Source: Diabolik Lovers Summer Fest Drama CD: Blood & LoveSweat
Audio: Here
Seiyuu: Konishi Katsuyuki
Translator’s note: Not much to say about this track except that is very Reiji-like. He does tease the MC quite a bit though ,poor girl. It almost makes me wonder if he slipped something into her tea because she went from 0 to a 100 real quick when it comes to craving his fangs. I can’t imagine being bitten actually feels nice but Yui grows addicted to it in literally every single route so who knows?? There might be something special about it. :P
DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE CHARACTER SONG Vol.10 Strawberry Jam by Sakamaki Reiji Mini Drama “Determining the Value”
Original title: 価値の見極め
Source: Diabolik Lovers CHARACTER SONG Vol. 10 Mini Drama
Audio: Here
Seiyuu: Katsuyuki Konishi
Translator’s note: This track was…hard. :’’) Honestly, it might be the most I have struggled with translating a CD in a long time, and it wasn’t even 10 minutes long in total. I get that Reiji is very passionate about this antique lamp but he starts throwing around a bunch of niche vocabularly which I had never heard of in my whole life so I had to keep on pausing and rewinding the track to look up all the words. (and even now there’s some parts I’m uncertain about whether or not I understood them correctly)
What do you think is laitos true personality underneath that perverted facade?
Hello anon! Thank ya kindly for giving me stuff to analyze!!
After analyzing this man and paying utmost attention to him for years now, I do believe I have an idea. I mean, we’ve most likely witnessed his true personality. Full rant under the cut!
More Blood was really the definer of the deeper layers of Laito’s personality. Yes, HDB had a lot of character development for Laito, but we really didn’t know from any game context about the fact that it was a facade; it was more just a feeling like “hmm this guy’s a bit different” and Yui’s own comment about how she finds Laito suspicious right after the prologue.
Daisuke Hirakawa, Laito’s voice actor, did an interview about HDB a while back. I have yet to re-find this interview; I read it maybe 3 years ago. But, he was saying how even Laito’s official bio in HDB had double meanings and lies to it. I have yet to find those specifically, but I would love to in the future. (If anyone knows of that interview, please send it to me or tag me!)
Like I said in my HDB Laito vs More Blood Laito analysis, I was saying how More Blood opened doors in Laito’s character. Laito hasn’t felt his own character so attacked that he couldn’t even keep up the ~playful pervert~ personality. Also in More Blood, Laito got mad at Shuu when Shuu called him a wannabe pervert. And we all know Shuu can be pretty perverted as well, but pretty legitimately. Laito definitely forces it because he wants you to believe he truly is. It’s part of his “character” he builds in order to manipulate his victims.
I also believe Laito has gone through the certain sexual trauma aftermath called “hypersexuality,” which is the reason for his perverted facade. I won’t get too much into this because I’d love to talk about it in another post, considering it’s a heavier topic. I don’t wanna get too derailed from this, haha.
Basically, in More Blood, he was incredibly disheveled and pained. He wasn’t able to keep composure, although we desperately see him try to do that on multiple occasions in the game. I don’t think his pained and manic personality is his true one, but I do believe that his personality would be more depressive, as well as soft-mannered. Remember, Laito likes to run away from his problems and keep his true feelings locked inside.
This is why Para-Selene was such a huge milestone of development for him. I analyzed this a while back, and I do think you should listen to the Para-Selene CD too for this exposure. Him in that last track was just him admitting how much he was suffering and how much he wanted to be accepted. He said he wanted to be forgiven and accepted in his QED song too. He’s suffering, he needs help! Which is why whenever he breaks down in any CD or game my heart fuckin DIES! Like god, implied by Ecstasy 09 in More Blood, he hasn’t cried in years.
Reiji: Oh… …Are you crying?
Laito: Eh, this… …is what you call tears?
Reiji: The water that flows from the eyes are tears.
Laito: Why am I crying for?
Reiji: … … Are you happy or sad, it can be either.
Laito: I’m… …
Reiji: Well, please leave quickly and carry the corpse out with you.
Laito: It’s cold… …I’m shedding so many tears, why are they coming out so fast… …
As much as I didn’t like his More Blood route compared to his HDB route, I love his Ecstasy chapter so much.
So I’ve narrowed it down and observed that his true personality is more depressive (as of now; with him not being helped) and I know I said he’s more soft mannered. He felt really genuine and more personable in his Para-Selene CD. I know there’s other instances where he’s like that too, I currently can’t think of any. But I believe under all those layers, he’s just a sad boi looking for some genuine, emotional connections and healing. I believe most of the diaboys are like that to an extent, especially the Sakamakis, considering they’ve been living in this house with each other and pretty much don’t get along. Although, I do believe Laito genuinely wants to get along with his brothers and I think he genuinely likes them. However, this is for another analysis haha!
