Sayori

Name: Dante
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Other Characters: Asriel Dreemurr

Character Name: Sayori
Series: Doki Doki Literature Club
Timeline: Post-death
Canon Resource Link: Wiki link to Sayori (suicide warning for the video on that page)
Wiki link for Doki Doki Literature Club
Character History:

(Warning: This app contains references to depression and suicide.)

The day starts off as normal as ever, with a girl chasing after a boy before they head off to school.

That girl is Sayori, the protagonist's childhood friend and neighbor. She catches up with him, after oversleeping yet again, and they walk to school together. Sayori asks the protagonist if he's thought about joining a school club yet, and he says he's not interested. She says that he promised her he'd join a club, and then lectures him on how she's worried that he'll have no social skills if he just stays home playing video games and watching anime. She then makes him agree to look at some clubs, and he gives in, much to her delight.

The school day ends, and Sayori finds the protagonist spacing out in an empty classroom. After checking on him, she shyly suggests that the protagonist comes to the Literature Club. The protagonist notes that Sayori is the Literature Club's Vice-President, and that she's probably only a part of it because starting a club sounded fun, instead of having any real dedication to literature. He shoots the idea down immediately, and she confesses that she promised to bring a new member to the club. He scolds her for making promises she can't keep, and she bribes him with some cupcakes that one of the club members made. The protagonist reluctantly agrees.

Sayori takes him to the Literature Club room, and then happily announces him as the new member before he even agrees to officially join. Sayori gives him a brief introduction to the club members, Yuri and Natsuki. Then Monika, the club President, appears to greet the protagonist. The protagonist takes some time getting to know each member and their interest in literature. Yuri and Natsuki discuss their preferences in literature genres, while Monika points out that Natsuki likes writing about cute things, and that she found a poem that Natsuki was working on. Natsuki angrily interrupts her before she can reveal what it is, and then Monika decides that everyone should work on poems to share as a daily club assignment. The protagonist protests that he didn't agree to be a member yet, much to the girls' disappointment. After seeing how sad they all look, he finally agrees to join. Everyone is delighted, and the meeting ends.

The next day, all the club members gather to share their poems. Natsuki expresses some doubt that the protagonist will take them seriously since he wasn't originally interested in joining clubs, but Sayori reassures her, saying that as long as he's having fun he'll work hard. She says that he even helps her with cleaning her room and cooking. He's quick to point out that her messy room is distracting, and that she almost set her house on fire while cooking. Yuri admits that she's a little jealous of their friendship, before Sayori says they could become good friends too, making Yuri and the protagonist both feel awkward. Sayori is oblivious to the implication of her comment.

As the protagonist spends more time in the Literature Club, he ends up seeing Sayori's problem-solving skills at work. He hears her offering suggestions to Monika how they can attract potential new members to their event at the school festival, such as offering food to draw attention to their club. When Yuri and Natsuki get into a fight over their writing styles, Sayori smooths over their conflict by telling them that they're both talented, unique, and she wants them both to get along. During one of their walks home, Sayori worries that the protagonist might not like her friends. He reassures her that's not it, and she tells him that him getting along with everyone is what would make her the happiest. She seems clueless to the idea that he may want a romantic relationship with one of the club members.

The club members continue to share poems, and make festival preparations. During one meeting, Sayori tries to trick the protagonist into paying to get a snack for her from the vending machine. He's not fooled, and calls her out on it, to which she confesses her guilt. Sayori then pleads with Yuri, who was listening in, to make the protagonist give her some money. Yuri tells her that she should only buy what she can afford, and the protagonist tells Yuri that Sayori knows what she's doing - she's the one who told the club members she was bringing the protagonist before he even knew. Natsuki comes in, throwing a cookie at Sayori. Before Sayori notices Natsuki, she thinks a miracle happened and the mysterious cookie came from nowhere. She thanks Natsuki, giving her a hug. As it turns out, this is a trick too, as she bites into Natsuki's cookie while hugging her and runs off.

As the day goes on, Sayori is tasked with getting some drawing and poster supplies from one of the empty classrooms. She drags the protagonist along, skipping and humming the way there. Inside the classroom, Sayori gets distracted by a box of crayons while the protagonist tries to find the other supplies. She ends up accidentally hitting her head on a shelf and hurts herself. The protagonist fusses over her, while she tries to make a lighthearted joke about looking like a unicorn with a growing bump on her head. The protagonist buys an apple juice from the vending machine, so that Sayori can use it like an ice pack. She ends up partially drinking it before realizing she's supposed to use it for her head. Sayori brings up that when they were younger, the protagonist would try to take care of her whenever she got hurt too. She asks him if things will be this way forever, and he tells her he hopes so, since he can't see her changing. She seems happy with his answer, and he helps her back to the Literature Club room.

The next day, the protagonist finds Sayori spacing out, and lacking her usual cheerful energy. She insists she's fine, and for the protagonist to go talk to the other club members. He finds her sudden change in behavior weird, and goes to Monika about it. He tells her that she always comes to him with her problems, but this time she's being dismissive towards him. Monika points out that he might be the reason behind her behavior change, and goes to talk to Sayori. He can't hear what Monika tells her.

