Durarara!!x2 Ketsu (Durarara!! x2 Ketsu)

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Synonyms: Durarara!!x2 Ketsu

Japanese: デュラララ!!×2 結

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 9, 2016 to Mar 26, 2016

Premiered: Winter 2016

Broadcast: Saturdays at 23:30 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: Shuka

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Mystery, Supernatural

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 8.05¹ (scored by 187,052 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #569²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #616

Members: 379,263

Favorites: 1,085

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Synopsis

As Mikado Ryuugamine continues to purge the Dollars from within in accordance with his warped sense of justice, Masaomi Kida hopes to bring his friend back to his senses by bringing the Yellow Scarves together once more. Little do they know that a far more dominant force is about to enter their struggle for power, one that their friend Anri Sonohara is all too familiar with.

Meanwhile, the group that has gathered at Shinra Kishitani's apartment realizes that they are on the brink of something life-changing, an event that will throw Ikebukuro into a spiral of confusion. Their anxiety is realized when reports of Celty's head being found in public start to appear all over the news as Kasane Kujiragi begins to make her move.

Gone are the brief periods of tranquility as the current turmoil sets the stage for one final performance in this thrilling conclusion to the story of Ikebukuro's finest.

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Adaptation:	Durarara!!
Prequel:	Durarara!!x2 Ten
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Characters & Voice Actors

Orihara, Izaya

Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

Heiwajima, Shizuo

Main

Ono, Daisuke
Japanese

Sturluson, Celty

Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Kida, Masaomi

Main

Miyano, Mamoru
Japanese

Kishitani, Shinra

Main

Fukuyama, Jun
Japanese

Ryuugamine, Mikado

Main

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Sonohara, Anri

Main

Hanazawa, Kana
Japanese

Brezhnev, Semyon

Supporting

Kuroda, Takaya
Japanese

Kadota, Kyouhei

Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi
Japanese

Karisawa, Erika

Supporting

Takagaki, Ayahi
Japanese

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Staff

Maruyama, Hiroo

Producer

Ogisu, Hirotsugu

Producer

Oomori, Takahiro

Director, Sound Director

Kojima, Masayuki

Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Steppin' out" by FLOW

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Ending Theme

"Joker ni Yoroshiku (ジョーカーに宜しく)" by PENGUIN RESEARCH (eps 1-11)

Reviews

Mar 7, 2024

LeruLeru

Recommended

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 ...

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Feb 21, 2021

kaburg

Mixed Feelings

I am writing this as someone who was incredibly into the first few seasons of this show. I watched all the extras, loved the characters, would rewatch the openings for fun, etc.

Now I will also preface this review by explaining who I am as an anime watcher. I, like many of you, am a binger. I binge shows super quickly, especially if I am into them. However, to start my review of durarara: this show took me INCREDIBLY long to finish. I would NOT recommend this show to anyone who likes to binge.

Even the first few seasons took me weeks on weeks to ... finish. The final season: months. It literally took me longer than all of Naruto. Maybe two times as long.

This is for a few reasons. The first is that this show has very individualized episodes with very little running plot. Sure, there is a longer plot, but I can show a friend a random episode and with a brief explanation of the characters it can end there. The episode "A Badass Dude" is a great example of this - I watched it with a friend who liked it, but ended up asking, "So how did this fit into the show's plot? It seems like this episode was standalone." Compare this with AOT, a show with a super put together plot line, it's like night and day. I could NEVER show a random friend a random episode of AOT, besides the first episode, because it would make NO sense and would also spoil so much. Durarara is not like this. I hope that makes sense.

This makes the show super hard to binge because I would finish one or two episodes and then be ready to take a break - I'd have finished a full mini story arc.

However, I found this final season particularly hard to watch. First, it introduces SO many new characters. I mean a completely INSANE amount. Also, it bounces around a ton time wise, to the point that I (someone who is usually very on top of show's time changes) was very confused. Furthermore, the main character, who I think is easily the weakest character of the show, became so incredibly annoying. The show reused the same issues that plagued the characters in the first season (lack of communication, love problems, etc.) and it just felt stale and annoying. I kept saying "Cmon! By now you surely have to realize that's a terrible idea." It felt like the development wasn't there, and by the end, their development felt really forced and instantaneous. As if the show said, "Okay, we need to end the show! Here are a couple scenes that show these completely insane psychopaths' all of a sudden acting normal! Great character development!"

Finally, I personally found the ending quite unsatisfying. Especially because Celty, a character I really enjoyed, reverted back to being hypnotized by a creepy and annoying Shinra. The only characters who I was satisfied with are Shizuo and maybe the main 3, but even still just BARELY. A bunch of the other characters I didn't care about at all, because they were so recently introduced and I didn't know anything about them.

Furthermore, this is a show that doesn't have amazing animation or anything like that to carry the plot issues. In the end, its a hard 5/10 for me.

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Jun 6, 2017

BanjoTheBear

Not Recommended

(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)

Durarara!!x2 Ketsu is like this grilled-cheese-and-honey-mustard sandwich I ate the other day.

Could’ve been appetizing – but ultimately wasn’t.

STORY

Ketsu marks the end of the Durarara anime series. That means it has a lot to do. It needs to tie up plotlines, resolve character arcs, and provide a satisfactory ending. After all, the series spans sixty episodes (plus a special or OVA here and there). Did it do that?

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