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Because she's just too powerful and cool. There would be no way to beat her if she was your enemy. She could simply just tell the school what you did and then you'd be in trouble. If you try to say something about what she did, she can get some other students to say that Yandere-chan is lying. Other students must like getting panty shots from Info-chan, so they won't let her leave without a fight.
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Because she's just too powerful and cool. There would be no way to beat her if she was your enemy. She could simply just tell the school what you did and then you'd be in trouble. If you try to say something about what she did, she can get some other students to say that Yandere-chan is lying. Other students must like getting panty shots {{panty shot}}s from Info-chan, so they won't let her leave without a fight.
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Because she's just too powerful and cool. There would be no way to beat her if she was your enemy. She could simply just tell the school what you did and then you'd be in trouble. If you try to say something about what she did, she can get some other students to say that Yandere-chan is lying. Other students must like getting {{Panty Shot}}s from Info-chan, so they won't let her leave without a fight.
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Because she's just too powerful and cool. There would be no way to beat her if she was your enemy. She could simply just tell the school what you did and then you'd be in trouble. If you try to say something about what she did, she can get some other students to say that Yandere-chan is lying. Other students must like getting {{Panty Shot}}s panty shots from Info-chan, so they won't let her leave without a fight.
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* Confirmed. If a Heroic or Strict personality sees you commit murder, they will attack you, forcing you to win a quick button mashing minigame to defeat them.
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** However, he has also teased the idea of there being a first-day "tutorial" so players can familiarize themselves with controls and mechanics. It would involve helping out a member of the Drama Club, who would be... you guessed it: Kokona.
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** However, he has also teased the idea of there being a first-day "tutorial" so players can familiarize themselves with controls and mechanics. It would involve helping out a member of the Drama Club, Club reharsing a play about a serial killer, who would be... you guessed it: Kokona.
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* Confirmed by the tenth basement tape. Ryoba knows that the Journalist fled to the United States and is trying to track him down to kill him, dragging her husband Jokichi along with her.
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* Confirmed by the tenth basement tape. Ryoba knows that the Journalist fled to the United States after she realized that he was following her around and is trying to track him down to kill him, dragging her husband Jokichi along with her.
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* As of March 31, 2020, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILKPRTcbjYo&feature=youtu.be SNAP has been implemented.]] While she doesn't kill ''everyone'' she sees, anyone she gets close to is subjected to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with them dead afterwards, except for Senpai, whom you are required to find a knife first before killing, followed by yourself. So confirmed.
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* As of March 31, 2020, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILKPRTcbjYo&feature=youtu.be SNAP has been implemented.]] While she doesn't have to kill ''everyone'' she sees, anyone she gets close to is subjected to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with them NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, ending up dead afterwards, except for Senpai, whom you are required to find a knife first before killing, followed by yourself. So confirmed.
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* Considering the game's setting, and as noted above, it's probably CompensatedDating. ''Enjo Kosai'' (the Japanese term for it) doesn't always involve sex, but it can, and the general assumption is that it does.
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does. In the "Driving Your Rivals to Murder" video, Kokona states that she only goes to dinner with the men she dates and that it doesn't go any further than that.
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** However, Ryoba never even attempted to give her husband a reason as to ''why'' she wanted to leave the country; she literally just said "Pack your bags; we're going to America!" and dragged him out of the house, while saying the duration of their sojourn "depends on how fast I track [the Journalist] down."
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** However, Ryoba never even attempted to give her husband a reason as to ''why'' she wanted to leave the country; she literally just said "Pack your bags; bags darling; we're going to America!" and dragged him out of the house, while saying the duration of their sojourn "depends on how fast I can track [the Journalist] down."
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** Her persona has been changed to "Phone Addict".
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** Osana's complication is that she's friends with the former Martial Arts Club president, who follows her everywhere and acts as her bodyguard.
** Amai spends every day hosting a bake sale in the courtyard, surrounded by people.
** The guess regarding Hanako is Confirmed; she is physically weak, but very clingy towards Senpai and spends most of her time around him.
** Megami has extensive self-defense training, the authority to install obstacles like metal detectors and security cameras, is incredibly popular, and knows to watch out for Ayano.
** Amai spends every day hosting a bake sale in the courtyard, surrounded by people.
** The guess regarding Hanako is Confirmed; she is physically weak, but very clingy towards Senpai and spends most of her time around him.
** Megami has extensive self-defense training, the authority to install obstacles like metal detectors and security cameras, is incredibly popular, and knows to watch out for Ayano.
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[[WMG:Yandere-chan will most likely go on a killing spree if the "SNAP" option is selected.]]
She will suffer a huge mental breakdown and kill everyone she sees, [[IfICantHaveYou including Senpai]]. She may even [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]], since she can't live with a rejection from Senpai.
