#kanato hdb route

[fruit-of-infidelity]

♱  DIABOLIK LOVERS: Haunted Dark Bridal ー Sakamaki Kanato | Maniac 5½  ♱

⌜ Scene: School Art Rooms ⌟

Yui: Good, it’s unlocked!

ー Yui closes the door behind her. ー

Now, where did I leave it?

( I sat over here for class, and I could have sworn I… )

A-ha!

ー Yui walks over to pick up her things. ー

( I have to make a point to not forget these calligraphy brushes again! Especially when Reiji-san was kind enough to let me borrow his. )

Ryuuto: I was beginning to wonder who left that there.

Yui: W-Wha…!

ー Ryuuto appears beside Yui. ー

Oh! Uhm… Ryuuto-san, wasn’t it?

Ryuuto: That is me, yes. It is a good thing you came when you did, I was just thinking how helpful an extra pair of hands would be.

You see, I happen to be on cleaning duty for the art rooms, tonight. However, I need to move a few canvases, here, around first.

Won’t you do me a favour, hm?

Yui: Oh…

( I told Kanato-kun I’d only be five minutes... If I’m any longer than that, I’m going to have some explaining to do… )

( Besides… )

ー Yui flashbacks to just the other day. ー

Kanato: Well, shall we head on home?

Yui: Ah… Sorry. I can’t go back with you today.

Kanato: … …? Are you cheating on me?

Yui: Ch-Cheating? What makes you think that!?

ー Yui is brought back to the present. ー

( I’m sure he’ll take it the wrong way. )

…I’m sorry, Ryuuto-san. I have someone waiting on me.

Ryuuto: I assure you it is only a few canvases; You’ll be out of here in no time.

Yui: Well…

Ryuuto: …You’re making it seem like it is detrimental that you return to said someone as soon as possible; Is Kanato truly that strict?

I told you it was the wrong idea to pick him.

Yui: It’s not exactly that he’s strict, but he can get… pretty unpredictable when he gets the wrong idea. I’d rather not upset him…

So, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be on my way.

ー Ryuuto blocks her from exiting. ー

Ryuuto: Now, now…

This may surprise you, but I know Kanato decently well. I am certain he will understand if you tell him I was the one who kept you?

━─┉┈◈ Selection ◈┈┉─━

　　❈  I doubt that… (♥) Yui: ( If you think that way… … ) I don’t think you know him as well as you think, then. Ryuuto: …No? Yui: I’ve… I’ve been in this situation before, so I’d rather not have history repeat itself and get back to him right away. Ryuuto: …You’re frightened of him. Fufu. Yui: …Wh-Why does that have to be the case? Ryuuto: There is no shame in owning up to that much, Yui.

　　❈  Then you understand me? Yui: If you know him as well as you say, Ryuuto-san… Then, you understand where I am coming from, right? ( I just want to keep him happy, and save myself a tantrum… ) Ryuuto: I certainly do. However, I think you’re overestimating his temper. Yui: E-Eh? If anything, you’re underestimating it!

━━─┉┈┈◈◉◈┈┈┉─━━

Ryuuto: …Come now, it is not like I am asking for your blood, or the like.

I am certain we could have been almost done and dusted by now, should you have cooperated in the first place.

Yui: Even if that’s the case…

ー He backs her against the desk. ー

( H-He’s closing in suddenly! )

Ryuuto-san, please let me past…!

Ryuuto: You’re awfully jumpy. Do relax…

Yui: H-How can I? You’re too… close!

( Besides! Who knows what Ryuuto-san is up to? He’s a Vampire, after all! )

( Can I run for it? I’ve definitely got to! )

Please, move…!

Kanato: …You couldn’t even collect your things without wasting my time. I thought you said you said you would only be five minutes.

You shouldn’t be talking to this nobody, Yui-san.

Yui: K-Kanato-kun…!

Ryuuto: We were just talking about you.

Kanato: …You were?

ー Ryuuto backs off. ー

Ryuuto: Light conversation, nothing more…

Kanato: What did you say? Yui-san?

Yui: N-Nothing, really… Just about how Ryuuto-san said he was close to you, is all.

Promise it wasn’t anything bad!

Kanato: …Well, you’re mistaken in thinking that. Please don’t spout nonsense like that about me in the future, Ryuuto.

I won’t forgive you for it, you know…

Ryuuto: Nonsense, you say? I would like to think we get on decently, should the occasion call for it. You don’t agree?

Kanato: … …

Ryuuto: At any rate, I suppose I ought to let you get home.

Yui: Y-Yes! Shall we get going, Kanato-kun?

Kanato: Yes.

Yui: ( Thank God! )

ー Yui runs to Kanato’s side. ー

( Being next to Kanato-kun like this again… It’s a strange relief! )

Ryuuto: Your prey was well-behaved, for the record.

Kanato: …I beg your pardon?

Ryuuto: Even if I were hoping to, my fangs could not get anywhere close to biting her; You should be thrilled to know she is not so easy.

Yui: …!!

Kanato: …I know that, you do not need to remind me.

Yui: ( Ryuuto-san saying that is one thing… )

( But, Kanato-kun…? He actually has faith in me, after all, by the sounds of it! )

Kanato: We’re going, Yui-san.

Yui: U-Uh, yes!

✥ TO BE CONTINUED ✥

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Double trouble 😍

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hello can you do this but with the sakamaki brothers please and thank you so much if you do 💙https://www.tumblr.com/fangsforiris/754832768603750400/mukami-jealousy-hcs?source=share

Sakamaki Brothers Jealousy HC’s

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Shū:

• He wouldn’t be as outward with his jealousy, if anything it’d be subdued.

• But if he is jealous, you wouldn’t know it.

• If there’s one thing he’s good at, it’s feigning ignorance and placing a wall.

• Canonically in the HDB and MB Anthropology Manga, Shū gets jealous by stupid things, and is in a sense, comical with it.

• He wouldn’t get fussy like Kanato or Ayato.

• More so annoyed that he’s finding himself attached to someone at this level again.

• All of the boys have a certain level of possessiveness, so it’s not shocking if Shū displays his in lethargic and apathetic fashion.

• He values those close to him, so he wouldn’t want to give away what’s his so quickly. That’s where a lot of the motivation towards being jealous can come from.

Reiji:

• Definitely stern and set with it.

• He takes his jealousy seriously, and wouldn’t want to find himself jealous over anything ‘stupid’ or ‘over the top.’

• Reiji will 100% pull his S/O aside and confront them head on about what bothers him.

• Although, at times he can choose to let it linger, waiting for his S/O to figure out what’s bothering him themselves.

• Almost like a game if anything, all at his S/O’s expense.

• He has no problem with punishing his S/O and blaming them for any unwanted advances or attention being made at them.

• His jealousy is more so triggered by Shū and anything to do with him.

• It sends him into a bit of a frenzy, since it’s all linked to his underlying inferiority complex. Which results in his own diminution of his own talents, which can come off as borderline masochistic.

