History VisualNovel / DRAMAticalMurder

{{Nitroplus}} CHIRAL's latest [[BoysLove BL]] VisualNovel, ''[=DRAMAtical=] Murder'', also known amongst fans as ''DMMD'', features crisp, clean and fluid art style, various character expressions and elaborate [=CGs=], a dark sci-fi story rendered bright and colorful, and of course, tons and tons of BoysLove, with four main routes and one unlockable one. A first press edition was released on March 23rd, 2011, and a regular edition came out on the 27th of May. An English partial patch (common route) can be found [[http://aarinfantasy.com/forum/f16/t169685-dramatical-murder-english-partial.html here]].

* HotBlooded: ''Koujaku.'' His specialty is riling all the seemingly stoic people he meets up as soon as he meets them because he thinks they're up to no good (he's, perhaps unsurprisingly, right about this). Which is basically every seemingly stoic character (there are a number of them).

* YaoiGuys: Every man Aoba can pursue, inevitably.

{{Nitroplus}} CHIRAL's latest [[BoysLove BL]] VisualNovel, ''[=DRAMAtical=] Murder'', also known amongst fans as ''DMMD'', features crisp, clean and fluid art style, various character expressions and elaborate [=CGs=], a dark sci-fi story rendered bright and colorful, and of course, tons and tons of BoysLove, with four main routes and one unlockable one. A first press edition was released on March 23rd, 2011, and a regular edition came out on the 27th of May. An English partial patch (common route) can be found here.

* SuddenVideoGameMoment: Used terrifyingly. [[spoiler:Although Aoba thinks of playing the game he accidentally downloads (called [[NightmareFuel "Please save me."]]) in a mild way, even in the first playthrough, the ''player'' (of the VN) knows that something's a bit off, especially because the sprite ''looks just like him''). It takes time to load, but is way too quickly and abruptly cut off.]] The title is a ShoutOut to SilentHill, for crying out out! [[spoiler:The second time is way, way creepier, whereupon, after Aoba deletes the second "demo" of the game, ''the game won't stop appearing in his inbox until, after dozens of notifications, all of which we have to hear constantly pop up, he's forced to open one of them, after which--and '''only''' after which--it finally stops''. This is played up to terrifying affect. Once he does, he can't control his character, who then goes through a scenario where he "runs" to a gated area with a "granny" character who looks ''exactly'' like Granny, who's then immediately stolen away form him before he can find a way through, ''and then it ends.'' Aoba tries to repress his inner GenreSavvy, but in the end acknowledges that the game freaked him out, and runs home to see if his Granny is home and okay, only to...]]

* RealMenWearPink: Mink and his pink banda, Noiz and his cute cube All-mate and bunny-related everything, Koujaku and his flower theme.

* SuddenVideoGameMoment: Used terrifyingly. [[spoiler:Although Aoba thinks of playing the game he accidentally downloads in a mild way, even in the first playthrough, the ''player'' (of the VN) knows that something's a bit off, especially because the sprite ''looks just like him''). It takes time to load, but is way too quickly and abruptly cut off.]] The title is a ShoutOut to SilentHill, for crying out out! [[spoiler:The second time is way, way creepier, whereupon, after Aoba deletes the second "demo" of the game, ''the game won't stop appearing in his inbox until, after dozens of notifications, all of which we have to hear constantly pop up, he's forced to open one of them, after which--and '''only''' after which--it finally stops''. This is played up to terrifying affect. Once he does, he can't control his character, who then goes through a scenario where he "runs" to a gated area with a "granny" character who looks ''exactly'' like Granny, who's then immediately stolen away form him before he can find a way through, ''and then it ends.'' Aoba tries to repress his inner GenreSavvy, but in the end acknowledges that the game freaked him out, and runs home to see if his Granny is home and okay, only to...]]

* ArtificialIntelligence / ArtificialHuman: Ren, every other host of All-mates, [[spoiler:and specifically in the latter, Clear]].

* HatesBeingTouched: Aoba feels this about his hair, as his hair seems to carry the same senses as skin--including pain, such as when cut. Especially pain, which is why he prefers not to cut his hair. [[spoiler:He'll let Koujaku do it, though.]]

