Durarara!!x2 Ketsu

To begin off, I'd like to point out one thing:
Seeing Shizuo ride a bike going over 60 mph in episode 5 made the rest worth it.
Although the story was a bit of a turn off because it involved a lot of miscommunication, it really portrayed what lengths people will go to if they truly believe in something, whether it be for good or for harm. I very much recommend this series as something to learn from, because it definitely shows that clear communication of feelings and a sharp understanding of a situation are the most important aspects of today's society.

I just want to say, early 2016 is a year of DRRR's rising when many MAL users have been focusing on a certain time leaping anime, most of them forget this.

Durarara!!x2 Ketsu is the 3rd and final sequel of Durarara!!! (DRRR shortly) after DRRRx2 shou and ten. Imagine that DRRR was a Phoenix, DRRR reaches it's peak when around 2010, since many newcomers come one after another, DRRR was slowly buried.

At least in 2015 DRRR have it's sequel twice so she slowly rise from the ashes. But the problem is, DRRR rise too slowly and come back to live with more wings than before. ... Many people confused how much wing DRRR's have in their previous live? Some of them just enjoy the new wing and continue to watch, but some of them are looking to the old wing that they loved before and can't find it.

This review aren't suitable for the one who doesn't know DRRR before, they should read the the prequel reviews. But I give some general explanation of it. DRRR are adaptation of light novel by Ryohgo Narita, the story are focused to it's character rather than usual linear storyline. While usually and anime made their MC to be most interesting, yet we see DRRR made their MC just 'normal' character compared to the others. Almost all characters on DRRR were interesting to the extend of no other anime can't mimic it. You can't see characters like Izaya, Shizuo, Celty, and Shinra in your everyday anime. Not to mention some of them aren't even considered human. You can see tons of characters, tons of theory, tons of relation, tons of conflict. One word to describe this, COMPLICATED!. (oh I forgot to said that the OST and BGM are godly present too...)

The conclusion is, DRRR have high base value, no matter how the story goes or how many new characters introduced, it would remain the same as DRRR we once loved. For the watchers who come this far, you should now what I mean.

So, don't doubt the baby Phoenix who even doesn't fully hatched from her eggs, she has potential to born better than her previous life with more wings, the new one has begun to shine, and the old one can reappear with beautiful feathers than before.

In the end when she's reborn, the Phoenix can fly beautifully. DRRR x2 Ketsu have successfully deliver the potential of previous DRRR. Of all the complicated characters and conflict, it didn't lost the purpose of the story : (Mikado - Masaomi - Anri), (Shizuo vs Izaya), and (Celty x Shinra). And what make me satisfied the most is everything was resolved. It's just sad that we can't see DRRR anymore (T^T).

Story : 9/10 (Great, everything resolved beautifully)
Art : 8/10 (Although slightly below standard of animation nowadays, it's still good)
Sound : 9/10 (DRRR sound, BGM, opening, and ending always fun to listen)
Character : 10/10 (This is the strongest DRRR point, perfect)
Enjoyment : 10/10 (My personal enjoyment of this series is perfect)
Overall : 9.2/10 (Great Series)

Must watch to everyone who watched DRRR before, if you're open minded person, certainly you will enjoy this.

Durarara!!x2 Ketsu, which I will shorten to DRRR Ketsu, for laziness reasons, was just a bundle of crazy, all over the wall fun. If you have seen Baccano, then would know the same writer of this series Ryogo Narita loves his stories with, no main characters, no real plot, and no real ending; but with that being said we still have major and minor characters, a story that makes senses, and a ending that resolves the book left open.

i found that the story effectively intertwined the characters in Celty's literal and figurative spider web, most of the characters were either connected directly to Celty or ... influenced by Celty's unnatural presence, which I found to be very cool. However there are so many motivation and plots they are really easy to lose if you don't pay attention, so you have to be on alert when watching DRRR Ketsu, (Actually all DRRR's).

The art and sound, looked and sounded the same from the other Durarara series, which is not a bad thing at all, aside from the the opening which I really enjoyed, but I've enjoyed almost all the DRRR openings.

