Line #68 Music/D - TV Tropes


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Hide-Zou, Tsunehito, Asagi, Ruiza, Hiroki.]]
3	'''[[OneLetterTitle D]]''' is a VisualKei [[{{Metalcore}} melodic metalcore]]/gothic rock band formed in 2003 by former members of the band Syndrome[[note]]namely, Asagi, Ruiza, and Sin[[/note]]. They're most known for vocalist Asagi's [[SopranoAndGravel distinctive singing style]], making equal use of regular clean vocals, HarshVocals, and his strong falsetto (to the point where some people forget that there are four other band members).
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5	They started off as an indie band on their own record label, GOD CHILD RECORDS, before getting signed to major label avex trax in 2008--but then severed their contract in 2011 and returning to their old indie label.
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7	The band has announced that they will go on an indefinite hiatus following their last live show at the end of December 2014, citing Asagi's health as the reason for the break. Fans have been more or less assured that this doesn't mean the band is breaking up -- merely that Asagi has been struggling with jaw trouble and needs to take time to heal.
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9	'''Current Lineup:'''
10	* Asagi - Vocals (2003-present)
11	* Ruiza - Guitar (2003-present)
12	* Hide-Zou - Guitar (2003-present)
13	* Tsunehito - Bass (2005-present)
14	* Hiroki - Drums (2003-present)
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16	'''Former Members:'''
17	* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Sin]] - Guitar (2003)
18	* Rena - Bass (2003-2005)
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20	'''Discography:'''
21	* ''NEW BLOOD'' (EP, 2003, reissued in 2004 as ''NEW BLOOD~second impact~'')
22	* ''Paradox'' (EP, 2004, reissued in 2006)
23	* ''The name of the ROSE'' (2005, reissued in 2006)
24	* ''Tafel Anatomie'' (2006)
25	* ''Neo culture~Beyond the World~'' (2007)
26	* ''Genetic World'' (2009)
27	* ''7th Rose'' (2010)
28	* ''VAMPIRE SAGA'' (2011)
29	* ''Huángdì ~Yami ni Umareta Mukui~'' (EP, 2011)
30	* ''Nyanto-Shippo de'' (Single, 2012)
31	* ''Ultimate Lover'' (Single, 2012)
32	* ''Dying Message'' (Single, 2012)
33	* ''Danzai no Gunner'' (Single, 2012)
34	* ''Namonaki Mori No Yumegatari'' (EP, 2012)
35	* ''Treasure Box'' (2013)
36	* ''Bon Voyage!'' (Single, 2013)
37	* ''Bloody Rose (Best Collection)'' (2013)
38	* ''Rosenstrauss'' (Single, 2013)
39	* ''Dark Wings'' (Single, 2013)
40	* ''D Vampire Chronicle ~ V Best Selection'' (2013)
41	* ''Tsuki no Sakazuki'' (EP, 2014)
42	* ''KINGDOM'' (2014)
43	* ''Wonderland Savior'' (2016)
44	* ''Orokashii Ryuu no Yume'' (EP, 2017)
45	* ''Vampire Chronicle ~V-Best Selection Vol.2~'' (2018)
46	* "Doukoku no Catharsis" (Single, 2019)
47	* "UNCROWNED KINGD" (Single, 2019)
48	* "Hard Koala" (Single, 2020)
49	* "ACACIA ~Pray For Australia~" (Single, 2020)
50	* "Hang in there ~Stay Home Ver.~" (Single, 2020)
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53	!Tropes applying to D and their music
54	* AliceAllusion: "Yami no kuni no Alice", as made especially obvious by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtpeyJItnno the music video]], as well as "Mad tea party" and the "Alice in Dark Edge" tour.
55	* AudienceParticipationSong: As well as the normal sing-along types, there's also a variation with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CGdDXx2m7k 'Night-ship "D"']]'s "flag dance", where the audience is given miniature flags to wave around while Asagi leads them on with his own giant flag.
56	* BadassCape: Usually Asagi when dressed as either Dreizehn or Justice from the band's vampire saga. Also briefly flashed in the PV for "Dark Wings" with Tsunehito, Ruiza, Hide-Zou, and Hiroki dressed as their own vampire counterparts.
57	* BlackCloak: Asagi as the character Dreizehn in "Der Konig Der Dunkelheit".
58	* BookEnds: The "In the name of justice" PV begins and ends with a wolf's howl.
59	* ChessMotifs: In the music video for "In the name of justice"; the chess board and pieces are supposed to represent a battle plan.
60	* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''7th Rose'', although the title was chosen to refer to the band's 7th anniversary; the fact that it was also their seventh album (including [=EPs=], but not reissues) was a bonus.
