"Your girlfriend might not be who you think she is." "You mean she's NOT an ax wielding psycho?" "No... no she is... you knew about that?" "You have your type and I have mine."

WELCOME TO THE BUTT GLUED TO CHAIR FOR TWO HOURS CLUB, HOW BUTT GLUED TO CHAIR FOR TWO HOURS ARE YA?

> Twenty years later "Honey, do we still have milk? Make sure to put it on the list." - "Ah, right, good thinking... anything else?" "Hmmm... - Ah, right! We've run out of dismemberment bears."

I found the story fun and I liked Lizzie as a character, she wasn't overly crazy, she didn't murder people for no reason, she didn't work against herself continuously and she had more motivation than just the plot needs her to do this thing so she does it out of nowhere, which makes her more than just a stereotype. Overall I whould say it was good and I had a lot of fun watching this series.

Every time Lizzie says something creepy, I can just imagine the awkward silence afterwards lol

I love this game, maybe because the protag isnt such as a airhead(?)

You know the relationship is real when they help you hide the bodies

*Lizzie emerges from under a cardboard box* It’s Showtime!

John: Did you murder and mutilate two of our classmates? Lizzie: No. Would you like me to? John: No.

I really enjoyed this visual novel. It was kind of refreshing to see an actually smart yandere and the main character who isn't an airhead and didn't treat the girl like monster, but actually wanted to help her, even though he was scared.

I just had a theory about Lizzie’s seeming super strength. IIRC, the human body is actually much stronger than it seems, but the mind puts constraints on the amount of force you can excerpt so you don’t do irreparable damage to your muscles. Its only under extreme stress that the human body really unleashes it’s true strength. This explains the stories of mothers that lift cars off their babies. It’s possible that either Lizzie was simply born without these mental constraints or she lives in a constant state of extreme stress that leaves her able to tap in the true strength of the human body. The latter also explains her fixation on knives and “functional” objects, she lives in a constant state of psychological fight or flight, so she only finds interest in objects she perceives as useful to her “survival”

Honestly Manly, you introduced me to so many good games, Hello Charlotte , Witch's heart, the gray garden etc.. Man , where are dem subs cause you deserve alot more. plus, kinda didn't want it to end so quickly but it was fun

Who Would Win? An organization that produces pharmaceuticals that are home to soldiers trained in basic CQC or One Sharp Girl?

Plot twist: Ms Smythe was the real yandere all along

You take my waifu, i take your laifu with my raifu.

I love how as soon as things turned out well for John the environment around him began having more color, implying the fact that his depression no longer filters his perspective to see gray

The True Ending is extremely cheesy, but I love it XD I really liked this series despite how 'unique' the characters are. And I feel bad seeing the bad endings after the happy ending, so I'm just gonna believe they lived happily ever after.

I liked the general concept of a male protagonist who's too depressed to care that his girlfriend's a murderous yandere sociopath. My biggest complaint is pretty obvious then: that the game always tries to give you the option to freak out instead of playing to the character's strengths. Probably the most important storytelling advice (also great for games, in particular roleplaying): never compromise a character's defined traits lightly. If you compromise it, make them own the compromise, eg. if your lecher's not gonna lech on someone, make sure it's a damn strong reason. If your depressed male protagonist in a yandere game's going to bitch out and run from his yandere girlfriend after putting up with her shit for so long, it better be meaningful, not just "this alternative version of me is afraid of bodies, even though that other one thinks murder is totally hot."

43:39 - So what this game is implying is that if I want to get better from my depression, I should get some yandere to fall in love with me? ... *sigh* I guess I can give it a shot. Google Maps, takes me to the nearest mental institution.

I was a bit sad when her note went from "I don't want to murder anybody today!" to "Good Morning John!" since in one of them you accept her entirely and in the other she just represses herself since you show her that you don't trust her entirely.

I didn’t want this series to end ;-;

Ehh, I think the conspiracy was kind of half baked, and Lizzie killing all those guards really took the piss. I think this would’ve benefited with a more down to earth tone, with them dealing with their problems in a more realistic way

I still mostly liked the VN but I preferred it at the beginning where John was trying his best to help her overcome her problems rather than just accept all of them. Like it'd be nice if there was an ending that ignored all the super-soldier stuff and just had them working on their issues.

Nice, I really like this story, it’s an interesting take on yandere and depression. Kinda want to see an anime on this. The fight scene with the axe would be like Mirai Nikki.

I said it once I'll say it again, this is a yandere I'll approve of FOREVER. Anyone agree?

Yo, every time John's classmates show up, my blood pressure just shoots through the bloody roof. *Edit* : Now I feel like vomiting.

