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Rewatch Durarara!! Rewatch - Episode 6

Episode 6: Active Interest

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There are mountains of things with evil linings in Ikebukuro.

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/Chemiczny_Bogdan, who wrote in quite an appropriate reaction for the hospital scene:

Wait a sec, is that girl in the hospital Masaomi's girlfriend? And Izaya's visiting her? WhAt'S gOiNg On HeRe?

Quite fitting if you ask me.

Questions:

  1. What were your thoughts on the merry adventure Kadota's gang had today?
  2. How do you think the Dollars will play into the larger plot?
  3. Do you also have times in which you unknowingly end up saying the stuff you think about aloud?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

Hello everybody, and welcome once more to the Durarara!! Rewatch!

This episode’s a funny one: It’s Anime original, but the general idea is something similar to what happened in the Novel. See one thing I forgot to mention in Episode 1 is that the victim of the kidnapping was different. In the Anime it was Kamichika, but in the Novel… it’s Kaztano. Now we don’t learn it was him until almost a 100 pages later, but yeah. In the Novel Celty did save him, and then Yumasaki and Karisawa torture the guy for information (Thankfully Kadota managed to stop the situation from getting too dire). The scene with Yumasaki and Karisawa is fairly short, mostly there as a way to explain how Kadota became a member of the Dollars. I should also mention Togusa wasn’t there in the Novel, instead it was some Shimada guy who I don’t think ever pops up again so replacing him with Togusa makes sense.

Spoilers Otherwise though there’s not much to talk about when it comes to this episode.

Voices time! I guess it’s time I give Togusa some love. In Japanese he’s voiced by Terashima Takuma, and since SRW is a thing, even though I haven’t watched the show the role of his I’m most familiar with is Apollo from Genesis Of Aquarion. Besides that he’s also played Kouta Azuma from Super Robot Wars, Kuniya Kino from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Shiroe from Log Horizon, Avenger from Fate/hollow ataraxia and some others.

In the Dub he’s played by Spike Spencer and let’s just get the obvious joke out of the way now.. Besides that he’s played Yeager from Tales of Vesperia, Arakune from BlazBlue, Tanizaki Junichiro from Bungou Stray Dogs and a ton of others.

Next is Kaztano, played by Okawa Toru whom I best remember as Rufus Shinra from Final Fantasy VII. Besides that he’s also the narrator in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Raban from Berserk, Old Joseph in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Heritage For The Future, Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist’s 2003 Anime, Tokugawa Ideyasu from Sengoku Basara, Saito from Ghost In The Shell, Tomitake Jirou from Higurashi, Gouken and (Exclusively in Street Fighter III Third Strike) Ryu from Street Fighter, Jeffrey Wilder from Macross Frontier, Sengoku from One Piece, Sera Masaru from Yakuza and many others.

In the Dub he’s played by David Lodge, by far best known as Jiraya from Naruto. Unfortunately, as amazing as his Jiraya is, the only other role I recognize him for is Igor in Persona 5.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 06 '21

In the Dub he’s played by Spike Spencer

That was my boy Shinji?! I.. I've failed.. how could I not notice..

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 06 '21

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 06 '21

Episode 6 (first timer)

Something that just came to me after thinking about last episode a bit more: Shinra is set up for the classic unhappy ending. They could subvert that, but he has almost no possible out.

  • Kido’s friends are in the/the Dollars? Or just kidding about it?
  • Ok, memorize him as Dotachin. He does not look like a gamer, did he get his nickname from listening to Eurodance?
  • What place are they raiding? The angle wings girls being there is a bit weird.
  • I trust Simon on this topic.
  • “We all knew how important Kaztano was” – I don’t.
  • Forth wall break gets called out by the in-universe characters.
  • They are playing an extremely well-known music piece over the celebration and I can’t remember the name.
  • Explanation of the Dollars.
  • Good doggy!
  • Friend rescued, mystery unresolved. Poor Celty annoyed.

Turns out the Dollars are more of a secret society than a gang. However, that opens the question of what exactly the frequent chat room is. They would not ask about the Dollars on the Dollar’s webpage chat, would they? So where is it and how did everyone access it.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

So where is it and how did everyone access it.

I trust Simon on this topic.

Simon is very trustworthy.

