Durarara!! episode 2 was like the Boogiepop and Others adaption I've always wanted. It's not so surprising that there would be Boogiepop influence on this story - Boogiepop is like the grandfather of all the Faustian story authors (such as Otsu Ichi, NISIOISIN, Tatsuhiko Takimoto, and Kinoko Nasu) and as Andrew Cunningham points out in the comments of the above post, Ryougo Narita is no exception to the crowd. But this isn't just an example of influence - this episode completely felt like a chapter of Boogiepop, through and through, perhaps even more so than the actual Boogiepop Phantom anime.
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