Less late to the party this time.

Jun 28, 2011 00:09

Just finished watching Durarara!!, which I picked up as a result of Fanime. Didn't really seem like my kind of show at first, but I eventually got really caught up and enjoyed it a lot. A good ending for a series with incomplete gensaku. It's a weird, dark, confusing show, but there are some great LOL moments, too. Highly recommended.

At Fanime, my sister kept drooling over the Shizuo fanart and decided she had to know more. After a couple episodes, Shizuo didn't really interest me, so thought I'd focus on Izaya instead. Izaya is one of those disturbed, unflappable, always-smiling characters. Like Ichimaru Gin, or Xellos, or Break (from Pandora Hearts). But while I can like them (a lot) if they are of ambiguous alignment or voiced by Ishida Akira, I really can't stand them when they're really just twisted and evil. Die, Gin, die. So, in the end, not really a fan of Izaya after all.

Shizuo kind of grew on me, maybe because he's usually comic relief, or at least less-dark relief. Also, I think he has some of the best interactions with other characters, aside from Izaya.

Durarara!! is definitely a series with strong characters, so I like a lot of them. But maybe Shinra the most. Well, and Kadota's otaku gang. Talk about awesome moments. And plugs for other series.

Anyhow, this is just stream of consciousness braindump after having just finished the last arc and the awesome bonus episode, so don't expect me to make too much sense. I didn't think I was going to like the end very much -- I thought I'd end up with the feeling that the first big arc was better executed -- but actually the whole thing was very satisfying. Sufficiently resolved, but with the door open for a sequel after more novels come out.

I'm not going to touch the novels, though. And I'm not going to watch Baccano either. (Speaking of plugs for other series... password to the Dollars website, anyone?)

It was really weird when they started to go more and more into the Yellow Scarves, and it turned out to be a Three Kingdoms reference after all. The thought occurred to me the moment I heard the name, but I chalked it up to too much Dynasty Warriors lately (I always hated how every kingdom's story mode has to start with Yellow Turban Rebellion). But thanks to the new and more historically accurate DW7, I actually caught the reference to their slogan (蒼天已死,黃天當立), which kind of got translated out of the subtitles. Funny how things cross over sometimes. I just started watching Shin Koihime Musou again, too. Quite a different take on the Yellow Turbans there.

Last thought: I really love the Saika musical theme. So eerie.

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