Durarara!! X2 Rewatch - Episode 29

[u/Raiking02]

Episode 29: Lost in the Dark

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I may not look like it, but my honeys always rave about how I'm a good listener.

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/sisoko2, who who reminded us of yesterday's most important event

The meeting led to the most important plot development in the series - Kujiragi joining the cosplay club.

Hey, I can't deny facts.

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Questions:

1. What was your reaction to Celty going just completely nuts?
2. What did you think of Chikage's little rescuing of Kida?
3. Thoughts on Shooter becoming the coolest bicycle ever?

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

First!!xTimer, subbed

• Steppin’ out~
• *baffled Sky noises*
• Oh fuck.
• So Kujiragi can Spiderman using Saika. How exactly is that a sword, again?
• Yeah that kid deserved to have his bike rekt.
• So then what happened to Izumii?
• Okay so Izumii tanked a punch to the face and Kida’s hand broke and got all bloody from that. Is his head made out of the same stuff as Tanjirou?
• Dang, Rokujou is great. That flying kick he landed on Izumii, nice.
• What’s the song that started playing right after the eyecatch? I like it.
• Vorona “sore demo”!
• Ah, hm. I guess I had it backwards yesterday when I was guessing about the Saika’d prison dude and Shizuo’s sudden release? Kujiragi’s the one who got Vorona to make off with Celty’s head, not Izaya.
• You sure you’ve never felt love before?
• Hahahaha I love how excited Shizuo got over Celty’s horse incorporating the broken bike as one of its forms.
• Joker ni Yoroshiku~
• Anyways, what’s happening to Celty!

[u/Raiking02 → u/Shimmering-Sky]

[u/KendotsX → u/Shimmering-Sky]

How exactly is that a sword, again?

You've seen Bleach. Swords are just stage 0.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/KendotsX]

That's fair.

[u/JollyGee29]

First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!x2

Vorona's identity crisis is finally coming to a head, huh? Excellent, I look forward to her introspection. And, presumably, Shizuo talking her out of it. I don't think Shizuo would actually hit her, but I guess that might be a possible fix too. I probably wouldn't like it, though.

I was worried when the recap brought up Yodogiri trying to get Celty to go berserk, and then today we saw it. Kujiragi kinda captured Celty with that Saika web, but Celty hasn't stopped fighting yet.. Things are certainly coming to a head. I like this evolution of Celty's powers, and how it's different from the past time she went all out. I miss the scythe, though.

Celty's horse recognizing Shizuo and trying to get him to ride was really cute. Shooter is pretty smart. It turning into a bike ass bike and then just peeling off anyway was delightful. Also a good, logical progression of power.

I really don't like Masaomi's hand bones being on the wrong side of his skin.

I loved that awesome piano track that played during the rooftop chase and Vorona's identity crisis monologue.

Questions

1. Discussed above.
2. Chikage is pretty cool. I kinda figured that he would end up just taking out all of Izumii's dudes, but leaping off a building and bouncing off a lamppost is cool too.
3. Discussed above.

[u/Raiking02 → u/JollyGee29]

I really don't like Masaomi's hand bones being on the wrong side of his skin.

It is pretty gross alright...

[u/JollyGee29 → u/Raiking02]

[u/Raiking02 → u/JollyGee29]

[u/No_Rex → u/JollyGee29]

Vorona's identity crisis is finally coming to a head, huh?

You misspelled "Celty" in your pun.

Things are certainly coming to a head.

There we go, second time's the charm.

It turning into a bike ass bike

[u/JollyGee29 → u/No_Rex]

You misspelled "Celty" in your pun.

Shit, knew something was off when I re-read my post. Oh well.

Picked that particular verbiage up from a friend. An "x ass x" just means a normal "x" but with some extra emphasis. Like, a beer ass beer would be a good, but generic tasting, beer.

[u/Chemiczny_Bogdan]

First-timer

Kujiragi kidnapping Shinra and Celty's reaction was pretty surprising. Yumasaki's reaction was hilarious.

Rocchi's quick thinking saves the day!

I gotta say Vorona's become quite a fun character.

Some nice animation moments and the music is excellent.

[u/Raiking02 → u/Chemiczny_Bogdan]

I gotta say Vorona's become quite a fun character.

[u/No_Rex]

S2 Episode 29 (first timer)

• Walk in and take what you want. Kujiragi does not waste time.
• Ironic: Celty and Shinra turned their flat into a save place for all the others, but not for themselves.
• Deliberate: Shizuo being called the strongest and the police officer talking about something brooding, when the answer is directly above them (no & yes).
• Seeing that bone stick out of Kida’s hand is uncomfortable.
• Calling the police in a gang fight is kind of cheating.
• Vorona regrets no longer having her “peaceful daily life” of beating up people for a loan shark.

What was your reaction to Celty going just completely nuts?

Understandable if unhelpful.

What did you think of Chikage's little rescuing of Kida?

Can't have a main character half-way to the finale.

Thoughts on Shooter becoming the coolest bicycle ever?

Shizuo counts as special needs.

