Info-chan is one of the main characters of Yandere Simulator, who provides various services and drops for Ayano Aishi. She's a student of Akademi, but she never leaves her room.
Appearance
Info-Chan in the Mission Mode main menu
She has red, spiky hair with a small ahoge on top. She has a protruding strand of hair on the right side with parted bangs. If the player tries to look at her Student Profile, they are able to see her red glasses and hair, but everything else is a black silhouette.
The player can see Info-chan in person by peeking through the curtain of the Info Club room, which is located on the third floor. She wears the default female school uniform, regardless of customization.
Personality
| “ | "Info-chan" is the nickname given to an information broker who specializes in collecting and selling dark secrets. Nobody knows her real name. Nobody knows what her face looks like. Nobody knows how she gathers her information. Nobody knows how she has gained such a dangerous amount of power and influence over such a short span of time. Some people don't even believe she really exists. What people DO know is that, if you want a favor from her, all you need to do is text her a photograph of a girl's panties...and if she wants a favor from YOU, you'd better do exactly as she asks...or else.
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— Description from Official Website.
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In both intros and the demo's cutscene about Amai, Info-chan is shown to be uncaring towards other people and their lives. She doesn't feel guilt or remorse whenever she's harming others for her own personal gain.[3] She also tends to be very persistent in her goals. Info-chan is extremely intelligent and resourceful, being able to learn almost anything if she really wanted.[4]Info-chan has criminal contacts[5] but her exact relationship with them is unknown.
In the second intro, she specifically wants Osana to get hurt in some awful way, but the reason for it is currently unknown. She's willing to set Ayano, someone who is clearly unstable, against a rival who has a crush on Senpai.
She is now the one and only member of the so-called Info Club and sits in a dark room working on her computer all day long. That club is exempt from school rules because, according to Headmaster's Tape #10, she blackmailed Kocho Shuyona into giving her access to the spare room and all of the necessary equipment she needed. It is unknown why she would want a room in the school as opposed to anywhere else. As a cover story for all the other staff, Kocho told them that she has severe agoraphobia so she can't be disturbed, lest she have an anxiety attack.
Info-chan was originally going to be the main antagonist of 202X Mode and would have ended up being Ayano's final rival, but this idea was later scrapped for an unknown reason.[6] According to YandereDev, explaining why this change was made would be a spoiler.[7] As of now, her motivations and ultimate goals are currently unknown. They are stated to be a plot twist that will be important to the game's story in the future.[8]
Gameplay
Info-chan provides various services, schemes and items in exchange for certain amounts of Info Points. Ayano can earn them by taking panty shots, placing bugs in certain spots at school, stealing phones of other students' and completing bounties. She also provides information about students for free when Ayano sends her a picture of a student's face.
In the full game, Ayano will not be able to interact with her outside of text messages,[9] unlike a regular student.[10] If the player somehow gets into her room, she'll say "GET OUT!" and the game will restart itself. It is impossible to interact with her as with a normal student, including killing or kidnapping her, as it would be equal to "removing the run button in a Mario game".[11]
Topics
The topics towards Info-chan are towards are as follows:
| It is impossible to learn the following information in game. It was taken from the game files directly. | |
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Relationships
Ayano Aishi
- Main Article: Ayano Aishi
Info-chan and Ayano seem to be tentative allies. However, Ayano is never required to kill anybody or use her services; Info-chan stated Ayano is free to ignore her completely.
