
Here at Japanator, we're fans of random themed holidays. We'll take any excuse to write snarky articles and post huge galleries for our readers' enjoyment. Sometimes, these days coincide with real world events, and other times they are completely random. Today is a perfect example of the latter. Japanator proudly presents... Tsundere Day!
For the uninitiated, a tsundere (tsoon-day-ray) is a character, usually female, who has a split personality: sometimes, she is cold, harsh or violent (tsuntsun), and sometimes she is sweet and loving (deredere). Tsundere characters have trouble admitting feelings of love, and often treat romantic interests harshly while denying any infatuation. For example, a tsundere might give her crush a specially made box lunch, then angrily insist while blushing madly, "It's not like I m-made this especially for you! I just had some extra food! You d-d-dummy!" Anime examples of this character type include Kagami from Lucky Star, Asuka from Evangelion, and Mikoto from Scientific Railgun. A non-anime example is Princess Leia in The Empire Strikes Back. Scruffy lookin' nerf herder...
Further information about tsunderes can be found on TV Tropes.
In celebration of Tsundere Day, our editors will be posting tributes to their favorite violently abusive romantic interests, accompanied by lots of pictures. Additionally, we've prepared a special piece of technology for the festivities. Our new Tsunder-Ray will convert all of you, our loyal readers, into tsunderes so you can experience the fun firsthand. How does it work? Magic, I say! Magic!
For maximum effectiveness, please stare straight at your monitor without blinking as you continue reading below the break. You may experience mild itching, dry eyes and the insatiable urge to repeatedly punch friends and/or loved ones. These symptoms are normal. If the ray is not effective on the first attempt, please remove all metal objects, portable media devices and fruit juice products from the vicinity of your computer, then reread this post to try again.
FIRE THE TSUNDER-RAY!

Comic by Daniel Kim. Used with permission.
Did it work? Of course it worked, you halfwit! Geez, we go to all the trouble of building an advanced magical personality converter beam, and you say something like that? Just shut up and die, idiot!
Anyway, we hope you enjoy Tsundere Day. D-don't read too much into this, though. We're not doing this because we l-like any of you. We... we just had some free time, okay?! You can be s-such an idiot sometimes. Go rot in hell!
Oh, and before any of you perverts ask, here is a full-size version of the OP image. Go ahead, stare at it longingly like the pathetic lonely shut-in that you are. Moron...