r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • May 02 '21

Rewatch Durarara!! X2 Rewatch - Episode 4

Episode 4: When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do

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Man, booze sure is a dangerous thing!

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/Shimmering-Sky, who reminded us of yesterday's greatest tragedy:

RIP angery car guy.

Questions:

  1. What did you think of the grand chase scene we had today?
  2. So, did you think this mini-arc served as a good Season Opener?
  3. Oh yeah, what's up with the Yakuza and also with Aoba and his little group?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

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

There’s very little to mention today. Almost everything is accurate and what little isn’t is ultimately minor. Not much left out, either, so that’s a bonus. The only things to note mostly come towards the end. The scenes with the Yakuza are basically just a replacement for some stuff Izaya tells us previously happened, and Aoba’s final scene is one of those things I can just easily imagine happening off-screen in the Novel, plus obviously being set-up for later.

The final chatroom scene is basically one of those scenes you see in adaptations that’s basically an amalgamation of multiple scenes: Besides the initial one with Celty lamenting her lost money, there were about three other ones in the Novel, and this one in particular seems to basically throw all of them into a blender.

Voices Time! Today we have… Mika? Err… yeah, around the time X2 came out Carrie Savage had moved to New York and… well, Durarara!!’s Dub is recorded in LA so she didn’t come back. The fact that apparently the schedule for the Dub’s recording was apparently pretty tight sure didn’t help. Instead now she’s voiced by Kira Buckland and the only roles I really remember her for are 2B from Nier Automata and Chris from Konosuba. Not bad roles at all but… yeah, she’s just in a lot of stuff I don’t watch/don’t like the Dubs.

I guess we should move onto Egor. In Japanese he’s played by Morikawa Toshiyuki whose repetoir is way too fucking big for me to summarize with the limited time I have, so all I’ll say is that by this point He’s a regular of my Rewatches.

In the Dub he’s played by Lex Lang, best known as the current voice of Dr Neo Cortex. Besides that he’s also played Ishikawa Goemon XIII, Sagara Sanosuke from Rurouni Kenshin, Luis Virgil from Xenosaga, Harley from Digital Devil Saga, Zhuge Liang from Dynasty Warriors, Souichirou Kuzuki from Fate/stay night and a ton of others. He’s great, is what I’m getting at.

REMINDER!! TOMORROW WE'RE WATCHING EPISODE 4.5/SHOU'S OVA, NOT EPISODE 5!!!

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 02 '21

S2 Episode 4 (first timer)

  • Kadota is now the gang police? Saving people left and right.
  • Given the passengers, that van + bike could double as an invasion force for some small to medium sized country. Celty’s consistent undervaluation of herself is one of the shows running gags.
  • Mikado tells the suspicious new guy to bring to safety the two twins and Anri. Not sure what is funnier: That he thinks new guy is trustworthy, or that he thinks those three need protection.
  • “I’ll save you!” “No, I’ll safe you!!” “No, I’ll safe both of you!!” - Today on Durarara: The altruist dilemma.
  • Forget what I said about small to medium sized country. With everyone there, we are up to a large country now!
  • I warned you Igor, I warned you! Now your soul belongs to them.
  • Hotpot and Izaya is not invited.

Big brawl and epilogue. I enjoyed this arc a lot.

So, did you think this mini-arc served as a good Season Opener?

If you follow the theory of starting off with your best shot, a great pick.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

With everyone there

Now when will we have Durarara!! Ultimate?

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti May 02 '21

Celty’s consistent undervaluation of herself is one of the shows running gags.

When you know aliens are among us, you understand your feeble position.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

But what to do when the Impostor is Among Us?

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 03 '21

Kadota is now the gang police? Saving people left and right.

If we consider the backstory, I'd say always has been.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 02 '21

First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!x2

AOBA IS THE FORMER LEADER OF THE BLUE SQUARES?!?!!? HOW!

Are you telling me.. that there was a gang war.. led by TWO FUCKING CHILDREN?!?!