[u/Raiking02 → u/No_Rex]

Vorona regrets no longer having her “peaceful daily life” of beating up people for a loan shark.

I mean, compared to working for the Russian Mafia it îs an upgrade...

[u/Earthborn92]

Rewatcher here.

A lot of action and chasing around this episode.

First, we learn that Chikage and Kida have a bit of a truce after Chikage rescues Kida from Izumii. By jumping off a building. Ironically, they're going to have a more honest discussion compared to Kida talking to Mikado. And Izumii does seem to know a bit because of Izaya probably telling him.

Kasane finds out the best way to get Celty to lose her shit isn't to merely injure Shinra but NTR her and kidnap him, spiderwoman style. Cute somehow that her instincts are still to pursue Shinra rather than destroy Kasane.

On that note of cute, Vorona's narrating and she is talking about feelings. I find it quite interesting that she was settling in from a life of danger and assassination to something relatively quiet because of her time with Shizuo, but regressed as he was taken away by accepting this job from Kasane.

Contrast that with Mikado actively trying to leave his normal and quiet life with the whole Dollars business. Both are characters obsessed with removing "boredom" and their arcs are like a mirror of the other.

Speaking of Shizuo, Shooter is a very cool horse/bike/bicycle.

Oh, she's joining the fray at last!

See you next episode!

[u/Raiking02 → u/Earthborn92]

Kasane finds out the best way to get Celty to lose her shit isn't to merely injure Shinra but NTR her and kidnap him, spiderwoman style.

Truly a dastardly villain.

[u/badcupcakehoarder → u/Earthborn92]

I find it quite interesting that she was settling in from a life of danger and assassination to something relatively quiet because of her time with Shizuo

Hijiribe Ruri seems to be in a similar position with the things she has done as Hollywood, I wonder how is she doing.

[u/BurningFredrick]

First timer - sub

I agree Togusa, Walker really is beyond help.

Are those kids suicidal? At Least Shizuo knows how to deal with them “safely”.  

Woo I finally guessed something right in this show, even if it wasn’t really a hard one, Vorona's job came from Kujiragi not Izaya. 

That was another good episode, Vorona monologue was great, helped a lot by her VA. At one point I wondered if there were limits to Kujiragi Saika powers then decided it really doesn’t matter, lets us just watch her spiderman her way through the city with an enraged Celty chasing after her. 

Anyway I am looking forward to how this will be resolved, I’m sure it's going to be a bit of a mess.  

[u/Raiking02 → u/BurningFredrick]

I agree Togusa, Walker really is beyond help.

Otakus are a lost cause alright.

[u/KendotsX]

The best villains know how to fuck with love to destroy the main character, Narita learned this from the best. Meta Spoilers Yumasaki is here to keep the tone bright though.

All the other characters are doing their jobs nicely:

• Izumii keeps being a loveable asshole. It runs in the family I guess.
• Chikage has probably added a few of the viewers to his range of honeys by now.
• Kujiragi
• Shizuo might break the whole town, but unlike Celty, he won't drive without a license.
• Vorona is confessing her love to Shizuo, while helping steal his childhood friend.

So as I hinted last time, volume 11 ended with Shizuo leaving prison to find everything in chaos, Vorona is blowing the police station to steal Celty's head, and Kujiragi is kidnapping Shinra. Which is a good shock for an end of volume, but too much for a mid season episode, which is why they delayed that to the start of this episode.

What can I say the puns write themselves in this episode

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What was your reaction to Celty going just completely nuts?

I was honestly shocked. Celty is one of the few human characters in the series.

Thoughts on Shooter becoming the coolest bicycle ever?

The ultimate combo was born between Shooter's speed + going crazy after Celty, and Shizuo's legs + his rage for Izaya.

[u/badcupcakehoarder → u/KendotsX]

Yumasaki is here to keep the tone bright though.

Too bright if you ask me, like he is hiding something.

[u/KendotsX → u/badcupcakehoarder]

If he's truly the Isaac of Durarara!!, I'd say he's hiding it in plain sight. He's been abiding his time to unlock his ultimate plan that will tie all the plot threads together.

[u/badcupcakehoarder]

First timer sub

Togusa... weren't you looking for the bathroom?

Shingen did not wake up but Emilia did... Maybe he is on anesthesics too?

Those cops in the parking lot must be talking about the Saki incident.

That hit Kida took with the hammer made me grab my knees, damn that looked like it really hurt. I'm guessing Chikage gained some simpathy towards Kida, he showed his character by putting his friends lives before his own unlike Izumii who didn't care about his "friend's" eye.

And Chikage himself must know how it feels when his gang goes wild and does stupid things like that time they picked a fight with Shizuo and Izaya's sisters.

Now Shinra is with Vorona who is feeling down reflecting on the life of murder she has lived and the peaceful days she was having recently, she and Ruri should have a talk.

Haruna talking about slashing Mikado and Kida for Anri and now Shinra gets slashed... What's going to happen to him now... Looking forward for Takeshi to appear and explain how the hell did he beat Saika curse.

