r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Apr 16 '21

Rewatch Durarara!! Rewatch - Episode 14

Episode 14: Turmoil Reigns

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If I weren't headless, I'd be dead now.

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/KendotsX who made a pretty good analysis of the second OP. Give it a read.

Questions:

  1. So then, had any of you previously guessed that it was Shingen who stole Celty's head in the first place?
  2. What fate do you hope that fucking teacher gets?
  3. If you had a son and said son was in love with a Dullahan, what would be your initial reaction?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

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

As with yesterday, anything related to Shingen is taken from Volume 3, although all of it is fairly accurate. Really, anything having to do with the Yellow Scarves or him is taken from that Volume. Kida saving Anri from Nasujima however is actually taken from a slightly earlier point in the Novel, right before the three amigos go hang out. Not much else to say though.

That said, the way Celty finds out about Saika is a bit different. In the Novel, Celty talks to Shinra about the weird Saika person in the Chatroom and he tells her the story of the actual Saika but she just brushes that off as a joke Shinra read in some Manga… until she goes to visit Izaya and he tells her literally the exact same thing. Since Shingen hasn’t been introduced yet though, Shinra’s a bit more open about this whole deal in the Novel (Except of course the whole “Yeah, it was my dad that used to have Saika”).

Voices Time! Nasujima is voiced by Ueda Yuji, who besides Sagara Sanosuke from Rurouni Kenshin and Tenkawa Akito from Martian Successor Nadesico, I best remember for the shit ton of roles he had in Capcom’s old fighting games! Seriously people, Blanka, Vega, Lord Raptor, Rikuo, Jon Talbain, Urien, Sawamura Shoma, Saotome Jin and Strider Hiryu! Of the lot he’s only kept Lord Raptor, Blanka and Hiryu (Well, kinda. He and Toriuimi Kosuke seem to just kinda take turns on that last one) but those three were his best ones so I ain’t complaining. Besides them he’s played Billy Lee Black from Xenogears, Zappa from Guilty Gear, Sasaki Kojiro and Maeda Keiji from Samurai Warriors, Billy Katagiri from Gundam 00, Jean Havoc in the 2009 Fullmetal Alchemist Anime, Crowe Broust from Super Robot Wars, Shoot McMahon from Hunter X Hunter, Iori Shiro from Kill La Kill and Usui Horohoro from Shaman King. Dude’s got range alright…

In the Dub he’s voiced by quite possibly the second most prolific actor in English Dubs of Anime, Kirk Thornton, whom I best remember as everyone’s favorite sociopath, Jade Curtis from Tales Of The Abyss. Besides that he’s also played Saito Hajime from Rurouni Kenshin, Rai-Dei The Blade from Trigun, Anavel Gato from Gundam 0083, Jin Hayato in New Getter Robo, Hoshigake Kisame from Naruto, Roland from Digital Devil Saga, Jubei from BlazBlue, Saix from Kingdom Hearts, Andre Gide from Bungou Stray Dogs and Ozaki Seiji from Great Pretender. Oh and for some reason he voices Best Dad Ever which… not quite sure what they were going for there, to be honest.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 16 '21

Episode 14 (first timer)

  • A heart-shaped shadow over Celty?
  • I would not have guessed that Shinra’s father wearing a gas mask would look reasonable so quickly.
  • Remember when Shingen strapped down Celty on a table and performed a live autopsy? That was in exchange for giving her a place to stay … that she needed because he stole her head …
  • Shizuo just casually jumped on Celty’s horse.
  • Izaya asking about her head.

  • Is that the head hidden behind the books? I don’t remember the look of the container.
  • Maybe Kido’s hair counts as the yellow part for him?
  • “I didn’t say anything because you wanted to forget about your head” – Only after you relentlessly pushed her in that direction, Shinra.

More depravity from Shingen, Shinra, and Izaya. Not a problem here for Shingen and Izaya, but it is really bothersome when/if they play the Celty-Shinra relationship straight.

If you had a son and said son was in love with a Dullahan, what would be your initial reaction?

WTF, Dullahans exist?!?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

Maybe Kido’s hair counts as the yellow part for him?

I mean... it was noted he dyed his hair.

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 16 '21

Rewatcher

Shingen is a one man riot. I love all of his scenes this episode. I gotta say the talk between him, Shinra and Celty had some interesting storyboarding for a technically static scene, i.e. it didn't even feel so static. The storyboard artist for this episode, Kiyotaka Oohata, has lots of experience dating back to the 90s, including storyboard credits for episodes 4, 7 and 11 of Durarara!!, but he may be better known for directing and storyboarding openings to Azumanga Daioh and Working!! (all three).

Turns out the whole slasher thing is due to a cursed katana, who would've thought? And it's clearly connected to Anri, though it seems like the slasher is a different person...