Ayano and Info-chan have a purely client/provider relationship, not a friendship.[12] Info-chan sees Ayano as just a stalker who could help her get rid of Osana, while Ayano thinks that Info-chan is disgusting. It seems that one of them might see their reasons for doing what they're doing as justified, while the other person is just insane. Info-chan's attitude towards or beliefs about Ayano may be affected by the player's actions.[13]
It would be a spoiler to say what would happen if all rivals were eliminated non-lethally and the player never helped out Info-chan by taking panty shots.[14] YandereDev wants it to influence some events near the end of the story.[15] YandereDev has also not revealed if Ayano will officially meet Info-chan in real life. Apparently, it will be a plot twist.[16]
Family
The player may possibly see one of her parents.[17] However, Info-chan's parents have no idea what she's doing.[18]
Info-chan's mother possibly was also "Info-chan" in her teenage years, but YandereDev said it's hard to answer that without spoilers.[19]
Students
- Main Article: Students
The alias "Info-chan" is extremely notorious around the school, and the whole school knows what Info-chan does, so her reputation is set at -999. Info-chan's true identity, however, has a neutral reputation, because no one knows who she really is.[20]
Info-chan doesn't seem to care for the students' well-being. For both intros, panty shots, blackmail, and other invasions of privacy mean nothing to her. Info-chan does not seem to care if Ayano kills any of her rivals. Info-chan is said to still help her out by sometimes introducing a rival to her by sending a picture of them. Sending pictures of corpses to Info-chan also doesn't faze her in the slightest.
- Osana Najimi
- Main Article: Osana Najimi
Info-chan specifically has something against Osana. It's not stated why, but Info-chan wishes for Osana to suffer.
- Senpai
- Main Article: Senpai
Info-chan does not care about Senpai's love life. She does know what's up with it, however; she knows who has a crush on him and rivals Ayano for his affection.
She was originally planned to be the final rival and would have just used Ayano to get rid of her other rivals so she'd be that much closer to having him all for herself, but this idea was discontinued.[6]
- Midori Gurin
- Main Article: Midori Gurin
Info-chan dislikes Midori. She cannot tolerate the inquisitive girl for more than a few seconds.[22]
Trivia
- According to YandereDev, Info-chan's real name is not important enough to be released, and her name does not have any role or importance to the game, so it will most likely stay a mystery.[23] However, YandereDev confirmed that he has a name for Info-chan, and it's still a double entendre, but much more clever than the ones that have appeared in the past.[24]
- At the very early stages of the development, Info-chan was referred to as Sidekick-chan,[25] or Newspaper-chan.[26]
- Her name was planned to be a double entendre meaning both “informant” and “traitor”.[27] The only Japanese words that means both of these words are "Mikkokusha" (密告者) meaning "informer/informant” and "betrayer", and "Uragirimono" (裏切者) meaning "backstabber/traitor" and "informer".
- YandereDev also considered that her name could be “Joho Teikyosha” (情報提供者) or “Teikyo Shajoho” (提供者情報), which both means “informant”.[28]
- At the early stages of the development, Info-chan was introduced as outwardly confident and very curious leader of the school newspaper club, as finding out secrets about other students is a serious hobby of hers, not just a job. She's very ambitious, as she wants her newspaper to become popular badly enough that she goes to the trouble of asking Ayano to stir up turmoil through murder. However, her backstory and motivations were later changed.
- YandereDev loves programming Info-chan and what will be in store for her.[29]
- She may keep a personal diary.[30]
- When pressing the H button to change Ayano's hairstyle, one of them will be Info-chan's.
- When YandereDev previously stated that Info-chan would not be seen at school, he considered her appearing in places that Ayano couldn't access in the future like G-Man from the Half-Life series.[31]
- Info-chan has many criminal contacts and many ways to obtain illegal things, but guns are the only thing she can't obtain.[5]
- As of January 14th, 2016, YandereDev's current plan does not include a rival that Info-chan will not help kill or torture.[32]
- Info-chan will most likely be the only character who is only known by aliases, keeping their true identity a secret.[33]
- She is far-sighted.[34]
- Info-chan has attempted to enter the systems of Saikou Corp through social engineering or hacking. However, her many attempts have been a failure, according to YandereDev.[35]
- Although most employees of Saikou Corp would not look into the urban legend, the head of cybersecurity did an investigation on Info-chan, since it is related to his job. He did figure out she exists and even learnt about her personal identity and location, however, the head cybersecurity for Saikou Corp has yet to report Info-chan or even take action against her.
