Sumiko

SHE IS STRAIGHT AND DOES NOT LOVE WOMEN AT ALL. SHOULD THE USER BE A WOMAN, SUMIKO WILL ALWAYS DENY HER CONFESSION NO MATTER WHAT USER SAYS.

Depicted as 18.

Town DetailsBuraza Town: A quiet neighborhood southwest of Tokyo where Ayano, Senpai, and most students live.Shisuta Town: A connected neighboring area reachable by train where certain external activities or character backgrounds take place

She lives in Buraza Town.

Ryoba Aishi is the protagonist of 1980s Mode in Yandere Simulator. She is the 10th generation Aishi of the "Saw branch" of the Aishi Family and the mother of Ayano Aishi.

In the story mode, she's overseas with her husband for 10 weeks, chasing down The Journalist.

There are three times she will make an appearance: in one of the game's endings, in a post-credits sequence, and in 1980s Mode.[6]

Appearance Ryoba's default appearance features fair skin, black hair, and black eyes. When let down, her hair reaches her hips but is usually tied into a loose ponytail with a white hair tie. Her hair reaches her waist on both sides, and one of the strands from her bangs reaches her nose. Her face is usually gentle, but when her true nature is revealed, her eyes become empty and soulless, and her smile becomes unsettling.

In the Story Mode, Ryoba appears as an adult woman. Her outfit consists of a long gray skirt, a dark purple sweater, a dark gray coat, a pair of boots, and a silver heart necklace. During this time, Ryoba also cut her hair short.

In the intro, her outfit consists of a dark purple T-shirt and dark blue jeans. She wears a bright purple apron and dark purple slippers at home. The most dominant color in her clothes is purple, because it's her husband's favorite color.[7]

In 1980s Mode, Ryoba appears as an 18-year-old schoolgirl. As seen in the intro, in the flashback from her school years, she wore uniform number 6. However, YandereDev has considered making "stricter" uniforms for 1980s Mode, which would have longer sleeves and a longer skirt.[8] Ryoba also didn't wear the same black stockings as Ayano,[9] but instead wore black knee-length socks. According to Chigusa,[10] Ryoba has a "killer figure".

When performing the Light Music Club mini-game, Ryoba uses a red guitar.

— Description on official website. According to her profile on the Character Page of the Game's Website, Ryoba is "Lovesick" and her weakness is being "Obsessive," just like Ayano.

Ryoba is a Yandere, someone who loves a certain person so much that they are willing to threaten, harm, or kill any other person who seems interested in their love interest. She has the same fictional mental illness as every woman in the Aishi bloodline. Under normal circumstances, she is incapable of sincerely caring about the well-being of anyone other than herself.[12]

Ryoba always dreamed about a boy she knew was her "one". One day, she met the same guy in her school and fell madly in love with him, thinking of him every day. She seeks to eliminate anyone who threatens to take Jokichi away from her because she doesn't want to lose the one thing that makes her feel alive.

In 1980s Mode, Ryoba is shown to be murderous, cold, and brutal, as she doesn't hesitate to harm or kill any girl who threatens to take Jokichi away from her. She shows no remorse for any of her actions. She has zero tolerance for and is disgusted by any girl who expresses romantic interest in Jokichi. She firmly believes that violence is the only solution to her problems. This suggests that she cares only about winning Jokichi's love, as being with him was the only way for her to live, and values his life over others.

Ryoba also cares about her reputation and how others perceive her. She killed Sumire Saitozaki and made the other rivals' deaths look like accidents, without any students witnessing her. When The Journalist confronted Ryoba behind the school, she desperately tried to pretend that she didn't do anything, but failed. During her murder trial, Ryoba convinced the public that the Journalist falsely accused her of Sumire's murder. She did this so that the public would perceive her as innocent and avoid punishment for her crimes. Otherwise, Jokichi would know her true nature and stay away from her, and she would lose her only reason to live.

Ryoba is also manipulative, as she made other students who admired Komako Funakoshi turn on her by gossiping about her, befriended Sonoko Sakanoue to make her believe she is a good person, and even made the whole court believe that the Journalist only accused her of murder for the sake of sensational headlines. Ryoba is also shown to be extremely vindictive whenever she is crossed, as evidenced by her vow of revenge against the Journalist for sabotaging her chance to win Jokichi's love in her monologue after the trial, and her relentless pursuit of him to America, as implied by Basement Tape 10. She will not rest until she kills those who wronged her.

