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This is a blog where I write headcanons/drabbles about diabolik lovers or whatever spooky things I have time to think about!

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Diabolik Lovers PSVita Emulation: Visual Aid (PC GUIDE ONLY): PT. 1, PT.2

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ft. yui | masterlist. | currently playing: first kiss - jeon hyo sung (전효성)

disclaimer: I haven't consumed a lot of the official media from Rejet regarding diabolik lovers, so some of my posts will be inaccurate. please take everything with a grain of salt.

oh, my sweet girl, yui.

- her natural hair color is blonde, much to everyone's surprise. you'd think she dyes it all the time but nope! she inhereted genetics from her dad that blessed her with the softest and waviest blonde hair that curtains over her shoulders. at least that's what seiji tells her everytime she asks. he doesn't plan on telling her that: a) he isn't her actual father, and b) he isn't a natural blonde

- loves desserts. she likes the ones with fresh fruit, like strawberry shortcake, where it's the perfect mix of sweet and tartness. probably why her and kanato get along—when he isn't threatening to stab her with a fork.

- by god, she is genuinely the kindest person to grace this earth. you can see it with how sweet she is to any of the diaboys. being raised in the church, she tries to find forgiveness in everyone. even if that "everyone" consists of twelve sadistic vampires who'd rather catch her skin between their teeth than catch feelings.

- that being said, choosing to believe that everyone has good inside them hasn't always led her down the right path. as a child, yui definitely got into some major trouble because the other kids at church threatened convinced her to tag along. she was always a shy kid and desperately in need of friends that weren't just her stuffed animals or god.

- even as she gets older, yui struggles to build friendships with other girls her age. it's not as if she's incapable. she's a sweet person to be around. but, given the company she keeps—a harem of hot dudes at school—it makes her an easy target for envious onlookers. whispers move around the hall that she's just a slut that's being passed around the family.

- OBVIOUSLY, that isn't true. but the more you try to fan the flames, the worse a burn you get. she can only deny the same rumors over and over again until she eventually just has to tolerate it. thankfully, reiji quickly dispelled those nonsensical ideas within a matter of days. oh, don't be naive, it's not cause he likes yui (foolish mortal), no. he simply can't stand idly by and have the sakamaki name tainted by the likes of scum.

- the other half of encounters with girls is whenever they ask her to pass on letters to any of the brothers. it's not hard to guess what kind they are. if lipstick imprints weren't enough, the curly written names with hearts over the 'i's and flowery aromas are plenty. it's too embarrassing for yui to do so, so she just secretly keeps them all underneath her bed in a box.

- she's just desperately in need of a friend. somebody get her away and save her from those toxic assholes.

- i don't think yui would've worn a lot of makeup. her father probably drilled her with some "god made you beautiful just the way you are; why would you sully his creation by putting on makeup?" bullshit. that being said, when she was fourteen she begged for a makeup kit she caught a glimpse of in one of the mall displays. he refused. yet, on christmas day the gift had miraculously appeared underneath the tree.

- it's a very basic palette, four colors and a limited range, but it's perfect for her. i think her look would be fairly simple, consisting of a hydrating primer, concealer, blush, mascara, and a clear lip gloss.

- since she didn't wear a lot of makeup, a lot of focus was put on her clothes and hair! she learned how to do cute hairstyles and picked up a lot of her fashion from magazines or online. pink is her signature color, so her closet is filled to the brim with it. however, at some point she got tired of all the pink, so she went with some other colors like teal to spruce it up.

- bows, bows, bows. she loves em, it's also one of her signatures.

- she also accessorizes with a lot of head-related pieces. stuff like hairclips, headbands, hats, you name it, she's probably got at least one of those things.

- given yui was raised by her father, she's always been a daddy's girl. but i think she would've longed to have a mother, or some sort of maternal figure. seiji adored her, doted on her with every ounce of love that could rival his dedication to god; but naturally, there were some things that he just couldn't give yui.

- once, as a young child, yui desperately prayed to god for a mother. hoping that maybe this one time she could be selfish and that god would forgive her for such a request.

- it didn't work.

- she then had to lie about why she was falling asleep the next morning during prayer.

- aside from that, yui's faith is constantly tested when she's with the diaboys. mainly with laito. we've all seen the way he mocks her devotion. but she doesn't let it get to her. she still holds onto her rosary with conviction. her faith is really all she has left after she's forced to live with the sakamakis, and everything else that follows. it gives her strength to keep going, and no matter what happens, she won't allow any of them to shake her faith.

