Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28592066-20160930123255

I'm going to assume that the rivals in the introduction video are actually presented in the correct order first to last, at least because we already had some info regarding at least the first and the last ones. I also hypothesize about the increasing difficulty with each rival and would like you to share your thoughts as well -

(1) Osana Najimi, Senpai's childhood friend - Actually the only one who doesn't completely "fit", because as someone who's close to Senpai she should actually be a difficult rival to eliminate but I assume that for historical reasons she is still planned to be the first, possibly some sort of introduction / tutorial rival and should be easiest to eliminate. Her tsundere personality may actually push Senpai a little away, making her easier.

(2) Amai Odayaka, Cooking club president - Nothing too special about her, other than being the president of a not-really-important club. Should be easier to eliminate because I don't expect her to be really popular, she'll probably be by herself during most of the day.

(3) Kizana Sunobu, Drama club president - She's an attention w***** but that's enough to make her more noticable and a little more difficult to kill. Still, due to her personality I don't expect her to be really popular, so she should still be relatively easy to catch without anyone noticing. Also you have a dilemma here because her club is actually quite useful and once it disbands you can't use the masks and gloves.

(4) Oka Ruto, Occult club president - She's a stalker herself, so I expect her to be more aware for people following her, which should make her more difficult to eliminate. If she decide that Ayano is a demon or an alien it could be a problem to shake the occult members off.

(5) Asu Rito, Sports club president - The first rival to actually present a physical challenge for Ayano. She'll proably be harder to catch should she decide to run and I also expect her to have at least some ability to fight back. That makes her more difficult than all previous rivals.

(6) Muja Kina, Substitute nurse - First time dealing with a faculty member. The school will probably take things more seriously if things start happening to school staff. Still, her weak point will probably be her clumsiness and her general personality, which I believe will make her easier to fool.

(7) Mida Rana, Substitute teacher - Expected to have the same strength as a teacher. Combined with the fact that you can't befriend teachers (so you can't, for instance, ask them to follow you) this makes her way more difficult to catch off-guard. You may be required to eliminate other people around her as well because I don't expect her to be alone at any point (due to her personality I also expect virtually all boys in the school to follow her whereever she goes).

(8) Osoro Shides, Delinquent - If there's one thing that we know is not to f*** with the delinquents. The first rival who'll have no problem kicking your ass if you get in her way. Way more difficult, you'll probably have to find a way to drive her away from her gang because there's no way Ayano could deal with them all at once.

(9) Hanako Yamada, Senpai's sister - The difficulty comes from the fact that she's very close to Senpai and unlike all previous rivals, Senpai's aware of her. Her clingy personality puts her physically very close to Senpai and more difficult to approach (Senpai's aura etc). Also if killed or kidnapped, Senpai may be too depressed to go dating, so this might be a rival that you have to eliminate peacefully.

(10) Megami Saiko, Student council president - The most popular girl at school, extremely difficult to find alone. What makes it even harder is that she's the only rival who knows about Ayano's yandere personality and about her mother killing a student 20 years ago. She doesn't have hard evidence yet but as you go looking for a way to eliminate her, she actively goes looking for a way to eliminate you and she is much more resourceful. Good luck with this one. 