She also wears a dark-blue skirt, black thigh-high socks, and white uwabaki slippers with a pink tip, which are in stark contrast to the rest of the cast's white knee-socks and blue-tipped slippers. She wears the typical school uniform, which is a warm gray blazer of a white-collared shirt with a brown sweater vest over it, topped off with a red ribbon. Her eyes are emerald green Act 3 shows tiny dots in what is supposed to be her colored pupils already surrounding the iris. She also has bangs and two long strands of hair next to her face. Monika has long coral brown hair that she keeps in a ponytail tied back with a large white bow. It is shown that nothing about Monika's apparent kindness and politeness is an act, and she even offers the player some genuinely good advice from time to time. Later in the game, the player will be able to read Monika's Talk where she talks directly to the player, instead of the protagonist. Monika's actions are also motivated by her desire to escape the torture she endures whenever someone quits the game, as when that happens Monika is trapped in a hellish void of noise, lights, colors, and screams, unable to even move or even think. She is fixated on obtaining the love of player because they're the only "real" thing in her life. Ultimately, Monika's attempt to make the other girls unlikable led to her accidentally driving Sayori and Yuri to suicide due to her alterations to her personality, and finally her deleting Natsuki in order to be able to spend time with the player alone, creating her own "happy ending."ĭespite Monika's upbeat attitude in the Literature Club, it becomes increasingly obvious that she is really sad and lonely, as a result of being aware that her whole world is just a simulation a simulation in which she can't even achieve what is considered "happiness" (i.e. Her desire and ambition lead her to become obsessive in this goal, highlighted by the fact that all of her poems are about the player or her epiphany. She becomes infatuated with the player and urges them to spend more time with her. Monika began trying to make the other girls unlikable by altering their traits. It is revealed that Monika was self-aware all along and resented having no romantic role in the game, as that meant there was no happy ending coded for her, which forced her to take action. Monika openly displays care and concern for her club mates, praising each member's writing style and even comparing them to famous authors and poets.įrom Act 2 onward, she shows a much more manipulative personality. She aspires for it to be a place to showcase and grow everyone's passion for literature. The Literature Club, which she founded after leaving the Debate Club, is very important to her. Monika had previously been a part of the Debate Club but left due to all the inner politics and drama, highlighting a desire for order, freedom of topics and friendliness. She always has a calm, gentle expression and is portrayed as mature and hard-working. She is not as talkative as the other girls, but this is implied to not be through choice. Monika is noted by the other characters to be smart, confident and athletic. The player cannot write poems for her until near the end of the game in Act 3. Over the course of the game, it is revealed that Monika is self-aware, causing her to create many game-breaking glitches in pursuit of the player. She is one of the five main characters, one of the five members and President of the Literature Club until she was replaced by Sayori in Act 4 after being deleted by the player in Act 3. Monika is the poster girl and primary antagonist of Doki Doki Literature Club!.