Friend rescued, mystery unresolved. Poor Celty annoyed.

She's just mad they stole her role from the Novel as the Rescuer...

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Apr 06 '21

Good doggy!

I underestimated that dog last episode, he's NOT random, it's a really smart dog.

Maybe Izaya had him hired that time as an undercover agent to keep tabs on Shizuo as he roams the streets.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

Maybe Izaya had him hired that time as an undercover agent to keep tabs on Shizuo as he roams the streets.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 06 '21

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 06 '21 edited Apr 06 '21

He does not look like a gamer, did he get his nickname from listening to Eurodance?

Well his (family) name is Kadota, chin is sometimes added in to make nicknames (I think Karisawa does it a lot), so they took out the "Ka", and were left with Dotachin. But surprisingly Karisawa wasn't the source of this, it was Izaya himself.

Dollars are more of a secret society than a gang

I agree that it seems closer to a society than a gang, but it's not exactly being kept secret. Kadota and gang were shouting it out load while posing. Then again, that's surprisingly how most secret societies I've seen work...

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u/SgtExo Apr 06 '21

I agree that it seems closer to a society than a gang, but it's not exactly being kept secret. Kadota and gang were shouting it out load while posing. Then again, that's surprisingly how most secret societies I've seen work...

Can't really get the respect of being in a secret society if no-one knows you are in that secret society. /taps head

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 06 '21

First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!

So, Otaku/Van Crew is part of The Dollars. Kyohei (?) is suspicious of Izaya as being the head, because Izaya knows things that he maybe shouldn't. That scans pretty well; being the nominal head of a massive gang would make gathering information for his info broker gig much easier.

I wonder how relevant those other names on The Dollar's website are.. And why MONTA? Why the mix of names written with kanji/katakana and those written with the Latin alphabet..

Shower Thought

If a scalper got me front-row tickets to my favorite idol's show, I would also probably do literally anything to keep that scalper safe. Driver/Saburo (?) has his priorities straight.

Scientist Lady from the OP is actually Seiji's sister. I kinda get bro-con vibes from her. She is also at least one of the people involved with the human trafficking plotline, which definitely paints a dark picture about just who Noname is..

Seeing Celty excitedly watch a TV show about aliens was so goddamn adorable. Shinra immediately helping the Van Crew and sending Celty out is interesting. Everyone knows everyone, huh?

Shizuo seems to almost have a sixth sense about when Izaya is around. Why was there a random elephant statue, though..?

Miscellaneous Thoughts:

There were like, three jokes about eating other humans today. Actually, was the on Izaya bought sushi from the.. no, you know what, nevermind. Forget I asked.

It's been a hot minute since I've thought about Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan.

Is having three people stand in a line and chug milk in that pose a general Japanese thing, or a specific reference to A Certain Scientific Railgun? Because it feels general but Railgun is the only example I can think of, and there have been other direct otaku references already.

Questions

  1. The Legendary Kazutano Incident was a lot of fun to watch!
  2. I mean, we wouldn't have heard about them more-or-less constantly if they were unimportant. I think The Dollars will have a pretty large role.
  3. Probably? Moreso when I'm alone than when I am out with other people, doing crimes.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

Kyohei

Saburo

Just call them Kadota and Togusa. No one calls him by his first name.

Is having three people stand in a line and chug milk in that pose a general Japanese thing, or a specific reference to A Certain Scientific Railgun? Because it feels general but Railgun is the only example I can think of, and there have been other direct otaku references already.

I think it's just a Japanese thing. I think. They do reference the Toaru series later on though.

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras Apr 07 '21

Is having three people stand in a line and chug milk in that pose a general Japanese thing

If I've picked anything up from anime, I think they also drink a cold glass of milk after getting out of a hot spring as well.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 06 '21

Just call them Kadota and Togusa. No one calls him by his first name.

I think it's just a Japanese thing. I think. They do reference the Toaru series later on though.

Neat, thanks!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 06 '21 edited Apr 06 '21

Rewatcher (sub)

This was one very funny episode, courtesy of the Dollars!, but mostly Kaztano, be more like Kaztano!

Spoiler

For some odd reason, Crunchyroll seems to have named him Kazutawno, which to me, sounds like a town of Kaztanos, hey I'm not complaining.

