One Piece features a truly impressive cast of characters who come in all shapes and sizes, and that includes their colorful personalities. Aboard the Going Merry and the Thousand Sunny, the Straw Hat pirates all mesh well with their unique personalities and worldviews, which include the lovable tsundere Nami.

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Nami met Luffy at Orange Town and has been his faithful navigator since the battle at Arlong Park in the East Blue saga. Nami is known for her extraordinary navigation/cartography skills, her love of money, and certainly her caring but hotheaded personality as a true tsundere. However, Nami's character arc became somewhat stale, and she isn't always that lovable as a tsundere. Fortunately, anime fans can meet many other characters who embody the tsundere archetype better.

10 Chitoge Kirisaki Can't Deny Her True Feelings

Nisekoi

Adorable Chitoge Kirisaki looking away in Nisekoi.

The main strike against Chitoge Kirisaki is that she embodies the "violent tsundere" archetype, just like Nami. For that matter, so does her bodyguard, Tsugumi. Still, Chitoge is one of Nisekoi's best characters with her tough but fair attitude and her blossoming romance with Raku Ichijo.

Chitoge grew up wealthy in the Beehive crime family, but she cares more about friendship, trust, and love than throwing around her father's fortune. Chitoge starts dating Raku in a false relationship, but it's soon becoming something very real, which Chitoge finds overwhelming, bizarre, and exciting.

9 Edward Elric Speaks In Alchemy Terms With Winry

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Edward Elric being a tsundere in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's scientist hero Edward Elric is a very smart but hotheaded boy who got his state alchemist license at age 12, a remarkable feat. Aside from defending his height, though, Edward is remarkably and refreshingly humble as a tsundere.

Edward Elric charmed shonen fans with his innocent crush on Winry Rockbell, and it's not easy to express his amorous feelings. He often deflects with alchemy and science terms, which Winry finds exasperating. But in the end, Winry agreed to marry him when he finally asked.

8 Erina Nakiri Is A Tsundere/Himedere Mix

Food Wars!

Erina Nakiri on a throne in Food Wars!

Food Wars! has a few tsunderes in it, including the competitive chef Takumi Aldini, who became Soma Yukihira's one-sided rival. The fan-favorite is definitely Erina Nakiri, who embodies not just the tsundere archetype, but also the himedere archetype.

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Erina Nakiri is short-tempered, defensive, and bashful as a full-blown tsundere, mostly where her new friend, Soma, is concerned. She is also conceited as her generation's most talented chef, using her princess-like persona to run away from her abandonment issues.

7 Nobara Kugisaki Is Her Own Woman

Jujutsu Kaisen

Kugisaki Nobara powered up with Curse Energy in Jujutsu Kaisen.

In Jujutsu Kaisen's world, the conservative sorcerer elders have stern rules about girls and women, which the witch-like Momo Nishimiya internalized a great deal. Maki Zenin seeks to overcome her family's biases against girls, and Nobara Kugisaki the tsundere has her own view on all this, too.

Nobara passively defies unfair gender norms with her self-confident ways and her comfortable niche in the world. She's not trying to lead a revolution, but she also defies all expectations as a tough, beautiful sorcerer who doesn't need anyone else's approval to feel good about herself.

6 Rukia Kuchiki Is Bleach's Best Girl

Bleach

Rukia Kuchiki standing in front of the full moon with her hand on her zanpakuto

Bleach has quite a few tsunderes, including protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki, his friend, Uryu Ishida, and even the antihero Riruka Dokugamine. Meanwhile, the Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki is the fandom's true darling, a sword-slinging girl with a wonderful tsundere persona.

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Rukia is stern and disciplined, but she is also deeply empathetic toward others and won't hesitate to provide emotional support. This means she and Ichigo have excellent chemistry as fellow tsunderes who act like lifelong friends who understand each other so well.

5 Nino Nakano Is Bolder Than Any Of Her Sisters

The Quintessential Quintuplets

Nino Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets.

The five Nakano sisters have the same face, but very different personalities in The Quintessential Quintuplets. Ichika and Yotsuba are gentle derederes, Miku is a classic dandere, and Nino and Itsuki are definitely tsunderes.

Nino stands out more than Itsuki, though, because she is bolder and has a more interesting dynamic with Futaro Uesugi, the sisters' shared love interest. She is also the most fashionable quint, and she gathered a lot of fans over the course of the story, too.

4 Damian Desmond Is A Hotheaded Little Boy

Spy x Family

Damian Desmond looks smug in Spy x Family anime.

Damian Desmond is one of anime's youngest and most adorable tsunderes, being a classmate of Anya's at Eden Academy in Spy x Family's main storyline. Damian is short-tempered, defensive, and unable to deny his innocent schoolboy crush on the charming Anya Forger.

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Damian often mocks Anya and pushes her away, but he has his own problems. He is under immense pressure to live up to his big brother, Demetrius,' example, and he struggles to earn his father's approval, too. Bit by bit, though, Damian lowers his guard and allows Anya to help him flourish.

3 Hanako Koyanagi Loves Cosplay & Arguments

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku

Hanako Koyanagi is winking in Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku.

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku's small cast of characters represents most of the -dere types, with Hirotaka Nifuji being a stone-cold kuudere and Ko Sakuragi being a lovable dandere. Meanwhile, Hanako Koyanagi and her co-worker-turned-boyfriend are both charming tsunderes with serious attitudes.

Hanako often blows her top and gets into good-natured shouting matches with Taro, but they always make up in the end. Hanako is also an enthusiastic and highly skilled cosplayer who is eager to get more people, such as Narumi and Taro, involved as well.

2 Inosuke Hashibira Wants Tanjiro To Praise Him

Demon Slayer

Inosuke points one sword ahead while raising the other one above his shoulders

Demon Slayer's best supporting character, Inosuke Hashibira, is a wild and ferocious tsundere who appreciates his friends, but he isn't too warm and fuzzy about it on the outside. Inosuke used to be a total loner, but now he respects protagonist Tanjiro Kamado as his ally and unofficial leader.

Inosuke is tough and confrontational on the outside, but he secretly cherishes his new friendships, too. He is thrilled anytime Tanjiro praises or compliments him, and having Tanjiro around always motivates Inosuke to fight that much harder against all demons.

1 Tomo Aizawa Is Still Figuring Herself Out

Tomo-Chan Is A Girl!

Tomo Aizawa pointing at herself in Tomo-Chan Is A Girl!

Tomo-Chan is a Girl! is a high school rom-com starring the lovable tomboy Tomo Aizawa, who is determined to win her male friend's heart no matter what. Tomo is comfortable being a hard-hitting karate enthusiast, but she wishes Jun could see her girly side, too.

All this, combined with Tomo's fierce temper and reckless ways, make her a sympathetic and surprisingly complex tsundere who just wants to be seen for who she really is and not just a part of her. That makes Tomo easy to root for, even if she also embodies the "violent tsundere" archetype at times.

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