- His idea is that in the event that Info-chan does even manage to hack into the systems of Saikou Corp, he would offer her two choices. Be hired by Saikou Corp, or get arrested by the police. The reason why he has these two options for an event like this was because he was hired by Saikou Corp after hacking into their systems and explaining how he did it himself.
- Saikou knows she is more than a hacker but does not have plans to go further with her.[36]
- She would pay a lot of money for "dirt" on Shiromi Torayoshi.[37]
- Despite this, she knows the Student Council members' secrets.[38]
- She is likely asexual.[39]
- If Info-chan ever did find herself becoming attracted to another person, it would probably be because that person can accomplish things she can't.[40]
- She possibly has agents in other schools.[41]
- She would know if the Yakuza was active locally as she knows a lot about local organized crime.[42]
- If she had to kill someone, she would probably get someone else to do it.[42]
- She thinks it's pointless to care about colors, but if she had to pick one, it would be red.[24]
- She only attended junior high, not high school.[24]
- She started being Info-chan at the age of 14.[24]
- Her favorite food is probably something that is quick to prepare, like instant ramen.[43]
- Her original appearance was given to Shinako Bunzai.
- In the tutorial for 202X mode (February 2, 2023 Build), she can be seen stalking Ayano just behind a wall near the Occult Club.
Gallery & Quotes
Gallery
In-game
Profile
.png "InfoChan (1).png (30 KB)")
.png "Profile Info-chan (6).png (1.01 MB)")
Miscellaneous
Illustrations
!["A 1v1 blade fight on the rooftop in the rain during a thunderstorm? No, way too corny to consider..."[44]](/wiki/File:YanChanVSInfoChan.png "YanChanVSInfoChan.png (3.3 MB)")
In videos
Quotes
Reactions
| “ | Trying to look up my information? Don't bother. There is nothing that you need to know about me. You're a client, and I'm a provider. That's all we need to know about each other. | ” |
— The additional info in Info-chan's Student Profile.
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| “ | Do you want me to identify this person? Please get me a clear shot of their face. | ” |
— Info-chan occasionally says this when Ayano takes an off-centered photo of someone's face.
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| “ | I recognize this person. Here's some information about them. | ” |
— Info-chan when Ayano send a photo of a student face before an unknown build
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| “ | Cute, but I have no use for this. | ” |
— When sent a picture of the kitten before December 16th, 2016 Build.
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| “ | Why are you showing me this? I don't care. | ” |
— When sent a picture of the kitten.
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| “ | Is this supposed to be a panty shot? My clients are picky. The panties need to be in the EXACT center of the shot. | ” |
— When given an off-centered panty shot.
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| “ | Good work, but don't send me this stuff. I have no use for it. | ” |
— What Info-chan says when she is sent a picture of a corpse.
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| “ | I know you're there. Run along now. There's nothing for you to see here. | ” |
— Info-chan in the Info Club.
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| “ | I don't need any pictures of your Senpai. / I know how you feel about this person, but I have no use for these pictures. / Okay, I get it, you love your Senpai, and you love taking pictures of your Senpai. I still don't need these shots. / You're spamming my inbox. Cut it out. / ... | ” |
— Info-chan's responses when Ayano sends her photos of her Senpai.
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| “ | What do you need? | ” |
— When the player opens the 'Favors' menu.
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| “ | You don't have enough panty shots to afford this. | ” |
— When the player attempts to purchase a favor they can't afford before an unknown build.
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| “ | You don't have enough points to afford that. | ” |
— When the player attempts to purchase a favor they can't afford
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| “ | I can't provide that service right now. | ” |
— Info-chan upon trying to purchase a favor that is unavailable.
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| “ | Pleasure doing business with you. | ” |
— Info-chan upon purchasing a favor.
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| “ | This one's free. Don't get used to it. | ” |
— Info-chan duplicating the answer sheet.
