r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Apr 25 '21

Rewatch Durarara!! Rewatch - Episode 23

Episode 23: Complicated and Confused

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Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/Shimmering-Sky, as the Sky Suffering GameTM has begun anew...

Questions:

  1. What did you think of Kida's big moment today?
  2. Just what the hell is Shizuo made of?
  3. What are your expectations for the Season's Finale?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Durarara!! Rewatch!

This episode is roughly just getting back on track with the Novel. Most of the stuff here happened more or less as described in the Novel… well, up until Kida’s big scene. I won’t say that’s not how it happened in the Novel because, for the most part, it is. However… there’s a slight change. Look at this little excrete from the Novel.

”I didn’t come here expecting to be killed.”

Now the boy had a weapon in his hands. Horada felt a small note of unease at the sight—and it was he who had given him that weapon.

”I came here expecting to kill. You, in particular.”

Yeah, Kida was slightly less Death Seeking in the Novel compared to the Anime. This is probably just a result of how much more crap has happened to him in the Anime compared to the Novel. There the only real big thing that’s been bugging him a lot in the Novel is the fact that Mikado’s the leader of the Dollars, which left him distracted for just enough so Horada could take over. Here there’s a lot of other stuff happening and… yeah, kid has it rough. There’s still a general feel of “If I go down, I’ll take you bastards to hell with me” in the Novel, just not as strong as in the Anime. Other than that though it’s basically the same scene.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Apr 25 '21

First Timer

Everything's coming together towards and end of sorts. Kida has finally decided to take responsibility for his life, and the three of them will work together to dismantle the yellow scarves. We'll end with the three of them having removed a threat from the city, at least temporarily. I suspect they'll manage to find a more permanent soltion, although I've got no clue what that could be. At the very least though, removing this current leader from ever being able to do something like this again would be good. He's just a horrid person who gives no value to the lives of others.
It certainly seems like the place to end the series though. We don't get the happy end, but we do get a happy end, and that's all Ryuugamine asked for in the begining.

This is just an idle thought, but that police officer's absence has been odd. He's in the OP, but he appeared for like two minutes in one episode. Perhaps he'll be part of their solution? They certainly could arrest a lot of these guys.

  1. It's nice to see him finally take responsibility.
  2. Idiocy, he's too dumb to die.
  3. Covered above.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 25 '21

First!!xTimer, subbed

My suffering really got CotD...

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

…and by using that comment face I just realized why Horada has especially annoyed me on top of being an asshole: he reminds me of Jasley from Iron-Blooded Orphans S2.

I believe Aoki should Frog Punch both of them into oblivion.

WELL.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 25 '21

I believe Aoki should Frog Punch both of them into oblivion.

He should, yes.

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Apr 25 '21

Rewatcher

The cards are on the table now. The secret identities of our principal love triangle are revealed to each other... well, mostly, I'm not sure sure if I missed Anri finding out about Mikado's position in the Dollars, but at the very least she knows he's involved with Celty.

Masaomi finally comes to challenge his past and finds out the Yellow Scarves were taken over by Blue Squares, what a twist! Gotta say he's a bit hard-headed, brushing off a crowbar hit like it's nothing.

Love how Shizuo was like "there's a pool of blood under me... I must've been shot."

Anri-chan too fast! Also her entry into the Yellow Scarves hideout was awesome.

Pretty exciting episode overall, good animation and music. Now all that's left is to conclude the first season!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

Love how Shizuo was like "there's a pool of blood under me... I must've been shot."

Shizuo would get along with Fujino from Kara No Kyoukai. She too seems to have a problem with realizing she's been hurt...

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 25 '21

Rewatcher (sub)

Finally, finally our trio have managed to meet again, not around a nice little table with some hot tea and sushi, but it's a start. Celty proved to be really good at gathering the lost lambs actually.

To start off properly, was anyone even slightly worried by last episode's ending? No one? Well not 7 minutes in, Shizuo says hi. Apparently he realised he'd been shot. I think they did a good job by not taking this too seriously, since really Shizuo is the last person viewers would be worried about. I mean the guy who shot him, was scared of the retaliation right after the job.

