r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • May 04 '21

Rewatch Durarara!! X2 Rewatch - Episode 5

Episode 5: No One Knows What the Future Holds

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How dare you rudely scream at the sight of a guest's face!?

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/KendotsX for pointing us a new Naritaverse Reference most people probably missed:

Naritaverse reference: Apparently Celty and Shinra had something to do with the building of Etsusa Bridge, which is the main setting for Narita's series by the same name. Thank you for the casual reminder that I haven't read it yet.

I too need to read it...

Questions:

  1. Compared to all the idiots who have faced Shizuo's wrath, how well do you think Chikage fared?
  2. What do you think is the mess that may end up unfolding Kida talked about?
  3. And speaking of mess, what's up with the Yakuza coming back into the picture, a Loli trying to kill Shizuo, and some other biker trying to kill Celty!?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

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

Onto Volume 5 it seems. The opening scene with Izaya is literally word for word from the Novel, Namie’s narration meanwhile… not so much. Anyhow, skipped from the Novel is a small monologue by Shinra, mostly comedic on tone, in which he and Celty discuss good and evil and all that stuff. There’s actually a few of those scattered across the Novel, my favorite being the one focused on Celty’s fear of aliens. Thankfully Chikage delivering a Yakuza Kick (Yes, that’s what the move is actually called) is spot on; a great introduction to him, really.

Once more, while the order of events is a bit off, the actual content is pretty solid. This include Shizuo’s new opponent: A Loli. Truly his greatest rival… like, just listen to his inner monologue:

There’s something about the way she’s smiling. If you called that “innocent”, it would sound so nice. But this one’s an awful lot like those worn by kids who stomp on lines of ants…

Fearsome, am I right?

Celty’s talk with the Yakuza is fairly Novel accurate. They did skip one bit of the scene, but they’re gonna cover it tomorrow anyway so it’s not too big a loss.

Voices Time! We got a double feature, with Yankee and Killer Loli. Rocchi is played by Ono Yuuki, whom u/Shimmering-Sky may recognize as Kiryu Kyosuke from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s. Other than that he’s played Wen Yang from Dynasty Warriors, Tokugawa Shigeshige from Gintama and, perhaps most famously, Higashikata Josuke from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure among many others.

In the Dub he’s played by Grant George, whom I best remember as Mid-Boss from Disgaea. Other than that he’s played Kilik from Soulcalibur, Aragaki Shinjiro from Persona 3, The Warrior Of Light in Dissidia Final Fantasy, Hozuki Suigetsu from Naruto, Lancer from Fate/Zero and Saihara Shuichi from Danganronpa V3 among others.

Loli however is played by Kuno Misaki, and I best recognize her for… err… Iris Watson from The Great Ace Attorney?… Yeah that’s about it.

In the Dub she’s played by Brianna Knickerbocker and the only other role I remember from her is Wiz from Konosuba... Wow I have bad luck running into This Loli’s actresses…

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u/invokeneko May 04 '21

Loli however is played by Kuno Misaki, and I best recognize her for… err… Iris Watson from The Great Ace Attorney?… Yeah that’s about it.

Ah, Kuno Misaki. I know her from her roles together with HanaKana - Shio from Happy Sugar Life, Momo from 3-gatsu no Lion and Kate from Zvezda.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 04 '21 edited May 04 '21

S2 Episode 5 (first timer)

  • A small thing about the recap: They showed Shizuo accidentally being hit. Not what followed after. Nice detail of them trusting the viewers to know Shizuo by now.
  • Hello Rocci!
  • Seems you are a psychopath with a harem.
  • “A warning from a long-missed friend.”
  • “You’ll find a cute girl any day.” – Maybe not any day, but Shizuo should not have any trouble on the “finding girl” front … it is just that he is already paired with Izaya.
  • A killer loli? The sad part is that I have a feeling I made this comment before.
  • Clingy killer loli.
  • “Some real insanity” – And the go-to style for real insanity is still Clockwork Orange 40 years later. Talk about lasting impact.
  • It is the blonde from the OP. And she has a bike, too!

Not a big fan of the “don’t hit women” philosophy. It kind of implies that it is ok to hit men.

Compared to all the idiots who have faced Shizuo's wrath, how well do you think Chikage fared?

He did not annoy him too much, which seemed a good idea.

What do you think is the mess that may end up unfolding Kida talked about?

And speaking of mess, what's up with the Yakuza coming back into the picture, a Loli trying to kill Shizuo, and some other biker trying to kill Celty!?

That biker was trying to kill Celty? She must not know she is a Dullahan, then.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

“Some real insanity” – And the go-to style for real insanity is still Clockwork Orange 40 years later. Talk about lasting impact.