Ayato:

• You’d know right off the bat if this man was jealous.

• He makes no attempt at concealing his true feelings when it comes to his S/O.

• If he’s upset, don’t be shocked when he does take certain things into his own hands.

• That being, if his S/O is being flirted with in front of him, he has no problem with exhibiting violence to show he possesses someone.

• Ayato is all about possession, and is easily one of the most possessive characters.

• So if he thinks his placement is being threatened, he will react in earnest.

• His jealousy can border the lines of unhealthy and obsessive.

• He’d try his best to resist the urge of marking his prey to showcase his property, but at the end of the day, what good would it do if not even his prey can see the faults?

Kanato:

• Easily one of the most explosive individuals to come into contact with.

• You’re threatening his place in his S/O’s life? It’s like alarms and warning bells going off in his mind.

• Due to his extreme mental instability and heavily implied bipolar disorder, he will switch up instantly if Kanato feels attacked or under heavy scrutiny.

• He has no problem with playing pouty and creating a fuss to appeal towards the ‘lolita’ and ‘cutesy’ side he likes to portray to the outside world.

• But in private? He’s a blamer or victim blamer 100%

• He will pin it all on his S/O, even if the circumstances were unavoidable towards his S/O. Kanato does not care.

• He will get physical. As seen within his routes, he does have temperament issues.

• So even if he does subdue himself from having any physical reactions, his S/O is in no way getting out of the heavy verbal abuse coming their way.

Laito:

• Laito is known to put up a wall, almost like Shū, in terms of concealing his true feelings.

• If he’s jealous, it’ll be in the subtext that one would have to take out to fully understand him.

• Laito is someone who, when jealous, wouldn’t want to admit it.

• With his horrible track record with others, he has a slight fear towards true love and the feelings that come with it.

• So for him being jealous, it would subconsciously tear him apart more than his S/O, if anything. That is, if he was to pursue punishment.

• He’d be sure to make his usual perverse remarks, doing anything to not seek out of the ordinary.

• As seen within his routes, he can switch whenever, keeping the Player and Yui on their toes. Expect that for his S/O.

• He’d keep more of an eye on his S/O, lest he becomes left in the past of his own ghosts and worries. It’ll all come in a full circle with Laito, with whatever he does, he knows to expect it to come back at him. Almost like karma.

Subaru:

• Subaru is quite aggressive. Just as an individual and how he can come off at times with his reactions and over the top emotional moments.

• So he wouldn’t take to it kindly with being placed in a position where he’s to be the jealous one.

• There’s two ways it can go. Either he’s flustered and embarrassed about feeling this type of way for his S/O, or he’s viscerally upset at the notion.

• As an individual, it depends on the situation and if he were to get physical with the person/object that is creating this feeling of jealousy within him.

• He’d subconsciously resent himself for feeling these emotions.

• As if someone like him didn’t have the right to even love, much less feel the need to have ownership over someone who didn’t feel the same way back.

• If he’s questioned about it by his S/O, he’d either respond with anger directed towards them for allowing it, or simply shut off and ignore their complaints/queries.

• Subaru tries to be complicit, but with his internal inferiority complex and hatred towards himself, it acts as a conduit for his conflicting feelings.

[yuikomorii]

// I’m making this post, as a result of seeing way too much hate and misinfo regarding every character. Nobody stops anyone from voicing their opinion but the need to degrade a character, while providing BAD reasons or stating incorrect/out-of-context facts about them only for the sake of internet validation, is such a loser move.

We’re all in this fandom to have fun and even if you have something negative to say about a character you don’t like, keep it to yourself or in private with your friends.

Ayato:

“I don’t like Ayato, he’s overrated”, omg you’re just sooo different! Definitely not like other girls/guys!

Everyone is allowed to dislike whatever they want but if Ayato is your least/one of your least favorite DL characters, then your opinion ISN’T valid. This is a franchise full of abusive characters and he’s literally the most heroic love interest. Why would you hate the hero…?

“He’s dumb and annoying”, says the person who spends their time insulting FICTIONAL characters. 1) Japanese fans like dumb characters, since they come off as endearing; 2) Ayato outdid everyone throughout the routes.

He did more good than all of his brothers and saying that X, Y or Z deserves the main role more, is fake fan behavior because at this point you’re just setting up your favs.

Kanato:

No, you’re not cool for calling him ugly. It’s okay if you’re not into that type of characters but his design is not bad at all.

“He had no development”, he does in CL. It’s not major but it can still be visible.

The whole Teddy thing might be annoying to some of you, but his fans get why he acts that way. Let’s not forget that he is a victim of neglect.

Yes, he was sexually exploited too. Don’t forget this x2.

Laito:

“I hate Laito so much, he was so cruel in HDB 😢”; stop living in the past and move on already.

His development shouldn’t be overlooked only because your opinion about him was formed on something that came out more than 10 years ago.

He’s still the most fascinating DL character and I get that he might make some of you feel uncomfortable but don’t project your triggers on a character that’s merely made after a trope.

Shu:

No, it’s not Shu’s fault for the way Reiji acted. Envy is never a good reason to hurt someone.

“Shu roasts the heroine the most!”, I get that it’s rude but his insults are actually funny?? A bunch of people will like him for being brutally honest or a jerk because it’s literally a game for players with masochistic fantasies. They WANT to be roasted by good-looking men. That’s the point.

“Shu is lazy and stupid, he’s the only one who failed his school year”, genuine question: If you were an immortal creature that doesn’t need food or sleep to survive, would you still care about grades? Besides, he’s really smart.

“Shu doesn’t care about Yuma, he just feels guilty”, in LE he sacrificed himself for him and reincarnated merely because he wished to meet Yuma again and get on well with him in another life—

Reiji:

“He hurt Shu and Yuma”, well yeah but he was shown plenty of times regretting it and trying to fix things. Stop reminding this to Reiji stans because that conflict is already closed.

“He is so mean in other routes”, obviously?? If you don’t teach him how to love, he won’t suddenly act nice towards anyone.

Without him Yui would fail her tests and the Sakamaki household would be in chaos.

Subaru:

“W-What do you mean baby Tsundere is not soft innocent virgin boy? 🥺”; he has never been like that, that’s how YOU perceived him. Stop acting so shocked every time Subaru does something bad because he’s still a vampire after all??

Also, why are so many people reducing his character to Kou and/or Yui—? He’s much more than that and has his own interests, struggles, likes, dislikes, and so on.

“He’s irrelevant”; Diabolik Lovers has 13 love interests, they can’t make everyone extremely important to the general plot. Just enjoy a character as it is, it’s not that hard.

Ruki:

The cat jokes were funny when the Meow Meow Vampire art came out but MOVE ON. I hate that scene and Ruki was in the wrong but come on now, that’s not even the worst thing he has done and MB happened in 2013.

I understand not liking Ruki as a person, because he’s mostly not a good one, but this doesn’t mean he’s not a good character.

