As I predicted, Durarara puts the breaks on its story in order to deliver more boring exposition, more substance-less character interactions, and more dulllllllll. Because you guys voted for it, I’m [...]
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Durarara » Episode 10 » Never Before Seen Mikado bumped into a girl with a scar on his neck on a street corner. With a sense of déjà vu he hears the sound of a whinnying horse. The girl was being chased by the headless rider. He quickly decides to keep her safe, and takes her home. However, she says she has amnesia. Unsure of what to do, Mikado speaks to Masaomi, but the only conclusion they can reach is that they have to wait and see. The next day, as Mikado returns home from school, he finds the information broker Izaya and the headless rider waiting for him.
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The First & Probably the Last We start this episode in Mikado’s perspective, just before he bumped into Selty and helped her. He thinks what most of us did in the beginning, that it really looks like her head was sawed off and sewed on again. In school, a voting pool trying to [...]
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We made it to double digits! Everybody give yourself a pat on the back for coming this far. You’ve earned it. Also in this double digits this week: the number of times I said “oh, please.” Maybe the heat is making me grumpy, or maybe it’s my high hopes for Durarara!! that aren’t being realized, but [...]
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He should encourage Cute budding pyro stalkers: Cleaning cost savings. “You know, it really hurts my feelings when you say mean stuff about unicorns.”
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Summary: Mikado mentions he’s tired of living a normal life, but now his life in his crappy apartment has been turned upside down by Melty.  Masaomi and Mikado chat about who could possibly be a Dollar, and Masaomi correctly predicts that Takiguchi Ryo is a member.  Ryo confirms his theory, and gives the usual spiel about [...]
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Are my eyes deceiving me? Is this really the Ryuugamine Mikado that we all know and hate? Why does he look… GAR? Summary: Mikado had just finished shopping for some kitchen sponges when he heard the signature horse cry of the headless rider. Mika Harima, chased by Celty, bumped into Mikado and pleaded him to help her, so [...]
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Well now, this was a very interesting episode!  Mikado is in the narrators chair and nothing much happened for the most part, but subtle hints dropped here and there and the final few minutes gave lots of food for thought. Picking up from when Mikado ran into Scar-ty last episode, we get a slightly longer chase [...]
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Tick! Tock! Tick! BANG! Jackpot! Time for your head to explode… All of us have been looking forward to this. Not many of us had expected this though! The recap usually summarizes all main pointers from previous episode, this one gave a hint to the looming eye-opener episode with Izaya-kun [...]
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Ryugamine Mikado ikimasu! So what the hell just happened here? For those of us who watched the latest episode of Durarara!!, there was a major turning point in the plot at the very end of the episode. There’re a few speculations I have on what the meaning behind Mikado’s little surge of inspiration was exactly, but we [...]
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