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The range of female characters expanded significantly during this period, moving beyond simple damsels in distress to include complex heroes, villains, and anti-heroes. Yandere" is a term for a character who at first is very innocent, lovey-dovey, and overly affectionate like a normal deredere type character, but over time begins breaking down and becoming mentally ill as a result of having a too strong love. They are the kind of character who will act all deredere and lovey-dovey when their relationship with their romantic partner is going well, but when something triggers jealousy or possessiveness they act impulsively in a way that makes them seem mentally sick. Their love and affection becomes expressed as a pathological obsession towards their love interest and they start to become excessively clingy towards them. Their infatuation and devotion to their love interest is so strong that it directly or indirectly causes them to gradually develop an unstable mental state and become "sick".