* SuddenVideoGameMoment: Used terrifyingly. [[spoiler:Although Aoba thinks of playing the game he accidentally downloads in a mild way, even in the first playthrough, the ''player'' (of the VN) knows that something's a bit off, especially because the sprite ''looks just like him''). It takes time to load, but is way too quickly and abruptly.]] The title is a ShoutOut to SilentHill, for crying out out! [[spoiler:The second time is way, way creepier, whereupon, after Aoba deletes the second "demo" of the game, ''the game won't stop appearing in his inbox until, after dozens of notifications, all of which we have to hear constantly pop up, he's forced to open one of them, after which--and '''only''' after which--it finally stops''. This is played up to terrifying affect. Once he does, he can't control his character, who then goes through a scenario where he "runs" to a gated area with a "granny" character who looks ''exactly'' like Granny, who's then immediately stolen away form him before he can find a way through, ''and then it ends.'' Aoba tries to repress his inner GenreSavvy, but in the end acknowledges that the game freaked him out, and runs home to see if his Granny is home and okay, only to...]]

* SuddenVideoGameMoment: Used terrifyingly. [[spoiler:Although Aoba thinks of playing the game he accidentally downloads in a mild way, even in the first playthrough, the ''player'' (of the VN) knows that something's a bit off, especially because the sprite ''looks just like him''). It takes time to load, but is way too quickly finished, as well.]] The title is a ShoutOut to SilentHill, for crying out out! [[spoiler:The second time is way, way creepier, whereupon, after Aoba deletes the second "demo" of the game, ''the game won't stop appearing in his inbox until, after dozens of notifications, all of which we have to hear constantly pop up, he's forced to open one of them, after which--and '''only''' after which--it finally stops''. This is played up to terrifying affect. Once he does, he can't control his character, who then goes through a scenario where he "runs" to a gated area with a "granny" character who looks ''exactly'' like Granny, who's then immediately stolen away form him before he can find a way through, ''and then it ends.'' Aoba tries to repress his inner GenreSavvy, but in the end acknowledges that the game freaked him out, and runs home to see if his Granny is home and okay, only to...]]

[[caption-width-right:256:From left-to-right: Noiz, Koujaku, Ren (dog [[ArtificialIntelligence All-mate]]), Aoba, Clear, and Mink.]]

[[caption-width-right:256:From left-to-right: Noiz, Koujaku, Aoba, Clear, and Mink.]]

* HatesBeingTouched: Aoba feels this about his hair, as apparently his hair carries the same senses as skin--including pain, such as when cut. Especially pain, which is why he prefers not to cut his hair. [[spoiler:He'll let Koujaku do it, though.]]

* HardLight: Although apparently most who do Rhyme are not supposed to feel the pain of combat, when Aoba's forcibly made to participate by a mysterious bunny mascot-headed man, he feels every blow.

* HardLight: Although apparently most who do Rhyme are not supposed to feel the pain of combat, but when Aoba's forcibly made to participate by a mysterious bunny mascot-headed man, he feels every blow.

** [[BadassLongRobe Kimono-wearing Badass]]: Koujaku.

{{Nitroplus}} CHIRAL's latest [[BoysLove BL]] VisualNovel, ''[=DRAMAtical=] Murder'', also known amongst fans as ''DMMD'', features crisp, clean and fluid art style, various character expressions and elaborate CGs, a dark sci-fi story rendered bright and colorful, and of course, tons and tons of BoysLove, with four main routes and one unlockable one. A first press edition was released on March 23rd, 2011, and a regular edition came out on the 27th of May. An English partial patch (common route) can be found here.

{{Nitroplus}} CHIRAL's latest [[BoysLove BL]] VisualNovel, ''[=DRAMAtical=] Murder'', also known amongst fans as ''DMMD'', features crisp, clean and fluid art style, various character expressions and CG artwork, an engrossing sci-fi story rendered bright and colorful, and of course, tons and tons of BoysLove, with four main routes and one unlockable one. A first press edition was released on March 23rd, 2011, and a regular edition came out on the 27th of May. An English partial patch (common route) can be found here.

But events are already unfolding around the island to put what peace he wishes to pass his days by with on the line, until, one day,, a certain disaster in particular shakes up what little there manages to salvage.

But events are already unfolding around the island to put what peace he wishes to pass his days by with on the line, but a certain disaster in particular shakes up what little there manages to salvage.

* DynamicEntry: Clear falls out of the sky. Aoba's reaction is priceless. He does this a lot, actually, since he doesn't seem to register the concept of a "door."