- at a certain point, yui probably does wonder if all of this is some sort of test from god. wonders if everything she's gone through is a trial of faith. when she's at her lowest, she can't help but slip into the belief that maybe she's done something against him to warrant it. but yui has always seen the good in people, including herself, so she's sensible to remember that it likely isn't her doing.

- she wasn't allowed pets, but i think yui would've adored having a cat.

- there was a stray that hung around the church that she'd always stop to pet. even when her father instructed against it, there she was, running her hand along its back as it rolled around in the cherry blossoms.

- it was one of the only times when she actively disobeyed seiji.

- if she had her own, she probably would dress it up with cute accessories, and it'd be the sweetest cat ever. given that yui can cook and bake, i think she would try and make homemade cat-safe treats for it to try.

a drabble of headcanons...

ft. the sakamakis & yui | masterlist. | currently playing: premonition - toby fox

disclaimer: i haven't consumed a lot of the official media from Rejet regarding diabolik lovers, so some of my posts will be inaccurate. please take everything with a grain of salt.

[sakamaki mansion - 逆巻邸]

ok, look. the idea of vampires having a giant mansion in the middle of buttfuck nowhere seems very hot in theory. especially with the implications behind the ability to afford said mansion. but realistically, the sakamaki's mansion is probably a lot more menacing in practice.

the mansion itself is centuries old. you can see it in the gothic architecture and the various pieces of 19th-century furniture. it's even more obvious when you realize the kitchen has no electric stoves or a microwave. there's not a need for it. vampires don't eat, not entirely, and the girls that get sent don't last long enough to use it.

location-wise, the mansion likely is build someplace far, far away from the nearest city. evidence by the fact that the brothers and yui have to take a limousine just to attend school (flex, much?). it's isolated, surrounded by sprawling forests that block out the sun and completely theirs. ideal for what those sick bastards get up to. reiji tells yui that she's more than welcome to "leave" if she's not satisfied with her living situation. likely because he knows that they're miles away from any sort of civilization, and she has no other means of getting there except by foot. obviously, yui can't just leave, which is how they like it. prey that can't escape is probably their favorite kind.

who knows how many bodies are buried underneath that place. the sakamaki brothers have been doing this for years, centuries even. reiji can't be bothered to keep count of those poor girls who get sent like lambs to a slaughterhouse. the others couldn't care less. all that really matters is what their blood tastes like.

the church certainly seems to know the type that the brothers prefer. docile, meek, and pliant. look however you'd like; at the end of the day you'll eventually meet the same fate. if you're pretty enough, kanato might find you a nice place in his dollhouse. that'd be nice, don't you think? your skin smooth like porcelain, left as a lifeless corpse while he gets to stroke your hair and put you in frilly dresses. he'd be doing you a favor by keeping you rather than letting the bugs eat your body.

you might think that with the six brothers around, the mansion would seem small, but you really underestimate just how massive the place is. it's easy to get lost in the endless hallways that seem to stretch on for miles. each one looks exactly identical. stray too far off and you'll find yourself staring into a dark hallway where the servants forgot to light up. stay longer, and you notice shadows crawling where they shouldn't. the locals call the mansion a "haunted house", and i don't think they're just talking about the sakamaki brothers.

thousands of 'brides' were probably sent by the church. each one just as confused and in the dark as yui was. again, the brothers can't be bothered to learn their names. not when there's six of them and only one of her. there's never enough to go around. in the end they all wind up a mound of dirt in the graveyard.

with the amount of death, it's no surprise that the mansion is lingering with vengeful spirits. not all of the ghosts are mean. if you're just like them, a sacrificial lamb sent by a cruel shepherd, they might take pity on you. sheep have to flock together, don't they?

late at night, you can still hear quiet sobs escaping from one of the locked doors in the upper wing. where some poor bride spent her last dying breath piecing together her neck after she'd pissed off subaru for the last time. whispers breathe over your shoulder when ayato's calling out "oi, tit-less!", telling you to stay put. disembodied hands encourage you into the closet when kanato's on his rampage, screaming about how someone has touched his precious teddy.

yui wonders how many girls came before her. they're all nameless, and during the times kanato drags her to his dollhouse, she can't bear the thought of meeting the eyes of those wax figures. when she spends the night bent over the porcelain edge of the bathtub, holding a rag over whatever gash one of the brothers has bitten into her, she contemplates whether they were just as frightened as her.

