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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I get what they're doing with Mikado, I just wish that he were more of a quick thinker and that we were privy to more of his thoughts. Being too stunned to act decisively is probably a realistic reaction in that situation, but it'd be more fun if he began visibly (or audibly, I guess) putting the pieces together. Basically, they need to actually show, not tell, the audience that Ryugamine is a giant badass under the whiny coward nerd that appears to be. Everyone else is characterised that way, even Anri's a huge badass even if she's voiced by HanaKana.
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Phobophilia posted:Basically, they need to actually show, not tell, the audience that Ryugamine is a giant badass under the whiny coward nerd that appears to be. Everyone else is characterised that way, even Anri's a huge badass even if she's voiced by HanaKana. Is this gonna end up like one of those things where "well that didn't resolve how I expected/wanted it to resolve so it's bad" that I see all the time?
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Phobophilia posted:Basically, they need to actually show, not tell, the audience that Ryugamine is a giant badass under the whiny coward nerd that appears to be. Everyone else is characterised that way, even Anri's a huge badass even if she's voiced by HanaKana. But no-one's saying he's a huge badass? Izaya and Aoba both seem to be implying something but Izaya's inscrutable so who knows what the gently caress he's actually thinking and Aoba's just as much of a mystery at this point. Literally everyone else he's interacted with thinks of him to be just as much of a normal kid as the show presents him to be.
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I don't have any specific spoiler knowledge, it's just pretty obvious that Mikado's headed for a turn of some kind. He's getting more and more caught up in Izaya's schemes and he was just on the receiving end of a speech about how he has to evolve or die. It would be weird if there weren't some huge shift or reveal in his characterization soon. I hope it takes the form of him following Izaya's advice while also frustrating his expectations, but maybe that's too obvious. Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 11:46 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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SyntheticPolygon posted:But no-one's saying he's a huge badass? Izaya and Aoba both seem to be implying something but Izaya's inscrutable so who knows what the gently caress he's actually thinking and Aoba's just as much of a mystery at this point. Remember his stunt to intimidate Namie into backing down in Season One? We've known there was something beneath that milquetoast exterior for a while now, but holy balls they could afford to bury it a little less.
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Mar 9, 2015 11:41
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I'm going to be really interested in seeing exactly how Mikado turns into a huge badass like everyone who has read the manga has been not so subtly hinting. While everyone else either has supernatural super powers or are incredibly strong (even Masaomi could hold his own in a fight), Mikado just seems like a normal kid whose sole "power" is being able to send a text message to a bunch of people at the same time.
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Mar 9, 2015 14:06
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InspectorCarbonara posted:I'm going to be really interested in seeing exactly how Mikado turns into a huge badass like everyone who has read the manga has been not so subtly hinting. While everyone else either has supernatural super powers or are incredibly strong (even Masaomi could hold his own in a fight), Mikado just seems like a normal kid whose sole "power" is being able to send a text message to a bunch of people at the same time. It's not really a huge badass thing as much as a nope I'm not revealing it.
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Tolth posted:It's not really a huge badass thing as much as a nope I'm not revealing it. I hate myself for mousing over that without thinking.
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InspectorCarbonara posted:I'm going to be really interested in seeing exactly how Mikado turns into a huge badass like everyone who has read the manga has been not so subtly hinting. While everyone else either has supernatural super powers or are incredibly strong (even Masaomi could hold his own in a fight), Mikado just seems like a normal kid whose sole "power" is being able to send a text message to a bunch of people at the same time. I haven't read the light novels either, but between all those weird smirks and the midpoint of Season One, there's definitely something going on under there.
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Mar 10, 2015 00:46
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C'mon, let it be a cool surprise. 
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And whatever you do Don't look up DRRR on Google Images for gods sake!
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Grouchio posted:And whatever you do Don't look up DRRR on Google Images for gods sake!
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Grouchio posted:And whatever you do Don't look up DRRR on Google Images for gods sake! I did and I'm not sure what the issue is. 
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ViggyNash posted:I did and I'm not sure what the issue is. I assume it- this hole was made for me! Drrr... Drrr... Drrr...
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"Like catching 2 stools in one fall." Yep, Varona has completely lost it. I really liked Akane's back story and how it was presented. Also everything else, but that's standard fare at this point.
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I'm weeks behind on this show, but I just had to pause and rewind because I was laughing too hard about this to pay any attention to what was going on. and Anri is just the cutest.  
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Mar 14, 2015 21:21
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Oh my God, Shooter's new face. I hope he never changes it.
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a kitten posted:I'm weeks behind on this show, but I just had to pause and rewind because I was laughing too hard about this to pay any attention to what was going on.
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I wonder why Izaya didn't bother to manipulate Akane himself and instead used whomever that brown-haired stand-in was. Unless Namie is going behind his back? That seems unlikely since everything seems to be going according to what Izaya planned at the moment.