Although, I do not believe that he’s perverted only when he has his facade. I mean, he gets turned on by this stuff right? He just exuberantly accentuates that whole aspect, which is the Laito we see usually. So in his Para-Selene CD, he mentioned how he wanted to make out with the listener on the couch; which isn’t a perverted comment but it’s definitely sexually and romantically charged. So I do believe there is a hint of truth within his perverted facade.
Although, for some things, he had to convince himself that he liked certain actions, like the things Cordelia did to him. And when she had sex in front of him with Richter. Etc, etc. So I do think some of the sexual activities he does in the games are either:
Used for manipulation to maintain and receive control over his victims
Prove himself to his brothers that he’s a pervert and fuckin weird
Convince himself that he’s a shallow pervert
And as a tangent outcome and motivation, he genuinely enjoys it
When people develop hard facades as a coping mechanism such as Laito, they genuinely believe that they are the character or variant of themselves they created. And although that is technically true, their facade doesn’t completely align with what they truly feel. But Laito doesn’t want to truly feel his actual emotions, so he puts up that wall. He hates vulnerability, so that is why I believe his true personality is more soft and dismal, with a hint of playfulness (and horniness; when he’s not actually depressed haha).
Hopefully I was able to fully answer this, anon! I was sick this week so I wasn’t able to do these analyses how I usually do, so hopefully your curiosity has been satiated!
If anyone would like to add as usual, please feel free to do so, I might myself if more things pop in my head.
Hope you all are staying safe! See ya next week with an analysis!
DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN Imajin Webshop Tokuten Drama CD “Perfect & Without Fail! The Sakamaki Family’s Secret Technique to Highly-Efficient Housework・ Final Edition”
Translator’s note: Once again, the Vampires prove that they are more human than anyone else because their number one motivator in life is…sweet, sweet money. xD They’re all so thirsty for cash 99% of the time, it’s honestly hilarious. I wonder what else you could push them to do, just because there’s a large amount of prize money on the line. The climax of this CD kind of caught me off guard because I expected they would just royally fuck up on the day of the concert but no…They never even got to enter lol. Great move by the MC. They don’t really hint at what her explanation for not submitting the application on time was, but I want to believe that she did it on purpose to get revenge for all the times they treated her like trash. You go girl.
DIABOLIK LOVERS LUNATIC PARADE SKiT Dolce Tokuten Drama CD ”Charm the Hearts of the Visitors!? ~ The Legendary Performer-Janitor~”
Original title: ゲストの心を魅了する!? ～伝説の清掃パフォーマー～
Source: Diabolik Lovers LUNATIC PARADE Skit Dolce Tokuten Drama CD
Audio: Here
Seiyuu: Katsuyuki Konishi & Takahiro Sakurai
Translator’s note: You would think that a CD with just Reiji & Ruki might be a little boring since both of them are rather stoic characters, but I honestly had a blast listening to and translating this track. It was quite fun to see Ruki get into the act of performing right away and Reiji eventually crumbling underneath the pressure as well. Also the mental image of the two of them striking poses while using those magical cleaning tools had me absolutely dying inside. The MC actually joins in the fun this time as well as they don’t treat her as harshly compared to some other CDs, which was a nice change of pace as well.
Translator’s note: Phew. This CD was quite the challenge since it’s a whole 40 minutes long. I have translated long drama CDs plenty of times in the past but it honestly had been a while since I came across one which is longer than half an hour. I guess this CD is meant to be kind of an introduction to the game since it’s pretty much just every boy realizing that something feels ‘off’ about their current family as well as harboring strong feelings for Eve which they cannot quite explain since they’ve all lost their memories and are therefore under the assumption that she’s an absolute stranger to them.
Translator’s note: Classic Ryoutei Academy coming up with the weirdest classes and assignments for their students. No wonder Karlheinz sponsors the school because the principal is just as bonkers as he is. Anyway, it was interesting to see characters like Reiji, Laito and Carla having to do physical labor out on the field. Meanwhile Yuma is just completely in his element. This assignment was made for him after all. I won’t spoil how the CD ends, but let’s all press F in the chat for our Diaboys.
So apparently chicken nugget is a spicebush swallowtail and they turn yellow before they pupate. He was making little silk things everywhere Bruh this caterpie is going to evolve to metapod today my boy isn’t messing around
hes’s in a bigger container than the one in the pic now but im gonna let my home boy find his way in the world after he gets used to his wings a little bit
do you guys realize that,,,, chicken nugget is one of those butterflies that is perfectly half female and half male?? nugget’s left wing is typical of a female spice bush swallowtail and the right wing is typical of a male
This whole post is wonderful, but I think a lot of people don’t realise just how rare bilateral gynandromorphs are. Research has shown that only approximately 1 in 6,000 butterflies is a bilateral gynandromorph! So thanks so much @oddity-txt for sharing this wonderful being with us!
hello so I moved to twitter, yeah it's been years? since I last posted but yeah if y'all want to see more of my works, you can see me active in twitter (@/RoxySnowy) Thank y'all
