woman singing in ecstasy

ー The scene starts inside a mysterious chamber

*Thud* 

Karlheinz: Checkmate.

Socrates: …!? How? Once again…

Karlheinz: Seems like I win.

Socrates: …

Karlheinz: I had a pleasant time again tonight. Our final game was a great one.

Original title: 夜更かしヴァンパイアの食テロ飯 [レイジ編]

Source: Diabolik Lovers ZERO Vol. 8 Animate Tokuten CD

Audio: Here

Seiyuu: Katsuyuki Konishi

Translator’s note: Honestly, Reiji deserves so much more respect than what he gets. Not only does this man get up early to get chores done because his other five brothers won’t do jack-shit, he even goes out of his way to do extra groceries and make a first-class breakfast for his girl. I feel like most of the other Diaboys could barely even toast a piece of bread without burning it lol. 

❌ TW: R*pe, Child abuse ❌

Most of these are fun headcanons but one of them does relate to those two things. It does NOT include Laito actually being the instigator.

All art is official art from games

ー The scene starts inside the Church

Laito: Gotcha, Eve.

Yui: Kyah…!

( He’s embracing me…! )

Kou: Score! Way to go, Laito-kun!

Reiji: Kuh! So I was bested. I lost Eve to another House…

Ayato: You better not think it’ll be that easy!

// I assume you mean male protagonist, and from my point of view, I can say with certainty that Ayato is the best choice.

Ayato is one of the best main guys in otome games and let me tell you why:

Usually true lovers are portrayed as gentlemanly, calculated, and mature, and all characters admire them. When it comes to these types of guys, there isn't much room for growth because they're already cool and loved, which is what makes Ayato (and other main guys like him) stand out. He's the most misunderstood and insulted character in the entire franchise, and he's the polar opposite of what any of them would consider "ideal." I'm aware that Ayato also calls others names, but his insults aren't nearly as offensive, and he never tries to hurt anyone where it hurts them the most.

He received one of the best developments; while not as significant as Laito's, Yui enabled him to reclaim something long forgotten: his kindness. Ayato was known for being pure-hearted, as Laito also mentioned. The problem is that he stopped displaying this trait over time because every time he did something good, he ended up getting hurt.

You can notice that in Ayato’s MB route, in the flashback, Cordelia was impatiently waiting for Karl’s visit, but all he did was send her a blue rose. Knowing flower language, Ayato deduced that the rose represented "something impossible," which referred to Karl's love for Cordelia. He was aware such a thing would make his mom sad, therefore he started stepping on the rose but got beaten up by Cordelia for ruining her gift. Another scene is in Laito's MB route, where Ayato tries to convince Laito that what he was doing with Cordelia was wrong because there was no mutual love between them, but all he gets in return is "you're just a kid unable to understand such things" and "you're jealous because she loves me, not you!" I obviously can’t forget the YoungBlood scene, where he sacrificed himself for his brothers in order to find out more information and got severely beaten up by the ghouls, ending up with a traumatic memory and being CURSED as Adam.

I love how, ever since Yui entered his life, he has been working on himself to become a better person. He's willing to work on his flaws and never hesitates to say or do something that could help someone. There are various types of kindness, but I particularly admire Ayato's because he not only feels bad for others or considers helping them, but also almost always takes action on the spot when someone is in a dangerous situation, regardless of whether he will be injured or hated as a result.

I'd also like to point out that the plot details (not lore) are best explained in his routes, but that's something that usually happens in otoge true routes, so it's obvious.

Last but not least, him and Yui are soulmates and I’m a sucker for this trope. It was confirmed in YoungBlood that they are fated to be together, which Rejet hinted at a long time ago, especially in an official Tokuten short story, translated by Koiiro on Wordpress:

Yui- "As for me, I clearly remember the reason why I fell in love with you, Ayato-kun. But it also feels like I've loved you all my life, and maybe I've gotten addicted to you before I knew it."

Ayato- “I do… remember the moment I fell in love with you… though, it also feels like I've loved you all my life."