Classmate: „Youre 12 years old John” John And Lizzie 10 sec later:

The real yandere was the friends we made along the way~

The true ending reminded me a little of that "saya no uta" story where the John's happiness meant damning everyone. Because John said, "I've never seen you kill that many people before" which implied she's killed a lot, maybe making the entire Town a ghost town because they couldn't tell who was in on the conspiracy. The town was more or less made to study Lizzie and Abby anyways. They didn't mean to make super soldiers but since they accidentally made Captain American alternative, the Murkoff Corporation(Outlast series) AKA koitec had to capitalize on it.

Wait a minute, THEORY! What if there was a 5th pregnancy, and John was that. That would be a good explanation for why he feels the way he does, or why he adapted to the way Lizzie was so casually.

He lost Lizzy's trust when he left to look around the house and she was forced to lock him up. Thats why when you didn't leave she didn't capture you. She knew you trusted her.

I really don't know what ending I like more. The true ending or the happiness ending. The happiness ending seems far more normal than the over the top true ending, but I'm just happy Lizzie and John got together. Maybe I'm messed up in the head, but I really liked their relationship for some reason.

The run-away ending is so happy, I love when yandere couples end up happy

26:51 was the best “kept you waiting huh” impersonating snake that I have seen.

SCP Foundation: "Again? Seriously?!" GOC: "Well, for the first time since the Gulf of Mexico I'll have to agree with the Foundation on this one." MC&D: "Even we're not sane enough to try that stuff- Chaos Insurgency: "IT'S NOT WORTH IT RUN." Serpent's hand: "I mean- yeah no it's not worth freeing this one."

Not sure how to feel about this game. Definitely love the less cliche take on the yandere trope; it was really, really refreshing to see the main character have his own opinions and reactions to the things his psycho girlfriend did, and his reactions actually make sense when you factor in his own mental illness. However, I was hoping to see an outcome where, like someone else commented, they deal with their problems more realistically. More than that, I don't really get or necessarily like the whole narrative of John wanting Lizzie to be herself. Yeah, okay, that's a decent message, but changing yourself for the better because you're trying to improve perceived flaws doesn't make you fake. It would've been nice to see a route where John stays with her and supports her, but encourages her to reel in the psychotic/violent tendencies. It wouldn't have had as many dramatic outcomes, sure, but the struggle still would've been interesting and the ending could still be satisfying. Then again, I'm really passionate about people being the best person they can be instead of surrendering to mental illness and just resigning to stay like that. I think that if someone is a danger to society and they don't want to do anything about it, then they should be isolated, treated with caution, or contained. It's a sad truth that the world is unfair and that some people just aren't built to be safe around others, but I think protecting the majority is more important than validating and accepting one flawed person. Overall, good game, I guess. Not very accurate as far as psychiatry goes; usually, a school counselor and personal psychologist/counselor are two separate jobs in my experience, and antidepressants don't work nearly as fast as the game makes them, but I think the real world inaccuracies are excusable since they're necessary to the story. I do think it's refreshing and good that there's a fair share of reasonable reactions from John, and that the player sort of has a choice as to whether they want him to treat Lizzie with the fear that most people would.

As goofy and over the top as it is, I appreciate the overall message of accepting people for who they are. Obviously not to the degree of accepting a psychopathic murderer (best waifu though), but... When someone's interested in me, and I talk about how I have a hard time feeling close to people, and they tell me "I hope you can change". That... makes me sad, because that's a huge part of who I am, that they've pretty much just said shouldn't exist. True acceptance is a beautiful thing.

I just binge watched this entire series after finding this channel, and I’m so glad I found this. This game is great in every aspect, and the character buildup is admirable. Props for the dope narration

Moral of the story : if you are depressed, don't take medication :D It is a joke, do not under any circumstances think this is true. Medication for depression, altough it is not the only thing you need, can be a great help in the darkest of times.

Lizzie: "I wanna prove them wrong." _Undresses_ John: "Welp. Yer doin' a bang-up job at it." What a hero. It's fun to see a male Protag-kun who digs what's happening to him, and _isn't_ aggravatingly oblivious. xD

That true ending was *WORTH IT!!!!*

i don't know if it's just me but when we progress through the game i felt like the gray world that John sees became a LITTLE BIT more colorful, some trees were greener and the sky had more blue shades too? or maybe im just bluffing, i don't know. (can't believe im writing this right now, even tho Manly played this game in 2018.)

Well, this yandere gets the OK from me. 👌💕 Take my child. Make them happy 😢.

wish my school counselor handed out prescription meds like candy

8:07 Those in utero drugs didn’t just mess with her mind - they gave her superhuman athleticism. Was there perhaps a super soldier program going on?

We're putting together a team. We're calling them the Agents of A.X.E. Personally, the main character and the story weirdly resonated with me. The ennui and depression struck me as familiar and for once a VN MC was asking the same questions and responding to things like I would. The schlock was funny and the romance reminded me quite strongly of some of my weirder fantasies as a teen, wishing for a girl that would just unconditionally reach out to and love me.

