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Loved this episode, the conversation between Kasuka and Ruri was very well directed. The scene with Ruri at the end was powerfully emotive without much work, which is how I would kind of describe Narita's work at its best. These character interactions are so brief but pack so much emotional content that there's a danger of cliche and melodrama that this show almost always seems to avoid, to beautiful results in this episode.
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Detrimont
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Seems the hollywood arc is ending next episode, and so far, i'd be giving the arc's execution a B/B+, slightly disappointed with the lack of the chat room conversations, since that was the best part in the novel, spoiler[meaning when Aoba(ew) and the Orihara twin join the chat room, f-ing hilarious]
The scene where the arm falls out of the duffle bag felt really out of place compared to the novel, though i'm expecting that to be covered again next week. |
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justsomeaccount
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I'm worried about what you said about a novel ending in only 4 episodes. Are they really going to do 3 novels in each season? Because if that's the reason why this season is so far being so clumsily directed, I prefer they did 2 per season so they can show each novel in its best form instead of just covering quickly what happens. Content-wise looks interesting! I just wish the presentation made me care about the interesting content.
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mrmuk
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Much more interesting so far than most parts of the first season, imho. First season wasn't bad, but it took quite some time to get interesting and all in all, it was 'just' good.
In the second series, the new characters are very interesting and entertaining, the boring characters (the trio with Anri, yellow haired guy and black-haired guy) get lesser screentime and the narrative with skipping back and forth in time is very enjoyable. Can't wait for next ep! |
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Angel M Cazares
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I have not read the source material, but I am under the impression hat the first anime season adapted 4 novels; that is 6 episodes per novel. The second anime season is going to, I believe, adapt the remaining 6 novels. The producers should be able to stick to the 6 episodes per novel formula. In all honestly, I am just interested in having an interesting second season that is at least as good as the first one, and it has a satisfying conclusion. I want to believe that the anime team will do a good job deciding how to best utilize the source material. I would not mind seeing some liberal changes if they are going to benefit the anime experience. |
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Darkmagick
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That's incorrect. The Durarara novel series is complete at 13 novels. The first season covered the first 3. And I believe it's been announced that this three-way split-cour second season will cover the final 10. So yes, that's 3 or 4 novels in each season. |
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Angel M Cazares
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Wow, that is A LOT of content to adapt in 36-39 anime episodes. Still, I hope the anime producers work things out, and they are able to deliver a solid second season. |
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cheshire1501
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A lot of that content will have to be condensated. Volume(The Hollywood Arc) 4 is mostly filler. Next arc is when things start to take on a bigger scale, including Yakuzas, the Mafya and even the local gangs.
It's pretty obvious that they want to end the first cour with the battle of volume 6, which is all sorts of insanity going around all at once https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84503534&x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=LKqHoUTUvjw&feature=player_embedded |
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Darkmagick
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My guess is that three cours was the best they could get, and they decided they wanted to at least finish the story. |
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Theozilla
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They might have the battle of volume 6 be the climax of the first cour, but the denouement of the last episode of the cour might be the opening of book 7 (this is assuming that there will be a total of 39 episodes not 36). One of the books will have to adapted into 3 episodes while the rest can get 4. Last edited by Theozilla on Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:41 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Detrimont
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There are a lot of parts in later novels, that could really get condensed down quite easily without losing anything.
and I myself, am not really finding this execution clumsy, but whatever..... so yeah, i'm not really worrying, i trust the studio, since it's the same team as the first season. |
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Iron Maw
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While Vol 4 is slightly stand alone, the events Vol 5 and 6 are direct result of it so calling it filler is incorrect. It's more introduction and prologue to 2nd trilogy of novels. Despite a fair amount of cutting the anime is doing a good job of preserving and presenting most of the important parts of material. This shouldn't change hopefully as the season goes on. |
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Ahirue
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I'd be surprised if Mikado did become significantly more interesting, to be honest, but it would be a pleasant surprise. And really, so long as he doesn't lose his current marginal levels of charm, I'm happy. I wouldn't say I hated the third arc, but it just draaaaaaaaaagged on and on and on. And as Izaya himself comments on, Horada does not make for the most compelling of antagonists. If they'd had cut it down by two or three episodes, I think it would have had a lot more energy and been more engaging. |
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Iron Maw
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...One day some people well realize that DRRR!! really doesn't have main character. Sure some arcs do revolve more around certain characters more than others like Celty or Mikado, but the only real lead in this story is Ikebukuro itself. This is why even minor characters can get development and become more important then they seem at first glance. It's an ensemble cast through and through.
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Videogamep
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While I agree that there's no one main character, Mikado is the main-est character. He's the one we're first introduced to and has at least a tangential connection to everything that happens. He's also one of the more relatable characters since he's essentially an ordinary guy (even if that makes him less interesting than characters like Celty or Shizuo). |
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