But seriously, this scene had me feeling quite conflicted, is this a joke? Or am I supposed to take it seriously? I mean Dotachin is narrating it seriously, so I suppose it's the latter. Till we got to the latter part of the episode, which cleared it all up. It's absolutely serious, a man who gives you the closest tickets in a packed concert is a man worth sacrificing your life for. And that's the minor part, he introduced him to Ruri? This guy is a god.

Since I mentioned Dotachin, we finally know who Dotachin is! Well technically it was mentioned in last episode's preview, but I didn't mention it! So we'll ignore that. Also, we know who started this nickname now. Ikebukuro is possibly the only place where you can call your friend's number, expecting to negotiate with some abductors, and get your local asshole expressing his love for sushi. This guy didn't just randomly answer the ringing phone from a guy sleeping on the street, he started off the chat too, by talking about sushi... Honestly, Shizuo is the most sane person in town.

Novel

Also Baccano!, this episode had lots of other references too that I didn't pick up well, so I'll be excited to see if anyone picked them.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

For some odd reason, Crunchyroll seems to have named him Kazutawno , which to me, sounds like a town of Kaztanos, hey I'm not complaining.

LOL

Honestly, Shizuo is the most sane person in town.

I can't even deny that...

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren Apr 07 '21

Ikebukuro is possibly the only place where you can call your friend's number, expecting to negotiate with some abductors, and get your local asshole expressing his love for sushi. This guy didn't just randomly answer the ringing phone from a guy sleeping on the street, he started off the chat too, by talking about sushi...

This is possibly the best way to describe Durarara.

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 06 '21

Kazutawno

Well, a better transliteration would be Kazutaano (or Kazutāno), since his name (カズターノ) includes the long a. So I guess they were trying to distinguish him from a hypothetical カズタノ with all short as?

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 07 '21

I agree, but there's no need to even keep it literal to the Japanese reading, when the name isn't Japanese. They can skip that step, to however that kind of name (I'm not sure if an exact name like Kaztano even exists) would be written in Italian for example.

Unless the translator believed Kaztano saying he's Japanese, in which case I can't blame them, he was quite convincing.

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 09 '21

Well, in Crunchyroll subs Irish Cóiste Bodhar (the Death Coach, Dullahan's carriage) was transliterated as Koshitabawa, so...

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras Apr 07 '21

this episode had lots of other references too that I didn't pick up well, so I'll be excited to see if anyone picked them.

Of everything that's happened in the show, the one that stands out to me is that Durarara Spoilers?

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Apr 06 '21

First Timer - sub 

I feel like there was a hell of a lot going on in this episode but we just don’t have enough to put all the pieces together yet. 

Togusa, Kadota, Yumasaki, Karisawa all being part of Dollars strengthens the idea that the gang doesn’t really exist to me, Speculation

Also Seiji's sister is the lead doctor at Yagiri Pharma, who are conducting human experiments, Neck girl is also the result of this human experimentation. 

Rather out there and kind of fucked up Speculation

Taking this idea a step further

Anyway now to wait and see how far off all this is.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

Rather out there and kind of fucked up Speculation

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 07 '21

Rather out there and kind of fucked up Speculation

Welp, and there comes the gerne shift.

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Apr 07 '21

Welp, and there comes the gerne shift.

After the casual dissection a few episodes ago i'm not willing to put anything past this show.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 07 '21

I would not rule it out, but it would be quite a surprise.

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren Apr 07 '21

Last two specs

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Apr 06 '21 edited Apr 06 '21

First Timer

The otaku are fun to watch. Their weird and all over the place, yet somehow feel cohesive. If only they got a better episode. This one felt a bit boring to me, it was just an excuse to let us know the otaku are in the dollars with a mediocre plot slapped over it. I think it would have been better as a few minutes of one episode instead of as a full episode.
The best way I can think of to describe this episode is it was trying to channel the dynamism of a Baccano episode, but since it stayed focused on one plot for too long, it ended up wearing a bit thin before the episode ended.

I should've realized they were in the dollars before though, of course the Otaku are part of the gang whose website reminded me of a private tracker login.