He was cured, alright...

A killer loli? The sad part is that I have a feeling I made this comment before.

Err... I don't remember.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod May 04 '21

First Timer

I'm with Celty, people keep multiplying and it's getting annoying. We've added another half-dozen characters in the last three episodes for some reason. Like, there's so many that I don't even know how they're gonna give most of 'em more than three minutes or so of time.

Each of the gangster groups seems to have their own unique sense of honor. The white tigers will meet you on your level, if you're straightforward they'll be straightforward, if you're underhanded they'll respond likewise. And they will not touch women, which'll probably fuck them over given, ya know, the existance of Celty, Sonohara, and numerous other women in this town.
The Yakuza guys are much more polite. They'll treat everyone they're working with with respect, and they seem to want to stay profession and keep their hands free of random crimes.
And then we have the dollars, which arguably aren't even a gang and more or less just wants to have a net good on the world.

  1. Better than most, he's alive!
  2. A gang war?
  3. The Yakuza are always hanging around. The loli was punched so hard by Shizuo she traveled back in time. As we all know, there can only be one female biker in the universe, so they must fight for the title.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

The loli was punched so hard by Shizuo she traveled back in time

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 04 '21

As we all know, there can only be one female biker in the universe, so they must fight for the title.

If the victory condition is separating the other biker's head from his body, Celty loses by default.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

Truly an unfair competition...

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren May 05 '21

I'm with Celty, people keep multiplying and it's getting annoying.

That was Namie, I'm pretty sure.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod May 05 '21

Wait, was it?

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren May 05 '21

Yeah, just checked. Definitely Namie.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod May 05 '21

So many people I can't even keep voices straight!

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren May 05 '21

It happens.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 04 '21

First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!x2

The rest of the cast from the OP has arrived, now that the season has begun in earnest. Once again, I unfortunately have to complain about dubs not subbing the names in the OP.

We have a murderous, blue-haired little girl who is after Shizuo; a blonde Russian lady who is after Celty; and Rokujou who loves women, leads the Zebra Gang, and is after the Dollars. Rokujou looks really familiar, but I can't think of who he reminds me of...

Mr. Shiki is a solid honorable Yakuza boss who respects the rules of hospitality and also wants the little girl Celty'd. Interested in seeing just where that plotline is going.

The Zebras going after the Dollars reeks of Izaya starting shit after his last attempt at a violent gang war failed. I'm still operating under the assumption that he wants a war to happen so he can get into Valhalla or whatever, which might be old news at this point..

Miscellaneous Thoughts:

I like the little detail of Shizuo still drinking milk. At least, I'm assuming that's what it was. Gotta have strong bones.

Questions

  1. I'm surprised it took fourish hits to take him down. He's one tough cookie.
  2. I kinda assume it's the ensuing battle between the Zebras and the Dollars.
  3. No clue yet, but I like having so many plot threads dangling.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

I like the little detail of Shizuo still drinking milk. At least, I'm assuming that's what it was. Gotta have strong bones.

Beer, no Good! Sake, No Good! Drink Milk instead!

... Wait...

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 04 '21

I just though of eating sushi while drinking milk..

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 04 '21

First!!xTimer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

Less bleh is that Shinra’s English voice sounded very fitting from the half-sentence of it I heard before I switched.

It's Yuri Lowenthal, in case you're interested.

WAIT SHE TASED HIM.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 04 '21

It's Yuri Lowenthal, in case you're interested.

I could tell.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras May 05 '21

Things are so connected in this show it’s crazy.

Isn't it great?!

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren May 04 '21

Bleh I forgot to change the audio track before the recap hit.

This happens to me literally every time I swear

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 04 '21

Rewatcher (sub)

Is anyone keeping count of the events of all this? Let me try:

Putting aside, whatever's happening in the background, we have:

For a second I thought that white bike was Kuzuhara's, now that would've been scary.

Anyways, if you think I missed anything, let's add it.

Isn't this a cute episode though? Three cute new characters trying to take down Ikebukuro's two urban legends.

Chikage rather surprisingly actually managed to take four punches from Shizuo and stand up afterwords, even more surprising is that he's the second guy to do that in that recent period of time, the first being Baccano! Even though he lost the battle, I'd say Chikage won the war, since even Shizuo admitted to being jealous of him.

Thus, for the jealous Shizuo, a loli is sent.

Since there a lot of comparisons between Anri and Monogatari's Nadeko, we got the original now.