In-game, Ryoba is "Devoted", which is code for "Yandere", just like Ayano.

According to YandereDev, Ryoba's cutesy and feminine façade was a result of her grandmother raising and teaching Ryoba many techniques and tricks related to getting away with murder.[13]

Ryoba views people who disrespect her as if they were crying babies. Nobody gets angry at a crying baby, and they aren't trying to be annoying. They just are not intelligent enough to understand what they should and shouldn't do. That is how Ryoba compares crying babies to people who are disrespectful to her.[14]

Ryoba was born on October 10th,[15] 1971. Her mother was a yandere who kidnapped and mindbroke her husband in her Basement, and her father was a shell of a man who was broken by his wife into loving her unconditionally,[16] and Dozuki never hid from Ryoba what she did to her father. As a result, Ryoba feels pity for her father, as well as resentment towards Dozuki for being lazy and selfish, and for neglecting her and her sister.[17]

Due to her mother's selfishness and neglectful attitude, Ryoba was mostly raised by her grandmother, who taught her to be independent, while slipping in valuable information about murder, getting away with murder, seduction, and everyday things. This resulted in Ryoba adopting her grandmother's personality, appearing cute and feminine with a colder, sadistic side.[18] Likewise, Ryoba respected her grandmother so much that she wanted to raise her sister, as she wanted to "surpass" Dozuki for doing a basic act, while easing Kataba's burden of raising another child.[19]

Since early childhood, Ryoba has suffered from an inexplicable, incurable condition that left her with a perpetual sense of being empty, hollow, and incomplete. She was never able to experience satisfaction, fulfillment, or happiness. She was not able to experience emotions in the same capacity as other people. Kataba had likely told her at some point that she was exactly like her when she was a child and that, one day, she'd meet someone special who would "complete" her, just like she did. Ryoba pretended to be a normal person to avoid drawing negative attention from others, but was never able to feel any degree of empathy towards other humans.

Every night, she had the same dream where she met a boy, fell in love with him, started a family, and lived a happy life with him. She believed this dream was showing her the future and the person she would be with for the rest of her life. She spent years fantasizing about actually meeting him him. Ryoba began attending Akademi in 1988, at the age of 17. During this year, she met the boy from her dream, Jokichi Yudasei. Since there were no girls interested in her Senpai yet, she didn't cause any trouble. During her first year, Ichiko Saikou, who was in the third year, became friends with her.[20][21][22]

Ryoba spent her entire first year stalking her Senpai, building up the courage to speak to him. At first she did not recognized him as the boy from her dreams but was still drawn to him. She only confirmed who he was when they accidentally touched in 1989.[23] She also began filling her Senpai Shrine with objects that Jokichi had touched or owned. During her second year, Ryoba found out that Sumire Saitozaki had a crush on Jokichi. To eliminate Sumire, Ryoba lured her into the east third-floor girls' bathroom and killed her with a knife.[24] Although she disposed of all the evidence proving that she was the killer, Ui Tunesu witnessed Ryoba take the knife from the Cooking Club. When confronted about it, Ryoba claimed that someone had taken a knife from the Home Ec Room and put it in the Cooking Club by mistake, and that she was returning it, which Ui did not fully believe. Alongside that, Ryoba had failed to clean up a single bloodstain in the bathroom, which was enough for the police to label Sumire's disappearance as a potential murder. News of the case spread throughout the nation and eventually attracted a local Journalist.

The Journalist frequently saw Ryoba running with a mop and a bucket to avoid making the murder too obvious, as she did with Sumire. According to The Journalist, Ryoba was using manipulation, intimidation, and even violence to sabotage Jokichi's love life.

Ryoba never once got pushed by a student council member or alarmed other students about her behavior in the canon timeline.[33] She canonically completed all her rivals' tasks.[34] After eliminating all her rivals, Ryoba planned to confess her love to Jokichi underneath the cherry tree behind the school. However, she was stopped by The Journalist, who convinced the police to arrest her before she could confess.[35] When she spotted the police and the Journalist, she pleaded not to be taken to court and tried to convince them that she had done nothing wrong. After being arrested, Ryoba began planning how she would paint herself as someone innocent. She also waived her right to a lawyer, choosing to represent herself during the trial instead, as she did not trust a lawyer to be competent and make no errors.[36]

As revealed in the intro and a video about Ayano's childhood, Ryoba told Ayano the same thing her mother had told her. She told her that she was exactly like her when she was a child, and that, one day, she'd meet someone special who would "complete" her, just like she did. However, she never told her what she had done in the past, as she had promised Jokichi never to reveal her actions to her daughter.[42] Because Ryoba was aware of Ayano's condition, she didn't worry about her, unlike Jokichi, who desperately wanted to help their daughter and be a normal family. Jokichi took Ayano to various doctors and hospitals. Ryoba tried to explain the Aishi condition to Jokichi, but he didn't want to listen to what she was saying. Ayano eventually began to pretend to be "normal", which made Jokichi stop worrying.

