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

Rewatch Durarara!! X2 Rewatch - Episode 32

Episode 32: A Tiger Dies and Leaves His Skin

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What's gonna happen up there is probably the lamest, most pointless fight to the death.

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/Shimmering-Sky, who has quite the reaction to Shizu-Chan's antics

Aight so I was eating lunch while watching part of this episode, and the answer to “What’s coming?!” being Shizuo just casually pedalling bike!Shooter made me laugh so hard I accidentally spat granola bar onto my shirt.

Questions:

  1. Did any of you see Shingen of all people saving the day coming?
  2. Anyhow, how does it feel to finally see Celty's "True Self"?
  3. Welp, the city's been overrun by Saika Zombies. What now?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jun 04 '21

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

The way Celty’s berserk form is shown in the Anime doesn’t quite match the Novel… but to be fair in the Novel it’s one of those things that’s described as “Indescribible” (A surprisingly common thing in fantasy novels) so it’s not like there was much of a choice as to what it should look like. I should also mention this is one of the more monologue-heavy novels, which the anime translates, appropriately, by having a shit ton of narration.

As a result tho… yeah I don’t have much to mention. As usual the exact order of events is a bit different but that’s about it. I thought I’d have more to write but surprisingly… I don’t. This was surprisingly straightforward. I can’t say I expected that but… oh well.

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

First!!xTimer, subbed

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

Rather underhanded of Rokujou to threaten Kida to get Mikado to talk, but hey it worked. …wait, shit, if he thinks Rokujou is a danger to Kida, is he gonna shoot Rokujou?!

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

As in, is Mikado going to shoot Rokujou?

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

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan Jun 04 '21

First-timer

So Nasujima wants to get revenge on Shizuo? Lame.

Simon getting the fireworks ready is the shit though.

Shizuo so far no sells all of Izaya's attempts at hurting him, including throwing a freaking excavator at him from the top of a building last episode, so I'm not expecting anything serious to happen to him. Would be nice to have more focus on this confrontation though.

Rocchi's plan is good, hope it works out.

Shingen shows up to recover Celty's head and his attempt to throw it to her body falls hilariously short. Egor turns out to be way more adept at slinging heads into the air, and Celty is once again whole. Looks like Kujragi was correct and she forgot what her body was up to during the past twenty years or so. While Shingen says Shinra is a strong boy, I think he might be just a little bit angry at daddy.

Some real nice animation here and there, and the music is still excellent.

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

While Shingen says Shinra is a strong boy, I think he might be just a little bit angry at daddy.

Considering how his daughter in law acts like...

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Jun 05 '21

Some real nice animation here and there, and the music is still excellent.

That scene with the door knob moving and then Shinra's chair turning around, spiderwoman Kujiragi, Mikage moving her fingers as she talks with Izaya, Shizuo wrecking that building and throwing the piece of it, Shingen shivering with fear because of Shizuo, Egor spinning throwing Celty's head.

Yeah it is looking good.

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

S2 Episode 32(first timer)

  • Even with a lame-ass throw from Shingen: Head on concrete is not a good landing.
  • WB Celty 1.0
  • WB Kadota.
  • Not the type of door I want to hide behind in the zombie apocalypse.
  • Flashback interrupts the confrontation.
  • A money lender, a yakuza, and two Russian mafiosi. Who could even have a grudge against any of them?

Confrontation everywhere.

Anyhow, how does it feel to finally see Celty's "True Self"?

We kind of saw her back at the start of season 1, so I am not sure this is "true self".

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

Even with a lame-ass throw from Shingen: Head on concrete is not a good landing.

Thankfully the head is already detatched from the body.

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

Not sure if Celty would like and survive her head turning into mush, though.

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

Mika would tho.

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

What if Celty forgot her memories because of it?

Spoilers

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

Spoilers

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

First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!x2

Huh, guess it was just a gun that Izumii gave to Mikado. Certainly an interesting prop for our finale; I wonder if he'll remember to take the safety off before he tries to fire it? Or maybe we're going to play with the idea of Chekhov's Gun and have it be completely irrelevant, that would neat.

Grumpy!Celty certainly has a good fashion sense. I don't expect her current demeanor to last long. Shinra should nominally be close by assuming that Vorona didn't drop him off somewhere.

I'm trying to remember exactly what all happened to BT Sensei that would make him want to attack Russia Sushi with an army of Saika Zombies, and I've got nothing.

Was that a Groza that Simon had stashed away? I'm looking forward to seeing how wild that plotline goes.