The characters are very diverse, edgy, cool, and very plentiful, but the problem is they are a much too plentiful. i honestly become lost with which character was who and who did what, and why he or she was here or there. The over abundance of characters was too much, but the major major ones I kept track of.

I can say I've really enjoyed the ride Durarara has taken me on, and Ketsu did justice to close DRRR out and give the fans a proper not so end, ending. Very happy with DRRR Ketsu and would recommend this anime to anyone.

x2 Ketsu, the third and final season of Durarara! We're finally at the conclusion, it hasn't been the longest ride, but with so many characters with stories all intertwining together, it feels a lot longer than it is. I'm sad it's coming to an end, but glad, because it all built up to the ending it deserves.

I've said this in the other reviews, but the portrayal of Celty and Shinra's relationship is one of my favourites. Since she's so different, but yet there's no barrier with them.
Mikado isn't in the best place, Masaomi wants to save him and Anri doesn't know what's going on ... between the two of them, but starts to learn more about Saika.

Things start to get serious pretty fast, most of the important people are hulled up in Shinra and Celty's apartment. New characters come in again to help bring the story all together, and we're given even more background information for those characters and the ones we already had.
This series is so information based, so if you haven't paid attention, then you'll probably end up pretty lost.

Like the second half of the second season, there's something missing compared to the first. It's nothing specific, just.. something. It doesn't take away from the enjoyment, but if you notice it, trying to figure out what it is gets a little annoying.
But it has some of the most intense parts of the series, like the last couple of episodes. Just, wow. You know when you hold your breath, something is good.
It definitely made me teary. It's a real ending, it feels like an end. You are left with a couple of tiny questions ticking in your head but it's nothing important.
If for some reason you're reading this before watching the other seasons, do yourself a massive favour and watch this series. You won't regret it!

[Adapted From Original Blog Post]
[Mini Review]

Durarara always had to begin and end with Mikado Ryūgamine. His search for the extraordinary has been the main thematic pin holding the story of Durarara together since day 1, especially in !!x2, which has made his slow descent into darkness front and center, and Ketsu now has the responsibility to wrap up an epic character arc that has spanned over 60 episodes, along with whatever left over plot-threads have yet to be resolved. I didn't like Ten that much since its sloppy work basically is the reason why Ketsu won't be getting a higher score at the end of ... this review, but what it did do was let the cream of Durarara's story rise slowly to the top. Put simply, Ketsu is the best Durarara has ever been; a fascinating correlation of the show's insanity with the real human emotion that has made !!x2 so shockingly complicated, and damn do the episodes fly by. You can feel the narrative of what the franchise has built up over the years crash down inevitably on these characters without mercy. Everything is high stakes. Every decision made by every character is going to drastically affect how everything plays out, and in a spiral of emotional turmoil for both the characters and the audience, it's anybodies guess whether this ending will be a happy one.

But somehow, even after all this time, it still feels rushed, a fault that can be attributed to Ten not getting the unimportant stuff out of the way first. While Ketsu is mostly brilliantly built-up emotional arcs, it still has to wrap up a ton of loose ends, and doing so takes it a fair amount of time, time that should have been given to the main arcs which we've been waiting 60 episodes to see culminate, especially what can be argued to be the arc of the franchise's main character. And while once we get to end, what transpires is spectacular and satisfying, but really could have been more so if it had just a few more episodes.


Let's be straight here, while other important arcs are trivialized, the most tragic is Mikado's. It's his story that has pushed Durarara to its absolute best moments, and in Ketsu, it's best than its ever been, especially in the penultimate episode's finale which is so goddamn amazing that it seemed to me the first time that Durarara had been able to stand side-by-side with its cousin Baccano. If more time had been given to the arc, Ketsu would be no doubt have risen above anything the franchise has accomplished so far, but it simply has a rushed conclusion that stops it from being an incredible finale, a finale which really would have blown me out of my seat. Ketsu is a great ending to to this story, but if a few decisions had been different over the span of this franchise, it may have been able to find a place in my all-time favorites. But it still comes close.

