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Dragonzordasaurus Joining the Team.doc Since: Jan, 2011
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#1: Oct 29th 2011 at 12:56:15 PM

Hello, TV Tropes Anime Forum. For the sake of conversation, let's assume you have the option of falling in love with a Yandere. Not just any yandere, however. This yandere will remain absolutely devoted to you (as long as your treat her well) and would never try to hurt you or anyone close to you. However, if you reject her for her psychological faults, you'll break the poor thing's heart and she will likely turn her aggression inward. i.e. suicidal tendencies

Do note that, despite the idealized description above, this yandere would still be a mental mess on the inside (possibly going into Ophelia territory) and may begin killing without hesitation.

Please discuss the pros and cons of having a yandere gf.

edited 29th Oct '11 12:57:15 PM by Dragonzordasaurus

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Ever9 from Europe Since: Jul, 2011
#2: Oct 29th 2011 at 1:38:57 PM

Well, first of all, if we are talking about a Real Life scenario, it's important to note that there is no such thing as Yandere. It's an anime archetype. In real life, there is psychopathy, bipolar disorder, and other mental illnesses, but those are unlikely to be the same thing, mainly because while a two-dimensional Yandere can be written in a way that you know that she won't hurt you, real life insanity tends to be, well, unstable and unpredictable.

So I'll assume that you are talking about a "let's say you live in Animeland..." scenario, and the girl is a textbook Yandere. In this case, it all depends on who is the girl, other than "a yandere". Is she my childhood friend, or in any other way important to me, or just a random stalker? What is her personality like, when she isn't being yanderu? Is she just a random dissonantly cute girl, or is there any reason why she might be a good, loveable person, if you look beyond her illness?

Dragonzordasaurus Joining the Team.doc Since: Jan, 2011
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#3: Oct 29th 2011 at 2:02:01 PM

god why did you have to make this so complicated.

- Yes, you're in Animeland.

- She's not necessarily a childhood friend, but you definitely hooked up with her before she faced whatever trauma turned her into a wild-eyed psychopath.

- She's a gentle and cheerful girl who tries to be compassionate toward everyone around her (when she's not killing them).

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#4: Oct 29th 2011 at 2:08:15 PM

There are no pros. Threatening to kill yourself in the event of a break-up is a form of domestic abuse. Get her into a mental hospital and let them take care of it.

Excelion from The Fatherland Since: Sep, 2010
#5: Oct 29th 2011 at 2:17:24 PM

Given that Yandere makes the perfect girlfriend, I don't see any downsides as long as you avoid danger, which shouldn't be so hard if you're Genre Savvy enough. I'm pretty schizoid so I wouldn't give a fuck about having to minimize contact with anyone my yandere waifu might see as a threat.

And since these thoughts aren't really original:

Remember your objectives:

1. -Survive.
-Her mental integrity should be kept at a reasonable level and maintained.
-She should still love you unconditionally.

2. Be sure to remind her how much you love her and basically compliment her as you would any women. Be careful about criticism, though, because she'll probably go a little over the top in attempting to fix this problem, and if she can't, she'll try to fix your perceptions of this problem instead. When prompted, re-affirm your hatred of those other skanky, dirty whores. Putting down other people is fun anyway, right?``

3. When she starts talking nonsense, she is being put under stress. This stress is based on the belief that you are being unfaithful or planning on leaving her. Pacify her with constant, unadulterated attention and sex. Remember that one of the best things about yandere is that they're completely devoted to you, so why shouldn't you return at least some of the favor? This entire fiasco can be summed up in a single line: It'll be great if he was nice and looked only at me. Yes, only at me. He can't look at any other girls. I'll look only at him, so he should look only at me. It'll only fair, right?

4. Contact with the opposite sex in public should be kept to a bare minimum — the assumption should be that she IS watching. When she's with you and you talk to other women, she'll either flaunt you in front of them or discourage prolonged conversation. In either situation you should play along, expressing your undying love for your yandere all the way. In the latter one you should cut off contact as soon as she gives a prompt to do so. Occasionally she'll become openly hostile to women she finds you speaking with, so diffuse that bomb before it explodes. Female relatives may or may not be accepted by the yandere, though for the sake of her facade she'll usually ignore them.

5. The yandere likes to do things for you, so keep her busy doing chores that make her feel she is strengthening the relationship. This is one of the best parts about the yandere since she'll spoon feed you if you ask her to and she won't even see it as strange.


Know how to maintain your yandere, it could save your life (and your neighbour's)!

