This is my first anime
review, and I will be reviewing the anime series Durarara!!
Warning. Slight Spoilers
Ahead.
This was one of the first animes I ever watched, as my friend
who got me into anime highly recommended it. The only reason I really watched
it was because of her high opinion of it. I will have to admit, that by just
going off the description of Durarara!! on Crunchyroll, I probably would have
never watched it. Crunchyroll describes it as “Mikado Ryugamine is a young man
who yearns for the city like no other. At the invitation of his childhood
friend, Masaomi Kida, he moves to Ikebukuro, Tokyo and enters school there.”
This describes what happens in about the first two minutes of the first
episode. Even though this is a true description of the anime, it leaves much to
be desired.
I will do my best to give my own
description of it, although with this particular anime it is very hard. There
is so much that happens in the anime and so many great characters developed
personalities, it’s hard to sum it up concisely.
Mikado Ryugamine moves to Ikebukuro in
search of adventure in order to attend school with his childhood best friend
Masaomi Kida. While in the city Masaomi introduces him to the many interesting
and dangerous people that inhibit Ikebukuro and strange events that occur.
Before long, a string of events all unfold around a mysterious “black rider”
igniting mind games, gang wars, and action packed confrontations.
Durarara starts off slow, taking its
times introducing all of the intriguing characters and their motives. But once
the plot picks up, it’s a never ending ride that will keep you on the end of
your seat guessing on what you think will happen next, but always throwing in a
mind blowing plot twist right when you think you know what’s going on.
I immediately fell in love with most
of the characters and their quirky personalities and strange motives. I am
personally a huge fan of Shizou who claims to hate violence but constantly goes
around throwing street signs and vending machines at every opportunity. And it’s
hard not to love Simon, the black Russian sushi selling man who seems to fill
every culture stereotype there is.
The one thing about Durarara that I
loved is the fact that it takes so many elements that you wouldn’t think would
fit together and makes them fit together perfectly. You have a mythical Irish
creature riding around on a motorcycle searching for her head, while a school
girl creates an army using a cursed blade, all unfolding while a war between
color gangs brews and the world’s strongest men throw vending machines and
street signs at each other in the street. Of course you also can’t forget the corrupt
pharmaceutical company who kidnaps people off the street, the black Russian man
who sells sushi for a living, and the crazy man who wears a fur coat who seems
to be mastering minding every single event that unfolds.
Overall, Durarara can be seen as a
slice of life anime but inserted with fantasy, adventure, action, and mystery. It’s
the perfect time to watch this anime since a season two comes out in January!
My
Rating: A+
Where
you can watch Durarara!
Cruncyroll:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/durarara
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