* DropInCharacter: Usually, Koujaku is the one who drops by civilly, being Aoba's childhood friend, but later, [[spoiler:''everyone'' gets in on it, like, from the rooftop and everything. Granny usually just makes dinner for them all as they sit awkwardly by one another]].

** TheBigGuy: Mink. Can also double as TheBenefactor, since he has...resources.

* DropInCharacter: Usually, Koujaku is the one who drops by civilly, being Aoba's childhood friend, but later, [[spoiler:''everyone'' gets in on it. Granny usually just makes dinner for them all as they sit awkwardly by one another]].

* BadassLongHair: Aoba, Koujaku.

** And amongst the auxiliary cast, there ''are'' females, even if it's one of the evil kid trio and a gossipy and quite {{Hammy}} forty-something-year-old woman that Aoba frequently delivers to and both he and Ren would like to avoid (for wearing of having to speak with her All-mate, who likes him and who the lady obviously ships with him).

* BewareOfTheSillyOnes: Clear.
* BewareOfTheQuietOnes: Ren is the one who [[spoiler:executes Aoba's Rhyme commands]], after all.

* DreadlockedWarrior: Mink.

* GRatedDrugs: At least in the English patch, the way the characters phrase their playing their "games", Rhyme or Ridge, comes off with this implication; they'll "do Rhyme," etc.

* MobWars: While some groups, like Mizuki's, are like a brotherhood and even take care of the people and shops in the area in the district that they make their own, those who do Ridge are notorious for their turf wars.

{{Nitroplus}} CHIRAL's latest [[BoysLove BL]] VisualNovel, ''DRAMAtical Murder'', also known amongst fans as ''DMMD'', features crisp, clean and fluid art style, various character expressions and CG artwork, an engrossing sci-fi story rendered bright and colorful, and of course, tons and tons of BoysLove, with four main routes and one unlockable one. A first press edition was released on March 23rd, 2011, and a regular edition came out on the 27th of May. An English partial patch (common route) can be found here.

But this story takes place some twenty years later.

Aoba's always found it odd how dropping his voice to a certain inflection could drive people to call up the shop he's working at to hear it again and again, buying Heibon's mechanical goods every time. But hey, it does its job, so why not make use of it?

{{Nitroplus}} CHIRAL's latest [[BoysLove BL]] VisualNovel, ''DRAMAtical Murder'', also known amongst fans as ''DMMD'', features crisp, clean and fluid art style, various character expressions and CG artwork, an engrossing sci fi story rendered bright and colorful, and of course, tons and tons of BoysLove, with four main routes and one unlockable one. A first press edition was released on March 23rd, 2011, and a regular edition came out on the 27th of May. An English partial patch (common route) can be found here.

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[[caption-width-right:256:From left-to-right: Noiz, Koujaku, Aoba, Clear, and Mink.]]

Aoba's always found it odd how dropping his voice to a certain inflection could drive people to call up the shop he's working at to hear it again and again, buying Heibon's mechanical goods every time. But hey, it does its job, so why not make use of it?

So he does, managing to pass his time in peace until a certain trio of rambunctious children decide that it's the perfect time to run in and wreck havoc all over the seemingly rarely-visited shop (with a physical presence, that is), until (or rather, if) he finds some way to put a stop to it...for the day. Nonetheless, it cannot be denied...

That this is the story of a time far in the future.

In Midorijima, an island southwest of Japan.

When a world leader in the market, Toue Company, purchases it, very little can be done by its inhabitants. What coexistence there once was between its people and the lush nature prevalent throughout is abruptly cut off, and all those who do not leave the island at Toue Company's suggestion are eventually made to move to a corner of the island, to a place called the Old Resident District, after Toue forcibly clears out their lands. All those who have left have left. All those who have stayed cannot leave, unless they receive Toue's permission, and Toue, well.

They will not give permission.

It is said that this was the punishment given by the head of Toue Company, in his vexation that the people of the island refused to listen to his words. Soon after clearing away most of the island's habitation, Toue begins construction of what will come to be known as a lavish and luxurious and all-in-all extravagent amusement facility called Platinum Jail, equiped with the latest, cutting edge technology, for all those rich enough from around the world to peruse.

Soon after that, it's said that Toue abandoned the former residents of the island outright.

But this story takes place some twenty years later.

