#tae seragaki

[thiefofblood]

jenna requested this a few weeks ago

aoba owns the shirt, sly is posing with tae. this is post-morphine route to me

commissions | ko-fi

[dmmdconfessions]

[Image text: I want to see Sei and Aoba have sex, only to be caught in the act by Tae.]

[hopelilies]

i finished dmmd

[asarigg]

aoba’s birthday les gooo

got very selfconcious of this but i already spent hours on it so yeah

[ghostoftheyear]

What is DRAMAtical Murder?

I’m actually a little surprised to be writing this myself, in the year of our lord 2023, but why not? I didn’t know about it myself until recently, and now that it’s available with an official English translation, it’s 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 boys’ 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 won’t 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 let’s 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 “green island”), 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 there’s no tomorrow. The remaining residents of the island live in what’s 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 players’ 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 others’ routes).

First up is Koujaku.

Koujaku is an old childhood friend of Aoba’s. 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 “Master” 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 doesn’t 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. It’s 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 he’s not originally from there, as we learn on his route.

Finally, we have Mink.

Mink is a complicated character, as he doesn’t speak too much and when he does, it tends to be in riddles. He’s also not originally from Midorijima; while it’s 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 won’t talk about it here. More fun to find out for yourself, right? Just remember: there’s some weird shit in this game.

Lest I forget, I must mention some other important characters. First up, Aoba’s friend Mizuki.

Mizuki runs the largest Ribstiez gang on Midorijima, Dry Juice. He’s a tattoo artist and owns a combination tattoo parlor and bar, the Black Needle.

There’s 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, there’s also Tae, as well as Aoba’s 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 what’s happening before it’s too late. He eventually heads into Platinum Jail no matter which love interest’s route is chosen; the events that unfold change depending on which route you’re 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 Aoba’s backstory and youth. Re:Code is basically the same game, but sanitized -- all of the sex scenes were removed and given “cleaner” CGs. It did add a route for Mizuki, which involved more of Aoba’s backstory. Finally, the anime was passable, though it compressed all the love interests’ 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 there’s 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 “supercharged” version, not just a retread of the original.

OH I FORGOT there are also drama CDs that continued all of the love interests’ 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 Fool’s game that basically parodied Mother (Earthbound), and manga. And there’s a webtoon now. And lots of merch. And figures. Basically there’s just a lot of fun stuff to find.

And that’s DMMd! I obviously love it quite a bit, but I certainly acknowledge that it has its flaws and difficult scenes. I’d still recommend it, though. I think the writing is very well handled and the sex scenes are hot as fuck.

[cyberpunkboytoy]

10 Characters/ 10 Fandoms

Rules: list 10 favourite characters from separate fandoms/media, then tag (10) people

Tagged by @katzenklavierr 🌸 since this tag game has now entered the yaoi corner of Tumblr, I decided to go against the grain and only list female blorbos ✌️

1. Tae Seragaki (DRAMAtical Murder. Ultimate girlboss. My actual grandma irl.)

2. Lavinia (Titus Andronicus. Yea, the Shakespeare play. I have five million feelings about her)

3. Chise (Saikano: the last love song on this little planet. I am the only person in this fandom)

4. Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments. I am a single drop in a sea of fans. But at least I don't call her a femcel.)

5. KT (Parties are For Losers. OG music media scientific torture daughter.)

6. Sua (Alien Stage. Second music media scientific torture daughter.)

7. Bobo (Love Nikki. DID queen)

8. Ochako Uraraka (BnHA. She deserved better writing OTL)

9. Joyce (Isekai: Slow Life. Got me writing femslash 💪)

10. Amu Hinamori (Shugo Chara. Fashion icon)

I'm too lazy to tag anyone tonight, so feel free to steal and say I tagged you ✌️

[tilmyworldfadesaway]

MALE CHARACTER LIST

2D & 3D

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Zuko

Banana Fish

Ash Lynx

Yue-Lung Lee

BLEACH

Byakuya Kuchiki

Ichigo Kurosaki

Renji Abarai

Ulquiorra Cifer

Uryū Ishida

Bungō Stray Dogs

Chūya Nakahara

Castlevania

Alucard

Chainsaw Man

Aki Hayakawa

Cobra Kai

Robby Keene

Code Geass

Lelouch vi Britannia

Suzaku Kururugi

Cowboy Bebop

Spike Spiegel

D.Gray-man

Alllen Walker

Yū Kanda

DC Comics

Albert Rothstein

Barry Allen

Bruce Wayne

Clark Kent

Dick Grayson

Death Note

L Lawliet

Light Yagami

Detroit: Become Human

Markus

Devilman Crybaby

Ryo Asuka

Devil May Cry

Dante

Nero

V

Vergil

Diabolik Lovers

Shū Sakamaki

Dororo

Hyakkimaru

Double Decker! Doug & Kirill

Kirill Vrubel

Dr. Stone

Gen Asagiri

Ukyo Saionji

Dragon Ball

Androide 17

Trunks

Zamas

DRAMAtical Murder

Aoba Seragaki

Koujaku

Durarara!!