“Ruki deserved what happened to him in the past because he was cruel towards everyone”; while I agree that Karma hit him, I wouldn’t say any child really deserves to go through that. He was just a spoiled brat, who most likely wasn’t taught by his parents about modesty or kindness.

Kou:

“He was so cruel in MB 😣”, and HE HAD DEVELOPMENT! He’s not the same anymore, nobody is.

“He overreacts”, sometimes he’s not in the wrong and has all rights to be angry.

Kou isn’t afraid of going against Ruki, even if he’s the brother he admires the most, as long as he knows that what Ruki is doing isn’t good.

Yuma:

“He beat Yui up in the MB bad ending!😡😡”, it’s a bad ending for a reason, lol.

Pretty reminder that Yuma always tries to help others with Kou and Azusa, and was even willing to save the ghouls in LE.

“Yuma doesn’t care about Shu”, did we play the same game or…?

Azusa:

“Azusa is so horrible, he threw Teddy in the fire!”; and he only did it to save Yui, it was not intentional.

While not all his actions are good, keep in mind that he never means any harm and is overall such a sweet guy.

“He is too clingy”; I know that might not be everyone’s cup of tea but is it really worth hating a character just for wanting affection?

The Tsukinamis and Kino:

“They were too easy to defeat in DF!”; Dark Fate wasn’t entirely about them to begin with. Most routes focused on the boys’ internal struggles with their trauma and how to move past it.

“Kino is sometimes mean for the sake of being mean”; it’s almost as if he’s the ✨villain✨

It’s dumb questioning the morals of characters supposed to have an antagonistic role.

“Kino hurt Ayato in LE”; out of all characters who have wronged Ayato, at least Kino felt bad and wanted to apologize.

Yui:

“She’s dumb and ugly”; Japanese fans literally love her for being an idiot because it wouldn’t be fun to see the heroine being the best at everything or not making mistakes at all. Plus, her design is definitely not ugly.

Stop creating your own version of Yui in your head and ending up disappointed when she doesn’t act the way you expect her to. No, Yui is not OOC for liking being bitten, having a low learning ability or saying things she shouldn’t in the wrong moments. Nobody is perfect and everyone has their own kinks and flaws.

“She’s too innocent”; she’s not?? If you really want to see her thirsty, go play Ayato’s routes, especially the heaven scenarios.

“She’s weak”, she’s the opposite. Yui is one of the most mentally strong DL characters.

I can’t understand people who hate on heroines when they’re present in all routes and are the most positive characters.

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Moni's Ships Ranking

Inspiration by @callmeklair and @its-irsaa-fyp

OK let's go with my ranking for all DL ships. All these ranking is my personal opinion and nobody have to be agree with it. So be respectful and don't impose your opinions to me. Thank you ^^

1_ Shu Sakamaki x Yui Komori

This ship is my comfort ship. From all stories even out of DL fandom. Their relationship is so adorable. Shu is so loyal to Yui. And he improved a lot just because of Yui. He learnt to love and care for people who are important to him. And even when Yui was blind Shu didn't give up on her and continues his love to her. He afraid of fire but jumped into fire to save Yui. And even in Ruki's lost eden bad ending Shu protected Yui after she lost her mental health. This man is great. His love to Yui is so adorable.

2_ Ruki Mukami x Yui Komori

I love Ruki so much and in my opinion he can be best boyfriend for Yui in some ways. Ruki and Yui both love books and I can see they spending their times on reading books and sharing their ideas together. Ruki really improved so much. When he found out that he doesn't want to be snake and he wants to love Yui and betrayed Karlheinz shows that he can change so much because of Yui. And I love how Ruki calls Yui Angel. Because she really is.

3_ Carla Tsukinami x Yui Komori

I guess you all see that I have a soft side for older brother T_T . Carla is Victorian king to me and I really love historical and Victorian stories. Even though Carla started very rough but we see how much he improved. He always said that Yui taught him kindness and I really adore their ship. Carla learned to Love just because of Yui.

4_ Subaru Sakamaki x Yui Komori

I think this ship is already enough popular. Both in Japanese and western fandom. After Shuyui this ship is second in Japan and I don't blame them. Subaru is so adorable and he really loves Yui to the point he can't live without Yui. His tsundere and soft side towards Yui always make me cry so loud T_T. Pure angel with another angel is best.

5_ Kino Sakamaki x Yui Komori

After reading lost Eden I suddenly trapped by Kino. He is just a cutie and he needs more attention by fandom. When he said he loves Yui even more than his own life I felt my heart was going crazy. He is my baby boy. And I love his ship with Yui.

6_ Yuma Mukami x Yui Komori

Baby bear with his tiny girlfriend. Shut up their relationship is God. They are so fucking adorable together I can't T_T and let's accept Yuma has saddest bad endings. Whenever he loses Yui, he apologize for failing to protect her. This boy is really angel and nobody can change my mind.

7_ Laito Sakamaki x Yui Komori

Let me be honest guys. I have a very big dirty mind and Laito's completes it so well. TBH I didn't like Laito's HDB route. It was too cruel for my baby girl Yui. But let's accept Laito improved almost more than all characters.

8_ Kou Mukami x Yui Komori

Well Kou is kinda like Laito. He was so sadistic at first. But he saw Yui as his blue sky and I adore it so much. If he tries more he can be a really good boyfriend.

9_ Shin Tsukinami x Yui Komori

My feelings towards them is a little complicated. I need to know them more but still I like them so much.

10_ Reiji Sakamaki x Yui Komori

Don't blame me. Reiji is always against my baby Shu so I can't love him that much. But his ship with Yui is so fucking hot. Really daddy.

11_ Azusa Mukami x Yui Komori

Azusa is literally an angel. I almost love him as much as I love Yui. But you know his ship with Yui is so soft and cute. I can't help my dirty mind but I need sexy ships more. Still in my personal opinion Azusa is the only one who really deserves Yui.

12_ Kanato Sakamaki x Yui Komori

Kanato is not my type. Most of the times he scares me and I think Yui has very hard time with him. Of course Kanato grows but poor Yui is really tired. I hope Kanato grows more.

13_ Ayato Sakamaki x Yui Komori

Sorry not sorry but I even don't ship Ayato with Yui. Because I don't like him. He always gets on my nerves and he is not really my cup of tea. I still respect his fans and I know he has a lot and I ask them to respect me too. I think rejet completely forgot about other boys and everything is about Ayato just because they wanna make him look popular and big????? Sorry but Ayato really doesn't need this attention by rejet. He already has enough attention and rejet is making other boys to be forgotten. I really don't like it. His personality is not my type. Sorry.

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My favorite DL routes!

Since I have finished all of the mainline DL games, I have decided to talk about my three favorite routes in each game. Of course, there will be spoilers for all of the games. There’s no particular order, they’re just my three favorites. Enjoy this!

HDB- Laito’s route was awful, but I loved it so much. It was so oppressive and atmospheric, and I couldn’t look away. I did want to strangle him at the end, but it’s fine.

