Audience reviews
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Alica87
Dear lord...
Who is this anime for, really? If ypu didn't play the original visual novel, that this anine is (kinda) based on: I strongly recommend you skipping this obe and go play the game instead. It's so much better to enjoy the story that way and you will get the actual whole picture.
If you played the visual novel and want to see the characters move...go for it I guess. Unfortunately for all fans of the original BL game, you won't find any L in here. And since that was the main part of the story honestly, there is nothing much left. I addition to that you have basically all 5 different routs combined and pressed into 12 episodes. The characters have not enough time on screen to really connect to. You get basically a speed run of each route in one episode and a somewhat strange shift…
Read at the sourceNutella-oreos
This show is so bad it's good at times. As a fan of the games (get them on steam/JAST, it's cheap and better than the anime!), I mostly watched it to see some of my favourite scenes animated.
I think it's supposed to be watched after you play the games, and that's the only way I'd recommend it, can't imagine anyone getting into DMMd from just watching the anime alone. It's really poorly produced, so much so that it was incredibly funny to watch, but we did also get a bunch new songs SO as bad as it was I'm grateful it happened :) also them actually having Clear sing his jellyfish song was great, as a Clearfan I am content.
All in all the story is incredibly rushed, I don't think I'd have absorbed anything from it just watching it alone.
Support the game! Don't have your experience ruine…
Read at the sourceRinSalamander
Oh dear lord...
This anime... OHHHH this anime... The animation is bad, the story seems weird and cut short... Just... Play the visual novel, this is trash.
Also, if you're making an anime based of a yaoi game, at the very least, ADD SOME ACTUAL YAOI OTHER THAN IN THE BAD ENDINGS.
I want to see them in their good endings too man, like, unless I'm blind, those weren't even in there, sooo
Honestly, this anime just annoyed me... I still kinda didn't hate it though.
Visual novel is better.
I'd suggest stay away from this and go to the visual novels.
Read at the sourceJustmeLuiza
NO SPOILERS (Many people take this anime as a bad one because is an adaptation of the game, and they compare them, but for me, that I have not played the game, this anime was a great one.
Story: 9/10
I think the story was very unique. At the beginning I was a little confused, but things got cleared in the end.
Art: 10/10
I liked the art, a lot.
Sound: 6/10
The sound lacked a little, it was different, but not very special. Character: 10/10
I liked all the characters, they were very different and had quite some good contribution on the story.
Enjoyment: 10/10
Yes, I enjoyed watching it. Very addicting.
Overall: 9/10
In short, watch it!
Read at the sourcespartakiss
In terms of a standalone anime, the show certainly leaves a lot to be desired, but in terms of adapting a visual novel and trying to cram in one million storylines into twelve episodes, it was surprisingly successful. Not entirely successful, mind, but certainly successful enough to make you raise your eyebrows a little.
I'm not gonna lie, I enjoyed this show. I am not familiar with the games, but I found myself following the plot and worldbuilding reasonably well. I thought a lot more could have been done with the (surprisingly very cool) sci-fi setting, but the anime seems to have avoided expansion in favor of following the games as closely as possible. This might not have been the greatest artistic choice considering the game is meant to be replayed with multiple storylines building on…
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On the one hand, I disliked this anime....and on the other, I liked it sort of. The main issue with this anime is the plot/storyline. Early on, it seemed to be going somewhere interesting and then it sort of veered off and tried to have a lot of twists and turns that winded up not making much sense or were way too transparent. When it finally decides to get back to the main plot, it feels a bit....weak. The idea is good but for an anime of only 12 episodes, you need to utilize all the episodes you have and not try to rush things in a few episodes. The final battle leaves a lot to be desired...in fact it is rather anticlimactic and there were, imo, far better battles early on in the season.
Where this anime does excel, for the most part anyway, is the characters. All 5 of the main charact…
Read at the sourceDarkskies
An easy review of DRAMAtical Murder-- SPOILER FREE for your enjoyment!
OVERALL--
DRAMAtical Murder is adapted from a visual novel. As is the case with many VN to anime adaptions, the anime rushes as it tries to incorporate information from all of the various VN routes. With only 12 episodes, DRAMAtical Murder struggles in its development of both characters and the overall world. This leads to a slightly lackluster ending, with characters you really wish you could have known better. Still, I found it fairly enjoyable overall and would say it's worth watching since it's a quick 12 episodes. It's not amazing, but it's not as terrible as some people suggest.
