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Types of Yandere
In the west, yandere is basically always associated with the jealous, violent type of yandere, which is the most common. However, given that the word just means "mentally sick and in love," there are other types of yandere which would be recognized only in the Japanese speaking community.

A single yandere can (and normally will) fit in multiple of these types at a time. In particular, Yuno Gasai fits a dozen of them, which is why she's an ideal example of yandere.

mugai-gata (無害型)
Harmless type.

"As long as he/she is happy, I'm happy."

The most harmless type of yandere, the one where they have fallen in love in an unhealthy, obsessive way, but they don't do anything insane about it. They will try hard to become your lover, but won't harm anybody in the way. If you get into a relationship with someone, this type of yandere won't attack you two, they'll be happy you found happiness, but perhaps they may still hope that you'll choose them instead one day.

This can be associated with Megadere, Undere or Dorodere. Harmless type of yanderes, who could also be one or three of these three types and would not even come close to being a real yandere.

They can either be viewed as a crazy, obsessive version of a Deredere or a sweet, loyal version of a yandere.

kanchigai-gata (勘違い型)
Wrong idea type.

"He/She gave me an eraser... this must mean he/she loves me!"

They get the wrong idea when you do something in order to match their expectations. If you say you don't love them, they'll think you're lying because you don't want to hurt them or something. If you do something out of kindness to them, they'll think it's out of love. And so on.

shuuchaku-gata (執着型)*
Obsession type.

"I sent you 50 messages, why didn't you answer? Where were you? What were you doing?"

Tries to learn everything about you. Personal information, hobbies, routine, etc. Sends regular messages to check on you, asks why you haven't answered if you didn't, wants to know what you're doing always. All the time. And, if possible, walks around with you all the time too.

The obsession type doesn't necessarily want to monopolize you. They'll let you hang around with friends, etc. but wants to know everything you do. They probably want to go with you, too. If they can't go somewhere with you, they might stalk you.

If they learn a person is too close to you, they might attack.

sutookaa-gata (ストーカー型)
Stalker type.

Follows you around, often without you knowing. May be in broad daylight or at night, when you're walking alone on the streets. Maybe even online. A person of this type is also often of the obsessive type.

dokusen-gata (独占型)
Monopoly type. (This is the most common type.)

"Who is that person you were talking to?"

They want to monopolize you. Will ask who you talk to and hang with, in extreme cases won't let you be with anyone else, not even your friends.

This type of behavior is unfortunately common in real life. It displays insecurities and lack of trust in the relationship which might develop into much worse yandere behavior.

ison-gata (依存型)
Dependence type. ("Dependence" as in addiction, alcohol dependence, chemical, etc.)

"No, don't leave me! Please! I can't live without you!"

Can't live without you. Begs you to not leave them or throw them away. Say they will die if you go away. May lose will to do anything if you aren't watching. If you do leave, they might go full crazy and end up doing something crazy like going on a murderous rampage.

touei-gata (投影型)
Projection type.

"You're just like him/her."

After their former love turned out to be a completely different person than they loved, got a girlfriend/boyfriend, died or something like that, and the yandere can no longer stay with them, they will search for someone who was just like what their love was, and it turns out that you end up being that person.

This type of yandere is very innocent at first, but if they're given power to dominate their new beloved, they might end up trying to make them more and more like what their old interest was. For example, wearing the same things, doing the same things, etc.

Sometimes, this yandere might project their ideal lover not on someone else but on the same person. That is, they might say "you are not him/her, he/she does this," to you even though you actually are him/her and you don't do "this".

shoushitsu-gata (消失型)
Disappearance type. (This has nothing to do with Haruhi Suzumiya)

"He/She will never love someone like me... why exist?"

They love you, maybe you know that, maybe you don't, but unknown this gives them a crushing depression. They think you'll never love them and they have no chance, but they can't stop their unhealthy feelings of love. They thinks you're too good for them, or that they're too worthless for you. This makes them slowly fade away, disappear from your life. Until they completely disappear forever (probably suicide).

