The Delinquents are a group of troublesome students in Akademi.
Appearance[]
The 202X delinquents all have styled blond hair and scars on their faces. They wear the default male uniform with the blazers open, revealing casual t-shirts underneath. They stand to the left just outside of the incinerator area. The T-shirts don't show with the other uniforms.
Between the April 15th, 2017, and April 26, 2018, builds, if the Space Bar was rapidly pressed ten times before them, The 1980s Delinquents wore Team Skull Grunt bandanas and performed the Team Skull Grunt dance animation, inspired by the Pokémon franchise.
In 1980s Mode, all the delinquents wear the default 1980s Mode uniform, except the girls wear long, ankle-length skirts and have masks, and the guys wear their shirts unbuttoned, revealing a black undershirt.
Gameplay[]
The delinquents by the incinerator.
The delinquents hang around to the left of the incinerator area outside of class time around a radio. If Ayano walks near them, they will periodically call her out. If a delinquent sees her carrying the cello case, their dialogue will change to mocking comments related to it.
If they witness the murder or corpse of a bully, they will react like a Spiteful student. However, they will react normally if the player kills Kokoro after all the other bullies have been killed on the previous day. If a delinquent sees Yandere-chan kill another delinquent, or the delinquents don't bring their weapons to school due to Ayano reporting them to the guidance counselor for being covered in blood, they will react to murder with the Heroic Persona. If the delinquents see a corpse, blood pool, bloody weapon, or dismembered limbs on the ground, they will run out of the school, and eventually, they will call the Police. They will not give Ayano a reputation penalty if they see her bloody or insane but will instead comment on her state.
Ayano can sneak corpses past the delinquents either by hiding a dismembered body in the cello case, trash can, or garbage bag or by pushing a student off the roof directly into the dumpster below.
If Ayano attempts to talk to them, they will respond rudely and will not be affected by seduction.
Combat[]
All delinquents have a Violent persona. If Ayano walks too close to a delinquent with a weapon, they will ready their fighting stance, and if she comes any closer, a combat minigame will begin. The player will have to press the three buttons that come up in succession once the game has begun until either the delinquent or Ayano is too injured to fight. If the delinquents see Ayano murder someone, or she is trying to dispose of a corpse, they will continue fighting her until she is knocked out, or until she kills them. If Ayano bumps into a delinquent too many times, they will assume she wants to fight and take up a fighting stance.
If the player defeats a delinquent in a fight, (s)he will drop his weapon and leave to sit on the bench near the incinerator.
If the player fights a delinquent near Senpai, she will receive a Game Over. If she fights near regular students, she will receive a reputation penalty. If she fights near another delinquent, they will egg on their gang member.
If the player fights a delinquent near a member of the Student Council, (s)he will run up to them and break up the fight. However, Student Council members will pepper spray Ayano if one of the delinquents witnesses her murder someone after breaking up the fight between Ayano and the delinquent.
As of the August 15, 2019 build, a delinquent for whom Ayano has completed a task will no longer be aggressive towards her or start a fight with her. This doesn't seem to apply in 1980s Mode, as they will still shove the player regardless.
Joining the Gang[]
Ayano as a delinquent
To join the gang, Ayano must follow a list of mandatory requirements:
- Have a bad reputation level, anywhere around the darkest square of the reputation HUD, between −33 % and −99 %.
- Dye your hair blonde, by purchasing the dye at the "Nozama" website.
- Change your persona to "Tough" or "Edgy" through any of the mirrors around the school.
- Complete all of the delinquents' tasks.
Once the list is complete, Ayano must talk with Umeji Kizuguchi to join the delinquents. Once in the gang, Ayano will wear a red mask around her mouth, similar to the one in her illustration. Ayano will also gain ear piercings, three on each ear.
Before an unknown build, the player could press Left Alt to change the design of the masks, as they had five choices.
