Personalities dictate how an NPC will react to events/happenings, such as murder and having their picture taken (if the player is not a member of the Photography Club). In the future, depending on budget and/or volunteers, personality may also determine voices, animations, etc.[1]
Gameplay[]
There are seventeen personalities in Yandere Simulator: Loner, Heroic, Teacher's Pet, Spiteful, Coward, Social Butterfly, Violent, Strict, Friendly but Strict, Lovestruck, Dangerous, Phone Addict, Fragile, Stalker, Sleuth, Protective, and Snitch (which is exclusive to 1980s Mode).[2]
Loners, Teacher's Pets, Snitches, and Social Butterflies will act hostile towards Ayano Aishi or Ryoba Aishi after realizing she is connected to murder. They will spread rumors about her true nature and will damage her reputation by 10 points each school day unless they are killed. Heroics and Violents (Delinquents) will also be hostile towards her upon realizing she is connected to murder, but they will exhibit a more immediate response, persistently attempting to restrain or beat her into a coma unless killed. The Coward personality will not harm the protagonist's reputation. The Phone Addict personality will take a picture of her committing murder and text it to the police. The Spiteful personality will not harm the protagonist's reputation if they hate the person she kills.
Coward[]
- Main article: Coward
Coward students will become terrified of the protagonist and will start begging her to spare their lives in exchange for their silence, immediately afterwards, they will run out of the school, but won't report the murder to the police. They also will cover their face if the protagonist attempts to take a picture of them.
- They react positively to "You're cautious!".
Dangerous[]
- Main article: Dangerous
All members of the Student Council have this personality unless they are kicked out. They will push the protagonist away if she gets too close.
- If she approaches a Student Council member and attempts to attack them or gets shoved by one of them five times, they will spray her with pepper spray.
- If they see the protagonist murder anyone, they will run up to her, spray her with pepper spray, then proceed to restrain her, resulting in an arrest.
- If they discover a corpse or bloodstain, they will report it to a teacher before guarding it.
- If they catch the protagonist fighting with any of the Delinquents, they will run up to them and break up the fight. However, if the Delinquent was fighting the protagonist because they witnessed her committing a murder, the Student Council member will pepper spray her instead.
- Dangerous students do not react to the protagonists taking a picture of them.
- They react positively to "You're strong!".
Devoted[]
- Main article: Devoted
Every blood relative of the Aishi family has this personality; those who marry into the family don't have this persona. A Devoted student will do whatever it takes to have their true love. Specifically, they're not above killing anyone who stands in their way to achieve this goal. The Devoted personality is just another word for 'Yandere'.[3][4]
Fragile[]
- Main article: Fragile
Fragile students will become terrified of Ayano and will start begging her to spare their lives in exchange for their silence. Fragile students will cover their face if Ayano attempts to take a picture of them.
- Fragile students can be used to eliminate a student if Ayano frames the latter for spreading gossip of the victim. This is done by asking the student the player wants to eliminate to distract a Bully, taking a picture of their conversation, lowering the Fragile student's reputation, putting a note in their locker, and showing them the photo.
- She reacts positively to “You’re a victim!”.
Friendly but Strict[]
Currently, the only people to have this personality are Kyoshi Tachikawa and Tsuru Kariya, the two P.E. teachers. A Friendly but Strict adult will act the same as a teacher and can restrain the protagonist. However, Teacher's Pets will not go to them to report a corpse or murder. She is also a friendly and lenient teacher, who would give second chances and tolerates the player if they pressed the gate button once. However, she will get upset and send the player to the counselor if the behavior repeats. A Friendly but Strict teacher will tilt their head and smile if the protagonist tries to take a picture of them.
Heroic[]
- Main article: Heroic
If a Heroic character spots the protagonist murdering a student, they run towards her and trigger a struggle mini-game when they catch her.
- Every student from the Martial Arts Club and Sports Club, including Himari, has this personality.
- The player must complete the mini-game successfully to defeat and kill them.
- Each NPC has different levels of self-defense, which determines the difficulty of the mini-game.
- Heroes will give the protagonist a suspicious look if she tries to take a picture of them.
- Any student can adopt this personality if they witness the murder of someone they love (a close friend, a family member, a boyfriend/girlfriend, etc.).
- This personaliy was previously named "Hero Complex" in old builds.
- They react positively to "You're heroic!".
Loner[]
- Main article: Loner
Loners will run out of school grounds to call the police if they witness a murder. They will sit apart from other students, making it easier to kill them. Most Loners will cover their face if the protagonist attempts to take a picture of them, but Kyuji Konagawa and Toga Tabara will give her a suspicious look.
- They react positively to "You're self-reliant!".
