Today is the original tsundere’s birthday, and her manga, Kimagure Orange Road is free online

Take a trip back to Bubble Era ’80s Japan and the series where the tsundere archetype started. Among the words that have trickled into English from Japanese anime fandom is “tsundere.” A combination of “tsun tsun” (literally “spiky” but also “thorny,” in a figurative sense) and “dere dere” (smotheringly affectionate), tsundere is a handy shorthand […]