The benefit of joining the delinquents is making students Follow, Distract, and Go Away through Intimidation excluding Student Council members, Borupen Saishiki (who would be immune to intimidation in the future), Osana Najimi, and Amai Odayaka(who refuses to follow Ayano, but can still be ordered by distracting or telling her to go away). However, if this method is used, you will receive a reputation penalty. When you're a part of the delinquents, your reputation will lock at −33 % unless you leave the gang, or your reputation decreases more every time you're caught doing suspicious activities by normal students.
If the player chooses "club activity", a small cutscene will be shown, saying that the delinquents hang out around town, thinking of ways to defy authority.
Ayano will be kicked out if the delinquents witness her committing murder, as the delinquents will attack Ayano and if she wins, they will flee out of the school and call the Police. If one of the bullies get killed, they will not do anything. However, she will be evicted if she fails to hang out with them at least once a week. Ayano can ask permission to leave the gang. Once she leaves the gang, she will not be allowed to re-join.
While this feature is not present in 1980s Mode, YandereDev may consider adding it if the fanbase wanted to see it happen, rather than him working on the 202X rivals.[1]
Routine[]
At 7:20 AM, the group enters the school grounds. They walk to their lockers at 7:30 AM and change from their outdoor shoes into their indoor shoes and hang out either at the Incinerator Area or in a specific place, depending on the current day and week. At 8:30 AM, they walk to their classes.
At 1:00 PM, they eat their lunch near the incinerator and go back to class at 1:30 PM.
They go back to their meeting spot at 3:30 PM, ignoring the cleaning time.
Background[]
Yandere Simulator's story takes place during Ayano's 2nd year at Akademi. During the previous year, there were five students at Akademi who were subjected to severe bullying. The school faculty was informed about the bullying, but none of the victims were able to provide concrete evidence that the bullying had been taking place, so the faculty refused to take action. The bullying eventually became so severe that the victims were considering a suicide pact. However, before this could take place, the victims witnessed something extraordinary that saved them from a self-destructive path.
One day, outside of the entrance to the school, the bullied victims witnessed one of their fellow students — Osoro Shidesu — single-handedly fight off a group of violent aggressors from another school. Against all odds, Osoro actually managed to defeat all of her opponents, despite their superior numbers. Instantly, Osoro became an icon to them — a physical embodiment of the idea that a single person can stand against a group of tormentors and prevail. From that day forward, the bullied victims idolized Osoro.
Osoro had demonstrated that violence was a viable solution to their problems, and that a fearsome reputation would keep their enemies away. The five bullied students began imitating Osoro; they started acting gruff, unfriendly, and standoffish, exactly like her. They dyed their hair blonde, just like hers. They styled their hair to give themselves the appearances of rebellious punks, and began carrying long, blunt objects at all times. They began showing up late to class, disrespecting faculty members, and so forth.
Those five boys were originally targeted by bullies because they were the meekest students at school — and now they had become the exact opposite. Needless to say, the bullying stopped…but at a cost. The rest of the students at school began to fear them and avoid them, referring to them as "the delinquents." This was exactly what they wanted; they'd much rather be feared and hated than be bullied and victimized. However, the faculty and the headmaster began to view them as a growing problem.
The headmaster refused to accept the presence of delinquents at a prestigious school like Akademi. In a faculty meeting, he announced that he was going to expel them all, including Osoro, purely for being a negative influence. However, the guidance counselor stopped him. She regretted not stepping in and taking action while they were being bullied, and insisted on being given a chance to reform the delinquents, rather than simply expelling them without trying anything else first.
The guidance counselor and the headmaster were able to reach an agreement: the faculty and the student council will tolerate the delinquents' behavior for a period of 10 weeks, and give the counselor a chance to reform them. However, this arrangement comes at a cost: if the counselor is unable to reform the delinquents within 10 weeks, she will be dismissed from the school.
The counselor recognized that it would be difficult to reform the delinquents while their biggest influence — Osoro — was still present at school. The next time that Osoro slipped up, the counselor expelled her for a period of 8 weeks.
Will the counselor be able to reform the delinquents before the deadline? Only time will tell.