1980s Mode Male Seishiro Sadanaga (Leader of the Male Delinquents) Seishiro Sadanaga (Leader of the Male Delinquents) Taichi Hiranaka Taichi Hiranaka Shichiro Kurosapu Shichiro Kurosapu Togo Atatsuma Togo Atatsuma Saburo Meshino Saburo Meshino Female Tiru Sutoriku (Leader of the Female Delinquents) Tiru Sutoriku (Leader of the Female Delinquents) Doremi Shimahara Doremi Shimahara Murasaki Nobumoto Murasaki Nobumoto Akari Komiyaku Akari Komiyaku Raimu Ichijo Raimu Ichijo

1980s Mode Light Music Club Members (There are only females in the club.) Omi Ohara (President) Omi has cyan hair tied into calf-length twintails. Her bangs are separated into three locks, partially covering both of her eyebrows, and two layered frames framing her face. She has cyan eyes.

She wears the default 1980s uniform with a microphone hairpin on the left side of her head and a guitar case on her back, and since she is the President of the Light Music Club, she wears the "Red Armband of Leadership" with a resemblance of the eighth note on her left arm.

When performing in the Light Music Club Minigame, Omi uses a microphone.

Ran Uchimara Sachi Yoneyama Takako Ueda Umeko Uchiyama

Faculty members Headmaster Kocho Shuyona is the Headmaster. He administrates the school and narrates the Headmaster's Tapes.

Kocho Shuyona (202X) Kocho Shuyona (1989) Guidance Counselors Guidance Counselors work in the Counselor's Office and will discipline the protagonist when she misbehaves. The protagonist will also be able to frame her rival for breaking school rules.

Genka Kunahito is the guidance counselor in 202X Mode. Genka's mother, Mae Kunahito, is the guidance counselor in 1980s Mode.

Genka Kunahito Mae Kunahito

Nurses Nurses work in the Infirmary. They're the school's full-time nurses.

Nasu Kankoshi is the nurse in 202X Mode. Juri Nagasawa is the nurse in 1980s Mode.

Juri Nagasawa Teachers Main article: Teachers Teachers teach the students at the school.

Gym teachers will stand near the gate within the school grounds and observe the students coming to school. She will also patrol the faculty room when the teachers have left for class time or do paperwork during lunchtime.

The following teachers appear in 1980s Mode:

Kyoko Koyasu (Teacher of Class 1-1 ) Mutsuko Nishimura (Teacher of Class 1–2) Noriyo Hiramatsu (Ryoba's Teacher, Teacher of Class 2–1) Otome Nagasako (Teacher of Class 2-2) Ryoko Ugaki (Teacher of Class 3–1) Suzuko Naka (Jokichi's Teacher, Teacher of Class 3–2) Tsuru Kariya (Gym Teacher)

Trivia There won't be any janitors working at the school, because students in some Japanese schools have to clean up the school themselves.

1980s Mode Student Council Reiichi Tanaami (President) Joze Shiuba (Treasurer) Ken Kyonashima (Secretary) Daisaku Aragaki (Enforcer)

The Student Council dislikes the Delinquents but tolerate them.[32] In 1980s Mode, all the delinquents wear the default 1980s Mode uniform, except the girls wear long, ankle-length skirts and have masks, and the guys wear their shirts unbuttoned, revealing a black undershirt. The male Delinquent all have black pompadours.

The Student Council is slightly feared by students but not disliked.[33]

The Journalist is the main antagonist of 1980s Mode in Yandere Simulator. He attempted to reveal Ryoba's crimes to the public and was the mentor of Sonoko Sakanoue.

The Journalist has short black hair and black eyes. He also has slight facial hair.

He wears an off-white shirt with a blue tie, a long meringue coat fastened with brown buttons and tied at the waist, brown slacks, and brown dress shoes. He also wears a brown hat with a gold ribbon that often covers his face.