Lovestruck[]
- Main article: Lovestruck
This personality is exclusive to rivals. Nearly all rivals will have this personality.[5] If an NPC with this personality sees the protagonist commit murder, they will run to Senpai and tell him the protagonist was responsible, which will cause an instant Game Over.[6] If a rival is eliminated peacefully, they will not have this persona anymore.[7] In early builds, This personality was known as "Clingy/Damsel" before it was changed to "Lovestruck".
- They react positively to "You're loving!".
Phone Addict[]
- Main article: Phone Addict
Students who regularly have their phones out have this personality. If they witness a murder or see a corpse, they will snap a photo and text it to the police, either leading to an instant Game Over if Ayano is in the picture or triggering the police timer if she is not.
- Excluding Cowards, Heroics, Dangerous, Violents, and Fureddo Jonzu (above 80% school atmosphere), every student with their phone out when discovering a corpse or witnessing murder will react using this personaliy; however, they will take longer to text the police.
- Every student of the Gaming Club, excluding Gema Taku, along with the Bullies have this personality.
- All members of the Photography Club will use this personality if the school atmosphere is below 80%.
- This personality does not exist in 1980s mode.
- They react positively to "You're informed!".
Protective[]
- Main article: Protective
A student with this personality will automatically attack and apprehend Ayano if she tries to kill them or if they witness her commit murder. Raibaru Fumetsu is currently the only student who has been shown to have this personality. It was previously named "Indestructible" before it was known as "Protective".
- They react positively to "You're protective!".
Sleuth[]
- Main article: Sleuth
Every student in the Photography Club and Newspaper Club has this personality. If School Atmosphere is low, they will continuously search for the criminal to snap a picture of them, making them a real threat to the player.
- It's the only personality in which the NPC's behavior is affected depending on the School Atmosphere.
- If the School Atmosphere above 80% and they witness the protagonist murder somebody, they will react with the Social Butterfly personality, running to a highly populated area and calling the police, with the exception being Fureddo Jonzu, who will react with the Heroic personality instead and attempt to apprehend her.
- If the School Atmosphere is below 80% and they witness the protagonist murder somebody, they will react with the Phone Addict personality instead, if they succeed, it results in an immediate game over.
- They react positively to "You're observant!".
Slightly Strict[]
Genka Kunahito is the only NPC to have this personality. When Ayano gets sent to her office for the 6th time, Ayano threatens her, or Ayano flirts with her, Ayano will immediately get Expelled.
Snitch[]
- Main article: Snitch
This personality is exclusive to 1980s Mode, it's a substitute of the Social Butterfly and Phone Addict personalities, due to cellphones not existing at that moment. When a Snitch witnesses a murder, they will run to the landline phone in the Faculty Room and then call the police. It is harder to murder in the Faculty Room because of the number of teachers that gather and can witness Ryoba's actions. If a Snitch sees Ryoba after witnessing murder, they will scream and attract attention to them, then will crouch on the ground holding their head after witnessing a second murder.
- They react positively to "You're talkative!"
Social Butterfly[]
- Main article: Social Butterfly
When witnessing a murder, Social Butterflies will run to the nearest crowded area and call the police. It is harder to murder around students with this personality because of the number of students gathered there, who can witness the protagonist's actions. If a Social Butterfly sees the protagonist after witnessing murder, they will scream and attract attention, then crouch on the ground holding their head.
- They will happily pose if the protagonist takes a picture of them. They will hide their face if they've witnessed her commit murder.
- They react positively to "You're friendly!".
Spiteful[]
- Main article: Spiteful
When witnessing the murder of a student with a low reputation or a student who bullies them, Spiteful students will approve of the protagonist's kill and promise not to tell anyone. If they witness the murder or corpse of a regular student, they will run out of the school and call the police. Spiteful students will give the protagonist an annoyed look and cover their face if she attempts to take a picture of them. Borupen Saishiki is currently the only student with this personality in Story Mode, while in 1980s Mode, Yui Rio and Haruto Yuto both have Spiteful personalities. In old builds, this personality was known as "Sadistic" which then became "Evil" before it was known as "Spiteful".
- They react positively to "You're sinister!".
Stalker[]
Only accessible via JSON, the students in the Photography Club will take on this personality if they catch the protagonist committing murder and she gets away with it. Students with this personality will stalk the protagonist and try to catch her in the act of murder. This personality was previously known as Vengeful.
Strict[]
- Main article: Strict
Most of the faculty members have this personality. Strict NPCs will send the protagonist to the guidance counselor if she is caught misbehaving.
- Teacher's Pets and Student Council members will inform them if a murder has occurred or if they find something covered in blood. If a teacher sees a corpse or a bloodstain, they will call the police and guard the evidence until the police arrive.
