Corpses

Corpses are a type of incriminating evidence that should generally be disposed of to avoid various gameplay penalties.

Gameplay[]

After killing any character with almost any method, their corpse will drop on the ground. The protagonist can pick it up or drag it somewhere to temporary hide it or dispose of it. Leaving it in plain sight may result in another character discovering it and reacting according to their persona and other circumstances. Leaving it anywhere except certain hiding places and going to class will result in a faculty member discovering and calling the police.

Upon arriving at school, the police will hold an investigation, as they have extremely efficient methods and tools provided by Saikou Corp. They will only investigate for 6 hours. If they won't be able to find any concrete evidence, the investigation will be closed. The School Atmosphere will drop by 20% per each discovered body and by 10% by each student that went gone without explanation. Additionally, 1 element per discovered body will cause the Security Systems will be installed. If the protagonist framed another student, the atmosphere will be restored in a 50%. If the victim was a Student Council member, the atmosphere will drop to 0% permanently and all Security Systems will be installed.

The protagonist can pick up corpses and drag them around. However, she can run with them only when she's holding it in her arms. To make transporting corpses easier, she can use bodybags. Depending on the difficulty settings, they may have to be crafted at the workshop using a pack of Garbage Bags from the Home Ec Room and Masking Tape from the Art Club. Corpses in bodybags are not recognized as corpses but may still be suspicious to carry around outside cleaning time. Packing a corpse into a bag takes up 5 seconds. When she's dragging a corpse or puts in on the ground, it will spill blood around until it drains completely. In order to prevent that, she can use Blowtorch from the Science Club room. To clean up the evidence, the protagonist has to dispose of the corpse using any method, such as clean up all the blood using a mop, bucket, and bleach, The protagonist must wash or get rid of the bloody weapon and uniform.

The protagonist can dismember a corpse using Circular Saw from the Gardening Club or Chainsaw from the Aishi House's backyard. The process will take 10 seconds and reduce her sanity by 20%. She will separate the body into 6 pieces: head, torso, and limbs. This will create additional pools of blood, but she can place a Roll of Tarp under the corpse to collect the blood and prevent it from spilling on the floor. She can pack dismembered limbs in garbage bags that other students will dispose of during cleaning time or put them in Cello Case or Trash Can to transport it without getting caught.

Temporary Storage[]

Hiding corpses is only a temporary solution. If the corpse is not hidden and the protagonist goes to class or home, the corpse will be discovered, a police investigation will occur.

Name	Location	Notes
Bathroom Stalls	Bathrooms	All stalls are cleaned by certain students during cleaning time. Certain female bathrooms are sometimes occupied (see events).
Lockers	First floor, west wing	Each locker fits only 1 corpse. The total number of lockers is 6 (90 in Alphabet Killer Challenge).
Sarcophagus	Foreign Studies Room	Fits only 1 corpse.
Treasure Chest	Foreign Studies Room	Fits only 1 corpse.
Freezer Box	Biology Lab	Fits only 1 corpse.

Disposal Methods[]

Name	Location	Description
Incinerator	Incinerator Area	Normally guarded by the delinquents. It takes 1 in-game hour to burn down the evidence before the incinerator can be used again.
Kiln	Art Room	Fits only 1 corpse at a time. It takes 1 in-game hour to burn down the evidence before the kiln can be used again.
Vat of Acid	Science Club	Can be used only by members of the science club.
Sewer	Outdoor Cafeteria	Requires a manhole tool or crowbar to open.
Burial	Gardening Club	Requires a shovel to dig. Hides only corpses.
Wood Chipper	Gardening Club	Requires a bucket to be placed and fills it with blood, which has to be destroyed as well. Destroys only corpses.
Carnivorous Plant	Biology Lab	Has to be fed with growing stimulant obtained from the Gardening Club leader for 5 days. Only eats corpses.

Trivia[]

The protagonist can open and position the dumpster so a student she pushed from the roof would fall right into it; afterwards, she can put a garbage bag over it, and it will be considered to be destroyed. However, she cannot put corpses inside herself.
As of June 1st, 2021 Build, a white chrysanthemum flower is put on the desks of dead students.
- It's also placed on a student's desk if their reputation is between -50 and -99 as a way of bullying.^[1]
The corpses follow a ragdoll animation, which will sometimes break and cause the corpses to stretch and glitch while they are being dragged. YandereDev is well aware of this problem and will not respond to any bug reports about them.
Any student who is killed with a ritual knife will emit gray mist.
Originally, corpses weren't going to be able to be hidden in lockers as typical Japanese lockers are too small, meant for storing shoes.^[2]
YandereDev approved the idea of a PA announcement when a teacher discovers a corpse in 2016. However, it was not implemented.^[3]
Security Systems are installed after discovery of any corpse since February 19th 2021 Build to balance the mechanics and add punishment for not disposing of the corpses properly.^[4]
In the game universe, a person becomes a ghost after their death if they knew they were being murdered at the time of their death.^[5] Their death has to be slow enough, like Sumire's, who was left to slowly bleed out on the floor.^[6]