Rival-chan

'''Rival-chan is a placeholder stand-in for Osana Najimi, the first official rival. '''

Rival-chan exists because at some point in 2015 YandereDev wasn't satisfied with how the original Osana looked. This version of Osana "did not look tsundere enough", so Osana's old appearance became Rival-chan. Rival-chan currently remains in the game as an uninteractable placeholder model, while Osana will get a new appearance and retain her tsundere personality.

Appearance
Rival-chan is an extremely short girl and is actually the shortest character in the game. She has flushed cheeks, a soft smile, orange/brown eyes, and pale skin. Her ginger hair is worn in two slightly curling pigtails. To keep her hair up, she wears ruffled pink and white polka-dotted scrunchies and a purple ribbon. She wears the default female school uniform unless customized, and black shoes with white Kogal-style leg warmers. She is highlighted in red in Yandere Vision.

Routine
Rival-chan does not have a programmed routine. In April 2015, YandereDev said that she would walk around, but that was before Osana's old appearance became Rival-chan. She stands by the closest cherry tree to the left of the fountain in the plaza instead.

Purpose
She was originally implemented to test the rival outline. Because she has no AI, sending a picture of Rival-chan to Info-chan will do nothing, as Info-chan can't recognize her.

Her appearance may make it into the final game, as the game needs at least 90 students.

Other Scenes
She appears in the spin-off game Yandere Clicker back when she was Osana Najimi. Her face was used for the "Imouto" option, described as "A kawaii Imouto who will stab Senpai for you". However, she is not Senpai's little sister and should not be mistaken as such. She also makes a small cameo in the "April Fools Parody Trailer", where her photos appear on the corkboard. Knives through Rival-chan's head hold the photos up.

She makes another cameo in "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder" where Rival-chan was hunted down by Yandere-chan and eventually killed.

Trivia

 * She is unaffected by any mode.
 * Pressing Space will make Rival-chan cycle through several animations.
 * She makes multiple cameos on the Challenges Menu, where she is shown as the target of every elimination method.
 * Rival-chan's 3D model is available on the Unity Asset store, and her model is named Satomi Makise.
 * Her hairstyle cannot be loaded by any other female NPCs.