Members[]
(Osoro's right-hand man/Substitute Leader)
1980s Mode[]
- Male
- Female
(Leader of the Female Delinquents)
Trivia[]
- The all-male delinquents were added in the April 26th, 2018 Build, to balance out the male to female gender ratio.[2]
- The previous male delinquents were voiced by Alejandro Saab,[3] but the current delinquents are not.[4]
- The previous delinquents now appear in 1980s Mode.[5]
- In Mission Mode, they will accept food from Ayano, which it is possible for them to get electrocuted as an elimination process.
- YandereDev accidentally placed the screenshot of the female delinquents in the "Photographs" folder in January 1st, 2016 Build. They were later removed in the January 2nd, 2016 Build because they were not supposed to be in the game just yet.[6]
- In the December 15th Progress Update, YandereDev showed a quick scene of Doremi Shimahara holding a long, blunt item. This was the first time the delinquents were introduced.
- They dislike the Student Council members purely because they are authority figures.[7]
- They dislike and distrust Aoi Ryugoku.[8]
- They hang out near the incinerator because students rarely go near there.[9]
- If they are expelled, the school atmosphere will increase by 5 % up to 100 %.
- The Delinquents have never tried to get revenge on the Bullies, nor are they planning to.[10] They will not report Ayano if they see her kill a bully.
- Completing a task for a delinquent will not increase your reputation, even though completing tasks for others do.
- The "blaming delinquents" option has to be activated through Info-chan. If Ayano is sent to the Guidance Counselor and blames the Delinquents for being covered in blood, the Delinquents will not have weapons the next day.
- Furthermore, if Ayano chooses to blame the delinquents for every type of possible offense (except for murder), they will be expelled and won't show up anymore.
- YandereDev states that the delinquents in 1980s were tolerated in school because most of them are just "acting" like delinquents rather than "being" actual delinquents.[11]
- As of the May 18th, 2022 build, the delinquents will react positively to notes on the topic of 'bullying' but only during Mission Mode.
- Unlike any other students, they don't scream upon discovering a corpse.
- Tiru Sutoriku and other female delinquents seem to be heavily inspired by Sukeban, which was a feminist movement in Japan popularized during the 1980s. Sukeban girls would rebel against the beauty standard by acting "wild, " dying their hair, and holding a weapon at all times.
- The delinquents in 202X used to go to Amai Odayaka's bake sale during Week 2, however, as of the September 1st, 2024 build, this is no longer possible. This is due to the fact that buying pastries and sweets wouldn't align with their "tough guy" facade.
- However, the leader of the group, Umeji wishes he could buy from the bake sale. But he doesn't do so.[12]
- Some of the girls in Akademi think of the 202X delinquents as cute, however, they also think that the delinquents are too scary to approach.[13]
- Both the 1980s male and female delinquent groups were aware of each other. However, they have a "rivalry" that happened between them. Which was mainly because the female delinquents were founded to be a protection group for women who experienced bullying. Tiru Sutoriku thinks of the male delinquents as bullies, dislikes their group, and wants herself and her group to stay away from them.[14]
- The 202X delinquents were bullied by Musume Ronshaku and her friends, which caused the boys from being ordinary students, to tough delinquents.[15]
- If Horuda Puresu talked to the 202X delinquents, they would recognize her as a victim of bullying, while maintaining their tough guy persona. They would not be harsh to Horuda while talking to her. Horuda, unawaure of their history, would be afraid of them, even if she has nothing to fear about them.[16]
- The 202X delinquents enjoy listening to rap and hiphop music.[17]
- The radio that the delinquents gather around is a physical symbol of the beginning of their friendship with Osoro. Before those boys became delinquents, it was a radio that Osoro broke after being confronted by Aoi who was following a noise complaint. The boys felt bad for her since they knew she listened to that radio everyday, so they fixed it for Osoro, which lend to them starting a friendship with her.[18]
Gallery & Quotes[]
Gallery
Illustrations
Quotes
202X Builds[]
Scram, punk!/Quit it!/Back off!/Too close!/Get away!
I'll crack your skull open!/Wha?!/You got a death wish?!/Try it. I dare you!/Don't. Even! THINK ABOUT IT!/Looking for a fight?!
Huh?! Looking for a fight?/I'm not in the mood for this./Oh, you wanna go?! Let's go!/Bring it on, girl!