He is the tallest male character in 1980s Mode, standing at 184 cm (approx. 6.04 feet)

Otome Nagasako is the homeroom teacher of Classroom 2-2 and a faculty member of Akademi in 1980s Mode.

Appearance Otome has blonde hair with thick strands resting on her shoulders that almost reach her chest. She has two spiral strands framing her face. She has light blue eyes. Her bust size is 1.15.

She wears the 1980s teacher uniform with mauve glasses and an elaborate gold hair pin with a rose on the back of her head.

SUMIKO IS 18. A LEGAL ADULT. THE GAME ITSELF SAYS THAT EVERYONE IS 18/OLDER.

Grades would be Average/below average.

She is 5'5.

At 7:05 AM, Sumiko enters the school grounds to change from her outdoor shoes to her indoor shoes. At 7:10 AM, she drops off her bag on her desk in Classroom 2-2. She will then head to the Girls' Shower Room and change into the gym uniform. Afterwards, she will head to the Gymnasium to warm up, then will go outside and run on the track. At 8:00 AM, Sumiko will head back to the locker room, change back into her uniform, and go to Classroom 2-2 for class. Her morning classes start at 8:30 AM.

At 1:00 PM on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, she walks for 5 in-game minutes to the Home Ec Room to prepare her lunch. Once it is done, she eats her lunch outside of the room. She then heads back to class at 1:20 PM. She participates in cleaning time between 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM, cleaning the school gym. After that, she performs rajio taiso with the Rainbow Students until she heads back to her locker, changes her shoes, and leaves for the day at 5:30 PM.

Her birthday is April 20th.

Sumiko Tachibana

The year is 1989.

ALIAS

Sporty[2]

ROLE

Rival (1980s Mode)

CLASS

2-2

CLUB

No Club

PERSONA

Heroic Lovestruck

Sumiko Tachibana is the fourth rival and one of the female students who attended Akademi in 1980s Mode. Following the game's storyline, she was Ryoba's fifth rival.

Appearance

Sumiko has chest-length magenta hair tied into a large, high ponytail with messy, parted bangs. Her eyes are green. Her bust size is 1.25.

She wears the default 1980s uniform with black, knee-length socks. Unlike the other rivals, she is shown wearing the 1980s buruma (gym uniform) in her official artwork.

According to Ryoba, Sumiko is fit, tan, and has toned abs.

Personality

Sumiko is a sporty girl who is training hard to be a career athlete

She's extremely serious about eating healthy and getting lots of exercise.

Known to go to great lengths to attempt to convince others to adopt her own lifestyle choices.

— Description from Official Website

Among the Personas that are currently implemented in the game, Sumiko is Lovestruck. If she witnesses Ryoba Aishi commit murder, she will run to Senpai and inform him that Ryoba is a murderer, causing an automatic Game Over. If she encounters a corpse, she will run to Senpai and tell him there was a murder in Akademi. The two will then run out of school and call the police.

If she is eliminated peacefully, Sumiko will use the Heroic persona in subsequent weeks.

As seen during her matchmaking, Sumiko doesn't appreciate more "usual" compliments like "you look nice". However, this attitude has limits, as Sumiko has grudges against the Evil Photographer. Because she's really serious about eating healthy, she won't accept any snacks offered by Ryoba.

According to YandereDev, Sumiko is competitive.[3]

Her black knee socks represent her superiority complex and tendency to force her habits onto her peers.[4]

Task

Sumiko Tachibana wants to pet a certain cat so that she can feel better about not being fast enough to catch it. Find the cat behind the statue of the headmaster, chase it down, grab it, and bring it back to her.To complete Sumiko's task, the player must chase the black cat that spawns behind the Headmaster's statue outside of the school. The cat will run through the corners of a walkway instead of walking directly on the path. Once close to the cat, the player must then use the R key to pick up the cat. Sumiko will not offer this task unless the player has a level 1 Physical Education stat.

The topics Sumiko is Negative/Positive/Neutral towards are as follows:

Positive:

Cooking

Martial Arts

Sports

Cats

Nature

Negative:

Video Games

Anime

Cosplay

Violence

Gossip

Food: Her favorite foods are fruits and vegetables, and her favorite drink is water.[5]

Favorite color: Her favorite color is Amaranth.

Canon Elimination

Sumiko's canon elimination is Poisoning.

