Gossiping is an elimination method and a type of interaction used against current rival or a student to damage their reputation.
If a student's reputation is between −100 to −149, they will stop coming to school, and if it's −150 or below, they will commit suicide.
Gameplay[]
When talking to another student, there is the option to gossip about another student shown on the interaction wheel. Selecting "Gossip" on the wheel has the Student Info chart pop up, and the protagonist is able to gossip about other characters by selecting a student's photo. To gossip about the student, the player has to say that the student likes something the other students' dislikes, or vice versa. After the conversation is over, the protagonist's reputation will be damaged by 2 points if the player's seduction stat isn't raised if the player made a true gossip to a student who dislikes gossip or false if the student is neutral towards gossip. The protagonist's reputation will be damaged by 1 point if the player made a true gossip to a student who is neutral towards gossip or a false gossip to a student who enjoys gossip. If the player made a false gossip to a student who dislikes gossip, their reputation will be damaged by 3 points. But if the player made a true gossip to a student who enjoys gossip, no damage to the player's reputation will be taken. The protagonist's gossip will become stronger if she meets certain criteria described in the corresponding section.
Ayano can also gossip on the Kaobook page for Akademi from her computer in her bedroom at night. If she lies about a student, she will be mocked online, and her reputation will lower. If she tells the truth, students will believe her, and her rival's reputation will drop by 50 points. Right now, it's only possible to gossip on the Internet about Osana Najimi and Amai Odayaka after the player buys their embarrassing secret from Info-chan (or in the case of Amai, learn it by seeing her Sai-Space account). The Internet doesn't make an appearance in 1980s Mode, so this feature is unavailable to Ryoba.
The protagonist is unable to gossip if she has a low reputation, has already gossiped with the person she is talking to on that day, or if she is trying to gossip about certain characters, like Senpai or the person she is interacting with or the Teachers. She also cannot gossip with the delinquents, Student Council or faculty members. Trying to gossip about someone from the same club or who is related to that student in some other way is technically possible, although will lead to a negative reaction.
Reputation damage bonuses[]
This is how many reputation points a student or rival will lose:
- No bonuses: Damages target's reputation by only one point.
- Friend: Damages target's reputation by an additional one point.
- High reputation: Damages target's reputation by an additional one point.
- Skimpy Sexy Panties: Damages target's reputation by an additional one point.
- Revealing an embarassing secret: Damages rival's reputation by an additional one point.
- Seduction Level 2-4: Damages target's reputation by an additional one point, but only when gossiping with male students.
- Seduction Level 5: Damages target's reputation by an additional one point.
- Gaming Club boost: Damages target's reputation by an additional one point.
- Internet: Damages the rival's reputation by fifty points if done correctly.
The rival's embarassing secret can be learned from Info-chan in 202X mode or from rival's diary in 1980s mode. It can be used only against a rival of the current week.
Consequences[]
If a student's reputation is below -33, a group of bullies will write hateful messages on their desk and torment them. This does not apply to the protagonist, though it is required to join the delinquents' gang in 202X mode. A flower will appear on the student's desk once their reputation is between -50 and -99. Placing a white chrysanthemum on a living student's desk is a way to bully others in Japan. A flower is typically placed on their desk after a student has died, but if they are still alive the action would mean that someone demands their death.[1] The student will also sit on a bench on the rooftop on the southeastern side, alone, and will not converse with the students in the morning or during lunchtime.
If a rival's reputation is -100 to -149, the rumors will reach Senpai and he will reject her love confession. If Raibaru Fumetsu's reputation is -33 or lower, she will stop hanging out with Osana Najimi (but not vice versa), although the bullies are scared of her and will not bully her[2].
Trivia[]
- In the case of Muja Kina and Mida Rana, this elimination will work differently. The objective is not to damage their reputation, but get them fired by presenting evidence of their misdeeds.[3]
- Ayano will never be able to gossip about Senpai because she could never bear to hurt him.[4]
- In the future, if a student's reputation is not hurt at all for a while, their reputation will slowly recover.[5]
- Even if all the students want the rival dead, most will still act horrified if she is killed.[6]
- When debug commands are activated, pressing + or - at a Student Profile will change a student's reputation by ten points.
- Gossip is the canonical elimination of Komako, although only enough for her to stop coming to school, rather than committing suicide.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://preservetube.com/watch?v=wo4jsjBkToo
- ↑ https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/june-1st-update/ (https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Ahvoa)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/652913683568291840 (https://ghostarchive.org/archive/UNpg7)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/656713576518844416 (https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Xuztz)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/653099595971432448 (https://ghostarchive.org/archive/FOFLQ)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/652666682775744512 (https://ghostarchive.org/archive/2CyyO)