     Shu- His route is chill, and is a nice break from all of the awfulness of the others. I’m not the biggest Shu fan, but I enjoy his story and his chill vibes.

      Reiji- As a teenager who got into DL through the anime, Reiji and Kanato were my favorites. The games kind of broke my impression of these two, and now they’re my least favorite Sakamakis. Reiji’s route starts out pretty horribly, as he whips, poisons, and berates Yui at every turn. However, Cordelia awakens, and there’s a sense of catharsis as she puts Reiji through the same pains. It’s quite satisfying for the player.

MB- Laito- His route is basically watching him as he goes into a mental health crisis because he realizes his abuse, and that what he thought was “love” wasn’t truly love. It’s interesting to see him spiral into a suicidal state, and he’s just a very tragic character. Like, I want to comfort him so bad. 

     Kou- Ah, another boy with sexual abuse in his past learning how to love. We love to see it. During this route, I was like “Oh, that sounds like something those awful aristocrats said”, and “Goddamnit, Kou.” I love the symbolism of the blue sky. 

     Yuma- Yuma Mukami is my favorite character. Yes, I want to kiss him (and more). Anyway, when I began this route, I didn’t expect it to be about ambition and dreams. I love how sweet he can be, and he’s so wonderful, especially at the end. I also love the scene where Yui pushes him into the bathroom before dinner. She was so intimidated by him at the beginning, but at the end, she was able to force him into the bathroom. 

DF- Ayato- This guy really grew on me. He’s so sweet in DF, and his character development is nice. They resurrected Cordelia and made us feel bad for her, which is insane. I love it so much.

      Ruki- There’s a lot that happens in this route, and this is the route that made me like Ruki a lot more. In MB, I didn’t care much for him, but now I do. Anyway, in this route, Kou and Ruki get into an argument regarding saving Yuma and Azusa from the Founders. Then, Shin manipulates Yui into giving him blood, and then Yui sacrifices herself in exchange for Azusa, and it’s so depressing. Ruki finally realizes his feelings and saves her. 

     Laito- Laito’s routes are pretty tragic, and this one is no exception. This one is about Laito having an existential crisis about losing Yui, and also dealing with certain revelations about Cordelia and Karlheinz. He needs restraining orders, but he’s also a tragic character who needs help. 

LE- Ruki’s route is surprisingly good, and now I understand why he got second place in the popularity poll. His backstory makes me reconsider my views on him, and I love how much he cares for his brothers.

     Shin surprised me. I didn’t really care for the Tsukinami brothers in DF, but even so, I enjoyed Shin’s route. Yes, there’s a few plot holes in Shin’s identity crisis, but it’s still an interesting story, so I don’t really care. 

     Yuma’s my favorite, and he doesn’t deserve any of the suffering that he goes through. Seriously, screw you, Kino. He’s such a sweetheart, and we really get to see the oppression of the ghouls in this route. He just wants to make the world a better place, and that’s wonderful. 

That’s all of them! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading my opinions on DL routes, and I wish you all a good day. 

[i-write-hurt-not-comfort]

Diabolik Lovers — A systematic review (sort of) of all the times the Diaboys cried in HDB, MB, DF, LE and CL

So, this (long) post is exactly what it says — it’s a count of all the times the Diabolik Lovers characters cry. Except Yui because she’s in every route and that would’ve made this a lot harder. It is excluding VC and LP as they are not story games and I don’t think they’d be crying over anything worth noting down.

I came up with this idea when I started my third year pharmacology dissertation which is a systematic review. The data extraction for this involves screening large numbers of papers for certain data, and I came up with the idea of doing this for the DL games and how many times the characters cry, since I was interested to see who cries the most (besides Kanato, obviously. I knew he’d come out on top by a long way before I even started.)

In order to do this properly, I needed an inclusion and exclusion criteria. Things to exclude are times other characters cried in the individual routes. I identified crying moments by Ctrl+F “cry” / “tears” / “cried” / “sob” / “snif��� so there’s a chance something will be missed, especially since some CGs which show crying don't describe the crying in the text. Sometimes it wasn’t clear if they were crying or if it was just implied, in which cases I checked the walkthrough if there was one to try and hear it and it was only included if I could hear something like crying. I also recorded a brief reason for why they were crying. It took a while at first but once I got into it, it was easy.

This list will contain mentions of all canon themes + spoilers. Thank you to all the translators who contributed to the game translations on Tumblr. Any excluded routes/parts due to lack of TL are listed. Here is the masterlist I used.

Here is a link to a Google docs file containing all the times they cried. And now I’m going to talk about what this data represents and the best way to interpret it!

So, we could take these numbers at face value. Below is the breakdown of the raw data (data before any analysis).

There’s obviously some bigger criers than others and to very little surprise Kanato is top. So let’s simplify this data and rank it.

Now, we could take this as the final rankings and I guess if you were counting who cries the most times overall, that’s your ranking. However, is this really a reliable way of ranking them?

It’s not, because each character is in a different number of games each. The Sakamaki’s are in 5 games, the Mukami’s are in 4, the Tsukinami’s are in 3, and Kino is only in two. So is it fair to compare say, Shin’s 1 cry in 3 games to Subaru’s 2 cries in 5 games? How do we know Shin wouldn’t have had a couple more cries if he’d been in more games?

On top of that, because of people’s routes not being translated fully, I may not have included some cries. For example, only 1/6 of Yuma’s LE is translated, so Yuma’s cry count is across 3.15 games, whereas Ruki for example has complete translations and therefore we’ve searched through all routes.

So let’s average that, and get “average cries per game”

In the real world of statistics, this data is pretty useless because each character cries different amounts of times. And I can’t really work any more averages such as which game includes the most cries per character because the data range is so large. Kanato skews the data massively, especially when Kanato and Subaru are both Sakamaki’s and Kanato has 31 cries (probably more, actually. I definitely missed some of them with the search terms) and Subaru only has 2.

But, here’s the new order.

In general, this order is best for comparing each character since it takes into account the different amount of content for each character. So, this is order is what I’ll be using to talk about it.

Again, Kanato having the most cries is really not surprising here. 6 cries per game is roughly one cry every 5 stories – with that said, excluding CL which he goes a bit loopy in (and it doesn’t help that he loses his memories), Kanato’s cries do go down from 8 per game in HDB to 4 in DF and LE each. So, does he get his shit together a bit? Maybe!

Now, Laito did surprise me with how many cries he had actually. He’s a bit of a cry baby, huh? With that said, it’s interesting how averaging out the games puts Azusa in our number 2 spot. I want to hug Azusa, a lot of his cries were really sad ;;

Kou doesn’t surprise me a lot either because he’s pretty unstable. But it did surprise me when I averaged out the games and Ruki kicked Shu out of the number 5 spot? Ruki comes off a lot as much more composed so it’s surprising to know he’s actually a bit of a softie when it comes to showing his feelings.