- Teachers will give the player a suspicious look if she tries to take a picture of them.
- If the protagonist kills a student in front of a teacher, said teacher will run to the protagonist and restrain her.
- They react positively to "You're professional!".
Teacher's Pet[]
- Main article: Teacher's Pet
After witnessing the murder of a student, Teacher's Pets will run to their favorite teacher and tell them about what happened. Teacher's Pets will give the protagonist a suspicious look if she tries to take a picture of them.
- If a student with the Teacher's Pet personality discovers a corpse or witnesses murder, they will run and tell a teacher.
- If a teacher is informed of a murder, they will run to the scene of the crime and investigate it.
- If a Teacher's Pet witnesses a murder/corpse, but someone else is already reporting a murder/corpse, then the student will run and hide in their assigned classroom instead of informing their teacher.
- If a Teacher's Pet informs a teacher of a murder/corpse and leads the teacher to the scene of the crime after the player has already cleaned up the evidence, the teacher will conclude that the student was pulling a prank on her, leaving the student mentally scarred.
- If a Teacher's Pet reports a murder and then the protagonist moves the body far away from the crime scene, even if no other evidence has been cleaned up, the teacher will conclude that the student was pulling a prank on her and will not call the police. However, the teacher will discover the evidence at the end of the day, as normal.
- They react positively to "You're smart!".
Violent[]
- Main article: Violent
All the delinquents have this personality. If the protagonist gets too close to them, they will push her away. If done five times, a combat mini-game will start, and the player will have to press the buttons shown on the screen as quickly as possible.
- They will not push the protagonist away if she has befriended them.
- If they see the protagonist carrying a weapon, they will prepare their own weapons and taunt her until she either initiates a fight, or they get bored and leave.
- If the protagonist gets too close with her weapon out, a combat mini-game will start. If they see her kill someone, or carrying a corpse, they will fight her until she gets knocked out, or until the protagonist defeats them in a fight.
- If they witness the corpse or murder of a bully, they will react like students with the Spiteful personality.
- In builds before the April 26th, 2018 build, this was previously named "Delinquents' Persona"
- They react positively to "You're intimidating!".
Removed/Replaced Personalities[]
- Hero Complex (Became Heroic)
- Sadistic (Became Evil)
- Tsundere (Osana's previous personality, removed and replaced for Clingy/Damsel)
- Clingy/Damsel (Became Lovestruck)
- Evil (Became Spiteful)
- They react positively to "You're cunning!".
- Vengeful (Became Stalker)
- They react positively to "You're determined!".
- Delinquents' Persona (Became Violent)
- Indestructible (Became Protective)
Possible Personalities[]
Apathetic[]
In the future, Kuu, Homu, and Robot-chan may have this personality. They will be emotionless towards murder.[8]
Broken[]
In the future, if students have witnessed homicide or corpses enough, they will become "Broken", losing their sanity. If they see any more murderous activity, they will not react to corpses anymore, like an Apathetic student.[9]
Trivia[]
- It may be possible that if tortured, students' sanity will go down in different amounts depending on their personality.[10] Strength will not be a factor.[11]
- If a student witnesses a murder on the previous day, they will hide their face when the protagonist attempts to take a photo of them, regardless of their personality. Similarly to a Spiteful student.
- Students will act on their personaliy if they discover their crush's corpse. If they have an interactive event with their crush, but their crush is dead, then they will go to the event spot and mourn. Some emotional NPCs might weep.[12]
- YandereDev planned to include about five personalities in the final game.[13] Now the expected number of personalities has been exceeded.
- YandereDev would like all personalities to have different idle animations when paranoid.[14]
- YandereDev doesn't think that gender-specific personalities are a good idea.[15]
- As of the March 6th, 2018 build, it is now possible to alter the protagonist's persona in any mirror. This grants her benefits with certain groups of students.
- YandereDev has considered adding a vigilante/perfect student personality but has not fully decided yet.[16]
- It is also unknown if this has become the Sleuth persona.
- The Social Butterfly personality was re-implemented as of the February 1st, 2016 Build.
- In 1980s Mode, 4 personalities (Social Butterfly, Phone Addict, Fragile, and Protective) are unavailable.
- If a Lovestruck (rival) is eliminated non-lethally, their personality will change.
- For unknown reason, this doesn't apply to Osana.
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Maya_waifu/status/670733183743315968
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- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/4e451d/what_if_npcs_had_trauma_levels_based_on_your/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/4e451d/what_if_npcs_had_trauma_levels_based_on_your/
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- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/4txn5u/will_there_ever_be_gender_specific_personas/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/654365373140086784