durarara!! 6
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“We’re fucking amazing!”
Six episodes into Durarararara!!, this is what we know: all the characters are interesting in their own way. Each has their quirkiness, but none are as boring as Miyuki. Secondly, we’re getting the onion peeled back bit-by-bit. We finally see who has Celty’s head, but why? We also find out a bit about The Dollars… and I’m sorely disappointed that it’s an otaku gang. How threatening is that? I wanted something more vicious… more in-line with what Onizuka used to run with. We also know that yet unseen family members are going to play a big role.
“We’re going to torture you with a method relating to the plot of the one you pick.”
What’s Ladies vs. Butlers going to do? Bore you to death? Though there’s something just special about a thug gang that lives and dies with fanservice manga featuring torture. But I would like liked to see Sora no Otoshimono and Maria+Holic in that selection pile… just for the options of getting light bulbs shoved into unholy places and getting doused with gasoline by a trap’s meido.
(When Dollars were talking about a new Denga Teki light novel coming soon, I thought it was for real. OTL.)
Ridiculous. Not even Ui is this much of a fangirl for Yui. I can’t believe this episode was centered around some guy desperately trying to get back his ticket scalper. I’m pretty sure he could find another ticket scalper. Also can’t believe the straight face Dotachin used to describe this. (He also broke the fourth wall while describing it. Yikes.)
Why is it that no matter what kind of foreigner is portrayed in anime, they’re always portrayed by dragging out vowel sounds. Um, wouldn’t flat wrong mispronunciation be more accurate? Like they wouldn’t go “chooooocoolaaaate” but rather “cho-ko-LATE” rather than “CHAULK-late”.
Celty should have been watching that Astrea special from Dance in the Vampire Bund. Though I’m really disappointed Celty doesn’t have more outfits… as much as I enjoy tight, form-fitting leather, there should be some variety. It’s like even though you could eat a nice thick dry-aged porterhouse every day, you still craze some In-and-Out once in a while.
Getting Futurama vibes… or at least Lord Genome.
And I thought Celty took care of these guys already. Apparently, getting one’s face rammed into a concrete support pillar with a motorbike doesn’t leave scars like they used to.
So Dollars’ thugs include a fujoshi, a crazed idol stalker, a manga maniac, and Tomoya? Why does this sound more like an ideal setup for a team of Gundam pilots more than a bunch of Ikebukuro-based thugs?
What this show and Railgun has taught me: never trust women in white lab coats. Run. Away.
Something else I learned from the two shows: Japanese people like to put their left hand on their hips as they chug milk.
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Maybe outside Japan, but considering all the bad press on otaku I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re that fearsome IRL.
Quite the wackier episode this week than I expected… not that that’s a bad thing. Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something about an otaku-gang that sounds so ridiculous it’s awesome.
>>Getting Futurama vibes
Great, now I’m picturing Shinra downloading a Celty robot lover program via Napster.
Otaku-gang is awesome, lol. Check out that RIGHT TURN. I expect this driving from Konata in the future, her cousin will teach her well. GRAVITY.
“What’s Ladies vs. Butlers going to do? Bore you to death?”
Pretty sure they can do something with drillz. Or send the ditzy, CLUMSY meido after him.
“What this show and Railgun has taught me: never trust women in white lab coats. Run. Away.”
Indeed. *dashes* but I love her outfit nonetheless. Green fits.
Funny thing about manga torture is that in the Durarara!! it’s much more scarier and amusing:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/.....007/6.html
There was a recent study that suggested you really could be bored to death. I’d go into more detail but I didn’t actually read the article, as I feared the possible health repercussions.
Finally? I was getting the vibe the the head on what’s-her-name-with-the-neck-scar was Celty’s head eve since she first appeared, and the head in the jar looks an awful lot like glasses-girl-with-hopes-and-dreams’s missing friend (I can’t remember anyone’s name in this show). Which would then raise a lot more questions but they still haven’t explained the secret medical experiments or the nature of a dullahan’s head in the context of Durarara’s world.
They’d force him to read the manga while they stare at him intensely, so that he feels all self-conscious and awkward when he reaches the naked parts. Six episodes in and “character x is embarrassed by situation y” seems to be the most deeply explored theme. Honestly at this point I’m only watching Ladies vs Butlers for the accidental lesbian skullfucking.
Best episode yet, I think. Things are slowly piecing together. Especially since the girl with the scar on her neck showed a very suspicious look.
Didn’t the female antagonist in the first ep of Mnemosyne have a lab coat too? Just another supporting data point for your theory.
And yeah, I agree with GHR that Celty’s head is on the body of Sonohara’s friend, and that’s the friend’s head in the jar. Which makes it really creepy that she’s going out with the scientist’s brother. “You like this girl’s body but she’s not into you? Let me CUT OFF HER HEAD for you and replace it with one that won’t talk back.”
http://www.onemanga.com/Durarara/7/24/
Yeah.
They may be an otaku gang… But yeah they are f**king awesome
> What’s Ladies vs. Butlers going to do? Bore you to death?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bore
Exactly.
Didn’t Precia Testarossa (Mother Of The Year lifetime achievement awardee) wear a lab coat as well?