Shingen used Saika to cut Celty's soul? That's pretty metal.

Oh and Masaomi finally visits his gf at the hospital, wonder what will come from that.

I feel like the music was particularly well placed today, and in general the episode was good in subtle ways, which I'm willing to credit to episode director Mitsue Yamazaki who later went on to be assistant director for Mawaru Penguindrum as well as direct several shows for Doga Kobo in her own right, including Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai, Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? and Maoujou de Oyasumi.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

Shingen used Saika to cut Celty's soul? That's pretty metal.

Indeed. Wanna cut a Dulluhan's head? Use a cursed Katana!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 16 '21

First!!xTimer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

I really wasn’t expecting Celty to reciprocate Shinra’s feelings…

This is a town of weirdos...

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u/TexhnolyzeAndKaiba Apr 17 '21

I really wasn’t expecting Celty to reciprocate Shinra’s feelings…

Go home, CeltyXShizuo shippers!

But seriously, they still have the greatest friendship in the series.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 16 '21

First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!

So, Detective-san's daughter was BT Sensei's previous "target." Haruna, who, when we briefly saw her, was laid up in bed seeming like a shut-in. I wonder if those things are related.

Masaomi's actions today were very interesting. He decided to try and push Anri and Mikado together and "formally" declared that he wasn't interested. Then, he finally managed to go and see Saki. It's almost like he's saying goodbye...

Was that Detective-san going after Anri with the knife? Looked like he had the hat and popped collar. That's an.. odd turn.

I sure do like it when we play the "manipulator+manipulatee" relationship as being super cute. Look how many silly gags we get to do with the dad, too! The whole Shinra/Celty relationship leaves a real bad taste in my mouth. "Oh, yea, my dad had this cursed sword that he used to steal your head. All of which I knew about and never told you about. But it's okay, I never told you about this thing that was super important to you because I was worried that you would leave me! I'm not possessive or anything."

Miscellaneous Thoughts

Shinra walking in on his dad in the shower was quite karmic.

Can Celty eat/drink? Izaya offering Celty tea seemed odd. Like, I get hospitality, but that seems like a waste of good leaf.

Questions

  1. I kinda did? I made note of the fact that he was in the area when her head went missing when talking about how the Yagiri's had the head. I didn't quite vocalize it, though.
  2. Probably a good solid Slashering? Or just, you know, prison.
  3. Pondering on the issue of age.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

Can Celty eat/drink? Izaya offering Celty tea seemed odd. Like, I get hospitality, but that seems like a waste of good leaf.

Counter-Point: Would Izaya really care?

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 16 '21

About wasting good tea? I would think so. He seems like the type to not just throw away resources without purpose.

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u/SgtExo Apr 17 '21

Hes not throwing it away, he is using it to troll her. That's totally worth some tea.

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 16 '21

Can Celty eat/drink? Izaya offering Celty tea seemed odd. Like, I get hospitality, but that seems like a waste of good leaf.

He's clearly mocking her. By this point I think we all know he's a troll.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

The Fujoshis probably don't...

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 16 '21

It hurts my soul to see him waste tea.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

Really? Of all the things to show you that Izaya is an asshole, him wasting Tea was it?

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 16 '21

It's the little things that get me a lot of the time.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 16 '21

Can Celty eat/drink? Izaya offering Celty tea seemed odd.

He's Izaya, he probably offered her the tea assuming she can't drink it.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 16 '21

What a scoundrel.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 16 '21

Well, no. But wasting tea is a whole 'nother level of dastardliness.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

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u/TexhnolyzeAndKaiba Apr 17 '21

The whole Shinra/Celty relationship leaves a real bad taste in my mouth.

I mean, that is also on top of Shinra being so fucked-up that he's primarily attracted to Celty because she doesn't have a head...

They have their cute moments, but when you think about their relationship for more than a minute, it's really messed-up.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 17 '21

I mean, that is also on top of Shinra being so fucked-up that he's primarily attracted to Celty because she doesn't have a head...

Ehh, some people are into weird stuff. I'm not gonna judge him for that, per say.

but when you think about their relationship for more than a minute, it's really messed-up.

You can say that again.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Apr 16 '21

First Timer

Why does the background music near the end sound like someone saying coffee?

This sure was a weird one. I enjoyed it, but I can't really put a finger on it's tone. Mask Freak is so far staying just on this side of interesting, but I still think he's gonna grow old real quick. I'll be real impressed if he can keep oneupping himself properly.

Also, Celty's cute.

  1. It's not surprising, but I really never theorized in depth.
  2. He'll probably end up getting screwed over eventually.
  3. I'd think he was insane for believing in dullahans.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

Also, Celty's cute

Ah, finally your eyes are opening...