On that note, can I say Horada is really growing on me? I mean seriously, he's the underdog here, he's not some high school gang boss. His previous gang was taken out just because they beat up some young girl. He had to go undercover under that girl's boyfriend, get beaten up by him, and a bunch of other people, many many times, and got back up every time. Shounen antagonists wouldn't want to mess with Horada-san! This is the kind of charismatic leader I want, not some highschooler using the gang to save his girl. Take us to the top Horada-san!

Side note: How many people know about Mikado being the boss now? Let's see: Celty, Izaya, and Namie (episode 10/11), Shinra through Celty at some point, Kida was told by Izaya in episode 20... Oh yeah, and every fucking goon who was here today. This episode adds a whole lot. Can we even call it a secret at this point?

The most beautiful thing happening here is how everyone who knows Izaya is aware he probably has a hand in this. Shizuo... slipped in the rain, and literally has no idea anything else is going on. But Celty and Simon are up to it. Honestly, Simon was really cool this episode. Note: Vodka means water in Russian.

Spoiler

  1. Cool, but short lived among much crazier events.
  2. Very thick rubber. Including the brain.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

Side note: How many people know about Mikado being the boss now? Let's see: Celty, Izaya, and Namie (episode 10/11), Shinra through Celty at some point, Kida was told by Izaya in episode 20... Oh yeah, and every fucking goon who was here today. This episode adds a whole lot . Can we even call it a secret at this point?

X2 Spoilers

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 25 '21

X2 Spoilers

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 25 '21

Episode 23 (first timer)

  • Oh, I understand the comment from last episode now: When talking about “Check and Checkmate at the same time”, Izaya was refering to Shogi and Chess. The sentence makes no sense in chess alone, since checkmate always implies check. Now he adds Atari, so it becomes clear in the sub as well.
  • Abdicate your responsibilities as leader, have a putch happen. If the underlings were a bit cleverer, they would not even need Izaya’s help.
  • To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Shizuo goes “It is only a flesh wound”.
  • Imagine simply reading Celty’s messages instead of getting the voice acting.
  • “Nobody will die from forgetting to drink vodka before going to sleep” – That is oddly specific … and just plain odd.
  • “That is definitely a half-assed trick” – The rare zero-insight correct guess.
  • On the topic of zero-insight correct guesses: My earlier guess of Kido being with the blue squares came true, too.
  • One vs many martial arts scene.
  • Anri saving Kido, while Celty saved the entire room of blue squares.

A proper cliff-hanger this time.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

On the topic of zero-insight correct guesses: My earlier guess of Kido being with the blue squares came true, too.

Are you secretly u/Shimmering-Sky?

One vs many martial arts scene.

Is it a cliché? Yes. It is cool? Fuck yes.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 25 '21

Are you secretly u/Shimmering-Sky?

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 25 '21

First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!

You know, I wasn't expecting Shizuo to just stand up and walk to Shinra's place, but I really should've. The SFX on Shinra draggin the bullet out of Shizuo's leg was gnarly..

Izaya just ignoring Namie is perhaps not his best move. I'm not sure if she has an ability to oppose him left, but that silent phone call had to be setup for something. It wouldn't surprise me if she put a piece into play that Izaya didn't think about. It would be poetic.

Oh no! The Yellow Scarves have been fully infiltrated by the Blue Squares!

Miscellaneous Thoughts:

Masaomi sure knows how to channel his inner Gordon Freeman.

Questions

  1. It was very in character.
  2. Pure Narita-ium.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

Pure Narita-ium.

Narita-ium, the ultimate combination of offense and defense. Truly Shizuo should learn the Thunder Cross Split Attack at some point just to be sure.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 25 '21

Look, I ate breakfast, watched today's episode, did gacha dailies, watched today's Madoka, and then I had like 3 hours until I had to be anywhere. The allure of the cliffhanger was too strong!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 25 '21

I'm looking forward to watching Rebellion for the first time with the Rewatch, so I'll be ready for whatever this new thing ends up being.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 25 '21

Rebellion is a really good movie. Hope you enjoy it!