* As of March 31, 2020, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILKPRTcbjYo&feature=youtu.be SNAP has been implemented.]] While she doesn't kill ''everyone'' she sees, anyone she gets close to is subjected to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with them dead afterwards, except for Senpai, whom you are required to find a knife first before killing, followed by yourself. So confirmed.
She will suffer a huge mental breakdown and kill everyone she sees, [[IfICantHaveYou including Senpai]]. She may even [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]], since she can't live with a rejection from Senpai.
* As of March 31, 2020, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILKPRTcbjYo&feature=youtu.be SNAP has been implemented.]] While she doesn't kill ''everyone'' she sees, anyone she gets close to is subjected to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with them dead afterwards, except for Senpai, whom you are required to find a knife first before killing, followed by yourself. So confirmed.
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Because she's just too powerful and cool. There would be no way to beat her if she was your enemy. She could simply just tell the school what you did and then you'd be in trouble. If you try to say something about what she did, she can get some other students to say that Yandere-chan is lying. Other students must like getting PantyShots from Info-chan, so they won't let her leave without a fight.
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Because she's just too powerful and cool. There would be no way to beat her if she was your enemy. She could simply just tell the school what you did and then you'd be in trouble. If you try to say something about what she did, she can get some other students to say that Yandere-chan is lying. Other students must like getting PantyShots {{Panty Shot}}s from Info-chan, so they won't let her leave without a fight.
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[[WMG:You will be able to dump the bodies in the dumpsters.]]
An obvious guess, but it still hasn't happened yet.
* Confirmed. See [[https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/612032161365909504 here.]]
[[WMG:You will definitely be able to electrocute people.]]
As seen on the challenges page. There's a picture of Osana Najimi getting shocked.
* It was put into the August 12th 2015 update, so Confirmed!
[[WMG:In one of the newer updates, there will be a pool.]]
You'll be able to drown people in it and electrocute a lot of people all at once. The only problem with electrocuting is that it might be a bit too flashy and might attract people from outside. Also, there'll be a pool guard who you'll have to distract or kill.
* Considering one of the planned rivals is the Swim Team Captain, this kinda goes without saying.
* A pool isn't in the game (yet?), but you can now drown a rival in the fountain in the courtyard or in the bathroom.
** Swimming pool confirmed. See [[https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/614144889769562112 here.]]
[[WMG:Akademi High School is very rich.]]
That's why there's so few students and such high-quality teachers and facilities.
* Confirmed. See [[https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/622847736077914112 here.]]
[[WMG:Info-chan won't be a rival.]]
Because she's just too powerful and cool. There would be no way to beat her if she was your enemy. She could simply just tell the school what you did and then you'd be in trouble. If you try to say something about what she did, she can get some other students to say that Yandere-chan is lying. Other students must like getting PantyShots from Info-chan, so they won't let her leave without a fight.
* Confirmed, for better or worse. [=YandereDev=] originally intended for Info-chan to be the final rival [[spoiler:(she was the other {{yandere}} mentioned multiple times throughout this Wiki),]] but changed his mind for unknown reasons – possibly because he does not want her to be killable.
[[WMG:The nurse will be a rival.]]
It's because her outline is in red, just like Osana Najimi. Also, Info-chan can't send you information about her because it would spoil who her crush is.
* Confirmed.
** However, the Nurse we see in the debug builds is the ''Substitute'' Nurse. The regular non-rival nurse who will be at school the other nine weeks has yet to appear.
** Also, the real reason Info-chan can't tell you anything about her is because she has no AI, just like Rival-chan (a.k.a. Original Osana), Counselor Kunihito, the Delinquents, and the Placeholder Club Leaders.
[[WMG:One of the rivals will be a Mary Sue.]]
Or a deconstruction of the trope. She'll think, "Oh my gosh! I'm so perfect! Who would ever want to hurt me! [[ValleyGirl Like, totally]]!"
* Confirmed. [[https://archive.moe/v/thread/283464565/#283507440 Source.]]
** Yet also Jossed, in a way. Megami Saiko, the StudentCouncilPresident, ''is'' a classic Sue in the sense that she is absolutely perfect – the richest, smartest, most popular, etc. – and her character bio explicitly states she has no weaknesses. However, she's not naïve in the slightest and nothing about her is PlayedForLaughs. If anything, she's what happens when a Sue is PlayedForDrama and pitted ''against'' you. So... perhaps she ''is'' a deconstruction in a way. Regardless, she seems to know exactly who Yan-chan is and what she's capable of. As the final rival, she'll be very difficult to defeat.