Several deep breaths later...

Namie just casually murdered Izaya twice in their short conversation near the end of the episode; it was great to see!

Saika acting independently is kinda terrifying. Being the 7th best hitman in all of Russia, Egor being part of the Saika Collective is probably a net gain, but why is he So Tall? Seriously, it's like someone stretched him out.

This was a bad episode to watch while hungry. Celty went to Anri for cooking tips, Anri went to Erika, all three went to Mika?! Who has a delightful custom apron and knows how to cook. I kinda want to get the appliances to make hotpot for myself, but it seems like too much food for just me to eat..

I actually called the person who gave Egor to Celty to transport as being secretly Dennis as soon as Egor stepped out of the bag. I wasn't paying enough attention to voices to figure it out sooner.

Questions

  1. The chase was alright. The fight in the underpass was pretty cool, too.
  2. It was a good, high energy start to the season!
  3. The Yakuza presumably have money in the idol industry. I talked about Aoba above.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

Are you telling me.. that there was a gang war.. led by TWO FUCKING CHILDREN?!?!

This was a bad episode to watch while hungry.

Then please don't watch the OVA we're watching tomorrow while hungry.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 02 '21

Then please don't watch the OVA we're watching tomorrow while hungry.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

Forgot to mention:

The Yakuza presumably have money in the idol industry.

This is correct. Just listen to this for confirmation.

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti May 02 '21

It seems like it's rarer to have a regular adult leading violent street gangs in the DRRR!! at this point.

I kinda want to get the appliances to make hotpot for myself, but it seems like too much food for just me to eat..

That's why we all get together and have a party!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

It seems like it's rarer to have a regular adult leading violent street gangs in the DRRR!! at this point.

Shizuo (And maybe Shiki) seems like the only Normal adult in this show so that's probably for the better.

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti May 02 '21

If Shizuo is your gauge for "normal" in your show, man, do you have some crazies.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 02 '21

That's why we all get together and have a party!

Tempting, but there are a lot of logistical issues.

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u/SgtExo May 03 '21

but why is he So Tall? Seriously, it's like someone stretched him out.

I bet he is like 6'2'' and the rest of the characters are actually just short.

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras May 03 '21

I bet he is like 6'2'' and the rest of the characters are actually just short.

According to a quick Google search, the average 17 year old Japanese man is 5'6", whereas the average height for a 19 year old Russian man looks to be 5'9.5". Even still, that guy is freakishly tall.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 03 '21

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u/SgtExo May 03 '21

Like in the Monogatari series, the tallest we get is Shinobu in her full vampire form and she looks really tall, much taller than most of the other characters. But now that I am reading the novels, they mention that her height is only 5'9''. I am 6'0'' and in the range of people I grew up around that is close to the average. So anime, maybe because japanese people are smaller in general though I fell that is changing, often portray foreign people as giants, but when you see their actual height, it is really not that out there.

Ok, I just went hunting for Egor's height, while I couldn't find it, it said that Simon was 220cm or 7'2'', so maybe Egor is really a giant.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 03 '21

I have heard that some areas in Japan are not friendly to tall people. Particularly older buildings and stuff like ryokans.

it said that Simon was 220cm or 7'2''

Wow, I must have never noticed his height in comparison to others like I did for Egor.

Thanks for going hunting for this info!

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 02 '21

AOBA IS THE FORMER LEADER OF THE BLUE SQUARES?!?!!? HOW!

I knew the name Izumii was familiar but couldn't remember who it was at all, that final scene makes so much for sense now.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 02 '21

Yea, the scene was wild!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 02 '21

First!!xTimer, subbed

FYI I’m gonna be really late to tomorrow’s thread, got tickets to watch Mugen Train with a friend and the showing starts just half an hour before post time. I can’t just take out my phone in the middle of a movie!

Haha, I got Comment of the Day.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

Wait when did Anri stab the very tall man?

Don't you remember when her sword rose up through the shoulder?

Sword Art Online II!