Izaya Orihara

Ennead

Seth

Euphoria

Nate Jacobs

Fairy Tail

Zeref

Fate

Arjuna

Cú Chulainn

Enkidu

Fujimaru Ritsuka

Gilgamesh

Karna

Ozymandias

Final Fantasy

Cloud Strife

Free!

Haruka Nanase

Ikuya Kirishima

Rin Matsuoka

Fullmetal Alchemist

Edward Elric

Envy

Roy Mustang

Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon

Aemond Targaryen

Daemon Targaryen

Jaime Lannister

Jon Snow

Robb Stark

Grey's Anatomy

Derek Shepherd

Jackson Avery

Mark Sloan

Haikyuu!!

Atsumu Miya

Shōyō Hinata

Tobio Kageyama

Harry Potter

Cedric Diggory

Draco Malfoy

Gellert Grindelwald

Harry Potter

Tom Riddle

Heaven Official's Blessing

Hua Cheng

Xie Lian

Howl's Moving Castle

Howl

Hunter x Hunter

Chrollo Lucilfer

Hisoka Morow

Illumi Zoldyck

Killua Zoldyck

Kurapika

InuYasha

Bankotsu

Inuyasha

Kōga

Sesshōmaru

Jujutsu Kaisen

Mahito

Megumi Fushiguro

Satoru Gojō

Yūji Itadori

Kimetsu no Yaiba

Giyū Tomioka

League of Legends

Ekko

Ezreal

Kayn

Lucian

Rakan

Viego

Yone

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Judal

MARVEL

Billy Russo

Loki Laufeyson

Miles Morales

Peter Parker

Pietro Maximoff

Steve Rogers

Metal Gear Solid

Big Boss

Raiden

Solid Snake

Venom Snake

Mo Dao Zu Shi

Jiang Cheng

Jin GuangYao

Jin ZiXuan

Lan WangJi

Wei WuXian

Xue Yang

My Hero Academia

Izuku Midoriya

Katsuki Bakugō

Shōto Todoroki

Tōya Todoroki

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED/Destiny

Athrun Zala

Shinn Asuka

Naruto/Boruto

Boruto Uzumaki

Kawaki

Mitsuki

Naruto Uzumaki

Neji Hyūga

Sasuke Uchiha

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Shinji Ikari

Kaworu Nagisa

Noragami

Yato

One Piece

Sabo

Trafalgar D. Law

Zoro Roronoa

One Punch-Man

Speed-o'-Sound Sonic

Owari no Seraph

Mikaela Hyakuya

Ranma ½

Ranma Saotome

Ryōga Hibiki

Resident Evil

Albert Wesker

Chris Redfield

Jake Muller

Leon S. Kennedy

Rurouni Kenshin

Enishi Yukishiro

Kenshin Himura

Shinomori Aoshi

Sōjirō Seta

Shaman King

Hao Asakura

Shingeki no Kyojin

Eren Jaeger

Levi Ackerman

Star Wars

Anakin Skywalker

Kylo Ren

Tenjō Tenge

Shin Natsume

Mitsuomi Takayanagi

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System

Liu Qingge

Luo Binghe

Shen Qingqiu

The King of Fighters

Kyo Kusanagi

Iori Yagami

Terry Bogard

Rock Howard

The Legend of Zelda

Link (TP, SS, BOTW-TOTK)

The Lord of the Rings

Arondir

Legolas

Sauron

The Vampire Diaries

Damon Salvatore

The Walking Dead

Daryl Dixon

Negan

The Witcher

Geralt de Rivia

Tokyo Ghoul

Ken Kaneki

Kuki Urie

Tokyo Revengers

Hajime Kokonoi

Izana Kurokawa

Kakuchou Hitto

Kazutora Hanemiya

Keisuke Baji

Ken Ryūguji

Ryusei Satō

Taijū Shiba

Wolfs Rain

Kiba

Yū Yū Hakusho

Hiei

Yōko Kurama

Yūsuke Urameshi

Yuri on Ice

Yuri Plisetsky

Viktor Nikiforov

Faceclaims asiáticos para diversas tramas

G-Dragon

Jackson Wang

Kim JongIn

Song Kang

Tae Min Lee

[celebratedaily]

