In February of 2018, 15-year old Ben Walmsley of Greater Manchester, England, committed suicide. The game ends when the player exits the game and physically deletes Monika's character file from their computer. It is then revealed that the character Monika is 'sentient' and in love with the player, and has used her powers to manipulate the other characters and delete files in the game in an effort to force the player to fall in love with her. At the end of the second act, Yuri confesses her love to the player character, and again, regardless of the player's answer, Yuri kills herself. The character Yuri becomes psychologically and violently obsessed with the player character, and the player can not escape her route. This time through the game, technological glitches and strange occurrences dominate the action. The game then abruptly restarts and the events of the plot happen again, only this time altered to go in motion without Sayori. Regardless of whether the character accepts or rejects Sayori's confession, Sayori hangs herself. At the end of the first act, Sayori confesses her love to the player character.
