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New OP is not as good as the previous two, but I guess the ED is a step in the right direction.
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Maybe a bit of a callback to how Izaya dealt with that one girl back in season 1. Must be a family thing.
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Jan 18, 2015 02:30
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It kind of bothers me that most of the characters seem to have proportions now as if they were designed by CLAMP.
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Jan 25, 2015 00:57
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Looking back on the first season, it really was almost entirely setting up this world/environment and the principle characters. People soured on the third arc when now I'm convinced more than ever it would've been fine as long as it wasn't the final story to close out on. With all of that out of the way and the general infrastructure pretty well established now, it feels a lot tighter and snappier with that natural escalation of chaos that was done so well in Baccano!.
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Feb 8, 2015 19:38
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Speaking of the chat, it wasn't immediately obvious to me at first but the twins pull another personality switch in that Mairu only says one or two words at a time and Kururi talks non-stop. They even swapped their names from the looks of it. I believe the current breakdown is: Setton - Celty - Gray Taro Tanaka - Mikado - Blue Kanra - Izaya - Orange Saika - Anri - Red Bakyura - Kida - Green Kuru - Mairu - Light Blue Mai - Kururi - Violet
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Feb 8, 2015 22:47
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Senerio posted:Nope. Mai's a chatterbox offline but can't type, so she's quiet. Kururi is the one who speaks a lot online. 
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Feb 9, 2015 16:03
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Oh, that. I thought the kanji mapped up to the other sister but it was just me getting the order they entered the chatroom wrong. They still do switch from being talkative or not in real life to the opposite online though.
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Feb 9, 2015 17:29
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I get the feeling a lot of people are going to be in for a few rude awakenings in the next episode.
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Feb 15, 2015 00:13
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The characters, I have no idea what happens in the books. Assuming it's the Russians breaking into Anri's house then they could very well be double-teamed by an irritated Celty and a girl who can summon an army to do her bidding.
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Feb 15, 2015 00:28
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The studio is pretty much completely unknown, isn't it? I wonder how long they'd be shopping around to find someone willing to animate the series finally and had to more or less settle with whomever said "Yes" first.
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Feb 21, 2015 20:04
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That was Aoba and his cronies who seem to worship the Dollars. Taro is IIRC one of the most common/bland names in Japanese. It'd be like having the online handle John Smith. Mikado has such a crazy real-life name that it's almost certainly an intentional contrast.
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Feb 21, 2015 20:15
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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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Mar 14, 2015 23:14
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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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Mar 15, 2015 13:22
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Nooooooo stay the gently caress away in the boonies or whatever Masaomi, the last thing this arc needs is for you to show back up conveniently at the end.
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Mar 21, 2015 23:02
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So he factions that were at play here... Akane's father planned to have those three killed anyway because of various reasons, and figured he might as well use it as leverage in his negotiations with a rival group. To this end he hired Sloan/Varona through those two big shots (the guy with the cane/scars and the other guy with the scars). Shizuo showing up was unexpected and someone else's machinations. And Akane getting kidnapped was also obviously not part of this plan. Varona was spared because the yakuza were approached by Egor who promised them they'd give the group preferential treatment in buying guns as payment. The kidnapping and basically everything Varona/Sloan did for shits and giggles was because of Yadogiri Jinnai, whose plan we don't know yet. He is also somehow involved with Ruri, I think? Presumably he's the actual one who roped in Shizuo. I guess I'm still not clear on whose plan that was if it wasn't Izaya's. Actually not sure what Izaya was really doing this arc at all besides getting the gently caress out of dodge early. No real confusion with the gang war at least, I think that was pretty clear cut by the end.
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Mar 28, 2015 23:06
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MonsterEnvy posted:To be exact Akane's father had hired Sloan to kill the three guys that Shizuo was blamed for killing. Akane's father did not want it to get out that he put the hit on the 3 guys right away so he let Shizuo take the fall for a bit. Sloan and Varona kidnapped his daughter on Yadogiri Jinnai's orders which is why he sent the Top Brass of his Yakuza to take them out. Varona's father made a deal with the Yakuza to spare her despite her crimes against both the Russion Mob and Yakuza and Egor was the one relaying the deal. If this somehow requires bringing up later spoilers obviously I'd prefer to not know about it just yet, just trying to make sure all of the pieces make sense. I'm also a little confused as to why Izaya manipulated Akane using a proxy acting like him (the guy had brown hair and we never saw his face) unless he wanted to make it such that Akane could not identify him afterwards or something. Maybe it was just for shits and giggles, which wouldn't surprise me.
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Mar 29, 2015 15:54
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Shinra is a really weird dude.
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Jul 5, 2015 00:34
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Last season I thought it was kind of weird, just a bit though, how Akabayashi was given a rather pronounced presence in the openings and such yet didn't do anything until the very last episode. So it's nice to finally has his introduction of sorts out of the way.
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Jul 19, 2015 23:17
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The unseen mishaps of Shinra/Celty's vacation will always be funny. Guess they will be AWOL the whole season.Triggerhappypilot posted:no, kadokawa just blocks the video from being played in all regions
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Jul 25, 2015 22:38
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Aug 8, 2015 22:53
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Being a sad sack, basically. Funny how that's how Mikado kinda sorta started out.
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Aug 10, 2015 15:12
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Are those the biker cops that always chase Celty? I assume it's not the one particular guy at least (forgot his name).
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Aug 15, 2015 23:20
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I feel like I blinked and the episode was already over.
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Aug 22, 2015 18:31
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I'm not going crazy am I, the past like 3 episodes have felt like they were 5 minutes long. I keep getting surprised by them suddenly ending.
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Sep 19, 2015 20:17
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For some reason I missed that Yen Press was doing the light novels and are already up to volume 3. As much as I like the show I definitely get the feeling they're skipping some content so it'd be pretty sweet to tackle the books to see what's been missing. Only 13 volumes too (apparently Baccano! is at 21, sheesh).
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Feb 9, 2016 15:26
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Episode delayed this week or something?
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Mar 12, 2016 17:48
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It worked in Shaun of the Dead after all.
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Mar 14, 2016 13:13
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Assuming there is only one more episode to wrap it up, man are there a lot of characters and plotlines that just kind of went nowhere. I'm vaguely aware that there is a sequel so maybe some of them like Izaya's sisters get more attention there.
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I liked it, the ending was good. Takahashi though certainly got a Bad End though 
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