December 3rd - Fictional Birthdays

Chester Phillips (Marvel) Natasha Romanoff (Marvel) Minty Peterson (EastEnders) Jack Shephard (Lost) Natasha Romanoff (Marvel) Claude (Animal Crossing) Lalalaflora (Sanrio) Dirk Strider (Homestuck) Dave Strider (Homestuck) Irie Kyousuke (Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni) Shusei Kagari (Psycho-Pass) Ryouta Kawara (Hatoful Boyfriend) Jakob (Fire Emblem Fates) Tae Seragaki (DRAMAtical Murder) Junmei Ito (Psycho-Pass) Guido Mista (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) Rinnosuke Mitobe (Kuroko no Basuke) Yuu Tabata (Kuroko no Basuke) Kouzou Shirogane (Kuroko no Basuke) Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)

[praeteritus-memories-muses]

Name: Aoba Seragaki

Series: Dramatical Murder

Continuity: Visual Novel True Ending

Age: 23

Height: 5'9"

Birthday: April 22nd

Birthplace: Toue Labs, Midorijima, Japan

Orientation: Homosexual

Species: Artificial Human

Occupation: Clerk at a used tech parts store

Father: Naine Seragaki (Unknown status)

Mother: Haruka Seragaki (Unknown Status)

Grandparent(s): Tae

Sibling(s): Sei (deceased)

Bio:

Aoba and his older twin brother were experiments made by a man named Toue for use of mind control. Sei, Aoba's brother, could manipulate people with his eyes while Aoba could do so with his voice. Yet this experiment went wrong when Aoba died at birth. One of the nurses, named Tae, had taken the baby Aoba to be burried until he mysteriously jump started back to life. Unknown what to do with this ghostly white baby, she delivered him to a church where he was placed into an orphanage.

Aoba has no memories of his time in that orphanage despite being adopted (coincidentally by Tae's niece and nephew-in-law) except for the two personalities in his head. One was gentle and told him to be gentle to everyone while the other one was extremely destructive in nature who tried to come out from Aoba. One day he mysteriously ran away from the orphanage and out onto the beach where he met Naine and Haruka Seragaki who adopted him as their son. Aoba was about seven when they adopted him.

Things were first great at the Seragaki household. Aoba would soon ignore the two voices in his head who argued over what Aoba should do to the people around him to be himself, even if he was a shy child who often was bullied a lot for his long hair that made him look more like a little girl. Aoba's hair had nerves in them so cutting his hair was actually extremely painful for him so he often left it long.

It was this bullying that got him to meet Koujaku who became his best friend. He would save Aoba from the bully children and the two had a rather close bond. That is, until Koujaku had to leave with his mother to go back to his father, where Aoba wouldn't see him again for a little over a decade.

Just as Kouajku left, Aoba's parents would leave too. They were travelers who immensely enjoyed seeing all over the world, but took just a small break from the travel to help Aoba adjust to his new home. While his parents thought about staying, Aoba had told them to go because he didn't want to be in the way of their travels. This would result in apparently there being reports that his parents had died on their way to their next place of destination.

This completely messed with Aoba's head and caused that inner voice in his head that constantly asked to be let out and destroy others before he could get hurt, to come out. Aoba awoke with a completely different personality, talking back to anyone who tried to talk to him and even running away a few times.

This new Aoba named himself "Sly Blue" and he was the inner desire within Aoba to take out his anger and frustration by using his powers to destroy everything. Yet it wasn't like this personality was born from nothing, he had stemmed from a need to protect Aoba by fighting off anything that could possibly hurt him. This was when Aoba's other side, his restraint to hold back and be the gentle person he was, had realized that he was falling for Aoba and was becoming his own separate person.

This restraint miraculously came out of Aoba's mind and into the body of an old allmate (Allmate's being android assistants that often take the form of animals) where Aoba had found him and named him Ren. Yet Ren had forgotten about this when he had now become Aoba's Allmate.

Sly Blue would join in Rhyme battles, sleep around, do drugs and drink. He was complete chaos and it was too a point where two people named Virus and Trip had somehow managed to get Sly to repress back into Aoba's mind. Aoba awoke in a hospital at age nineteen where Tae told him there was an accident. Aoba could only remember faint blurry visions of what happened. All he knows was that he was a terrible grandson and promised to do better for Tae, whom he truly did care for.

Currently Aoba works at a tech shop called junk shop Heibon where he files in orders on the computer and delivers parts to people who ordered them. He's incredibly optimistic who's more than willing to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs it. Yet he's not someone to walk all over either, he's surprisingly good at throwing a hard kick and will fight back if someone tries to come after him.