*** Amusingly, there ''is'' a more-classic Mary Sue in the game – Mai Waifu – but she's such a blatantly over-the-top example that she becomes a clear ParodySue.
[[WMG:[[spoiler:The "mysterious tapes" are NOT referring to Yandere-chan]]]]
[[spoiler:[=YandereDev=] posted that the mom (and Yan-chan's dad) are away for 10 weeks, but in the tape it's said the mom died when she gave birth to a girl.]] It just doesn't add up to be about Yandere-chan. However, that was a point back in July 14th of 2015. I (the OP) doesn't really read much into the game's story and lore unless friends share it.
* This has been known for a while now… it's been confirmed, and said throughout this trope page, that the Yandere mentioned in the tapes is Yandere-chan's ''mom''.
* Secret Basement Tape 1 clinches it – the girl's name is explicitly stated to be "Ryoba Aishi". Almost certainly Yan-chan's (a.k.a. Ayano Aishi's) mother.
[[WMG:Senpai is a loner.]]
Who only hangs out with their little sister/childhood best friend. That's why they're always alone.
* Dev has confirmed that Senpai prefers his solitude and that he's actually not very popular… at least to start.
[[WMG:The masks are a part of the Drama Club.]]
Since one of the rivals is the Drama Club President, it's a possibility that the placeholder masks in the game a linked to the drama club. The ability to wear a mask certainly leads to many new gameplay possibilities.
* As of November 2015, the school has been massively expanded. There is a Drama Club room… and yes the masks are in there.
[[WMG:There will be hand-to-hand combat in the game.]]
It's because of the personalities that the students will have. One of them, yet to be put in, is the Justice Minded persona. These people will follow you until they see you do something bad, which they will report to the authorities. You will have to fight these people and knock them out or kill them to make them stop. If you knock them out, you can put them in a box.
* Confirmed. If a Heroic or Strict personality sees you commit murder, they will attack you, forcing you to win a quick button mashing minigame to defeat them.
[[WMG:A teacher will be a rival.]]
That's why they're identified as students. Maybe it's easier to code them as love interests that way. One of them will be a teacher so that you'll have to pair them off with another teacher.
* Confirmed, sort of. One of the upcoming rivals is stated to be a ''substitute'' teacher.
[[WMG:The rivals ''all'' have a [[PunnyName punny]] or [[MeaningfulName relevant name]].]]
So far, there's Osana Najimi, who, as her name suggests, is a PatientChildhoodLoveInterest. In addition, [=YandereDev=] said at one point that he would like to give Yandere-chan and Info-chan names along these lines ([[https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/new-cutscene-environment-art-hud-design-cheat-codes-and-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 source]]). This could mean that the rivals each have a name relating to their role or archetype.
* Confirmed. [[https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/623596053367894016 Here.]]
** The only possible exception is Imouto-chan, Hanako Yamada. That's the Japanese equivalent of Jane Smith and is only meaningful inasmuch as it dovetails with Senpai's just-as-boring name.
[[WMG:Kokona Haruka is involved in some criminal activity.]]
In the conversation she has on the phone, she seemed to have done something she doesn't want to do again, though there is no context on ''what'' she did. However, one of the thing she says is "...H...how much did you say...?..." and the fact that she is willing to consider doing it again right away makes it sound like that she isn't being blackmailed.
* It's probably CompensatedDating.
** That's socially unacceptable, but not actually criminal. However, Info-chan also caught her selling her used panties, which ''is'' illegal in Japan (and has been since the early 90's).
[[WMG:Kokona Haruka is being paid for sex.]]
For sure, Kokona is being paid for sex. During lunch on Monday, Kokona shares to Saki Miyu that, and I quote, "Ever since my mom died, my dad's been drinking a lot. Sometimes, when he's drunk, he comes into my room, and...”
-->—''Kokona telling her friend about her darkest secret
[[spoiler:...he comes into her room and cries about his overwhelming debt. He took out a loan from a loan shark to make ends meet after Kokona's mother died, and now the loan shark is constantly raising the interest and threatening to get violent if he doesn't pay up. Kokona sells her panties and does the CompensatedDating to help pay off the debt.]]''
Kokona receives a phone call from an unknown person at 7:40[[AC:AM]] where she says, "Hello? Ugh- I told you not to call me when I'm at school! Like I said, that was a one-time thing! I don't wanna do that again! ...H...How much did you say...?...Well...if it's just...one more time...then I guess it's okay...How about tonight? Where we met last time? In Sisuta Town? Okay then...see you tonight."
Obviously, she is being paid for sex, AND [[spoiler:NOT]] being domestically abused by her father. [[spoiler:He goes to her room and cries about the huge debt to a loan shark that he is struggling to pay. The loan shark keeps raising the interest, and is threatening violence if he doesn't get paid back pronto. Kokona is trying to help her father pay off their debt, even though she hates doing gross things for money.]]
