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What is DRAMAtical Murder?
Iām actually a little surprised to be writing this myself, in the year of our lord 2023, but why not? I didnāt know about it myself until recently, and now that itās available with an official English translation, itās a lot more accessible.
First of all, DRAMAtical Murder (or DMMd for short) is a visual novel that came out in 2012 in Japan. It was published by Nitro+CHIRAL, features art by Honyarara, and has some amazing music as well (the theme song is by Goatbed, with ending songs by them, Itou Kanako, VERTUEUX, and Seizi Kimura). It is a boysā love or BL visual novel, probably the softest of the Nitro+CHIRAL titles; since its publication, it has received several additional pieces of media: a fandisk (Re:Connect), a sanitized version for the PSVita (Re:Code), and even an anime which... is certainly one way to get into it.
In 2021, Jast Blue made an official translation which was released both on Steam (censored) and their own website (uncensored). A patch is available on their website to restore the uncensored content for those who purchased it on Steam, which still allows the player to receive all the achievements. There was also a fan translation lovingly created many years ago, and the controversy over which version is better rages on. I wonāt comment about it here; just know that whichever version you prefer, that is your right.
But what is DMMd about? Well... this is gonna get long, so letās buckle in.
DMMd is set in a near-future cyberpunk setting, generally positive and colorful rather than dystopian. The story takes place on an island off the coast of Japan, Midorijima (literally āgreen islandā), where many of the residents have been forced off the island due to the building of a gigantic sort of adult playground, Platinum Jail, where the rich and elite party like thereās no tomorrow. The remaining residents of the island live in whatās left of the city, though the owner of Platinum Jail, Tatsuo Toue, seems to be trying to grasp the remaining land as well for his own purposes.
Some of the residents have taken to forming gangs called Ribstiez, which control different parts of the Residential District. Others play a virtual game called Rhyme that takes place entirely within the playersā minds. This is facilitated through the use of Allmates, small robotic creatures that can look like anything the user desires and have multiple functions -- some manage social media, some help their owners with their daily schedules, etc.
Our protagonist is the young man known as Aoba Seragaki.
Aoba, 23 years old and single at the start of the game, works at Heibon Junk Shop. He is demonstrated to have an unusually persuasive voice when he chooses to, but -- aside from that, and his hair having sensation in it -- he seems to be an ordinary young man just trying to live a simple life. He lives with his grandmother, Tae, as his parents left Midorijima when he was young, and he has an Allmate: a small, fluffy, blue dog resembling a Japanese Spitz, named Ren.
Aoba has four potential love interests (plus a secret one whose route is unlocked as you play through the othersā routes).
First up is Koujaku.
Koujaku is an old childhood friend of Aobaās. He had to leave the island when they were young, but came back around three years prior to the start of the story. He leads the Ribstiez gang known as Beni-Shigure and has a red sparrow Allmate named Beni. To supplement his income, he works as a wandering hairdresser and sets up on the street to cut hair. He and Aoba have a comfortable friendship that gets tested in his route.
Next, we have Clear.
Clear is a mysterious stranger who literally falls out of the sky the first time he and Aoba meet. He refers to Aoba as āMasterā and refuses to take his gas mask off under any circumstances. To say any more about him would spoil literally his entire route.
Next up is Noiz:
Noiz appears first when he challenges Aoba to a match in Rhyme, insisting that Aoba is an old player of the game despite the fact that Aoba doesnāt remember ever having played Rhyme in the past. Noiz is part of a Rhyme gang known as the Ruff Rabbitz, and his Allmate is a small black-and-green cube called Usagimodoki. Itās entirely possible he has several of them, since they can be seen hanging in chains from his belt. Noiz works as an information broker to earn an income on Midorijima, but heās not originally from there, as we learn on his route.
Finally, we have Mink.
Mink is a complicated character, as he doesnāt speak too much and when he does, it tends to be in riddles. Heās also not originally from Midorijima; while itās not specified, his aesthetic is very much Native American. He has a pink cockatoo Allmate who is not named during the main game. Mink runs a Rib gang called Scratch made up of escaped convicts. His reasons for wanting Aoba on his side are his own, only revealed far into his route. His is the darkest of the routes, and I would say a trigger warning is in order for this one.
As for the final love interest, I wonāt talk about it here. More fun to find out for yourself, right? Just remember: thereās some weird shit in this game.
Lest I forget, I must mention some other important characters. First up, Aobaās friend Mizuki.