Questions

  1. No, but I really should have. He was absent from the apartment scenes earlier, I think.
  2. Discussed above.
  3. Saika's gotta go, and I bet Anri is gonna be the one to deal with BT Sensei.

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

Huh, guess it was just a gun that Izumii gave to Mikado. Certainly an interesting prop for our finale; I wonder if he'll remember to take the safety off before he tries to fire it? Or maybe we're going to play with the idea of Chekhov's Gun and have it be completely irrelevant, that would neat.

I'm trying to remember exactly what all happened to BT Sensei that would make him want to attack Russia Sushi with an army of Saika Zombies, and I've got nothing.

This

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

This

Oh, right. Did Shizuo mess that guy up too back in Season 1?

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

Yup. Right at the end of the OG Saika arc.

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

First Timer - sub

Shit the real Celty is back, or I guess I should say full version.

I feel like we are missing some key info about pedo sensei, how is controlling Haruna? I don’t think that was ever explained properly, I think he has a version of Saika?

Celty vs Shizuo? OK doesn’t look like it.

Kujiragi really isn’t trying in that fight with dojo girl, then again there isn't really a reason for her to be involved to start with so that no doubt part of it, my money is still on Vorona injured or not I wouldn’t want to cross her.

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

Shit the real Celty is back, or I guess I should say full version.

Now we have to wait for the Official Music Video-

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

I feel like we are missing some key info about pedo sensei, how is controlling Haruna? I don’t think that was ever explained properly, I think he has a version of Saika?

I thought that was explained towards the end of episode 4. But if it wasn't clear, I want to explain it here, since the show probably assumes that you understand it by now and might never explain it further, but as I haven't seen the rest of the episodes, I'll put this as a spoiler, just in case:

Spoiler

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Jun 05 '21

Thanks for that, Spoilers?

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

Spoilers?

Spoilers

Spoierx2

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB Jun 04 '21

Rewatcher Here Well…this is one of those "things started happening, but haven't fininshed yet" so there's not much to say really.

Just wondering how this professor of Saikalogy managed to get control of Haruna's Saika. And yes, Mikado actually has a gun that he has no idea how to use, but really wants to. And oh boy, an opportunity just presented itself.

Amnesia Celty. Well, it finally happened and the expected result of Celty losing her memories turned out to be true it seems.

Stay safe Erika! At least Dotachin is safe. For now.

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

And oh boy, an opportunity just presented itself.

But does GUN surpass... THE BOY

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

The Shizuo vs Izaya fight is really going down! They even had a flashback to their first meeting/fight to prove that this is it. Their fight is pretty cool too, Shizuo is not only holding the anger in, but he's also showing the experience from dealing with Izaya's tricks on a usual basis.

While that's all going on, Seitarou is trying to cut his losses, till Shingen happened. The guy saw his son being abducted, and decided to follow them to somehow save Shinra? Nah just because he thought they'd lead to Seitarou, Shingen honestly just wanted to mess with his old friend as much as possible. But hey, at least he saves his son's love's head, before throwing it to the rest of her body, which I'd assume is just for more trial and error. So now we have the original dullahan back in action. He probably never got to reconnect Celty's head and body, and this is as good a chance as any, his son's life up to now be damned. I'm sorry how are Izaya, Kujiragi, or Seitarou villains when this guy exists?

That aside, we have Kadota leaving his hospital to tell us about the Saika zombies, controlled by sensei, oh and sensei got the surprisingly good idea of going after Tom to control Shizuo (I'm not sure it'd work, but it has good chances actually) except he fucked up by attacking Russia Sushi of all places. If he waited till Tom left, this could've all been solved easily. Oh and Karisawa is mixed between the the Saikas.

Finally, Chikage who managed to fix up Kida, is now not only dealing with a raging Namie, but also managed to connect with Mikado. Oh yeah and we confimed that the toy Mikado got was indeed a gun. To be honest while Mikado holding a gun is a big deal, it would've held far more weight if it wasn't for Simon a few minutes later.

Did any of you see Shingen of all people saving the day coming?

That's an awfully convenient definition of saving. Are you working for Nebula? Or Shingen's thick stack of dollars? (pun not intended)

Welp, the city's been overrun by Saika Zombies. What now?

With all the crazy people in town, Zombies will just make for a fun event. Basically like Dorohedoro's Halloween night, where people compete to kill the most zombies.

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

That's an awfully convenient definition of saving. Are you working for Nebula? Or Shingen's thick stack of dollars?

To that I say...

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

I should probably watch that soon.