61	* ColorCodedCharacters: In the band's rather epic and expansive vampire saga storyline, each individual character has a colour code. (Notable places this can be seen are the videos for "Danzai no Gunner", "Der Konig Der Dunkelheit", "In The Name of Justice", "Akaki Hitsuji Ni Yoru Bansankai", "Rosenstrauss", and "Schwarzchild")
62	** Asagi (as Dreizehn) - Black (Seen most notably in "Der Konig Der Dunkelheit")
63	** Asagi (as Justice) - White (Seen most notably in "In The Name of Justice" and "Danzai no Gunner")
64	** Asagi (as Dahlie) - Red (Seen most notably in "Akaki Hitsuji Ni Yoru Bansankai" and "Tsuki no Sakazuki", if only for a moment in the latter)
65	** Ruiza (as Kircheis) - Blue (any time the character is seen at all -- notably in "Der Konig Der Dunkelheit" and "Danzai no Gunner")
66	** Hide-Zou (as Rafaga) - Purple/Green (seems to change depending on the video -- though his rose in "Rosenstrauss" is green, which signifies his main color)
67	** Tsunehito (as Carbuncle) - Red (any time the character is seen at all -- notably in "Der Konig Der Dunkelheit" and "Danzai no Gunner")
68	** Hiroki (as Wilderness) - Brown (any time the character is seen at all -- notably in "Der Konig Der Dunkelheit" and "Danzai no Gunner")
69	* CostumePorn: To the point where, generally, the "making of" extras for their music videos (which come with [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition one of the limited special editions]] of their singles) consist largely of the band members showing off details of their costumes that can't easily be seen in the [=PVs=] themselves.
70	* CoverVersion: Of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad6etICzXGQ Gekka no yasoukyoku]]" by Music/MaliceMizer.
71	** Asagi has also done a vocal cover of [[Music/{{Diaura}} Diaura's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHv-68dybKI Shitsuyoku no Seiiki]].
72	* DamselInDistress: As portrayed by Tsunehito in the "Danzai no Gunner" video. ([[WholesomeCrossdresser There's a reason]] for using this trope specifically instead of DistressedDude.)
73	* DressRehearsalVideo: All of their music videos except "Dearest you"; "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9_gHBb3Etg Day by Day]]" is a more literal example than most, with the video actually supposed to be portraying a rehearsal (sans costumes--or, rather, far more subdued costumes than usual).
74	* EpicRocking: "Akumu kurai" (6:06); "Tsukiyo no renka" (6:18); "Torikago goten~L'Oiseau bleu~ (6:19); "Solitude ~saigo no tegami~" (6:20); "Schwarzschild" (6:25); the album version of "Der König der Dunkelheit" (6:40). The studio version of "Guardian" is only 4:46, but live versions tend to range from 8 to 12 minutes long.
75	* EyepatchOfPower: Asagi and Hide-Zou in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CGdDXx2m7k 'Night-ship "D"']].
76	* FlowerMotif: See SomethingAboutARose.
77	* FluffyFashionFeathers: Asagi as his character Dreizehn in the "Der König der Dunkelheit" and "Torikago goten~L'Oiseau bleu~" videos.
78	* [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Gratuitous Chinese]]: "Huang di ~yami ni yumareta mukui~". "Huang di" translates to "emperor".
79	* GratuitousEnglish
80	* GratuitousFrench: "Torikagogoten~L'Oiseau bleu~", "Akaki Hitsuji Ni Yoru Bansankai"
81	* GratuitousGerman: "Der König der Dunkelheit" ("The King of Darkness"); "Die letzte nacht" ("The Last Night"[[note]]however, the German title is grammatically incorrect--nouns in German are always capitalized[[/note]]); "Schwarzschild"; "Tsuki no Sakazuki"
82	* GunsAkimbo: Asagi in the "Danzai no Gunner" music video.
83	* {{Guyliner}}
84	* HarshVocals: Surprisingly often; "7th Rose" is probably the most noticable example.
85	* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: The band members occasionally get accused of dressing like ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters, and [[TooManyBelts not]] [[{{Zipperiffic}} without]] [[FluffyFashionFeathers reason]].
86	** Also played rather impressively in the vampire story. Notably Tsunehito's character Carbuncle wearing the frilliest thing in her closet specifically to go on a rescue mission, of all things. It's so impractical it edges into FrillsOfJustice territory.
87	** Also basically any time Asagi is dressed as Justice -- though most obvious in the PV for "In The Name Of Justice".