Mizuki runs the largest Ribstiez gang on Midorijima, Dry Juice. Heās a tattoo artist and owns a combination tattoo parlor and bar, the Black Needle.
Thereās also Virus and Trip.
Virus and Trip (who are emphatically not twins) are a pair of yakuza who seem to show up a lot around Aoba. They claim to be his biggest fans.
Of course, thereās also Tae, as well as Aobaās boss Haga (who has a robotic Allmate named Junker), Yoshie (who runs a courier service and owns a sleek dog Allmate, Clara), and a trio of young siblings who torment Aoba at his work - Mio, Nao, and Kio. In addition, one of the most corrupt cops on the island, Akushima, regularly pops up to bother the characters.
As the common route progresses, Aoba learns more about himself and his past -- and realizes he has to stop whatās happening before itās too late. He eventually heads into Platinum Jail no matter which love interestās route is chosen; the events that unfold change depending on which route youāre on, but playing through all of them and unlocking the secret route will finally reveal the truth of it all.
Re:Connect, as befits a fandisk, explores more with each of the love interest routes after their good endings (and also a bit more of the bad endings). It also has a route specifically to fill in Aobaās backstory and youth. Re:Code is basically the same game, but sanitized -- all of the sex scenes were removed and given ācleanerā CGs. It did add a route for Mizuki, which involved more of Aobaās backstory. Finally, the anime was passable, though it compressed all the love interestsā stories into an episode each and went with the secret route for the ending. It is absolutely unwatchable in dub, except for laughs and memes. Re:Connect can be found and played with the fan translation online, and is absolutely worth locating. Re:Code, unfortunately, is still only available to play on the PSVita and has not been translated at all.
Oh, and there was also a stage play! Remarkably, they produced a butai in 2019, well after the games had come out, with the different love interest routes portrayed on alternate days. I would be happy to make a post babbling about that if thereās interest. Apparently the original run did well enough that a new production was announced earlier this year, which will be happening at the end of April. A new route was added for Virus and Trip, and the whole thing is supposed to be a āsuperchargedā version, not just a retread of the original.
OH I FORGOT there are also drama CDs that continued all of the love interestsā stories and had even more new music, as well as some other fun things like a special drama CD for the anime release, an April Foolās game that basically parodied Mother (Earthbound), and manga. And thereās a webtoon now. And lots of merch. And figures. Basically thereās just a lot of fun stuff to find.
And thatās DMMd! I obviously love it quite a bit, but I certainly acknowledge that it has its flaws and difficult scenes. Iād still recommend it, though. I think the writing is very well handled and the sex scenes are hot as fuck.
#dramatical murder#dmmd#visual novel#i tried not to go into too much detail#but i probably still got carried away#can't help it#i love this vn so much#hey look pride i did the thing
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MYCHAEL MY BELOVED šš
I wanted a wallpaper of him, hell yeah. āØ
šI REALLY LOVE HOW @deerspherestudios DOES THE BACKGROUNDS, AAAAA!!! āØāØāØ
#art#mushroom oasis vn#mushroom oasis mychael#mushroom oasis game#yandere#yandere male#mychael mushroom oasis#ART PRACTICE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!!! <33333#šššššššššššššššš
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Hellow!!! Its been almost year for know mushroom oasis and I really really enjoyed day3ā¦š„¹ like rive my shirts and cry out in painā¦..ā¤ļøāš„š AND END OF DAY3 i noticed the cutie from next door wasā¦ā¦. Not.. death alma from left your sprits
I REALLY LOVE THAT GAME TOO AND LOVE ALMA TOO so my heart was beating so much
And soon I remember something I wanted to ask about college and Alma! Is the college (of MC and vida) have drom? If they have drom alma can they appear in that building too? If MC can live there and Alma can appear, I want to draw of them watching movies all day in the dark or staying all night talking about themselves when roommate is not there! Or roommate got scared of drom room because Alma appeared in there room like this... (I made a little doodle of it!).Ā
Btw i really want to thank you and your team for made amazing games!! It was really good memories and im so exciting to see more scripts and story of mushroom oasis or another gamesš„¹ I will wating for new projects and scripts patiently!!!šš ((Sorry if sentence looks messy english not my first language ć
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Thank you so much for the support!! Omg,, that would be so in character for Alma, ngl. If they found out you were living close by they'd definitely will themselves to visit.