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| “ | I have no interest in this. | ” |
— When sent a picture of a Bully talking to another student.
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| “ | Excellent! Now I have a picture of (Character Name)'s panties. You've earned 5 Info Points. | ” |
— When sent a picture of a girl's panties.
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| “ | I already have a picture of (Character's name) panties. I don't need this shot. | ” |
— Info-chan responding to receiving a panty shot of the same girl's panties twice.
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| “ | Bounty complete. You've earned 25 Info Points. | ” |
— When sent a picture that fulfills a bounty.
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| “ | I'll tell my informants to spread some praise for you around school. Don't let their work go to waste. | ” |
— Buying the "Improve My Reputation" service.
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| “ | I'll instruct my informants to badmouth the girl who has her eye on your senpai. Hopefully this will help you out. | ” |
— Buying the "Damage Rival Reputation" service.
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| “ | I fed the police some false information. You have a few more minutes before they arrive at school. | ” |
— Buying the "Delay Police" service.
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| “ | This student is about to receive a very alarming text. I guarantee you that they won't be in school much longer. | ” |
— Buying the “Send Student Home” service.
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| “ | Get out! | ” |
— If the player glitches inside the Info Club.
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Cutscenes
| “ | Hey. I saw you stalking an upperclassman today. No. I wanted to give you some information about the girl he was with. Her name is Osana Najimi. She has a crush on him. She believes in the myth about the cherry tree behind the school. Correct. She's planning to confess to him next Friday. I would be happy if something bad happened to Osana-chan. I think you might be the right person to give her what she deserves. I'm the person nicknamed "Info-chan" at school. The rumors are true. If you ever need a favor, text me a panty shot and I'll give you whatever support I can. If you want to know personal information about anyone at our school, just send me a photograph of their face and I'll tell you everything I know about them. You're a stalker. If you want my help, text me. If you don't care, ignore me. You have one week until your precious Senpai belongs to Osana-chan. I hope you make her suffer. |
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— The second intro.
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| “ | Hey. I saw you stalking an upperclassman today. There's no need to play dumb with me. I'm trying to help you. Want some information about the girl he was with? Her name is Osana Najimi. She has a crush on him. She's planning to confess to him next Friday...underneath the cherry tree behind the school. There's a myth that if you confess your love someone underneath that tree, the person you confess to can't refuse. I would be happy if something bad happened to Osana-chan. I think you might be the right person to give her what she deserves. Have you ever heard of "Info-chan"? That just the tip of the iceberg. I sell a lot more than just blackmail. I've installed an app on your phone. Take a look. That's not something you need to be concerned with. If you do a few small favors for me, I can offer a wide variety of services that should help you eliminate Osana-chan. Everything you need to know is in that app. If you're not interested in my services. I won't take it personally. Feel free to ignore me. But DON'T ignore Osana-chan. You have one week until she confesses to your precious Senpai. Make her suffer. |
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— Re-written of dialogue in June 1st, 2020 Build
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| “ | Congratulations on eliminating Osana-chan. | ” |
— Info-chan congratulating Ayano for eliminating center.
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| “ | You've successfully gotten away with murder. That's quite impressive. Absolutely not. I simply wish to express my respect for your...talents. |
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— Info-chan congratulates Ayano for eliminating Osana in a lethal way.
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| “ | I didn't expect you to get rid of her that way...but I supposed it works... Oh, disappointed wouldn't be the right word. Just...surprised...that's all. |
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— Info-chan congratulates Ayano for eliminating Osana in a non-lethal way.
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| “ | But, that's not why I'm contacting you today. I've learned something that I think you'd like to be aware of. Take a look at this. Her name is Amai Odayaka. She's the leader of the Cooking Club at Akademi - and she's been getting quite cozy with your senpai lately. She's fallen for him...hard. She's quite enamored with the cherry tree myth, so I'm pretty sure she'll be confessing to him this Friday. Rotten luck, huh? Right after saving Senpai from Osana, another girl shows up to steal him from you... No games; it's simple. I want to see Amai suffer, and I think you're the best person for the job. That's all. It's a bit more complex than that...but let's keep things simple for now. Remember - you have until Friday to deal with your new rival. Eliminate her, or Senpai will never belong to you. |
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— Info-chan warns Ayano about center (the second Rival).
