It seems we have JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to thank for anime's yandere obsession:
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a series that has little need to flaunt. Creator Hirohiko Araki began the manga decades ago, and its legacy has undergone all sorts of iterations. These days, the shonen is as mainstream as they come as anime has blown up globally. And as new fans come to JoJo by the day, well – it is only right they give thanks to Araki for making yandere a thing.
The tidbit surfaced on social media at the start of the year, and the fact does bear contextualization. Araki introduced Yukako in Diamond Is Breakable, so the character was a product of the '90s. In fact, Yukako's personality bares striking similarities to Annie Wilkes from Stephen King's Misery. And given Kathy Bates made the role famous on film two years before Diamond Is Unbreakable launched, well – you can piece together Araki's inspiration.
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