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[–] TacoScrambler 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I'd say dere characters fall under the same blanket a lot of anime tropes do. Only as good as the writing and execution. There's nothing inherently wrong with a character who is tsundere or kuudere, it only becomes an issue when it is their only defining personality trait. Your examples from Evangelion are fine because they are relevant to the characters themselves, with actual inner turmoil and plot reasons as to why they would behave this way.

It's only really annoying when it's clearly "the tsundere girl" for the purposes of appealing to otaku. A lot of poorly written harems get this way and a lot of decent shows can forget to expand on a character. That said I'm also growing thin on parody tsundere characters. Grisaia was fine with Michiru using a guideline to try to be tsundere, but other anime that try this end up just making it even more shallow than the actual tsundere.

Kuudere is probably a lot more acceptable because it's less grating and usually has a lot of ways to handle it. There is so much variety from the typical "Rei clone" characters to "uncaring but super dere sometimes" to "depressed girl working out her emotions".

Yandere I'm mixed on. I haven't seen a lot of examples of it being done differently. It seems most of the time they fall into the exact same personality, unless it's only slightly Yandere like for example Ayase from OreImo, which was also slightly parody. Those are more appealing, where they seem like they can snap but it only seems like a fun fan theory that they will.

Overall most character driven shows I enjoy end up having characters that could only vaguely be labeled with an easy trope, so maybe it's more subconsciously grating than I believe.