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How a Yandere Says, “I love you.” [GENERAL Library Classifications]

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Last Updated: August 2024 (WIP / incomplete research)

Note: I’m busy with real life stuff, so, sorry if I’m quiet or something. Also, sorry, if I sound rude. I never planned on posting my personal library, nor this analysis. So, sometimes, I can sound like I’m ranting; because I’m actually talking to myself here, when I do reviews in my personal library. I really don’t talk much in reality and in the internet. So, sorry if I offend anyone. I don’t mean harm! I promise! If you think differently, just disregard this post or make your own. Go ham, bro. These are just my personal opinions and takeaways (NOT necessarily PROVEN FACTS).

Feel free to use this research if you want, but please credit me appropriately. Thank you! And, please enjoy!

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Optional Links:

  1. How a Yandere Says, β€œI love you.” [GENERAL Library Classifications]
  2. Male Yandere Recommendations [Incomplete Version]
  3. Male Yandere / Dark Romance Library {Complete Edition}
  4. Yandere Psychology: A Comprehensive Taxonomy of Obsessive and Possessive Love

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The following info would contain the general work-in-progress research (or journaling) of male yandere classifications, especially of the black and red flags kind. Please take note of the following notes:

  1. This is my own PERSONAL classification guide, meant to help me in my library organization. It’s my own personal take on male yanderes and dark romance for fun, catered to my own tastes (dominant black flag sadists). And is subject to change, it’s not the final work.
  2. The main purpose of this is to CLASSIFY AND ORGANIZE MY LIBRARY. So, my tastes may not suit your tastes, and that’s fine, you can make your own classification or something. Go ham, bro.
  3. I wrote this a few months back just for fun and as a guide. So, it’s not fully updated yet. Furthermore, I only started adding yandere ratings and classifications around July to August 2024. Contrary to the 6 year old library I have.
  4. There will be a total of 15 Tiers. (20 if I’m pushing it), but in general 15 tiers.
  5. I will be releasing the full detailed analysis version when I’m not lazy or busy, lol. I also might release some more detailed reviews, pictures, etc. of my library for individual recommendations.
  6. For the detailed analysis of Yandere Types, I referred to : Yandere Town: Yandere Types. The detailed analysis one is extremely lengthy, so I have to think about whether to release it or not.

(this particular detailed analysis and image does not belong to me)

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  1. βœ… Green Grass / Just Crazy
  2. 🏁 Protects You
  3. πŸ’› Respect Wife Juice
  4. πŸ’›πŸ’› Wholesome Creep
  5. πŸ’›πŸ’›πŸ’› Tempted To Kill
  6. 🍊 Jealous Like Jelly
  7. 🚩 “I love you.”
  8. 🚩🚩 Non-con Borders
  9. 🚩🚩🚩 “You’re mine.”
  10. 🏁 Actual Psychopath
  11. 🏴 Rapes Your Soul
  12. 🏴 Predator + Prey
  13. 🏴🏴 Mind Broken
  14. 🏴🏴 Torture + Body Horror
  15. 🏴🏴🏴 RUN NOW

Note: The percentages are just for show, an example. It is not statistically proven nor accurate. This graph is meant to just show the tier levels of the male yandere classifications.

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βœ… Green Grass / Just Crazy

  • Tier Number: 0
  • Yandere! ML Tier: βœ… Green Grass / Just Crazy
  • Name: Not Yandere, Just Crazy.
  • Main Type: Shackling

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Casual General Research:

Just Crazy.

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🏁 Protects You

  • Tier Number: 1
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🏁 Protects You
  • Name: Morally Gray-Vanilla Ice Cream (Green Flags)
  • Main Type: Possessive

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Casual General Research:

Possessive Vanilla ML’s. Not yandere, just possessive (or a crazy serial killer).

Personality Types usually:

  • MBTI: Can apply to anyone
  • Enneagram: Can apply to anyone (but 8w7 and 7w8 are iffy at times)

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πŸ’› Respect Wife Juice

  • Tier Number: 2
  • Yandere! ML Tier: πŸ’› Respect Wife Juice
  • Name: Can And Will Stalk You / Overprotective Yanderes (Yellow Flags)
  • Main Type: Intoxicated

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Casual General Research:

Yes, you can step on him, and he’ll thank you for it. No need to worry about your life being in danger. Sometimes they’re too shy or hesitant to approach you, not wanting to scary you or creep you out even more. Generally considerate, but they do love collecting trophies; as well as breaking into your home to touch you or take more pictures for their collection. But, generally harmless yanderes. The fact he won’t ever dream of harming a single hair on your head already says something about him.