The thing is, the college building is based off of the one I went to during my studies, and it was basically one tall building in the middle of the city consisting of 35 (if I recall correctly) floors. The student dorms are a 15-20 minute public commute away.
But! Since LYS was such an open-ended game and hardly went into detail about what the rest of the campus looks like, I'd say the scenario above is definitely possible! :-)
#lift your spirits vn#fanart#alma ask#cheea chatter#thank you so much for the art!!#its absolutely adorable#this is more cheea chatter than alma ask but oh well#lowkey considering a remake for LYS...#like id love to do alma CGs and refresh the writing a bit#can you imagine alma in paralax after i tried it out for astronought#maybe someday!!
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I had someone on my art blog ask about the soriku panels in my background collage! Never realized I hadn't posted it here. It was a redraw originally planned for an old soriku week prompt, but I never got to finish the full page!
The comic itself was for the soriku zine I in 2018 (the full thing can be read in my soriku mega pdf) and was a super great learning experience! I've always wanted to do a mini sequel.
#kingdom hearts#soriku#I would love to make another soriku comic but im so bad at finishing projects man#gotta see about moving forward with that VN first lmao#also look at how much unnecessary detail I packed into the leaves and bubbles dude WHY#NO WONDER YOU WERE SO LATE WITH THIS#my art
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reynah is now a victim of watsuki's vocal prowess
this was supposed to be a silly doodle but i played around with the lighting too much
#keyframes fanart#keyframes vn#reynah dioquino#keyframes reynah#keyframes mc#they may be winter but when the opportunity is there they will do it#i think i found myself a crackship#theres so much potential here actually lol#its not helping that the height deference is cute#then there's the pink x black aesthetics#shipping mc with the actual love interests < shipping mc with reynah LMAO
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I LOVE WOMEN!!!!!!!!
#the kid at the back vn#tkatb vn#tkatb brittney#the kid at the back brittney#brittney claire#WHERE ARE MY BRITTNEY LOVERS AT!!?#i love her so much
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Everyone SHHHHH heās learning
#keyframes vn#keyframes fanart#elio kealoha#guys I love him so much#and the fern scene#I am holding him ever so gently in my hands#SOMEBODY SEDATE MEEEEEE#trust there will be more drawings stay tuned#doodles :p
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so i finished my first playthrough of seekL and got the seekLove ending
person a (edited as odxny): "i was gonna say i'm from dc i got pajamas on at 2am-"
person b (edited as thrim): "i'm gonna be honest, i'm ONLY looking at your titties right now"
#seekl#seekl vn#seekl meme#odxny#seekl odxny#seekl thrim#i loved this game so much i vow to never get seekLoss i would very much not survive#that ending scene was so bittersweet but i loved od's development sm and the fact they still reached out to thrim AURGH writing team cooked#and as you can tell art team also cooked because i was literally losing my shit#and vo is just so good i loved him as xyx and i love him as odxny now too#one of my fav visual novels i played icl like the coding aspect was so fun
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Do I need to go see a therapist? Why do I find this hot?
#like... I know I shouldn't but why hot?#disclaimer. I do know there's a difference between reality and fiction and I only react in this way because it's fiction#I have also had questionable tastes in fictional men before#like with Boyfriend to Death#I love murdersims and yandere vns#but god why does Ellis being violent turn me on so much#ikevil#ikemen villains#ikevil between two villains#ikevil ellis#ellis twilight
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"All I ask is that you stay with me until the end of the world. It doesn't matter if it's a month, a week, an hour from now- I want to spend the time I have left on this mortal coil with you, Sunshine."
Teaser image/soft cover for my next Binary Star Hero fanfic (it's taking forever because life and also, I've never written slice-of-life fluff before?). It's an epilogue/after story for the immediate aftermath of my first fic, Syzygy.
(Went with a different inking style because while I like digital sketching just fine, I just can't find a rendering style I'm comfortable with. I need a brush and ink in my handš)
#bshvn#binary star hero#binary star hero vn#bshvnfanart#bsh ray#I love drawing this man so much#I want to draw him all the time but I hate rendering digital art?!?!#Why can't i be one of those artists who's fast and also good at art?
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#so many fireflies ā¤#love him so much T_T#i love this silly little creature#I love the boots too#I LOVE EVERYTHING JAGSJA#mushroom oasis#mushroom oasis vn#mushroom oasis fanart#mychael#mushroom oasis mychael#references used
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Hi! Haven't been able to do much progress on this because we fucked up our wrist a little, but there's embroidery and a presentable amount of Four's assets have color now!