Shu has on average 1 cry per game which is pretty decent — actually listening to a lot of Shu’s cries are pretty gut wrenching because when he does cry, it’s for about 5 minutes straight.

After that, everyone has less than 1 cry per game. Reiji and Ayato seem to be pretty tough when it comes to crying, although the CGs where they do cry make me really sad.

Subaru having such a low cry count actually makes me pretty damn sad? There’s so many moments with Subaru where he so very close to crying and a couple of times I think it’s implied that he was or is going to be crying alone. But I wish he cried more y’know? He’s hurting a ton in a lot of these games and he should let it out ;;

Honestly what shocked me the most was that Shin actually cries once? Because holy shit, I was not expecting that to be honest. And with Carla and Kino… well, I’m not surprised at all.

That’s pretty much all I have to say here. I wrote this out instead of revising for my actual statistics exam on Tuesday. Don’t take this too seriously - I explained it's limitations and such in my discussion - and feel free to ask any questions <3

To top it all off, have some CGs of everyone crying.

And some Yui cries :) 

[spunkypigeon]

Your analyzes are really helpful and so valuable to the community. It was from your latest analysis of Reiji that I got motivated to research the boys more thoroughly and became very knowledgeable about behavioral issues. But as I replayed each HDB and MB route, I suddenly realized something.

Each of the brothers is very different, but they all seem to share a lot in common when it comes to punishment and obedience. Despite being raised by such different types of mothers, many of the brothers use one common control tactic - a "reward" for obedience or punishment for disobedience. Of course, some of them can take the reward as such, while others have it quite twisted. And it seems that this practice really works on Yui, because this way they train her to obey without a second thought so that she can to avoid the pain, but I got the impression that they didn't see it that way. For most of the development of Yui's "relationship" with one of the boys, this goes to an extreme and eventually she starts to lose the line between pain and pleasure and things get complicated. But I wonder if they are doing this to make her a masochist? As far as I am informed, a man cannot suddenly become a masochist, but is born with such a tendency, and over time, so to speak, learns to awaken it. Does this mean that Yui is actually really a masochist, and it's not just words when brothers say so?

Of course I know your focus is mainly Reiji and I have no idea if you've played any of the other routes to you know. Also, Reiji isn't as mentally screwed up as Cordelia's sons and he acts very carefully and thinks his actions out more than his brothers. But since you also mentioned this reward and punishment tactic, I would be very happy if you could give me your opinion on the subject.

This is a very astute observation! You are right with each brother engaging in Operant Conditioning (or punishment and reward) even though they each have different mothers; I don't think this is coincidental. From what we see of their mothers, it can be implied that the behaviour is learned - we predominantly see this with Cordelia and her general behaviour, but we also see this with Beatrix and Shuu (I would mention Christa but I feel I lack a thorough understanding of her character). From each of the brothers, to the mothers and by extension even the Mukamis, they all seem to exhibit this form of behaviour; the only way for this to occur [beyond coincidence] is for there to be an interlinking variable. In this case, our good friend Karlheinz - CEO of Beans, Means, Heinz.

From what we learn from Ayato's and Laito's routes, it's implied that Cordelia met Karheinz when she was young - in other words, he preyed on her for her blood, and for her heritage. This can imply that Cordelia may have, in fact, been groomed (for Karl's plan) - since it can be implied that he too engages in the punishment and reward system. This is mainly theoretical, however, from Cordelia's extensive collection of fine jewellery - that, (if I'm right) come from Karlheinz (and can even be implied to be 'love bombing'). We know that Cordelia becomes self-destructive and abusive when she isn't with Karl, possibly implying that his time and gifts act as the "reward" - whereas him marrying Beatrix, Christa and generally discarding Cordeila acts as the "punishment". Cordelia possibly learned her behaviour from Karl and imprinted it onto her children - a sort of "cause and effect" if you will - whereas I've implied Beatrix to suffer from some form of generational trauma; though Karl may have also [possibly] used Operant Conditioning on Beatrix, and Christa, too.

And yes, you're right - some brothers are generous with the rewards and do something that actively makes Yui happy, such as Ayato, Azusa and Kou. However, brothers such as Laito, Kanato and Reiji present a more twisted version of 'reward' - such as Laito forcing himself on Yui [in basically every chapter let's be real] or Kanato wanting to turn Yui into a wax corpse - but that's heavily due to their response to their trauma.

You're also right about Yui being easily 'trained' via Operant Conditioning. However, I think this is a precaution - a means to demonstrate complete and utter control - and like I've mentioned with Reiji, he spares no time in enforcing that; meaning that he's likely done this hundreds of times before (and most likely so have the others). In other words, the Operant Conditioning may just be a standard routine among the brothers. I do like your interpretation that they're doing this so that Yui can avoid their punishments - it definitely puts them in a more sentimental light (and I appreciate that you've read it like this). For characters like Subaru, Shuu, Ayato (and even Kanato) I can definitely see this interpretation - as punishing Yui is more trouble than it's worth; they want her to behave and do exactly as they want.

However, for characters like Reiji and Laito, they particularly enjoy pushing Yui around, they enjoy making her slip up so they can punish her. I see this as more of a demonstration of power and control - as well as a boost to their ego. Reiji and Laito are two characters that lacked control and authority in their childhood - implying that their actions towards Yui are possibly a way to achieve that. For characters such as these, I don't belive that they want Yui to avoid pain in the beginning. Throughout the mid-way section and the end of their respective routes, they don't delight in Yui's pain - it's only in the beginning, and I think this is due to their trauma-response. In other words, the abused become the abuser - they delight in Yui's pain because she feels a physical manifestation of their mental/emotional pain. It's sadism at its most ironic.

So yes, I agree with you on that front - I don't think they see Yui's 'training' in a pet-like way - instead I believe it's a fail-safe. It's a way for each brother to be in complete control, while having the security that Yui can't escape, act out or leave them. At the end of the day, each brother values and desires affection and acceptance - using this form of control over Yui guarantees that. It's a twisted way for them to garner the emotional security they need.

However, I don't believe that any of the brothers use Operant Conditioning to actively or purposefully make Yui a masochist. From what I know, researched and from my own experiences, no one is born a sadist or a masochist. Instead, I believe it to be a learned response. Sadism and masochism are responses to pain - I don't believe people are intrinsically born to enjoy pain - it's called 'pain' for a reason. However, and this is drawn upon my own experiences, I believe that sadism and masochism arise from the exposure to suffering.

If you're exposed to constant and unyielding pain, there's only a small selection of responses to choose from. You can't run from it, you can't hide from it - fighting it only makes it worse - therefore, the only way to deal with the relenting pain is to accept it, tolerate it...enjoy it. I touch on this in my MB analysis regarding Azusa and Yui (and how Azusa is a "dark parallel" to Yui regarding this exact topic). Since the female brain doesn't full mature until mid-twenties, I can afford to take some liberties regarding Yui.