* Considering the game's setting, and as noted above, it's probably CompensatedDating. ''Enjo Kosai'' (the Japanese term for it) doesn't always involve sex, but it can, and the general assumption is that it does.
[[WMG:Kokona won't be a rival at all in the final version]]
Come on... she's suffered enough.
* Confirmed by the one-two punch of the Rival Introduction Video (in which Kokona does not appear) and by the Matchmaking update video. Dev said at the end of the latter that the final two elimination methods – Sabotage and "Unique" – necessitated adding Osana to the game, meaning Kokona would finally get the time away from being his [[TheChewToy guinea]] [[ButtMonkey pig]] that she most certainly deserves.
** However, he has also teased the idea of there being a first-day "tutorial" so players can familiarize themselves with controls and mechanics. It would involve helping out a member of the Drama Club, who would be… you guessed it: Kokona.
[[WMG:The murderous girl from the tapes is Yandere-chan's mother. The reason why she and her husband are out of town is because she knows that the journalist spotted her.]]
We know that the girl would now be a woman, that she's a {{Yandere}}, she's also a ManipulativeBitch, and that she may still be up to her old antics. The journalist left the country out of fear of what she could do to him ''again''. It's possible that she convinced her husband to take her out on a "second honeymoon", which just so happens to be where the journalist is.
* Confirmed by Basement Tape 10.
** However, Ryoba never even attempted to give her husband a reason as to ''why'' she wanted to leave the country; she literally just said "Pack your bags; we're going to America!" and dragged him out of the house, while saying the duration of their sojourn "depends on how fast I track [the Journalist] down."
[[WMG:Your Mother is actually trying to kill the Journalist.]]
Makes the most logical sense. Both parents are confirmed to have left the country. The Journalist left the country because he was afraid of the Mom. He investigated a murder in the 80s. Your mother killed a young woman in the 80s.
* Confirmed by the tenth basement tape.
[[WMG:If Yandere-chan murders too many students, the player will get a bad ending.]]
Whether it's from Senpai transferring away from the school in fear of his life, or the police eventually tying the murders to Yandere-chan.
* Confirmed. [=YandereDev=] is going to have a special ending for killing everyone within one day.
** However, it's not clear what this ending – or ''any'' endings – will be like. It may not be a Bad End.
** [=YandereDev=] has stated that killing an entire class's worth of students in a single day will result in the Headmaster of Akademi High ordering a school shutdown, which will be a Game Over (though probably also an achievement).
[[WMG:There will be magic in the game.]]
Well, we have ghosts, so why not magic?
* Confirmed. Blood sacrifices in the Occult Club let you commune with demons and make deals with them.
[[WMG:The fire extinguisher is related to a future rival elimination method.]]
It's not just to make the school look more, well, like a school, but it will be related to bludgeoning a student to death or setting them on fire.
* Most likely bludgeoning, as a student running around on fire and screaming at school would be VERY noticeable.
** Confirmed! They weren't originally meant to be weapons in the game, but [=YandereDev=] liked the model the volunteer made as a "screening task" and decided to put them in. In the future, they will be available as bludgeons. There will a future elimination method where you can set people on fire, but it's unclear if the extinguishers are going to be involved.
*** The KillItWithFire elimination is in, and no fire extinguishers are involved.
[[WMG:Senpai's little sister does not actually love him ''that way''.]]
Maybe Yandere-chan is just being a bit paranoid and thinks that the Imouto will get in the way.
* Confirmed. Imouto-chan (actual name Hanako Yamada) is a ClingyJealousGirl with separation issues. Her "confession", such as it is, involves her making Senpai promise he won't accept ''any'' love confession for the foreseeable future.
** For what it's worth, an earlier draft of Hanako had her as much more {{jailbait}}y and pervy.
[[WMG:The Student Council President has some connection to Saikou Corp.]]
The Rival Introduction Video revealed that her name would be Megami Saiko. Maybe she's the heiress to the company.
* Confirmed! See the [[http://yanderesimulator.com/characters/ characters page]] on the website.
[[WMG:Info-chan is the president of the Info Club.]]
Which is the reason [=YanDev=] was so secretive about what it's about, and why the curtains are drawn in that room.
* Info-chan is the ''only'' member of the Info Club, so confirmed.
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[[WMG:The game will stop after several weeks.]]
Just like the WMG guess about the game being endless, there will be a ton of suitors that will replace Osana each week. Eventually, the game will stop after several weeks because Yandere-chan is tired of this and just gives up or asks Senpai out without a care.