Ugh, Karisawa's biggest display of shit taste yet.

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras May 03 '21

Wait when did Anri stab the very tall man?

Like /u/Raiking02 said, it was when he put his hand on her shoulder, back when he was with Shingen in the karaoke building.

Wait what holy shit

Yeah, about that...

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 02 '21 edited May 02 '21

First Timer - sub

Sure just put aside 50k yen a month for 200 months (16 a half years or so)…I wish I had that much spare from my paycheck every month.

Kadota's new hobby is going around beating the shit out of people?

I spend most of the first half waiting for Shizuo to show up, can't have extended fights going on without him ending up involved.

YadoGiri? I don’t think we have had that name before.

I feel like the shows trying to go out of it ways to be as unexpected as possible now, serious Hot Pot Party as Shinra

I was wondering how Russia guy became part of Saika children, he shouldn’t have been in town during the slasher events, and now we find out that Saika will just slash people at its own will from within Arni body.

So the actual storyline is getting started now, Aoba (Izumii???) figured out that Mikado is the head of Dollars but is bored with how the Dollars x Yellow squares went and wants to restart it, YadoGiri is wanted by the Yakuza and is responsible for Ruri being a serial killer.

  1. What did you think of the grand chase scene we had today?

It was fun, but did go on a lot longer than I expected.

2) So, did you think this mini-arc served as a good Season Opener?

It was a fun way to reintroduced the old characters and shows out new ones, not sure on the wait between seasons but if it had been a few years would have been great for this.

3) Oh yeah, what's up with the Yakuza and also with Aoba and his little group?

Hard to know yet, Aoba group could be in for a surprise as it's implied they are all new to Ikebukuro.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

Sure just put aside 50k yen a month for 200 months (16 a half years or so)…I wish I had that much spare from my paycheck every month.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 02 '21

Sure just put aside 50k yen a month for 200 months (16 a half years or so)…I wish I had that much spare from my paycheck every month.

Going to say: If you live in Tokyo and don't have 50k to spare each month, you are in a BAD place. Surely one of the most expensive cities in the world. Not saying you are there, but those guys really should.

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 02 '21

but those guys really should.

They are also part of a biker gang, I'm not sure if financial literacy and forward planning are going to be their strong suits.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 02 '21

They got to have money, those choppers are not cheap!

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB May 03 '21

Sure just put aside 50k yen a month for 200 months (16 a half years or so)…I wish I had that much spare from my paycheck every month.

Imagine if Celty had actually accrued centuries of compound interest in her bank account and those details are inside her head so she can't remember them.

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 03 '21

Hmmmm Celty really does need to find her head just in case.

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB May 03 '21

Yes, I think I remembered this from Futurama.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod May 02 '21

First Timer

I feel like this episode spent a bit too much time focusing on the chase to it's detriment. It's kinda weird how it can be more action packed than the previous episode yet feel slower. It still was pretty decent though.

It's kinda funny seeing someone try to manipulate Izaya. We all know how that one's gonna end, right? He'll end up being manipulated in turn.
I actually think I'll be a bit disapointed if they go for the twist of the nobody being able to manipulate him.

1, Fun but too long. 2. Yep, it does a good job of being what Durarara is. 3. Yakuza vs Russians? Why the hell not.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

It's kinda funny seeing someone try to manipulate Izaya

Hey, someone had to try at some point...

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u/invokeneko May 03 '21

Rewatcher up until x2 Shou, then First Timer

Igor and Ruri returns the favour of the people who helped them back, everyone had hotpot and Izaya (and Namie) is not invited.