During the poem exchange, if the protagonist has been constantly writing poems that appeal to Sayori, she gets upset at him. She wonders why he's writing specifically for her, instead of getting closer to the other club members. He tells her that it's easier to write when he's thinking about her, and that she's the most exciting thing in his life. She breaks down crying, saying she doesn't deserve it, as he tries to find a way to help her feel better. Eventually, she shakes it off, smiles cheerfully and tells him it's nothing. She says she's going home early because she doesn't feel well, leaving the protagonist with the other club members. The protagonist has to choose whether to help Yuri or Natsuki with festival preparations over the weekend.

As the weekend passes, the protagonist notices that Sayori hasn't contacted him at all. With their last conversation weighing on his mind, he goes over to her house and up to her room. He finds her there, and tells her that he was checking up on her. She calls herself weak for accidentally expressing her feelings and making the protagonist worry about her. She then says that the world is punishing her by having him come over, and he demands that she tells him what happened to her. She confesses to having severe depression, and that he's just seeing it for the first time. It's why she's always oversleeping, because she can't find a reason to get out of bed or do anything. She says that people putting effort into caring about her is painful because she sees herself as worthless, and that she'd just rather spend her time making everyone else happy and get along instead of letting anyone else care or think about her. She also confesses that watching the protagonist grow closer to the other club members, which should have made her happy, was painful too. She starts to cry, telling him that she's selfish and horrible for wanting things to stay as they always were. She continues to tear herself down for being weak, worthless, and selfish, until the protagonist hugs her and tells her he cares about her. She pleads for him not to, and tells him that she doesn't understand her feelings and it's scary. He tries to cheer her up by telling her he'll spend the festival with her, and she agrees with some uncertainty. They part ways, so the protagonist can meet up with Yuri or Natsuki.

After a day of helping prepare for the festival, Yuri or Natsuki leaves the protagonist's house. Sayori interrupts the moment the protagonist has with Yuri or Natsuki, before they go home. Sayori says that her imagination was being mean to her, and that's why she came over to see for herself just how much fun the protagonist was having with the other club members. She starts to cry, saying that she's happy he's making friends with the other club members. She then confesses that it feels like her heart is splitting in half, and how everything hurts. She says it would be easier if she could disappear, so the protagonist wouldn't have to waste sympathy on her. The protagonist tries to reassure her, but she tells him that she's afraid that she might like him more than he does her. He tells her that he knows what's best for her, and what she needs the most from him, even if she doesn't understand her own feelings.

At that point, he confesses he loves her. They embrace, and Sayori expresses despair that his confession isn't making her feel any less sad. He tries to reassure her again that it'll take time, and that the festival will be their first date. She says she doesn't want to think of it like that, even if they are a couple now. She asks if this is the best thing for her, and that him telling her that he loved her felt like a bunch of thorns. She seems unsure of her own feelings, but wants to trust him that he knows what she needs. They part ways and the protagonist is unsure how he can help Sayori with her depression.

On the day of the festival, the protagonist tries to get ahold of Sayori. She doesn't answer her phone or her door, and he goes to the club without her. There, he meets Monika and she shows him the poems that everyone will be performing for their literature event. They all seem normal until he gets to Sayori's, which is just "get out of my head" written over and over. Unnerved by the "poem", the protagonist races home to go get Sayori. He goes to her house and up to her room, only to find her lifelessly hanging by the neck from a noose attached to the ceiling. Her fingertips covered in blood.

As the protagonist experiences shock, horror, and grief over Sayori's suicide, Monika takes matters into her own hands... and soon, Sayori is nothing more than a forgotten bad dream.

Abilities/Special Powers: Sayori is a typical, clumsy, high school student.
Third-Person Sample:

"Aaaah, it's so cute!"

Sayori's delighted squeal can almost be heard from down the street, as she suddenly stops and presses her face against a store window. It looks like a toy store, judging by how many plushies are on display. However, despite how cute they all look and how much Sayori wants to take them all home, she zeros in on one in particular. A big, fluffy, baby penguin plush. She hasn't even touched or looked at it up close yet and she can already tell it's soft and squishy.

"I gotta have it..." she mumbles to herself, opening up her purse to check how much money she has left. Much to her disappointment, she only find a few coins and some scrap paper with some ideas for new poems written on them. Not nearly enough for a toy, she thinks, unless she can pay in poems. That idea actually sounds pretty fantastic, but sadly, not something that's likely going to happen today. She gives the plush penguin a sad face. She wants it so much... but if her friend were here right now, he'd probably say something mean and scold her about spending all of her money on snacks instead of saving up. She loves snacks just as much as she likes cute toys though, so how could she even pick between them?

... She wonders if she can plead with him to get it for her. There's no way he'd come to a store like this unless she tricked him into it somehow. It's definitely more of a Sayori store, maybe even a Natsuki store, though she thinks Natsuki wouldn't be caught dead here either. Maybe she could ask him to go on a walk with her, and then lead him here? She can put on her best sad face, telling him that this little penguin plush would be lonely without her as a friend. She can just see it in its face, it's begging to go home with her!

She turns on her heels and starts to walk home, cheerfully humming as she concocts the rest of her plan to get that penguin.

First-Person Sample:

Hi Wonderland!

[A girl's cheerful face fills up the screen, with her smiling brightly.]

I can talk to everyone on this, right? Hello, everyone! I have a question for you! I'm working on a new poem, but I'm really stuck on new ideas. I was thinking... maybe writing about favorite holidays? But then I realized that I don't really have a favorite holiday to write about, so maybe you could tell me what holidays are your favorites instead!

I look forward to hearing everyone's answers, eheh!