Final Verdict: 7.5/10

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DRRR!! was such a journey and this review will take into consideration all the seasons since they are strongly connected. I started this anime with no expectations, I saw it had a pretty decent rating and I thought I should give it a go even though the genres didn't appeal to me so much. The first season was ok, I liked the first half, but the second one just seemed a bit boring since at that time I didn't really understand where they were trying to go with this. So after I finished the first season I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch the ... other ones, since I was afraid the story would continue to leave me bored and unsatisfied. However I still had this curiosity about how the story will conclude for some characters ( as in will Celty get her head back, what's gonna happen with Izaya and Shizuo, what will Mikado do with the Dollars). So yeah, with those questions in mind I started the second part of the story, again with not too many expectations.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that this second arc really kept me hooked. I usually don't watch more than 3-4 episodes of the same anime per day since I get bored easily. However, I finished Ten in only one day and this doesn't happen too often when I watch anime. I started to empathise with the characters more and I found myself identifying a lot with Anri (she was so shy, insecure and didn't know what love is) and a little bit with Mikado. I started to like Shizuo more and more, at heart he was a good guy and I liked his relationship with Varona. I kind of wanted to see more of them, but in the last episodes we can pretty much tell that they really cared about each other. I really liked the new characters, I didn't actually think that it was possible to bring so many new faces and still keep the story interesting, but DRRR!! managed to do this wonderfully. My favourite new guys were definitely Rocchi and Akabayashi-san.

After I watched the last episode I was overwhelmed with a feeling of satisfaction, but also a bit of sadness that it was over.I don't know how to put it into words, everything was just so wonderful and it's been such a long time an anime has made me feel like this. I really really appreciated this 2 weeks journey that I spent watching DRRR!!.

Needless to say, the music was perfect. The only songs in my playlist these past few theys were all DRRR!! openings.

I loved the way this show was portrayed. Something about the whole time-leaping and character-leaping factors made the show a lot more interesting to watch.

I loved how the show would give you half of what was going on in the story, and as you progressed through the show, the pieces of the puzzle would finally come together.

The character development was insanely good, especially for the minor characters. If the names "Shizuo Heiwajima" or "Rrui Hijiribe" were mentioned, I knew exactly who the characters were. If you're not good with remembering names of anime characters and you can't remember who is who ... at first, don't worry. You'll get it sooner or later.

There wasn't a dull moment in this show. I especially loved the genre variety. One moment there would be a fight going on, the next there would be a quick romance scene. That I truly enjoyed. The show all together was a pleasure to watch and I am so happy to have watched it.

Hey folks, this will be a review for Durarara!!x2 Ketsu. Seemingly, and hopefully, this will be the last time I need review Durarara. This season finishes in a big bang, or at least that what they try to make it seem like.

The story is roughly the same as last seasons. We continue with the few themes we have. The gang's butting heads with Mikado and Masaomi at their respective heads. The end of the Dollars, through the purge. The finishing act with Celty, her heads, and her relationship with Shinra. Finally we have a showdown between Izaya, and Shizou. This season sure was action ... packed, and because of that I can appreciate it. However it feels a bit too late, a bit non nonsensical, and slightly disappointing. The end though leaving no real cliff hangers, still leaves hardly anything settled other than the Dollars situation. If they cut out season 2 and simply removed the useless fluff and distributed the story between season 1 and 4 we would have been able to enjoy this far more, in a far more reasonable two or three seasons.

The story isn't bad because its long. Its bad because it seems reaching, it seems a bit stretched. Like going to a concert and the musician forgot some of his or her song, so they have a long solo until they remember it. They do try to bring back the interwoven story system that they ditched in early season 2. However again it falls short, making me wonder what the actual problem is. Different writers, too crazy of a story..etc?

The art and sound both great. Not much change from the other seasons.

