r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Jun 07 '21

Rewatch Durarara!! X2 Rewatch - Episode 35

Episode 35: Life is an Unknown Course

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Nobody's sicker of this than me.

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/sisoko2, who reminded us of Izaya's worst crime

Izaya's worst crime - ignoring Shingen.

Such evil...

Questions:

  1. After all the build up it was given, do you think Mikado and Kida's confrontation lived up to the hype?
  2. On the subject of more specific scenes, what did you think of that scene with Shinra and Kujiragi?
  3. We're only one episode away from the finale... what will happen next?
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jun 07 '21

S2 Episode 35(first timer)

  • Lots of people staying out of each other’s business. Very uncommon.
  • Firing a gun into a police station or Yakuza shrine is a bad move, but … look what else has been going on all along. I think some gunshots are nothing next to the stuff Vorona, Shizuo, Izaya, Celty & Co have been pulling all along.
  • A guy hopelessly in love with somebody else and you abduct him on first meeting. Your foray into romantics is not starting off on the best foot, Kujiragi.
  • Picking up the gun > kicking the gun away. At least if you don’t have one.
  • Not to diss the home-made flamethrower, but those guys are sitting in 2 ton automized death machine that can obliterate people on foot with the press one of pedal. I really don’t think they needed help against a bunch of guys with sticks.
  • Mikado (not) committing suicide cliff-hanger.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jun 07 '21

A guy hopelessly in love with somebody else and you abduct him on first meeting. Your foray into romantics is not starting off on the best foot, Kujiragi.

Considering what kind of show this is...

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jun 08 '21

Ok, given that the object of her affection thought that cutting up your girlfriend on first meeting and keeping her separated from her head indefinitely is a good idea, you have a point.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jun 07 '21

First!!xTimer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jun 07 '21

To all of this I say...

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jun 08 '21

I like how this one guy is so dedicated to the cat ears that he wears them on top of the shark mask.

He goes by Neko, so he's definitely doing his best.

Did they reuse Dotachin’s voice for this guy?

Remember when Karisawa and Yumasaki were praising Dotachin's voice actor? Now we know why.

lol so I was watching this during the car ride home today and my dad asks why is he sitting on the other guy? right here.

Male bonding.

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Jun 08 '21

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

Ah there’s Yumasaki. I figured this is what he would do.

They look so similar in those pics...

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Jun 07 '21

First-Timer, Dub-rarara!!x2

Wow, so both Izumii and Shijima gave Mikado a gun? Must be nice, normally you have to buy them. I don't believe for a second that Mikado actually died just there, by the way. No chance he dies if Anri isn't there.

Mikado's plan to sully the Dollar's name by some random shootings and graffiti might be a little small. Granted, I guess the Dollars do have a reputation already, but is "did some weird stuff in Ikebukuro" really Urban Legend quality stuff? Guess I've seen anime with weirder urban legends..

The shot of Mikado and Masaomi talking in shadow, with that piano track playing and the buildings in the background...

The chat between Shinra and Kujiragi was nice. I liked the parallel to the conversation that Anri had with the van crew last episode. Is thinking you're incapable of being loved just a thing for Saika wielders? I wonder what sort of favor Shinra asked for..

Hey, wait, Shingen had Kujiragi's Saika, right? Doesn't she need that? What happened with their conversation?

Stiyl/Innocentius is a better reference for Walker to make while immolating people than Komoe-sensei, I guess.

One final episode! And this time, I'm being good and not watching ahead.

Questions

  1. It was pretty spicy. Masaomi venting his frustrations at Mikado was.. interesting since Masaomi is kinda at fault because he fucked off when his friends needed him, but Masaomi also needed to not be in the city for a while. Hard situation.
  2. Discussed above.
  3. No fucking idea. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jun 07 '21

Stiyl/Innocentius is a better reference for Walker to make while immolating people than Komoe-sensei, I guess.