This is an atypical yandere, since it has so little effect on other characters' lives.

shuumatsu-gata (終末型)
Final type. ("final" as in "the end")

"I don't need a world where he/she doesn't exist."

After learning you died, they lose purposes in life. The world for them was you, and you're now gone. What this results vary. Most of the time, they become broken emotionally, as expected. They might also commit suicide. Or sometimes, they might become a terrorist and destroy the world that let you die, or just go on revenge serial killing.

DV-gata (DV型)
Domestic Violence type.

"It hurts? That's your fault! Next time learn your lesson and stop looking at other girls/boys!"

When jealous, feeling ignored, etc. uses violence against you. They'll beat you and say it's your own fault. This can be either discharging pent-up rage through violence and you just happen to be their favorite punching bag, or deliberately punishing you for doing something they didn't like.

Both cases, unfortunately, are also common in real life.

bouryoku-gata (暴力型)
Violence type.

Another name for the "domestic violence" type above.

They "use violence" (bouryoku wo furu (暴力をふる)) towards you.

sokubaku-gata (束縛型)
Restraints type.

"Let's stay together forever! You'll never leave my side, not ever again!"

They want to be with you always, and always, and always, AND ALWAYS, AND ALWAYS. And that means they'll probably kidnap you and lock you into their house so you're forced to stay with them.

There are variations, some lighter, some worse, but the general idea is that they want you two to be inseparable.

mousou-gata (妄想型)
Delusion type.

Similar to the "wrong idea" type above, but far worse.

When their insane love is unrequited (for obvious reasons), and you start literally running away from the crazy person, they'll think it's because you're embarrassed, and not because you don't want them. Their love distorts the reality they perceive. They see a bunch of delusions instead.

The delusion type may also be in denial something unpleasant happened. They'll just forget it happened. Their memories may also be replaced with delusions: they'll remember you being extremely nice to them when you were indifferent, or you saying you liked them before you even met.

jishou-gata (自傷型)
Self-harm type.

"Hey... look at me... look at me... look, there's so much blood coming out..."

They harm themselves, cutting wrists, etc. in order to get your attention. This often happens when they're ignored. The "dependence" type might evolve into this if they are abandoned.

There are two sub-types to this:

First, the one where they harm themselves in secret and have you notice their injuries, then they say "it's nothing to worry about" hoping you worry about it more. This is usually something light like a knee bruise.

Second, the one where they harm themselves in your face as a way to say "I'll kill myself if you leave me", forcing you to stay by their side by guilt.

haijo-gata (排除型)
Removal type.

"You don't need other people. You have me."

They will remove from your life everyone they think you don't need. Which means everyone else. This can include things like excluding your contacts and messages to even murdering everybody who approaches.

This type of yandere has two sub-types:

First, the one that removes people secretly. They see you hanging with someone, the next day that person has mysteriously disappeared. You, a main character, are probably as clueless as a sheet of sudoku in blank about this incident, and the next several incidents like it.

Second, the one that removes people openly. This also ranges from removing messages to killing people. They might be expecting you to agree with them, "Yeah, you're right, I don't need other people", or they might just want to show you what they're capable of.

shinjuu-gata (心中型)
Double Suicide type.

"Let's die together! So we can stay together FOREVER in the afterlife!”

Why be always together in life if you can be forever together for all eternity? This type of yandere will propose what no sane person would: let's die!

Sadly, suicide pacts are a thing. Double suicide, lovers' suicide, too, is a thing. One of the most famous pieces ever, Romeo & Juliet, (spoilers) sort of ended up in a double suicide.

One thing different in a yandere double suicide is that, often, you don't really want to suicide. It's more likely this yandere wants you both dead and they'll kill you then themself. Although there are also actual consensual attempted double suicides involving yandere characters.

jiko-gisei-gata (自己犠牲型)
Self-Sacrifice type.

"If it's for you I wouldn't mind dying!"

They'd make any sacrifice for you, as long as it means getting you to love them. They don't even mind dying for you or fighting bloody battles, sustaining multiple injuries, etc. as long as it means staying with you.