The characters are honestly stale. Not to keep using bad analogies, but its like someone holding a dollar in front of your face. At first your interested, you want that dollar! However after a few tries you simply don't care anymore, finding its presence nothing more than an annoyance. As mentioned earlier things come to a head for most of our main characters. Nothing really happens of course but at least its interesting. Izaya and Mikado stealing the show in my eyes, though as they were the main reason for enjoying this anime in the first place I shouldn't say stealing. Though I really wanted to bang my head against the wall every time Sonahara came on the screen. How long, and how many episodes can you milk the, "I'm not a human", "I'm a parasite", "I cant possibly deserve human life" angle. The answer to that question appears to be 4 seasons.

I enjoyed this anime, much like I enjoyed season 3. Its marvelous to see things happen. Even if yet again the ending is lame, the characters were tired, and the rhetoric foggy and bland, I still enjoyed it. However I am more happy I no longer have to feel dread seeing it in my currently watching section and can, with luck move on to greener pastures. Seriously, if you made it this far its worth finishing. If you haven't started Durarara yet, I would say don't bother. I thought the first season was a great anime and recommended in its review to give it a try even with some of its shortcomings. I however don't wish this long and truly tedious journey on those who don't choose this for themselves.

TLDR: Its over...probably. The art was pretty good and the soundtrack spot on. Did I mention its probably over? Seriously if you haven't watched Durarara don't bother, unless you have nothing better to do. If you have already started its worth watching this season to as previously mentioned hopefully finish off this series.

i want to start off by saying the intro video to this season was my favorite of any of them. Its the first one that i watched every episode.
As to the actual anime this chapter was definitely the best of the 3 chapters of x2. The main storylines that i was interested in got wrapped up nicely and the ending was pretty dramatic! However, i still feel like there was way too much going on. Some of the more minor storylines didn't get a conclusion at all and in effect ended up being totally pointless. There are WAY too many characters, most of which didn't ... really have an impact on anything, and some of them i still can;t explain how they ended up where they did. So like i've said on all the other reviews if you haven't watched the previous parts of durarara your going to want to rewatch them or at least skim them. In this case you might even want to rewatch season one because a couple people that haven't been in it since then are going to pop up and become important for no reason.
All in all the best part of season two but still not as good as season one and still left a lot of loose ends.

This review only tells about the last season of Durarara and not the entire story of the show,for this last season im gonna go give it a (8,41) ratings.

The majority of the stories focus on how they will end the stories that have been built for 4 seasons while introducing several important characters who do play a role in the ending. Overall the development of the story towards the end is really built and executed well, although it's a shame the ending of the story seems ordinary and cliché. It seems that the adage that the process is more beautiful than the end of the ... story also applies to this anime. In characterization, all the characters play their roles well in the story. It's really interesting to wait for the fate of a character in this story because basically this anime really shows the fate of all the existing characters and that's a good thing in my opinion. In terms of character design, they managed to produce some iconic and interesting characters. However, for the rest it's been kept low-key to achieve its true urban theme which is a good thing.

In terms of visuals, like other anime in general. Maintaining visual consistency in my opinion has become one of the achievements and this anime is one of the anime that has succeeded in doing so, but apart from that, I don't think there is anything to be proud of anymore in terms of the visuals of this anime. In terms of audio, again this anime has a theme song that really fits and well-executed sound effects. In terms of voice actors, even though they are filled with underrated cast, who would have thought that the voices of the characters they filled were really suitable and iconic.

I think for those of you who have finished season 3 of this anime, it feels really stupid if you hang up a story that will soon be finished. I say be a man and finish the story you have started. Whether it's good or bad, whether you're proud or disappointed, you should decide for yourself and that's determined by completing the story and not based on people's comments.

And maybe this is my little opinion regarding the whole story. The story of this anime is really neatly built and executed in every plot. But as usual, sometimes the process is more fun than the end of the story.

Ah, Durarara!!x2 Ketsu... A great ending to a great anime for sure.

Not only did the final season of Durarara answer many questions the previous seasons left unanswered, it also managed to add quite a lot more to the plot line within such a small amount of episodes. While the OST isn't that great compared to the rest of the show, I'd say the story is a well-written and thought-through ending for this anime. Due to the amount of suspenseful in this season, I think it's one of the best anime endings I've ever seen. The last episode wraps up the whole show, just like it ... should.

