I see an annoying girl running toward me from the distance, waving her arms around in the air like she's totally oblivious to any attention she might draw to herself...
That girl is Sayori, my neighbor and good friend since we were children.
You know, the kind of friend you'd never see yourself making today, but it just kind of works out because you've known each other for so long?
We used to walk to school together on days like this, but starting around high school she would oversleep more and more frequently, and I would get tired of waiting up.
And thus, today marks the day I sold my soul for a cupcake.
And thus, today marks the day I sold my soul to Monika and her irresistible smile.
All four girls stare back at me with dejected eyes.
All words escape me in this situation. This club... is full of incredibly cute girls!!
Sayori...
Natsuki...
Yuri...
and, of course, Monika.
Will I really be happy spending every day after school in a literature club? Perhaps I'll have the chance to grow closer to one of these girls...
After I pack up my things, I stare blankly at the wall, looking for an ounce of motivation. Clubs... There really aren't any that interest me.
I'm perfectly content with just getting by on the average while spending my free time on games and anime.
Don't make promises you can't keep!
And I guess that starts with writing a poem tonight...
Is Monika suggesting that I spend the weekend with one of my club members?
I'm not entirely sure what she means, but I felt a chill down my spine after hearing that.
In your books, maybe! Look, the only thing different is that Sayori isn't here.
...Manga...
I dejectedly follow Sayori across the school and upstairs - a section of the school I rarely visit, being generally used for third year classes and activities.
Ah... sorry. I just don't read script very often.
I never said I would join this club!
I...I'm defenseless against these girls. How am I supposed to make a clear-headed decision when it's like this?
That is, if writing poems is the price I need to pay in order to spend every day with these beautiful girls...
I'll join the Literature Club.


this is it. the moment i've been waiting for. sayori promised me that she would show me a club that she's vice president in, which is being the literature club. she doesn't want me to be a NEET so i guess i'll take a look because why not? i sure hope that nothing bad happens while i'm there. what could possibly go wrong

i walked into the classroom where the literature club was. i took note of my surroundings and saw three other girls in the room. there was one of them i immediately noticed: Monika. smart, beautiful, athletic... basically completely out of my league. the other two girls, one short, and the other significantly taller. the short one was apparently named Natsuki and has a much sour attitude compared to the tall one. she also made cupcakes, according to Sayori. the tall girl was Yuri and appears to be more timid and mature. i assumed Natsuki was a first-year, due to her small figure but that might just be me


payback
i don't know why this exists but it's decent i guess
promise me you'll go incognito for this one
vice versa
let's talk
wow that's not good
oh no what have i done


Sayori and Monika are having a cheery conversation in a corner. Yuri is wearing her intense reading expression and has her face buried in a book. Natsuki appears to be rummaging around in the closet.

NATSUKI - The girl with the sour attitude who hates being called cute. According to Sayori, she's the one who made cupcakes. It's also clear that she stores a collection of her manga in the closet in the back of the clubroom.
YURI - A shy and reclusive girl, a maiden of mystery. I told her that I've been reading manga and she seemed to disapprove of that. But that can change.
SAYORI - The girl I basically grew up with. My childhood friend who's clumsy, cheerful, and carefree. That sort of thing. She's the one who invited me to the club she's vice-president in so I suppose I'll check it out.
MONIKA - The president of the Literature Club, & the most popular. Smart, beautiful, athletic & out of my league. She seems to act differently around me and I don't understand why.

update: forgot to look this over, whoops. i practically made it in a rush and i thought i wasn't going to have to edit this afterwards. made minor edits to the description. hopefully i don't need to edit this again.
update #2: ...don't say anything! there was another mistake, but that's alright. no one has noticed this guide yet... hopefully they will.
update #3 4/10/2020: ummmmmmmmm well this is awkward. i just fixed some of the quotes and that's it. maybe i should add more pictures idk? also thanks for checking out the guide, just as i posted a comment about it not long ago. uh i also fixed the guide title because it wasn't visible on mobile apparently, so sorry about that but it's still readable.
02/19/2021 - haha you didn't think i would update this again did you? well i did, so surprise! i'll go over a few changes, such as renaming the title to use all capitals, i fixed some grammar errors around this part so the quotes should appear as they do in the game, and monika's guide page should be using its correct title
02/25/2021 // i fixed one of the images because it was too low quality so i replaced it with the same one except it looks better this time
Here's my poem for today. (03/08/2021) :::: A bit awkward, but something tells me that Monika knew the exact reason I joined the club; and it wasn't for finding a passion in literature. Is she some sort of psychic? Something's wrong but I hate to admit it.
DATE 03/16/2021