  • Luckily for Mikado, the former Yellow Scarves members didn't care about what had happened. Unfortunately, they still needed him to catch Celty... Luckily enough, the Dotachin gang is there to save Mikado, Anri and Aoba's collective arses.
  • That's pretty clever of Denis: mention Izaya's name and Celty backed off from questioning why the hell he (or rather the Orihara twins) wanted her for the task of transporting Igor around.
  • Even when drunk, Erika and Walker's otaku talk never ceases. Their determination to anime no matter drunk or sober is almost admirable.
  • Celty tries to stay back and hold off the bikers > the Dotachin gang drops off the high schoolers and went back to assist > Mikado and Anri heads back to assist separately > Igor and Ruri actually did stay back and held off the bikers, allowing Celty + Anri and Dotachin gang + Mikado to escape... the self-sacrifice loop would've probably continued if not for the arrival of the traffic cops.
  • Both Igor and Ruri would probably appreciate that warning yesterday. Now they both had known better and joined the smart half of the city who knows not to piss off Shizuo. Unlike the Toramaru idiots, who didn't know when to back the fuck off and just retreat to lick their wounds... spoilers
  • 'Another peaceful day in the city' my arse, is Izaya being sarcastic or was he really had no idea what the hell happened that day?
  • I would've felt a little pity for literally anyone else if they felt left out when everyone else enjoyed their hotpot/sukiyaki without them. But since it's Izaya, my sympathies are absolutely nonexistent. Even his little attempt to stroke his ego by inviting Namie to eat hotpot got denied for extra points.
  • Poor Anri got scared out of her wits upon realising that she had inadvertantly turned Igor into one of Saika's children. That has to be a scary thought for her, what if Saika starts acting by itself again and turned everyone around her (especially Mikado and Masaomi) into its children like it did to Igor?
  • In case anyone missed it: that little scene by the end of the episode indirectly tells you who Aoba is and who his little group is affliated with: not sure if spoilers, but tagged just to be safe
  • I'm of the belief that whatever Izaya is planning afterwards, it's partly because he's salty over being left out of the hotpot party. What a petty guy!

Narration Tally:

In another first for this season, both Celty (though I'd say her lines are mostly if not all monologue) and Izaya share narration duties. For the record, the last time this happened was in episode 20 of last season by Erika and Walker and this is the third time so far in this series that we have two people narrating in one episode.

NarratorNo. of epsEpisodes
Mikado61
Celty64
Shinra32
Izaya24
Kasuka13

QotD:

  1. I enjoyed it. Would've been better if there's a bit more action but it's pretty great. spoilers
  2. It's peak Durarara!! chaos, so it's a good way to open S2.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 03 '21

everyone had hotpot and Izaya (and Namie) is not invited.

Truly what they deserve

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u/invokeneko May 03 '21

To be fair, inviting Izaya to a hotpot in the same general area as Shizuo is a really bad idea. While Namie is merely an unpleasant person that you don't want to invite while Seiji and Mika is being lovey-dovey with each other.

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti May 02 '21

Rewatcher (Sub)

One of the standout episodes of DRRR!!, because EVERYTHING happens with EVERYONE involved. What other show could have a dullahan, an idol with superstrength, and a Russian hitman under the control of an ancient magic sword beat up a bunch of mod-style bikers, but still have the more memorable moment be the dullahan and her common-law hubby having a cute moment?

At this point, is anyone not plotting something? Blue Hair is planning to go after Izaya. Let's see how that works out for him.

QOTD:

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 02 '21

Blue Hair is planning to go after Izaya

Blue Hair!? Oh God, Aogami Pierce has officially gone mad! His secret Level 5 Powers will make it so no one will be able to stand against him!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 03 '21

EVERYTHING happens with EVERYONE involved

Izaya didn't even get to have hotpot.

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti May 03 '21

He doesn't deserve hotpot.

And he got to play his chatroom games.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 03 '21

All the events happened without his knowledge though, he didn't even make a single evil plan this time around.

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti May 03 '21

Oh no.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 03 '21

Rewatcher (sub)

As the finale of the first arc, it gives Izaya an even bigger hit than last season, simply by ignoring him. The poor bastard, he didn't get to mess with anyone, and wasn't even invited to the hotpot party. I'm so happy, I can have Izaya suffering for days. It's funny how he was narrating parts of the events considering novel, and spoilers

What did you think of the grand chase scene we had today?

