talk to the heroines in order to make them love him, how can he succeed with Shiori if they can't even communicate? As such, the plan was to be in the library constantly and start on common topics. Due to her lack of acquaintances, Shiori was quite intrigued by Keima and slowly started to open up to him. It was there we find out that Shiori had longed to be able to express herself but her shyness and over-conscious head prevents her from doing so. Shiori is a true dandere not only to the series, but to the characterisation as well.

Kotomi is a child genius. She often hangs out in the library alone until Tomoya came along. An awkward individual, she has problems getting along with everybody as she is shy and does not possess general people skills (we think it's due to all that time she spent with books). Kotomi worries about getting bullied by others. Luckily for her, Kotomi managed to find a group of people in the Drama Club whom all eventually became close friends with her.

Kotomi is the overlooked dandere character of Clannad. A little bit shy, a little bit awkward, and a little bit antisocial - Kotomi's character has just about a little bit of every dandere traits mixed into her. Her reclusive nature over the years hindered her ability to communicate with people and she needs assistance from Tomoya. Slowly but surely, Kotomi became good friends with everyone that was introduced to her

Appearing as a quiet and emotionless girl, Karuta usually doesn’t speak much. It is only to those that she cares about. Karuta deeply enjoys food and can never be seen without something to munch on. Her childhood friend is Watanuki who has a huge crush on her. Although Karuta often seems to be very distance, she does return his feelings which often caused him to blush. Her ending segment also suggests her potential feelings for Watanuki as well if you read the lyrics.

Haruta’'s dere side has never been explored much. Since her only obsession is food and her lack of communicating with others only masks her true feelings for others. Only at small segments in the anime where Karuta genuinely professed her feelings for others, then are we aware of her feelings. Her dandere side is actually quite well-established since most of the time, she really does not talk at all... Again, it's not for the sake of being cool, it's just that Karuta prefers to keep herself busy with the things that she likes - food and protecting Watanuki. D'awwww...

One of the promised girls to Raku Ichijou, Kosaki seems to be a close childhood friend along with Chitoge Kirisaki. Now, as a high school student, Kosaki is the epitome of the traditional Japanese woman. Polite, gracious and soft-spoken, she is also extremely shy and becomes easily embarrassed in front of Raku. Kosaki is innocent and lacks self-confidence, as well, needing the support of her friends to push her and Raku together. Though Kosaki’s feelings never reach him, she is content with just being beside him and talking to him.

The tsundere character obviously belongs with Chitoge. In contrast to her, Kosaki is less direct with her approach - actually... what approach??? Most of the time she is too timid to make her advances! It was so bad that Kosaki didn't even dare to give her handmade chocolate to Raku for Valentine's Day. Her feelings are often suppressed because she lacks the courage to express them out, hence giving the impression that she does not talk a lot. Even though it is her personal mission to get Raku to notice her, she usually backs off in the end due to her embarrassment and bashfulness.

Hinata has long since had a crush on Naruto for as long as Team 7 was undergoing training. In less tense situations such as episodes of Naruto's daily routine, you will often see her in the background stalking him. The reason for Hinata’s affection is because Naruto had always been the figure of support for her. To Hinata, to see someone surviving in a harsher reality but yet maintaining that positive attitude is the fuel for her own courage and self-esteem. Naruto literally forms a part of her and to that, she will willingly follow him to the ends of the world if needed.

Do you realize, that however long that Naruto has aired, Hinata has been chasing him since the start? That itself is something! While it may be creepy, let's give Hinata the benefit of the doubt. It takes an incredible amount of effort for her to keep up her routine. This only shows the extent of her love for Naruto. The only problem, her shyness and her soft spoken nature in general. Of course, she's dandere! Hinata has tried countless of times to talk to Naruto but often gets too alarmed by her own actions to continue further.

Her true identity is that of a humanoid robot. It was never clear if she possesses emotions but one thing that is clear is her limited social skills. In this spin off series, although her personality is different, she still has dandere traits. The current Yuki is a klutz in nature, gets flustered easily by constant teasing and stumbling whenever she sees her crush - Kyon. No doubt she has her friends support, the battle for Kyon's heart is still a tough one!

In this alternate universe, Yuki still has traits of danderism. Not all danderes are reclusive as shown in this spin off. The Yuki now is leaning more towards the shy being a klutz part of being a dandere. She still rarely speaks of course - but only to Kyon as her dandere self is more focused on him. When others make fun of her relationship with Kyon, it becomes apparent that she becomes highly distressed and unsettled.

Her artistic skills are amongst the highest of the standards. She is a genius when it comes to art. If only the same can be said for just about everything else... Mashiro is entirely dependent on another person's care as her eccentricity caused her to fail in performing daily routines. She is mostly aloof and has her heads high above the clouds as though as she is living in another world. Communicating with other people is also an issue for her as Mashiro does not understand the conformity to social norms and acts unconventionally.

Mashiro is the last of the different kinds of danderes out there. She is the embodiment of the word danmari - to be reclusive and taciturn. She speaks little, not for the sake of being cool or tsun - but because she is just... well... eccentric and weird. Her dere side is developed after she realise the care and concern that Sorata has for her. Hence, this modern character possesses the original traits of a dandere - the quiet character who eventually develops a dere side. That is why she ranks at the top of our list.