Nemesis

Nemesis Gallery Illustrations [[:Nemesis/|]] [[:Nemesis/|]]

This page is for the version of Hanako Yamada in Mission Mode. For her 202X Mode counterpart, see Hanako Yamada.

Illustration by Guillermo Varela Iglesias.
Nemesis
Real Name	Hanako Yamada
Role	Hunter (Mission Mode)
Class	1-2
Club	No Club
Persona	Vengeful
Crush	None
Strength	Armed
Appears	Mission Mode

Nemesis (a.k.a Hanako Yamada) is the main antagonist of the Mission Mode in Yandere Simulator. She is a student who is exclusive to Mission Mode and the Horror Prototype Mode Easter Egg.

She presents a "lethal enemy" to Ayano.

Appearance

Current

Nemesis has pale skin, rounded, straight, shoulder-length black hair, and thin red eyes. Her fists are always clenched.

She wears the default female school uniform for Mission Mode, which is the fifth female uniform available, as well as black gloves.

If the player chooses to have Nemesis disguised, she will take on the appearance of a random, non-Club Leader female student while entering Akademi.

Previous

Before the January 3rd, 2017 Build, she had spiky, wavy hair, similar to Oka Ruto's hair.

Personality

"Mission Mode" takes place in a separate timeline from the main game. In Mission Mode, you play as a young female assassin who has been contracted to kill a student at school. However, you aren't the only killer at school...

Nemesis is a character who attempts to hunt and kill you during Mission Mode. It is impossible to kill her with a frontal attack; if you want to kill her, you need to approach her from behind. If you run, she will hear your footsteps, so you must be very careful and quiet if you wish to sneak up on her. Depending on what difficulty level you have chosen, Nemesis might be invincible, and might also be disguised as one of the female students.

So, just who is Nemesis? Is she a bodyguard hired to protect the student that you're after? Is she a vigilante who has made it her mission to stop you? Is she another assassin who wants to remove her competition? Or, true to her namesake - the Greek goddess of retribution - is she here to take revenge on the protagonist for the sins of her past?

The answer is found in RETRIBUTION, a free manga about Nemesis! Click here to read it: https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2019/08/01/short-nemesis-manga/

— Description on official website.

"Mission Mode" takes place in a separate timeline from the main game. In Mission Mode, you play as a young female assassin who has been contracted to kill a student at school. However, you aren't the only killer at school...

Nemesis is a character who attempts to hunt and kill you during Mission Mode. It is impossible to kill her with a frontal attack; if you want to kill her, you need to approach her from behind. If you run, she will hear your footsteps, so you must be very careful and quiet if you wish to sneak up on her. Depending on what difficulty level you have chosen, Nemesis might be invincible, and might also be disguised as one of the female students.

So, just who is Nemesis? Is she a bodyguard hired to protect the student that you're after? Is she a vigilante who has made it her mission to stop you? Is she another assassin who wants to remove her competition? Or, true to her namesake - the Greek goddess of retribution - is she here to take revenge on the protagonist for the sins of her past? For now, it's a complete mystery...

— Old description on official website.

On August 1st, 2019, it was revealed that Nemesis is Taro Yamada's younger sister in the Mission Mode timeline. In this timeline, Taro was Ayano Aishi's first target she assassinated, and Hanako swore to punish her brother's killer. On January 3, 2021, YandereDev officially stated that Nemesis is Hanako.

YandereDev pictures Nemesis as wearing a very grim and serious facial expression at all times, and being very emotionless and solemn. In almost any situation, she would have a deadpan look on her face. However, the moment she goes in for the kill, her expression may change to reveal her true nature. He also imagines Nemesis to have the "vengeful" persona, as her only goal is to track down the person who murdered her brother. She would also kill Ayano when there are no witnesses nearby.

Since Nemesis is Hanako, she likely had the same personality as the original game. However, after Ayano murdered her brother, not only did she sink into depression, but she also turned from an innocent girl into a vengeful psychopath. She became violent, dead serious, and willing to commit murder for revenge against her brother's killer.

In the Retribution chapter 2 manga, it is shown that Nemesis developed a sadistic side and wishes for her brother's killer to suffer greatly before dying.

Routine

Nemesis about to kill Ayano by stabbing her in the head.

Nemesis only appears if enabled in Mission Mode. At 7:00 AM, Nemesis will spawn randomly inside the school and will start wandering around the school corridors and courtyard, searching endlessly for Ayano. If disguised, she will enter the school grounds as a female student, but will turn hostile after changing her shoes at the lockers. As of some update, she will always spawn in the school even if disguised.

When noticing Ayano, she will break her routine and start following Ayano in an attempt to kill her with a Knife. If aggressive, Nemesis will always run to Ayano every time she sees her. Her running speed is faster than most students, although Ayano can still outrun her. Since Nemesis runs very quickly, it is quite difficult to make Nemesis lose track of the other.

She does not go to class, since she patrols the school in search of any suspicious student who may be skipping classes to plot some form of murder.

If the player opens up the Horror Prototype by using "F2" in the Easter Egg menu, the school will be set at the lowest atmosphere. Nemesis, like in Mission Mode, will spawn randomly in the school, looking for Ayano. She will not be disguised as a female student.