1. Becomes unusually aggressive in seeking sex, she's probably done something bad and is now looking to celebrate her latest victory over the forces trying to take you away from her or ruin her happiness.
2. Becoming obnoxiously chatty, it means she's becoming stressed but it's not at the critical phase yet. Fix with some attention and re-assurances.
3. Stalks you — this is absolutely normal behavior for her; if she couldn't stalk you she would become quickly stressed.
4. Gets angry at you: her yanderu is emerging, and it's now critical that you bring her back down. Provide re-assurances, attention and sex constantly until she has no more signs of stress.
5. Becomes abnormally illogical or displays strange behavior: she is at the breaking point and is about to have a psychotic episode. Her emotions are in control at this point, and she's suffering greatly. She must be detained and made to hear your voice or she will eventually collapse.
6. Loses the light out of her pupils: she's lost it and she knows she can kill. She's fallen to a psychotic episode and in an effort to take back control of her mind she surrenders to her emotional impulse to kill, destroy or hurt. In this state she has more presence of mind, but her logic will become almost child-like. You must not display any fear or weakness, and you must talk to her gently while holding her gaze firmly. Her episode will subside.

Consequences of not treating your Yandere girl well:

1) Injury - Although your yanderekko loves you more than the air itself, she will occasionally lose it, and it is those moments that you have to be extra vigilant. Love can hurt, and if she was doing something like cooking, cutting your hair, lawnwork, or even knitting, then she has access to a deadly weapon. It is your job to make sure she puts it down and listens to you. Be careful here, or you might accidentally lose an eye.

2) Captivity - If you really really wuv your girl, this one probably won't happen, although there are a few special exceptions. Mostly, this applies to a guy who either never wanted, or is no longer able to handle the attention of a yandere gal, and has managed to push her into thinking she is about to lose him. Although alot of times this may force a violent response, there is a good chance that she will merely restrain you. At best, you might be tied to a chair in the kitchen for a while, as she tries to remind you why you are meant to be together 'til death. At worst, you will never see the light of day again in her special awesome dungeon where she won't even so much as let you take a whizz by yourself. There are some who might even relish this level of attention, but it indicates only the first crack in the yandere's psyche, and just tends to get worse from here.

3) Your friends/family 'vanish' - the most important part with most yandere, is that you are only paying attention to her. Only her, always her, all the time her. While there are a few who understand that you knew other people before you met, most yandere girls will find every other person you interact with as an affront to your special bond. Especially if these people are female. Be sure to find out very quickly what your girl thinks of the other girls in your life, even if its just a naggy little sister, unless you want to lose each and every one of them to an unfortunate meat cleaver 'accident'.

4) She dies - This is perhaps the rarest of consequences, but still worth a mention. Usually, anyone who truly loves their yandere won't have to deal with this, but if you are the type to mess around alot, this could happen. Not every yandere is automatically going to try and hurt you or others in order to achieve what she wants, some will immediately fall into a state of hopelessness. Once there, the idea of suicide is never far away. Not just any suicide either, it simply won't do unless you are able to see her die; consider it her final act of love that may or may not scar you forever.

5) You die - If you reached this consequence, lets face it, you fucked up. You were cheating on her, spending too much time with that neighborhood girl, or doting on your little sister a little bit too much, but you most certainly did something! This is usually a final resort, even for a yandere, meaning that you have been deemed completely unsalvagable in her eyes and there is no other way for her to get rid of the pain in her heart than by ending you. Suicide may follow, although that is probably not very important to mention at this point. A small note, you may have also been very unlucky on the draw and gotten a yandere that snaps just a little bit easily. In this case, your death is probably not too far off.

edited 29th Oct '11 2:18:36 PM by Excelion

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#6: Oct 29th 2011 at 2:25:20 PM

When you have a wall of text required for reading so your yandere "girlfriend" doesn't kill you, I don't think "Perfect Girlfriend" comes anywhere close.

Why people even like Yanderes is beyond me. "I CUT MYSELF FOR YOU!" "AWESOME!" "IM GOING TO CUT YOUR BALLS OFF!" "YAY!"

Nyarly Das kann doch nicht sein! from Saksa Since: Feb, 2012
Das kann doch nicht sein!
#7: Oct 29th 2011 at 2:53:07 PM

Pros? Exactly none. Cons? Boy, where do I start?

I like yandere. As a character type in manga/anime. In real life, I (and pretty much anyone with at least a shred of sanity.) would never ever want to have something like that.

People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.
CompassionateSadist from some other place Since: Sep, 2009
#8: Oct 29th 2011 at 3:01:39 PM

I'd prefer my yanderes to stay fictional. Seriously, people who act like that in real life should be put in mental institutions.

And even if I were in animuland, if I had a girlfriend like that I'd be scared for my life.

edited 29th Oct '11 3:03:52 PM by CompassionateSadist

Excelion from The Fatherland Since: Sep, 2010
#9: Oct 29th 2011 at 3:18:28 PM

When you have a wall of text required for reading so your yandere "girlfriend" doesn't kill you, I don't think "Perfect Girlfriend" comes anywhere close.

