Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27229742-20150925161603

See here. The dev states that the rivals will never know that they have competition. So if that's the case then why is the final rival, the yandere so tough then? I guess if she caught you stalking Senpai then she would know, but she couldn't find out by the cutscenes where it's like, "Yandere-chan stalks Senpai home and dreams of him," or something like that. That just wouldn't be fair to have you automatically lose your stealthiness for a cutscene just to make it harder on you. Also, most players don't usually stalk Senpai in their games, and I don't see any reason for them to do so in the full game. There are no hints from the dev or from anywhere that stalking Senpai and getting him to notice you is a good thing. It's always made out to be pretty darn bad.

You may be thinking, "The final yandere would know about this from your previous actions! She is the most popular rival and I know this because the first rival is the least popular and the final is the most! It was said by the dev himself and it's in the Trivia section of the Rivals page. So if the final yandere is popular, after she comes back (all the rivals are gone before their respective week comes) she can just ask her many friends about what's been going on with Senpai. Even if she doesn't she might hear it in a conversation. She might also stalk Senpai, because she's a yandere and can do anything like you. If she can do anything you can she might also get information from Info-chan! If you're also very notorious and are just bad at covering up your murders she'll know that way! Right?"

That all makes sense. So if that's the case then why did the dev say that all rivals would not know of the competition? Are they really that blind or is Yandere-chan just lucky on that part? 