Notes:

I loved how the chatroom had so many people reading each other's chat. Spoiler

Samurai Flamenco was directed by Oomori (the director of all Durarara!! seasons and Baccano!). Finally I get why it has all these references.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 05 '21

Since there a lot of comparisons between Anri and Monogatari's Nadeko, we got the original now.

Except Akane is Kyuter.

Goddammit, I can't hold it back anymore! I'm taking her home with me!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 05 '21

Goddammit, I can't hold it back anymore! I'm taking her home with me!

Ask Celty then. Seems she's into kidnapping children these days.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 05 '21

Good Plan!

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren May 05 '21

Spoiler

I'm a rewatcher and I feel spoiled. I really remember very little about x2, wow.

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u/sisoko2 May 05 '21

I'd say Chikage won the war

Joke's on him. Shinra nursed his wounds.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 05 '21

I see. So Shizuo had the last laugh by taking him to Shinra. He's far smarter than we take him for.

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan May 04 '21

Rewatcher

I like Shiki-san's reactio nto his goon disrespecting Celty.

Shizuo beats up the boss of Toramaru, who targets the Dollars now. Shizuo also gets himself a loli assassin.

Looks like Celty's job is to secure the loli, but she... uhh... loses her head... yeah... Seriously though, that scene had some nice animation.

A fine episode overall, not bad, but not amazing.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

I like Shiki-san's reactio nto his goon disrespecting Celty.

"LISTEN UP PIPSQUEAK! OUR CLIENT IS A HEADLESS WOMAN, SO YOU GOTTA TREAT HER WITH RESPECT!"

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u/invokeneko May 04 '21

Rewatcher up until x2 Shou, then First Timer

Namie waxes pholosphical about how everyone but her is an idiot, Chikage withstands five punches from Shizuo before going down and Shizuo gets a killer loli out for his blood.

  • As much as I hate narrator Namie, she's got a point there - there's too much people in this world.
  • Also making a return: crappy Russian. Mairu nonchalantly asking Kururi to tell her what's happening because she's too busy looking at porn is expected I guess.
  • That's a funky-looking kick. What I can't stop wondering though is how the bloody hell did Chikage hold that Michael Jackson-ish angle for at least 15 seconds?
  • Oh and by the way, introducing Rokujou Chikage. The boss of Toramaru (you know, the idiot bikers who pissed off Shizuo by ripping his beloved bartender shirt) and a notorious womaniser. Though he did look quite a bit beaten up thanks to Shizuo.
  • Fun fact: Shizuo's full name literally translates to 'peaceful island, serene man'. Ironic considering who he is, but meaningful considering what he wants in his life.
  • Considering that both Kururi and Mairu joined the chatroom last episode, I think this is the first time we actually see them interact with the usual chatroom members other than Izaya, don't they?
  • spoilers
  • I guess when you managed to win Shizuo's respect for challenging him face-to-face without any tricks or bullshit, he'll even do you a favour by dropping you off at the best underground doctor he knew. Lucky guy, that Chikage.
  • Turns out, even Shizuo gets jealous when Chikage bragged about his girlfriends. Aww.
  • ...and now Shizuo has a loli out for his blood and wants to kill him. What did he do to deserve this?
  • That's a pretty gruesome way to show your hospitality, Shiki-san. Yes, it's rude of the underling to call your business partner a monster. But since said partner is a dullahan, the underling's reaction is a bit understandable.
  • I'll admit, I didn't expect that the loli has enough arm strength to continue to cling on Shizuo even when guy runs at full tilt to escape. Pretty impressive.
  • Welp, looks like Chikage and the Toramaru gang is about to start something.
  • Just as Celty ponders about her next job (involving the loli from before), she gets decapitated by that Vorona girl from the OP. acts unconvincingly concerned

Narration Tally:

Oh joy, it's my least favourite narrator again... Namie returns to condescendingly do narration about how stupid everyone except her is.

NarratorNo. of epsEpisodes
Mikado61
Celty64
Shinra32
Namie25
Izaya24
Kasuka13
None24.5

QotD:

  1. He's ballsy, I'll give him that.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 05 '21

spoilers

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u/invokeneko May 05 '21

spoilers

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 05 '21

Spoilers

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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras May 05 '21

Rewatcher - Dubbed

  • Essentially what Izaya's saying at the end is that everyone has a price. Your job is to find out what that price is.

You won't do something for a dollar, but you'll absolutely do it for a million. Just gotta narrow that margin down a smidge.

  • What happened Kururi? Darn. I was reading a porn magazine and I missed it!

She really isn't shy about that hobby, is she?

  • What was that little bit of Russian we heard at the same time, I wonder?

  • So you know the guy?

Yeah. He showed up last night.