which is why, under the full moon's guiding light, she'll head to the graveyard. she tries her best to ignore the thought behind why the sakamaki's have their own. on one of the many empty headstones that litter across the graveyard, she sets down a small bouquet of roses; freshly picked from the garden. she'll press her hands together and pray—not for their salvation, but for god to put their souls to rest. she understands more than anyone that they've suffered enough. it's not a lot, not nearly as much as they deserve. but it's all she can offer.

it becomes a small tradition for her to do. sometimes before she heads out, reiji will spot her from his bedroom window. he'll watch her kneel down with a pair of shears and pluck out the best-looking roses for the bouquet. he finds it ridiculous, though he never goes out of his way to stop her. mainly because he'd be forced to admit he was watching (and he'd rather die than do that), and quite frankly, it's beneath him.

[underground - 地下]

the tunnels underneath span for miles. the longer you walk, the farther the distance from the end seems to grow. well, if you can make it past the smell. they probably span past the actual sakamaki estate itself and keep going beyond that.

given that there's a literal toture chamber connected to these things, i wouldn't be surprised if any brides of the past were dragged down here for "punishment" by laito or ayato's hand.

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Diabolik Lovers PSVita Emulation: Visual Aid (PC GUIDE ONLY):  PT. 1, PT.2

This follows the PC guide and covers how to install English patches + save files. Installing the emulator and installing games are in part one.

Hello! This is part two of a visual aid meant to follow this tutorial posted by @chestnut-trotter !! All credit goes to them; I just wanted to make a helpful guide for anyone who needs it.

Text/steps from the original tutorial have been colored pink.

ENGLISH PATCH INSTALLATION

Regarding the original links to the patches, some may have different download methods that should be fairly self-explanatory :)

1. Inside Vita3k, right-click on the game you just installed, press Open folder > Application > data.

2. Now, opening the folder you just downloaded (if its a zip, i reccomend you unzip before copying anything over) copy all the cpk files in the data folder, and paste them into data folder of the game you just opened through Vita3k in step 1. You will be replacing a combination of either the GAME.cpk, STORY.cpk or SYSTEM.cpk files depending on the game. I don't know why they're different, just depends on who and how they were patched I suppose. But this will replace most of the in-game text with english (most importantly the story haha)

2. With the data folder open, open a separate file tab where the patch file is located (likely your downloads). From here, drag it over into the data file. Keep in mind that you SHOULD see that the newly downloaded English patch has the same name as the original Japanese one.

If done correctly, it should give you this pop-up window. Click ‘Replace the file in the destination’.

If you’re downloading multiple patches in one session, I'd highly recommend downloading them one at a time to avoid any confusion with file names.

1. Close Vita3k again, then reopen it. 2. You are now ready to play Diabolik Lovers >:)

As @chestnut-trotter said, now you're ready to meet your vampire boy toys (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑ !!

SAVE FILES

This is completely my own thing, separate from the original tutorial.

You may notice that when booting up the game, you receive this string of code in the Vita3K emulator.

Don't fret!! It looks scary, but the solution is rather simple. Whenever you're able to save in-game, select 'Enter' to open this menu (or whatever key you have it set up as).

Once here, navigate to the 'Save'. Once you're able to see the save slots, use your MOUSE instead of the keyboard controls. If you attempt to save with the keyboard, it will not work. It will ask you to confirm to save, and simply use your mouse for that as well.

So far, I haven't had any issues with saving like this despite the number of times it gives me the red code. I can load saves just fine. If you aren't experiencing this issue, then continue being worry-free!

That's it! The last bit about the save files plagued me for the last two days. I can't even convey to y'all how embarrassed I felt after finding out all I had to do was use my MOUSE. Oh well, the problem has been solved!

This follows the PC guide and covers how to install the Emulator and install games. English patches + save files are in part two.

Hello! This is a visual aid meant to follow this tutorial posted by @chestnut-trotter !! All credit goes to them; I just wanted to make a helpful guide for anyone who needs it.

The numbered steps in this post DO NOT match exactly with the original post. Text/steps from the original tutorial have been colored pink.

VITA3K INSTALLATION

This tutorial uses Vita3k, so I recommend you use that lol. You can download it here: https://vita3k.org

Once you're on the website, click ‘Download’in the top bar; it will then take you to this screen. For this tutorial, we’re following the Windows download since it's what I use. Choose ‘X64’

2. Once downloaded, you can either click the file in the upper right corner OR go to the file icon in your taskbar and navigate to 'Downloads' The download should pop up in the top right corner of your browser. If it doesn’t, try clicking the downloads button on the far top right, and it should show up.

