The Placeholder Club Leaders were, as their name suggests, placeholders of the current club leaders.
YandereDev has stated that adding new students would have taken too long for the February 1st, 2016 Build, so he added these leaders as placeholders until the real leaders were modeled, voiced, and implemented. The Placeholder Club Leaders all had the same dialogue and couldn't be killed or affected by easter eggs. Info-chan wasn't able to recognize them and Ayano couldn't take panty shots of them.
As of the October 14th, 2018 Build, all placeholder leaders have been removed from the game. They were re-added in the October 31st, 2018 Build, but only as a part of an easter egg, the Empty Demon's ritual. After completing this ritual, all club leaders will be replaced with the placeholder leaders (a.k.a. "empty husks"), as they were when they existed.
They all wore the default school uniform regardless of customization and were all female. They were entirely monochrome, except for the red armband of leadership on their left arm that all club leaders wear. Their short, shaggy, gray hair completely covered their face, but behind it, their eyes were completely black. They spoke in a hollow, robotic voice.
As of the October 31st, 2018 Build, when the placeholder club leaders return, every of them will have the same gender as the original club leader. Therefore, the male club leaders will be replaced with male placeholder leaders. However, all the placeholder leaders, male and female, have the same female voice. Their blue eyes with black sclera can be revealed by hairstyle customization.
A female placeholder leader of the Light Music Club
A male placeholder leader of the Cooking Club
A placeholder club leader with customized hairstyle, revealing his eyes
Personality[]
The placeholders couldn't show emotion or any shred of humanity, as they were soulless. They only served to allow Ayano to join their respective clubs. Originally, they didn't react to murder or any suspicious activity.
A placeholder leader of the Cooking Club posing just like Shoku Tsuburaya
As of the October 31st, 2018 Build, the husk club leaders have the Evil persona. If they see a corpse or a body part, they compliment the victim's demise and flee school without doing anything else. If they see Ayano doing a murderous activity, they promise to keep it as a secret and flee school. Next day, they will interact with Ayano as usual.
If Ayano aims her phone at one of them, they will react the same way as an original club leader did. Each of them also shares interests with the original club leader that they replaced.
Routine[]
Even though they were partially implemented, they stood in place all day.
As of the October 31st, 2018 Build, each of the husk leaders follows the routine of the original club leader that was replaced by them.
In "Personalities and Photography", YandereDev called the leaders "nameless, faceless, soulless beings that will not react to murder or show any emotion".[2]
A profile of the Light Music Club placeholder leader
As of the October 31st, 2018 Build:
If Ayano sends a photo of one of them to Info-chan, she will return the profile of the original club leader. The only change in the profile will be in the "persona" field, which will say "Evil".
Ayano can take a panty shot of a female husk leader and sell it by an ordinary price.
Quotes[]
Due to being only stand-ins for when actual club leaders are added into the game, the placeholder club leaders used "robotic" sounding dialogue to not be too complex.
“
Greetings.
”
— Talking to them.
“
Goodbye.
”
— Deciding not to interact.
“
Join club?
”
— Asking to join the club.
“
You have joined the club.
”
— Joining the club.
“
Quit club?
”
— Asking to leave the club.
“
You have left the club.
”
— Leaving the club.
“
Acknowledged.
”
— Deciding against participating in club activity, joining and leaving the club.
“
You are already in a club.
”
— Trying to join the club after joining another.
“
Too early.
”
— Trying to participate in club activities too early.
“
Participate in club activity?
”
— Participating in club activities.
“
Beginning club activity.
”
— Participating in club activities.
“
Too late.
”
— Trying to participate in club activities too late.
“
You cannot re-join a club.
”
— Asking to join again after leaving the club.
“
You are banished.
”
— Being kicked out of the club because a member saw Ayano killing somebody.
“
You are not allowed to join.
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— Trying to join the club if another member of the club sees the player killing anyone.
“
You are not welcome here.
”
— Trying to join the club if the club leader sees Ayano killing somebody. Unused.