* The main game is planned to be a ten-week campaign. Yan-chan will ask Senpai out at that point because there are no rivals left. So… this WMG's topline is correct, but the reasoning behind it is not.
[[WMG:Pippi is also a loner.]]
A nerdy one at that. She never seems to hang out with other people unless you start killing a bunch of people, and then the remaining girls start confessing to Pippi that they have problems. Yes, this can happen, as seen in Azzman's playthrough of the game.
* The Azzman part is debunked; he is known to heavily mod the game to make his videos more interesting.
** Rule of thumb – if your primary source about a game mechanic is an [=AzzMan=] video, it's probably modded unless he ''specifically'' says he's playing the game "vanilla" (which he sometimes does whenever a major new build is released).
* For what it's worth, Pippi actually ''does'' have the "Loner" persona, as shown if you take a photo of her face and send it to Info-chan.
[[WMG:The rivals will become increasingly more difficult to deal with.]]
There could be different gimmicks to each of the rivals which add complications to Yandere-chan getting rid of them:
** The drama club girl might be more social than the previous rivals, and spend most of her time with her friends. This would make it harder to isolate her for a murder. Meanwhile, the occult girl is less social, but has a paranoid personality even when the atmosphere is light, making it hard to sneak up on her. Maybe she's able to communicate with the phantom, and got tipped off to something being wrong with Yandere-chan.\\\
The athletic girl is physically stronger than the previous rivals, and is able to overpower Yandere-chan in an direct assault like the teachers. The teacher rivals would work similarly.\\\
The little sister isn't super-strong, but is difficult to kill because she spends all her time with Senpai. And you don't want him to notice you getting your killing on.\\\
The class president might also have super-strength, and is also a detective who noticed that everyone around Senpai is disappearing (at least, in the non-pacifist route), and is getting closer to him to catch the culprit. At this point, a new mechanic might pop up: the rival has planted evidence implicating Yandere-chan in the event that she disappears, and you need to get rid of it before the police arrive or it's game over. Additionally, the class president might employ a bodyguard that follows her around and is nearly invincible.
* The topline is Confirmed by WordOfGod, but the bullet points are not.
[[WMG:Info-chan is InLoveWithYourCarnage]]
She is the Journalist's daughter and started goading Yandere-chan to obtain enough incriminating evidence to put our VillainProtagonist in jail. As time goes by, however, she begins to become {{Yandere}} for Yandere-chan. Regardless of your methods, she falls for your brutality, creativity, or deviousness (or possibly all three). The final mission is an inversion; Yandere-chan must find and defeat Info-chan before she kills Senpai so that she can have Yandere-chan for herself. Given that the final boss has a non-lethal resolution, OneTrueThreesome might just be the ticket to everyone walking out of it with their (physical) health. Yandere-mama is suitably delighted to welcome new "talent" into the Aishi family...
* Interesting, but sadly, probably jossed. WordOfGod says no students with crushes on Yan-chan are planned, let alone any yandere for her. Unless [=YandereDev=] has changed his mind again, of course.
* The topline, however, could still be true. If you text Info-chan photos of your murders, she'll congratulate you on a job well done, though she also admits she has no use for such things.
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[[WMG:You will be able to dump the bodies in the dumpsters.]]
An obvious guess, but it still hasn't happened yet.
* Confirmed. See [[https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/612032161365909504 here.]]
[[WMG:You will definitely be able to electrocute people.]]
As seen on the challenges page. There's a picture of Osana Najimi getting shocked.
* It was put into the August 12th 2015 update, so Confirmed!
[[WMG:In one of the newer updates, there will be a pool.]]
You'll be able to drown people in it and electrocute a lot of people all at once. The only problem with electrocuting is that it might be a bit too flashy and might attract people from outside. Also, there'll be a pool guard who you'll have to distract or kill.
* Considering one of the planned rivals is the Swim Team Captain, this kinda goes without saying.
* A pool isn't in the game (yet?), but you can now drown a rival in the fountain in the courtyard or in the bathroom.
** Swimming pool confirmed. See [[https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/614144889769562112 here.]]
[[WMG:Akademi High School is very rich.]]
That's why there's so few students and such high-quality teachers and facilities.
* Confirmed. See [[https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/622847736077914112 here.]]
[[WMG:Info-chan won't be a rival.]]
Because she's just too powerful and cool. There would be no way to beat her if she was your enemy. She could simply just tell the school what you did and then you'd be in trouble. If you try to say something about what she did, she can get some other students to say that Yandere-chan is lying. Other students must like getting PantyShots from Info-chan, so they won't let her leave without a fight.
* Confirmed, for better or worse. [=YandereDev=] originally intended for Info-chan to be the final rival [[spoiler:(she was the other {{yandere}} mentioned multiple times throughout this Wiki),]] but changed his mind for unknown reasons – possibly because he does not want her to be killable.