Aoba, who mostly spends his time at work in Heibon, comes home to eat his suppers with Granny, with whom he lives with on the island. His life is an ambicable one, although as with all who've been left to carry their lives out in the Old Resident District in the years of Toue's acquisition of Midorijima, it is by no means prosperous. In those ensuing years, as well, a certain game involving "Ridge" rose in popularity, in which gangs of young men would go out of their way to engage in turf wars against one another. More recently, however, another competitor have been taking over people's interests as well; a game called "Rhyme," whose participants and their watchers scatter throughout the city to engage in fights that unfold on a virtual reality but are seen right before their eyes.

He shows interest in neither, thinking it'd be nice if they didn't cause as much commotion. Still, he and his Granny live in relative contentment, along with his dog type "All-mate" (a form of artificial intelligence who work primarily as information networks, and implicitly, companions for those who have them), and a number of friends and acquaintances.

But events are already unfolding around the island to put what peace he wishes to pass his days by with on the line, but a certain disaster in particular shakes up what little there manages to salvage.

{{Nitroplus}} CHIRAL's latest [[BoysLove BL]] VisualNovel, ''DramaticalMurder'', also known amongst fans as ''DMMD'', features crisp, clean and fluid art style, various character expressions and CG artwork, an engrossing sci fi story rendered bright and colorful, and of course, tons and tons of BoysLove, with four main routes and one unlockable one. A first press edition was released on March 23rd, 2011, and a regular edition came out on the 27th of May. An English partial patch (common route) can be found here.