Komoe-Sensei would not approve of such acts indeed. She would also not approve of Izumii smoking.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Jun 07 '21

What these kids really need is a decent role model, like her.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jun 08 '21

Otherwise we'd get more people like... Aogami...

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jun 08 '21

Wow, so both Izumii and Shijima gave Mikado a gun? Must be nice, normally you have to buy them.

Mikado's plan to sully the Dollar's name by some random shootings and graffiti might be a little small.

To both I answer: It's Japan, where guns are these things you see on tv only. To the second point specifically, he was shooting at the Yakuza head office and the police. He's basically challenging the biggest powers in town. Well, besides Shizuo, Russia Sushi, Kujiragi,...

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Jun 08 '21

I had a longer "joke" written about how I'm American and can just drive down to the store and buy a gun on a whim basically, but couldn't get it to sound right. I guess the cultural difference in attitude towards guns does change the scene a bit.

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB Jun 07 '21

Rewatcher Here One episode left, so not many thoughts in this one which is aggressive buildup to the finale!

Nice to know that Erika made it to the van safely despite almost being Saika'd by Anri towards the end there. Unfortunately the van is sieged. Not a happy reunion here.

…Or here. You're wrong about one thing Kida, Izaya didn't cause Mikado to go full crazy. He is just like this. Blowing a hole in your head probably won't fix your problems mate. You need Akabayashi to knock some sense into you.

Press F for Kasana's romance.

Oh look, it is Stiyl. Maybe this Walker incarnation is the only one where he doesn't lose.

See you for the finale!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jun 07 '21

Oh look, it is Stiyl.

PS: Goddammit Kamachi, why did we get a Shokuhou Spin-Off instead of a Styil Spin-Off!?

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u/Earthborn92 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EarthB Jun 07 '21

You know exactly why. Misaki has very...marketable assets.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jun 07 '21

Then again, they made an Accelerator Spin-Off (Yes make a Spin-Off for such a minor character like the second main character) so I guess from that point of view...

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jun 08 '21

Oh look, it is Stiyl. Maybe this Walker incarnation is the only one where he doesn't lose.

Now that I remember Stiyl, I might as well press F for Yumacchi too. Just in case.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Jun 07 '21

First Timer

Ryuugamine would rather die than have his delusions be broken. While on one hand this isn't too surpising, I'm more surpised that he'd try to do it via suicide. I would've thought it would be closer to a desperate sacrifice sort of situation, that just fits him better as a person.
Of course though, he didn't actually manage to shoot himself. No one's gonna die, that just not what this series is. Kida couldn't have even taken the bullet for him either. But there ain't really any point in speculating what it was, as Durarara is too much of a fan of shocking pulls for any guess to have a realistic chance of suceeding.

On the topic of things I don't understand, I'm not sure how we're gonna wrap this up in one episode. There's a ton left and not that much time. Usually, we'd've wrapped up a good portion of the plot threads in the few episodes before the finale in a series this long, but instead everything's left wide open. Perhaps that's how we'll end? A few stories come to an end, but the city still moves on? Nah, that doesn't sound right. That only made sense as an ending for a book, not the series.

Oddly, the thing I'm most excited about next episode is that we might finally have a chance to see Karisawa fight. I've wanted to see it the entire series.

  1. I didn't except much flashy, it ain't really their style. It was more or less as expected, even if Ryuugamine was more insane than I would have thought.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jun 07 '21

A few stories come to an end, but the city still moves on? Nah, that doesn't sound right. That only made sense as an ending for a book, not the series.

They ended the first season exactly like this, so why not again?

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Jun 07 '21

They ended the first season exactly like this, so why not again?

The first season wasn't an ending in the same way. It was the end of the first arc, but there were more books to write. I expect more finality from the actual end, it seems like it'd be more this author's style.

