Why YOU Should Watch Durarara!!

[@ProfessorViral]

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[@ashleightompkins3200]

It blows my mind that Celty is the most ordinary person in the cast. She is the least weird of them all.

[@ProfessorViral]

Especially in the second half of the season. She learns to enjoy everyday, and live like a normal, happy person, while everyone else is trying to protect their everyday life, and by doing so slowly destroy them

[@ashleightompkins3200]

@@ProfessorViral She and Shizuo are easily my favourite characters because they know who they are and their place and they're comfortable with that.

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

That's what happens when you're trying to be "normal" at all times.

[@Venom3254]

That's the irony of this anime overall

[@sofialu226]

I'm sure that's the whole point. The Supernatural Being with no head with a sentient bike is actully the most normal and human character that understands what simply living your life means. Literally Celty at the beggining of the show: "The world is not as bad as you think it is"

[@mikaela5607]

Watching durarara was such a nuanced experience for me. I could barely sit through the first few episodes, but once I learned the characters and realized that everything was somehow connected and meant something I became utterly hooked. It's such a great anime and it really elicits such varied and unique feelings.

[@unholydiver1095]

Definitely a show that awards patience

[@syntheticreality549]

If I could ask, what on earth would make the first couple episodes not fun for you? The feeling of being tossed in the middle of Ikebukurro is incredible from the start imo✌️

[@patsuan356]

For me the first 3 episodes were the 10/10 episodes. But admittedly when I watched it for the first time one year prior to when I gave it a second chance, it was really boring and I dropped on 2nd episode. But smh second time rewatching those two episodes got me hooked in so much with it's unique narrative and atmosphere. Idk, it somewhat resembles Monogatari for me

[@paradigm2266]

This anime made me love and appreciate cities. I live in Chicago and the connections in the show really happen in real life. I love meeting randoms because you never know who they know.

[@ducktape-3470]

Durarara was something that changed my life, but honestly, it changed nothing. Its been a 10 for me for a while, and I'm glad you find so much meaning in this too

[@JustAJauneArc]

Honestly, Shizuo is one of the most underrated anime badasses of all time. The strength of the average character in the show is surprisingly realistic and reasonable-which highlights how honest to God absurd Shizuo is as someone that's SUPPOSED to be a human. A human even monsters are terrified of. He's literally the Doom Guy of Ikebukuro, and nobody puts respect on his name.

[@ProfessorViral]

I do love that most of the strength in the series comes from supernatural forces, and then Shizuo basically just has no limiter

[@JustAJauneArc]

@@ProfessorViral I love the fact that-despite being completely human, he's a monster even other monsters steer clear from. Honestly one of the GOATs for the 'powerhouse' type of character.

[@jackjones2162]

One of the most unique anime out there. The story is on point, the animation is top tier and the characters are believable as far as their "human" side goes, making them relevant, in spite of the "supernatural" side. It just shows how so many characters can be introduced by linking them to unexpected occurrences and circumstances that add a whole new layer to the seemingly ordinay city vibe. Brilliant.

[@Matiassanita]

i really love this anime and to me is very unique. all the interconnected plot lines, izaya's mad schemes and all shinra related things are pure gold.

[@reaps2661]

Durarara is actually one of my all time favorites, rewatched it recently too

[@ProfessorViral]

It's one of the few first anime for me that's held up over the years

[@5.0bed]

Where can you watch it at?

[@SixPathz]

Durarara was a childhood anime I truly enjoyed. I always liked niche animes that focused on the characters and their development and relationships with others. This is an underrated anime I'd recommend for others to watch, they definitely would enjoy the unique story that is Durarara.

[@toluosinibi1479]

I will say I like Baccano more but Durarara is complete which fills my heart with joy

[@ProfessorViral]

That looks insane, I'll have to keep that one in mind!

[@Jrod1rulz]

Fun fact actually, the dollars site is real and the password into it is baccano.

[@Hiya8partyz]

Haven’t gotten to season 2, but DRRR has been a massive blast. No surprise since it comes from the same guy who wrote Baccano!. DRRR is just so much fun. I love seeing these characters mess around and unknowingly turn others’ lives around.

[@KokichiOuma_]

Durarara is so underrated imo its way better than somethin like aot or demon slayer, It means so much too me , the story is 10000000/10 its too good lol idk why it isnt more well known , I hope they animated the rest of the series, I dont want a remake because it would change the whole vibe too it, im glad the community is still alive even if its barely active , Durarara really changed my life, it opened my eyes too a whole load of things it will always be my numb one

[@debrachambers1304]

Durarara!!! has a lot of concept characters. It treats ideas for characters like a science fiction might treat its premise. A lot of great science fiction comes from taking one relatively simple premise and really thinking through all of its implications, which then reflect back on what exists in the real world. Durarara!!! is probably the best thing I've ever seen for this type of character writing, and it really helps characters who might not all get a ton of screen time pop and be memorable. I know you umm, uhh, kind of touched on that already. But it's a classification of how to write characters that exists in my head which I wanted to get out. Hunter X Hunter does this too, but not to the same degree.