STORY--
DRAMAtical Murder presents viewers with what could have been a very interesting story; unfortunately, it fails to fully take sh…
Read at the sourceLolliGo
As a fan of the original DRAMAtical Murder games, I had some high hopes for the anime adaptation of them. The trailer looked nice, the characters were all there, and even though there wouldn't be any of the fanservice and sex that made the games what they were, everyone was rejoicing at the announcement of this anime. And then all of our hopes were crushed after the first few episodes. Our beloved DRAMAtical Murder was turned into a trainwreck.
STORY: 6
I won't really go into the actual story since there's a synopsis already written, but basically the protagonist and his "friends" have to beat the bad guy who, as usual, is some rich old man who owns a giant corporation. This has been done many times but DRAMAtical Murder actually tried to make it seem interesting and action-packed. Despit…
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Forgive me for the bad English, i am spanish.
Dramatical murder, is a visual novel that contains a lot of yaoi and explicit scenes.
I played all the visual novel, with all the routes and bad and good endings and i simply love it. I am one of the fandom of Dmmd and when i saw the announcement of the anime i was happy and also scared. Why? Because i have seen what they did to Togainu no chi. But i was expecting that nitro+chiral realized about the quality of their last anime and they would fixed it, i was wrong... VERY WRONG.
Story: (3)
I have one question, if you had a visual novel that is a hentai, and it's very famous because of his scenes +18, would you remove all the hentai to make a simply anime of romance? I would not. Dramatical murder is a HARD YAOI, you can't remove all the yaoi s…
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Why are you all hating?
The plot may be difficult to follow, but when it all finally clicks into place you end up sitting there like "HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED THIS?" Don't give up on Dramatical Murder just because you don't understand what is going on in the first episode. Or the second...Or third...Or...Well you get the point (Amnesia fans understand the struggle).
Each time I clicked 'next episode', I felt as if someone rammed something into my brain and started picking on it : "Oh look..You've seen this character before. Haven't you? Ohhhh he seemed suspicious! I knew it! I knew it!". In essence the author did an amazing job at trowing javelins at my imagination through plot twists. You'll never know what will happen next.
In reference to the art...Well hella. The detail of the lan…
Read at the sourceRinYanase
I'n my opinion, I believe this is one of the best anime I've seen by far in a very long time. Great story line, excellent character development throughout the series, and an interesting bunch of personalities all around.
The only thing disappointing is I believe this anime would of been better with 25 episodes instead.
I feel that things were slightly rushed since originally this was a game before the anime and manga adaptation.
The game is a lot darker, touchy-feely, and longer than the anime, but I can appreciate that since it's suppose to appeal to a wider audience than just BL/or Yaoi fan-girl.
Overall, amazing anime totally worth watching!
Read at the sourcemin1230
Firstly, this is a pretty short anime- only 12 episodes. It only took me one day to finish it, but to be honest, I don't know what I just watched;;
Story: 6
The story itself isn't that bad. Aoba's special ability was quite original (correct me if I'm wrong please- this is just based on the anime I've watched). However, the story was quite big. Although the idea was decent, I felt like 12 episodes wasn't enough to go into enough detail.
Even after I finished watching it, it just felt like a storm passed super quickly- too much to process in only 12 episodes.
OH! and I really liked the futuristic setting with the super advanced technology. That was really interested. I wish I had an allmate.
Art: 7
AHAAHAHA you have to admit.... the characters were pretty good looking. I guess they were a…
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So, my overall thoughts (after playing the game and watching countless of lets plays, reviews on Youtube, and playing the visual novel that this is based on myself) was, that this anime had so much potential to bring this BL out there and it failed to deliver.
I'm a big fan of the BL genre in general, but after watching the first few episodes, I'd kind of already lost interest. But, after months of procrastinating, I finally finished it and I must say; it was kind of mediocre.
I give this anime a 5.
Because of the lack of good animation and the art looking hastily drawn. Some of the art just looks strange. Compared to the visual novel, that's vibrant, fun, detailed, and even feels like it has movement at times... This ain't it. Oh, and let's not forget about the lack of actual boy's lov…
Read at the sourceemptyemptyempty0
May it be said that this horror of an adapted anime has forever ruined my picture of DMMD. Anyone who gives this anime a decent score is just going easy on it. This anime is not a ten, not a seven or even the lowest score to ever be conceived of on MAL, a six. No, this is far worse.