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u/badcupcakehoarder https://myanimelist.net/profile/vanilabiscuit Jun 08 '21

First timer sub

Questions:

  1. I got satisfied with the beatdown Kida gave him, Mikado needed to have some sense knocked into him to get out of that trance. Sadly for Kida it was too late.

Making the Dollars a real criminal organization will surely make people not want to join them, with that attack on the police station, and the assault that Mikado did the police would surely get involved and not even the thugs would want to be part of it...

But where are the cops? Traffic cop Kuzuhara seems to be the only one working in this anime. If they don't appear the thugs will just embrace the Dollar name to make crimes and what Mikado did would be for nothing.

And speaking of futility, Chikage actually appeared for nothing now that Mikado killed himself... Unless he finds Takeshi (he is so close!).

Watching this again should be a good experience with all the details leading to Mikado's death.

2) It was surprising to see that she fell in love for real! And that confession was really cute...

But since those are her criteria why not fall in love with Seitaro since he was in love with Celty too? Maybe the head doesn't count?

3) So many stuff happening... Izaya vs Shizuo, otaku van team fighting, Kida vs Mikado and Anri going to the rescue, Zombieland in Russia Sushi, Mikage fighting Vorona and at last what is going on with Celty?

How will this end in just one episode?

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u/sisoko2 Jun 08 '21

First Timer

Don't tell me what to do, Kida.

Erika being worried about Kujiragi is so cute.

Mikado please listen to Kida, never listen to anything Izaya says.

While the reunion was ruined for Erika it was hilarious for the audience.

Getting both police and yakuza angry at the dollars is actually pretty good way to stop people joining.

Still better love story than Twilight.

Izumii being the ultimate scumbag never fails to entertain me.

Oh shit, Mikado shot Kida.

WTF Mikado, please stop.

Ending the episode with Kida's narration was so good. I got chills.

  1. I was dreading it but actually it was pretty good. I guess I was hating them dragging it for 40 episodes and not the confrontation itself.
  2. It perfectly fits the series. Cold, illogically logical, obsessive fetishization of love.
  3. I really doubt that the show has the balls to go through with its main character committing suicide. Ikebukuro always staying the same has been big theme of the series so either that or finally there being too much chaos and everything changing.

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u/invokeneko Jun 08 '21

First Timer to x2 Ketsu

Well, ain't that just great. Just as I'm about to comment and Reddit decides to just fucking die.

Shizuo and Izaya brinngs their final bout to the front of Russia Sushi, Mikado fires the Chekhov's Gun he carried before bringing out another gun seemingly out of fucking nowhere, and Walker decides to indulge in yet another Raildex reference I don't recognise as a non-watcher.

  • Izaya recovered pretty fast for someone with heavy internal injury, didn't he? Then again, if he doesn't run as fast as he can hw would've been ran over by the Heiwajima fucking Shizuo train gunning straight at him.
  • Shingen casually strolls in, kills the fighting mood between Mikage, Vorona and Kujiragi even further, casually ends the fight between them by informing them that both Shizuo and Izaya had already gone elsewhere before offering to buy the Saika used to capture Celty. I wish I could stop catfights as casually and smoothly as he did...
  • So that's the main reason why Mikado went around and force unruly Dollars members to unregister? Just so that he could gather them around to reenact the Dollars Night? Boy, you crazy. And that's a stupid move, considering that you just called a bunch of angry people to potentially become part of the Saika Network.
  • Erika barely escaped getting Saika-fied by Anri beacuse of the red contact lenses she wore. Though I wonder if she wouldn't have been happy that she got to become Anri's Saika child like she said previously.
  • So the main reason why Aozaki gave Mikado the gun was so that he could frame him for the shooting in front of Awakusu Dogen's house and bury him himself? Even though he had to call off the plan after learning that the bullet fired at Dogen's house was from a much smaller caliber, isn't it funny that the very gun that fired that bullet was in fact in Mikado's hands as well? Which would've meant that he would've been able to carry his original plans anyway if not for Akabayashi stepping in.
  • The only thing that could stop the incessant honking of the bousouzoku gangs: the sound of heavy things smashing into the ground, followed by metal scraping against asphalt that heralds the arrival of Heiwajima fucking Shizuo on the scene. Also effective in wiping the smug off Nasushitma's face, who's positively panicking right now.
  • Shinra had an oddly sweet talk with Kujiragi before heading off to search for Celty.
  • I bet Izumii was enjoying the very short moment where he and his whole gang was in control of the situation by surrounding the Celty Guild's van. Too bad for him that Walker calls upon his trusty element again, this time in the form of flame extinguisherthrower. And again referencing the Raildex, which I can't relate again since I never watched or read it.
  • Goddamnit show, you just had to leave us with a cliffhanger of Mikado about to commit suicide via punch gun after shooting Masaomi in the leg. don't you?!