I'm glad they both remembered why they fell in love with each other; it proves that their love isn’t just for the sake of being reunited as Adam and Eve, but is also something genuine.

pls click pictures for better quality i promise they're not that pixelated💀

the sakamakis as models:

shu:

- models for luxury lounge wear, knitwear and pajamas for brands like fox haus and american vintage

- does mostly editorials since he's too lazy to do runway

- shu's something of a golden boy. he just has that easily beautiful face that can't look bad no matter what so he can wear simple nightwear and still somehow make it look good

- doesn't date other models, prefers an ordinary s/o who doesn't have to live in the spotlight like he does because he knows how shitty it is

- usually easy to work with. he falls asleep during hair and makeup and will wear anything as long as it's comfy, treats staff alright - but will rip a studio apart if he can't find his favourite pillow at break time

reiji:

- dior adores him

- his runway work....unrivalled

- reiji walks with measured grace of a panther, and his long limbs and height play beautifully into his charm, seeming to meld his skin right within the cut of his clothes

- he just has this horrible fucking habit of micromanaging everyone on set. corrects the make-up artists, reprimands hairstylists and scolds the set designer for not colour coordinating props well

- the photograph's going to be like "a little to the left honey!" and reiji's just going to start a fifteen minute explanation about how this angle makes the light bounce off his profile and enhances the colour of his eyes to a striking crimson hue and-

- the crew would rather tape his mouth shut than snap a picture of him - so they mostly keep him on the runway where he's too focused on not fucking up his walk to pay any attention to the failings of others

ayato:

- he's the favourite slut for sports brands like nike and adidas

- part of the reason why they like him so much is that as a basketball player himself, he actually knows and loves the clothes he's given

- and when nba season comes around?? ayato is booked and busy for months minimum

- he's too bouncy and energetic for runway so they limit him to campaign videos and magazine covers

- his photos are typically taken in motion. they'll dress him in the whole sports kit, give him a basketball and set him loose on set with a photographer scurrying around after him

- as a result his portfolio is littered with dynamic blurred shots that show his muscles taut against his skin, sweat dripping down his sideburns and eyes laser focused as he aims for another three pointer

- bangs supermodels and is the brand ambassador for flaming hot cheetos, red bull and beats headphones. sulks if he's not praised on set and fights tooth and nail for courtside nba tickets every year. roundball rock makes him cry.

kanato:

- models for custom loli fashion brands that make clothes for life sized ball jointed dolls

- he'll wear a dress just as easily as he'll wear pants so he's got a genderfluid appeal for designers after soft boys

- wayyy too short for runway, so he sticks to editorial

- kanato always ends up doing those freaky photoshoots for some reason. like blood all over his mouth fake guts draped across his torso and decapitated stuffed animals strewn around him

- doesn't speak to anyone on set, ever. comes in, does his job, and leaves, completely ignoring any feedback

- but they rehire him anyway because he's unbelievably cute

- has cult fandoms for him with anime/manga fans because of how much he resembles some fictional characters, constantly gets movie roles for psychopaths/yandere characters

- his non negotiable condition for doing those movies is that teddy gets to sit in the directors chair

laito:

- he was always interested in photography and was beautiful his whole life so he naturally gravitated towards modelling

- he even took all his portfolio pictures himself! he tried to go for a flexible, versatile look, focusing more on his expressions rather than his clothes so he could land jobs in the niche market

- but the industry was littered with so many pretty boys already that laito began looking at some.... economical options

- he was the first one to pursue modelling and had no financial support from his family, so after working thankless days without pay for 'exposure' laito finally said fuck it and started screwing the management team supervisors

- it worked. left him with crippling trauma and identity issues, but he got a precious few jobs for high profile magazines and started to become a known face

- now he does experimental fashion or very romantic editorial photoshoots. looks gorgeous in soft autumnal makeup

subaru:

- models for edgy brands like killstar and punk rave

- you know he was the face of every hot topic line all through the 2000s and early 2010s

- girls thought he was so hot😫✊ his pictures became one of the most used covers for those cliche wattpad bad boy fanfictions

- "summary: alex somers is a good girl. thick coke bottle glasses, ponytail, and not a single bra in her underwear drawer that fits right. but what will happen when she meets the school's infamous rebel, dylan black? read on to find out!" and the cover is just subaru in eyeliner glaring menacingly at you

- ayato has screenshots of all those fanfictions and has them saved in his personal folder, it's his go to trump card for winning a fight with subaru. "yeah well at least i wasn't the cover for Hating The Bad Boy in 2013!!!" (pls don't tell me this is an actual book i'll die)

- he's one of those models who are constantly whining about how he didn't want to be a model and he's 'not like all the other models' and he wanted to join a band and write music like this super underground band called thee oh sees..... it's tragic

- in public he has his hoodie up all the way and if he gets recognised he'll pull the mouth of the hood shut with the drawstring and run

- his autograph is just this big ugly scribble. no he won't write a special message on it even if you beg him you're lucky you're even getting the scribble. ask for a photo and you've just entered deadly territory in which he will either a)speedwalk angrily away from you or b) rant about the world's superficiality and the internets obsession with image culture

Who? Ah, the half-bloods. Pathetic people, really. They are the most boring kind out there, I swear.

The Tsukinami’s are mere troublemakers, seeking my heart for their own needs. I despise them from the bottom of my heart.