[[WMG:The nurse will be a rival.]]
It's because her outline is in red, just like Osana Najimi. Also, Info-chan can't send you information about her because it would spoil who her crush is.
* Confirmed.
** However, the Nurse we see in the debug builds is the ''Substitute'' Nurse. The regular non-rival nurse who will be at school the other nine weeks has yet to appear.
** Also, the real reason Info-chan can't tell you anything about her is because she has no AI, just like Rival-chan (a.k.a. Original Osana), Counselor Kunihito, the Delinquents, and the Placeholder Club Leaders.
[[WMG:One of the rivals will be a Mary Sue.]]
Or a deconstruction of the trope. She'll think, "Oh my gosh! I'm so perfect! Who would ever want to hurt me! [[ValleyGirl Like, totally]]!"
* Confirmed. [[https://archive.moe/v/thread/283464565/#283507440 Source.]]
** Yet also Jossed, in a way. Megami Saiko, the StudentCouncilPresident, ''is'' a classic Sue in the sense that she is absolutely perfect – the richest, smartest, most popular, etc. – and her character bio explicitly states she has no weaknesses. However, she's not naïve in the slightest and nothing about her is PlayedForLaughs. If anything, she's what happens when a Sue is PlayedForDrama and pitted ''against'' you. So... perhaps she ''is'' a deconstruction in a way. Regardless, she seems to know exactly who Yan-chan is and what she's capable of. As the final rival, she'll be very difficult to defeat.
*** Amusingly, there ''is'' a more-classic Mary Sue in the game – Mai Waifu – but she's such a blatantly over-the-top example that she becomes a clear ParodySue.
[[WMG:[[spoiler:The "mysterious tapes" are NOT referring to Yandere-chan]]]]
[[spoiler:[=YandereDev=] posted that the mom (and Yan-chan's dad) are away for 10 weeks, but in the tape it's said the mom died when she gave birth to a girl.]] It just doesn't add up to be about Yandere-chan. However, that was a point back in July 14th of 2015. I (the OP) doesn't really read much into the game's story and lore unless friends share it.
* This has been known for a while now… it's been confirmed, and said throughout this trope page, that the Yandere mentioned in the tapes is Yandere-chan's ''mom''.
* Secret Basement Tape 1 clinches it – the girl's name is explicitly stated to be "Ryoba Aishi". Almost certainly Yan-chan's (a.k.a. Ayano Aishi's) mother.
[[WMG:Senpai is a loner.]]
Who only hangs out with their little sister/childhood best friend. That's why they're always alone.
* Dev has confirmed that Senpai prefers his solitude and that he's actually not very popular… at least to start.
[[WMG:The masks are a part of the Drama Club.]]
Since one of the rivals is the Drama Club President, it's a possibility that the placeholder masks in the game a linked to the drama club. The ability to wear a mask certainly leads to many new gameplay possibilities.
* As of November 2015, the school has been massively expanded. There is a Drama Club room… and yes the masks are in there.
[[WMG:There will be hand-to-hand combat in the game.]]
It's because of the personalities that the students will have. One of them, yet to be put in, is the Justice Minded persona. These people will follow you until they see you do something bad, which they will report to the authorities. You will have to fight these people and knock them out or kill them to make them stop. If you knock them out, you can put them in a box.
* Confirmed. If a Heroic or Strict personality sees you commit murder, they will attack you, forcing you to win a quick button mashing minigame to defeat them.
[[WMG:A teacher will be a rival.]]
That's why they're identified as students. Maybe it's easier to code them as love interests that way. One of them will be a teacher so that you'll have to pair them off with another teacher.
* Confirmed, sort of. One of the upcoming rivals is stated to be a ''substitute'' teacher.
[[WMG:The rivals ''all'' have a [[PunnyName punny]] or [[MeaningfulName relevant name]].]]
So far, there's Osana Najimi, who, as her name suggests, is a PatientChildhoodLoveInterest. In addition, [=YandereDev=] said at one point that he would like to give Yandere-chan and Info-chan names along these lines ([[https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/new-cutscene-environment-art-hud-design-cheat-codes-and-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 source]]). This could mean that the rivals each have a name relating to their role or archetype.
* Confirmed. [[https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/623596053367894016 Here.]]
** The only possible exception is Imouto-chan, Hanako Yamada. That's the Japanese equivalent of Jane Smith and is only meaningful inasmuch as it dovetails with Senpai's just-as-boring name.
[[WMG:Kokona Haruka is involved in some criminal activity.]]