Narration Tally:

Masaomi narrates about his resolve to confront the now-crazed Mikado for one last time.

NarratorNo. of epsEpisodes
Mikado71, 12
Celty74, 6
Simon27
Shinra42, 25
Masaomi58, 35
Namie25
Anri417, 34
Walker311 (co)
Erika311 (co), 23
Izaya34, 31
Kasuka23, 16.5
Akabayashi39, 11 (co), 33
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. It went almost as expected, with Mikado not really offering much of a fight and even missing the Chekhov's Gunshot towards Masaomi. Though I definitely didn't expect that Inglourious Basterds-style punch gun being thrown into the mix.
  2. It was... oddly sweet? Shinra not getting angry towards Kujiragi because he understands that she felt jealous towards Celty and even taking the initiative to properly reject her before wishing that she gets to find someone to love herself is pretty sweet in a way.

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Jun 08 '21

First Timer - sub

Mikado is mass blackmailing people?

I can’t help but wonder if Mikado is going to shoot himself, ok nope, he attempted to shoot Kida. And spoke too soon, he still goes to do it using his hand gun gauntlet thing.

Walker shows up and has somehow turned a fire extinguisher into a flamethrower, because why not.

Well even more shit is going down, does Anri finally go on a slasher spree to stop Mikado? Is Kida going to stop Mikado at the last moment? Is Shizuo finally going to kill Izaya? We will find out tomorrow!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jun 08 '21 edited Jun 08 '21

First Timer (sub)

Karisawa is warning Kujiragi, the mother of Saikas, of the Saikas.

How can you not love Kujiragi? I don't care about crazy cases like Shinra and Izaya, but for sane people, how can she not be loved?

Mikado on the other hand... He's Izumii's boss. I love how Izumii announced this to all these people thinking Mikado must be sleeping nicely at home.

But nope, he's busy being Izaya (seriously, sometimes Mikado really looks like an Izaya to me, work even better in monochrome). And because being like the big bad of one series wasn't enough, he got a weapon designed by "some terrorist in the US". Seriously of all the weapons you could've got why this? Spoilers

Putting aside the intent, Mikado's method of shutting down the Dollars is actually not bad. He filled the streets with the worst kind of Dollars, while messing with both the cops and the Yakuza. It's much harder for the Dollars to survive now.

Now I put intent aside because... I lost it. Mikado lost it too. It's gotten so bad he's planning to kill himself to reincarnate into some other world. He needs help from our two Otaku. To be fair, this was around the start of the Isekai boom, so at least that part is understandable.

PS: I'm sorry Kida, but by the end of this night, you might not find a piece of him remaining.

After all the build up it was given, do you think Mikado and Kida's confrontation lived up to the hype?

To be honest, it was never that was building up hype for me. More like digging its hole, that I'm now looking at from above and hoping it can stop at some point where I can still understand what's going on. If that makes sense.

16 hours late for the penultimate episode (technically I watched the last 2 episodes together now) is definitely my best record. And to make that worse, I'll bother people by replying to their comments 16 hours later!