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EP. REVIEW: Durarara!!×2

I don't know how you take material this apocalyptic and make it this drab, but DRRR x2 found a way, and it's a real bummer.

I think the worst part of the episode is the last scene, and that shows the compositors are not even trying. It's just a dumb joke by Celty that kind of falls flat but that's okay, the problem is, the episode ends like that even though that scene has nothing conclusive of the episode on it, it looks like there is missing a shot of two seconds of Celty looking at the truck to build up the next event or something, when suddenly the credits start coming out of nowhere you feel disoriented and annoyed. And it has nothing to do with the start, so there is no a link on the episode whatsoever, it's just "things happening" in the minimal sense of the sentence.

(including a fairly blatant rip-off of Monogatari's Fire Sisters)

Durarara x4 (the novel where the Orihara sisters were introduced) came out on March 10, 2008, while Nisemonogatari: Part 1 (the first novel where the Fire Sisters were properly introduced), came out on September 1, 2008, so it's the other way around (though I wouldn't call such similarities a rip-off).

A Brain's Base version of these DRRR chapters might, of course, have done a better job of it.

Even though Brain's Base is a very nice studio, creating a good anime also depends on having a capable staff, time and a nice budget. The second season of Durarara!! retained the staff from season one, but it is becoming more apparent that they do not have enough time and budget.

I would not blame the ills of the second season on the change of animation studio (assuming you are doing that).

Something's gone wrong. It may or may not be the studio. I think it's more down to the writing and direction than anything else (though the occasionally terrible art hasn't helped). I've not read the light novels, but I'm also open to the possibility that they jumped the shark after the ones covered by the first season.

Or, indeed, that they just had a blip in quality for a while and that things will get better again. But while I'll probably see out this current cour, it would take either a brilliant ending or very, very positive reports to get me to try the next cour when it airs.

I see Hope is still being Hope, I just have to ask what series those this chick like?

That Samurai wrote:

I see Hope is still being Hope, I just have to ask what series those this chick like?

I am reviewing both Tokyo Ghoul and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure this season, and like both of those very much. I also like the first season of Durarara, just not so much this continuation.

Things airing this season alone that I like but am not in charge of reviewing: Yatterman Night, Maria the Virgin Witch, Yurikuma Arashi, Akatsuki no Yona, Cute High Earth Defense (etc.), Your Lie in April, Shirobako, Assassination Classroom, and Death Parade.

Whatever narrative you have about me hating things is pretty broken, I'd say. I probably just don't like the same shows you do. Vive le difference.

Also, the "chick" thing isn't cute. We all know what word you really meant.

I said chick because i meant chick there was no hidden motive behind me saying that, and also i don't understand why you are always reviewing things you end up disliking. Idk how the reviewers for each show are picked but i just find it odd. And as someone who has in the past been a reviewer, i find the way you review shows very distasteful you bash more than give fair criticism.

Cry me a river about that chick word lol i have been called worse irl and on the internet and i wasnt really dissing you just asking a question and giving my opinion. I guess you could say i was reviewing your reviewing style.

I see Hope is still being Hope, I just have to ask what series those this chick like?