Line #11 VideoGame/DankiraBoysBeDANCING


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3	''Dankira!!! -Boys, be DANCING!-'' is a [[AllegedlyFreeGame free-to-play]] mobile RhythmGame developed by Land Ho and published by Creator/{{Konami}}, released on May 21, 2019 for UsefulNotes/{{Android\|Games}} and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] platforms. The game revolves around a cast of high-school students who aim to be top dancers not just within their school, but the entire world.
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5	Dance Killer Trick, also known as Dankira, is a global phenomenon where dancers challenge one another. The story says that several years ago, a group known as Seven Origin was the first to create what is now known as Killer Trick, special moves used to impress the audience within their dance choreography. When one member was about to collapse from fatigue, at that exact moment, the others improvised by taking the hand of the exhausted dancer by supporting the waist that was about to drop to the ground and presented it as a special trick. From that day on, this became known as a Killer Trick.
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7	Fast forward to the present day when a fresh new trio of dancers - Sora Asahi, Reiji Yano and Mahiru Hinata - enroll in Benizuru Academy after training in the Sheep Manor orphanage. Benizuru Academy is known for producing top dancers, and so they, along with [[PlayerCharacter you]] as their coach, aim to be among the best.
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9	Aside from the mobile game itself, ''Dankira!!! -Boys, be DANCING!-'' has a number of supplementary manga: ''Dankira Bitesize Rough Sketch'', which is uploaded on the official twitter, focuses on each possible Soul Link pair in the game. While the series ended with Soma and Ageha's chapter, the series restarted to include B.M.C.. The second and third manga adaptations focus on each character and teams respectively.
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11	Unfortunately, shortly before the 1st Anniversary, Konami announced the game's server termimation, with [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames Benizuru Academy eventually closing admissions]] on August 5, 2020. On August 6, 2020, the offline version was launched so that players could continue to raise their dancers as well as keep playing the game, with content such as the ending of the main story and additional Killer Tricks added.
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13	!!Get your trope list moving in, get the tropers to descend:
14	* AirGuitar: As part of the choreography to ''Risky Business''.
15	* AliceAllusion: The ''Eh? In Wonderland'' event has the boys put up a play based on Literature/AliceInWonderland, with Noel imagining himself and the others in the story itself.
16	* AprilFoolsDay: For April Fools Day in 2020, the Dankira matches take place in a {{hot springs\|episode}}, with the cast in nothing but a ModestyTowel and a [[LensFlareCensor white light]] to censor the 'naughty bits'. Players are forced to use the 'Hot Springs Auto Ticket' on the first Dankira match of the day, but the ticket (which has infinite uses) can be toggled off and on again in subsequent matches.
17	* ArcWords: "BODY AND SOUL" printed on everyone's casual outfits.
18	* BreakupSong: ''Heartbeat Blast''; the entire song is about the singer's attraction and passion towards someone until the very last sentence reveals that the subject is about to leave the singer.
19	-->''"Are you going to disappear somewhere?"''
20	* BribingYourWayToVictory: As with all mobile games with in-app purchases, you can choose to buy more Aqua (the in-game premium currency) with real money.
21	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: As the title indicates, the cast is loaded with good-looking preteen and teen boys.
22	* CastingGag:
23	** The ''[[AliceAllusion Eh? In Wonderland]]'' event [[VideoGame/OneHundredSleepingPrincesAndTheKingdomOfDreams is not the first time]] a character voiced by Creator/DaisukeHirakawa is associated with [[Literature/AliceInWonderland The Mad Hatter]]...
24	** For that matter, [[Creator/TakumaNagatsuka Yukari]] and [[Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka Noel]] have [[VideoGame/OnAir shared the same dorm room]] before.
25	** Seito is interested in the occult and has his side of the room filled with related trinkets. His voice actor Creator/NoriakiSugiyama has voiced ''two'' well-known occultists before – England of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' and UsefulNotes/AbeNoSeimei, regarded as Japanese Merlin, from ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016''.
26	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Each group has a representative colour associated with them in-game and in merchandise:
27	** Merry Panic - Yellow
28	** Etoile - Blue/White
29	** Theater Bell - Red
30	** Sanzensekai - Green
31	** TOXIC - Purple
32	** B.M.C - Black
33	** Benizuru Academy as a whole is represented by hot pink. Fittingly, Benizuru means Flamingo.
34	** Within Benizuru Academy, students living in Goldheim Dormitory (and therefore under the Dankira programme) have gold lining in their school uniform as opposed to the usual silver worn by regular students as seen in Merry Panic and B.M.C's main story chapters, where the respective teams are first seen with the regular uniform but after the headmaster admits them into the Dankira programme they change into the uniform worn by the Goldheim residents.
35	** For that matter, 4* Killer Tricks and 5* Killer Tricks share the same colour-coding as the school uniforms; silver for 4s and gold for 5s.
36	* {{Crossover}}: With another Creator/{{Konami}} game, ''[[VideoGame/PopnMusic pop'n music]]''. 4 of the songs from ''pop'n music'' appeared in this game, but only 1 is available for free (Players have to get the other 3 via paying with Aqua). Unlike the original songs which are labelled Works, the 4 ''pop'n music'' songs are simply labeled 'songs' instead and have mashed-up choreography from existing works, since they're said to be for practice.
37	* DanceOff: The entire premise of the game. Teams of three face off against each other in a Dankira match and aim to gain the support of the audience with their moves.
38	* ElaborateUniversityHigh: The school premise is so large and its facilities so fancy it resembles a university campus more than a middle-high elevator school.
39	* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: The event names follow this format.
