4. Sayori
Wait a minute, so we put a girl whose crippling self-doubt and apparent lack of worth lead to her committing suicide… at the lowest position of all of her friends? Why, yes! Yes, we did. We’re just that cruel, and we’re not even a little bit sorry.
Sayori is a sweetheart, and the protagonist’s childhood friend. She is second-in-command only to Monika, and her calming disposition makes her capable of putting an end to any fight. Despite this, she is riddled with inner turmoil, wanting everyone to be happy and driving herself off the ledge trying to find a way to do this. She is the lone shining light in the darkness, and her demise is symbolic of the game as a whole – not even the truest optimism can overcome impending death.
Ultimately, Sayori’s early exit results in her getting a lot less airtime than the other characters, and it is mainly for this reason that she sits so low. She does make a return in Act 4 after Monika’s deletion, now the president of the literature club and possessing the same self-aware traits that her predecessor did, and that may be her at her most captivating. She doesn’t have the guile and maliciousness of Monika, so she finds herself unable to act as ruthlessly, when given the same power.
Perhaps she should seek out Matt Hardy’s wisdom on the finer points of deletion?
