Dramatical Murder
A sci-fi BL visual novel set on a privatized island.
Nitro+chiral developed and published Dramatical Murder, a boys-love visual novel for Windows PCs. Its first press edition launched on March 23, 2012, followed by a regular edition on April 27, 2012. An anime adaptation by studio NAZ began airing on July 6, 2014. At the 2018 Anime Expo, JAST USA announced its JAST BLUE branch would release the game in English.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Science fiction, Yaoi
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Plot
Dramatical Murder is set in the near future on the fictional island of Midorijima, Japan. At some point in the game's recent history, the island was privatized by the powerful Toue Konzern and turned into a resort called Platinum Jail, with the island's original residents being forced to live in the Old Residential District. Protagonist Aoba Seragaki lives on the island and works at a store named Junk Shop Mediocrity, hoping to live a simple life. However, after being forcefully dragged into the popular cyber game Rhyme with its virtual world and its use of Allmates, mobile devices that usually appear as if they are the owner's pets, and hearing rumors about disappearances involving Ribsteez, turf wars between groups, all semblance of a peaceful life for Aoba ends.
Development
Dramatical Murder was developed and published by Nitro+chiral. It was originally released on March 23, 2012, for Windows PCs as a first press edition, with a regular edition released on April 27, 2012. A fan disc follow-up titled Dramatical Murder re:connect, also for Windows PCs, was released on April 26, 2013, adding additional scenes, images and songs to the existing routes, as well as four new character routes to play through. On October 30, 2014, a version of the visual novel aimed at ages 15 and above titled Dramatical Murder re:code was released for the PlayStation Vita which removed the sex scenes, toned down the violence, and included an additional route for the character Mizuki.
Related media
An anime adaptation by studio NAZ premiered on July 6, 2014. It is directed by Kazuya Miura, with Touko Machida and Kabura Fuchii handling series composition, Yukiko Ban designing the characters and Yuki Hayashi composing the music. On July 4, 2018, it was announced at the Anime Expo that JAST USA's new JAST BLUE branch, which focuses on boys-love games, would release Nitro+CHiRAL's DRAMAtical Murder games and its other visual novel titles in English.
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