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 * For other uses, see The Lunacy of Duchess Venomania (disambiguation)

"Let's dance in this harem."

- Gumina Venomania

The Lunacy of Duchess Venomania is a song to be released It is a part of the Seven Deadly Sins Series, depicting Lust.

Plot
The story takes place in Asmodean as Duchess Gumina Venomania greets another woman who approaches his mansion. She explains how she made a deal with the devil to have an irresistible charisma to people; as a result, men and women flock to her mansion's basement to create a harem for her. The Duchess burns all her old portraits, revealing how she had been mocked and taunted in childhood for her appearance. She kisses another man in her harem, Sateriasis Glassred, who had been her childhood friend but also made a fool out of her. She continues to build her harem and people begin disappearing from all over the land.

One day the duke greets a new person entering her mansion, approaching him to dance; as she does so, however, the man stabs her with a knife, protected by the demon of wrath, he had tracked down his lost love to the Venomania's home. Due to the injury and the knife's poison, the duchess collapses and her spell breaks; as a result the people all begin to flee the mansion. As Venomania dies, she sees a glimpse of Sateriasis and she begs him to stay, as she states that she has not yet told him that she loved him.

Composition
The song uses the various VOCALOID and VOCALOID2 voicebanks. It utilizes Camui Gackpo as the main vocal, as well as KAITO, MEIKO, Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, and GUMI. The song utilizes synth drums, synthesizers, violin, as well as an extension of a YAMAHA keyboard to achieve the specific piano sound.

The song begins with the sound of howling wind, and then the sound of doors creaking open is heard at 0.26. The sound effect of the doors closing comes at 0.30, followed by the opening instrumental. At 0.55, the first verse is sung by Gackpo. The first pre-chorus plays at 1.17, with a duet between Luka and Miku. At 1.28, the first chorus begins, preceding an instrumental break at 1.45. By 1.56, the second verse is sung, once again by Gackpo. At 2.18, the second pre-chorus begins, with a duet between Gumi and MEIKO. The second chorus begins at 2.28, once again preceding an instrumental break which starts by 2.45. At 3.06, the third verse begins, followed by a final pre-chorus starting at 3.30, sung by KAITO using two different pitches. The final chorus begins at 3.41, until the opening instrumental plays until the song's end at 4.32.

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Flower of the Plateau
Flower of the Plateau recounts the demon of the Clockworker's Doll, having adopted the persona of one the Duke's victims, Mikulia Greeonio, and her actions after the Venomania Event.

Chrono Story
Chrono Story makes a visual reference to The Lunacy of Duke Venomania as it shows Elluka Clockworker making the duchess's mansion her destination.

The Portrait Glassred Drew
The Portrait Glassred Drew takes place after the Venomania Event portrayed in The Lunacy of Duchess Venomania, depicting Sateriasis Glassred's reflection on the event.

Seven Crimes and Punishments
Venomania's crimes in The Lunacy of Duke Venomania are alluded to in Seven Crimes and Punishments, with the duke noting his drowning in lust as he conceals his true face.

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Conceptualization and Origin

 * The term "lunacy" means insanity, tying to the Duke's wanton sexual abuse to satiate his own pleasures; the word also means foolishness, possibly due to being deceived by Karchess because of his own arrogance regarding his power.
 * The name Venomania is a combination of the words "venom" and "nymphomania", the latter meaning an excessive desire for men, referring to his power over the women he enchanted.
 * The song's English title, "Dance with Asmodeus", is a reference to Asmodeus, the patron demon of Lust; it also alludes to the Duke's signature phrase before dancing with the women in his harem.

Curiosities

 * A manga based on the song was serialized, acting as a side story to the song's novel adaptation.
 * Like the other songs in the Seven Deadly Sins Series, the song PV begins with the phrase "さあ" (Saa).
 * After each chorus in the song PV, a list detailing the missing women in Asmodean was shown, revealing Venomania's increasing depravity; after the second chorus, his victims include a 62-year-old woman and three girls with their ages censored, one of whom has her age in single digits.
 * Many of the women's name, ages, and occupations allude to characters from the Story of Evil; a majority of the lists' names are based on the name of a female Vocaloid.
 * Josephine Francois, whose age and occupation are both censored, is a reference to the horse owned by Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche in The Daughter of Evil.
 * Ironically, the song echoes Venomania's earlier mention of "libido that hid poison" and "pleasure of the blade that cut", which mixes his blood and sweat together until it turns purple; he is stabbed by a blade hiding poison at the end of the song, mixing his blood and sweat to mix together until it turns purple.
 * The song was rearranged by mothy, titled "The Lunacy of Duke Venomania [Remixed Version]", a track included with the purchase of the manga.

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