In the conversation she has on the phone, she seemed to have done something she doesn't want to do again, though there is no context on ''what'' she did. However, one of the thing she says is "...H...how much did you say...?..." and the fact that she is willing to consider doing it again right away makes it sound like that she isn't being blackmailed.
* It's probably CompensatedDating.
** That's socially unacceptable, but not actually criminal. However, Info-chan also caught her selling her used panties, which ''is'' illegal in Japan (and has been since the early 90's).
[[WMG:Kokona Haruka is being paid for sex.]]
For sure, Kokona is being paid for sex. During lunch on Monday, Kokona shares to Saki Miyu that, and I quote, "Ever since my mom died, my dad's been drinking a lot. Sometimes, when he's drunk, he comes into my room, and...”
-->—''Kokona telling her friend about her darkest secret
[[spoiler:...he comes into her room and cries about his overwhelming debt. He took out a loan from a loan shark to make ends meet after Kokona's mother died, and now the loan shark is constantly raising the interest and threatening to get violent if he doesn't pay up. Kokona sells her panties and does the CompensatedDating to help pay off the debt.]]''
Kokona receives a phone call from an unknown person at 7:40[[AC:AM]] where she says, "Hello? Ugh- I told you not to call me when I'm at school! Like I said, that was a one-time thing! I don't wanna do that again! ...H...How much did you say...?...Well...if it's just...one more time...then I guess it's okay...How about tonight? Where we met last time? In Sisuta Town? Okay then...see you tonight."
Obviously, she is being paid for sex, AND [[spoiler:NOT]] being domestically abused by her father. [[spoiler:He goes to her room and cries about the huge debt to a loan shark that he is struggling to pay. The loan shark keeps raising the interest, and is threatening violence if he doesn't get paid back pronto. Kokona is trying to help her father pay off their debt, even though she hates doing gross things for money.]]
* Considering the game's setting, and as noted above, it's probably CompensatedDating. ''Enjo Kosai'' (the Japanese term for it) doesn't always involve sex, but it can, and the general assumption is that it does.
[[WMG:Kokona won't be a rival at all in the final version]]
Come on... she's suffered enough.
* Confirmed by the one-two punch of the Rival Introduction Video (in which Kokona does not appear) and by the Matchmaking update video. Dev said at the end of the latter that the final two elimination methods – Sabotage and "Unique" – necessitated adding Osana to the game, meaning Kokona would finally get the time away from being his [[TheChewToy guinea]] [[ButtMonkey pig]] that she most certainly deserves.
** However, he has also teased the idea of there being a first-day "tutorial" so players can familiarize themselves with controls and mechanics. It would involve helping out a member of the Drama Club, who would be… you guessed it: Kokona.
[[WMG:The murderous girl from the tapes is Yandere-chan's mother. The reason why she and her husband are out of town is because she knows that the journalist spotted her.]]
We know that the girl would now be a woman, that she's a {{Yandere}}, she's also a ManipulativeBitch, and that she may still be up to her old antics. The journalist left the country out of fear of what she could do to him ''again''. It's possible that she convinced her husband to take her out on a "second honeymoon", which just so happens to be where the journalist is.
* Confirmed by Basement Tape 10.
** However, Ryoba never even attempted to give her husband a reason as to ''why'' she wanted to leave the country; she literally just said "Pack your bags; we're going to America!" and dragged him out of the house, while saying the duration of their sojourn "depends on how fast I track [the Journalist] down."
[[WMG:Your Mother is actually trying to kill the Journalist.]]
Makes the most logical sense. Both parents are confirmed to have left the country. The Journalist left the country because he was afraid of the Mom. He investigated a murder in the 80s. Your mother killed a young woman in the 80s.
* Confirmed by the tenth basement tape.
[[WMG:If Yandere-chan murders too many students, the player will get a bad ending.]]
Whether it's from Senpai transferring away from the school in fear of his life, or the police eventually tying the murders to Yandere-chan.
* Confirmed. [=YandereDev=] is going to have a special ending for killing everyone within one day.
** However, it's not clear what this ending – or ''any'' endings – will be like. It may not be a Bad End.
** [=YandereDev=] has stated that killing an entire class's worth of students in a single day will result in the Headmaster of Akademi High ordering a school shutdown, which will be a Game Over (though probably also an achievement).
[[WMG:There will be magic in the game.]]
Well, we have ghosts, so why not magic?
* Confirmed. Blood sacrifices in the Occult Club let you commune with demons and make deals with them.
[[WMG:The fire extinguisher is related to a future rival elimination method.]]
It's not just to make the school look more, well, like a school, but it will be related to bludgeoning a student to death or setting them on fire.
* Most likely bludgeoning, as a student running around on fire and screaming at school would be VERY noticeable.