1) Unzip the vita3k folder you just downloaded (If you don't have a program to do this, I reccommend WinRAR. [just download it, no need to buy it] But I'm sure any will do)

3. Right-click to get this drop-down menu, then hit ‘Extract All…’if button is unavailable, please check with the original tutorial.

4. This menu will pop up. You can either extract it to downloads by pressing 'Extract' or place it elsewhere. To place it elsewhere, choose ‘Browse’ instead.

(Read the following steps if moving elsewhere) It will bring you to the normal file screen. 

Scroll down on the far left side until you see the ‘Windows(C:)’ and click on it. From here, click Users → [your user].

Once inside, create a new folder (you can do this by pressing left-click on any empty space). Label this folder Emulator; this will help keep things organized

5. Press ‘Select Folder’ at the bottom right corner.

Once back to the extraction pop-up, make sure that everything is in the right location and that you have checked the ‘Show extract files’ button

Once you hit ‘Extract’, you should receive a separate window that shows you where all the files have been extracted to.

2. Open the Vita3k.exe file to install it

6. Double-click the Vita3K.exe file (it may appear as just ‘Vita3k’). Depending on your PC, it may give you this pop-up; just click ‘More Info’, then ‘Run anyway’ to bypass the warning and launch it

3. Follow the installation instructions + 4. When prompted to install firmware and font files please do so, don't skip by pressing next. You can find them here: firmware and font.

7. You should receive this pop-up. Once here, follow the instructions from the menu.

‘Download Pre-Install Firmware ’: After you click, it'll take you to a separate website. It may give you a countdown at first.

If nothing occurs or downloads (like in my case), you can right-click on the link and click ‘Save link as…’*

Note: make sure the link saves as a .PUP file, not a .html (this means you’ve saved the webpage, not the actual .PUP file)

Repeat the same steps as before for ‘Download Firmware: English (US)’ and ‘Download Firmware Font Package' . Note: for 'Download Firmware: English (US)' you will have to right-click the blue download button instead of a link.

Your browser may say that an "insecure" download was blocked; just hit ‘Keep’ to download anyway.

5. Select the install button for each, and then select said files from your downloads (or wherever you downloaded to files to) when prompted. + 6. Click next when you have installed both. On the next page, click next again after selecting settings and preferences.

8. After you hit ‘OK’ in the emulator pop-up, you will be taken to this screen. Click ‘File’ in the top corner and install your firmware (These will be the (.PUP) files). Regarding step 6, it did not occur for me.

Ignore the red code; this just means the emulator can’t connect to Discord, which shouldn’t be a problem.

7. Now close Vita3k down and reopen it again.

9. After closing Vita3K and reopening, you should no longer see the yellow code. The DB code should now say it’s up to date. Now we're ready to download games (✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)!!

GAME INSTALLATION TUTORIAL

1. Select the game you wish to download (click the name, it should open a pop-up window) + 2. Then download the PKG file.

1. When the pop-up appears, it may not do anything even after clicking ‘Download PKG’. Right-click this and choose ‘Save link as… ’. Again, make sure things are in the correct locations, and press ‘Keep’ if it says the download was blocked. It may take a few minutes to download, so just wait.

4. Once done, in Vita3k, click file > install .pkg. Then select the game you just downloaded.

This is Diabolik Lovers: Haunted Dark Bridal - Limited V Edition

5. It will ask to verify the PKG, so you can select either work.bin OR zRIF. (work.bin involves downloading another file from NoPayStation. While zRIF is just a code you can copy and paste)

zRIF key method: select ‘Enter zRIF key manually…’, then copy the key from the NoPayStation pop-up and paste it into Vita3K before hitting ok.

work.bin method: Before clicking anything in Vita3K, download the work.bin file from the NoPayStation pop-up. It should show in the top right corner; if not, then right-click and choose ‘Save link as…’ Back in Vita3K, select ‘Select .bin/ .rif file…’. It will open up your files, find where the work.bin file was saved (likely your downloads), and then click to install

Your games should show up now!

Because I've nearly reached the image limit, I will be posting the visual aid for installing English patches HERE.

Hopefully, this made things a little easier than doing it blind! There will be no gatekeeping here. I tried my best to explain alongside the images, but if anything doesn't make sense, please DM/Comment and I will do my best to help!