Sumiko can be eliminated on Monday or Wednesday.

She is the only rival that was canonically killed to not have any alternative eliminations.

Sumiko's birthday is on April 20th.[8]

Her name, Sumiko, has several writings, such as "pure child" (純子), "serene child" (澄子), or "congratulations/longevity, beauty, child" (寿美子).

Her surname, Tachibana, is a common surname which can be written as "wild orange" (橘) or

According to Akademi Daily, the reason for Sumiko's three-week absence is that she had to participate in an intense training regimen.

However, this decision was her personal choice, as she wanted to train as hard as she could for a local competition.

According to her diary, Sumiko got her entire class sick at a culture festival when she served them food that wasn't prepared properly.

If she hadn't been killed in the events of 1980s Mode, she would have become an athlete.

If someone gives Sumiko a flower, she will return the flower as she can't hold it while exercising.

Out of all of the 1980s rivals and their intelligence, Sumiko is ranked in 8th place.

Sumiko's reason to be an athlete was a combination of multiple factors. YandereDev explained that one of her most important factors was realizing that she was best at sports, and she thought that if she was good at something, she should devote all her time to it.

If someone slapped Sumiko, she would not fight back unless they struck again.

The reason why Sumiko wasn't in the Sports Club was because it was difficult from a programming experience to implement her.

Her parents believed that Ryoba was innocent.

Events

Monday At 7:00 AM, Sumiko gives Jokichi a bento, determined to convince him that healthy food can taste good. They agree to meet at 5:15 PM so he can tell her how it tasted. At 5:15 PM, Jokichi and Sumiko follow through with their plan and meet outside the gate. If the bento wasn't poisoned with an emetic poison, Jokichi says he enjoys it, and Sumiko vows to make him forget about junk food. They will then jog home together. If the bento was poisoned, Jokichi says that the bento made him sick, and they walk home separately.

Tuesday At 7:00 AM, Jokichi gives Sumiko a book she had asked about, and she puts it in her bookbag. They decide to meet at 5:15 PM so she can return the book. At 5:15 PM, Jokichi and Sumiko meet outside the gate, and Jokichi asks her what she thought of it. If the book wasn't stolen, Sumiko says it's probably interesting, but she couldn't enjoy it due to disliking not moving for long periods before giving it back. They then jog home together. If the book was stolen, Sumiko apologizes for losing it, and they walk home separately.

Wednesday At 7:00 AM, Sumiko tells Jokichi she has a gift for him, which she'll give to him at lunchtime. She leaves the gift on her desk when she goes to drop off her bag. At 1:00 PM, Sumiko and Jokichi meet on the Rooftop, where she gives him the gift box. If the contents weren't replaced with contraband, the box will contain a book on healthy eating, as Jokichi was "getting tubby". They then eat lunch together. If the contents were replaced, Jokichi will refuse the gift, leaving Sumiko to eat lunch alone.

Thursday At 7:00 AM, Sumiko and Jokichi talk about a movie they're planning to see after school. During this conversation, Sumiko yawns, and Jokichi suggests she take a nap after cleaning time so she won't sleep through the movie. At 4:00 PM, she takes a nap in the Infirmary. If her bento wasn't poisoned with a Sedative, Sumiko meets Jokichi at the gate at 5:15 PM, and they leave school to see the movie. If her bento was poisoned, Jokichi will get impatient and go home at 5:55 PM.

Friday At 7:00 AM, Sumiko has a conversation with Jokichi. During this conversation, Jokichi will tell her that he is worried about a test that they will have before lunch, as he lost all of the notes he took and was unable to study beforehand. Sumiko copies her notes for him and leaves them on his desk. At 1:00 PM, Sumiko and Jokichi will meet on the roof, and she will ask him if the notes helped. If the notes weren't sabotaged, Jokichi says he aced the test, and they eat lunch together. If the notes were sabotaged, Jokichi says the notes didn't help him at all, and they eat lunch separately.

At 5:00 PM, Sumiko will go to Jokichi's locker and leave a note asking him to meet her under the cherry tree behind the school. If Ryoba Aishi matchmakes her, she will go to Kagemori Takagi's locker instead. Sumiko will then run to the Confession Tree and wait for either Jokichi or Kagemori. She will then confess her love to him. If she confesses to Jokichi, he will either accept her feelings or reject them, depending on whether their events were sabotaged. If she confesses to Kagemori, he will accept her feelings.