Visual Novelist: DRAMAtical Murder #1 - Rib, Rhyme, and the beginning of the Common Route.

Yo! This time we're going to play... DRAMA... (...tical Murder!) (Wait a minute!? Isn't that one of those "gay" visual novels you've wanted to play?) If by "gay" you mean "Boys Love", then you're right. (Yeah... I don't want any part of this.) Okay, your loss. (Pansy, I'd think you'd be thankful Shimohi's not playing Sweet Pool right now.) (Wha...!? Th-that... *faints*) Akurei, dude, even I'm kind of squicked by Sweet Pool. Oh well, let's get this game started...

Warning: This game likely contains strong language, drug references (do Aoba's "headache pills" and the "light drugs" count?), and will have parts that are most definitely NOT SAFE FOR WORK! Also, there's likely triggers for rape-related PTSD in this game as a whole. You have been warned.

Overthinking Things: DRAMAtical Murder, Freudian psychology, and Neuroplasticity.

As mentioned in the post about the ending of the anime version of DRAMAtical Murder, I noticed some things... More after the jump break! (Warning: Implied spoilers for both the anime and the game can be found in the rest of this post).

The End of DRAMAtical Murder.

Well, eleven more episodes after seeing that first episode. What are my thoughts about this adaptation of a BL visual novel? (Spoiler alert: After this post, I'm going to start a Let's Play of the original visual novel) Speaking of which, I'll be talking about the anime adaptation of DRAMAtical Murder as a whole, and also a bit about the original visual novel as a result so...

SPOILER ALERT! Don't click past the jump break if you haven't seen the anime and/or don't want to be spoiled about the visual novel as well.

DRAMAtical Murder: The First Impressions

Yes, I know, the spelling of this series name is a bit odd; but that's the way it's presented. So that's how I'm going to type it. But this isn't going to be your usual first impressions post. For one thing, I actually already heard of this series before...