Giving everything while expecting nothing in return seems like a pretty good deal to me. :3

If I wanted someone to bitch at me 24/7 to do this and that I could just get a normal girlfriend.

Murrl LustFatM
UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#10: Oct 29th 2011 at 4:23:06 PM

So this is in animeland right?

Do yandere relationships ever work out well there?

Well regardless if it was me, I couldn't take it. Everyone needs space sometimes and that's the one thing a yandere won't give you.

Also I relise this is highly speculative but is it a good idea for yandere to have kids? Best case scenario, she broadens her love to include the kids without smothering them in it (but nonetheless taking some of the pressure off you); worst case scenario, she comes to perceive her children as rivals for your attention and affection (and I hope you did not have a daughter).

So short story; too dangerous, too many bad ends and an unhealthy relationship at heart.

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#11: Oct 29th 2011 at 4:30:27 PM

[up][up]

Expect nothing in return? A yandere girl will cut your dick off if you so much as GLANCE at another girl.

You're delusional.

And I'd rather have the occasional fight than some girl who stabs me in the chest and claims she "loves" me.

edited 29th Oct '11 4:30:53 PM by Thorn14

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
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#12: Oct 29th 2011 at 4:34:40 PM

Pros? None. Cons? Everything about them. I'd rather have a Tsundere for a girlfriend.

20LogRoot10 Since: Aug, 2011
#13: Oct 29th 2011 at 4:43:08 PM

[up][up][up]There was a Criminal Intent episode that featured a yandere-ish woman who had a daughter. She did in fact decide the two-year old girl was trying to seduce daddy and liquidated her.

edited 29th Oct '11 4:43:45 PM by 20LogRoot10

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Anarchy just a medicine seller from Perak, Malaysia Since: Jun, 2010
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#14: Oct 29th 2011 at 4:53:16 PM

....Liquidated, as in blender liquidated?

Excelion from The Fatherland Since: Sep, 2010
#15: Oct 29th 2011 at 4:58:06 PM

A yandere girl will cut your dick off if you so much as GLANCE at another girl.

[citation needed]

Murrl LustFatM
20LogRoot10 Since: Aug, 2011
#16: Oct 29th 2011 at 5:22:30 PM

[up][up]No, just drowned, hence the "euphemism".

Yeah, unwritten rule number one: follow all the unwritten procedures. - Camacan
ManWithAGun Since: Oct, 2011
#17: Oct 29th 2011 at 5:22:46 PM

Expect nothing in return? A yandere girl will cut your dick off if you so much as GLANCE at another girl.

You're delusional

Oh gawd, how wrong you are.

Don't you know that feeling pain from your lover is the only way to experiment true love?

PhoenixAct Since: Feb, 2011
#18: Oct 29th 2011 at 5:33:16 PM

Found this on the analysis page for Yandere, thought I should share. (Possibly NSFW)

For those wondering, it's a guide for attaining the affections of and living with a Yandere.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#19: Oct 29th 2011 at 5:49:50 PM

...why would you want to?

CorrTerek The Permanently Confused from The Bland Line Since: Jul, 2009
The Permanently Confused
#20: Oct 29th 2011 at 6:30:17 PM

[up][up][up]Experiment or experience? Your post left me somewhat confused. I mean, I've experienced true love, but I've never "experimented" it.

edited 29th Oct '11 6:30:27 PM by CorrTerek

ManWithAGun Since: Oct, 2011
#21: Oct 29th 2011 at 6:36:16 PM

A bit of column A, a bit of Column B and a bit of Column C (Honest mistake) tongue

CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#22: Oct 29th 2011 at 7:50:49 PM

yanderes are hot

This level of trolling is reasonable for Commander Obvious. What do you think of this, everyone?
Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010
#23: Oct 29th 2011 at 7:58:44 PM

I'd much rather have a Yangire without the Yandere traits.

Much sexier.

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#24: Oct 29th 2011 at 8:00:55 PM

All I want to say is that Dragonzordasaurus's question was obviously not influenced by watching Mirai Nikki.tongue

As for the question itself... Nope. Do NOT want Yuno as a girlfriend. If she did end up liking me, there is no way I could give her all the attention she would require. I'm too generally nice and outgoing.

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
Sporkaganza I'm glasses. Since: May, 2009
I'm glasses.
#25: Oct 29th 2011 at 8:03:03 PM

Ha ha! No. Yanderes can stay the fuck away from me.

I'm surprised at you, Excelion. Usually I seem to agree with you about things, but my God if you aren't making the idiot choice here. If you tried actually having a yandere girlfriend, you would lose your shit.

edited 29th Oct '11 8:04:38 PM by Sporkaganza

Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember them, you are not alone.

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