Alternative TitlesEnglish: DMC: Detroit Metal City Synonyms: DMC Japanese: デトロイト・メタル・シティ
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
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Status: Publishing
Published: 2005 to ?
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SynopsisShouichi is a common boy, timid, quiet. He loves flowers, walkings and musical hits like the ones that radios play.
But he is also Krauzer II, leader of Detroy Metal City (DMC), the most popular underground metal band of Japan! Shouichi would like to change his life and start to play Swedish pop songs with peaceful and loving lyrics instead of the violent and vulgar ones of DMC, but when he is playing with his band he completely changes his attitude and behaviour... |
Related MangaAdaptation: Detroit Metal City
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YoungVagabond
40 of 83 people found this review helpful
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57 of ? chapters read
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Howling with laughter while reading "Detroit Metal City" (DMC), the word I kept thinking of was "genius".
DMC is based on the theme of dual personalities. Negi Souichi is a kind-hearted, simple 23 year old, a virgin with an ugly bowl-shaped haircut. He hails from a farm, talks to his mother every day, and dreams of uniting the world with fashionable pop songs about love and French desserts.
At night, he dresses up as the fearsome Krauser-san II of the band DMC, a KISS and Gwar-inspired death metal frontman who sings about rape, murdering one's parents, and on stage, beats up an elderly Japanese man wearing women's lingerie known as "The Pig of Capitalism".
He is considered a true demon by his crazed fans, who would love nothing more than to be raped and killed by their idol, and eventually comes to be known as the emperor of metal, thanks to his many legendary deeds, such as raping the Tokyo Tower, and his destruction of any rivals to his throne, whether they be punk, rap, or fellow metal bands.
At first, it seems like Negi is simply forced to go along with this because of the tyrannical President of DMC's record label, a frightening death metal chick who beats up Negi and everyone else standing in her way, and constantly talks about performances "making me wet".
However, as the series progresses, one realizes that Krauser is very much a part of Negi himself. All of his anger and frustration at not being recognized for his pop music, as well as his annoyance with various people and circumstances in his life fuel his angry, violent death metal acts. Often, the very people he is close to and respects as Negi are the ones he destroys and humiliates as Krauser.
The writing and stories throughout the series are nothing short of brilliant. While the joke could quickly wear thin, here the mangaka manages to keep thinking of creative, exciting situations and obstacles for DMC and Negi to be up against, and he never fails to resolve it with something absurd and over-the-top, which a normal, rational Negi would be outraged by.
The other characters are also interesting and funny, if a bit one-dimensional. There is Negi's considerate, sweet love interest Yuri Aikawa, who works for a fashionable music magazine, and is frequently tormented by Krauser-san. There is Jyagi-Sama, the bass guitarist for the band, an outgoing, kind partier who is popular with the ladies. He hopes of making a lot of money from the band, but just doesn't understand the essence of metal quite like Negi.
Then, there is Camus-San, who, to go along with the stereotype of drummers as being bizarre weirdos, is a short, fat, ugly, bespectacled man, whose entire speech consists of offensive, perverted one or two word sentences, mostly spoken to attractive women. He frequently seems to think he's in a brothel, telling an innocent girl either "anal" or "next!".
As mentioned before, there is DMC's frightening record label president, as well as a hilarious male DMC super-fan who makes a living doing shows for little kids, and has an inferiority complex about not being raped by Krauser. Frankly, every repeat character in the series is funny, and their inclusion in the story is very much in context.
The art is simple and to the point, good enough to convey the hilarity of the idea and situations, much like the set-up itself.
Overall, a great read, highly recommended to anyone with even a passing interest in manga. read more
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The artwork isn't the best but the humor is very alike. You just have to enjoy both of them!
Combine the uncombinable - is the main idea of those two mangas. Authors played with one of the most well-known and old human stereotype of form and content. What if something is not what it seems? What if someone who looks evil is really an angel or vice versa. Almost all comedy situations in those mangas based on this contrast between the true self of our heroes and their appearance.
Besides the art is pretty similar too. It looks a little bit creepy at first sight but it fits the atmosphere perfectly.
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Solanin is a very down-to-earth slice-of-life story whereas DMC tends toward vulgar slapstick, but at their basest levels they're both about using a passion for music and a place in a hastily composed band to follow dreams and to make the best of and/or overcome a less than ideal situation.
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Related ClubsDetroit Metal City Fanclub, El club de los señores feudales el gran Marques Dols y el glorioso Conde Jous y sus dicharacheros criados, KRAUSER-SAN II, Manga-hasa, Moe and loli haters , Mole=Moe, Punk Club, Rockline.it, Scary Girls Club, seinen & josei, Slice of Anime Life, Split Personality Fan Club, The Anime Adaptation Club, the best damn anime/game club ever, The Real Man Club, Virus
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