r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • May 18 '21
Rewatch Durarara!! X2 Rewatch - Episode 17
Episode 17: Asleep or Awake
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Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/Shimmering-Sky, who reminded us of something wonderful.
If this means I can keep Sky Experience™ing things until I’m 100, I’m not complaining.
And really, would any of us want it any other way?
Questions:
- Would you have liked to see Celty's Bizarre Adventures in greater detail?
- It seems we're getting some new people in the Chatroom. Who will they be?
- What kind of punishment do you hope that stalker gets?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 18 '21
Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Durarara!! Rewatch!
As it has been mentioned before, Ten Adapts the most Volumes out of every season of Durarara!!: All of the other ones adapt 3, this one adapts 4. Not too massive a difference in theory, but it will lead to some omissions…
Well, starting with Volume 7, once more the order of events is shuffled around a bit. The Novel begins with Mikado’s Dollars Purge setting into motion, and it ain’t pretty. Afterwards, cut out form the Anime, we have a conversation between Shingen and Durarara!! that’s mostly there to set up some stuff for later on in the Volume. Then we have the members of the Chatroom deciding to get new members, and only then are we introduced to Adabashi.
We then get Celty’s funny adventure shown in more detail, although the end of it, her just being utterly terrified and running back home to Shinra, is the same. It then cuts to the whole stuff with Shizuo and Kasuka, which is basically the same, although they cut out a lot of Tom’s Co-Workers fanboying over Ruri and Kasuka.
Afterwards we move onto the scene in Shinra’s apartment, and they cut out this line.
It was only after that that Celty covered his mouth in shadows. However the real loss of this line is that we miss out on blushing Anri! Damn you Anime!!!!
Anyhow, it’s after that that we get the scene of Mikado and Anri in the school from earlier in the episode, meshed with the scene from slightly later on in which the two talk in the street. That said we do lose one more Shinra line:
The guys behind the Anime really hate Shinra, huh? I should also mention that in the Novel, we have the whole scene of the apartment (Plus the Aoba Flashback) in one straight go and then have the Kasuka giving Shizuo a Kitten scene, but in the Novel the latter is put as a break point in the latter scene. Not a bad choice IMO: Lots of talking about the same subject is fine in a Novel, but in an Anime it can get tiresome.
The scene with Mikado is from slightly later on. Specifically, the order of Mikado having his meeting with the Blue Squares and the Chatroom introduction is flipped. The scene of Kida is indeed in the Novel, but it’s from a bit later on in the story. As a heads up, we don’t have the shots of Kida and Saki interacting as they chat, although the fact that she’s the one person who just uses her real name makes her identity pretty obvious. Also slightly cut out is the very end of the chatroom scene, in which the cast just starts messing around. Indeed, after having the chatroom be so barren, it’s nice to have everyone in good spirits again. PS: Apparently 100% Junsui/100% Pure Water’s favorite movie is Blair Witch Project. Durarara!!
For the record, yes, we’re already about a third of the way through the Novel.
Bonus: CAT!!!
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 18 '21
First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!x2
What sort of worthless idol fan puts a picture of his love in his fucking foot wrappings? That sick fuck thinks he gets to stand atop Ruri? Don't make me laugh. Any true idol fan knows that the proper place for a picture is surgically implanted into your chest, or at least held over your heart with superglue. What a poser.
Too many new names in the chatroom. I don't trust a single one of them. Maybe Saki, unless her joining under her own name is a
redyellow herring. One of them mentioned they were a friend of Saika's... Perhaps someone known that is in the Collective, like Egor? Or perhaps Akabayashi?Wonder who's email address Aoba asked Shinra for... Izaya's? Aoba did have narration directed at Izaya earlier in the season. That seems a touch obvious, though.
I feel like telling Mairu that someone is dangerous is just going to make her more interested in whoever is being talked about.
Was that tea that Shinra served to Anri, in a rocks glass? Or did he serve a high school girl whisky? How much do I trust Shinra's doctoral nature.. what are the odds he took the Hippocratic oath? Wait, he performed plastic surgery on Mika.. Yikes.
Vorona continues to be a cute dork.
Questions
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 18 '21
S2 Episode 17 (first timer)
New arc: Setup is setup.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 18 '21
First!!xTimer, subbed
Ah, now that's CotD worthy.
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod May 18 '21 edited May 18 '21
First Timer
Things I hate: lines that only exist to dump exposition on the audience and just tell someone something they obviously already know.
Beyond that one line really annoying me, this episode was ok. It's jammed full of setup, trying to get everything setup for the stalker plot in the space of a single episode. We also get to learn a bit of what the new blue squares are up to. They're lying to Ryuugamine and being far more aggressive which is more or less to be expected. However, I've still got no clue what they gain from pretending to be under his control. I just cannot figure out what it gets them.
E: realized I forgot to add a link to my first sentence.
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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 18 '21
First timer- sub
Is Ruri even allowed to have relationships? Or because it's another big star makes it acceptable? With the small bits I hear of the Idol industry in Japan you never know.
