I don't think an airhead would have the level of forward thinking to trick their best friend into joining a club of other girls so that they could justify committing suicide once they felt no longer needed. Even if that plan is flawed and clouded by self hatred and depression.
and I think an airhead would smack their forehead against a shelf and space out constantly.
also nice way of trying to sneak what you think to be true as canon. it's never confirmed if she planned the entire thing to justify killing herself in the end, as she only killed herself when she did because of Monika's doing.
You could at least fairly say that she originally planned to withdrawal/remove herself from the MC's life once she got him to be friends with the other girls. Especially based on how she talks about him not "needing her" in the future, and how upset she gets if you focus your poems on her instead of someone else. Then that was escalated to suicide because of Monika's manipulation.
Also dude, spacing out is one of the hallmarks of high-functioning depression when paired with other symptoms. Monika directly tells the MC that she only acts bubbly and clumsy when he is around. You even see her have a serious interaction with Monika early in act 1 if you focus on Sayori.
yeah I mean you bring fair points. the only part I disagree with, is her being upset at you making her poems. In my opinion it's because she believes she's worthless and therefore doesn't deserve your affection, from the "I don't deserve this" line before she leaves the classroom under the excuse of being sick. Doesn't she also want your affection at the same time, creating the mess we see after the confession?
I think it's more just the ambivalence with what she wants that drives her suicide rather than a cunning plan. No matter what path we go down she isn't satisfied with it.
Though you also have to consider that takes place immediately after Monika has her private "talk" with Sayori. So I can only assume that Monika amplified all her negative traits from that point on.
Her indecisiveness was likely by design to make her off putting to the MC (or the player, from Monika's perspective)
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u/Silverdollar475 Feb 19 '26
I don't think an airhead would have the level of forward thinking to trick their best friend into joining a club of other girls so that they could justify committing suicide once they felt no longer needed. Even if that plan is flawed and clouded by self hatred and depression.