The last name "Aishi" (あいし)[2] is a play on words. "Ai"[3] means "love" and "Shi"[4] means "death".[5] Each and every Aishi is different from one another,[6] but never in terms of strength of their condition.[7] At least two known Aishis, Ryoba and Ayano Aishi, had felt considerable pity towards their relatives, not necessarily making them empathetic but not heartless either.[8] They're all nearly emotionless until they find the person, a Senpai, who can make them experience intense feelings. As such, Aishi babies do not cry after birth.[9][10]
Most Aishi women desire to give birth at a young age, such as 19, and as a result, most of them become grandmothers when they are around 39-40 years old,[11][12] With the exception of Ryoba Aishi, who gave birth to Ayano at 37. In a regular Aishi family, the Aishi spends more time with the child, and they usually don't care about their birthdays.[13] An Aishi usually wouldn't have a reason to adopt, as they want to share their devotion to their Senpai, and they expect the same from them. An adopted child would only take away their Senpai's attention, focus, and time on her.[14]. In a case of a person of the same sex triggering the senpai effect and entering a relationship with an Aishi, they'd still find a way to continue their family line, but likely not through an adoption, unless their Senpai really desired it "for some reason"[14][15] However, If an Aishi finds out that their Senpai is gay, and not interested in a relationship with them, their only choice would be to kidnap and mind break them, keeping them as a pet.[16]
History[]
The Aishi family goes back hundreds of years. The Aishi Precursor was born in 1778, arrived in Japan in 1797 and gave birth to her daughter (The First Aishi) in 1800.[17] Their murderous spree begun shortly after, with times of a monster hunter coming to the area of where an Aishi resided looking for a demon, because of said Aishi murdering a lot of people.[18] Over time, various branches have ceased to exist due to an Aishi's death or them getting caught while trying to eliminate their rivals.[19] Overall, 50% of Aishis have failed to secure their senpai.[20] The earliest Aishis, who were farmers, were physically the strongest, with some who were "arguably" better at hand-to-hand combat before the 1900s.[21] The majority of Aishis purposefully tend to stay out of the public eye, with the exceptions of the branch which became famous for their high-quality textures.[22] There are various branches of the Aishi bloodline where they have different levels of wealth. Some of them are struggling to make ends meet, while the others are wealthy.[23]
Ayano's great-grandmother and great-grandfather were the first to move to Buraza Town. After moving into their new house, Ayano's grandmother, Dozuki, asked for a basement, which her great-grandmother agreed to.[24] The basement was built by Ayano's great-grandfather, who was mindbroken enough to not question why he was building it in the first place. He was probably kidnapped, and kept not in the house, but a warehouse or a cave in a nearby forest.[25] Dozuki later kidnapped her senpai, and broke him aswell.[26][27] The entire family does know the existence and the purpose of the basement. The house is currently owned by Ayano's parents, as her grandparents and great-grandparents moved out once Ryoba and Jokichi married. Despite the Aishi family's attempts at remaining relatively unnoticed, The Journalist, Kocho Shuyona, and Megami Saikou are aware of them, and despise them as they see them as threats to humanity. While not confirmed, It’s possible that Info-chan, Saisho Saikou, and Ichirou Saikou are also aware of the bloodline, but do not view them as threats.
In the 1800s, the Aishis discovered a torture technique that can turn a person into an obedient slave. which has been passed down throughout their family for generations. The technique is not physically damaging to the victim; it is entirely and wholly psychological. It's similar to a form of hypnosis where the Aishi would hypotize the victim into thinking that the latter is expericining various types of extreme physical torture, while in reality, nothing is actually happening. This, combined with the Aishis giving their victims a false sense of hope that they can escape, causes the victim to believe there is no other reason to think about resisting the torture or even have a future. When the victim is fully broken, they're conditioned to obey one command then kill themself.