What I was hoping for was, alas, too much. I feel sorry for previous fans of the series, as this does no justice to the original VN. Honestly, I think you should never remove the "L" from "BL", as the original had some plot points revolving around the romance between characters. I understand what the producers were trying to do here, which was acquire a new demographic. What a mistake.
In doing this, along with the short amount of episodes, they stripped the characters of any real feeling. You couldn't get at…
Read at the sourceNikoleta-Chika
DRAMAtical murder is a masterpiece.
Despite the fact that this anime is based on a BL game, it was completely normal, without BL scenes, and i'm glad about it.
As a 12-episode anime, i expected that it would not have a completed plot, that it would not give importance to the characters and it would just be in hurry. But no, everything was in a perfect quantity and quality.
To be more exact:
PLOT:10
The plot is interesting and enought to fill these 12 episodes of perfection.
CHARACTERS:10
The best part of the anime. All of the characters have something special, as special as their past. Each of them has a personality which makes you love them, and they are showing you how strong the bonds of friendship can be. All of the characters have a special bond with Aoba and that makes the anime…
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Let's get logged into a futuristic cyber world where gangs and mind controllers control the universe along with the "Blue Fox" : "Aoba Seragaki" and his friends as he saves his homeland(island) from an incoming cyber attack.
Story: Frankly this type of a futuristic story is very hard to combine no doubt that the mangaka and the producers succeeded on that. You see this blue haired cute dude in a futuristic pair of boots, on the first impression he looks strong and a lone wolf but not essentially. He works in a Junk Shop to fair for his grandma and himself. Little did he know that some of the gangs in the area is being threatened by a combo called "Morphine" which progresses the story from there. The story is so confusing at first- it took me about 4 episodes to accumulate what's going on…
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Some Spoilers Ensue:
Before I begin let me just say that the low scores are for the anime only. For those of you who don't know, this show was derived from an explicit yaoi dating simulator. The visual novel featured 12 different endings. There was usually a good, and at least one bad for every character. There was also a specific ending for Virus and Trip as well. The true end to the game was meant to be the true end to the anime. If you haven't played the game and don't mind gorgeous and explicit yaoi boy sex, I recommend you forget about what you watched, and invest the 30 or so hours into Dramatical Murder...then invest another 10 or so into Reconnect to get the full background of the characters lives. I will just say that I absolutely love this game. Nitro+Chiral are yaoi game master…
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"DRAMAtical Murder" was a train wreck of an anime, sullying the video game's name.
When I first heard that "DRAMAtical Murder" was becoming an anime, I was so excited, I couldn't stop thinking about it. What I was met with, however, was a show consisting of average animation, bland plot lines, and no romance whatsoever.
Voicing Aoba is Kisaichi, Atsushi, known for his role of Aizawa, Yuuichi (Kanon). He is not very popular in the anime world, but his voice is pretty nice. He did a wonderful job of voicing Aoba regularly, and then digging deep to bring out Aoba's "dark" side. Most of the voices were too deep for my tastes, but they all sounded so good.
To be specific, the thing I hated most about the anime was the actual animation. When I expected something to rival the video game, I…
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I remember when I heard they were going to make an adaptation on DRAMAtical Murder, me and the entire BL fanbase+other people were buzzing with the news and it easily became the most anticipated anime of summer 2014.
Honestly, I was disappointed. Not that I was expecting anything.
The story [6]
it was good. Seeing how I played the game, I saw where they were headed with the show but everything felt rushed, while the beginning was a bit of a drag (the game's beginning was also a bit slow). A whole ending with each characters was sandwiched between each episode. It would have flowed better if they were given more room between each episode.
Speaking of characters [5]
They didnt give us enough time to really get to know the characters better. With one episode to meet them, have them appear…
Read at the sourceAsfaria
DRAMAtical Murder is an anime adapted from a BL visual novel originally created by the company Nitro+ who also made things like Steins;Gate and Chaos Head. Similarly to those and other stories done by Nitro+, it has a very sci-fi and futuristic feeling to it. And despite the original material involving gay rape sex scenes (though I haven't played the original game so I can't compare them more than this), this is tuned down to a PG-13 rating which never delves farther in the shounen-ai element than a simple kiss and gay sexual innuendos galore.
DMMd begins with Seragaki Aoba, a man of around 20 years old. The story is told from his perspective as he meets different people, both ones he already knew and strangers. He begins to discover something big going on in his city involving gangs, a d…
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