** Confirmed! They weren't originally meant to be weapons in the game, but [=YandereDev=] liked the model the volunteer made as a "screening task" and decided to put them in. In the future, they will be available as bludgeons. There will a future elimination method where you can set people on fire, but it's unclear if the extinguishers are going to be involved.
*** The KillItWithFire elimination is in, and no fire extinguishers are involved.
[[WMG:Senpai's little sister does not actually love him ''that way''.]]
Maybe Yandere-chan is just being a bit paranoid and thinks that the Imouto will get in the way.
* Confirmed. Imouto-chan (actual name Hanako Yamada) is a ClingyJealousGirl with separation issues. Her "confession", such as it is, involves her making Senpai promise he won't accept ''any'' love confession for the foreseeable future.
** For what it's worth, an earlier draft of Hanako had her as much more {{jailbait}}y and pervy.
[[WMG:The Student Council President has some connection to Saikou Corp.]]
The Rival Introduction Video revealed that her name would be Megami Saiko. Maybe she's the heiress to the company.
* Confirmed! See the [[http://yanderesimulator.com/characters/ characters page]] on the website.
[[WMG:Info-chan is the president of the Info Club.]]
Which is the reason [=YanDev=] was so secretive about what it's about, and why the curtains are drawn in that room.
* Info-chan is the ''only'' member of the Info Club, so confirmed.
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[[WMG:The game will stop after several weeks.]]
Just like the WMG guess about the game being endless, there will be a ton of suitors that will replace Osana each week. Eventually, the game will stop after several weeks because Yandere-chan is tired of this and just gives up or asks Senpai out without a care.
* The main game is planned to be a ten-week campaign. Yan-chan will ask Senpai out at that point because there are no rivals left. So… this WMG's topline is correct, but the reasoning behind it is not.
[[WMG:Pippi is also a loner.]]
A nerdy one at that. She never seems to hang out with other people unless you start killing a bunch of people, and then the remaining girls start confessing to Pippi that they have problems. Yes, this can happen, as seen in Azzman's playthrough of the game.
* The Azzman part is debunked; he is known to heavily mod the game to make his videos more interesting.
** Rule of thumb – if your primary source about a game mechanic is an [=AzzMan=] video, it's probably modded unless he ''specifically'' says he's playing the game "vanilla" (which he sometimes does whenever a major new build is released).
* For what it's worth, Pippi actually ''does'' have the "Loner" persona, as shown if you take a photo of her face and send it to Info-chan.
[[WMG:The rivals will become increasingly more difficult to deal with.]]
There could be different gimmicks to each of the rivals which add complications to Yandere-chan getting rid of them:
** The drama club girl might be more social than the previous rivals, and spend most of her time with her friends. This would make it harder to isolate her for a murder. Meanwhile, the occult girl is less social, but has a paranoid personality even when the atmosphere is light, making it hard to sneak up on her. Maybe she's able to communicate with the phantom, and got tipped off to something being wrong with Yandere-chan.\\\
The athletic girl is physically stronger than the previous rivals, and is able to overpower Yandere-chan in an direct assault like the teachers. The teacher rivals would work similarly.\\\
The little sister isn't super-strong, but is difficult to kill because she spends all her time with Senpai. And you don't want him to notice you getting your killing on.\\\
The class president might also have super-strength, and is also a detective who noticed that everyone around Senpai is disappearing (at least, in the non-pacifist route), and is getting closer to him to catch the culprit. At this point, a new mechanic might pop up: the rival has planted evidence implicating Yandere-chan in the event that she disappears, and you need to get rid of it before the police arrive or it's game over. Additionally, the class president might employ a bodyguard that follows her around and is nearly invincible.
* The topline is Confirmed by WordOfGod, but the bullet points are not.
[[WMG:Info-chan is InLoveWithYourCarnage]]
She is the Journalist's daughter and started goading Yandere-chan to obtain enough incriminating evidence to put our VillainProtagonist in jail. As time goes by, however, she begins to become {{Yandere}} for Yandere-chan. Regardless of your methods, she falls for your brutality, creativity, or deviousness (or possibly all three). The final mission is an inversion; Yandere-chan must find and defeat Info-chan before she kills Senpai so that she can have Yandere-chan for herself. Given that the final boss has a non-lethal resolution, OneTrueThreesome might just be the ticket to everyone walking out of it with their (physical) health. Yandere-mama is suitably delighted to welcome new "talent" into the Aishi family...
* Interesting, but sadly, probably jossed. WordOfGod says no students with crushes on Yan-chan are planned, let alone any yandere for her. Unless [=YandereDev=] has changed his mind again, of course.
* The topline, however, could still be true. If you text Info-chan photos of your murders, she'll congratulate you on a job well done, though she also admits she has no use for such things.
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