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Nate RFB posted:I wonder why Izaya didn't bother to manipulate Akane himself and instead used whomever that brown-haired stand-in was. Unless Namie is going behind his back? That seems unlikely since everything seems to be going according to what Izaya planned at the moment. I would dispute that everything is going just as Izaya planned. I'm fairly certain Aoba or his actions wrt Mikado are a blind spot to him and whatever Mikado ends up doing instead of staying home like Izaya tried to get him to by impersonating Kida is going to be unaccounted for. I'm also thinking Namie used someone else instead of Izaya in the Akane scheme behind Izaya's back like you said, and I'm pretty sure that no-one other than Celty and Anri are even aware that Varona and Sloan are around. This is a giant clusterfuck and I love every bit of it. 
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YF-23 posted:This is a giant clusterfuck and I love every bit of it. Durarara in a nutshell. Even Baccano was never this much of a clusterfuck.
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ViggyNash posted:Durarara in a nutshell. Even Baccano was never this much of a clusterfuck.
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Grouchio posted:I want that damnable title of this thread fixed clean... I have a hard time coming up with names okay.... ViggyNash posted:Durarara in a nutshell. Even Baccano was never this much of a clusterfuck. Clusterfucks are Narita's specialty, and they're when his stories really shine. The anime never really got to adapting any of Baccano's biggest clusterfucks though but even then Durarara still probably surpasses it in just how many different plans and characters collide.
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Izaya manipulated a little girl into running away from home and attempting to murder someone in order to pull a prank on Shizuo. I love this show so much
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Nate RFB posted:I wonder why Izaya didn't bother to manipulate Akane himself and instead used whomever that brown-haired stand-in was. Unless Namie is going behind his back? That seems unlikely since everything seems to be going according to what Izaya planned at the moment. My guess would be Namie is doing this one on her own, and trying to stitch Izaya up in preparation for the inevitable murderous Yakuza reprisal. Although I'm guessing it won't work and will spiral out of control somehow, because Durarara.
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The Devil Tesla posted:Izaya manipulated a little girl into running away from home and attempting to murder someone in order to pull a prank on Shizuo. I love this show so much If by pull a prank on, you means seemingly frame for murder then sure.
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Cake Attack posted:that's how izaya pranks people You'd think that after getting lectured by a big Russian dude to knock that poo poo off (after getting said poo poo punched out of him) he'd learn to at least exercise some restraint. Then again, his overall demeanor with regards to Shizuo (whether he's speaking about or directly to the dude) seems a ton more affable in the anime than in the novels. Also, wasn't the guy who stood in for Izaya one of three dumbasses from the early parts of the first season?
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Hidingo Kojimba posted:My guess would be Namie is doing this one on her own, and trying to stitch Izaya up in preparation for the inevitable murderous Yakuza reprisal. Although I'm guessing it won't work and will spiral out of control somehow, because Durarara.
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Wark Say posted:You'd think that after getting lectured by a big Russian dude to knock that poo poo off (after getting said poo poo punched out of him) he'd learn to at least exercise some restraint. Then again, his overall demeanor with regards to Shizuo (whether he's speaking about or directly to the dude) seems a ton more affable in the anime than in the novels. Also, wasn't the guy who stood in for Izaya one of three dumbasses from the early parts of the first season? Izaya is basically Loki, he is going to gently caress with people regardless of if it is good or bad for him personally.
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Nate RFB posted:Come to think of it, it was specifically Namie who used the "We are moving" notice to get Shizuo to go to the crime scene. But we later got a scene of Izaya leaving town wondering why Shizuo wasn't just beating the crap out of all the mafia guys that were after him and being upset that he was growing as a person. But still being pretty confident that everything was going according to plan.
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InspectorCarbonara posted:I'm going to be really interested in seeing exactly how Mikado turns into a huge badass like everyone who has read the manga has been not so subtly hinting. While everyone else either has supernatural super powers or are incredibly strong (even Masaomi could hold his own in a fight), Mikado just seems like a normal kid whose sole "power" is being able to send a text message to a bunch of people at the same time. Mikado is easily the worst part of this show, especially after watching Baccano. If I hadn't had a friend pester me over and over again to watch DRRR season 1 with him I wouldn't have made it past episode 5. I mean, jesus, is there a more boring protagonist out there in all of anime?
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Hey guys I think a good post to make is another hyperbolic statement that'll bring a parade of dumbasses going *wink wink nudge nudge* and posting spoilers, ruining upcoming events and surprise for anyone.
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in the final episode of this first cour mikado pushes the sexy and hot reporter girl he is having a torrid affair with into the front of a moving subway train and then makes some quip straight to the camera like "hows that for a headline?" then he taps his ring on the nearby support beam and walks away
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turns out mikado and anri are actually siblings and when masoami catches them "in the act" in order to keep their secret safe mikado kicks him out the window thus causing masoami to become a cripple and setting in motion a whole chain of events that will lead us thru the next 24 episodes
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Dick Spacious CPA posted:turns out mikado and anri are actually siblings and when masoami catches them "in the act" in order to keep their secret safe mikado kicks him out the window thus causing masoami to become a cripple and setting in motion a whole chain of events that will lead us thru the next 24 episodes I get the reference, but this one actually seems pretty plausible for a Narita show.
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