Your life is gone; it has reached a sudden end. You might have left some unfinished business, but you will never see these regrets fulfilled. It’s over for you. Yet, in the darkness of death, you’re asked the question: do you desire a second chance? Would you fight to live again? Would you take back your life?
You and nine others have been given a chance. A chance to gain back what you lost. A chance to fight, a chance to reach out to the top and to find the light of life.
- To live once more.Welcome to the Death Revue.
Death Revue
is a closed Tumblr and Discord-based roleplay group, featuring an original storyline inspired by several anime and video game titles. In this roleplay, characters will find themselves in the afterlife as part of Sakurauchi Academy’s special White Class, where they are given a chance to fight for a second chance at life. This roleplay, however, is not a murder mystery. This chance at life comes in the form of winning duels against each other… until one remains.
Live or die again. Make your choice.
Death Revue demonstrates these examples of tropes:
- Anyone Can Die: And in fact, they all did to get here. Played straight again in that only one of them will remain by the end to be revived, and we know not who they may be at this point in time.
- Deadly Game: Considering they have to fight each other for the right to be revived? Yeah.
- Developing Doomed Characters: That's most of the cast. Good luck figuring out which ones they are before they die all over again and disappear.
- Dwindling Party: The game begins with ten students, and it will end with one.
- Dysfunction Junction: With ten different characters, it's to be expected that something like this would happen. To what extent depends on the character in question...and the person playing them.
- Fire-Forged Friends: It is known that relationships (both platonic and possibly romantic) are expected to be formed in Sakurauchi Academy.
- Gilded Cage: While they are attending the Academy, they have no shortage of food, classrooms full of objects to learn with, and many other locations that will be unlocked over time. Were this not a representation of the afterlife and all the fridge horror that entails, it'd be a nice place to board.
- Hidden Depths: There are more to every character than meets the eye - it's just that some of them are rather open to telling others their backstories or feelings, and others keep it under such a careful lock and key that no one can unearth it.
- Involuntary Battle to the Death: Nine of them, in fact. Only one will remain.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Considering its premise and the fact that it's a roleplay, the characters are not above poking fun at the supposed absurdity of their circumstances.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: They include a professional gamer, a tokusatsu actor, a former idol and the empress of Viridia.
- Sadistic Choice: Outlast nine of your new classmates to win another chance at life, or let yourself die for good. Details, details...
- Tonight, Someone Dies: Specifically, every couple of weeks, someone will lose their duel and die permanently.
- Translation Convention: All characters are presumed to be speaking Japanese unless otherwise noted, even though the game is written in English.
- Win Your Freedom: At the cost of everyone else's. Unless you consider death the ultimate freedom, in which case...
Daichi Watanabe
Daichi Watanabe is an intelligent high-school senior who gets top marks in his classes and is the current captain of his high school robotics team. His team has always placed well in nationals, though has never managed to win first. He has a younger sister named Umeko, who often has to stay long periods of time in the hospital due to her poor immune system.
- Face of a Thug: He might look like a punk with his shark's smile and messy hair, but that doesn't match his personality at all.
Elliot Morin
Elliot Morin is a young Canadian hunter living in a small community in the north isolated from most of modern society. An extraordinary tracker, survivalist, and hunter he provides for himself, his family, and some members of his community. Though he’s wise in practical matters his knowledge of the modern world and basic concepts are to be desired.
- The Big Guy: Tallest of the cast, with a talent to match.
Ragnar 'Rafflesia' Hjelte
Ragnar Hjelte, better known as his alias and online handle “Rafflesia” until his untimely death, took the competitive scene by storm when he first signed himself up in an international tournament for several games. His skill set ranged from casual games like Super Smash Bros. Melee to more complex ones like Mortal Kombat X and Tekken. Quickly he became a force to be reckoned within the competitive fighting scene and also became a well known streamer following his success.
Breezing through the brackets for the most hyped up games like Dragon Ball Fighter Z and Street Fighter V and sending even professional competitors to Losers’ Brackets without putting in much effort, Rafflesia managed to garner a lot of attention. After winning various tournaments and eliminating the best, he became a well known figure in the scene as a heel for his arrogant and cocky personality and flippant behavior towards his peers. Some hated him while others enjoyed his controversial attitude.
Despite his fame and success, fans mostly disliked him due to his disrespectful nature towards other players on camera such as by teabagging them or openly mocking them and forcing the runner-ups to personally hand him his trophies, medals and money. Whether he behaved like this outside the cameras or not, Rafflesia’s victory streak remained interrupted only by his death, and his skills as a player while he was alive, remain uncontested.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Or at least, his persona certainly endorses this, and he has the skills to back it up.
Tadashi Takanashi
By all accounts, Tadashi Takanashi appears to be an almost painfully normal high school student. He might be a bit of a nerd with childish hobbies, but he’s a sociable kid with good grades, a close family, and a part-time job. The life he leads is simple and unremarkable — or at least, it was.
- The Generic Guy: As generic as guys his age go.
Tsuneo 'Neo' Enjou
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- Keet: Always full of positive energy, and it doesn't take very long talking with him to find that out!
- Meaningful Name: One note that carries a lot of weight with it.
Erika Hieda
The mysterious arbiter of the Death Revue. Cheery and secretive, Erika’s surprisingly all-seeing despite perpetually closed eyes. Carries herself in an almost soldier-like manner, but also has a habit of playing with her hair.
- Mystical White Hair: It's slightly pink!
- Perpetual Smiler: Has this most of the time.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: The one in charge of this game, apparently. Don't cross her.
Tracey 'Sleight' Inoue
Found yourself in a sticky situation? Never fear, the great Rogue Taigi is here! Er, wait, no, it’s just Tracey, but she’s more than happy to play the part of the hero for you. Tracey is a cheerful and fun-loving girl who loves a good adventure, and always dresses for the occasion - she makes all her flashy costumes herself, and might make one for you too, for a price. She has a small following as a cosplayer and has an extensive roleplaying network, both online and live action.
- Hair Color Dissonance: While her hair is undeniably purple, the exact shade has been debated.
Violette Sophia-Cherie Gracerose Reuben
The small, but illustrious, island country of Viridia gained international attention for a short while when 13-year-old Violette stepped into power as its monarch following the accidental deaths of her parents. As par both tradition and practicality, the country was to be managed by a Regent until Violette was old enough to be crowned Queen, but she famously exploited a hole in the country’s royal policy to rule alone- even at such an unthinkably young age. This proved to be satisfactory for some time, as Viridia was a stable country, but things changed dramatically only a few years into Violette’s reign. As she started to exercise real power, she oversaw the invasion of several countries and the revival of a historically violent war when she brazenly ordered the termination of an important peace treaty. As such, public opinion of Violette dropped considerably and her reign became mired with criticism and controversy- with even several other countries calling for her deposition.
- Rebellious Princess: And ended up an empress for it.