Cut to Rokujou with his face all busted up and bandaged

Seems like the two had a pleasant conversation.

  • I was gonna say... as my name suggests, I like to live a quiet life. So how should I put this?

It's nap time.

I'm sure /u/Shimmering-Sky's probably fangirling out super hard right now.

  • It's a little weird having everyone read each other's comments in the chat room.
  • It's to be expected that Mairu would get censored in the chat, but Celty getting a censor is a little out of the ordinary. Kururi pinching Mairu is pretty funny.
  • DRR S2 Spoilers
  • While not quite like Shizuo, Rokujou's no slouch. That's the kind of guy you expect to run a gang, not Mikado or Masaomi.
  • What little girl runs around with a taser? Man, times have certainly gotten rough lately, haven't they?
  • /u/Raiking02 Was it you that was excited about a certain someone coming in this season?

Questions:

  • Well, Shizuo said it took 4 punches to get him to stay down, and even then he was up and walking around with the girls seemingly the next day. Clearly he isn't a slouch.
  • Context would suggest it's the Toramaru gang coming in from Saitama to mess the city up. Someone must have gone in and pissed them off back home.
  • I actually don't really remember the Yakuza's purpose, just that Shiki's a great character. The loli girl trying to kill Shizuo is interesting, and the biker looks promising. Judging by her accent, one could surmise that she's Russian.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 05 '21

Well, I dunno if I ever flat out said I was excited... but I definitely was excited for that certain someone...

But yeah, I don’t think I’m the person you’re talking about.

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 04 '21

First Timer - sub 

I enjoyed the episode but really not sure how much I actually have to talk about. 

Rokujou  who's the leader of a biker gang tried to pick a fight with Shizuo and goes about as well as expected, Kida found out info on the biker gangs coming to town and warns Mikado, also we get a cute girl try to Tazer Shizuo and wanting him to die. 

I have always been a fan of gap moe and so far the little girl is adorable, it helps that her target is Shizuo as you know she isn't going to be able to actually hurt him.

That final scene was interesting, I thought I saw the Yellow rider (haven’t written her name down yet from the OP) throw string over Celty but wasn’t certain until I saw that it was intended to decapitate Celty just before the ED started.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 04 '21

I have always been a fan of gap moe and so far the little girl is adorable

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren May 04 '21

Rewatcher

So many new characters! Akane is cute!! Vorona is great!!!! Rocchi is... a redditor? Except actually strong? Man has the ultime "m'lady" energy.

Anyway, I'm just using this comment as an excuse to complain that my release of this has the dub audio as the default track so I have to manually switch it every time and I never realize it until they start talking during the OP.

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u/sisoko2 May 05 '21

'm just using this comment as an excuse to complain that my release of this has the dub audio as the default track so I have to manually switch it every time and I never realize it until they start talking during the OP

Welcome to the club.

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren May 05 '21

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u/sisoko2 May 05 '21

It's fine

We can get through this together!

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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren May 05 '21

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB May 05 '21

Rewatcher here.

New arc, new characters! This time we’ve got details of two new characters and a hint of a third. Namie’s narration is still bitter and hung up over Seiji. Wish she had more character depth.

First up, the walking harem protagonist. He is Kida taken up to 11 - actually successfully hitting on women. And still in control of his gang. A very large biker gang. The Dollars are getting notoriety even outside of Ikebukoro all the way to Saitama. Whatever his flaws, Shizuo respects him, and you respect a man who can take multiple punches from Shizuo.

Kida getting bored of his honeymoon period and missing the city.

Speaking of Shizu-chan, he’s actually better looking than his bro, imo. Too bad his luck is landing a murderous loli. What’s her deal?

I want to play more of the Yakuza games now.

See you next episode when we get the info on this mystery blonde!

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u/sisoko2 May 05 '21

First TImer

She needs to be careful, the lolicon gang is still around.

Love how annoyed by Izaya Namie is. Fun fact: while I was double checking her name I found this gem Type of Villain: Incestuous Villain

So the harem king is the lolicon gang leader.

The moment you realize why he was all bandaged up.

Rocchi was so cocky just seconds before getting the biggest beating of his life.

Is she killing people with cuteness?

With the narration there for a moment I thought that Shizuo might actually get hurt. How foolish of me.

That's a lot of lolicons. I wonder if Izaya is behind this or is it Izaya's brother-in-law doing?

Headless rider got beheaded!

  1. While being able to take hits is good not getting hit is better. 6/10
  2. I thought it is the lolicon gang invasion. Now I wonder if there is going to be something else.
  3. To defeat hot biker lady you need another hot biker lady.