The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga)



The Lunacy of Duke Venomania Manga is the second manga adaption of a mothy song, the first being Servant of Evil. The illustrator for this project is Reki Bito. The manga tells of events before and leading up to the events in the song.

The manga is now available for purchase, and it can be bought at amazon.co.jp.

Prologue
Long ago, Sateriajis Venomania made a deal with Irina Clockworker. In order to make himself irresistible to women, he impaled himself with the Venom Sword. As time went on, a number of women had gone missing, including Lukana Octo, Mikulia Greonio, and Gumina Glassred. Kachess Crim is seen looking through a report of missing women and ends up focusing on one name that stood out to him: Lilien Tarner. While attending to his ever growing harem, Venomania receives a visitor at the door.

The prologue can be read here.

~Chapter 1~
That person turned out to be Irina Clockworker, using the alias "I.R.". She demanded Venomania to accompany her somewhere or else she will take back the Venom Sword. Venomania reluctantly agreed, entrusting the mansion to Lukana. Irina tells Mikulia to "take care of her human body". After kissing Gumina goodbye, Venomania leaves.

Arriving at a bakery, Venomania asks Lilien Tarner if she knew where the Misty Mountains are. Lilien agrees to take him there, revealing that she knew Lukana very well until her disappearance. Nearing the Misty Mountains, Venomania bids Lilien farewell, but not before flirting with her. Lilien asks Venomania if he will be alright all by himself. Venomania then shows Lilien a red cat perching on his shoulder. Lilien then watches them go until Rajih shows up, having been sent to look for her.

Venomania and Irina traveled deep into the Misty Mountains, soon arriving at a small altar. Using his newfound powers, Venomania unlocks a secret passage under the altar and discovers a second Vessel of Sin, a spoon.

~Chapter 2~
Despite Venomania's observations, Irina denies that the spoon is a Vessel of Sin, claiming that it is a magic tool created by her father. Knowing that the spoon was once created by the fallen kingdom, Levianta, Venomania sees no value in it and merely throws it away, much to Irina's shock. Leaving the area, the pair goes off towards Mystic Town to stay for the night at the mansion of Earl Ferdinand, who was looking into the disappearances of the missing women.

Meanwhile, Lilien had a dream that she and Lukana were shopping in town, buying matching bracelets until suddenly Lukana goes off somewhere and disappears. Back in Venomania's mansion, Lukana finds Mikulia decorating Irina's unoccupied human body. Lukana spots an emerald necklace worn around Mikulia's neck, indicating that Venomania chosen Mikulia as one of his favorites. Mikulia says that even though she loves Venomania, she also loves Lukana but doesn't like Gumina that much. Lukana suggests that everyone in the mansion should be friends.

Venomania later met Lilien at the bakery again and asked her to show him around town. Lilien agrees and the two of them started having a good time. However, Rajih sees Lilien and Venomania together and starts to get suspicious. That night, Venomania arrives at Earl Ferdinand's mansion and meets a maid there, who is currently being possessed by Irina. Irina shows Venomania a secret room filled with various items and clothes belonging to Meilis Beelzenia. As Irina left, it is revealed that Earl Ferdinand has been killed by Venomania. Rajih later finds Lilien in a fancy dress, something that is totally unheard of.

~Chapter 3~
One rainy day, Gumina is playing the violin to drown out the sound of the rain, something that she often did as a child. She recalls that she and Venomania are childhood friends but she does not remember those memories. Rajih recalls how he, Lilien, and Lukana were friends when they were very young, growing up together in the same town. He asks Lilien why she is wearing a fancy dress since Lilien doesn't like wearing such clothes. Lilien replies that Venomania bought the dress for her. Rajih and Lilien then get into a fight about Venomania's true intentions, forcing Rajih to find out for himself what Venomania is up to.

Lilien arrives at the mansion Venomania is staying at, finding out that he is wearing the matching bracelet Lukana once wore. Venomania explains that Lukana is staying at his mansion now as part of his harem. Lilien, distraught by this, starts to leave but Venomania uses his powers to seduce her. Rajih breaks into Ferdinand's mansion and finds out that Earl Ferdinand and the rest of his household are killed. He then confronts Venomania, prompting Venomania to use the full extent of the powers granted by the Venom Sword, transforming into a satyr-like demon.

~Chapter 4~
26 years ago, a daughter of a local lord got pregnant, not by her own husband but a bastard servant. The servant later escaped and the woman aborted her child. Later on, the woman got pregnant again, this time by her husband. However, the baby is born with two faces. The woman was convinced that the ugliness came from her aborted child. Because of this, she committed suicide. The child continued to live to this day, locked away in the basement and forbidden to go out. The lord later on married another who gave birth to another son. The second son later stumbled upon the ugly child and brought him out to see the outside world. There, they stumbled upon a girl. Her name is Gumina Glassred. The ugly child fell in love with Gumina, but she is engaged to the younger brother. So…he made a deal with the devil. He became Sateriajis Venomania.

Back in Ferdinand’s Mansion, Rajih fought desperately against Venomania but failed miserably. Venomania tells Rajih even though Rajih is fighting for the woman he loves even though she doesn’t return the feelings back. Before collapsing, Rajih asks Venomania if he ever loved anyone. Venomania ponders about that and figures out that he loved Gumina. Venomania then leaves with Irina, heading back to his mansion. Rajih later wakes up in Lilien’s father’s room and finds out that Lilien escaped.

~Chapter 5~
A few months later, Kachess Crim paid a visit to Ferdinand’s Mansion. Ferdinand’s nephew was there to greet him. Kachess is here to investigate the murders that happened here a while ago along with the disappearance of Lilien Tarner. Ferdinand’s nephew suggests that Kachess should talk to Rajih, who knows Lilien very well. Meanwhile in Beelzenia, Meilis Beelzenia is looking into the disappearances of the missing women as well. She then receives a letter from the Marlon Royal Family.

Kachess finds Rajih all drunk and disillusioned and offers him the chance to rescue Lilien from Venomania’s clutches. Kachess then shows Rajih that he has the key to defeat the demon.

Characters

 * Sateriajis Venomania
 * Irina Clockworker
 * Kachess Crim
 * Mikulia Greonio
 * Lukana Octo
 * Gumina Glassred
 * Elluka Clockworker
 * Lilien Tarner
 * Rajih
 * Meilis Beelzenia
 * Earl Ferdinand