Midori Gurin

Midori Gurin (real name: Midori Gurinishi) is one of the female students who attends Akademi.

She stars as the main antagonist of Midori Forest. She was the second student to be introduced as an Easter Egg after Pippi Osu.

Appearance[]

Current[]

Midori has waist-length green hair with two strands reaching her stomach and green eyes. She has a bust size of 1.

She wears the default school uniform with green socks and green panties unless customized by the player. She has a red ribbon tied around her phone, which has a green case.

Previous[]

Midori's first hairstyle was waist-length and green with bangs parted evenly on both sides. Her panties were changed to green for the "Senpai Customization Update" because of a Twitter conversation.^[4] They were later changed back to white because YandereDev was waiting for some panty models that can be attached to a girl's body.^[5] Her stockings were green but were also changed to white, most likely for similar reasons. She was the first student to have different-colored panties. As of the August 15th, 2016 Build, she once again has green stockings and panties.

In the November 15th, 2015 Build, her hairstyle was changed to one similar to Ayano's hairstyle. With straight-cut bangs, her hair was longer, and not tucked back into a ponytail. YandereDev thought the old hairstyle was ugly.^[6] He would like Midori's hairstyle to look a specific way, but there are no volunteers to work on this.^[7]

Her hairstyle as of the January 1st, 2016 Build had her hair in the back go to her elbows. On her left and right side, she had some hair that went to her elbow while some of it only went down to her chin. Her bangs were cut short and met in the middle.

As of the February 8th, 2016 Build, Midori has bangs parted in the middle with hair that ends right below her bust.

As of the October 15th, 2017 Build, Midori's stockings have been replaced with short green socks.

As of the August 18th, 2018 Build, she has a red bandana tied around her phone, symbolizing her membership in the Gaming Club.

As of the May 2nd, 2019 Build, her socks have changed color to match her hair.

Personality[]

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A very curious and inquisitive girl.
She has gained a reputation for constantly asking foolish questions, which can often irritate her teachers and fellow classmates.
Claims that she is a video game character who can see beyond the fourth wall of the game she's in, but has given up trying to convince people to believe her.

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— Description on Official Website.

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Known for irritating her classmates and teachers by constantly asking foolish questions. Stubbornly insists that she is a video game character who can see beyond the fourth wall of the game she's allegedly in.

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— Description from Info-chan.

Midorisocialpose — Midori striking a cute pose.

Among the Personas that are currently implemented in the game, Midori is a Phone Addict. She will happily pose for a picture if Ayano Aishi aims her Phone at her. If she sees a corpse or witnesses a murder, she will take a photo and text it to the Police while running out of school. cannot participate in physical fights against murderers.

Her character is part of a running gag in some of the videos YandereDev uploads, where she was created to personify a person spamming YandereDev with useless emails, which explains her personality.^[8]

According to YandereDev, Midori is very stupid.^[9] In the Death Demon's ritual, it is revealed that she is incapable of realizing when she is annoying other people. She also had a tragedy that struck her as a child, which was failing an exam.^[10]

Although she is a joke character, Midori still has her interests. Her favorite foods and drinks are anything green, such as lettuce, green tea or spinach. On that note, when she eats M&M's, she only picks out the green ones because they "taste better".^[11] She also loves nature, but purely because the environment in nature is (mostly) green, not about nature itself.^[12]

Routine[]

Default[]

MidoriGamer — Midori playing an augmented reality game with the Gaming Club.

At 7:05 AM, Midori enters the school grounds with the other members of the Gaming Club. She walks to her locker and changes from her outdoor shoes to her indoor shoes. Then, she plays an augmented reality game with Mai Waifu, Ryuto Ippongo and Pippi Osu. At 8:00 AM, Midori walks into Classroom 1-2, sits at her desk and plays on her phone. She starts her morning classes at 8:30 AM. At 1:00 PM, she leaves to eat her lunch near the Gaming Club alongside her clubmates.

Midori walks back to class at 1:30 PM and participates in cleaning time between 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM. Afterward, she continues playing the AR game with Mai, Ryuto, and Pippi. At 5:00 PM, Midori walks to the Gaming Club and plays a game on a laptop until the end of the day.

