Hi people! I'm making a dating sim called "because of you", and I had an idea for it but I feel like doing it would be a waste of time and it wouldn't benefit the story at all. I need your opinion on this! The two options are:
-Keep it as a simple dating sim, with cool stories for each character route
-Make the childhood friend character a yandere (he's a boy). Even if it seems a little like a DDLC rip off, it might be fun to make it!
My idea was the yandere childhood friend, but I feel like it's not really necessary. I need your opinion on this!

hmm it's a bit hard to give an opinion with this few information. i mean, both are very mainstream so it's just a matter of what you prefer personally. 
but it's YOU making the game, so i think you should make what inspires you the most. until i see the story i can't know what i prefer.