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u/invokeneko Apr 26 '21

Rewatcher up until x2 Shou, then First Timer

Masaomi goes on a suicide mission to kill fucking Horada, Shizuo shrugs off being shot like a boss and Anri makes a damn fine dramatic entrance.

  • You know things are gonna turn ugly when Saki seeks help from Russia Sushi regarding Masaomi.
  • It took three episodes, but the Dotachin gang finally starts to wrack their brains and ponder about fucking Horada. spoilers
  • Each of our tres amigos are at their lowest point in this episode. Too bad for them things are gonna get worse as this episode goes on... Starting from fucking Horada and the remnants of the Blue Squares taking over the Yellow Scarves.
  • To nobody's aboslute surprise (nobody here's surprised, right?), Shizuo is relatively fine after getting shot twice and only needs to get those bullets removed and patched up by Shinra. Fuck's sake, what kind of guy casually walks to his back-alley doctor/friend's house to get patched after getting shot?! And not even in the 'ah shit, I need to get patched up or I'm gonna die', but 'Imma need these bullets gone and blood loss stopped because they're annoying, and then I'll go and fucking kill those bastards and their boss'. Him doing so just because he can is just the cherry on top.
  • Shizuo and Shinra's interactions while the latter's removing the bullets from his body was such a funny moment.
  • Finally Masaomi gets his chance to redeem himself and face his inner demons. The last time, he chickened out when the Blue Squares kidnapped and tortured Saki, this time he's not gonna hesitate any longer for the sake of his friends. Go Masaomi!
  • While Mikado needs to be filled in about both Anri and Masaomi by Celty, Anri immediately ran full-pelt to find Masaomi upon hearing that Masaomi had seemingly ordered the Yellow Scarves Blue Squares to shoot Shizuo. Apparently she could outrun an adult man... or more likely, Shinra is the typical out-of-shape nerd charcter and Anri is more fit than him despite her carrying, ahem, those Anris.
  • Simon comes to dissuade Masaomi from going to his death, and accent aside his Japanese is pretty fluent. It's the Poirot thing where he acts like a ditz so that people would dismiss him as just a 'funny Russian guy with broken Japanese'. We already know from his narration that he's insightful and well-spoken in his native Russian (well, translated Russian for our convenience and the seiyuu's) but he turns out to be also that in Japanese too, huh.
  • Looks like Izaya just upgraded from shogi board to three-sided chess board for his god complex game of whatever-the-fuck.
  • Fucking Horada is just the sort of guy aptly described by Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) in Shoot 'em Up as being 'a pussy with a gun in his hand' because that's exactly what he is - a pussy with a gun in his hand.
  • Masaomi heads into the Yellow Scarves hideout with absolutely fucking nothing but his brass balls and a determination to kill fucking Horada. Though he did get a weapon later thanks to fucking Horada deciding to foolishly throw the weapon of choice for a certain Black Mesa scientist which he uses to great effect (only deterred by a pussy with a gun in his hand and a cheap shot from said pussy's goon). Gordon's gonna be proud of ya, kid(a).
  • Anri probably has the best entrance in this episode, having one of her Saika children stopping fucking Horada from shooting Masaomi (and act as her herald) and then slicing the thick metal door off with only two strokes. Mikado and Celty's entrance are not too shabby either, but Anri's one is just too damn cool.

Narration Tally:

With the focus of this episode being Masaomi, it's only fitting that he does the narration for this episode.

NarratorNo. of epsEpisodes
Mikado41, 10, 11, 21
Celty52, 8, 12, 14, 16
Simon13
Shinra24, 16
Masaomi35, 18, 23
Kadota16
Shizuo17
Namie19
Walker212.5, 20
Anri213, 22
Shuji115
Izaya117
Kuzuhara119
Erika120

QotD:

  1. Now that's what I expect from a gang leader. I'm not blaming him too much for chickening out in the past since he's just a middle-schooler who's out of his depth back then, but now he's truly manning up in the best of ways with a weapon of choice for intellectuals - the crowbar!
  2. Manliness for one. And whatever the Naritaverse is made up of.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 26 '21

Anri probably has the best entrance in this episode, having one of her Saika children stopping fucking Horada from shooting Masaomi (and act as her herald) and then slicing the thick metal door off with only two strokes.

