By all appearances, Soichi Negishi is a sweet, well-mannered boy who likes Swedish pop music and trendy boutiques. But Soichi has a secret: he's also Krauser II, front man for Detroit Metal City, an indie death metal band that's famous for their loud music, outrageous lyrics, wild makeup and even wilder on-stage antics. So naturally, DMC is a hot band on the rise.
Beneath his fearsome makeup and way-out outfits, Soichi is just a simple country boy who moved to Tokyo with dreams of making it as a singer of cheerful pop songs. Can he help it that when the makeup goes on and he hits the stage, he's actually a natural-born death metal god?
Originally serialized in Young Animal magazine, DMC has already inspired a hit anime series and a feature-length live-action movie starring Ken'ichi Matsuyama, the actor who plays L in all of the Death Note movies as well as Shin in the live-action Nana movie.