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wandering-dreamer
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Really? I don't recall there being sex in Baccano at all and I've watched the series twice. Sure there were a number of couples there but the only time it might come to mind was when they were on the ship and that wasn't even in the same timeline. Back to DRRR, love the summary of it at the top, and I think that Durarara is a spiritual successor to Baccano (even though it does have a small crossover or two). I also didn't think it was toned down tons, part of it was that there a more episodes so they could space out the arcs a little more and I was glad at the lack of blood when compared to Baccano here actually. |
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vashfanatic
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*facepalm* Yeah, I forgot to mention that too. Sex in Baccano!? Where? Off screen, perhaps (spoiler[Claire and Chane] apparently have gobs of kids in the future), but none in the show. Indeed, there's as much if not more romance in Durarara!!, with an extra level of kink thrown in one of the relationships when you remember that Celty has no head and spoiler[Shinra thinks this is hot!]
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JaQiLinOtaku
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I love this show so much. It has jumped instantly on to my top 5 favourite anime of all time list! I marathoned (the brilliant) Baccano! in one sitting a few days prior to starting DRRR!! You certainly can't deny the resemblance (for all the obvious reasons) but I think DRRR!! trumps Baccano! in many areas and one is as below....
You really can't call yourself a true fangirl if you don't ship them... well at least the 6060 24時間戦争コンビ tags and the 5548 シズイザ tags out of the total 42716 デュラララ!! tags on Pixiv think so anyways. 
Also, in regards to the 'the sex more or less gone...' comment Carl made I think he was possibly not referring to the fact that Baccano! had more actual physical/explicit sex, but rather that it had more sex appeal/raunchiness? Gahh, all those exclamation marks... |
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Otaking09
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Considering that I only really appreciated Baccano! once it ended, I guess that means Durarara! will be more up my alley?
Though it was because of the ending that I was able to love the OVA sequel episodes that followed. Judging from Carl's review, Durarara has the "ompf" that made Baccano! but channels it into something... we've seen before. It works, but it feels underplayed, which, ultimately, makes it inferior. Carl's basically saying it's just a fun show. I haven't seen any of Durarara! yet and even though I want to, this review just reassures me that nothing "special" will happen. |
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Shiroi Hane
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I found it astoundingly easy, since I hadn't seen Baccano till I was halfway through Durarara, and only then because people kept going on about it. |
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vashfanatic
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This review was incredibly positive and described Durarara!! as a grown up version of Baccano! How is that negative? Did you even read the review? You got the completely wrong summary of it, he recommends this! And I don't know what you mean by "special," but the finale of the first half is awesome as heck. It's up on crunchyroll, go watch it for yourself. While it has stylistic resonances with Baccano!, it isn't anything been-there-done-that. |
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Splitter
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I'm echoing the "Izaya is MEANT to be a jerkwad" mentality. It's refreshing to have a Joker-esque villain that just wants to make a bunch of crap happen for the hell of it. And let's face it, Baccano! had it's share of unmitigated jerkwads as well.
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ayashe
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Izaya is awesome. Anyone who thinks he detracts from the show just doesn't get it.
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captainbanana
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The only thing I hate about Durarara is the score. It's so bad that it is distracting, and it doesn't fit the show at all.
Everything else is great. The pacing is great, the characters are great, and the story is great. Being toned down from Bacanno is a good thing for sure. Best show of the past couple of years (since Gurren Lagann probably) |
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John Casey
 Posts: 1853 Location: In My Angry Center |
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So....wait. Izaya being a troll per usual is.......a bad thing...?
... ... Reviewer credibility = gone. |
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Beryl7
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THANK YOU. After browsing through Durarara! images the past few days, that "pairing" has composed about 80% of what I've found. No more, please. |
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vashfanatic
Posts: 3492 Location: Back stateside |
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I find it to be kind of a mixed bag. Sometimes it's distracting, sometimes it's perfect. It's definitely not as awesome as Baccano!'s, and probably won't count as Yoshimori Makoto's best work (he's also done Koi Kaze, Gakuen Alice, and Natsume Yuujinchou). @Beryl7 Well, apparently in-universe the uber-otaku Erika actually 'ships them, and it's lampshaded in one of his other works that crosses over with Durarara!! (apparently they're all in the same 'verse), where a succubus attempts to seduce Shizuo using Izaya's form, thinking his rage is suppressed lust. She's very, very wrong. I think Narita is actually making fun of fujoshi and they just aren't getting the message. |
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crosswithyou
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Izaya is the character you love to hate.
He's such an ass but I love him so~~! That's what makes him so interesting. I've heard that he's even worse in the novels. Shizuo x Izaya FTW! 
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John Casey
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I don't see how, even in horrible fanfiction, you fangirls could even think of matching those two together.... It's like... Niko Bellic x Dmitri Rascalov. :< Even in your dreams and fantasies...it ain't happening. |
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wandering-dreamer
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Erika thought of it first! Apparently the staff name (which the VAs are aware of as well) for those two is "Bacon Lettuce," and someone else pointed out that it does get lampshaded in a later book so Narita is aware of it as well. Not surprising though, there's at least one pairing like this in every fandom I can think of, sure there was some weird shipping going on in Baccano! as well. |
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