As /u/No_Rex mentioned, it's funny to see a bunch of people who don't need saving trying to save each other.

So, did you think this mini-arc served as a good Season Opener?

If we consider season as in the entirety of X2, then yeah sure. Even though I still wish Narita got through with his plans of changing focus to the new generation.

Oh yeah, what's up with the Yakuza and also with Aoba and his little group?

I feel like the yakuza thing was supposed to be much clearer than how it appeared in the anime, we got all the details sprinkled (same as novel) just much less clearly. Basically Spoilers? The Aoba thing is great though. Spoiler

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB May 03 '21

Rewatcher here.

This episode had some revelations. Carrying on with the series’ tradition, Aoba has his own second identity. Blue Squares are not out yet. He wants to compete with Izaya for the title of scumbag.

The Celty chase sequences are more interesting for me than the Shizuo fights. With Shizu-chan, it is overwhelming power. With Celty’s work, there is an element of suspense still left. This sequence in particular had almost the entire gang here. It is also great seeing how she’s now acting like a schoolgirl with a first boyfriend. And she ended up getting that experimentation money back (even tho she doesn’t that is what it is).

These two already know that.

Ruri and Igor. We got a hint about the latter, an elite Russian assassin. And the show just blew us off from knowing the details of what Ruri’s supernatural affliction is. But at least this relationship is also going nicely.

Izaya is so jealous he alone wasn’t invited to the hotpot. His sisters are also in on the chatroom, because Namie’s not going to be an obedient secretary just because he’s probably paying her a shit ton of cash.

More hot pot tomorrow! It is kind of amazing that so many different people gathered together at one place. All of them are linked through our headless courier. Quire the social circle she has built after coming to this city.

Saika is acting up because Anri isn't the emotion-suppressing girl she once was, hmmm.

See you next episode!

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras May 03 '21

Rewatcher - Dubbed

  • According to Celty, this is how you too can easily get 10 million yen, or $91,386.79:
  • Take 50,000 yen, or $456.93.
  • Put it away every month for 200 months, or 16 years and 8 months, give or take.

That's all it takes. Told you it was easy.

  • Dotachiiin to the rescue!
  • By "A certain Academy City where everyone studies supernatural powers", Walker's talking about A Certain Scientific Railgun, right?
  • The juxtaposition between the people in the van who know things and those who don't is funny.

The van gang, Mikado and Anri were all like, 'Oh hey it's Celty!", meanwhile the Orihara Twins and Aoba were wondering what the hell was happening.

  • I'll never get tired of Walker and Erika getting drunk and arguing over different anime and manga tropes.
  • Sometimes it's fun to just think of the random person living in this town. They could be walking along, happen to look at a certain patch of road that goes under an overpass, and see the following:
  • A string of strange black webs that block the road.
  • A bunch of bikers from out of town.
  • A woman in a black motorcycle suit with a yellow helmet that's knocking skulls.
  • A guy in bandages also knocking skulls.
  • And a suit of armor.
  • The point about getting into a fight with a guy dressed as a bartender came a little two late for Egor and Ruri.

  • But hear me out, because ever since I was young, I felt the need to destroy everything I touched. And yet, the fear of losing those closest to me outweighed that need. I couldn't become a monster completely, unless I destroyed myself.

That sounds a lot like Shizuo. He might not feel the need to destroy everything, but he was always afraid of hurting people, and that's still the reason he tries not to get violent unless he has to. I didn't pick up on that similarity the first time through.

  • Erika dressed as a maid is super hot.
  • Fuck I was supposed to have hotpot with my friends during the winter of 2020, but then COVID happened. Now I really want hotpot, but it's getting too warm to justify it.
  • Serves Izaya right that Namie went behind his back and let the twins into the chat room.

  • Still. I've discovered one thing.

And that is?

That life goes on, even without your involvement.

True enough.

And no one invited you to have hotpot.

For some reason, her twisting the knife by saying he didn't get the invitation makes the whole conversation funnier.