And if he’s not a subby puppy yandere, then he’s just more possessive then Tier 1, and generally still wants you as his own but won’t cross too many lines. And of course, no harm comes to the darlingβ€” he’s the overprotective yandere with a slight possessive streak.

Personality Types usually:

  • MBTI: Almost all feelers except INFJ (and can also exclude: ENFP, ISFP), No thinkers usually except INTP
  • Enneagram: anything except 8w7 (and can also exclude: 7w6, 6w7, 6w5, 5w6, 7w8)

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πŸ’›πŸ’› Wholesome Creep

  • Tier Number: 3
  • Yandere! ML Tier: πŸ’›πŸ’› Wholesome Creep
  • Name: Can And Will Manipulate Circumstances (Yellow Flags)
  • Main Type: Possessive

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Casual General Research:

Will manipulate your circumstances (blackmail is still possible here and some dub con situations) and surroundings, even people, but won’t go as far as to hurt you. #ProtectDarlingSquad

Unlike the previous one, this yandere uses his intelligence more to manipulate the environment and people (even the darling, but not as badly as he treats others) to bring the darling closer to him and make the darling fall in love with him naturally and as peaceful as possible. Listen, intelligence and brain games makes everyone more dangerous yet thrilling.

Now when it comes to intelligence, the intelligence of the yandere has to at least make sense even for a bit, I’m not asking for β€˜Reverend Insanity’ or even just ORV’s level of basicness or something; but I should at least not cringe so hard at the stupidity. Certain kinks can be an exception though, the yandere just has to love their darling after all.

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πŸ’›πŸ’›πŸ’› Tempted To Kill

  • Tier Number: 4
  • Yandere! ML Tier: πŸ’›πŸ’›πŸ’› Tempted To Kill
  • Name: Can and Will Attempt To Murder (Yellow Flags)
  • Main Type: Possessive

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Casual General Research:

What’s different about this tier and the next one coming up is that this tier only has attempts on rivals’, people who get in the way of the relationship (protective kind especially), or general attempting to dispose of the competition and obstacles.

KEY WORD: β€œAttempt”

Whether they succeed or not (or even have the intentions to kill), they’re placed here regardless.

Think of this like the β€œdipping your toes” in murder kind of vibes. They may have a kill streak of 0-1 or at most 2 to protect darling regardless (it’s about protecting the darling and the relationship).

The next level tier level is for the more intense kind, like a higher kill streak.

A/N: Yeah I’m using kill streaks as a solid example so as to create a proper visual of things.

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🍊 Jealous Like Jelly

  • Tier Number: 5
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🍊 Jealous Like Jelly
  • Name: Congrats! Serial Killer In The Making (Orange Flags)
  • Main Type: Shackling

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Casual General Research:

Yeah, he kills people, but at least he won’t kill you… right? Usually this applies to rivals or friends, very rarely will one write killing family because of jealousy for family bonds.

Of course, any yandere would get rid of rivals. But, at this Tier, the yandere has a noticeable kill streak, preferably not just less than 10 people. With intentions to get rid of romantic (usually) rivals only; not simply to protect the darling from danger, because that would fall under the lower Tiers instead. They’re actual killers with blood on their hands, blood spilled not for their individual goals outside of their darling, but actual intentions to get rid of competition completely.

Of course, other yanderes may not necessarily spill blood to get rid of rivals. But the first one is preferred (not just logically), but also to solidify the place in the Tier level. Manipulation and other ways to get rid of rivals can be included (and sometimes it’s not explicitly stated in text to show it, so dig deeper then), but just make sure that you can tell the difference between overprotective yanderes and possessive yanderes.

When pushed to the absolute brink, they can double suicide with you, but it takes a lot of effort to do that, as anything below red flags won’t cause the yandere to seriously harm you, or give you a permanent scar psychologically and especially physically. However, for the suicide case, I won’t consider it in the β€˜Murder Black Flag Vibes’ (even red flag) because these yanderes are generally harmless unless a direct threat comes to threaten the darling’s life (or at times, the relationship between the yandere and darling). And even then, rarely will they even think (much less commit) to kill the darling. They’re obsessive and intoxicated that way.