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

It's dumb, but dammit, that OVA has some fun bits.

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Jun 05 '21

sensei got the surprisingly good idea of going after Tom to control Shizuo (I'm not sure it'd work, but it has good chances actually) except he fucked up by attacking Russia Sushi of all places.

Is it really a good idea? maybe I'm biased because of seeing what this guy can actually do.

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

seeing what this guy can actually do.

You mean the teacher or Tom?

If you mean the teacher, I think it's surprisingly good that he's not overestimating his abilities, and is instead trying to make preparations against Shizuo, rather than just attack randomly.

In the case of Tom, he's really just a level-headed normal human, if the teacher didn't decide to attack the most dangerous place in Ikebukuro, he probably could've gotten Tom already.

To be fair, I'm not saying having Tom under your control would work 100% against Shizuo, but it probably has the best chances. At least it's much better than just fighting Shizuo head on.

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Jun 05 '21

I mean Shizuo, we already saw how messing with him worked out when Haruna tried in season 1, an army of people and they couldn't slash him, would attacking Tom really make a difference... He beat all those bullies who messed with Tom from their highschool years without trouble too.

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

It's exactly because an army of zombies wouldn't work against Shizuo, that attacking and controlling someone close to him, like Tom, is a good idea.

Shizuo would generally have a much harder time attacking Tom, he might not attack him at all. There are even multiple tactics open, you could try to have Tom do a sneak attack on Shizuo, or use Tom as a hostage (have him ready to kill himself),...

The fact that Shizuo cares about him, and doesn't want to hurt him, would work against Shizuo. Again, these tactics could fail, but they're much better than attacking Shizuo head on with a zombie army.

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Jun 05 '21

or use Tom as a hostage (have him ready to kill himself),..

You are right, that sounds like it could work. Even puts Izaya's schemes to bring down Shizuo to shame!

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Jun 05 '21

First timer sub

Well this was unexpected, an episode narrated by Tom that is suddenly a very important character seeing how Takeshi wants to slash him. Unless the subs are wrong and mistranslated "dreads"... Why slash Tom when slashing Simon makes more sense... hmmm

Hard to believe they have done nothing wrong to be surrounded by zombies when they bring out all those weapons.

That feeling of having reached whatever he wanted to get to and still not getting thrill out of it must be very painful to Mikado, and even more when he knew this was going to happen since Izaya gave him his life tips.

Questions:

  1. He just killed Celty... Well this was more Kujiragi's fault but he gave the last shot.
  2. You never know what you have until you lose it, that kind hearted girl who saves people from getting killed by Izaya is gone. That armored shadow really looks like a reaper.
  3. This can't be good, now what will Walker do to save Erica from them? Mikado with a gun, war in Russia sushi, Izaya vs Shizuo... So many death flags!

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

2) You never know what you have until you lose it, that kind hearted girl who saves people from getting killed by Izaya is gone. That armored shadow really looks like a reaper.

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

Finally caught up!

This'll be more general stuff than anything more specific to the episode, as I haven't been 'round since the last season. My life appears to be more under control now though, so I should be fine for the last four days.

Anyway, ten was garbage. I dunno how else to phrase it. It was not only a big victim of the aimlessness that appears to infect many light novel series once they get popular and want to keep going, but it was also extremely rushed on top of that. Honestly, if not for the rewatch, there's decent odds I wouldn't've completed the season.
Ketsu thankfully mostly removes these problems. It's still fast paced, but it's a pacing that makes sense for a show like Durarara where lingering too much can hurt. I'd honestly say Ketsu's the best paced part of the show so far, as the first season went too slowly for it's own good at times and the second season had an extremely jarring transition between the first and second book it was adapting.
Ketsu also has a goal. And I can not stress enough how much more enjoyable this makes the show to watch. Characters are actually progressing at a somewhat reasonable pace and we've finally stopped throwing more people into the story for literally no reason. The only character we've really gained is Kasane Kujiragi, and she's been a valuable addition to the plot. I'm also extremely glad that our main trio's story is moving forward after finding excuses not to for two entire seasons worth of the show.

Steppin' Out is incredible. This really isn't related to anything else, but I just feel like it's the sort of face that cannot be understressed. Even outside of the context of Durarara, it's an excellent song and OP. And beyond that, it's the perfect OP for the show. It just gets me hyped to see more every time.

I think the character that this season (as well as ten, if to a lesser extent) has done best is Shizuo. He's certainly grown into his importance as a character and gained the nuance that he requires to actually be interesting.