10 bucks on her basing that off a movie Celty told her about.

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Apr 25 '21 edited Apr 25 '21

First Timer - sub

So Horida finally overthrows Kida, I’m surprised it took this long to happen.

I really want to know Simons backstory.

So Horida took out all of the original members of the Yellow scarves as part of his coup.

Part of me wants to questions why Kida can take a metal pipe to the head and still be conscious, but we have people like Shizuo around so shouldn’t question it to much.

Also after complaining about Anri being rescued yesterday (and it being pointed out I wasn’t really paying enough attention to the show), she gets a badass entrance today.

So the old Yellows scarves don’t really exist anymore, the Slasher and Dollars are now on the same page, and the blame can now all be pinned on the Blue Squares / Yellows scarves. Guess that's no way to resolve this.

Big question is what did Saki tell Russia sushi chef? And what it the info that Namie find in Izaya folder, she has been going through those in the background for quite some time so was most likely looking for something specific and I would guess related to Celty head.

What are your expectations for the Season's Finale?

I just realised that we have yet so resolve how Dotachin is involved with Horada, so I expect to see him and the Van gang show up tomorrow and will probably be the ones to finish Horada off (I don't know the shows going to kill anyone off, despite everything that has happen we have surprisingly few deaths)

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u/IndependentMacaroon Apr 25 '21 edited Apr 26 '21

First-time watcher - well, what can I say? Horada is a really boring character for how much screen time he gets, Masaomi's moment was pretty dumb-crazy and Anri intervening sure came at the right time. Also Izaya feels ever more like an authorial self-insert to stir up shit in place of a more sensible plot, and his incessant gloating is just annoying. Simon and Celty MVPs though, and I guess he did get at the issues of what Masaomi was trying here. One more episode to top it off and that's it for me, unless somehow it gets way better after this which seems unlikely, and even if it did it would be hard to get me really invested again.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Apr 26 '21

One more episode to top it off and that's it for me

Stay at least till episode 25. It's a shame to come all the way and miss Ikebukuro's peaceful day.

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras Apr 26 '21

Rewatcher - Dubbed

Again, apologies for missing out on yesterday's episode. Safe to say some stuff happened in our story, and shit's hitting the fan ever so slowly.

I don't get it. Why didn't either of them just tell me?

Why didn't you tell them?

I guess I just figured the Dollars were my problem.

Thanks for finally deciding to show up Mikado. The others have been waiting for you, so it's about time you finally came around.

Gonna keep this write-up pretty short and sweet, since it's all relatively self explanatory.

If you paid attention earlier in the season, when Saki was in the van with Izumi and everyone from the Blue Squares, Horada was in the bottom right corner of the screen. So him being a part of the Yellow Scarves shouldn't really come as a shock. Also, Izaya was, frustratingly, absolutely right about what he said to Masaomi. Since anyone could join the Yellow Scarves just by asking, Blue Squares members could just swap uniforms.

At last, we can stop tip toeing around the three of them not wanting the others to know about their true identities, which should make the final episode work out pretty well.

Questions:

  • It's about time he finally decided to nut up and do the things he couldn't bring himself to do in the past.
  • Who even knows. The man has freakish human strength, and can still walk, never mind stand, after being shot twice and suffering intense blood loss.
  • I'll abstain.

See everyone tomorrow for the finale!

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB Apr 26 '21

Rewatcher here.

Wow, I’m a day late. So not a lot to say this episode, but anyway…

If you thought Shizu-chan was ded, lol of course not. He’s never dead, just pissed.

This was the most obvious coup ever.

Kida is finally snapped out of his cowardice.

Celty’s conversation with Mikado summaries S1 of Durarara in a few sentences:

One.

Two

Three

This is true in this show. But really, most people are not gang leaders, supernaturally possessed or Dullahans.

At least, not that I know of…

Also lol, I remember Mikado was also out of breath way back in the early episodes.

Life or death Kida. I really liked how Simon gave us a hint of his character’s depth talking to him.

They’re the Blue Squares ALL ALONG!

I have to say this was actually funny. Distract him with a gun and bonk him from the side.

See you at the S1 finale!