Unlike the self-harm type, the self-sacrifice type isn't seeking attention with their suicidal behavior. Instead, they want to make themselves useful and support the one they love.

This is easier to visualize in anime where fighting monsters, etc. is normal. However, this kind of sickness also exists in real life. Some people do sacrifice themselves for a beloved one in an extremely unhealthy and unrewarding way, just because they "love" them.

suuhai-gata (崇拝型)
Worship type.

"I'll do anything for you! I'll even kill for you! Please use me however you want!"

They worships you and will do anything for you. Sometimes even without you asking. And more: They don't even mind if you love them or not, or what will happen to them. Killing, dying, committing crimes, losing respect of others, they'll do anything it means providing support to your infinite greatness.

This is one of the least-harmful type of yandere to one self since they would never do anything to harm you and will never be in your way. Nonetheless, it's also one of the most depressing types; it makes you feel sorry for the yandere, who thinks of themself less like a person and more like a tool who might get thrown away if they're not useful enough.

The difference between the "worship" type and the "self-sacrifice" type is that the "worship" type is also like the "disappearance" type. The "self-sacrifice" type wants to be useful so they can be loved, the "worship" type doesn't mind if they are not loved back, in fact, they probably thinks they are not worth being loved by the delusive greatness they consider you.

They wouldn't, for example, attack your girlfriend/boyfriend or other girls/boys out of jealousy, but they might attack a person approaching you because they thinks this person is stepping out of their boundaries and being presumptuous by daring to talk to your greatness without proper respect.

choukyou-gata (調教型)
Training type.

"Say you love me... come on, say it. Say you love me. SAY YOU LOVE ME! Yay! Good boy/girl! Here's your reward."

(the word choukyou was once only about "training [animals]" or "breaking [animals]". It has nothing to do with training for sports)

They'll break you into loving them. Sometimes using torture, a punishment/reward system, brainwashing, blackmail, etc. This probably involves you getting kidnapped and forced into it, although there might be more subtle ways to accomplish this.

koritsu yuudou-gata (孤立誘導型)
Loneliness Induction type.

"Shhh... it's ok. I'm here. You don't need anyone else. You can just count on me."

They will make, induce, you to feel or be alone. By spreading malicious rumors about you that make others alienate you, by murdering your friends and family, etc. Then they'll jump in and present themselves as the only one you can count on when you're most fragile mentally and in need of company.

Inducing things that don't make you feel lonely but give some sort of mental damage, trauma, also count as this type. Conversely, if your friends and family get killed on their own and you're alone but they have nothing to do with it, it's not the same thing since they didn't induce it, although a yandere might abuse your condition to get closer to you.

This type is similar to the "dependence" type, except it's not what the yandere can do for you, it's what you can do for the yandere.

kyouki-gata (猟奇型)
Bizarre-Seeking type.

"I love you, so... can you give me your fingernails? I want them so I can always have a part of you with me.” “ I would also like your heart, because shows so much love....”

Undeniably the worst type of yandere, they will murder you, and not by accident, not by jealousy, not by revenge. they will murder you because they love you. And then they'll keep your rotting corpse on bed or preserved inside a glass because there's no way they'd throw you away.

In a sense sane people are better off not even trying to understand, the bizarre-seeking type of yandere is purely insane, mad way beyond explanation.

The word kyouki, used in the type's name, is normally associated with disturbing imagery involving gore, blood and worse stuff. It's also related to "grotesque" art, guro (グロ).

Likewise, nobody in their sane mind can relate to the grotesque love of bizarre-seeking yandere. Ranging from murder, mutilation, and maybe something even worse us mere mortals can't even begin to imagine, their bizarre displays of love can only be summed up by: "What on earth!?"

I am:

Obsession type, stalker type, monopoly type, dependency type, domestic violence type (to discipline~ might be more of training type), removal type, restraining type (if needed), loneliness inducing (sometimes), double suicide type (if needed).

I would say self sacrificial too... it's just overpowered by the double suicide one. Since we both need to die together to be together forever even after death. I don't want us to die just know it could come down to that.