The Music Room Portraits (音楽室の肖像画 Ongakushitsu no Shōzōga?) are tulpas who are formed from those who fear the portraits of the musicians in the music room at Kami High.[2] At an unknown time late at night, or at two in the morning, the Music Room Portraits will be summoned whenever someone plays horribly on the music room's piano and will try to kill them on the spot.
In Dandadan, the Music Room Portraits serve as minor antagonists during the Evil Eye Arc.
Members[]
| Music Room Portrait | Name | Description | Japanese Voice | English Voice |
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(だいく Daiku?)[1] |
Height: 165cm (5'5") Personality: Ninth presents himself as a speed freak, having commanded the other Music Room Portraits to speed up their music playing. |
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(もっさん Mossan?)[1] |
Height: 163cm (5'4") Personality: Mozza has a tendency of making dirty jokes. |
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(メガネ Megane?)[1] |
Height: 155cm (5'1") Personality: Glasses has a father complex. |
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(おとてつ Ototetsu?)[1] |
Height: 180cm (5'11") Personality: Trainspotter has a love for trains, shown when he made sounds of an upcoming train while he and the other Music Room Portraits performed. |
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(バンべン Banben?)[1] |
Height: 167cm (5'6") Personality: Vanben is short-tempered. He dislikes crude sounds being played in the music room that causes him and the other Music Room Portraits to appear and is driven to eliminate whoever is responsible. |
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(ばばあ Baba?)[1] |
Height: 171cm (5'7") Personality: Dislikes hearing Glasses speak about his father and views himself highly. |
Synopsis[]
Kintama Hunt Saga[]
Evil Eye Arc[]
The Music Room Portraits appear after the Turbo Granny plays poorly on the music room's piano at Kami High, which she blamed on Okarun and Aira to have them become the former's opponents for his training session. After casting Symphony No. 6, the Music Room Portraits commence their attack on the three with a barrage of explosive musical notes. With the explosions tilling the illusionary field, the Music Room Portraits manage to trap Aira and sends out the explosive musical notes her way. However, their attack is avoided after Okarun comes in to save her and become unable to land a blow on him as he found his sense of rhythm. The conductor of the Music Room Portraits is then eliminated and returned back to being a portrait by Aira after Okarun helps her to get in close. With the conductor gone, Music Room Portraits lose their ability to levitate and decide to counterattack with Symphony No. 9 where they have a mob of opera audiences attack Okarun and Aira. With Aira handling the army, the Music Room Portraits become faced with Okarun and are eliminated all at once. With all the Music Room Portraits returned back to portraits, Okarun, Aira and the Turbo Granny return to the music room.
Abilities and Powers[]
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This ability helps to distance the Music Room Portraits from their opponents to fight at long range and to avoid being attacked. Since Ninth is the one responsible, the Music Room Portraits will lose this ability if he is eliminated. | ||
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The Music Room Portraits uses their ability to levitate in conjunction with their musical notes, choosing to fight airborne while have their explosive musical notes rain down on their opponents. | ||
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The musical notes are capable of exploding upon coming into contact with anything. With the numerous notes being released by the Music Room Portraits, they effectively barrage their opponent and are extremely difficult to avoid if one does not possess immense speed and reflexes. While the notes mainly act as bombs, the rest notes in particular have the ability to render an opponent paralyzed and thereby leaving them vulnerable for the explosive musical notes to bombard them. | ||
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When placing the opponent within Symphony No. 6, the Music Room Portraits can use the explosive musical notes to till the paddy field environment and have the opponent trapped as a result of their feet being sunken into the ground. | ||
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| Symphony No. 6: Pastoral (交響曲第6番 田園 Kōkyōkyokudai 6-ban Denen?) | ||
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| Symphony No. 9: Chorus (交響曲第9番 合唱 Kōkyōkyokudai 9-ban Gasshō?) | ||
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Urban Legend[]
The Beethoven Portrait Mystery, also known as the Portrait Beethoven Mystery in Japan, is a part of the famous “Seven School Mysteries” that are passed down in schools across Japan. This urban legend revolves around the belief that if one visits the music room at night, the portraits of famous classical musicians on the walls, including Beethoven, come to life in various eerie ways. The legend suggests that the eyes of the portraits may glow red, follow observers around the room, or even change expressions when not being directly observed. Additionally, there are claims that these spirits might play the pianos in the music room when nobody is present, with the sound serving as an omen of impending misfortune.
Chapter Appearances[]
Kintama Hunt Saga[]
| 51. We Can All Stay There Together! | Absent |
| 52. The Hayashi Performers Are Here | Absent |
| 53. We Became a Family | Absent |
| 54. Get a Part-Time Job | Absent |
| 55. Moe Moe Tri-Beam | Absent |
| 56. Feeling Kinda Gloomy | Absent |
| 57. Scary Dudes at School | Debut |
| 58. Symphony No. 6 | Appears |
| 59. Symphony No. 9 | Appears |
| 60. You Can Do It, Okarun! | Appears |
| 61. The Evil Eye's Briefs | Absent |
| 62. I Want to Rebuild the House | Absent |
Anime Appearances[]
| 13. Like, This is the Legend of the Giant Snake | Absent |
| 14. The Evil Eye | Absent |
| 15. You Won't Get Away With This! | Absent |
| 16. That's, Like, Way Deadly | Absent |
| 17. We Can All Stay There Together! | Absent |
| 18. We Became a Family | Absent |
| 19. Feeling Kinda Gloomy | Debut |
| 20. You Can Do It, Okarun! | Appears |
| 21. I Want to Rebuild the House | Absent |
| 22. The Secret Art of Being Attractive | Absent |
| 23. Hey, It's a Kaiju | Absent |
| 24. Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot! | Absent |
Trivia[]
- Tulpa are a type of materialized being originating from Tibetan Buddhism, but became a core principle of Theosophy. They are effectively living, imaginary friends.
- The composers the Music Room Portraits take after are as listed:
- Vanben: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Grandma Bach: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Trainspotter: Antonin Dvorak
- Ninth: Herbert von Karajan
- Mozza: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Glasses: Franz Schubert
- Vanben's furious attitude towards the sound of unpleasant music can be considered ironic given how the composer the tulpa resembles was known to be deaf.
- While Grandma Bach is based on Johann Sebastian Bach, an incorrect portrait of George Frideric Handel is shown in Episode 20 after Grandma Bach's defeat.
- In episode 20, the Music Room Portraits' abilities are changed from the manga, allowing them to levitate even when Ninth is defeated.