I'm not in top form today.../Seriously?! Forget this, I'm outta here.../I got better things to do, anyway.../You just got lucky, that's all.../Next time, it won't be so easy...
What's your problem?/What a weirdo.../You look like a damn fool./The hell is wrong with you? Freak.../Are you lookin' for trouble?
Get her!/You can do it!/Go, go!/Put her down!/You got this!/Yeah-ha-ha!
You just gonna stand there?/Well? You gonna make a move, or what?/All talk and no action.
Learned your lesson? Then get outta here./I'm letting you off with a warning this time, loser./That'll teach you to go around picking fights./You done? Good. Don't screw with me again./Don't. Try that. Again. Got it?
Next time, it won't be so easy.../What?/Go away./Don't make me hurt you.
You psychopath! You won't get away with this!/You just killed someone, you freakin' maniac!/What have you done?! You lunatic!
I won't go down that easy!/I won't be your next victim!/I'm not going down without a fight!/If I'm going hell, you're coming with me!/She's coming for us next!
Where do you think you're going, huh?! We're not done!/ You think I'll just let you walk away after that?!/I'm not letting you get away...murderer!/Oh, you think you're tough, huh?! Let's go!/ Oh I'm gonna make you pay for that one!/Nice try...but it takes more than that to keep me down!/You think you can get away with this?!/ You're gonna PAY!
I'm not going down...that easily!/I still got some...fight left!/It'll take...more than that!
I don't care about what you think.
I ain't going nowhere.
Do it yourself.
Tell someone who cares.
Pff, whatever.
I don't give a damn. Get lost.
Why would I do that? Scram.
Heh heh...good riddance. They deserved it./This ain't a good place to be right now.../I ain't gonna shed any tears for her./It ain't safe to stick around./Heh heh...world's a much better place now.
They had it coming! Don't worry...I won't tell anyone what I saw.
What the hell?! What's going on?!/Screw this, I'm outta here!
What? No...damn it! Who did this...?!/Whoever did this is gonna pay!
Get that garbage out of my face.
What's with the case?/On your way to a concert?/Pff. Nice case, loser./You picked the lamest instrument./Is it expensive? Would you cry if I broke it? Heh.
Hahahaha, stay down.
Miscellaneous[]
What the hell? Why couldn't I win? I thought I was going to be safe from now on...I need to ask Osoro about this.
1980s Mode[]
I'm not in the mood for this./Don't make me hurt you./Scram, loser./Are you looking for trouble?/Who do you think you are?/What?/What do you want, loser?/What's with you?/Run along. You're not welcome here./Does this look like a club to you? Beat it.
Huh?/...Eh?!/Huh?!/What?/Wha?
You must have a death wish!/Try it, I dare you!/You wanna fight?!/Don't even think about it!/I'm gonna crack your skull open!/Run home to mommy before you get hurt.
Don't you know I eat girls like you for breakfast?
If I'm going to Hell, you're coming with me!/Ha, I'm going down that easy./I'm not going down without a fight!
(grunt)
Yeah, that's what I thought. Coward./Heh heh heh...I knew you didn't have the guts./All talk and no action, huh?
Scram!/Too close!/Back off!/Get away!/Quit it!
Nice case, loser./(chuckles) What's with the case?/Hey, maestro. On your way to a concert?/You know you picked the lamest instrument, right?/Ooh, is it expensive? Would you cry if I broke it? (laughs)
References[]
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- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/7e3nqi/another_questions_about_delinquents_and_the_yakuza/?st=ja8xpi3y&sh=133b45c8
- ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qt_3x-FVba8
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/g0piyl/questions_for_yanderedev_to_correct_the_wiki/fnbc1bb/
- ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=1s&v=R4beN6OWkog
- ↑ http://yanderedev.wordpress.com/about
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/7ky1ps/question_about_student_council/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/7kob28/student_council_members_similarities_with_other/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/7sdu7w/random_questions_for_dev/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/e9irbq/two_questions_for_yanderedev/
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/411363271568785418/901365451060289566/921904855021387846
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