[@bunbun4893]

I feel so happy my college comfort anime is coming back.

[@gerdanbombales]

Celty is my Ultimate Waifu. How can be a woman w/o a head be so badass, sexy and cute? plus Sawashiro Miyuki voicing is the cherry on top.

[@ProfessorViral]

We found Shinra's KZbin account

[@tamamshud5879]

This anime has provided me with the most amount of entertainment for the longest amount of time. In a way it taught me to appreciate everyday life fae more than i used to

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

Shizuo and Celty definitely are the best in the show. Find it interesting the site is real.

[@makotonarukami7468]

For the past couple of years, I sleep to this show. The first episodes's piano introduction tells my brain it's time to sleep, hearing "Mikado", and "I feel like going west today young man", "You wuss", "Evening" "Totally" "Modern Urban lifestyle" "What the hell is that!!!!!!" I swear this show is my sleep routine. Other shows I sleep to is Heven's Memopad (at night) and also Mushishi in the mornings.

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

Durarara was one of my biggest stepping stones when getting into anime, as someone whos father had netflix and back when Drr was on it watched all of it in one sitting. It gave me a lot of insight that I didnt know it was until rewatching series this year for nostalgia sake. it genuinely taught me the biggest theme you mentioned, about living in the present is better then waiting for what comes in the future. I dont truly remember what first lured me to the series, maybe it was Celty? Maybe it was the name of the anime itself. But one thing for sure, I did not regret watching it back then. I still dearly love the characters and setting, maybe one other rewatch is in order

[@st-wq3kj]

DRRR has a genius writing style and a well-crafted universe with both ordinary and extraordinary perfectly mangled together . This anime and the light novels associated with it have entertained me the longest among any other anime. I absolutely adore anything in DRRR and glad it is getting more appreciation

[@hanac5586]

The novels are really good too especially after watching the anime. It gives the characters more depth. Some important scenes weren't included in the anime ;( 7:06 especially when it comes to Izaya lol, the anime Izaya and novel Izaya seem quite different. The novel really brings our his complexity as a character. Anyway drrr is worth watching for the humor alone if you're not keen on philosophy and morals, the characters (honorable mention to Shingen, I love this weird dad man) crack me up every time.

[@ThisWillBeTheDay]

Durarara!! is receiving a revival of sorts, on terms of internet relevancly. Love all around, because I truly love this anime! Ironically enough, everyone except Celty's (yeah, the inhumane one) a bit twisted. Though they've all got their hidden depths much obviously. Izaya and Namie are my favorite characters!

[@Koenig_Michi]

This was a great video, just recently finished DRRR S1 a few weeks ago and it really was an experience.

[@aqualucasYT]

Me starting the video and immediately seeing Holo my beloved: "This... does put a smile on my face"

[@ProfessorViral]

I do love that the first episode makes the most literal reference possible

[@takusaka3667]

What a coincidence! I was just looking for a good video on Durarara! cause of nostalgia and a perfect one was just posted 19hrs ago! Thanks for the awesome video!!

[@a.n.8844]

Ooooo this is a good reminder to watch the second season! So much anime, too little time T^T

[@metro04]

This was one of the first anime I watched. I loved it so much. It will always have a special place in my heart. I get so much nostalgia when I hear that piano 😭😭

[@ProfessorViral]

I use the ost for writing pretty regularly

[@ghostluvver7688]

I think the animation gives it a good oldschool charm

[@studioofshred1050]

Love this anime so much, looking for time to read the light novel series

[@smilejunkie5069]

I'm currently reading the durarara!! Light Novels and I only have seen clips of durarara!! and I'm hyped to read more of it plus the sequel series called durarara!! SH. And for people who have seen durarara!! I would either recommend reading the LNs just for content that may have been cut or read some other series that ryohgo narita has written like baccano!,vamp!,etsusa bridge, and dead mount death play

[@mihal1570]

I really liked the first season a lot. The second (split into 3 parts) was a huge letsdown to me however. These are the main reasons: To many characters / unrelevant storylines: the little Awakusu Girl, the blonde russian assasin, Izayas sisters, Shizuos Brother and his spouse. All of these characters are new (or get much spotlight only) in the second season . Their story lines and characters feel weaker than what season 1 did. They take way too much od the original casts screentime and they dont seem to add too much to the story . Izaya and Shizuo. The sister and brother (incest ew) . Celty and Shinra. Simon and the russian Sushi. Mikado, Masami and Airi. The dollars, yellow scarfes and blue gang. These were the keyplayers of season 1. That worked . Everyone was connected, had history and business with others and EVERY action impacted the plot. Izaya constantly manipulating and scheming everyone in this city to brew Conflict . The meaningful storylines of Celty and Shinra, the main trio, Shizuo and Izaya. The atmosphere of the city, the weirdness and that greaz unique concept. Thats what i cherished about season 1, it was something special. Season 2 still has some qualites of season 1, but it tunes down a LOT on them tbh. Way to many characters, not necessary or more importantly Interesting plotlines.