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* [[spoiler:AmnesiacHero]]
* ArtificialIntelligence / ArtificialHuman: Ren, every other host of All-mates, [[spoiler:and specifically in the latter, Clear]].
* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape: Done traumatically to Aoba, which brings his SuperpoweredEvilSide to surface and put a stop to.]]
* AudioErotica: A number of characters comment on it in-universe. Aoba weaponizes it to make sales, holla; it also comes in use in other crucial situations.
* {{Badass}}: Hell yes. Koujaku and Mink are active badasses, Clear and Noiz seem to prefer to keep it in reserve (until they have to bring it out), and Aoba can go either way depending on the route.
** BadassBaritone: Mink.
** BadassGay
* BadassLongHair: Aoba, Koujaku.
** [[BadassLongRobe Kimono-wearing Badass]]: Koujaku.
* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: Aoba when pushed into it; more-so when on the routes of those with a more active mentality.
* BewareOfTheSillyOnes: Clear.
* BewareOfTheQuietOnes: Ren is the one who [[spoiler:executes Aoba's Rhyme commands]], after all.
* TheCharmer: Koujaku.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: ''Duh''. Granny is an important supporting cast member though, and her and Aoba's close familial bond provides a large number of early heartwarming moments.
** And amongst the auxiliary cast, there ''are'' females, even if it's one of the evil kid trio and a gossipy and quite {{Hammy}} forty-something-year-old woman that Aoba frequently delivers to and both he and Ren would like to avoid (for wearing of having to speak with her All-mate, who likes him and who the lady obviously ships with him).
* [[spoiler:CompellingVoice: It turns out that in truth Aoba can instill his will onto other people with his voice when he drops it to a certain tenor; when put in situations wherein his life may be in danger, however, an even greater power comes out and his consciousness begins to black out.]]
* CoolOldLady: Granny. She can make ''Aoba's'' band of misfits behave.
* CloudCuckoolander: Clear thanks Aoba for making him realize that the umbrella he carries around can be used during the rain, too. Clear is very much this, [[spoiler:though for good reason]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: You didn't think Clear could kick ass, did you Aoba? Of course he did.
* {{Cyberpunk}} + PostCyberpunk: While the setting has many of the trappings of the Cyberpunk genre, it also portrays (most of) the cast being able to live normally until danger comes to the fore; that said, there's still a CrapsackWorld beneath the surface of their idyllic, day-by-day lives.
* DreadlockedWarrior: Mink.
* DropInCharacter: Usually, Koujaku is the one who drops by civilly, being Aoba's childhood friend, but later, [[spoiler:''everyone'' gets in on it. Granny usually just makes dinner for them all as they sit awkwardly by one another]].
* DynamicEntry: Clear falls out of the sky. Aoba's reaction is priceless. He does this a lot, actually, since he doesn't seem to register the concept of a "door."
* EditorialSynaesthesia: Aoba's headaches can almost be felt by the audience due to the abrupt assault of red cracks on a darkening scene, in conjunction with an eerie, pulsing ambiance.
* FiveManBand: TheLeader - Aoba, although he also functions as TheChick / TheHeart, who keeps everyone together and acts as a [[OnlySaneMan voice of reason]] amongst the more hotblooded and strange types in his group.
** TheLancer: Koujaku, though he also has TheBigGuy tendencies and certainly UndyingLoyalty.
** TheSmartGuy: Noiz.
** TheBigGuy: Mink. Can also double as TheBenefactor, since he has...resources.
** TheSixthRanger: Clear and Ren. Clear's a bit of an odd case, in that he's a CloudCuckoolander who has a bit of all three of the above supporting characteristics, and kind of acts as an "outside" character to the others (his [[spoiler:past]] also backs this up); his loyalty to Aoba often compliments Koujaku's, he has an incredibly good senses and memory that helps them out even more than Noiz and Mink's info gathering, and he can beat up a man as well as any of them.
*** TeamPet: Ren's this if not the the SixthRanger.
* GasMaskLongCoat: Clear, for ([[spoiler:initially]]) no apparent reason.
* GeniusBruiser: Noiz.
* GRatedDrugs: At least in the English patch, the way the characters phrase their playing their "games", Rhyme or Ridge, comes off with this implication; they'll "do Rhyme," etc.
* HardLight: Although apparently most who do Rhyme are not supposed to feel the pain of combat, but when Aoba's forcibly made to participate by a mysterious bunny mascot-headed man, he feels every blow.
* HatesBeingTouched: Aoba feels this about his hair, as apparently his hair carries the same senses as skin--including pain, such as when cut. Especially pain, which is why he prefers not to cut his hair. [[spoiler:He'll let Koujaku do it, though.]]
* HolodeckMalfunction: Forces Aoba to [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]] when pulled into Rhyme without his consent, although he doesn't have complete control over what he's doing due to [[spoiler:his TraumaInducedAmnesia]].
* HomoeroticSubtext: Aoba and Koujaku have this in spades, more specifically when one isn't on his route. Since this is a BL game in which Aoba can pursue him, one can basically say Koujaku really does have a secret thing for him regardless of whether he's pursued or not, but if he's not, they still act like HeterosexualLifePartners, with a lot of UndyingLoyalty on Koujaku's side.
* HotBlooded: ''Koujaku.'' His specialty is riling all the seemingly stoic people he meets up as soon as he meets them because he thinks they're up to no good (he's, perhaps unsurprisingly, right about this). Which is basically every seemingly stoic character (there are a number of them).
* [[spoiler: NakedApron]]: Clear. ''[[RuleOfFunny With his gas mask still on.]]''
* PowerStrainBlackOut: Aoba experiences this frequently; the first time occurs when he's pulled into Rhyme.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Aoba and Granny.
* MobWars: While some groups, like Mizuki's, are like a brotherhood and even take care of the people and shops in the area in the district that they make their own, those who do Ridge are notorious for their turf wars.
* [[SecretCharacter Secret Character Route]]: Not so much of a secret at this point, but [[spoiler:Ren's]] route can be unlocked after completing all the others'.
* StraightGay: Every one of Aoba's potential love interests, even with [[RealMenWearPink Mink's pink bandana]] and Koujaku's flowery kimono, which in Japan is something of a gangsterish thing to wear, for men. ([[spoiler:And it turns out he's yakuza.]])
* TheStoic: Ren, though adorably so.
* [[spoiler:SuperPoweredEvilSide]]: Aoba's.
* RealMenWearPink: Mink and his pink banda, Noiz and his cute cube All-mate and bunny-related everything, Koujaku and his flower theme.
* [[spoiler:RapeAsDrama]]
* [[spoiler:TraumaInducedAmnesia]]: For Aoba.
* VocalDissonance: The proctor of the Rhyme Games, whose body is a pretty woman's but voice is a deep-sounding dude's.
* [[spoiler:WhiteHairBlackHeart]]: Clear, [[spoiler:who's ''supposed'' to be this]].
* YaoiGuys: Every man Aoba can pursue, inevitably.
* YourMindMakesItReal
* [[spoiler:WhatMeasureIsANonHuman]]: Clear