40	* EvolvingTitleScreen: After B.M.C's debut in the game, the title screen is edited to include Ginko and Vega alongside Sora, Noel, Soma, Mitsukuni and Shiki where a empty space used to be.
41	* Fiction500: The school, especially the dormitory, seemingly has facilities way too lavish for any school in reality to afford. Worse, the school is attended by students of not particularly wealthy backgrounds.
42	** In terms of businesses, we have Shido Cosmetics run by Akira's family and Jörmungandr - Shiki's fashion label, of which he's the ''CEO'' along with employing Ageha and Tsukumo as models. While the former is excusable by virtue of said family's actually being rich, one does have to wonder how the latter whose family and financial status are unknown can keep a high-class fashion house afloat.
43	* FriendshipSong: ''Kizuna, Shirisomeshi Kisetsu''.
44	* GenreRoulette: Pop, classical, jazz... you name it, they most likely have it. To accentuate the variety of songs even more, they even have a UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} and a HeavyMetal song in the form of ''Namaste☆Dancing'' and ''AVENGER'S ROAR''.
45	* GratuitousEnglish: ''PAYA♡PAYA''. while cute and peppy, its lyrics are quite all over the place.
46	* GratuitousFrench: ''Seirei no Musette''.
47	* GratuitousJapanese: ''AVENGER'S ROAR'' is in both English and Japanese, but the English lyrics exceed the Japanese ones.
48	* IAmBecomingSong: ''NO FEAR''.
49	-->''"When we first started out/Didn't have no idea/We were coming u up as kids/Even though we made the mistakes that we did…"''
50	* IWantSong: ''NEED THE POWER''.
51	* IntercourseWithYou: The tracks ''Heartbeat Blast'' and ''Karamitsuku Doku wa Utsukushiki Senritsu''. In a way, ''Who Wants 2 Party''.
52	-->''Step in to the peak baby baby/I'm taking you to Heaven, follow me follow me/Shy baby, come here and lose your mind'' (here Left dancer performs a "body curve feeling" motion on Center dancer) ''/A super good time just as promised''
53	* KonamiCode: This is a Konami game after all. On the title screen, swipe the screen the same way as the Konami Code and then tap the capital letters B and A in the subtitle. [[spoiler: This unlocks the game's BGM which can be heard in the preview room.]]
54	* {{Leitmotif}}: Most dance music tracks are associated with specific teams and thus can be considered those teams' themes.
55	** 'NEED THE POWER' seems to be this for the game as a whole as variations of the song play throughout various screens in the game.
56	** Merry Panic has ''SO DANCE'', a cheerful song encouraging people to just dance. According to Reiji, Sora loved the song so much it was often played during practice to the point where it became the team's signature work.
57	** Étoile has ''Banquet, from Ballet Suite “Jewel”'', fittingly for the team's status as TheBeautifulElite.
58	** Theater Bell has ''It's Show Time'', a jazzy piece that'll excite the audience. To a lesser extent, ''Heartbeat Blast'' is attributed to them since the ''Night Entertainment♡Gold Club'' event focuses largely on them.
59	** Sanzensekai has ''Kizuna, Shirisomeshi Kisetsu'', [[DoItYourselfThemeTune which was written and sung by Yukari]].
60	** TOXIC has ''Karamitsuku Doku wa Utsukushiki Senritsu''[[labelnote:EN]]Entangled Poison is a Beautiful Melody[[/labelnote]], a sensual song that pairs well with the choreography.
61	** B.M.C gets the dark yet encouraging ''NO FEAR''.
62	* LuckyCharmsTitle: ''PAYA♡PAYA'', a peppy J-Pop song part of the original lineup.
63	** The ''Namaste☆Magnificent Dancing!'' event adds ''Namaste☆Dancing'', a fun and energetic UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} song.
64	* LyricalDissonance: Despite the upbeat guitars and drums, ''Heartbeat Blast'' has very sensual IntercourseWithYou lyrics. Make of that what you will.
65	* MetalScream: ''AVENGER'S ROAR'', natch.
66	* ObligatoryBondageSong: ''Karamitsuku Doku'', with lyrics like:
67	-->''"The sweet sound and the kiss we exchange are the contract that offers my entire body"''
68	* PepTalkSong: ''Risky Business''.
69	* RevengeBallad: ''AVENGER'S ROAR'', in which the singer expresses how miserable and angry they are and their desire for vengeance.
70	* SeriousBusiness: Dancing, and Dankira matches. The latter half of the main story focuses on 2 teams in preparation for a tournament for Dankira.
71	* ShakingTheRump: Part of the choreography to ''Heartbeat Blast'' – near the end, the Left dancer would stroke and jut out their behind to the audience, slap it twice and swing it side-to-side.
72	* SillyLoveSong: ''My World''.
73	* SuddenDownerEnding: The ending to ''Heartbeat Blast'''s lyrics; see BreakupSong above.
74	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Characters frequently exclaim remarks in the middle of performances, and this doesn't affect their concentration, rhythm and timing in any way, shape or form.
75	* TiredAfterTheSong: Each dance sequence always ends lingered on characters' holding their ending pose for a while as they pant.
76	* ThemeNaming: Each team has a certain theme going on in their names:
77	** Merry Panic - TemporalThemeNaming
78	** Étoile - RockThemeNaming
79	** Theater Bell - EdibleThemeNaming (but after drinks)
80	** Sanzensekai - ShoutOutThemeNaming
81	** Toxic - AnimalThemeNaming
82	** B.M.C - FloralThemeNaming
83	** Even the NPC team Signal Brothers aren't exempt - they have ColorfulThemeNaming based on Japanese traffic light colours.

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