- This anime is probably one of the best anime I have seen in my whole life, everything about it from 'bad guys' to 'good guys' trying to fight each other from the people behind the scene. This anime is amazing because there are so much that you wouldn't suspect, though I did not give it 10/10 simply because I just wanted it to have more episodes. If I were to be biased this anime is 'perfect' not that most of you guys would agree but this anime can really but you at the edge of your seat. The anime gives a lot of twist and turns, from bad to worse which is soo entertaining because you are just dying to see what will happen next. Izaya (the main mastermind of... everything) is just so scary that I actually detest the guy though he doesn't he really exist (*.*), but surely you guys are thinking that I'm taking that guy tooo seriously but yeah if you have seen the anime then you can understand why I'm like this, but if you have not seen this anime then it's a "Must Watch" because I garuntee that you'll enjoy it.
Story - 10/10
- This anime's story is... to put it simple - perfect. If your wondering why, it's because of most of all the chair-edging scenes such as... the scene of all three heroin's fnding about the truth about each other about episodes 23-24. The story is well constructed, and it does not leave with thoughts like "where did guy come from" or "what happened to ... " because episodes 1-5 show's a great demonstration of showing what happened from different prespective's of each character, therefore making it interesting and it allows that auidience to take interest in other characters rather then just always seeing the main heroins. Shizua and Izaya, the two overpowered 'Dudes' show great interesting characterisation, because not only they are from the same gang "dollars" but they try to kill each other everytime they see each other, but it's mostly Shizua doing all the chasing. This creates some kind of comic relief because this shows to the audience that if these two make any encounter, it's automatic that something good or bad will happen and that Shizua seems to have "gay feelings" for Izaya because he just won't leave him alone... But yeah overall the different gangs "yellow scarfs" , "blue squares" and "Dollars" are interesting gangs because they shows different kinds of reactions towards society, 'Blues' - violent; "yellows" - Average gang (just hanging out) and "Dollars" - a bunch of people who made a group.. (sooo like a youth group?) who do good things... (mostly).
Lastly celty (the rider) was an interesting character on this anime, because she gave a lot of hints which makes her and interesting character which made the story more interesting, because she... is... uhh... funny? yet... serious... the fact that she's so intimidating but shes so 'girly' (sorry if I sounded sexist) makes an interesting character to have in the story, and the fact that they gave a little bit of her history made it easier for us audience to understand her. I didn't want to go over the story too much, because it might spoil it for some people who hasn't watched it.
Art - 8/10
- The art was pretty good, the way everyone was drawn was pretty amazing, though unlike most anime they don't have any scenes which they turn into this "chibi-like" character to shows there emotions of, happy, shy, angry etc... but I'm not much of a fan of those anyways. The arts of the motor bike, shadows... and evil 'things' were very well made, and it wasn't a predictable of what might they look like. Furthermore it's very unique of what they wear, like Shinra's father (a old dude, that wears a gas mask?!) was rather funny because he wasn't really that important in the story but the way he acted fitted perfectly to what he wore. on the other hand, the fact that celty is wearing all black biker clothing, but a cat like helment totally confuses you if shes really a grim ripper or a "dullahan" (a fallen valkyire). Most of the art were pretty believable because everything seemed to really fit in the anime, if your wondering what I mean, the scenary of what's happening around the anime, "a run-down area" fit's perfectly of an anime filled with gangs. Furthermore they make it seem more realistic by making some character's live in a run-down area, or place because unlike some anime's, some have a run-down place but for some reason they have a super clean room and a perfectly tidy enviroment for them to live in. But yeah the art is amazing, but if your wondering why I didn't make it 9 or 10/10 because the fact that it's got high school students wasn't really anything new, therefore it wasn't interesting unlike the other characters...
Sound - 8/10
- This... I don't know why they have this in the "reviewing" but... the sound is great? I guess, but the sound actually depends on where and what you watch it. But then again they might be talking about the sound of the characters... and sound effects? I don't have much for this... because I didn't really focus on sounds... but straight to the point
japanese Version - I didn't watch the Jp version therefore I do not know if the Jp dubbing is good.
English Version - The dubbing was fantasric, everything fit's perfectly from the description of the character.
Effects - The effects were alright, not amazing but average.
Character - 9/10
The characters were all amazing and fun to watch, however some did not have as much attention unlike the others, such as the police which celty is extremely scared of. He made an appearance as one of the new cops chasing after celty which shown just how powerful a cop can really be, however after that episode, we never seen him again, or more preferable just not noticed. The only time I really notice that cop, is when celty panics or the point of view focuses on this special cop. Most of the characters, were interesting ranging from:
Celty: a 'Black Rider', 'Dullahan', 'Grim reaper'
- A rider which doesn't have head, with black shadow thingies coming out of her neck, and a motorbike which makes horse sounds, make her one of the wierdest but interesting character. Oh and she's afraid of aliens... which is pretty funny because she doesn't have a head...
Shizuo: a 'bar-tender', 'Strongest man in Ikubukuro',
- An Over powered dude, which get's pissed so easily, call him stupid and he'll send you flying 500m in the air. He apparantly doesn't like violence, which is hard to believe because everything single episode we see him or even a glimpse of him, something or someone is flying or broken. His blue glasses make's him somewhat "awesome" and he has gay feelings for Izaya (that's what I thnk)
Izaya: a 'informer'... 'King'
- He Manipulates everyone and everything as he pleases, he is smart and he has commando like skills to jump long distances and has great accuracy with his knifes. He wears blackish clothing and laughs crazily or act's crazy from time to time, he doesn't seem to understand "fear" and he doesn't care if his about to die, he is always calm in any kind of situation. He is able to gain trust from people, and he just manipulate's in doing his dirty work, he feels "humans" are his sense of his entertainment, therefore he is constantly causing distress towards... Everyone.
Anri: a 'Slasher'
- She is a lot alike to the main character of blood C Saya. She has big boobs, wears glasses and gives away this feeling that you shouldn't piss her off, two people like her Mikado and Masaomi. She can release saika from her right hand and once's she slashes you she can control you. She is a shy character therefore she doesn't say much from time to time, she is a skilled swordsman and doesn't seem to be intimidated from getting surrounded. She's scary.
Masaomi: a "leader of yellow scarfs"
- he has street fighting skills, he is very flirty and he doens't care what kind of girl he flirts so long as they're cute. He switches personality depending on who his with, his a coward but conquers that at the last episodes. He doesn't specialise in any kind of weapon, so long you can hold and smash with it it's good for him. His best friend is Mikado and like's Anri.
Mikado: a "Leader of the Dollars"
- he doesn't have any kind of fighting talents nor is he extremely smart and manipulative like Izaya, but he is your average school boy. He wants his life to be adventurous and he reacts heroicly if his friend is in trouble, he also controls the entire group "Dollars" through a chat room.
Enjoyment - 9/10
- I loved this whole anime so great, enjoyed every single episode and I wish it can have more episodes. It took me 2 days to finish this anime all the episodes, you might think I'm addicted to this, but yeah it was that good I didn't want to leave my seat.
Overall - 9/10
- If you haven't seen this anime, then hate me if I have spoiled it for you. If you have seen this anime, then I hope you found my review helpful.
Thank you Very much for reading this review, I hope you enjoy this anime and get addicted like I did. :D
