I used to despise tsunderes…. Then a bunch of things happened, like me realizing to my horror that I share most of their traits, and that I was tsundere towards myself, and thusX tsunderes as a whole. And being helplessly in love with “good” ones that are “done right” I didn’t realize what was happening until I actually Unironically typed the phrase. “It’s not like I like tsunderes, but…
But anyway most importantly I realized their true purpose. They’re not meant for the endless tease and repeated jokes of anime…the whole point was the contrast to them getting mating pressed.
Anime tsunderes are like instant loss 4komas…without the instant loss.