Talk:Tapes/@comment-64.178.146.125-20150815013205/@comment-24.217.49.232-20150818012718

I think the tapes current location isn't the original location, meaning either none of the students are his daughter, or info-chan is smarter than we think

Ever since the "case of 89", the journalist was recognized "no matter how much he changed his appearance" to say that yandere-chan is the daughter becuase she found the tape would mean that he got back on the school AFTER the last tape was made and placed them around school for someone to find (his daughter).

The game is set to april 2016, meaning the journalist would be 49 years old if he did the "case of 89" about 22 years old (if hewent straight to college for a journalism degree). He had his daughter at minimum, 15 months after the case (six before wife, 9 for daughter). that would make his daughter, at minimum, 26 years old! (if my math and reasoning is right.

Considering his daughter would be an adult by the time info-chan, kokona, or even yandere-chan hit highschool, and that he wouldn't be allowed back on school grounds to PUT the tapes there in the first place, the following scenarios (maybe more) are possible:

1) none of the students are the journalist's daughter. info-chan found out about the case cause she's a beast investigator. hid the tapes around school for blackmail against the  the journalist should he return (maybe even if another person tries to halt whatever her plans are) by showing them tapes that they can't get on the property to get back

2) none of the students are the daughter, but a teacher/staff is. they found the tapes but their current location at school is only because yanderedev wanted the player to be able to hear them and they have no canonical reason for being at school (just a collectible that has background info for the player). Info-chan knows because she knows everything about everyone AT SCHOOL (teachers included).

Any way you look at it, the journalist is simply too old to have a freshman daughter in 2016 according to when he could have had his child. I personally think reason 2 is the correct reason because the tapes and their info spread through the community through an easter egg, not a video update or blog or anything official like that. This makes it likely that while the tapes tell a true story and most likely is connected to the characters of yandere simulator, it most likely is just a factual easter egg rather than a key plot element. kind of like the squid scrolls in splatoon, factual indeed (in lore/backstory of the game) but not a key plot detail, but an easter egg.