[@ProfessorViral]

I watched a few episodes of the second season years ago, and remember wanting to leave the series as was after the original

[@huaqinteng6350]

The thing is, these new characters exist to help the main cast gather together, some of them are never meant to be relevant, do I feel like some of them are not as interesting as the old ones? Sure. But they’re just there to add the story and so I don’t mind

[@JustAJauneArc]

I watched the second season fairly recently-and honestly? I liked it. Couldn't tell you why, but I did.

[@huaqinteng6350]

@@JustAJauneArc I never had a problem with it, I’d say it’s even better than the first season

[@mihal1570]

@@ProfessorViral Exactly my thoughts! I never felt like the second season was that necesary, i think the first one just did most of the stuff the show was great for. There were unwrapped plot points... but the decrease in quality isnt worth telling them in my opinion. The first season is a lot more special

[@TsudaraTogami]

reason 1 the theme song slaps

[@ProfessorViral]

Both the openings are very good

[@thesquishedelf1301]

BLOW UP LOUDER

[@lauryn6059]

Ahhhh this anime makes me so nostalgic!

[@HestiaVesta]

I used to watch Durarara a lot and I have to admit this video gave me a lot to think of especially in trying to figure out what I subconsciously noticed or just passed by me entirely.

[@CallMeZero_99]

I met Izaya's English voice actor and it was amazing

[@ProfessorViral]

Ah, he's done so many great voices too, that's fantastic!

[@amjadmohammed485]

Omg this review is one of the most accurate in my opinion, good job.

[@mtj8870]

Durarara season 2 plot summary as simple as possible fromy my rewatch: Kasane kujiragi the evil secretary working for an evil company called nebula (from baccano) wants three things: celty strulson, hijibri ruri, and sonohara anri's sword. The company wants to experiment on their supernatural abilities and goes through a bunch of schemes and arcs to try to capture them

[@nyandereboyfriend]

LET'S GOOOOOO ONE MY FAVES FINALLY GETTING ITS DUES

[@ProfessorViral]

Always happy to share some love

[@bulldogmicro4279]

Make sure you watch CyberPunk if you haven't. Easily a solid 8 could have been better but still insanely satisfying, and I think it covers a lot of topics related to self value, and how we easily lose sight of things.

[@firephoenix8192]

Durarara is what I call simple but genius

[@jotozir]

durarara my beloved i love u

[@plains7000]

I've seen all series on wco stream past years ago and loved the character cast. I have the dvds of all seasons and a few of the light novels at home that I'll be reading in the future sometime.

[@elios7623]

curious, i started rewatching it for the 3rd time this last weekend lol

[@ProfessorViral]

My previous watch was my second, you have me beat haha

[@elios7623]

@@ProfessorViral i just really like it and the mood it has, kind of like a cowboy bebop effect idk

[@siddharthgaur2205]

Just randomly warched first episode hopeing for a great journey ahead

[@lewisholland4925]

Remember watching this show when i was like 11-12 being so fucking confused but entertained at the same time.

[@AppleJacksCereal]

Only a few series were able to impact my whole writing style: hunterxhunter, cowboy bebop and Durarara

[@sulisuli35]

Why you should watch Durarara: Shizuo!!

[@ProfessorViral]

I'm imagining two releases of it like Pokémon: Durarara!! Shizuo Durarara!! Izaya

[@HestiaVesta]

I think the grey out was intentional especially with the Dollars's first meeting when phones started to go off and that huge crowd some of which are silhouettes seen before then then just became fully colored and even background characters never seen before that meeting and don't get big on screen moments don't go back to grey.

[@ArchonZach]

Yooo my favorite show lets gooo

[@ProfessorViral]

Hey, its a good pick!

[@andriahenry6412]

My favorite anime of all time 😍

[@ProfessorViral]

It's one of my very few first anime that still holds up to this day

[@nozzybt19]

lol the city is small ikebukuro is a small small district. I can probably walk across the whole district of Ikebukuro in roughly an hour hour and a half. I think when I went to Japan, it was roughly 2 hours.

[@headphoneheadache7667]

Would it work without the narration? Hell no, I don't want to lose on some of the most crazy narrations in stories in general. I am still thinking about the episode where Aoba's brother is narrating it and the glory that is his: "Everyone is a piece of shit" rant.