A/N: This isn’t thrilling enough for me, it’s why I don’t vibe with anything below Red Flags, unless I’m not reading for romance. But, what majorly separates Yellow Flags, Orange Flags, Green Flags, etc. (other colors in general aside from black flags) from Red Flags is if they’re willing to hurt the darling, these types of yanderes won’t.

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🚩 “I love you.”

  • Tier Number: 6
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🚩 “I love you.”
  • Name: Can And Will Kill Kidnap You
  • Main Type: Shackling

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Casual General Research:

Personality Types usually:

  • MBTI: Can apply to almost all feelers (INFJ being most applicable); but most applicable to all thinkers, except INTP
  • Enneagram: usually 8w7, 7w8, 5w4, 5w6

Most supposed yanderes people classify as β€œred” or even β€œblack” flags actually fall under this category. They’re canonically crazy (the ones people say this to: β€œGo to therapy.”) whether actual serial killers or callous people in power, who can and will use people to their advantage and goals.

In reality, what differentiates Red Flag Yanderes most from Black Flag Yanderes would be their internal want (and even need) to make the darling love them (whether they outwardly admit it or not). They’re much more patient with this because of the required intelligence to be a Red Flag, and they’re still kind enough to the darling. Yes, they bully and make the darling considerably suffer, but they still want to be loved by the darling so there are still moments of affection with them to court the darling, as their usual end goal is to be loved by the darling (not a relationship to be despised by the darling)β€” and not to simply possess the darling.

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🚩🚩 Non-con Borders

  • Tier Number: 7
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🚩🚩 Non-con Borders
  • Name: Can And Will Rape You
  • Main Type: Delusional

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Casual General Research:

Baby trapping, impregnation and almost all kinds of non-con kinks (and of course, all dub-con) are included here.

Note: The difference of the red flag yandere with the black flag yandere in the categories I placed here is that red flag yanderes won’t continue to rape the darling, or the darling usually falls for the yandere later on. It’s more of at the start of the relationship usually, or when something triggers the jealousy of the yandere.

Black flag yanderes don’t give a shiz about consent at all. It’s not about love after all, it’s about control. Even if the darling hates them, they don’t give a shiz and could care less about the emotions and mental health of the darling (especially if it’s not the generic vanilla black flag yanderes, since vanilla black flags are kinder to the darling).

Red flag yanderes still want and prioritize the love of the darling above all, even if they don’t get it straight away. Non con actions of red flag yanderes usually are motivated as more of a process to get love, babytrap, or trick the darling.

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🚩🚩🚩 “You’re mine.”

  • Tier Number: 8
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🚩🚩🚩 “You’re mine.”
  • Name: Can And Will Isolate You
  • Main Type: Possessive

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Casual General Research:

β€œNo one else, but me.”

Why is this higher than non-con? Simple. Because if you actually experience what it means to be isolated for years (yes, even if you dislike people and are a loner), it drives majority of people crazy. No form of human contact, just alone with your thoughts (worse if you’re an overthinker or have mental illnesses). It’s a trial only few could conquer, because you really have to rely on yourself usuallyβ€” all on your lonesome. When it’s isolation, it’s real isolation. No one else, but the yandere and darling together, forever and always.

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🏁 Actual Psychopath

  • Tier Number: 9
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🏁 Actual Psychopath
  • Name: Generic Vanilla Black Flags / The Cookies and Cream Flag
  • Main Type: Possessive

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Casual General Research:

In this category, most β€˜toxic’, β€˜dark’, or whatever people say, are just generic vanilla black or even red flags. To me, that’s nothing. Just vanilla shiz. Sometimes, it’s even just Vanilla BDSM. That’s worse! (my expectations dead) No horror elements, or even thriller worthy memories at the moment. Others get scared, but it’s stupid to me.

Especially with this fact: There is no true danger to the life of the darling. I mean, I guess it happens a lot in fiction in general. But still. It sucks if there’s no true danger, no true handing another’s very life to another. Because I can already tell there is no β€˜true hurt’, it’s more of, β€˜it hurts now, but you can handle it’. It’s not the, β€˜I can and will kill you.’ kind of danger. Yeah, yanderes or red and even most β€œblack flags” won’t go that far. But to me, then there’s really no need to worry at all. Darling won’t really die, because the yandere won’t actually kill her. It’s just all part of the fun. Or an initial process even.

Think of it like the equivalent of plot armor in shounen anime.

Boring. Real thrill comes when your very life is in danger, like you could actually die. It’s where the author isn’t afraid to kill off the beloved darling or even the yandere for a good story and plot. This is just a me thing, but true romance can come from horror, where it’s so intimate to place your very life in another’s hands.

