ok prepare for a bit of a rant bc i have opinions about yanderes in vns
otome/amare vns are my favourite kind of games and so atp i have played a lot of them (really as of rn i have 200 games saved on itchio and again those are only the ones i saved) so ive been seeing the rise of popularity of yandere otome/amare vns and i love me a yandere i really do they can be so much fun but i've seen so many games where the yandere li(s) dont exist outside of mc where their entire personality is loving/being obsessed with mc where they dont really have any hobbies any beliefs and lines and often any relationships so while you might hear people displeased that heath now exists as a person and not simply a yandere know that you've definitely made the right choice bc if giving a character personality makes them stop being a yandere then fuck them being a yandere i'll take a person over an empty obsessive shell any day
all that being said im defnitely looking forward to more of this game :>
Viewing post in better beta/demo but not really i dont know comments
Yes! I also love yanderes and yandere vns which is why i wanted to make one of my own. I too have played or seen a bunch I’ve been into this kinda stuff for like 4 maybe 5 years?— possibly longer if you count my affliction towards yandere simulator and yuri from ddlc when i was even younger. (A child with unmonitored internet access 😭)
I noticed the most interesting ones were always the ones who had their own existence outside of the main character. While I’m not into Ray from bsh, i love how intricate his character is. I think the best yanderes are those who devlop yandere tendencies as a result of their trauma or deeper issues. Like Nulla from TEAG’s reliance on the player and his existence and meaning because of them (tbh TEAG is its own thing that deserves a million essays about how good it is) or like lawrence (from dangerous fellows) having grown up in an extremely competitive cold society causing him to fall in love with the mc after a small act of kindness, even if hes almost a stereotypical yandere, the depth of his character makes him most interesting to me. Granted there isnt much content so the “depth” was made up by the fandom but you get the gist.
you get it!!! and yeah the unrestricted internet access as a child was a fun thing ngl tho for me it wasnt yan sim but creeoypasta fics which were often wayyy to graphic xd (ah ill never forget that one jason the toymaker fic where he put a toy mouse in some guy's mouth and made it explode it was fun stuff for a 12 years old to read ngl xd) tho those guys at least were created on their own and almost all of them had reason why they're like that so they weren't empty shells
oh i absolutely love ray tho it is a pity we cant get good ending after learning he gets powers from people he kills (especially considering he was literally raised like that it wasnt exactly his choice and i think mc had the right to know that) as for nulla i have yet to do his route so cant say (i did septem and have not opened the game since ^^;) as for my example keith and tenebris from duality which has the very interesting concept of the player being able to get a bad ending by making keith or tenebris get even more yandere than they already are plus they both have personalities and interests outside of mc and both have good reasons to be as yandere as they are tenebris bc of his genreal heatred of humanity bc fae and the fact that very few humans dont run they moment they learn about him so he is not loosing mc and keith who grew up with tenebris and is therefore desintised to violence and death plus they fact that so many lovers left him already and he is desperate to have and keep a lover
also ngl i love that we're writing an entire essay on yanderes uner your update post xd