I dunno why but everytime you read past the porn scenes I just start laughing.

Honestly this really made me think, I liked both characters and the plot. I loved the true ending the best. She is way too smart, what’s cool is John realizes she has an obsession, and tries to help but actually falls for her in the process. They both help each other, and what happened to her wasn’t right honestly.

I have feeling that manly has some first hand experience with yandere and that’s why he is so good dealing with them

You know, lizzie would be very fond of guns. She can conceal them to protect john. She can use high caliber rifles to watch john from far away and snipe any girl looking at him. Just saying. She seemed like a kind of girl that would be posting on 4chan in their weapons forum.

I knew umbrella had something do to with this game.

Captain Yandere-The First Avenger

Man it went the evil corporation route sadly, it would have been more interesting if it was just about Lizzie recovering and end up being either super bad or good endings oh well still one if the best yandere stories I've heard right next to angels of death.

Yandere Lezzie vs Psychopath Smythe

It’s funny because I watched this series right after watching your purgatory series. Your work is really amazing it’s very interesting to see all these games as well as hear you narrate it. Good job 👍🏻.

"Kept ya waiting, huh?" THAT WAS THE GREATEST MOST ACCURATE SOLID SNAKE VOICE IMPRESSION I'VE EVER HEARD!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think she is probably the smartest and calmest Yandere I've seen yet. She doesn't kill you. Far from it, she just proves to you that she can ANYTHING... ANYTHING out there, BUT hurt you... Which is... Less Yandere? Also most Yanderes just scream and make funny faces, but with enough love Lezzie was actually fixed... Not a bad game! But, to me she is probably the most reasonable and best.... YANDERE! SHE IS STILL FAR FROM A NORMAL GIRL YOU KNOW!!!

This went from the best yandere story to silly in like 5 minutes and it hurts. I’m trying to roll with it, I’m trying so hard and don’t, DON’T RAISE SIMBA OVER PRIDE ROCK RIGHT AFTER SHE MURDERED EVERYONE-

as soon as the meeting with Smythe happened and John suspected stuff...i screamed "I KNEW IT!!!!!" God damn it! *punches desk* Edit: Manly: "Is this a bad thing right now?" Me: "YES THIS IS VERY BAD MANLY!!!!" >o

My goodness. I'm glad that a game like this exists and that you were to show it to me, ManlyBadassHero. I've always been a fan of the yandere type of character, but I've just never found a setting that really seemed able to understand them--or try to. Future Diary was one of the first anime to really just leave me enamored with the yandere character. The true ending here was nicely done. I felt the little twists of plot were decently done all considered. It was a fun ride.

I want to make this a better story. It has so much potential and it's one of my favorite yandere tales thus far, but HOLY SHIT did that conspiracy angle really drive it into the dirt. But it's a good sign that I want it to be better, I suppose.

I'm a bit disappointed with how the game turned out near the end. I was hoping for a more realistic 'depressed guy and depressed/obsessed girl help each other love themselves' rather than the whole 'experiment gone wrong' ending. But this is still a great game, and I'll definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a yandere story.

John "rip and tear till it is done" lizzie "breaks free" mr smyth "why do i here boss music" mr smyths goons "is that bfg division" lizzie "RIP AND TEAR!!!!!"

"i tOLD YOU!!!" It warms my heart to hear Manly get so excited mid-playthrough. Keep having fun, broski 👍🏽

I really enjoyed this LP, and I like this novel. I did like Lizzy's ambiguity. But I will agree it's not accurate in terms of Mental Health, but it was consistent and it all made sense. "Where were you?" "In your desk"

The game was short but I enjoyed playing it and getting all the endings. I think it was an interesting take on the yandere trope.

I feel like we learned a few things about Manly through this game

I liked this story, but there was one thing however that I would have to say is that I wasn't really too pleased with the whole idea of being kidnapped KoeiTech and Ms. Smyth doing that whole 180 with her personality; it just felt really out of character if you were watching the story from the beginning.

