The common route is important in getting you familiarised with the world, characters, and a fraction of the bigger plot. The game starts off with the same common route, before breaking off into individual routes. The narration is beautiful and captivating, with the occasional humour. The game is tightly linked right from the first line. In fact, some of the side-characters even have their own crucial stakes too – but of course the one with the heaviest stake is Aoba himself. In addition, we’ve the other seemingly unconnected characters all with stakes in the game: Koujaku, Noiz, Mink and Clear. We’re presented with a beautifully crafted world: from the luxurious Oval Tower to the common residences of kyuujuuminku, the tension between the Rhymers and リブ teams, the futuristic tools in what is supposed to be past Japan. ……Typical much? Fortunately, not in this case. The plot flows something along the lines of: our protagonist, Aoba, enjoys leading his usual and peaceful lifestyle till one day it’s disrupted by a certain conflict. The rest are random screenshots of the OP, background etc. This will be a non-spoiler review, and only CG I show is featured on the official website already. I don’t just refer to the BL sexual content, so if you’re interested do play with an open mind. Don’t all their games do? I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game, but do note that this is R-18 BL so there is mature content. DRAMAtical Murder by Nitro+CHiRAL rewrites your expectations of R-18 BL games.