Detroit Metal City / Kiminori Wakasugi

The evil-core death metal band Detroit Metal City and its lead vocalist and guitar player Krauser II are the latest sensation to rock Japan’s music scene. And as their popularity has grown, legends have sprung up around the man that is Krauser II—he’s a serial rapist, he killed both of his parents, etc. Little does anybody suspect that Krauser II is actually the 23 year old Soichi Negishi, a timid farm boy from rural Japan who loves Swedish pop and nurtures a sickeningly sentimental, romantic streak. Even worse? The girl that Soichi likes cannot abide Detroit Metal City, and if he hopes to keep her friendship—and maybe see their relationship develop into something more—he is going to have to keep his day (or is that night?) job a secret from her.