Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

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Yuri is a shy girl who loves reading books and making tea, and someone who is romantically interested in the game's player character. As the game progresses, signs of her mental illness become more evident, including her obsession with the player character, exhibiting self-harm tendencies and concealing her cutting with long sleeves. Described as both a dandere and kuudere, she is a member of the literature club, and a frequent rival to fellow member Natsuki. She also displays signs of co-dependency. These traits become more severe due to Monika's interference with the video game and Yuri's files. Her mental illness, particularly her secretive struggles with major depressive disorder and self-harm tendencies, have received commentary from critics, with one writer identifying her death as one of the most shocking moments in a video game. Another discussed how it contrasted Sayori's "intelligent" depiction of mental illness, with others stating that her behavior later in the game was out of character compared to her behavior in the beginning, which was likely in part due to Monika's meddling. In the literature club, Yuri is accompanied by Sayori, Natsuki, and Monika, frequently feuding with Natsuki over the protagonist's affections. He may either help either Yuri or Natsuki during the cultural festival, with both attempting to kiss him depending on who is chosen, only to be interrupted by Sayori. While Yuri exhibits self-harm tendencies, these become more amplified later in the game after Monika attempts to modify the code. The player also finds that, if they attempt to choose to spend time with Yuri, Monika will interfere. Yuri eventually decides to confess their love for the protagonist; however, regardless of whether they are reciprocated, Yuri begins to stab herself to death due to her hysteric state. The player is unable to leave the room, forcing the protagonist to sit there and watch her corpse decompose over the weekend. When Natsuki eventually shows up, she throws up at the sight of Yuri's corpse, before Monika deletes both of their files from the game due to wanting the player all to herself. After Monika is deleted by the player, she expresses regret for her actions, restoring Yuri and everything else, but without her. From here, there are two possible endings. In one ending, Sayori becomes self-aware and megalomaniacal like Monika, leading to Monika deleting the entire game. In the other ending, where the player witnesses all scenes of the characters in the first act, Sayori is still self-aware, but is able to control herself, allowing Yuri and the rest to live.