But, like all black (or even some red) flags, they all want control. It’s just a question now, on how far are they willing to go to gain it.

Black Flag Basic & General Info

Black flags are the most selfish yanderes, and usually the most dominant ones.

Will make me believe what he’s doing is right and just. If he’s really good. Then I would even thank him for torturing me and ruining my life because Stockholm Syndrome kicks in, and all kinds of gaslighting techniques. Either way, he loves me, and I love him. So, it’s a happy ending for everyone (well except for everyone else who got tortured and died, but he doesn’t let you know that, just focus on him).

Unlike all previous tiers, all Black Flag yanderes rarely care if the darling loves him. To him, it’s about possession and domination, to get the darling, treating the darling like property (or worse, a slave, whether willing or unwilling). Love is an added bonus and one of the top tier goals, but it’s not the initial goal in the start of the relationship. It’s about gaining the darling, no matter the cost.

Personalities Types usually:

  • MBTI: ENTJ, ISTP, INFJ (can also include: INTJ)
  • Enneagram: 8w7 (can also include: 7w8)

A/N #1: Some stories may be rated with a 🏴, instead of simply a 🚩 despite the way the plot developed. Some people don’t notice it, even writers themselves; but there is actual questionable manipulation, despite no explicit statements. And that’s what makes it borderline disturbing.

A/N #2: Unfortunately, even β€˜Try Begging’ is just vanilla BDSM for me. So far, none have topped β€˜Who is the Prey’ (in manhwa or web novels) in terms of black flag male leads, especially since this has more psychological warfare. It’s not just about rape, physical violence, etc., play smart about it and brainwash the darling to love it (100% if possible). I mentioned this, because a lot of the black flag ML’s here are the β€˜generic black flag ML’s’. To me, it’s not even scratching the actual experience of a black flag yandere, it’s just vanilla ice cream to me right now. But since I can’t find actual decent black flag yanderes ANYWHERE except one source, than I didn’t bother changing classifications right now. It’s meant to be a library arrangement anyway.

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🏴 Rapes Your Soul

  • Tier Number: 10
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🏴 Rapes Your Soul
  • Name: Excessive Non Con + Sexual Torture . [”Until you learn to love me, I’ll continue raping you. Your body is already mine. And soon, your very soul.”]
  • Main Type: Possessive

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Casual General Research:

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🏴 Predator + Prey

  • Tier Number: 11
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🏴 Predator + Prey
  • Name: Escape While You Can!
  • Main Type: Shackling

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Casual General Research:

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🏴🏴 Mind Broken

  • Tier Number: 12
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🏴🏴 Mind Broken
  • Name: Brainwashing + Gaslighting + Stockholm Syndrome = Psychological Torture . [”I want to break you. Only then will you truly be mine. My broken doll.”]
  • Main Type: Shackling

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Casual General Research:

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🏴🏴 Torture + Body Horror

  • Tier Number: 13
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🏴🏴 Torture + Body Horror
  • Name: Can And Will Mutilate You . [β€œI want to cut open your insides, eat your flesh, sink my teeth straight to your heart, and become a part of you.”]
  • Main Type: Delusional

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Casual General Research:

When I mean torture, I don’t just mean psychological and emotional torture, mind games. I mean actual torture (yes, not just non-con), full on pulling up fingernails, peeling off skin, branding with extremely heated up instruments, chopping (no, not just breaking) off your legs and arms so you don’t run, eat you alive (yes, cannibalism), or fudge your dead body (yes, necrophilia) and much more. Just read or listen to serial killer content to get a gist of it. Basically, events you’d find in straight up slasher horror films.

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🏴🏴🏴 RUN NOW

  • Tier Number: 14
  • Yandere! ML Tier: 🏴🏴🏴 RUN NOW
  • Name: Can And Will Kill You . [β€œEven in death, you’ll always be mine.”]
  • Main Type: Possessive

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Casual General Research:

The actual meaning of β€œIf I can’t have you, no one can.”

Possessiveness and Jealousy Levels are insane. An example? Gets jealous over non-living objects. So, you can imagine how much darker it gets.

Yes, Tier 10 includes almost all of the characteristics of previous Tiers. But, it also really solidifies what an actual Yandere is (taken to the extreme levels though): Extremely loyal (the darling is number one priority), possessive, obsessive; will never intentionally make darling jealous, and falls in love once, and stays in love with the darling forever and always in life and in death.

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