Condition[]
The condition has affected Ayano's ancestors for centuries, and the story of it's origin was passed down from generation to generation. Now however, it's considered a fairy tale, as Aishis stopped taking it seriously.[28] The condition makes them feel depressed, emotionless, and incomplete. For each Aishi generation, the condition gets 5% weaker.[29]
The Senpai Effect is an effect where an Aishi is attracted to one specific human on earth. It can be triggered only when an Aishi has reached some level of physical maturity, typically around 18 to 20 years old,[30] with only 1 in a million people meeting the criteria to trigger it.[31] After an Aishi has encountered someone who can trigger the effect, she can only be attracted to that one human on earth.[13] The exact criteria that someone must meet to trigger the effect are unknown to them, only that the person has to be older than the Aishi, even by a second.[32][33] No Aishi could "bare the thought" of sharing their Senpai with anyone else.[34]
Some Aishis, once finding someone who triggers the Senpai effect, assume that they have fallen in love with them, while others believe that their Senpai is a treatment for their very rare "medical condition". They "coldly view" their Senpai as their medicine, and opt to mind break them. They think of him the same way that a person who is dependent on oxygen tanks to breathe thinks of their oxygen tanks.[6] But If an Aishi simply never meets a person who triggers the Senpai Effect, they'll go their entire life suffering from the condition. Other Aishis don’t look down on them or consider them to be a shame; they feel pity for them more than anything else.[35] The condition doesn't prevent them from having genuine friendships with other people, as it's possible for them to have them after being married to their Senpai for long enough.[36]
The effects of condition are very powerful, making Aishis lose control of themselves and preventing them from talking in the presence of thier Senpai. As such, It is only after 10 weeks that Ayano will confess.[37]
The cruelty of an Aishi's actions to carry on their goals to maintain their new intense emotions will depend on them individually. There have been several Aishis who mind-broke their husbands, such as Dozuki, and other Aishis who avoided doing so, like Ryoba.[38] There had been members, such as Ayano, who are capable of finding pacifist methods to eliminate their rivals. If an Aishi believes they have lost their Senpai forever, they're very likely to SNAP - enter a phase where they don't feel pain, and their only goal being to murder their Senpai and then themselves,[35] as they don't see a reason for them to live anymore. The only way from preventing bloodshed is the death of the SNAPing Aishi.[39]
Multiple variations of the condition can include:
An Aishi who realizes the affects of the condition vanish in one person, she assumes to herself that it is love.
An Aishi who feels no love for her Senpai, sees him as "medication".
An Aishi who originally saw her Senpai as medication, but actually developed genuine love for him.
An Aishi who thinks she loves her Senpai, gradually realizing that her attachment to him is not romantic or emotional. She grows to resent him, and eventually deals with this resentment by mind-breaking him.[40]
Traditions[]
All the Aishi family members, except The Aishi "Precursor",[41] Ayano, and Ayato, are named after blades. If Ayano has a child, they would also have a name that sounds like a blade.[42] Canonically, Aishis give their kids names that they think are "pretty", but behind the scenes, each Aishi's name has some kind of double-meaning or purpose.[43]
It has been a family tradition for two and a half centuries, that when an Aishi woman marries a man, the husband adopts the wife's surname.[7]
Appearance[]
All of the Aishis look almost identical to one another. YandereDev imagines all of Ayano Aishi's ancestors with the same exact hairstyle, even if it feels goofy to him.[44] The vast majority of Aishis had black hair and black eyes, however, not all of the Aishis have the same physical traits.[45]
The majority of the Aishis often share the same hair two hair colours, either being black or dark grey.[46] However, Ryoba's sister is an exception to this trait, as her hair isn't either of the latter colours.[46] She gets her hair color from her father.[46][47][48][49] YandereDev has yet to confirm the colour of the daughter's hair.[50]
Some Senpais didn't have black hair. One notable example is Dozuki's husband, who has pink hair.[51] YandereDev says that Ryoba sister's hair could be either bright pink or black.[48]
Relationships[]
Family Members[]
The Aishi family members aren't very close. Once an Aishi has found a partner, they tend to distance themselves from the family. It is likely that Ayano Aishi hasn't met most of her relatives, although no one is on bad terms.[52]
When members of the Aishi family do meet, they will most likely exchange advice on getting away with murder.[53] Ayano's grandmother would help her kill and dispose of a rival if she ever asked. However, YandereDev doesn't think that she ever helped Ryoba Aishi.[54]
There is a kinship among the various "Senpai's". They give each other advice on how to co-exist peacefully with serial killer wives who they cannot escape. Still, they are all their own unique individual and how close they become with one another will depend on their personalities.[55][56]
Their Senpai[]
Their Senpai is always older than the Aishi, even by one second.[33]
Each Aishi is attracted to one specific human on earth, nobody else. This isn't about "physical attraction or sexual preference", according to YandereDev, he says that the Aishi's Senpai is a cure to a disease that the Aishi have been suffering from.[57]
After enough years in the presence of their "Senpai", an Aishi will eventually develop the capacity to experience emotions by themselves, even when apart from their "Senpai". After several decades in possession of a "Senpai", an Aishi would no longer require their presence to experience stimuli the same way that normal humans do.
A "Senpai" can influence their Aishi's personal growth and development. If their "Senpai" says, "Stop killing people or I'll hate you forever!" enough times, they could "train" their Aishi to give up killing. If their "Senpai" is meek and submissive, then they would not influence their Aishi's development.