When you're exposed to heavy abuse and physical abuse as a child, your brain does funny things. Now, I'm only talking from my own experiences - so any other views on this are greatly appreciated. But like I said, when you're exposed to pain at a young age, your brain tries to rationalise it and find an effective response. If it's constant, unyielding and inescapable, you can either fight it - and in some cases, make it worse - or you can accept it. When you're a child, or a young adult, you're constantly told the message that you should enjoy life; that you have nothing to sad about or anything worth crying over. Notice how I used the word: enjoy. This is intentional because this is where the brain begins to warp. So, instead of crying about the pain, you instead learn to see the positives - that whoever's inflicting the pain is giving you 'special treatment' for example. This is what we see with Azusa and his attachment to Justin.

People inflict pain because they want to see you suffer; from how my brain responded to that, the only way to combat that is to enjoy it. Once the pain's over - or it's finally stopped for good - that sentiment doesn't go away; instead it finds something to latch onto. Think of your brain as one big circuit board, and the masochism as a cord. Once the pain stops for an extensive period, that cord becomes unplugged - and another cord is plugged in its place; the circuit board fills up. The masochism is still there, the cord hasn't disappeared; it's dangling, and it needs something to latch onto. Once you grow older, your brain develops more plugs, more sockets for different cords and branches that need to be filled in - one of those plugs is sexuality. Now obviously, sadism and masochism aren't intrinsically sexual, they are both sexual and non-sexual: the sexual being self-explanatory and the non-sexual being oriented around amusement - again, it's irony being displayed in its most painful form. But I digress, once sexuality opens itself up to the brain - like with Yui - the unplugged cord of masochism has a socket to wire itself into.

The point I'm getting at is that I believe masochism - and Yui's masochism - to be a trauma-response. It acts as a way for her to 'deal' with the pain - however, since her brain is underdeveloped, her mentality surrounding it warps and distorts. The line between pain and pleasure does become blurred. In other words, it can be implied that Yui's masochism (and Azusa's) are coping mechanisms that have become warped and distorted over time.

Note that Yui never starts the game(s) as a masochist. If anything, she hates the pain. Yet by the end of the game, she is a masochist. She's masochistic due to the severe mental stress she's under and the vile abuse she endures - and her brain can't revert back due to the extent of the distortion. Routes such as Reiji's and Laito's hinge on Yui's mentality unravelling; becoming fragile and mouldable - this is how the masochism is able to infiltrate, it's a coping mechanism (but instead of being able to abandon it, it's latched onto another part of her brain, her sexuality).

Furthermore, when the brothers refer to Yui as a masochist, it could be implied to be an exaggeration, a way to riddle Yui's mind with stress, denial and self-doubt. In other words, it could be implied that they're gaslighting her to sow doubt and make her more susceptible to their mental manipulation. Additionally, it could be implied that they're enforcing masochism onto Yui so that they can enact their own sadism onto her without any complications - to make her a 'willing victim' if you will. In essence, the brothers could call Yui a masochist in order to imprint their own views and needs onto her - sadism and masochism is the giving and receiving of pain. It can be implied that the brothers' sadistic tendencies act as an outlet for their trauma; they need a recipient to take the pain they're giving - that being Yui. However, the brothers' sadism and Yui's masochism doesn't match up.

The brothers begin their routes revelling in Yui's pain, yet they don't end their routes with the same sentiment. Yui, however, starts the routes trying to escape the pain, only to yield to it - and by the end of the route, revel in it. And I'm not just strictly talking about her own pain either. In Reiji's HDB manservant ending, we see Yui delight in the pain and subservience of others. She gains control over Reiji, in which she belittles and emasculates him, all while playing the role of 'Cordelia' - and in Kanato's HDB manservant ending, we see Yui brutally (and sadistically) murders the other brothers, revelling in the affection she believes she'll get because of it. In essence, sadism and masochism are learned responses or coping-mechanisms (gone wrong), but that's just my opinion.

You're also right, Reiji isn't as screwed up as the triplets, and he does think out his every move - painstakingly so. The only other brother I'd say who comes close is Laito,since they're both highly manipulative and predominately enforce Operant Conditioning - with Reiji’s focus being on control and Laito's being on sex. When Yui behaves, they each reward her in non-material ways - for Laito, it's sex or physical affection, and for Reiji, it's remedies when Yui's sick, her favourite meals etc. What they both 'reward' Yui with is their vulnerability. In other words, manipulative characters like Reiji, Laito, Ruki and Carla enforce Operative Conditioning to gain the comfort of control; only once that boundary is established do they 'mellow'. In other words, the need for punishment and reward is a basis wherein the brothers can build a relationship that they can thrive in.

[diabolik-lovers-things]

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ FIRST POST ⋆⭒˚｡⋆

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hello !! i'm a long time lurker here at tumblr, but it's been a while since i posted/made any new sideblogs. you can call me anna ! i'm a girl obv, and also a minor [16-18] so pls don't be creepy !!

i recently got into diabolik lovers and watched the first season of the anime as well as gameplay of haunted dark bridal. if it's not obvious, my favourite character is kanato !! i haven't been very involved with the fandom yet but i see a lot of hate for him which is sad :(

more about this blog -- my main fandom is diabolik lovers !! i'm no artist and barely a writer, but i can make memes, headcanons, quotes and things like that !! as well as rambles and stuff about the series. i'm not interested in any characters other than yui and the sakamaki brothers, so if you expect content for anyone else from me i'm sorry to let you down.

i'll add some more stuff abt me below :}

fandoms ::

-- diabolik lovers [obv]

-- danganronpa

-- hetalia

-- doki doki literature club

-- yandere simulator

-- future diary

-- omori

-- higurashi when they cry

-- mystic messenger

-- shiki [second best vampire anime after DL imo]

hobbies ::

-- writing [kinda? procrastination is my worst enemy hhhhhhh]

-- cycling

-- learning abt history//geography

-- listening to music [brb js gonna look for a kanato playlist]

-- making fun of americans

-- baking

my fav music artists/bands ::

-- marina (and the diamonds)

-- melanie martinez

-- mitski

-- kikuo

-- lana del rey

-- abba

my fav authors ::

-- agatha christie

-- donna tartt

-- fyodor dostoevsky

my ranking of DL boys ::

-- kanato is obv number one, i rly love his more feminine design and i believe we need more characters that look like him in media. maybe bc my type is more feminine boys but idk. i love his personality asw he's batshit insane and needs immediate professional help. underrated

-- subaru is a surprising one for me, as i often forgot he existed while watching the anime but his route in hdb was rly cute and he's such a tsun tsun which is adorable

-- a few yrs ago reiji was EXACTLY my type and i still appreciate his character archetype quite a lot. he's also one of the meanest of the brothers i love that abt him (i would cry on the spot if he scolded me)

-- shu is pretty cute and i rly like his personality as well. he also has his weird moments like everyone else but i think he had the closest thing to a healthy relationship w yui so that's cool. he's also super relatable

-- laito was actually my second favourite before hdb, but holy fucking shit is his route messed up. the anime did NOT do a good job portraying how deranged this man is. i still like him but his constant horniness and raging misogyny [more so than the others] are huge turnoffs

-- ayato was always pretty low on the list, and after seeing his route my opinion didn't change much. i don't dislike anything in particular abt him, he's just not the type of character i usually like. i don't rly like him with yui either for that reason, so yeah

other ::

-- i rly wanna travel to a lot of places

-- i'm a huge planner when it comes to things, but when the time comes i never follow the plan i spent so much time on,,,

-- i love cats !!

