Durarara!! (light novel)
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| rewatching this series in anticipation of the sequel coming out in two (one?) day. Just realized that there is a lot of stuff that I've never caught on several years ago or have forgotten. First episode was quite brilliant btw. |
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| So I think this episode was a kinda bored, because Masaomi-kun never stops talking... It was starting to let me tired. In the end it could be nice about his looking about the dark biker. |
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| Looks boring. |
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| This show is so far not really wowing me like Baccano did. But we'll see how it goes. 4/5 |
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| Aw yeah this is gonna be a fun rewatch. Never get tired of the OP :) |
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| Cool and I love the fucking OP |
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| Cool and I love the fucking OP |
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| The OP and the ED are great! I noticed Jacuzzi and Nice on the LCD screen. Did anyone noticed that? Anyways , I enjoyed Baccano a lot and want this show to be as as great as that . This episode was really good and I hope the whole show will be very enjoyable. |
NamratanikkiDec 11, 2015 12:55 AM
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| So far so good. The style is a lot like Baccano, which is great. Kida's great. 5/5 |
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| As the anime series has begun to march, it was best to re-start from the first season, although it is an old production, the first episode in the original way, I do not remember ever seeing an anime with a character similar to Celty or as others shown on this occasion, the designs seem rough finishes, but have their own charm, too bad for the props are not made well despite being handmade. |
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| i swore to myself i wouldn't like it. ...and then i did. i love crazy anime and this is just the kind of thing i tend to get obsessed about. e_e |
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| Well interesting setup! Hope it doesn't disappoint ^.^ |
| Not a bad start but its not interesting, the show is very light, should be way darker. On-Hold, will continue it later. |
| OP song - 4.4/5 It was okay-ish? I hope this will get better next episode because it felt not bad but not good either. I think the girl with neck scar is the biker woman. 3.1/5 |
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Not only it starts and I already like the OP. Brought so much Bacanno! nostalgia. Altho, the names are in Japanese so this time I can't read them. I did expect a cameo from Miria and Isaac but I not expect it to be in the very first minutes xD oh, wonderful! They have their own movie jaja. Anyway, what can I say? This is one of those first episodes that gets me hooked to a series. The animation is impeccable, clean and smooth. The music is playful. The OP and the ED? I loved them. Both visuals and songs. As with other of Narita's works this will have a big and very nicely balanced cast. Oh, I need to get better at remembering names because I'm going to need to put all my effort into it! I really got very good first impressions on Durarara! and I hope this is not the best it can deliver. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  One of Narita's touches in his works is that the words his stories take place look alive, everything moves. |
HumbertoZeroNov 2, 2016 4:36 PM
| Really good 1st episode. I'm curious as to where it will go from here. Didn't like the ED though....way to boy-band for my taste. |
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| That was fun to watch this great episode. Only the names are confusing. I couldn't name a single character after the episode. Opening and ending theme rock both, although the ending theme reminds me of those catchy boy band songs. |
| Started this series with some friends and we were all really disappointed. It was... really bad. With the high rating, I really expected more. The characters were SO uninteresting, we heard over and over how bad the jokes were of the buddy, "but he's a nice guy". And the texting feature between random characters we've never met was strange as a exposition setup. It was just so cheesy. The ghost rider was okay, but this episode definitely lacked. Didn't catch my attention at all, and I can't see a reason to continue. Even with the good rating, I can't see myself pushing through another cringe fest. |
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| Hmmmm ... a lot of things going on, we get introduced to the entire cast at the same time it seems. Also the "Headless Rider" looks more like a woman than a man, judging from it's curves. Idk what to think of it, hasn't grabbed me yet. |
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| I HATE the OP. F**king Baccano references. Just because you have the same studio and director and story writer doesn't mean that you can just make an unoriginal OP with the same kind of OP that Baccano has. That character intro OP is the worst OP I have ever seen. That is the sole reason I will probably hate Baccano and never would want to start watching it again. Also, There is Holo, the wise wolf. Who appeared in another Brain's base productions. What a blatant cash cowing of a good anime. (But Spice and Wolf was good)  It looks like they want to make a Naritaverse Animated Universe. And that thought sickens me. Especially after it looks like this will be similar to Baccano!.  (Brain's base is still alive in Durarara!) The Sound Editing, especially for the bike, was superb(No sarcasm intended). But the Background music was the worst BGM I could have ever heard. Also, what's up with the so called narrator protagonist in the episode? It seems like he is just weaving a story of his own. I couldn't be compelled to care any more for him. But the Ookami biker was like Rorshach. She(judging by the name) is doing a okay job, killing people like the Ghost Rider. The sole reason I hate mafia anime is because you have to remember every faction's name and before you are done with it, you are introduced to 3 new mafia members and have to remember their names too. Reminds me of history. Makes me sick. The ED was okay. Let's see if this gets better by the next few episodes. |
 Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| Pretty good first episode, but could've been better. |
| I am not a weeb, I simply enjoy 2D girls |
| I was expecting to see Isaac and Miria make their surprise appearance but Holo caught me completely off-guard instead! The MC's a pure florg that needs to be protected but he's about to meet every single person he was told to avoid later on and I'm pretty excited. The Headless Rider immediately lived up to her reputation and that's cool~ I've definitely heard the opening before but the boyband pop-style ending theme was a very catchy surprise. |
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| This MC look like is noob. |
| Not a very impressive first episode, but probably just a buildup. |
| The beginning was a bit mysterious with all these gangs and stuff, and it looks to me our headless guy looks like a girl. |
| Pretty good start, probably the best first episode of this season so far. The anime isn't afraid of showing a lot of mysteries in a single episode to make things interesting in the future. |
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
| Loved the opening...it has same style like baccano's opening as it is made by same studio and author....loving the premise.. |
| Woah, that's a neat start. Feels like there would be lot of characters, so something i am looking forward to. That ED tho.... <3. |
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| Jeez, a lot of people to take note off, that was quite a bit of info to take in. Friend A walking MC around town introducing and talking about people was kind of interesting. Sets up a whole of questions and points of interest. |
| The opening is alright. Not of my taste though. First of all, how tf do I keep track of so many characters? I'll be honest not many of the names of the places they are mentioning are registering in my head. Kida seems to know a ton of people around the city. So what I'm getting is that a lot of people have been disappearing from these places and I presume that the gang of 3 people is behind all this. That biker seems to be a vigilante with some weird shadow powers. Pretty sure that the biker is a 'she' rather than a 'he'. I wonder if she's even human. Decent start. Not hooked to it yet. Let's see how it unfolds. ED is also okayish but better than the opening imo. |
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| Hell yeah Holo is best waifu |
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| Simon is voiced by Takaya, AKA Kazuma Kiryu... 10/10 10/10 |
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| This anime has been on my plan to watch for like 2 years, ig it's finally time to give it a shot... |
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| Started this awhile ago but only ended up watching 5 episodes before putting it on-hold. Now that I'm watching it again it definitely has an interesting start to a series. Introduces you to quite a few things that you can't really explain yet. Hopefully watching more of this series will make understanding it an enjoyable experience. |
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