Durarara!! (light novel)
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| Jesus fucking christ that was intense. |
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| that cliffhanger tho...mikado's crazy @_@ 1 ep left! i really want to see what happens between shizuo and izaya |
| damn he shot him and shot himself i think and next week is the finale oh man i don't want it to end |
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| wtf Mikado. Shinra was great though. |
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| I've been wondering for a while now why I haven't been enjoying DRRR as much as I used. And the answer is that MIkado has become an imbecile of the highest category. Nothing he does makes any sense to me anymore: goals, methods or results. The more the series focuses on other characters, the better. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
clytemnestra13 said: I didn't understand a thing of what Mikado did or tried to do this whole season. Why is he trying to kill himself? If the dollars have no leader by definition what does he accomplish? Also what's the purpose of cleansing the dollars if he lets the blue square in. Well from what I understood it seems Mikado wasn't actually going to kill himself at first. He had the Dollars meeting and was going to kill his best friend to show all the members how much a scumbag of a leader he was bcuz he was going against the ideals he wanted for the Dollars. After that he was hoping the Dollars would just end. But then he realized how horrible of a person he was and that he would continue on doing horrible things so he decided to kill himself also hoping the Dollars would just end. And he let the Blue Squares in bcuz they were helping him with the cleansing. And I think he forced all those motorcycle gang members to be proper Dollars members by blackmailing them maybe...not so sure on that part. |
KaiKatsuya said: Wait? What? How? When?taztinky said: Wow, I wonder where Mikado got that glove gun thing from, I guess by running the dollars gives contacts from the dark web. Shijima says he gave him shortly after Mikado shoots it. |
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Xenovius said: clytemnestra13 said: I didn't understand a thing of what Mikado did or tried to do this whole season. Why is he trying to kill himself? If the dollars have no leader by definition what does he accomplish? Also what's the purpose of cleansing the dollars if he lets the blue square in. Well from what I understood it seems Mikado wasn't actually going to kill himself at first. He had the Dollars meeting and was going to kill his best friend to show all the members how much a scumbag of a leader he was bcuz he was going against the ideals he wanted for the Dollars. After that he was hoping the Dollars would just end. But then he realized how horrible of a person he was and that he would continue on doing horrible things so he decided to kill himself also hoping the Dollars would just end. And he let the Blue Squares in bcuz they were helping him with the cleansing. And I think he forced all those motorcycle gang members to be proper Dollars members by blackmailing them maybe...not so sure on that part. You're right on him realizing he's an awful person after shooting Kida and also right on blackmailing the biker gangs, but he never planned to shoot Kida in first place. He says it in this episode that he wants to end the Dollars in style and make it an urban legend in a way that no one will want to join it again and everyone that's part of it will either quit or lie about being on the Dollars. That's why he did all those terrible things shown this week (including shooting a yakuza). BGMaxie said: Wait? What? How? When? Shijima says it around 20:35 this episode. I don't actually remember in which episode he met Mikado and had the chance to do that, but I'm sure it happened. |
KaiKatsuya said: Shijima says it around 20:35 this episode. I don't actually remember in which episode he met Mikado and had the chance to do that, but I'm sure it happened. I'm pretty sure very early in this cour (either episode 1 or 2, more likely 1) Shijima showed up and met up with Mikado as he was patching up the Blue Square members and making sure they were alright. Then he kinda disappeared until he met up with Nasujima in episode 3, I think. |
| First of all, there were some really nice shots throughout this episode. There was one in particular where Mikado and Kida were talking and the choreography was very nice. On the content of the episode itself, if I understood it correctly, Mikado's plan was basically to make the Dollars meet and then get wiped out by the yakuzas he pissed off for that purpose. While that makes sense, I feel as if his breakdown was slightly forced, but considering his behaviour up till now, it's not really out of the blue for him to lose it. A bit disappointed that Izaya and Shizuo's showdown is being dragged quite a bit without any really meaningful events, though. Btw, the noise at the end didn't sound like a gunshot at all. |
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| i don't know what's going on anymore... |
| Barley could see the screen because I was crying my eyes OMFG. Masaomi's and Mikado scene then that OMFG KILLING ME T________T |
| The ending of the episode just killed me. I'm not ready for this to end next week. |
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| Really good episode...sadly it's going to end next week :( 5/5. |
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| I've lost interest in the show time ago so what happened this episode doesn't really affect me in any way. I don't even understand what's going on anymore... |
| Yeah I don't really understand what's going on in this show, but yay Mikado actually did something! :P |
| Mikado always wanted to escape from the 'ordinary life' which is why he created the Dollars. However it wasn't enough because the supernatural life he wanted to have soon becomes an ordinary life. Hence he keeps on involving himself deeper with the supernatural but then again it became an ordinary for him again. That's where he realize that he's in a vicious cycle and he realized he's not sane anymore. He's willing to even shoot his Masaomi or Anri in order to go deeper with the supernatural life and he hated it. He doesn't want to hurt the people he cares for to reach an unrealistic goal like that and that's where he decided to end himself. Man, the way the studio directed that scene with Mikado and Masaomi was better than I expected. I was also impressed by Mikado's VA, Toshiyuki Toyonaga for his act with Mikado, especially in that emotional scene. Final episode next week! I'm really scared but excited for it, I'm going to miss this show so bad now :( |
