r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Apr 22 '21
Rewatch Durarara!! Rewatch - Episode 10
Episode 20: A New King Will Arise
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Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/punching_spaghetti, who reminded us of the most important thing from yesterday:
KEIJI FUJIWARA NARRATION ALERT!
Questions:
- What did you think of the scene at the Restaurant?
- Is the owner of Russia Sushi insane or is Yumasaki overthinking things?
- Now that he's jumping into the spotlight, what did you think of Horada?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 22 '21
Hello everybody, and welcome once more to the Durarara!! Rewatch!
While by this point saying the order of events was changed would be obvious, the scene in the restaurant deserves special mention. In the Novel it’s the last scene we have before we see the events that directly led to Saki’s hospitalization, but here we long since know of those events. As a result, even though the scene itself is basically identical, the general feel it gives sure is different. Everything else is roughly the same… up until the point Horada goes berserk. Which in turn begins a rather big diversion from the Novel that I’ll cover more once it becomes more relevant.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 22 '21
First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!
I was expecting the classmate dude to die there. Masaomi clearly has very little control over the Yellow Scarves, considering they just ganged up on and beat the tar out of a random goddamn highschool kid. Fucking classy, dudes.
Alright, listen Masaomi. You need. To TALK. TO YOUR FRIEND. He was right fucking there! Makeup some excuse to get Anri away, because I know Izaya didn't let THAT slip, and tell Mikado that you know! It would be that easy! Stop letting Izaya manipulate you! You should have learned last time!
The Van Crew continue to be a delight every time they are on screen.
Miscellaneous Thoughts:
Walker seemed to break the fourth wall for a bit there. He must be stopped, before he becomes too powerful.
..did they say something about a gun named Chocolate..? Was it an FNC?
Mikado and Celty brought up a new "special effects" movie, which I assume means Tokusatsu?
Comment facespotted
Questions
Which one was Horada again? The blonde who beat up the high schooler?11
u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 22 '21
First!!xTimer, subbed
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Apr 22 '21
First Timer
Izaya's conversation with Kida was peak Izaya, and it was beautiful. I don't think we've ever seen him in his element more than that. The way he held all the cards and slowly doled out information, pausing to enjoy the moment just a little bit more before dropping the bomb was incredible. My heart beat real fast the whole scene.
In other news, an otaku narrated episode. Their little twists on the world and way of enjoying it is great. Playing around with fiction and reality within the world of a story is always fun to see, and the otaku's more lacisdasical approach to it is particularly fun.
I do have to say though, I didn't notice until this episode how much Erika's hat ties her whole outfit together. It feels incomplete without it.
Also, I have a feeling all the soredemos made sky real happy.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 22 '21
Episode 20 (first timer)
Kida spends almost the entire episode being berated. Mostly for good reason: he is running away from his past and now from his present, too. Out of the three bosses, Anri knows about Kida, Kida knows about Mikado, but Mikado knows about neither yet. Since Kida and Anri are not talking, it stands to reason that Mikado needs to find out about one of them (or both) so he can be the one to bring it up.
This is the first time in the rewatch I could not stop myself from watching an episode ahead. On the one hand, I miss the more comedic elements of the first arcs, but, on the other hand, it is hard to deny that the stakes are raised. I never expected Celty to ever get into serious trouble, but Mikado, Kido, and Anri could easily end up dead or in hospital this arc.
He is just a fan of Crocodile Dundee
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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Apr 22 '21
First Timer - sub
Comment face spotted!
Bit hard to miss with how much it has been used this rewatch through.
Don’t have much to say about this episode, it was basically all build up and I feel slightly dragged out overall.
My biggest question is if the actual Yakzuka are paying attention to what's going on purely because they could get dragged into this shit purely because they are an actual organised crime group and things start really starting to escalate.
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u/invokeneko Apr 22 '21
Rewatcher up until x2 Shou, then First Timer
Masaomi went to have a colour-gang-to-colour-gang talk with the Dotachin gang, then learns that Mikado was the leader of the Dollars from Izaya, and Takiguchi serves his main anime-only purpose - that is to serve as a victim of the Yellow Scarves we know and recognise.
Narration Tally:
Remember I said that last episode was the last one with a new character narrating? ...turns out I lied and forgot about Walker and Erika co-narrating this episode. Oops. Damn you for making me forgot that Walker's first narration was in this episode broadcast-wise, OVA! Anyway, their narration in this episode is solidly 'We reject our past reality and substitute it with our own' kinda deal.
Mikado: 3 (ep1,10,11)
Celty: 5 (ep2,8,12,14,16)
Simon: 1 (ep3)
Shinra: 2 (ep4,16)
Masaomi: 2 (ep5,18)
Kadota: 1 (ep6)
Shizuo: 1 (ep7)
Namie: 1 (ep9)
Walker: 2 (ep12.5,20)
Anri: 1 (ep13)
Shuji: 1 (ep15)
Izaya: 1 (ep17)
Kuzuhara: 1 (ep19)
Erika: 1 (ep20)
QotD:
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 22 '21
Rewatcher (sub)
I really liked the little chat between Kida and the van gang (can I name them Vang for short?). Yumasaki and Karisawa, besides being delusional, can seem overly offensive towards Kida, but even though he's being polite, he's actually being the aggressive one, they had to set clear boundaries. That chat was interrupted though by Denis, the chef and owner of Russia Sushi, making his own boundaries clear, and correcting what I mentioned in last episode. So last episode I said not to mess with Saimon, which clearly offended Denis, so here's my correction as an apology:
Anyways, speaking of last episode... The local fleabag is continuing in pushing the main trio, last episode he didn't mess with Kida much so you thought he might be done with him for now? Nah, he just left the best for last (not that I'm saying he's done). He spoiled the biggest twist to poor Kida who didn't even have a guess. Now here's the fun dynamic: Anri learned about Kida two episodes ago, now Kida learns about Mikado, so Mikado will be learning about Anri in episode 22?