If the Gaming Club disbands, Midori will still play the AR game with her former club members except for Gema, who would play games outside of the clubroom.

Week 2[]

Midori enters the school grounds at 7:05 AM. She walks to her locker and changes her shoes. She will then go to the second floor to read outside of Classroom 2-2.

At 8:15 AM, Midori walks into Classroom 1-2, sits at her desk and plays on her phone. She starts her morning classes at 8:30 AM. At 1:00 PM, Midori will lave to eat her lunch in the Plaza near the Fountain.

Midori walks back to class at 1:30 PM and participates in cleaning time between 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM. At 4:00 PM, she will head to the Plaza to read until the end of the day.

Early builds[]

Before the June 29th, 2016 Build, Midori would instantly spawn on the rooftop at 7:04 AM and stayed there throughout the entire day in a similar fashion to how Rival-chan stands under the cherry tree. Unlike Rival-chan, Ayano can interact with Midori like a normal student. After the June 29th, 2016 Build, Midori would walk to school and stay on the rooftop all day.

As of the October 1st, 2017 Build, Midori went to the rooftop at 7:15 AM, after changing her shoes. She fell off, landed on her feet, walked back to the rooftop, and stayed here until 8:00 AM. She also stayed on the rooftop between 1:00 PM and 1:30 PM. After 4:00 PM, she changed to her outdoor shoes.

In the July 24th, 2016 Build, she typed on her cell phone whilst talking about the emails that she's sending. As of the February 3rd, 2018 Build, she no longer muttered while texting.

In older builds, she did not go to class.

Relationships[]

Her Parents[]

Midori's parents might be exactly the same as her.^[13]

Topics[]

The Conversational Topics Midori has opinions on are as follows:

Positive	Negative

Video Games Anime Cosplay Memes Socializing	Drama Violence Reading Gossip Solitude

Trivia[]

She was implemented on August 12th, 2015 Build.
Her nickname, Midori (緑), means "green" in Japanese, referencing her green color scheme. Gurin is adapted from the katakana transcription of the English word "green", グリーン (gurīn). This means that her name is "Green Green" in English.
As of the July 1st, 2020 Build, her real name is Midori Gurinishi.
- A possible kanji representation of Gurinishi is 倶利西, which means "club", "benefit" and "West" respectively.
She is YandereDev's "favorite" character.^[14]
If she were to be a rival, she would be a DLC and have omniscient (or, at least, Genre Savvy) knowledge of Yandere Simulator and its mechanics as a result of constantly asking YandereDev questions.^[15]
She was based on the chibi who shouted, "YandereDev, YandereDev!" during YandereDev's "E-Mails, Volunteers and Progress" video who asked often repeated questions. This ended up turning into a running gag with Midori Gurin, who has made several appearances in the videos since. She has been killed six times in his videos:
- 1st time: "E-mails, Volunteers, and Progress - Part 2".
- 2nd time: "Dumpsters, Buckets, Bathing, and Electrocution in Yandere Simulator".
- 3rd time: "The Gaming Club".
- 4th time: "January Osana Progress Report - Part 2".
- 5th time: "March Progress Report".
- 6th time: "The Origin of Midori Gurin".
She was the second student who could be pushed off the roof, the first being Kokona Haruka.
Her voice actress, Mom0ki (Cait Myers), was not credited in the "I Want My Senpai Back" video's description. The description was later updated to include her.
- Her voice actress also made a non-canon SoundCloud where she does short voice samples as Midori.
Despite her abilities in YandereDev's videos, she will never break the fourth wall.^[16]
Pressing M on the title screen of Yanvania: Senpai of the Night used to cause her to say her signature phrase and then the afterlogue, instead of Beldere-chan.
She will have no function in the final game.^[17]
She is a one-time gimmick.^[18]
She makes a small cameo in the Gaming Club's games by appearing in the fighting game and being kicked in the face by Budo Masuta.
On June 20th, 2016, YandereDev shared a parodied song called "YANDEREDEV YANDEREDEV!!!" created by the voice actress for Midori on his blog.^[19] The song is about Midori's emails.
Before the June 1st, 2016 Build, if the player pressed the G key in the Debug Menu, Midori would walk to the edge of the roof where the player could push her off.
As of the August 15th, 2016 Build, the player can go to the Light Music Club and summon Midori as the female victim by praying to Tatoro. If she is killed, she cannot be summoned the next day.
She is based on Churuya, a parody version of Tsuruya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.^[20]
During a Twitch stream, at around 30 seconds in, YandereDev stated that her birthday is likely April 1st.^[21]
She is YandereDev's favorite female character in the school.^[22]
As of an unknown build, if the player teleported to the roof using the Debug Menu, Midori would be teleported to the roof as well (even if she's a corpse and hasn't been disposed of yet), and ignore the Gaming Club routine. However, she doesn't type on her phone, nor say anything about emailing YandereDev.
On June 1, 2017, her voice actress, Caitlin Myers, was featured in a heavy metal song by XanduIsBored ^[23] called "Resentment" ^[24], which is about Yandere Simulator, specifically about Ayano herself and how she'll kill anyone who she sees as a "threat" to Senpai. Caitlin wrote the lyrics and performed the death screams during the bridge.
She is thought to be the first student created by YandereDev.
As of the January 15th, 2023 build, a new portrait pose for Midori, titled "f02_midoriPose_00", has been found in Pose Mode.^[25]
- She also has another unused animation, which she can be seen texting on her phone while unconsciously swaying side to side.^[26]
Midori along with Kumi Demura are the only students that need 25 friendship points to get befriended.
- Midori has known Ayano since her kindergarten and elementary school years.^[27]
- Midori thought of Ayano as her friend.^[28]
Her job would be a journalist as she loves interviewing other people with questions.^[29]
Midori is going to live a long, natural life.^[30]
Midori would pick Animal Crossing when deciding a game that she wanted to be in. She would answer very impulsively without thinking which game she'd be stuck in for eternity.^[31]
YandereDev does not envision Midori as the Gaming Club's former leader.^[32]