reireinatto said: And he was willing to reach deep enough in order to get that. It kinda became his obsession and with it his darker nature came afloat. But even he is disgusted with himself.Mikado always wanted to escape from the 'ordinary life' which is why he created the Dollars. However it wasn't enough because the supernatural life he wanted to have soon becomes an ordinary life. Hence he keeps on involving himself deeper with the supernatural but then again it became an ordinary for him again. That's where he realize that he's in a vicious cycle and he realized he's not sane anymore. He's willing to even shoot his Masaomi or Anri in order to go deeper with the supernatural life and he hated it. He doesn't want to hurt the people he cares for to reach an unrealistic goal like that and that's where he decided to end himself. Man, the way the studio directed that scene with Mikado and Masaomi was better than I expected. I was also impressed by Mikado's VA, Toshiyuki Toyonaga for his act with Mikado, especially in that emotional scene. Final episode next week! I'm really scared but excited for it, I'm going to miss this show so bad now :( |
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glamazon said: Agree, Mikado is really going insane for absurd reason, talking nonsense, shoot his best friend.. that was made me hate him even morethis was a great reminder of how much i hate mikado and how much i love shinra but this episode is really intense! can't wait to see final~ |
BGMaxie said: reireinatto said: And he was willing to reach deep enough in order to get that. It kinda became his obsession and with it his darker nature came afloat. But even he is disgusted with himself.Mikado always wanted to escape from the 'ordinary life' which is why he created the Dollars. However it wasn't enough because the supernatural life he wanted to have soon becomes an ordinary life. Hence he keeps on involving himself deeper with the supernatural but then again it became an ordinary for him again. That's where he realize that he's in a vicious cycle and he realized he's not sane anymore. He's willing to even shoot his Masaomi or Anri in order to go deeper with the supernatural life and he hated it. He doesn't want to hurt the people he cares for to reach an unrealistic goal like that and that's where he decided to end himself. Man, the way the studio directed that scene with Mikado and Masaomi was better than I expected. I was also impressed by Mikado's VA, Toshiyuki Toyonaga for his act with Mikado, especially in that emotional scene. Final episode next week! I'm really scared but excited for it, I'm going to miss this show so bad now :( And this what makes his character so interesting. He has no choice but to end himself because of that dark nature. Keep in mind that he was originally very honest and kind-hearted guy until the whole Dollars fiasco happened. His greed towards power overwhelmed him too much and thus becomes of what he is now |
| Don't know why people keep saying Izaya vs Shizuo will be a battle, its more like Izaya is going to get his shit kicked in by Shizuo. |
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Norjack2 said: Great episode, Mikado my boy, don't die, what could we do without you? The episode was literally utter chaos. I'm interested to see how this will all wrap up. To the light novel readers, is this the final volume? If not, how many are left, and if yes, are there any content that was skipped? I'm interested in reading as much of Durarara!!! as I can. This episode will conclude the main LN series. However, there is a sequel LN currently publishing, so this isn't the end of Durarara. |
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| This episode was very awesome! The fight between Shizuo and Izaya still not ended yet. Hope the next episode will be great, since it'll be the end of my favorite anime :/ |
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| Izaya, what that knife gonna do to Shizu ? xD Hope we'll see more of them next week because we're not getting enough of them fighting. Can't wait for the finale. |
| Kida got shot and Mikado is broken :( The Kujiragi confession was bittersweet Izaya's flee continues, Wonder what the outcome of their clash will be. I have absolutely no clue how things are gonna end, Can't wait for the finale. |
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| Holy shit this episode was crazy Can't wait for the Shizuo x Izaya show down Also NOOOOOOO ONLY ONE EPISODE LEFT |
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| You can literally feel the emotions running from Kida and Mikado's voices. Hats off to the VAs of these two. |
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| What a pathetic whiny bitch. Hope he kills himself. Though it's probably not gonna happen. |
| It all comes tumbling down tumbling down tumbling down.. |
| I don't even know what to say anymore. If Mikado actually dies that would be the most unexpected thing ever. Even though it looked like this for a while now I never thought they'd actually pull through with it. But how could he possibly be alive after that situation unless he hit some really unlucky spot and survived a shot to his head. Well the rest was pretty interesting. Yumasaki once more tries to burn Izumii xD And Shizuo just is on a rampage. Seriously at this point I don't think he'd stop before either he or Izaya is actually dead. But why does that Saika guy lose his cool over it? Sure he can't take him on directly but it's not like Shizuo attacks without reason. As long as he leaves Shizuo alone he shouldn't expect any attack. |
| So he really did shot himself? That's so dumb. :/ |
| Best episode yet. Mikado is so fascinating and nice ending~ |
| Hmm i dont want to believe that this is the End. And i dont think that next Week they are airing the last episode. Because there are many things who are still unclear. What will happen to Celty, and i was really looking into that Mikado comes in a Relationship with Anri or at least a confession. But i dont know much so i hope it will still go some episodes. We will see still i like the series a lot ;) |
| Yo! Almost everyone is getting involved now! |
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| Kida finally punching Mikado in the face was so satisfying. I knew he'd end up getting shot though. Man, him narrating this episode was so heart-wrenching. That voice acting was on point. "Didn't I tell you? I'm fed up with this. Nobody's sicker of this than me!" Next episode, the Shizuo/Izaya battle we've all been waiting for. This whole time. Seriously. Get it over with. |
| Jesus, Mikado's character rewrite just went to the next level To think he was like the sweetest guy who wouldn't hurt a fly and then he went all sociopath on us |
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| Very extreme stuff, wonder how this can be resolved with one more episode. |
| Jaywalker. |
| this is so crazy! How are they gonna wrap this all up in one episode? Anyway, I really love Shinra and Togusa. I love them so much |
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| intense intense.... so this series is finally coming to an end after 6 years eh? |
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| UHM? THAT ENDING. SHIT ESCALATED HELLA FUCKING QUICKLY THIS EPISODE. |
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