Properly Paranoid: In the true ending path, Lizzie destroys John's Paxetine medicine and tells him not to trust Mrs.One-Man Army: In the canon ending, Lizzie kills multiple armed men without even flinching.Smythe also supposes that John isn't "normal" and so wasn't effected by the drugs in a way she expected, just as Lizzie isn't. On Lizzie's end, in one route she determines that, like her, John is not a normal person because he's able to have a decent time with her even when she's keeping him captive in her basement.He continues to compare her to himself in terms of their mental illnesses, such as wondering if he was just trying to "cure" her so he'd have a better girlfriend, the way that people tell him he's "no fun" with his depression. At the beginning of the game, John stands up for Lizzie when his classmates call her creepy because as John muses, people have called him creepy or crazy before, and he hated it.The culprit is another girl who is also a Yandere.
Despite Lizzie being a Yandere, she's telling the truth she's not responsible for this particular murder. Not Me This Time: When John and Lizzie go on a date at the county fair, it ends with a male classmate of John's being killed, though Lizzie clarifies that it wasn't her.For example, she's actually happy when John disagrees with her because it means he isn't just telling her what she wants to hear. Lizzie takes some rejections poorly, but can be surprisingly open-minded. She subsequently breaks down apologizing to him.
Smythe will tell John about Lizzie's past history. Evil, Inc.: KoiTec experiments on unwilling test subjects while covering their tracks through coercion and violence, just so they can grab more money from the military.This establishes Lizzie's character as very interested in John, and also as someone who is willing to take extreme actions due to said interest. Establishing Character Moment: Lizzie leaves notes and a piece of chocolate in John's locker, and then burns down a tree because John didn't like a romantic myth associated with it.Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: Lizzie's eyes go dull when she starts to become angry or unhappy.This serves to introduce the player to Lizzie's mental state. So Lizzie then proceeds to burn down the tree, just because John said he thought the tree myth was stupid. Disproportionate Retribution: At the beginning, Lizzie overhears John talk disparagingly about a school myth that romantic confessions under a certain tree will always go well.Developers' Foresight: A lot of text slightly changes depending on the narrator's mental state, on which medicine he is currently taking or not taking, and on his general mood.Smythe provide the slightest bit of color to him. Deliberately Monochrome: Whenever the story is focused on John, the background is grayed out.Crazy Enough to Work: Injecting Lizzie with even more serum so she becomes strong enough to dispose of the guards.Colour-Coded Emotions: The color palette of the game varies depending of the characters' emotions.