Gallery & Quotes[]

Gallery

In-game[]

Profiles[]

Miscellaneous[]

Illustrations

Quotes

“

YandereDev, YandereDev!

”

— Midori's catchphrase

“

YandereDev! YandereDev! If the students know there is a serial killer on the loose, why would they keep coming to school?

”

— Midori's question in "Customization and School Atmosphere".

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YandereDev, YandereDev! Why are you talking about this? What does this have to do with the game?

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— Midori in "Friendship, Gossip, and Bullying in Yandere Simulator"

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I haven't seen anything all day! I'm too busy writing e-mails to YandereDev to waste his time with stupid questions!

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— Midori in "I Want My Senpai Back".

“

What does the school's logo symbolize? Yes, I checked the FAQ this time.

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— Midori's question on the school page.

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YandereDev! YandereDev! The Akademi Institute is a boarding school that teaches magical arts to young men and women who have high potential for wizardry and witchcraft. Once every one hundred years, under the glare of a full moon, the ghost of a long-dead succubus will appear within the Institute and beg one of the Institute's upperclassmen to resurrect her with a tribute of blood. If the succubus is resurrected, all of the school's students will vanish...except for any students who were in love with the upperclassman that resurrected the succubus. If the succubus is not slain before the sun rises, the school's students will be lost forever, and the succubus' full power will be restored. The succubus can only be slain by a young woman who is in love with the upperclassman that revived the succubus. The time has once again come for the forces of Love and Lust to engage in their ancient battle. The Institute beckons you...and no man can say who shall emerge victorious.

”

— Midori speaking the afterlogue of Yanvania.

“

YandereDev, snap out of it! You can't spend your time making whiny videos! People are counting on you to make Yandere Simulator!...yeah! That's the spirit! Now get back to-

”

— Midori in "Dumpsters, Buckets, Bathing, and Electrocution in Yandere Simulator".

“

YandereDev! YandereDev! Why are there weapons on the ground in front of the school?

”