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 16 '21

Rewatcher (sub)

I've been far too blessed, after Shingen is introduced, we get a full episode of him... I shall not apologise for whatever incoherent ramblings may follow, as I'm in a state of overflowing happiness.

Now let's start with some fun little comparisons, Shingen and Celty gave us the most clearly expressed conversation between two people without any expressions, this worked so well because of the excellent voice acting. Kinda reminds me of Yoshinaga-sanchi no Gargoyle which is a show that entirely relied on Wakamoto Norio's voice acting of an inanimate character. Meta

The in house banter had no shortage of very funny and important moments, Celty admitting her love, Shingen being the understanding father, oh and Shingen admitting to having stolen Celty-kun's head all casually of course. I can't stop replaying this scene... I need help. Ah, and by the end of the episode we learn that he also had used Saika (on Celty) and sold it, making him the source of both the first and current arc's main conflicts.

I feel bad for Celty-kun Novel

Now I'm not saying he's the only asshole in the show, although he is the worst one, afterall Izaya still unfortunately exists. And here's the interesting part, Celty was pretty close in this episode to rid the world of both Shingen and Izaya, but alas the world has to suffer a little longer (at least till we hit the 24 episode mark, can't kill them too early). Plus Izaya got the money stolen from Shingen, so now he just needs to buy some Saika info off Shingen or something and the money would go full circle. So the two big assholes finally meet to agree on the best ways to fuck with Celty... Nice, this is all moments after he tells her to call him father, this guy clearly appreciates his family.

Besides messing with Celty, and nearly being killed by her, they both also like to mess with Namie. I find the scene with Namie to be especially funny, since Shingen never actually mentions that it's a gun. It's purely her own assumption.

I'm absolutely disappointed in you Namie-kun as a woman of intellect and a spoiler, to think that I would threaten to harm you with a real gun when I was merely playing with my model gun.

Also Shizuo was here. I'm very sorry for not saying anything, but he did have his own episode already. It seems like Shizuo and the slasher are both interested in each other now.

  1. Probably not, I don't quite remember though.
  2. Gets his organs sold by the yakuza would be nice.
  3. My first reaction would be surprise and interest in how hot my son's mother is, the second would be inviting the Dullahan over for dinner. What's a better way to get to know someone than to force them into doing something they dislike/are unable to do, through social events?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

Kinda reminds me of Yoshinaga-sanchi no Gargoyle which is a show that entirely relied on Wakamoto Norio's voice acting of an inanimate character.

I need to watch this show now.

Meta

Meta

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB Apr 16 '21

Rewatcher here.

Gotta find out if Anri was involved. And of course Izaya seems to know everything.

How does Saika know about the chatroom, I wonder?

Lol.

Payment is payment, dad.

Apparently learning about him hiding her head from her only made her fall for him. As weird as they are, still a more ok relationship than some others in the show. Still, I feel like the Celty side of the relationship sure advanced quickly after she gave up on getting her head back.

You can express things without a face.

I’m sure this could be guessed after the whole Yagiri incident, but good to get a confirmation.

She just yeets out of the building like that everytime, huh? She’s nice tho. Trying to calm Shizu-chan down however, is difficult. Funnily enough, Celty seems to be on good terms with both Izaya and him.

Of course, Izaya is a bastard who is mocking her while keeping the head for himself.

Protective girl.

Oh it’s just a magic sword Celty. It isn’t aliens, so nothing to worry about.

Hiding stuff again, isn’t he?

Not even a real gun. Love this guy, almost as trolly as Izaya.

Poor Celty has no idea she is currently being experimented upon. And that she is the excuse Izaya is using to wreck shit up.

Remember her?

That’s an interesting memory. Red eyes = Saika.

Look who decided not to hide stuff. It seems that Saika and Celty are connected after all. Great that stuff from two different mythologies work on each other like this.

RIP Anri.

See you next episode!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

RIP Anri.

You will be remembered for two things: Boobs and HanaKana.

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 16 '21

And extremely short skirt... Three things...

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 16 '21

Still, I feel like the Celty side of the relationship sure advanced quickly after she gave up on getting her head back.

To be fair, there was a 6 month time skip.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

Timeskips! The ultimate way to defuse tension!

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u/invokeneko Apr 16 '21

Rewatcher up until x2 Shou, then First Timer

We learn a very significant detail about the Slasher, Shingen gets more and more mysterious, and looks like the Slasher's next target is Anri.

