Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

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Sayori is a character in the 2017 visual novel video game Doki Doki Literature Club! (DDLC). She is the childhood friend and neighbor of the protagonist, pushing him into joining their school's literature club. Over the course of the game, Sayori's cheerful personality is shown to be forced, with symptoms of depression becoming more evident. This culminates in Sayori committing suicide by hanging and being deleted from the game by the literature club's president, Monika. She is ultimately restored by the end of the game, though her fate depends on the player's actions. Dan Salvato, the game's creator, designed the game to be a parody of tropes in romance games. Of the cast, Sayori was the character who had the most real-world influence, with the game's creator noting that her depression was inspired by those in his life. While writing the cast, Salvato found himself recognizing their "reality" and wanted to further explore it. Critical reception of Sayori was positive, with praise directed...

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