Their voices are as soft as a whisper, they blush at just a glance, but deep down, they have a lot of love to give – they are dandere. 

Unlike tsundere or yandere, danderes are in no way murderous. Many often agree that their timid, but sweet nature makes them the best waifus of all anime women. 

Always caring and occasionally with some unique hidden talents kept secret due to their sheer humbleness, danderes are the sweetest of the –dere breeds.

16. Tsukasa Hiiragi from Lucky Star

Tsukasa is the natural dandere counter to her twin Kagami’s tsundere personality. 

While Tsukasa is sweet, klutzy, and caring, she is ultimately someone that needs to be taken care of by a stronger personality so as to not get taken advantage of.

 

15. Shiori Shinomiya from The World God Only Knows

As she has trouble speaking and most often keeps her thoughts to herself, Shiori is one of those dandere types that ends up with no friends. Because of this, she escapes from reality into various books. 

While her shyness made her hard for Keima to initially talk to, her lack of friends also made her eager to talk to him.

14. Kosaki Onodera from Nisekoi

Kosaki is one of the many girls in the harem of Raku Ichijou, which is an unfortunate situation for a dandere. While the other girls actively vie for his affections, Kosaki is content to just be by his side and talking to him. 

Typically she is too timid to put herself into the game and thus her affections go unnoted.

13. Shiraishi Urara from Yamada-Kun and the Seven Witches

Shiraishi is dangerously close to being a kuudere. She is beautiful and a model student, thus earning the affection of teachers, but doesn’t talk much. 

It is not that she is shy, but rather it is because of a bad past that she doesn’t connect with others. However, when she is around her friends, her caring dandere nature really comes out.

12. Nadeko Sengoku from Bakemonogatari

Nadeko is a shy and quiet girl who has the desirable trait of being easily amused. Although she speaks very little, she has a soft voice that highly compliments her dandere traits. 

While she doesn’t talk much, she does let a series of lovey-dovey moments between her and Araragi play out in her head, even after he hooks up with someone else.

11. Shiina Mashiro from Pet Girl of Sakura Hall

At a glance, you might confuse Shiina for a kuudere, but as cold as she seems, she actually cares a whole lot about the people in her life. 

However, that caring comes with a huge lack of care for herself. Naturally, this makes her the perfect girl for the male protagonist in the series who has a problem with caring too much.

10. Ito Hikiotani from Punch Line

Ito prefers to be alone. She avoids going out and doesn’t like to be around a lot of people, but at heart, this hikkikomori is a sweet girl. She lives in her room with a pet bear cub that later turns out to be the catalyst between her and other people. 

As it turns out, she does like being around her apartment fellows, but her shyness gets in the way.

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9. Hotaru Ichijou from Non Non Biyori

Hotaru is actually a bit of a dere hybrid. She can be as cold as a kuudere and her obsession with Komari can bring out a little yandere in her. 

However, she is still, at heart, that awkward transfer student and it it is her friendships that allowed all her other sides to come out.

8. Yukika Amami from My Love Story!

Yukika is a dandere girl in love. Unfortunately, it is not just her timid nature that prevents her from confessing it, but it is also because she is in love with a guy way above her pay grade. 

To the surprise of My Love Story audiences, when Yukika did get up the courage to confess, they broke the trope and had her get shot down.

7. Mio Akiyama from K-on!

Shy to the point of breaking down in tears and prone to fainting at the mere thought of something she fears, Mio is just about as dandere as they come. If something is icky, yucky, scary or gory, it will send this timid bassist wilting. 

Although she belongs to her school’s music club, she dreads being in the spotlight. So when she had to choose an instrument, she chose the bass, which is often seen as the lesser instrumental part in a musical group. 

But despite her crippling fears, she’s an amazing friend, willing to do anything and everything for the ones she cares about and loves, even if it means stepping out of her own comfort zone.

6. Shihoru from Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

Shihoru is one of the newer dandere girls on the market. In Grimgar, she plays the mage of their little party of weak, rejected misfits. Unfortunately, as a mage, her timid demeanor gets in the way of her actually helping people fight. 

However, as the series goes on she gains more confidence in magic and becomes more helpful.

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5. Tsukimi Kurashita from Princess Jellyfish

It is Tsukimi’s unique mix of jellyfish obsession and fear of stylish people that makes her such an interesting character. 

She is sweet and simple under an exterior of your average female nerd, and probably the closest thing to a real life dandere because she just can’t comprehend how great she actually is due to dismal self-esteem.

4. Umi Sonoda from Love Live! School Idol Project

Although she has some leadership qualities about her, Umi prefers to walk in the shadows of her two best friends. Like Mio from K-On!, she has serious performance anxiety. 

On top of that, she hates revealing outfits and will often cower away at the very mention of wearing such attire. 

Surprisingly though, even with her timid dandere personality, when she is awakened prematurely, she becomes quite violent and angry.

3. Hinata Hyuuga from Naruto

Hinata was likely the dandere that introduced your to danderes. She is so timid that it often gets in the way of her combat potential, thus despite being born into a prestigious combat family, she squanders her potential. 

However, despite this, she quietly watches her crush, Naruto, from a distance. And you know what? She gets him. That’s right Sakura fans, suck it! Who says that danderes never win?

2. Sawako Kuronuma from Kimi Ni Todoke

Sawako from Kimi No Todoke is a lot like Sunako from a little lower on our list. If you removed Sunako’s oddness, you’d have Sawako. 

She is a girl that is shy and sweet, but her classmates mistake it for malicious behavior. This has prevented her from making friends at school, but she still tries her very best.

 

1. Nagisa Furukawa from Clannad

Who is our favorite dandere girl in anime? It’s Nagisa! Clannad actually has a few dandere types within, but while Kotomi and Ryou are great girls, there is no one quite like Nagisa. 

No matter what lot she has in life, whether it is eating lunch alone or trying to jumpstart the drama club, she does her best to get through it. Sometimes she needs a little push to get things done, but with the right support system, she can conquer the world with cuteness.

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