Over the course of ten weeks, a different girl will fall in love with Taro, becoming a target for Ayano to eliminate. The player controls Ayano Aishi (nicknamed Yandere-chan), an apathetic Japanese high school girl who has developed a crush on Taro Yamada, a fellow student often referred to as ' Senpai'. Performing murder results in loss of sanity, making Yandere-chan look increasingly disturbed and unstable, with the game's graphics and background music also reflecting the change. Yandere-chan (Ayano Aishi) with high sanity (above) and low sanity (below).