-- i think i'm aroace but i might be biromantic

-- my fav type of weather is cold//rainy//snowy weather

-- my fav food is schnitzel and my fav dessert is crêpes [also my fav fruit is apples]

-- i love making ocs

DNI list ::

-- racists//xenophobes

-- misogynists

-- homophobes

-- pedos//other weirdos of that type

-- furries

-- incels

-- yandev supporters//apologists

-- kanato haters//yui haters

-- people younger than 13//older than 30

-- rhythm game fans

-- 4chan users

-- twitter users

that's it for now !! ty for reading this far <3

[dialovers-translations]

I don't know if I'm allowed to 'ask' things like this, but I don't know anyone who plays DL and I just have to say it;

I know Rejet ain't the best on consistency, but I've discovered a pet peeve: Yui's ability to play chess.

HDB Kanato Dark 3: Yui clearly says she knows how to play chess, as she played a lot with her father and he taught her.

Dark Fate Ruki Maniac 3: "I don't know the rules very well" 😡✊️

She said it in someone else's route in the newer games as well... Laito's or Kou's, I can't remember.

Wondering how they could write 6 games with this girl and not know her interests 😶

Oh, the answer to your question is very easy!

The games are not written by one person. There's many different writers working on each game, which may not even be the same from one game to another.

And even within the same game, the routes are divided amongst several people. Heck, we don't even know if one route is written from start to finish by the same writer or if there's multiple people working on it as well.

This issue could be solved with clear communication, but we don't know how many people in total we're talking about, so these kind of 'trivial' details might not be discussed and therefore left to personal interpretations of each individual writer, which can easily lead to conflicting information.

[faeiapalette]

Ayato didn’t deserve that treatment whether you like that or not. His brothers were the ones lighting the fuse. I’m not even a fan of the Sakamaki’s but I wholeheartedly agree with everyone that hates that route cuz I wouldn’t like my bias to go through that.

The Mukami’s were assholes for belittling the Sakamaki’s. How would you feel if someone did that to you? It’s wrong no matter if they knew or didn’t know. Don’t just jump into conclusions and then say “oopsy, didn’t know”

Ayato really is the main guy bffr that’s canon already. I don’t like Young blood in the slightest but he’s the only one that ate that damn fig. He was more obsessed than others with Yui/MC’s blood because of that fig curse and that made sense with his hdb and mb routes.

Reiji is the only misunderstood one, Laito Ruki and Kanato are fairly treated.

You complained about Shu calling Reiji a nitpicker when Reiji insults him on a daily basis????Some personal opinions should be kept to yourself. 💀💀

AHAHAHA I KNEW SMO IS GOING TO MISS THE POINT AND SHOVE WORDS IN MY MOUTH AFTER THAT OPINION POST 😂🥹 BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MY WHOLE LIFE 👏 1. 💀 Girlie all i did was speaking my personal, non-biased, objective opinion out loud, about “how i analyzed how all the S routes work and that’s why it has to be that way” 🤣 I was just bored with how all the explanations for “Ayato’s LE route is bad” i heard was “it’s not fair” so i added my own. 😌 Didn’t say your opinion doesn’t matter tho. Just that i found it subjective and monotone. 2. Like i said above, that statement you said was one-way ^^. You just disregarded their whole point of views and embraced only the S boy’s perspective, didn’t you realized?

Oh and i did try to walk in the shoes of both the S clan and M clan, and i understand both of their perspective. (And just to clear your misunderstanding i’m no covering for the Mukami at all 😂 Just trying to explain why the opinion i corrected was ☝️)

3. Wow. So the same thing didn’t happen to the 5 other S boys in their MB routes. You’re so right girl. So right. 4. You sure? I just read one post clearing misunderstandings about Laito 10 minutes ago and a Kanato stan just commented under my post. 5. You’re putting word in my mouth ^^. Was it sound like i was complaining? I wasn’t pulling hates on Shu nor Reiji tho, just implied that Reiji was a bit rigid in that cd ss => pros : he’s a gentleman with ethics and cons: that might affect his way of calculating strategies. Battling needs flexibility. In conclusion, it was just you and your anger about my main post making you see my other post as a threat too ^^.

[fruit-of-infidelity]

♱  DIABOLIK LOVERS: Haunted Dark Bridal ー Sakamaki Kanato | Ecstasy 5½  ♱

⌜ Scene: Kanato's Bedroom ⌟

Yui: Yaawn…

( Pwah, Kanato-kun’s fast asleep against me… )

Looks like I spent the night in his room again…

( Hehe, he’s snoozing away, all curled up with Teddy. )

( Even after waking up here so many times, it still makes me nervous in the best way… to be sharing a bed so closely, like this. )

( It feels so intimate, even on the nights that nothing like that happens. )

Hmm…

( I’ll try and rest my eyes just a little more, while I can. )

Wha…!

… …

Kyaa!!

( Over there!! Are those… )

Kanato: …I hope you have a good excuse for waking me up.

If it wasn’t because of Teddy falling to the floor, what could possibly make you so distressed at an hour like this, Yui-san?

Yui: K-Kanato-kun…

Kanato: Now you have taken to whispering, after just screaming your head off? Maybe sewing your mouth shut isn’t such a bad idea, after all…

Yui: I-I’m sorry, but, j-just over there…

Kanato: On that wall over there?

Yui: Can you see it too? A-Are those…

Eyes in the dark!?

Kanato: …Are you stupid?

Yui: E-Eh? You’re not alarmed…?

ー Kanato flicks his lamp on. ー

Kanato: It’s nothing more than a painting, obviously.

Yui: Wha…

( Turns out Kanto-kun’s right, it is a painting, after all… )

( Has that been there this whole time? )

I… I’m sorry, I guess I never noticed it before…

( Uu… But it’s so creepy, seeing such bright, green eyes following me… )

Kanato: …Hey, did you feel like you were being watched just now?

Yui: A little…

Kanato: Fufu, then it isn’t only me.

Do you know why that might be? Take another look at the woman in that painting, please. You can surely figure it out?

Yui: That… woman?

( Could it be unsettling because… )

━─┉┈◈ Selection ◈┈┉─━

　　❈  You know that woman? Yui: If you knew this woman… Wouldn’t that be why? It feels like she is watching you, even though she isn’t here with you? Kanato: In some ways, she is. Yui: Eh? Kanato: …Nothing. That isn’t the reason I was thinking; Should I spell it out for you?