[aobabes]

I'm thinking about how Aoba has such deep-seated abandonment issues to the point where he hates being alone. Like, it's a genuine fear of his, being abandoned or left completely alone. And Sly is so intense about protecting Aoba because of this.

In Noiz’s route, when Noiz left, Aoba searched for him relentlessly and gave up only because he'd gaslit himself into believing he'd see him again someday whilst still being so depressed. When he came back, of course Aoba was happy but he was also conflicted because Noiz had drastically changed so much which made Aoba afraid that he'd seen so much of the world by now that he'd eventually leave him behind.

In Clear’s route, after Clear died, Aoba kept him in his room hidden away for months on end, determined to fix him himself although his knowledge was only limited to allmates and he didn't know the first thing about repairing a broken android. But even after he gave up on trying to fix him, he still kept him hidden away from everyone else in his room because he didn't want to be without him. He was so hesitant when giving the responsibility to fix him over to Tae, and even then he was so anxious and depressed throughout the waiting process. The first thing he asked Clear when he came back was “Are you real?” because he was so convinced his mind set up a maladaptive daydream as a coping mechanism to cope with his grief and depression, which is honestly not so far fetched. He was so afraid to have sex with Clear because the last time they did so, he was breaking down and it was his dying wish; Aoba was so afraid of hurting Clear or of damaging him because he was terrified of losing him again when he just got him back.

In Mink’s re:connect route, Aoba left the comfort of his home as a means to search for him, traveled halfway across the globe to look for him because of how lonely he was without him. He'd told Mink he was depressed and upset when he left without a word and he wanted to see him because he wanted to get a conversation out of him for once, for him to talk to him, to communicate with something other than violence because, with the help of Scrap, Aoba knew that wasn't who Mink really was; he was hiding his true nature from Aoba, hiding it underneath a coat of wanting revenge and nothing more. When Mink ignored his attempts at communication, (not because he didn't care for him, but because he did care and the shame and guilt of abusing him and solely using him as a tool for his benefit made him want to hide and run from Aoba) Aoba nearly drew himself crazy because although they were sleeping under the same roof, he still felt so alone with every moment Mink ignored his advances towards healthy development in their relationship.

In Koujaku’s route, Aoba is upset with him for withholding information from him when they're supposed to tell each other everything, seeing as how they're childhood friends. So, he already feels a lack of trust and communication between them. But, when Koujaku started repeatedly leaving the hotel they were staying at in Platinum Jail, Aoba started to get excessively angry. In a flashback to his childhood, it's revealed that whenever Aoba was left alone, he'd run off because he was so anxious, and he'd start to cry. And Koujaku would find him and console him every time. I think it's because of this that Aoba was so upset at Koujaku when he started leaving the hotel without him knowing. Because, Koujaku out of all people, should know just how bad his fear of abandonment and loneliness is. Which is why Aoba feels somewhat betrayed by Koujaku’s actions.

This is all rooted in the fact that Nine, Haruka, and Tae were the first people who gave Aoba shelter and safety in terms of his abandonment issues and the anxiety that came with the fear of being alone. The comfort his newfound family gave him caused his alters to no longer negatively front and to quiet down amongst his headspace as there was no reason to protect him and no trauma for them to hold for him. Yet, when Nine and Haruka had to leave, this caused very intense trauma of abandonment to form, which in turn caused Sly to front as a means to protect him as well as hold onto his trauma. “Don't trust anyone. They're all enemies. They could hurt us.” Sly just wanted to keep Aoba safe from being abandoned and traumatized again. I could talk about Aoba’s anxiety and fear of abandonment and how that ties into the lengths Sly would go to protect him from experiencing anymore trauma in relation to that, but for now, take my ramblings about this anxiety-ridden system.

[bunycube]

dmmd doodles

[dmmdconfessions]

[Image text: Found out not too long ago that the old woman in Slow Damage shares a voice actor with Tae and that makes me so happy. I love both of them so much.]

[eunbinppap]

listen, i know this fandom is dead as shit but to whoever is left in the dmmd fandom, consider this:

alternative universe where tae, haga-san and yoshie team up to fuck toue’s shit up

or even a spin-off game with them all just chilling together

i want my dream boomer team to have more of a spotlight gdi, its a shame they had one scene together

[fizzie]

Ppl were like “ omg this is a crack shit lmaoo”

and the ship is like toue x tae

yk what a real crack ship is? koujaku x tae

[animethings]

People naturally calm down when their bellies are full.

Tae Seragaki

[cyberpunkboytoy]

Aoba’s room take 2, this time with more accurate lighting.

But wait, what’s downstairs...?

I recreated the living room, complete with kitchen that required me to use 5 thousand references and still isn’t quite accurate due to size limitations