88	* LegFocus: Asagi likes to wear [[WholesomeCrossdresser dresses]] with the front of the skirt missing just so he can show off his legs. Even when he's not crossdressing, he can usually find a way to show his legs ''somehow''. The others have all done this as well, though, except for possibly Tsunehito, not nearly as often.
89	* LimitedSpecialUltimateCollectorsEdition: Their later single releases (pretty much beginning when they became a major-label band, then continuing through to their returning to their indie label), for the most part, each have three versions (a regular edition and two limited editions)--in general, they follow a pattern; the regular edition and one of the limited editions contain a single bonus track, while the two limited editions contain, respectively, a DVD with the music video and a DVD with the making of the music video. [[ArchivePanic If you want it all,]] [[RevenueEnhancingDevices you'd better be loaded.]] ([[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Or willing to violate copyright law.]])
90	* LyricalColdOpen: "7th Rose", "Denshou sa reshi sora no monogatari", and "Yami yori kurai doukoku no acapella to bara yori akai jounetsu no aria".
91	* MinisculeRocking: "Taiko no kiba" (2:13). Understandable, since it's a drum solo. Also "Yume narashi kuuchuu teien" (2:20) and "Mikazuki youranka" (2:07).
92	* NonAppearingTitle: Most of their songs.
93	* OfCorsetsSexy: Asagi as the character Dahlie in the "Akaki Hitsuji Ni Yoru Bansankai" video.
94	* OneLetterTitle
95	* OneNameOnly
96	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The main vampire characters, played by the band members, are vampires of a "different" variety. This is mostly thanks to their commitment to surviving without drinking human blood.
97	* PerformanceVideo: All of their music videos. "Dearest you", however, is the only one where they perform in front of an audience.
98	* PowerBallad: "Snow White"; "Mahiru no koe"; "Torikago goten~L'Oiseau bleu~"
99	* RearrangeTheSong:
100	** In a [[ExaggeratedTrope rather extreme example]], D rerecorded ''their entire discography'' after Tsunehito joined the band.
101	** One of the b-sides on the "[[SurprisinglyGentleSong Snow]] [[PowerBallad White]]" single is 'Snow White "Another gift"', which is essentially the song taken up to D's normal hardness.
102	** In 2012, the band released a rerecorded version of their 2006 single "Ultimate Lover".
103	* RereleaseTheSong: The International Version of the ''Huang di ~yami ni yumareta mukui~'' mini-album includes four older songs ('Night-ship "D"', "Yami yori kurai doukoku no acapella to bara yori akai jounetsu no aria", "Dearest you", and "Sleeper").
104	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Asagi.
105	* ShortTitles
106	* SnowMeansDeath: The music video for "Snow White".
107	* SomethingAboutARose: One of their signature motifs. Asagi's microphone is covered in roses, and he is literally ''dressed as a rose'' in the "7th Rose" video. (If you look closely, you can see that his left hand is painted green and has thorns on it.) In their music videos, they usually manage to stick at least one rose or five ''somewhere'', even if only by the roses tattooed on Asagi's left arm. Often, if you suspect there isn't a rose somewhere, it's hidden in the embroidery or accents in their costumes. There's always a rose SOMEWHERE.
108	* SopranoAndGravel: One of the identifying features of their music is Asagi's ability to play both of these roles himself.
109	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: People are generally divided as to whether the first bassist's stage name should be romanized as "Rena" or "Lena" (the former is more common). Since he isn't in the band anymore, though, it isn't considered a huge deal.
110	* SpokenWordInMusic: The ending of the album version of "Der König der Dunkelheit".
111	* StabTheSky: Asagi in the music video for "In The Name Of Justice".
112	* StageNames
113	* StupidSexyFlanders: Asagi tends to get this reaction whenever he [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdresses]] (which is quite often). And occasionally when he doesn't.
114	* SongStyleShift: "Luminous Flame". Don't be fooled by the violin intro.
115	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Snow White" and "Torikago goten~L'Oiseau bleu". "Luminous flame" initially starts off ''sounding'' like it's one of these, but [[SongStyleShift suddenly transitions into being one of the band's harder songs]].
116	* TitleDrop: Not particularly often, but still present in a few songs.
117	* TitleTrack: "7th Rose"
118	* TooManyBelts: The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoayBrzMzOk Tightrope]]" video in particular has all of the members wearing useless belts, with Asagi wearing more than the other four combined.
119	* WholesomeCrossdresser: All of the members have tried their hand at this at a couple of points (see especially the skirt-fest that is the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yaTeOc0r-A Dying message]]" video), but Tsunehito and Asagi are the most well-known/successful at it.
120	* WordSaladTitle: "Silver Acorn Bullet"

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