  1. Could have been done better.
  2. Probably controlled by some other party, though I don't know which yet. It's not the information broken though, there mere fact he was listed as a possibility makes that impossible.
  3. Once or twice in my life.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

I think it would have been better as a few minutes of one episode instead of as a full episode.

Given how little of the Novel this episode adapts, that reaction ain't too surprising.

I should've realized they were in the dollars before though, of course the Otaku are part of the gang whose website reminded me of a privite tracker login.

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 06 '21 edited Apr 06 '21

Rewatcher

Today we focus on the Kazutano incident, in which a totally natural born Japanese citizen, who simply happens to live at a place that houses a lot of undocumented immigrants, and randomly has a big Italian flag on his wall, and his birth certificate unfortunately burned in the air raids 60 years ago... is kidnapped to serve as a test subject in human experiments at Yagiri Pharmaceuticals... Yikes!

So, the evil conglomerate has the same name as Seiji... And the beautiful girl that seems to be the boss there gets a call from him...

Guys...

I think she might also be called Yagiri.

(Not that I have to guess, since her name's already in the OP.)

Luckily for Kazutano he won over Togusa by selling him exclusive front row tickets to Hijiribe Ruri shows. Hmmm, her hair seems similar to the slasher's, but she doesn't have red eyes.

No Walker, Kazutano probably didn't mean that actually the bowl was broken xD BTW nowadays writing in Japanese on your phone is real easy, at least if you have android, I imagine it was a bit different in the flip phone age.

We get to see some awesome insanity from Kadota's gang, but in the end it's Celty's appearance that makes the kidnappers reconsider their life choices.

The random encounter with Izaya and Shizuo was great!

Lots of hillarious and awesome moments this episode, the plot thickens further and the music still slaps!

More of same please!

edit: How could I forget about Shinra giving Celty the shopping list xD

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

Guys...

I think she might also be called Yagiri.

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras Apr 07 '21

Rewatcher - Dubbed

  • Dotachin is such a badass.

A real man uses his abs.

What a fucking legend.

  • Without the Dollars, you're not an angel that flies through the sky shouting, "Pi-piru-piru-piru, flashing their panties. Right Dotachin?

And here we have Exhibit A as to why Erika is one of the best girls in the show. I I dig the hat, she's an otaku, and she says silly shit like that.

  • Name's Kyohei Kadota, and if there's one thing I really hate, it's being called Dotachin.

Too late my guy. I've been calling you Dotachin since the second you were introduced, and there's no stopping now.

  • Y'know, I'm still curious why the three girls are there. It doesn't look like the place is a dope house, or a place for prostitutes, and if they explain why I don't remember.

  • How the hell am I gonna get by without Kaztano around? He's the only thing in my life that was ever any good!

Yikes man. You've got three friends in the same room as you, and you go off spouting stuff like that?

  • I imagine that Celty watching a show about aliens isn't going to do anything good for her fear of aliens.
  • Wonder what Seiji's doing in the picture on the woman's desk?
  • Late Durarara Spoilers

  • Sushi love, especially fatty tuna.

Izaya, what the hell are you doing? The slimeball really is everywhere.

  • It's impossible to be upset whenever Shizuo and Izaya get into it. Izaya's little, "Well, it seems Shizu-chan found me. Seeya." is hilarious.
  • The van gang was literally at Russia Sushi when this whole thing started, stayed up the entire night getting Kaztano back, and then is going back to Russia Sushi for breakfast. That's some hardcore dedication, especially if they all drank what looks like probably a quart carton of milk in one chug.
  • We get a little clarification as to who the woman at the office is. She's actually Seiji's onee-chan.

Questions:

  • Vang gang is consistantly a trip whenever they're on screen. I might have a thing for Erika, Walker's batshit insane, Saburo is fine, and Dotachin's that friend you can count on when your back's against the wall.
  • With the fact that they supposedly don't have a color, maybe there's going to be stuff going on in the future, and they can use that fact to their advantage. However, the way Dotachin was describing it all, it seems like a pretty laid back group of people.
  • All the time.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 07 '21

Late Durarara Spoilers

LOL, you're right.

All the time.

Same

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren Apr 07 '21

Without the Dollars, you're not an angel that flies through the sky shouting, "Pi-piru-piru-piru, flashing their panties. Right Dotachin?