The characters seem to have developed even further than in the previous episodes, and tend to show even darker sides of them, contrary to the cheerful start that we witnessed in the first season. Combine the character development with the usual action, comedy and drama of the show, and you get the awesome last season that's called Durarara!!x2 Ketsu.

Due to the fact I think this season is one of the best last seasons of anime I've ever seen, I rated this season a 9/10 in this review (and a 10/10 on my profile due to slightly biased reasons.)

Definitely recommended to watch, especially if you've got the time to watch it in one go.

I don't even have an introductory sentence; let's just get going with this final review of Durarara!!

So, now that all the pieces have come together in this final season, did Durarara!! become something extraordinary? Unfortunately, I don't think so. Going in with the positives first, this season did an exceptional job utilizing the cast of characters it had. Although I can't say this anime is something I fell in love with, there were a handful of characters that made it redeemable for me, and that's got everything to do with the wonderful writing they got. Celty, Shinra, and Shizuo, specifically, were characters that kept me ... interested from beginning to end throughout this whole series.

As far as the story goes, I thought the directions all the characters took were extremely interesting as well. However, sadly, something about this season felt a little off in that regard, and that's why I've decided to rate this season as I have. One of the main reasons the plot of this final season bugged me was because it felt like much of it was unimportant. There were more than a few happenings in the storyline that could've been entirely removed without affecting the quality of the anime, and especially without taking anything away from this conclusion of events we see in this last season. There were probably about five characters or so that didn't need to be in the story at all. Because that was the case, the core of the story felt like it was lacking as well. Certain stories found their conclusions without any development, and some were finished off completely out of the blue. For the most part, it felt like a majority of the respective plotlines were cut off in the middle of being told and a clean ending was forced upon them.

Adding onto that complaint, many of the characters motivations felt thin or even pointless. There were a couple characters I felt didn't have motivations at all, which confused my understanding of the story to an annoying extent. Now, part of me is gleaning that, perhaps, that was the point of the story to begin with-- that humans don't always do things for a reason, and it won't always make sense. If that's the case, that's an admirable quality to the story that I would've enjoyed a lot had it come off clearer. As it stands, it just felt like pieces were either missing or explained so badly that I was unable to infer what they meant.

All in all, I suppose the abstract storytelling of Durarara!! never truly went away. For what it was, I was interested in this final installment until the very end. I do feel like it stopped short of the finish line, especially because it seemed like a lot more was supposed to connect between certain characters' storylines than it actually did, but the finished product was still entertaining. At the end of the day, I don't think I got much out of this series beyond intriguing characters such as Izaya and the ones I've already mentioned above; however, I do think I got to see a world I've never seen before. And maybe that was the whole point.

Just finished the series and holy smokes was it a ride.

I was intrigued by the very first few episodes and this quickly became a series I was obsessed with. When I went to Japan I also made a point to quickly visit Ikebukuro to take a few pictures where the series took place.

I haven't written many reviews but this series definetly deserves one.

The first thing I want to touch on is rhe characters. Holy smokes are the characters good. That there is no main character might be the reason this series is so good and every episode feels intriguing. Well written, there's some genuine development ... and overall a great cast of characters. One of the main aspects in the stroy we follow is to get it from everyones different perspective which adds so much depth to the narrative. One thing though is that the opening which always has the names of the "main characters" or the characters whose story follow became a bit crowded at the later seasons and I didn't really see the need to add all of them into the opening but that is just a minor thing.

The other big thing that I think sets this apart from other anime is the atmosphere. This is a bit harder to explain but I'll try. The feeling I got from watching this is that I'd almost like to be there and experience everything, and in a way I did. There's always this lingering feelig of mystery surrounding events that get resolved, but sometimes not completely which leads to other questions. The supernatural tag is done really well here, a lot of supernatural elements that ad to the overall mystery, but not too much that will ruin the story.

The soundtrack is also phenomenal. The feeling of the scene was well portrayed by it and it overall enhanced the storytelling. Openings were banging too.