　　❈  That woman is dead…? (♥) Yui: ( Considering it looks like an old painting… ) Could she have passed away? So, it feels… uncanny, seeing her like this? Kanato: Exactly… It is unsettling to feel watched from someone beyond the grave. Yui: ( Why does he have to stare at me when he says that…? ) Kanato: …Although, that isn’t the only reason.

━━─┉┈┈◈◉◈┈┈┉─━━

Kanato: You see, Yui-san? That woman is none other than my Mother.

Yui: Really?

( I guess Kanato-kun does look similar to her, in some ways… )

Kanato: Although she has since departed physically from this world, it is very much like she is still here… In more ways than one, fufufu.

Yui: Ah, Kanato-kun… I’m sorry for your loss.

Kanato: …Do you know how she died?

Yui: I wouldn’t know…

Kanato: Matricide.

Yui: E-Eh…!? You mean, sh-she…

Kanato: She was murdered by her own sons, yes.

Yui: ( S-Surely Kanato-kun had no part in that…? )

Kanato: Fufu, are you frightened to know that? 

Yui: I-It’s…

( I don’t want to linger on this topic any longer! )

W-Well… it’s a beautiful painting to remember her by, at least.

Kanato: Changing the subject…

You have an annoying habit of that. Although, this one time, I’ll forgive you for it.

It is a lovely painting… It captures her well, especially her eyes. It is ironic, though, that its painter is quite the black sheep amongst her sons.

Yui: When you say “her sons”… One of you painted this?

Kanato: Sakamaki Ryuuto did.

Yui: ( I’m only now learning, that Ryuuto-san is so closely related to Kanato-kun!? )

Kanato: He was the only one of her sons that had no part in her death.

In fact, I believe he attempted to save her…

Yui: ...!!

W-Well… She was your guys’ mother…

Kanato: …Yes. She was.

⌜ Monologue ⌟

When I mentioned Ryuuto-san’s maternal bond, Kanato-kun looked incredibly irritated; Can he truly not fathom such a feeling, Of putting everything on the line for family? If not for his own Mother… Would he do that for anyone, at all? Would Kanato-kun do that for me…?

✥ TO BE CONTINUED ✥

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[carlatsukinamistolemyhamsandwich]

Actually while I’m on this topic, in terms of diaboys I could see turning you even if you’d expressly told them you wanted to stay human, I would say Laito is hands down the most likely candidate (in fact I’m pretty sure he admits to trying to turn Yui towards the start of his DF route but it’s been a while since I played it). It might be hard to get him to form genuine attachments but good luck getting rid of him once he has.

Shuu is another character I could see doing this if you’ve managed get him attached to you, driven by the memory of losing Edgar.

Kanato would potentially but with him there’s a chance you’ll just end up as a doll (or worse have your soul put into a stuffed animal like in one of his HDB endings).

In terms characters least likely to turn you against your will, that would have to be Subaru and Carla. Carla because he’s dying himself so there’s actually a good chance you’ll outlive him and Subaru because it’d make him see himself as even more of monster.

With Shin... I think there are circumstances where he would do this but if I did a proper most to least list, I’d actually put him closer to the bottom than the top. If I were to write to story that involved this trope, I think initially I’d have him agree to keep his S/O human, only to have Carla die on him suddenly and then watch his S/O nearly die right in front of him. At that point, it’d hit him 1) just how fragile his S/O is (which he sort of knew beforehand but to witness it firsthand is another thing) and 2) that if his S/O had died, how alone he’d be. After that, he might start to revise his opinion on letting them stay human.

Alternatively if he ever ended up sealed in Banmaden with his S/O, he’d one hundred percent make them immortal if he was able, rather than being trapped by himself.

I think one of the reasons why I’m not a big fan of the plot of the Daylight CDs is because while the idea of an immortal knowing their mortal S/O is going to die before them with no way to save them is angsty, that’s sort of all there is to it. Like the immortal either goes mad with grief or accepts they’ll have a finite time with their S/O and tries to make the best of it.

What I personally find much more interesting, is an immortal/mortal relationship where the mortal has clearly stated they don’t want to end up immortal like their S/O (maybe they don’t like the idea of losing their humanity, or maybe they don’t want to have to watch all of their friends die before them), only for the immortal to decide they’d rather have their S/O alive and hating them than have them dead so they make them immortal anyway.

There’s just so much to explore in story like that, as obviously the mortal-now-turned-immortal has a very good reason to hate their S/O and want nothing to do with them… but on the otherhand, it’s very likely their S/O is the only person who can help them navigate this new existence and who they won’t have to watch age and wither away.

You could also have a situation where the mortal doesn’t even like the immortal to begin with but the immortal figures that with enough time they’ll come around, regardless of whether it takes 5 years or 500.

I don’t know, there’s just something about “I love you so much but not enough to let you go” that makes me want to dive deep and explore it.

Plus this trope works insanely well with yandere!DL characters

[yuikomorii]

How would you rank each Yui from all of the game's?

// LET’S GO!

1. Dark Fate: Wasn't the sharpest, but was generally proactive, sometimes even more than certain Diaboys. I really enjoyed how she was supportive and generally very lovely. :3

2. More Blood: Dumb bitch (in the cute way). I believe her strongest version was there. I liked how we saw a different side of Yui. Even if said side was flawed, that made her more relatable imo. I was proud of her for fighting for the Diaboys' hearts. The dedication was admirable.

3. Lunatic Parade: It's been a while since I've gone through LP, but I remember her being such a sweetheart and adorable. ;w;

4. HDB: I liked how she was a bit sassy, which made her funny, yet kept being really kind and caring. However, she’s so low because I didn’t really like what she became in Laito’s and Kanato’s routes. I know this wasn’t her fault but seeing characters break makes me sad.

5. Vandead Carnival: I found her a little bit too stiff in most routes… Maybe that was because some Diaboys didn’t really allow her to make her own decisions. Regardless, I enjoyed her.

6. Lost Eden: Dumb bitch (in the bad way). Justified Karl’s actions, tried to convince Ayato that his abuser cared for him, revealed Carla’s secret to the antagonist, talked ill behind her lover’s back more than once, justified Ruki planning Ayato’s murder, knew Seiji wanted to annihilate all demons but still thought of choosing him over Subaru, and more. All she did in that game was either make matters worse or act like an emotional support.

7. Chaos Lineage: I feel bad for ranking this version the lowest, but I can’t imagine her being more boring than that. At the very least, in LE she was somehow entertaining to watch, but in CL she’s just even more predictable than usual.

[bloodwaltz]

rewatching hdb again... imagine how popular kanato would be if he didn't look like a toddler yuki kanji sounds so good

[ayatosschlong]

Vampire!Yui au where she k*lls all the boys and walks out of the room wiping their blood off her mouth and her hair is a mess and boss bitch by doja cat is playing bc she's just that powerful