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| “ | So, history is repeating itself, huh? Time to test a theory... | ” |
— Original cutscene.
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| “ | I'm saying you should KILL her. | ” |
— Original cutscene.
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| “ | Collecting information about the students enrolled at this school is my hobby. It earned me the nickname Info-chan. | ” |
— Original cutscene.
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| “ | If there was a bit more drama going on at this school, I'd be able to write more interesting articles. If something tragic happens to Osana Najimi between now and Friday... | ” |
— Original cutscene.
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Miscellaneous
| “ | What's the matter? What does your Senpai look like? | ” |
— Info-chan in "I Want My Senpai Back".
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| “ | I don't know how you got in here, but get out of my chair. | ” |
— Hypothetical dialogue of Info-chan speaking to Shiromi.[17]
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Mission Mode
| “ | Welcome. | ” |
— When the player starts center.
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| “ | Ready for a mission? | ” |
— When the player selects "Random Mission" in Mission Mode.
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| “ | Feeling picky today, are we? | ” |
— When the player selects "Design Mission" in Mission Mode.
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| “ | Looking for a certain mission? | ” |
— When the player selects "Load Mission" in Mission Mode.
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| “ | Come back soon. | ” |
— When the player selects "Main Menu" in Mission Mode.
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| “ | Good luck! | ” |
— When the player starts a mission in Mission Mode.
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| “ | You didn't follow the client's instructions! The mission is a failure! | ” |
— When the player fails to meet an objective of a mission in Mission Mode.
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| “ | One objective down! | ” |
— When the player kills the target in Mission Mode.
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| “ | All objectives complete. Exfiltrate. | ” |
— When the player completes all of the objectives of a mission in Mission Mode.
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| “ | Mission accomplished. Nice work! | ” |
— When the player leaves the school and completes a mission in Mission Mode.
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| “ | Strange. I have no profile for this student. | ” |
— When sent a picture of center.
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| “ | ...wait. I think I know who she is. | ” |
— When sent a picture of Nemesis for the 2nd time.
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| “ | You are in danger. Avoid her. | ” |
— When sent a picture of Nemesis for the 3rd time.
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| “ | Do not engage. | ” |
— When sent a picture of Nemesis for the 4th time.
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| “ | I repeat: Do. Not. Engage. | ” |
— When sent a picture of Nemesis for the 5th time.
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| “ | Something about that student seems...wrong. | ” |
— When sent a picture of Nemesis disguised as a student.
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| “ | How peculiar. I don't recognize these panties. | ” |
— When sent a picture of Nemesis' panties before the July 15th, 2017 build.
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| “ | Wait...I recognize those panties! This person is extremely dangerous! Avoid her at all costs! | ” |
— When sent a picture of Nemesis' panties.
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References
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IXbfSuJexGEFLRxcUdv_pTQTpC6iEhTqPYcsHTIA48k/edit
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/616839099442302977
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/642850037798572033
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https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/671440365275115520 - ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/692862688095920128
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/647827792285954049
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- ↑ https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/camera-features-and-yandere-vision/
- ↑ https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/camera-features-and-yandere-vision/#comment-770
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- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/671382842669187072
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/687733126072696832
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/649414556175876096
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/7u4bhv/some_questions_mostly_about_aishi_family/
- ↑
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/78qald/questions_about_the_saikous/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/7kob28/student_council_members_similarities_with_other/
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- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/fb1ive/some_random_questions/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/7wnflb/questions_about_panty_shots/
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/yandere_simulator/comments/83003l/some_questions_about_infochan_for_dev/
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