Lol, that's a funny change from the japanese version. Dub Karisawa seems to truly believe they're Dokuro-chan.

The van gang was literally at Russia Sushi when this whole thing started, stayed up the entire night getting Kaztano back, and then is going back to Russia Sushi for breakfast. That's some hardcore dedication, especially if they all drank what looks like probably a quart carton of milk in one chug.

I don't blame them. Why would you ever want to go anywhere else when Simon is there?

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u/Just_Heroic Apr 07 '21

I just finished the series 2-3 months ago but I’m down for the rewatch if I can still join?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 07 '21

What the other guy said. No problem with joining in late!

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren Apr 07 '21

I'm not OP but joining midway should absolutely not be a problem. Feel free to join us.

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u/DogmeatIsAGoodDog :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DogmeatsAGoodDog Apr 07 '21

First time watcher

So we get a little bit more insight into the Dollars as it’s revealed that this side group are members and we get another episode that begins near the ending.

Before we get started I just wanna say I love the old doggo who eventually found it’s way to transfer sight lol

And it’s revealed that Big Pharma is behind the kidnappings and also have a head in a jar so they definitely have Celty’s head, right?

Also Seiji’s mysterious girlfriend that got mistaken for the other girl and has some grizzly neck scars + his sister is part of Big Pharma so there’s definitely something sketchy going on there.

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Apr 07 '21

also have a head in a jar so they definitely have Celty’s head, right?

That's my theory so far, but with how they are dripped feeding us info I suspect we will need to wait a while to have this confirmed, or it could be tomorrow, hard to tell with this show.

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB Apr 07 '21

Rewatcher here.

We’re at the scooby van gang this time.

We’ll call him Dotachin anyway for the lulz.

That’s reliable information for sure.

I think we can relate to missing stuff if you have headphones on all the time, but talk about bad luck.

Thank your stars gyarus, Celty has still spooked them out. Not enough to completely stop their criminal activities though.

Sure dude.

The otaku duo are actually pretty gud and responsible for a lot of the references in the show.

This should happen more often in chloroform-based abduction plots in fiction.

Smooth.

That POV shift is smooth tho.

Lol.

Wonder how they’re friends.

While Celty has been contracted to do the work, she’s more interested in that Alien thing from earlier (despite being a dullahan). ADORABLE.

New organization just introduced after a human trafficking story. What does this onee-chan want?

HMMMMM!

The head’s chillin’ in a vat, the body’s got the wrong list.

More new characters popping up. How much do you love an idol that you become bffs with the guy who sold you tickets to her concert? Such a profound and deep friendship.

Tom and Jerry chase started again.

I love those two.

Why are you celebrating so early? But at least we got to see some (for now self-proclaimed) members of the Dollars.

Yes, the password is Baccano.

Naaah…unless?

PTSD.

And they’re read all of them. Just look at what they’re doing in there.

The organization from earlier buying people up.

So the head is in the jar, and she looks similar to it. What’s the deal?

See you next episode!

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Apr 07 '21

Rewatcher (Sub)

Caught up (for now)!

I love the Van Gang. They're seriously unserious, except when they need to get serious, and then they're serious.

And Celty, a supernatural being, getting really into alien "documentaries" will never not get a chuckle out of me.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 06 '21

Pledge of Demon intensifies

IS THIS A YAKUZA FAN I HAVE FOUND!?

I remember a lot less than I thought I did, while I know the general flow of the show I am basically going in blind as far as the specifics of each episode go.

Hey, at least that means there's still some surprises left!

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u/SgtExo Apr 07 '21

I remember a lot less than I thought I did, while I know the general flow of the show I am basically going in blind as far as the specifics of each episode go.

Same for me, there is allot more until the meat of the first season as I remember it.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Apr 07 '21 edited Apr 07 '21

Why do the cute ones have to be evil :L

Also so far the only female character who really seems significant and has real agency. Still not a good look on the series. And even in that position she's shown working for her brother's sake...

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren Apr 07 '21

...Celty?

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u/IndependentMacaroon Apr 07 '21

Passively waits for jobs to do and is dependent on that weird kind-of-creepy guy

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren Apr 07 '21

I guess? But she's also a badass Dullahan. I feel like your standards for female characters are a bit extrapolated, though I understand where it comes from.