Relationships

Taro Yamada

Main article: Taro Yamada

As Nemesis is officially confirmed to be Hanako, she appears to strongly care for Taro as her brother and seems to always like to be on his side, similar to 202X Mode. She is extremely dependent on him until his cruel death at the hands of Ayano, as her first target. As a result of Taro's death, Nemesis sank into depression and became a vengeful psychopath. She strongly desires to avenge her brother by punishing his killer.

Ayano Aishi

Main article: Ayano Aishi

Nemesis has a very hostile relationship with Ayano and holds a strong grudge towards her for her responsibility in murdering her brother. She has a strong sense of justice against Ayano and vowed to make her suffer. Nemesis shows no signs of mercy to Ayano. Nemesis figured out that Ayano was her brother's murderer by noticing the clues that pointed towards an assassination, and figured out the ways to hire a hitman, learned about Info-chan's service, did more research, and figured it all out.

In the Retribution chapter 2 manga, Nemesis is shown to have a sadistic side and is also maniacal towards making Ayano's life a living hell by torturing her in a gruesome way. Instead of making Ayano's death quick, she wants to make her suffer.

Info-chan

Main article: Info-chan

Nemesis has never interacted with Info-chan, but her presence intimidates and scares Info-chan, as evidenced by the messages she sends to Ayano, warning her to run away when taking a photo of her.

Trivia

• When on a mission, Ayano may specifically not be permitted to kill Nemesis.
• She was implemented in the December 16th, 2016 Build.
• Nemesis was added to YandereDev's "Characters" on December 16th, 2016, and bloody version was added on November 3rd, 2024.
• She can only be killed from behind.
• She is able to hear Ayano's footsteps whenever she is running, so Ayano must walk, crouch, or crawl in order to kill her.
• If the player sends Info-chan a photo of her, she will respond with, "Strange. I have no profile for this student."
  • For the 2nd time, she will respond with, "...wait. I think I know who she is."
  • For the 3rd time, she will respond with, "You are in danger. Avoid her."
  • For the 4th time, she will respond with, "Do not engage."
  • For the 5th time and beyond, she will respond with, "I repeat: Do. Not. Engage."
  • If she is disguised as a female student, Info-chan will respond with, "Something about that student seems...wrong."
  • When sending a picture of her panties, Info-chan will respond with, "Wait...I recognize those panties! This person is extremely dangerous! Avoid her at all costs!"
• She is the only character that can kill Ayano.
• When she was first introduced, she was referred to as 'Nemesis-chan'. YandereDev has since confirmed that her official name is 'Nemesis'. He chose this because he thought the name 'Nemesis' sounded far more ominous.
• "Nemesis" is the name of the Greek goddess of revenge and divine retribution, and the word for one's arch-enemy.
• YandereDev imagines that, when Nemesis is disguised as a random female student, the original student was knocked out and stuffed into a container on her way to school.
• She may wield a ceramic knife in order not to be detected by the metal detector if the school, for any reason, has the detectors active.
• On his blog, YandereDev explained that he decided to change her hairstyle as the artist of the illustration he took inspiration from was uncomfortable with how similar the current Nemesis and her illustration were.
  • As of the January 16th, 2017 Build, her hairstyle is now the third option that fans voted for.
  • Her original hair model is used for the Tall Mode Easter Egg and can also be worn by the player if debugs are activated.
• Her temporary hair model was the 'Bobcat' hairstyle without the tufts.
• If a Student Council member is the person she disguised as, she will be simple to spot. She won't look at you if you get too close to her, the council's unique idle and walking animations will not be used, and she will keep on walking if Ayano's phone is pointing at her.
• While she is aggressive, she runs the same way as in Enigma mode, one of the Easter Eggs, or, as more commonly known, the "Naruto Run."
• She stops moving when the Pose Mode menu is opened in Horror Prototype Mode.
• If she is disguised as a random female student, the player can spot her by observing who is missing when students are entering the school grounds. If no one is missing, then she has disguised herself as a Student Council member.
• In the January 3rd, 2017 Build, Nemesis received a new hair model, but her portrait wasn't updated until the February 2nd, 2017 Build. And on the September 15th, 2024 Build, Nemesis received a new hair model again, but her portrait wasn't updated until the October 13th, 2024 Build.
  • However, in the January 17th, 2017 Build, her hair model was updated, and it was updated again on the October 1st, 2024 Build. This makes her January 3rd, 2017 model and her September 15th, 2024 model having no portraits.
• In a hypothetical fight against Osoro Shidesu, Budo Masuta, Megami Saikou, Raibaru Fumetsu, and Aoi Ryugoku, Nemesis could win if she were armed, but a win isn't guaranteed if she is not armed.
• Her pale skin is a result of not going outside after the death of her brother. Her red eyes are a result of being really mad, as YandereDev claimed it was an "anime cliche".
• Nemesis cannot be dismembered.
• When Nemesis kills Ayano, YandereDev says that she "ninja-runs" out of Akademi to avoid getting caught, and any type of official school authority can intervene.
• If a stink bomb is thrown at her, she will get angry and start aggressively charging at Ayano until she catches and kills her.
  • This is because 'Nemesis is too tough to care about stink bombs'.
• When Yandere Dev was asked what Hanako Yamada's reaction to her brother's disappearance after the events of the Genocide Ending he leaves an link to the Retribution manga as an reply which means she ends up becoming Nemesis and hunts Ayano down and plays exactly the events of manga with the difference of her thinking she killed him instead of actually killing him.