The first ten or twelve episodes create a sort of buildup and introduction to quite funny and unique characters. This buildups includes the infamous headless rider, who is quite well humanized. As these different characters and motivations occur the story starts to build up.
The pacing of this show is built undo the non-linear style, which is quite unique. This allows some events to be shown out of order and can create confusion.
The story itself has quite a few fun twists and turns which allow the watcher to enjoy the ride. And that is what it is, a story that moves at a mile a minute and weaves many different plotlines, although this is not perfect.
Even with the incredible work put into the individual stories, some of the movements are hard to believe. The ending is quite satisfying, but some moments seem unbelievable. There are also some cliche moments.
Overall though, the story manages to weave a large amounts of plot points almost seamlessly and indulges in cliches, drama, development, and comedy.
The art is also good, and the background grey characters are well needed. This allows more focus on other characters, and shows their effort to not be the forgettable grey background of an ever changing city.
It is definitely worth a watch. Just like a rollercoaster ride, durarara has a slow buildup and a thrilling ending that you don't want to end.
