Doki Doki Literature Club: Podcast Project!
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Monika is noted by the other characters to be smart, beautiful, confident and athletic. She's not as talkative as the other girls, but this implied to not be through choice.
Monika had previously been a part of the Debate Club but left due to all the inner politics and drama, highlighting a desire for order, freedom of topic and friendliness.
The Literature Club, which she founded after leaving the Debate Club, is very important to Monika. She aspires for it to be a place to showcase and grow everyone's passion for literature. Monika openly displays care and concern for her club mates, praising each member's writing style and even comparing them to famous authors and poets.
Starting from Act 2, she shows a much more manipulative personality. It is revealed that Monika was self-aware all along and resented from being made into a minor role. She becomes infatuated with the player and urges them to spend more time with her. Monika begins trying to dispose of her club mates so the player is forced to choose her, after her attempts to make the other girls unlikable fail. Her desire and ambition lead her to become obsessive in this goal, highlighted by the fact that all of her poems are about the player.
"If you're having a bad day, you can always come to me, and I'll talk to you for as long as you need."
"Sometimes you'll find yourself facing a difficult decision... When that happens, don't forget to save your game! You never know when you might change your mind... ..or when something unexpected may happen! Wait...is this tip even about writing? What am I even talking about? Ahaha! ...That's my advice for today! Thanks for listening~"
Yuri is the "shrinking violet" of the game because of her constant apologetic nature and shyness to discussions beyond her category of interest, such as literature, horror, and general surrealism, which she examines and articulates expertly and encourages others to follow as well. Yuri prefers poetry that uses metaphorical symbolism and enjoys collecting unusual ornate knives.
It is said that Yuri used to be bullied for her appearance and mannerisms, which may be another explanation as to why she secludes herself. She is, however, a generous person, exemplified by her giving a copy of "Portrait of Markov" to the protagonist and for bringing tea to the literature club to help sooth the mind and help stay focused during reading.
Later in the game, Monika amplifies Yuri's personality traits. This causes her to have a sanity slippage that results in an abnormal obsession with the protagonist and her already-existing hobbies becoming more of perverted detailing and self-destruction. It reaches a point where Yuri stabs herself to death after her confession and the response after from feeling either too excited or from not handling the rejection well.
"Surreal horror is often very successful at changing the way you look at the world, if only for a brief moment"
"I guess there's a little devil inside all of us, isn't there?"
"But because the world is full of horrible people, and we're all worthless anyway"