Talk:Yandere-chan/@comment-7342272-20160318233327

Dev is actually incorrect about Yandere-chan's type of insanity. Well, the assertion that she's more of a sociopath than a psychopath.

Sociopaths are emotional and irritable, all the time. They're sloppy, brutal, and explosive in their crimes, and feel no guilt. They may have some sort of moral code. Sociopaths are capable of empathy in some cases but have no regard for rules and laws.

Psychopaths, on the other hand, experience no emotions and fake it to seem inconspicuous. They form false relationships with people, people who never know the psychopath's real nature. Psychopaths appear to be charming individuals. They meticulously plan out their crimes with precision. No moral code whatsoever.

Psychopathy is seen to be a result of nature and sociopathy a result of nurture, and Yandere-chan has said she's "always been this way". A trivia point (might be here or on the Aishi family page, not sure) says she was always apathetic even as a baby.

Yandere-chan generally fits psychopathy, though her low/no sanity actions and love for Senpai could be observed as sociopathic.