Better late than never but... In some aspects I dissagre with manly about what he said the writing of the game,about the kind of Writing that the developer handling two types. I personally dont think that...thats what he was going for,it thought that the whole conspiracy plot point was handled in a way that it served as an explanation of sorts and as well of plot development Though I will admit that the whole segment with the conspiracy felt a little rushed...and the end was a jump in logic that (the scene with lizzie killing all the guards)I wished that they would have has paced the plot a bit better. The conspiracy plot had a lot of potential and it didnt delivered......but I Still found the true ending enjoyable I wished that the game would be a little longer to build more depth to this plot point. I do agree with manly that there were a lot of recycled CG, one moment (I believe around 1:35:00) Where lizzie was shot in her "date" outfit,but it showed her CG with her school uniform with blood instead,I do wish that they could make more detailed CGs While is unclear if lizzie is really a yandere,I do think she Still fall in that category,however I do think what is causing this uncertainty is that she is somehow more "reasonable" than the others,she actually considers others options instead of being so decisive So basically she is what a yandere would be if they existed in really life (Well...at least closest we ever seen so far,she isnt perfect) What it really made me invested was the relationship between John and lizzie,lizzie being more reasonable made her more likable and John actually thinking and more reasonable than other anime protags (he always considers the chance of lizzie killing people,and coming up with plans to calm her down,using her obssetion as a way to make her behave,he is not completly oblivious of the situations and so on...) In the end,I really thought crimson gray does stand out of the other visual novels,however it does have its flaws,but I thought the story engaging and fun and I hope to see more of this kind in the future...

honestly ripping things like paper, fabric, etc helps me calm down. Chewing things also helps, so I think the exertion of pressure in those certain ways helps certain kinds of people calm down

This series is great and all, but I really need to get some sleep

This was a great let's play/walk-through. Oh so awesome, oh so manly. Keep up the good work and thank you! 👍

2:58 - John is so wholesome, he's precious. 6:18 - it's hers, she won it, if she wants to disassemble her own property then I see nothing wrong with that :3c

...this story has surprised me so much. I never thought I would have appealed so much to a situation like this

Oml, I loved this, I usually don’t care for these types of things, but it was really good. (Probably because I have a thing for yandere based things) honestly, I’m pretty jealous, can’t find those kind of people in real life. Everyone is so bland and boring, usually the same. But someone loving me unconditionally and even to an obsessive level seems great to me.

"I love you person who just murdered 20 people on the floor with an axe"

I lost it when you did that amazing Snake impression. You really kept us waiting for it huh? Ok I'll go over there now...

This game was so well done and very satisfying to watch. I truly love the suspense and the way it grew. The protagonist does have stockholm syndrome but Lizzie very much doesn't seem like a yandere she is very very protective and a sweet girl. She does have violent thoughts and violent things but the endings where satisfying same with how John, his metal stability and his relationship with Lizzie and how it grew. This game is very well done and I don't regret watching.

MANLY YOU’RE ROBBING US OF THE FLUFFY SCENES????? MANLY PLEASE NO I NEED

Finally a yandere I can live and love

Those words the lab partner said about the other girl got me thinking. If she was regularly obsessed with different boys and the last one got killed by her, doesn't that mean that Lizzie had killed a bunch of boys too before meeting John? Creepy...

Bruh can we get an anime of this?

Much to my own shock, I have found this story (true ending) to be very romantic.

MANLY, THEY ARE MAKING AND ANIME BASED ON ANGELS OF DEATH!!!! (btw it's a rpgmaker game that you recorded in case you forgot)

"Kept 'ya waiting, uh?" I can't stop laughing, my sides are fucking split

If you notice through out the series, colour slowly turns back to the background

10:40 throughout this story I can feel just how much she wants to pounce on him like a tiger. And each time those moments come by I just look at my boy John and smirk with my glasses put in a swag position and just say. “Oh my”

ow, the edge... but two whole hours! good job making it all the way through with so many endings, lol. quite the journey it was.

Yay! Im so happy you uploaded this even though I'm sad it's ending.

Lizzie Borden changed her name To surname Doss she made a claim But still she kept her famous axe In case she had to give more whacks When KoiTec saw what she'd become Her swing cleaved them dead and dumb.

13:29 manly: *if 2+2 is 4 and 5+5 is 10... the what then heck is this?*

2:41 that "Yey" was so devoid of life a zombie would get scared.

1:00:08 Idk why, but this image... Is my favorite! They look so purely happy together! 😊

John: Lizzie Answer Me! Lizzie? LIZZZIIIIIIEEE!! *tantantarara TANTANTAN*

He's all like "listen its impossible for me to emphasize how much it couldn't have been Lizzie, we were just in the alley for an hour ba- uh I mean, doing a jigsaw puzzle, and damn were we making the pieces fit together so fine!!

No wonder it was a lil late, thank you for this kind sir you are great

24 7 John channel should become a meme.

The only way i can enjoy those e-book ( they are not game to me, more like chose your own adventure book than anything) is to have you read them, it was a joy to sit 2 hour with you as always :) Don't stop man :D

Axe girl team Lizzie-Crimson Gray Yuno Gasai-Future Diary Presea- Tales of Symphonia Enri- Purgatory Escanor-7 Deadly Sins

It may be an old vid, but it was refreshing to watch through this game for the first time in years while it was played by one of my new favourite youtubers. Also, lizzie is right. Axes are best weapon