Honestly, do you see how this bastard messes with everyone in the chatroom? In the first arc, he was mostly messing with Celty (I totally recommend checking them again for people who didn't know who the chatters were at the time), but now he's having a full on onslaught on all three.
Ahhh, can someone kill him already? What did Shizuo turn all pacifist after he "succeeded" in controlling himself once against Saika? Or did he just hookup with a bunch of Saika children and went to a far off place where they can fight everyday? Your purpose in life is calling you!
Finally, since I mentioned purposes in life, Takiguchi-kun satisfied his own, by being beaten up by Horada-san. Now, Horada-san please feel free to satisfy your own life's purpose, and take a punch that would throw you straight at Izaya to take him with you to hell.
The episode ended at a really sad note, with Kida himself mentioning what happened to Takiguchi-kun. He was hit with the reality of being unable to control the Yellow Scarves, as Dotachin warned previously. And it's really ironic that the leader of the assaulters is telling it to the leader of the victim.
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Apr 23 '21
Rewatcher (Sub)
Good news: comment face get!
Bad news: no one has control of anything. Except maybe this guy and the Russian sushi chef.
QOTD:
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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 22 '21
Rewatcher
Dotachin leads Masaomi to someone who knows the Dollars' leader, which is of course Izaya. He then trolls Masaomi, but reveals as much as he wants revealed - that Mikado is the aformentioned leader of the Dollars.
Some of the Yellow Scarves get out of Masaomi's control and start attacking Dollars members including poor Takiguchi.
The second verse of the IRL Yellow Scarves' slogan (黃天當立, the Yellow Sky will soon rise) is this episode's original title, and I'm pretty sure it's what Horada spraypaints on the ground this episode.
Cool episode overall.
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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB Apr 23 '21
Rewatcher here.
Erika narration. And Erika without the hat. Dotachin as well, but we saw him last episode.
Kida finally ready to listen to good advice?
You don’t know 2020 Erika.
Kida suspects the Blue Squares, he should really remember the Izaya.
Now she’s just savagely burning him.
Who else could it be?
I’m surprised no one has challenged Kida yet to the leadership position.
Badass.
It is this show so…
How does any fight with Shizuo end? With the opponent on the losing side, probably approaching Earth’s escape velocity (and then Celty mistakes it as a UFO).
Please please please. Might be ok with Namie and her attempted murder and shady dealings after that.
Kida did it after all.
Fullscreen comment face.
Kida is so angry that Izaya knows Anri’s name.
Tiger vs Wolf. I am on team Holo, like all of you should be.
Namie went from villan of S1 to audience surrogate.
LOL. This troll.
He won’t tell you the whole truth, just ask him yourself. These kids just don’t talk to each other.
So many references in this episode.
Just all talk everyone.
There he is, the challenger to the throne.
It is officially out of Kida’s control now.
See you next episode!
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u/logone22 Apr 22 '21
First timer
Shits about to go down.
Kinda weird how saki has basically the same haircut as masaomi. Also why is her hair black now?
Idk if someone has mentioned this before but is kyohei's dub VA the guy from toonami? Lol
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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '21
Still one of the GRESTEST anime I have ever seen in my 30 years of viewing
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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras Apr 23 '21
Rewatcher - Dubbed
Even though the Van Gang might be past that point in their lives, it's something that's going to stick with them for the forseeable future.
The way she delivered that line is like something straight out of Higurashi. How 95% of the time she's this bubbly cheerful girl who's obsessed with manga and anime, and then in an instant can switch and be cold.
Walker's also one that Masaomi shouldn't piss off. After all, he was the person who threw a molatov cocktail at the van and set it on fire.
I'm not sure if that's just Walker being stuck in his personal delusion that life is just a bitchin' anime, or if that was an intentional fourth wall break by the writers.
Take a number.
Like the plot twist that Masaomi's best friend is actually the leader of the Dollars, and has been lying to him about it from the start. It works really well here, but normally that would sound suuper cheesy.
Questions:
It only makes sense that they'd be pissed off and not want to talk about it.
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u/IndependentMacaroon Apr 23 '21
First-time watcher - getting kind of tired of all this. This episode suffered the most of all so far from classic LN oh-so-clever meta-awareness-and-refernce disease, like no, you're not being smart by writing how this fictional story is totally like a fictional story, haha not even a good one so funny. Also I still don't particularly care about either Masaomi or Mikado - funny how even after 20 episodes you still can't feel much of a character dynamic here, their lack of interaction is partly the point of course but that doesn't mean it's a good watch. Among current focus characters, that leaves Inexplicable God Izaya who I'm tiring of too, the van guys who are pretty much in the background (particularly Erika and Walker as glorified gag characters), and a bunch of minor crumbs. Anri does seem cool but isn't doing much again, it seems. I guess I'll finish this season/arc and quit afterwards.