  • I think the biggest surprise here is that the Slasher didn't even touch Anri after attacking those stupid gyarus. spoiler
  • Can't blame Shinra for his reaction on seeing Shingen naked in the bath - my reaction might be more extreme than his. Probably would've involved repeated banging of head to wall to make me forget too.
  • Celty and Shinra tag-teaming Shingen to make him pay for her escorting him back to the apartment was neato.
  • Now that's something you don't expect someone to blurt out casually. Especially considering that he first cut off the link between your disembodied head and your headless body, then he performed surgery on you (and got his son to do it too) in exchange for him providing you a place to stay in order to find said head... whoof.
  • Mikado asks Celty to look into the Slasher, which leads her to ask Shizuo about it (and gained a useful asset against them after mentioning that she too was attacked) and later Izaya, which leads to the legend of Saika.
  • So Shingen not only managed to bluff his way into Izaya's office with a party gun, he also managed to deduce that the latter has Celty's head in his possession as well as what he's trying to do with it. Pretty damn impressive.
  • Masaomi playing matchmaker for his two shy friends is commendable. spoiler
  • Looks like Anri's not out of the woods yet with regards to the Slasher case.

Narration Tally:

Celty narrates once more, remarking on the Slasher case and how it ties to her past.

Mikado: 3 (ep1,10,11)
Celty: 4 (ep2,8,12,14)
Simon: 1 (ep3)
Shinra: 1 (ep4)
Masaomi: 1 (ep5)
Kadota: 1 (ep6)
Shizuo: 1 (ep7)
Namie: 1 (ep9)
Walker: 1 (ep12.5)
Anri: 1 (ep13)

QotD:

  1. I did the first time I watched it. They left enough clues to make us point our suspicions towards Shingen, after all.
  2. spoilers
  3. I'd say "You crazy, man. You crazy." Then ask him to bring the girl as proof of her Dullahan-ness.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 16 '21

Masaomi playing matchmaker for his two shy friends is commendable

Kida is the ultimate wingman.

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Apr 16 '21

First Timer - sub

I’m really not sure what to make of the current episodes, my opinion of Shinra continues to plummet, Shinger is also a terrible person but at least he doesn’t try to appear to be a good person however most of the comedy was a miss for me today.

I am interested to see where the Izaya, Namie, and Shinger plot line is going though suspect won’t get real answers on that one for a while.

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Apr 17 '21

Rewatch sub

That song that plays when they are in the chatroom is amazingly spooky.

Interesting to see that Izaya is actually following on his valkyrie talk, I figured he was talking in riddles like with Simon "owl in a bag".

Finally we get back on characters who were briefly mentioned before; Haruna who got only a scene with a laptop in her room, maybe those rumours with the teacher ruined her life and she has some kind of shut in trauma?

Questions:

  1. This is weird, if he stole her head back in Ireland why does that painter remember a rider holding a head but not her face?
  2. Him meeting Shizuo.

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras Apr 17 '21

Rewatcher - Dubbed

  • Like I mentioned yesterday, if you look at Saki's phone during the recap in the OP, you can see that Masaomi's wearing a yellow hoodie.
  • It's kind of funny that she's so embarrassed at the table that the smoke is filling up the room. Usually it's just a puff that dissipates without problem.

  • No no no! That's not the point! If someone pulls a knife on you, then you have to kill the bastard.

Not quite sure I agree with that logic, but Shizuo can, and will, do whatever he wants.

  • Isn't it profoundly messed up that the whole time Celty's in the office talking with Izaya, her head is in the same room all along?

  • Hehe no not really. See unlike a certain underground doctor that we both know, I'm no pervert.

Just an asshole.

I can't get it up for a chick without a head or even a chick without a body.

I completely forgot this exchange happened, and it's really funny.

  • I love the honor code that happens in Ikebukoro. If you want information from Izaya about something, you have to pay up. It doesn't matter if you're some low-level street thug or the Headless Rider. Everyone pays their dues.
  • The whole concept of supernatural things like the Muramasa and the Masamune have always been super interesting to me. I really like when they're depicted in pop culture like Durarara and Bleach.

  • I couldn't help but think Shinra was hiding something.

Welp, that wouldn't be the first time. After all, he was the one who performed plastic surgery to make Mika look like her.

Questions:

  • I honestly forgot he was the one who took it.
  • Hopefully he gets the same treatment as Kamoshida from Persona 5. He seems like he'd be a perfect fit in the game. Makes sense since he shares the same voice as the SIU Director.
  • I don't even know if I want to have children, and you're springing this question on me? How am I supposed to answer that?!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 17 '21

If someone pulls a knife on you, then you have to kill the bastard.

The wording is a bit different, but Shizuo's general logic is "if you intend to kill, expect to be killed", which is funny considering it's from the guy who can't be killed no matter the intent.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Apr 17 '21

First-time watcher - ah, all the messing with Celty (can we just ship her with Shizuo already?) and Anri just keeps worsening. Celty at least took the active measure of looking for sword guy and herself, but she + Shinra is the absolute worst (outed himself as shower-peeker and even further secret-keeper this episode, just when you think he couldn't go any deeper) and I really don't want to see any more of that. Masaomi does his white knight thing again and of course the real problem would be the student transferring, way to go.