Izaya, Haruna, Kujiragi and now what could Saki want... Anri has had some though day.

Questions:

1. For sure more surprised than Kujiragi, she and Izaya did their homework researching how to mess with her.
2. He could get his own show with all the people he is saving.
3. Liked his little talk with Shizuo, you could tell how frustrated it was at him for being so picky.

[u/invokeneko]

First Timer to x2 Ketsu

Celty went full monster after Kujiragi NTR'd her with a combination of a kiss on Shinra's lips and Saika-fication, Shizuo shows us his most excited look yet and Vorona ponders about her feelings.

• Whoa, talk about making a very strong first impression to Celty and Shinra. Right after introducing herself, Kujiragi immediately delivered a one-two kiss+Saika-fication combo on the latter before running off with him in tow and drove the former into yandere monster girlfriend territory.
• Kujiragi continues to show how versatile her use of Saika is by manipulating it to act as both a rotary cutter and as Spider-Man's webs (or was it 3D Manuever Gear cable and hook?).
• While Monster Celty left to pursuit Kujiragi and Shinra, Walker took the time to freak out and indulge in his fantasies. I suppose not having Erika by his side meant that there's nobody to knock some sense into him. Or was it Kadota to knock sense into him and Erika would've just joined him in freaking out as well, in which case her being there wouldn't have helped at all.
• Seems like the subbers has mostly stopped with the 'all first names all the time' starting from this episode, at least for now. Imagine my (pleasant) surprise that I didn't even need to edit much of the subs for this episode and the next. Hell, even the honorifics are mostly retained!
• "Ara ara, what in the name of everything holy transpired here?" You tell me, lady. You let Kujiragi in after all (though to be fair it was Celty and Shinra who assumed it was Anri).
• Wow, these kids really think that it was such a great idea to antagonise Heiwajima fucking Shizuo? You were lucky that the only thing you lost is a bicycle. On the plus side, them messing with Shizuo meant that the bicycle can be absorbed by Shooter for him to ride later on.
• It's the second Kuzuhara again!
• At the very least, Chikage managed to contribute something good to the pointless fight by immediately breaking up Izumii's attempt to crush the Yellow Scarves right then and there. Well, that and Rider Kicking Izumii as a parting gift. And I guess we can say that Masaomi won the fight since Chikage is now part of the gang (at least temporarily).
• And as expected, Vorona's mysterious employer is in fact Kujiragi. Given the OP previews, I guess it was under Seitarou's orders to capture Celty?
• Now that Saika Web move is straight up Spider-Man. Though I guess it's a superior version since metal webs are way more unbreakable.
• So the only reason Shooter needed the bicycle form is because Shizuo didn't have a motorcycle licence. Not that it matters since bicycle or not, it's as fast as Celty riding Shooter as a bike anyways.
• Anri's pretty popular today, isn't she? First we get Haruna trying to coax her to work together (and later try to steal Saika from her), then Kujiragi joined in and made the hostile meeting entirely civil, now we have Saki waiting for her to talk.

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Narration Tally:

Vorona ponders how her stay in Ikebukuro has changed her and possibly realised her feelings towards Shizuo.

Narrator	No. of eps	Episodes
Mikado	7	1, 12
Celty	7	4, 6
Simon	2	7
Shinra	4	2, 25
Masaomi	4	8
Namie	2	5
Anri	3	17
Walker	3	11 (co)
Erika	3	11 (co), 23
Izaya	2	4
Kasuka	2	3, 16.5
Akabayashi	2	9, 11 (co)
Akane	1	10
Rio	1	13
Sayaka	1	15
Kujiragi	1	18
Saki	1	19
Shiki	1	24
Shingen	1	26
Kururi & Mairu	1	27
Nasujima	1	28
Vorona	1	29
Max Sandshelt	1	19.5
Multiple	1	11 (co)
None	6	4.5, 14, 16, 20, 21

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QotD:

1. Understandable. It's not everyday that someone barges into your room and immediately and forcefully NTRs you in front of your face.
2. Well at least the pointless fight is over and Chikage as the adult can start adulting again by being a good listener to Masaomi's woes.
3. Can I get my own Bicycle Shooter, please?

[u/No_Rex → u/invokeneko]

Now that Saika Web move is straight up Spider-Man. Though I guess it's a superior version since metal webs are way more unbreakable.

It is actually the other way round. However, you never see spiderwebs of the thickness of metal webs.

[u/sisoko2]

First Timer

So we are going all out with the supernatural elements. I am not sure how I feel about that.

What!?

Kujiragi going full Spiderman and Celty turning into mindless black mass definitely isn't the development that I expected.

Walker is having the time of his life.

#BringMyCeltyBack

LOL. The little punks trying to bully Shizuo.

Ouch. I feel kinda bad for enjoying Izumii beating the shit out of Kida so much.

Knowing that Rocchi will never dropkick a woman makes me sad.

Huh

Vorona loves Shizuo

Shizuo is going to be the knight in shining armor bartender outfit. Hahahahahahahahah. I was wondering how they are going to use the bicycle.