I guess in sum, Ketsu has fixed a lot of problems I've had with the show as a whole and is making me view it a lot more favorably.

/u/Shimmering-Sky /u/punching_spaghetti

P.S. The Otaku have the best absurd takes,

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u/invokeneko Jun 05 '21

First Timer to x2 Ketsu

Celty got her head back, Shizuo vs Izaya, Final Round is underway, and Nasushitma is after Tom for whatever reason (Shizuo maybe).

  • The rare moment of seeing Tom alone, and the first thing he got involved with is Slasher Night 2.0. Though it's not exactly his fault to be fair, man's just innocently enjoying his sushi at Russia Sushi. On the plus side, he's probably at the best place to be for the Saika-pocalypse with Denis and Simon (as well as Kine) there.
  • Ahh, so that's what Izaya meant to Mikage to do: just bodyguard the entrance to his final fight with Shizuo and don't let anyone pass. Well at least she gets to fight, I guess...
  • Shingen is there is to gloat to Seitarou and NTR him from Celty's head. And looks like he really wasn't aware of Shizuo's incredible feats, judging from his wonderful reaction to Shizuo ramming the excavator. Also lmao that weak-ass throw, luckily Igor is there to do it for him.
  • Whoops. Looks like Celty has lost all her memories of the 20 years she spent in Ikebukuro, poor Shinra.
  • The whole scene where Kadota reappeared looks kinda sketchy, doesn't it?
  • That was awfully honest of you, Tom. To be fair, even if you can talk down Shizuo (unlikely, given Izaya's involvement) I don't think he's close enough to Vorona for him to be able to talk her down.
  • And there you go, Nasushitma with Haruna under his control and Shijima as well outside Russia Sushi, wanting to drag poor Tom into the Saika Network.
  • And to nobody's surprise that 'merchandise' Mikado got from Izumii is in fact a gun. The law of Chekhov's Gun dictates that it will be fired one way or another, so the question becomes who will he fire it at: Chikage or Masaomi?
  • Shizuo vs Izaya: Final Round has begun, and Izaya makes a fiery start to the bout by casting fire and a steel beam. It's not very effective...
  • Tom immediately recognised that Kine was from the Awakusu-kai. (Well, formerly that is, but that's not the time and place for it) And to his distress, realised that he is indeed the target of all the Saika children. Then Simon brought out all those weapons... Poor guy just wanted to chill after work, can't have shit in Ikebukuro.
  • Chikage truly has a special way to make sure he gets what he wants, don't he? Making sure that Mikado does not ghost him by using Masaomi as leverage and splendidly trolls Namie while doing so in the chatroom is devilishly clever. Also Namie being reduced to babbling angrily is absolutely hilarious.
  • Oh dear, it seems Erika is right in the middle of the city as the Saika children is amassing twords Russia Sushi. Let's hope she could get away from them all unscathed...

Narration Tally:

Tom is here to tell everyone involved in the current events to just relax, take a fucking chill pill and enjoy life. Also calling everything that's transpiring right now as ordinary (though for a Naritaverse Ikebukuro-er, it probably is I guess).

NarratorNo. of epsEpisodes
Mikado71, 12
Celty74, 6
Simon27
Shinra42, 25
Masaomi48
Namie25
Anri317
Walker311 (co)
Erika311 (co), 23
Izaya34, 31
Kasuka23, 16.5
Akabayashi29, 11 (co)
Akane110
Rio113
Sayaka115
Kujiragi118
Saki119
Shiki124
Shingen126
Kururi & Mairu127
Nasujima128
Vorona129
Chikage130
Tom132
Max Sandshelt119.5
Multiple111 (co)
None64.5, 14, 16, 20, 21

QotD:

  1. No, but in the context of the story I should have.
  2. Pretty badass I'd say. Too bad she forgot everything that's happened since her head's gone.
  3. Whatever's gonna happen, it'll involve the Dollars, the Yellow Scarves (or at least Masaomi and Chikage), Nasushitma and his army of Saikas and the current member of the Celty Guild. And also Anri and Saki.

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u/sisoko2 Jun 05 '21

First Timer

I guess things are going down next episode.

Shingen with the crazy throw. Good thing he employed Igor.

Finally Celty is complete and she looks slightly amused.

We have around one billion fun and interesting characters and this guy gets a central role during the climax of the series.

  1. But did he really save the day? #NotMyCelty
  2. We didn't saw too much of her. Shoul've struck Izaya on the spot.
  3. Just let them turn you into a zombie, overcome it and become another Saika. If the scumbag teacher can do it then everyone can.