#lu four#linked universe four#lu wind#lu legend#lu hyrule#only tagging the guys we made notable changes to#Rulie got some potions and also shrank a little (too much torso)#& lege and wind got embroidery and also potions#me: i'm not gonna put much effort on the shoes shoes will not be seen often in vn stuff#me: *lavishes the pegasus boots with love and care*#also four's going to have. opposite colors. for when sprite is flipped#it's a good thing i love four b/c between the colors and the asymmetry he is going to need so much extra work#also the different eye colors#the eyes turned out kinda cute ngl#got started on sky's base outlines but he kinda scares me still sooooo he is not being shown off yet#sorry i love giving updates i love making bitty bits of progress
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Thank you for mushroom oasis^_^ ! Itās my hyper fixation right now lol. The art, music, and story is amazing and I love it so much. I had to draw Mychael. This is my first digital drawing so I hope itās okay >:3
#mushroom oasis vn#fanart#first time!???#this turned out so good!!!#i remember my first digital art and it was certainly something </3#thank you so much!!#i love the little heart shrooms in the background aww
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Tentenā¦ please tell me thatās just a propā¦
WOOOO YAAAA DAKLJWHDAL:KWJDH WHAT CAN I SAY I LOVE THESE TO BEANS
I really love keith and tenebris and god do they occupy my thought often :) My brain has beenā¦ off and this took alot longer BUT DAMN was the wait worth it.
I honestly have been wanting to attempt to draw this scene from the vn in my style from the moment that I saw it, but I never thought I was good enough to try. Finally said fuck it and did it :,) didnt help that i added the Uh oh face ten makes when he sees us and had to go and mess around with the shadows (so many layersā¦)
Kinda of took this as practice for my VN cause I do plan to add face-change versions of the cgs (will I shade themā¦ maybeā¦ I do really hate myself so I mightā¦ and yes shameless self plugin @our0nlylove-vn)
I SAY THIS NOW, I am on a HIGH the fucking feeling of doing an awesome drawing is the best eheheheheh. And again, I LOVE THEM OMG AAAAAAAA OOMFIES dont worry my sweet night, Im just gonna pretend itās fake and give you lil kisses. Fuck man I love them so muuuuuuch UGH. Im really tired now -dies- (side not- while putting the tags, I automatically got duality game LMAO)
Check out my Masterlist for my art and (limited) writing! >:D
#yandere#digital art#fanart#my art#digital drawing#art#my fanart#digital fanart#duality game#duality fanart#duality vn#tenebris#duality tenebris#tw blood#guts#yandere vn#I need help i love them so much rip
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she touch on my starved till i uhhhh (incorrect buzzer)
more under cut that i didnt have time to draw but really had to get the vision Out There so they just look like shitty adventure time storyboards
#touchstarved#touchstarved game#touchstarved vn#mhin touchstarved#touchstarved mc#kuras touchstarved#ais touchstarved#leander touchstarved#vere touchstarved#ocs#noa#my art#2024#sketches#very tiny and stylised ->#blood tw#i rly wanna draw something more serious with mhin and noa because they genuinely take up so much of my brain space that it makes me unwell#theyre so interesting i love picking them both apart (game's not even out yet im fucked)#but this is all i got rn. this is it
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I can see you, saint... ^^
Is it okay to make fan comics and such about Ren and angel???
ā¦ćANSWERED: aaaa of course!! Everyone is welcome to create any kind of content for 14DWY so long as it's not offensive or illegal. And thank you very much for considering making a fancomic for da game! I really appreciate it ;v;
Tagging me (either @14dayswithyou or @cutiesigh) will also give you a better chance of having me see + reblog it!! ^^ I also encourage everyone to look at and follow the #14DaysWithYou and #14DWY tags to see all the amazing content from people in the community!
#The talent everyone in this communty has is THROUGH THE ROOF!! /gen#I just wish I weren't so busy so I can have time to go through all da tags T_T#I've thought about having some friends queue posts for me; but I like to add messages to make it feel more personal + show my appreciation#Because people take time out of their day to draw something for my silly lil VN?? fhjsdgjhsj I would give y'all the world if I coud ;w;#I wanna show just how much I love and appreciate their creations; so I want to be the only one who reblogs it#Anyways!!!! I'm ranting in the tags again so I'll stop lmao#š ā answered.#š ā 14 days with queue.#š¤ ā shut up sai.#dollies-dreamscape
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