[@Theambigousphilosopher]

you should watch monster if you haven't already which is an extremely interesting anime and if you want review it.

[@smilejunkie5069]

I liked reading monster and I would also recommend urasawa's other works like 20th century boys,pluto,and Billy bat

[@Pk6oat]

This show is so underrated

[@ProfessorViral]

I remember in the mid 2010s I saw a lot of love for it, but now I feel like some kind of anime boomer talking about not just 90s or 00s series people don't know, but even 10s ones 😔

[@ItsShaz1]

Loved the video my friend!

[@ProfessorViral]

Thank you!

[@br__uh]

If this video makes one person watch this beautiful show then you succeeded brotha

[@ProfessorViral]

That's how I see it too!

[@proteamize3672]

Durarara aint all that bad, but I just like to go back and watch the second season for the scene of Toaru reference alone as a personal preference, though. Just as I said, im not a Durarara hater but I do think the slice of life parts of it kinda had me bored after several attempts to watch it in full, so I just really go back to that Toaru and anime reference scenes very often instead of a complete sit and watch session of this series.

[@Vonthegoblin]

I wish people would talk about durarara x2

[@jayd.doubledubs]

I *would* say that Durarara is an anime for everyone, except that the show makes one too many jokes about Anri's chest than I'm comfortable, and that alone makes me too ashamed to introduce the show to anyone because I feel it would reflect badly on me Which is a big shame, because I absolutely loved the show. Great characters, great conflicts, great moral questions, great final arc, and exactly my flavor of chaos Like it says something when Izaya is introduced in episode 2 and instantly becomes one of my favorite characters of all time

[@neogotham2k39]

Durarara is a masterpiece!

[@huaqinteng6350]

I really hope you watched the second season, is it not as good? Sure, but it’s still worth watching either way, not being as good is not the same as not good, as an LN reader I think S2 is a decent adaptation, just not on the level of S1, even though I have some problems with S1 as well Also, highly recommend Baccano, haven’t watched the anime yet, only the LNs, but it’s written by the same author in the same universe as DRRR

[@samflood5631]

So are you going to do Durarara season 2 with its three parts, Shou, Ten and Ketsu?

[@RickOwensHeelDrag]

You know the name is an onomatopoeia for the sound of a motorbike? Roll and emphasise those Rs boiii!

[@brandonbarnes9681]

It reminds me of the anime Bocaano

[@ProfessorViral]

I haven't seen it, but it's the same author I believe?

[@jayrock825mc7]

The name of the anime I believe is Durarara

[@tanxene]

My favourite anime

[@Griot-Guild]

Do me a favor and watch cyberpunk on Netflix. It's very very very similar to black lagoon and it's honestly done so well. I feel like you'd make a killer video on it too

[@SapphireColonThree]

Hey man I think you should do videos on games too. I highly recommend omori

[@ProfessorViral]

I do plan to someday, but I sadly have to wait until I have some more time and stability with the channel

[@SapphireColonThree]

@@ProfessorViral no worries. I understand 💜

[@MJ0001-h2q]

If anyone has a problem with mediocre mc than dont watch this side characters are good and believe it or not the only criticism of this anime which ruined it is the mc , besides the mc all the other characters are great and my favourite are Shinra and celty

[@chelith]

can agree w that for at least s1 but mikado’s character development was pretty interesting in my opinion afterwards,,, was still very basic compared to other character’s development but i’m glad he didn’t stick to the whole “naive main character” thing the entire season and became kinda villainous

[@OPTIMUMELITE]

Who's the women without the head. I remember watching this on adult swim way back when and the show never made any sense... Like why do anything. I remember the characters but I just remember it being oddly complex or just average.

[@shizuwolf]

One of my favorite animes. Can you tell?

[@OPTIMUMELITE]

DURRRRRAARARRARARAHHHH

[@Retr0-Co]

i still can't pronounce it

[@sabirahmed4753]

Tried watching it but it gave me headaches

[@raihanean8912]

I really dont like that huge chest girl, her character is so blank and boring...she also kinda of a heartbreaker

[@sergioguerra1506]

Only let the alphas breed.

[@tomo8940]

I remember this anime being very boring and dialogue heavy.

[@ProfessorViral]

There are some sections of heavy dialogue, but I found them engaging because they helped the exploration of its core concepts and characters

[@Eric1738-7]

Pp

[@user-uk7sb7en3r]

i love this anime! i first watched it when i was 7 at like 2am on adult swim 😅 later on when i was 11 i found the manga in my library and even netflix finally had it too. i’m so sad netflix took it off i used to watch it all the time. it was my go to in the background 🫶

[@ProfessorViral]

I missed the era of catching random anime on late at night, but I wish I had those memories haha