The story was really intriguing the first part and is what got me hooked on the series. Genuine development and interesting plot points that leave you guessing where the story is going. The second part was a bit weaker in my opinion, but had some great moments. In the end everything came to a conclusion that I am satisfied with. The chatrooms were a bit hard to follow at times, even though they were an interesting way to interact with eachother outside of any normal circumstances (characters that normally would probably never interact haad the chance to do so).

Art was overall good and the character designs were mostly unique enough.

Overall I would give this series a solid 9/10 and I would definetly recommend it to anyone who likes a story driven series with somewhat less action with lots of great character!

Now that I have reached the last season of DRRR I have to say 'wow, that's anticlimactic'.

The first season caught my attention, I enjoyed it a lot, and naturally I wanted to continue with the series. The issue here is that the following seasons didn't really hold up to the first one. I gave DRRR the benefit of the doubt, expecting it to turn a leaf and start being super engaging and awesome again. But that didn't happen. Even now I somehow have hope that the series will turn around, I think I'm in denial.

I am not satisfied at all with the last ... season, everything leading to the last episodes climbed slowly, ever so slowly, promising something outstanding, but I was left disappointed. I was not happy with Celty's resolution, and I was not happy with how things were left with Izaya and Shizuo, and I was definitely not happy with Mikado, although I enjoyed him losing it during the series. But even that, in the end it was disappointing.

I know the story is not over yet, there still are things happening in the manga and that's why I have this hope that the series can turn around, but at the same time I can't ignore what happened up until now. I feel like no one made any real progress, it's like they were playing a game. A dangerous one, but still a game after which everyone goes back home and carry on.

There is one thing that I did like constantly, though, and that is the chaos that is the main characters. There are so many and there are so many plot lines, it was kind of refreshing. I only would have wanted everything to lead somewhere, to actually put the characters in a different position or mindset than they were in at the start.

Durarara!! has been the best anime i have ever watch so far, in terms of storyline. i've never seen anything like this before. they're ideas of telling the stories is so cool . I admit it, it's need a little bit struggle to understand the plot, but when you're watching the whole season you'll understand what the anime wants you to know and this anime is aired 10 years ago. I wish i could knew about this anime sooner. I think Durarara!! Ketsu is a good conclusion of this anime.

I enjoy the story, i love the charachter, especially Orihara Izaya. He's not like a typicall ... villain i know. He's a bit remind me of Joker in the dark knight. the diffrence is Izaya created chaos with such a calculated prediction on human psychologycal and created situation to see how they reeact to that situation

The point is i love this Anime, and it will be memorable for me.

Ohh btw i love the chemestry between Shizuo and Vorona. Her feeling of intrest to Shizuo is funny in a weird way hahahaha

Hello, my fellow anime enthusiasts. Today, we're taking a look at the final installment of the Durarara!!x2 series, Ketsu. And let me tell you, it does not disappoint.

Picking up where the previous season left off, Ketsu continues the story of the strange and mysterious happenings in the city of Ikebukuro. With its signature blend of supernatural elements and gripping character drama, this anime is a fitting conclusion to the Durarara!! saga.

But what sets Ketsu apart from its predecessors is its heightened sense of urgency and tension. The stakes are higher, the threats are more immediate, and the characters are pushed to their limits in a ... desperate struggle to save their city and each other.

Of course, the series still maintains its trademark quirkiness and dark humor, which serves as a welcome respite from the intensity of the main plot. And as always, the animation and music are top-notch, making for a truly immersive viewing experience.

Overall, I would give Durarara!!x2 Ketsu a solid 9/10. It's a thrilling and satisfying conclusion to an already impressive anime series, and a must-watch for fans of the genre. So buckle up, strap in, and get ready for a wild ride through the streets of Ikebukuro.

The first season was an 8. Really enjoyed it. But the three following seasons ive gone down a point to 7. So it was still enjoyable. But still lacking compared to the first imo. So what happened? Well to me it just got bloated. There was to much of everything in the end. The first season hit the spot. The following crossed the line. To many characters. To many stories. It got hard to keep track of and lost its focus.

I still enjoyed Durara to its end. Its a show i recommend. But it lost steam after season one and dragged on for a ... bit.