An Aishi would feel closer to their Senpai when they do something that their Senpai likes/enjoys, such as listening to the same music as their Senpai, wearing a color their Senpai likes, etc.[58]
If an Aishi loses their "Senpai" before they have developed the capacity to experience emotions, they would feel as if they have permanently lost the capacity to hear music, see color, and feel warmth. This may lead them to fall into an extremely deep depression that leaves them in a coma-like state. However, if an Aishi loses their "Senpai" after they are no longer dependent on their presence, they would not fall into the coma, but would still feel an extremely deep sense of loss and pain that is far beyond what a normal human would feel at the loss of a loved one.
Depending on how the Aishi "developed" after acquiring their "Senpai", they would react to their death differently. They might enter a coma-like state, might fly into a blind rage and kill everyone around them, or might try to live a normal, happy life without their "Senpai". This is heavily dependent on what type of "Senpai" they acquired, and how their "Senpai" influenced their personal growth and development during their marriage. It is also dependent on how their "Senpai" died. If the "Senpai" died of illness, the Aishi would feel as though nobody is to blame. If the "Senpai" was murdered, the Aishi would seek revenge.[59]
If their Senpai goes to war, the Aishi would follow their Senpai.[60] This is even canon, as Ayano's great-great grandmother had a younger sister who was born in 1926. When she was 18 in 1944, her Senpai was conscripted into the military to fight in the Pacific Theater. The Aishi knew her Senpai was a wimp of some sort, and that he would likely die in combat. With her strong urge to protect him, she disguised herself as a male, created a false identity for herself with forged documents, entered the military as a volunteer, and ensured she was assigned the same squad as her Senpai. This was because women were not allowed to be soldiers while Japan was experiencing WW2.[61]
YandereDev describes her as the closest comparison to Mulan. As she was his "guardian angel" in combat, following him around and saving him from death by killing any enemy who was plausibly considered a threat to him. Concept art for this woman is even seen on this page.[61]
When an Aishi breaks her Senpai, the latter is usually just sitting there, with unfocused eyes, not speaking, thinking or doing anything unless instructed to do something.[62]
If a Senpai with a child was imprinted from an Aishi, the latter would hate the child. As it would be a nasty and lingering reminder that their Senpai loved someone else at one point in time.[63]
To deceive the family of their Senpai, the Aishi forges her Senpai's handwriting and writes a letter to his parents, explaining that "he fell in love" with a girl and "eloped".[64]
Their Rivals[]
Aishis do not have any strong opinions about their rivals, besides seeing them as threats and obstacles to their Senpai. They don't care about the rival's personality, traits, flaws or anything about them entirely.[65]
Ryoba and her grandmother are capable of handling and operating a firearm.[68]
YandereDev imagines that Ayano's sixth great-grandmother wore a bloody kimono and wielded a knife.[1]
If Ryoba gains the ability to leave her bedroom and walk around her house, she should be able to encounter her parents, grandma, and sister.[27]
In the final game, Dozuki may visit to help take care of her granddaughter and impart advice whenever she stops by.[69]
But this is most likely unlikely since Dozuki is lazy and arrogant and Ayano is capable of managing by herself.
Ayato is currently the first and only confirmed yandere male Aishi.
In 202X, the Aishi with most "knowledge, skill, and experience in getting away with murder" would be Ryoba Aishi.[21]
YandereDev has written a lot of backstories for many Aishis, but the fanbase will only learn about them for if they ever get profiles on the official site.[70]
The family torture method, which is a form of hypnosis, does not work on Sakyu and Inkyu Basu.[71][72]
Ayano may have the ability to find the "solution" to the Aishi Condition as an alternate ending instead of pursuing her Senpai, however, it will only be within the first week. [73]
Gallery[]
Silhouettes of the Aishi Bloodline.
Quotes[]
“
I fell in love with a girl and eloped.
”
— The hypothetical letter to the Senpai's parents forged by an Aishi.[64]
“
I finally found the medicine for my condition!
”
— First hypothetical reaction from an Aishi who found their Senpai.[74]
“
What is this feeling? Is this...love? I guess this must be what love is! I guess I must be in love!
”
— Second hypothetical reaction from an Aishi who found their Senpai.[74]
“
Oh, it wasn't love. He's basically "medicine" to me, and I mistook it for love.
”
— First hypothetical reaction to realizing what the Aishi's senpai meant to them.[74]
“
I have no point of reference for what love is, so I still think this is love!
”
— Second hypothetical reaction to realizing what the Aishi's senpai meant to them.[74]
“
Don't be so careless! You could attract attention to the rest of us! When you screw up, it's not just you who suffers, it's also the people around you, as well!
”
— Hypothetical reaction from Ryoba's grandmother to her after the court trial.[75]