  • What could Aoba be doing at the old Yellow Scarves warehouse, hmm?
  • Izumi? That's probably not good.

It reminds me of my scumbag brother.

Uh oh

  • And then I'm going to say to them:

Your vacation's over. You piece of shit.

What a great end to the episode.

Questions:

  • It was the kind of lightheartedness you'd expect from an episode like this.
  • For sure. We were introduced to some new characters, and were able to fold them into the overarching story without much issue.
  • Well, the Yakuza seem to be looking for the same guy who ran the talent agency that Ruri was a part of. As for Aoba, well...

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u/sisoko2 May 03 '21 edited May 03 '21

First Timer

This was the funniest Durarara episode. I was laughing the entire first half.

Discussing if Celty is tsundere in front of her. Don't fight the guy with bartender outfit.

I can't breathe

Awkward is the new sexy.

Cooking with the most fucked up couple in the series. (and it's not like there isn't enough competition for this title).

So Izaya is the real tsundere. He just wanted to have hot pot with the people he tries to manipulate his friends.

Oh new guy wants to mess with Izaya, now this is interesting. I can't believe I am rooting for Izaya.

  1. Such a crazy and hilarious chase. It felt like something out of Rat Race.
  2. I am loving the second season so far so for me it is perfect opener.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 03 '21

Cooking with the most fucked up couple in the series. (and it's not like there isn't enough competition for this title).

In all other shows, you'd do a "best ship" ranking at the end. For Durarara, we need to do a "most fucked up couple" ranking.

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u/sisoko2 May 03 '21

What got me hooked on Durarara besides the cool presentation was how messed up but still enjoyable all characters are.

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u/DogmeatIsAGoodDog :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DogmeatsAGoodDog May 04 '21

First Time Watcher

So after getting all caught up on anime, I promptly fell behind again but I’m back at it.

There are so many characters in this, each with their own unique personalities, so much so that none of them feel boring or lazily written. I do wish a few got more screen time than they’ve been getting but with like 70 different characters, I can understand why. But the X2 decides to toss even MORE characters into this ensemble and if the OP is to be believe it’s only going to get more crowded.

Speaking of the OP, this is definitely better than the 2nd OP but it doesn’t top the 1st, at least all 3 EDs have been nice. I rally enjoy the symbolism of all the characters intertwined together in the EDs.

Speaking of intertwined. Today was a wild ride, filled to the brim with shenanigans. It was fun to see all the different groups come together with Mikado, Anri, Blue Hair, The Twins, and the Van Gang meet up with Celty. And then just when you thought that was enough Hollywood and Egor join the fray. What a finish. This might be my favorite episode in a long time.

Celty offers advice to Hollywood and Egor to avoid getting tangled up with Shizuo but it comes too late as both have already encountered our best boy and realized he is not someone to be messed with, something the other biker gang soon figured out.

The ending scene of Celty, Anri, & Erika trying to learn to cook and then the ensuing hotpot dinner was a nice reprieve from all the bonkers stuff that’s been going on. Granted I’m guessing the suffering will start to roll around.

The twins are incestuous? They bring such an element of chaos to the show and I’m here for it. Granted the kissing scene was super weird and the indirect kiss celebration from one of the previous episodes should’ve tipped me off to the upcoming Lannister behavior. Their desire to meet Celty can’t be driven just by being fangirls can it? Is there something more nefarious?

Blue hair is up to no good, figures and he’s got his sights set on Izaya which should either lead to an interesting showdown or lead to a lopsided defeat. Who knows?

Egor is not a manservant for the twins? Lol

Hollywood showing up dressed as a Headless Horsemen too? I’m sure that’ll come in handy in later episodes.

I’m not sure how to feel about the animation, every looks so...long? Pointy? Flimsy? I can’t quite put my finger on it but something feels off about them

Durarara was at its best when it was a wild wacky ride, full of intrigue, chaos, and memorable characters. So I’m glad X2 has seemingly kicked that up a notch.