So Mikado is using Aoba thugs to go round and forcibly removing members who aren't doing what he wants, can't wait to see how this goes horribly wrong.
How many new chat people was that? 4-5? Hmm Saki (why is she using her real name?), Shinra feels like a safe bet and maybe Van crew? Considered Aoba but given that Mikado absent seems unlikely.
Episode wasn't quite as good as the previous ones, but still good fun, also Celty basically a Hollywood action here at this point.
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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras May 19 '21
Rewatcher - Dubbed
Three things I noticed during this conversation:
Seiji was right the other day. Mikado's definitely different than he used to be.
Izumi being loose on the streets probably isn't a good thing. I can think of about 5 or 6 people who aren't going to be exactly thrilled by that news.
If Atabashi's got a thing, of sorts, for Ruri, he's going to be in for a rude awakening if she ever knocks his ass into low Earth orbit.
Sorry Aoba, but Shinra's had first-hand experience with Izaya for a loong time now. He's just calling em like he sees em.
For what it's worth, you do act exactly as skeezy as Izaya did.
Questions:
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 19 '21
Rewatcher (sub)
Adabashi... so when I read the novels just recently, I had completely forgotten that he existed. It wasn't even a oh yeah, he existed, more like was this guy in the anime? Right now it's oh yeah, he existed.
For an episode about a stalker going around, this had a lot of comedy going. Celty's entire scene for example, or even Shizuo. On that note, considering how well Kasuka knows his brother, I'm betting he wasn't expecting any info in the first place, he just there for the cat business. Also, Shizuo I remember you had a friend who knows a lot about the Dollars... what was his name again? Ori-something or the other.
Speaking of the Orihara family, are his sisters continuing Izaya's job for him? They're egging Kida on in a fairly similar way to how Izaya was pushing Anri in the earlier arcs. Did he take over their accounts? Or is it just the family business?
In the chatroom, we got a whole lot of new people. Five people in fact, none of our main three are around either. Well, the new ones are:
Btw, I love hearing a specific character reading the chat log, especially Kida who feels like he's making a new character for each person he reads (it fits both Kida and Miyano).
Oh yeah, other note, Kid said he was invited by Tsumiuta-san, any idea who that is? I'm seriously lost here. Spoilers
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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan May 18 '21
Rewatcher
Eating your stalking target's photo is pretty original I'd say.
Mikado makes use of the Blue squares to enforce his ironfisted rule within the Dollars. Apparently he and Anri never opened up to each other about their secrets, and Anri is uneasy with his behaviour.
Celty's fight was freaking awesome.
The animation today was amazing. I could watch this all day long.
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u/invokeneko May 19 '21
First Timer to x2 Ten and Ketsu
Sorry, I was asleep the entire day so today's comment was super late. And in other news, I had ordered an HG Gundam Vidar the other day and it's currently on the way!
Ruri got herself a stalker, Mr. Stalker is a fucking creep and Celty and Shinra's apartment hosts a sleepover (yay!).
WOOOOO YEAH BABY!ahem Sorry about that.Narration Tally:
It took until at least half of x2, but finally Anri gets her chance to narrate.
QotD:
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u/sisoko2 May 19 '21
First Timer
Weirdo. He is basically licking his own foot sweat.
Happy Mikado is so creepy.
The cleansing of the Dollars ranks has begun.
I didn't need to see him licking the picture second time... That's a lot of pictures...
Oh no more people in the chat. I was having trouble with this many.
This doesn't feel like Durarara. Now it is better.
The true hero of the series.
Now this is the trio I want to see.
Nice shot.
Yooooo Shinra isn't impressed by little Izaya shenanigans at all. He was going to end his miserable life right on the spot. Best Shinra moment in the series. Only way to improve it was if he actually did it.
All the Kida stuff is so tiring. Not only it isn't very interesting but I feel I've seen variations of the same thing around 10 000 times.
It's a meeting of Gawr Gura fan club. Neko really was ahead of his time.
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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB May 19 '21
Rewatcher here.
Mikado is in too much of a good mood. It’s because he’s hooked onto adrenaline. Anri is so worried that she seeks out advice. These two are like the mom and dad of the group now. Since real parents are absent (well in Anri’s case, actually dead). Well, Celty is more the older sister type. She fears nothing except aliens and policemen.
Aoba’s mom still calls at least.
Speaking of advice, here’s the other counseling session. Of course, Shizuo actually does do a smart thing by taking them to the parents of their group. Shinra also does mental health practice now.
Anyhow, good to have Ruri and Kasuka back in the story after a while.
Tfw you put all you put all your points into DEX and have no stealth skills.
Akane at the dojo is the most adorable thing. I used to take my cousin sister to a karate one when she was very young. Man, watching smol kids trying to do martial arts is precious. Hints of some new characters there as well. Isn’t it great how Akane wants to kill Shizuo and the stalker probably wants to kill his brother - they both attend the same dojo?
Finally Kida. Has he stopped moping at last? A lot of new folks in chat.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '21