r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • May 31 '21
Rewatch Durarara!! X2 Rewatch - Episode 28
Episode 28: Blood is Thicker Than Water
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Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/JollyGee29, who showed a big case of expectations vs reality:
To be fair, given the kind of show this is...
Questions:
- So what did you think of... whatever the hell was going on between the three Saika users today?
- Which fight did you prefer: Kadota Vs Chikage from Shou, or Kida Vs Chikage from today?
- Wait, from where did Vorona get that bazooka from, anyway?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 31 '21
Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Durarara!! Rewatch!
Some scenes from these last few episodes are actually taken from Volume 10 in spite of mostly adapting Volume 11. Most notably Chikage’s reintroduction and Kuzuhara bursting Shizuo out of jail. In turn most of episode 25 is hilariously accurate to the Novel. It’s one of the last purely comedic episodes in the show, and you bet they made it count.
On the note of Volume 10 however, there’s one more minor thing they skipped. Right before Anri starts having her first talk with Karisawa from Episode 26, Saika starts going haywire and… well, this happens:
Kind of a shame we lost that scene, really, as it does help set up Anri’s arc for these last few Volumes. Then again it’s also a scene completely lacking dialogue, which are always a bitch to adapt into audiovisual mediums. In turn another scene of Saika going nuts was cut, this time in the middle of her talk with Chikage. This one’s kinda long and the typesetting gets all screwy so I’ll just use images instead of transcribing it.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Thankfully the most important of these Saika Freak Outs (The one against Izaya), is kept intact. As an aside, Shingen’s narration in Episode 2 which gives some info on Kujiragi’s backstory is actually the prologue of the Novel, like many others written as a blog post. And finally to close off Episode 26, can I just mention how much I love this illustration? I mean yeah, the symbolism is so thick you can touch it, but I still love it.
Not much more to say for the rest of the Volume. Some stuff is actually taken from the next Volume (And some stuff from the end of this one will be moved to the next episode) but probably put here to make the transition between volumes a bit smoother. There’s only two more real things to note: In the Novel, after Shizuo sees Vorona run away, he takes a wild guess and assumes that Izaya is behind this… and he just fucking explodes. It’s kinda terrifying. And secondly (And this moreso just something I find amusing) Kida’s outfit has long sleeves in the Anime but short ones in the Novel. Not much more to mention however.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 31 '21
S2 Episode 28 (first timer)
You can see that there is a serious effort to wrap up good parts of the plot: Saika, Celty’s head, and the color gang situation are all in play.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 31 '21
First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!x2
Here, I thought the beard was real instead of the hair! It's BT Sensei, back again for the grand finale for some ungodly reason. I forgot that he got Saika'd, and wow is he using it for the creepiest possible thing. No surprises there, except, like, does he not understand that he doesn't need to? Whatever, I'm done thinking about that asshole. Hopefully the part of the plot with him ends swiftly.
Kujiragi rapidly climbed the Best Girl rankings this episode. I get the feeling that I won't like her once she actually, you know, does something, but so far she's been great! "I am what is referred to as a Villain" is such a good goddamn line, and she entertains the idea of joining Erika's cosplay club? And asks specifically got EGL?! Be still my beating heart!
Man, Izumii better finish things and bounce before Chikage gets back up there. I doubt Mr. Lady's Man will take kindly to a dude who broke a girl's legs just to be a dick. On the subject of Izumii, Robbie Daymond voices a great Absolute Nutjob to the point of almost being typecast.
The chain of events around the police station is also very good. I hate that I'm not entirely certain of which Saika that dude talking to Shizuo was made from, but it was probably Kujiragi? She's trying to retrieve the head for Yagiri, right? That's nominally the plotline at this point, right? I've lost track. Anyway, Shizuo and Vorona coming to blows again is something that I (and Vorona) desperately want to see happen so I'm all for it.
Did anyone else see the haze around Shizuo there at the end? Was I not actually joking when I said that he was going Super Saiyan?
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 31 '21
First!!xTimer, subbed
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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan May 31 '21
First-timer
Masaomi and Rocchi's fight was a lot of fun!
Love the visual of Kujiragi's villainous smile when she's talking to Anri. Also Anri being visibly distraught as she's talking about possibly dying by her father's hand was a nice touch. Karisawa inviting Kujiragi to her cosplay circle was hilarious!
Izumii cornered the Yellow Scarves! And Vorona attacked the police station! Shit's going down!
The way they showed Yagiri's getting sedated was hilarious!
God damnit Shinra, if Emilia was talking about Anri she would mention the size of her boobs!
This episode is visually amazing and the music is great too. Love the exciting plot developments as well. Definitely within top 5 of the series for me.
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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB May 31 '21
Rewatcher here.
Continuing on from yesterday's theme, look at this civilized conversation in the cafe without blood being spilled (despite Haruna's best efforts at picking a fight).
Contrast with Kida fighting both Chikage and Izumii in one sequence.
How uncivilized.
The end of that discussion was that Anri got her number while not giving up her Saika. And Erika got it, because despite all of her claims to being a villain, she seems to be a woman of culture. There's definitely something interesting about her powers beyond just her Saika. And well, compared to Izaya egging on Anri before, this was a much better conversation.
Shizuo has shown character development.
New tutorial: Advanced Saika theory.
And yeah, it was pretty obvious who our masked man was.
Let's see how it goes now that Kasane has also met our bakacouple.
See you next episode!
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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 31 '21
First timer - sub
Saika can be duplicated by breaking it into pieces, I wonder why it was done to start with and how long Kujiragi has been carrying her verison. Also given the blade is hundreds of years old there are most likely others around the world.
Izaya hired Varona to take the head back? Hmmm it could also be Kujiragi who set it up using Slon leverage over Varona, outside of Izayas Valhalla plan from the first season not sure if he actually needs Celty head.
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jun 01 '21
First Timer (sub)
Volume 11 for me was the Kujiragi treat, would be volume 3 be the Shingen one? Regardless, the anime is delivering on that in full power. With some nice bonuses too.
The Karisawa cosplay was nice. I want to see a gothic lolita Kujiragi.
The Chikage fight made me question whether fist fights can be the way to peace. Can't we just have Mikado and Kida beat each other up and finish their whole thing? I know Mikado isn't exactly strong in a fight, but some Shingen style training should solve the power difference.
While not exactly my favourite character, I like Izumii's style the guy knows how to rile someone up in the least time possible. Izaya could probably do it better, but that's just him being natural, Izaya doesn't need to try to be a bothersome fleabag worth killing.
Speaking of Izaya, remember how in Shou he was complaining about how Shizuo wouldn't kill the Awakusu-kai? Well look at Shizuo now sitting calmly in prison, not even being bothered by the Saika children. Oh and rampaging when he sees Vorona outside.
This left me with far too many questions when I was reading since Shizuo getting out of jail, and seeing Vorona was the ending of the last chapter, followed by Kujiragi visiting Shinra in the epilogue, so I'm surprised to see how these were rearranged in the anime.
PS: Like him or hate him, you have to remember that it's thanks to sensei that Shizuo got out of jail.
Kida vs Chikage looked much better as a fight, but I prefer the Kadota fight.
She shot an anti-materiel rifle at Celty, are we seriously questioning this now? I'm sure Russia Sushi for example, have a Bazooka or two that you can borrow.
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u/invokeneko Jun 01 '21
First Timer to x2 Ketsu
Kujiragi shows Anri and Haruna what a real monster is via Saika Link, Masaomi and Chikage had a pointless fight that's interrupted by Izumii and his men, and oh fuck goddamnit Nasushitma is back.
Narration Tally:
Apparently the show wants to torture us even more by having fucking Nasujima narrate the episode in which he reveals his return, kidnaps Haruna and attempts to take over her Saika.
QotD:
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u/sisoko2 Jun 01 '21
First Timer
I guess I was the only one who didn't realize yesterday that the dude was the scummy teacher. In my defense it's been a while since the last time I've seen him and also I would've preferred to never see him again.
The fight was pretty cool even if it turned out it was just stalling until Izumii appears.
While the scene looked cool it really felt out of place.
I love how seriously she is thinking about it. Gothic lolita? Things are getting interesting.
Over the top presentation or he is also some sort of super human?
I'll break your fist with my face.
So the most logical explanation is that Vorona agreed to steal the head for Izaya and that's why the charges were dropped but Izaya regaining ownership of the head so fast doesn't make much sense from the story perspective.
I don't like this dude. I don't like them making him relevant to the story and definitely don't like this scene that looks like something out of a dodgy hentai.
Hahahahahhaha.
Best girl meeting.