It's been a long time since I was able to follow an anime series quite religiously. Going through the weekly wait of waiting for a new episode, spazzing with friends over the new story developments and such. I often just read manga since it's easier to load for my internet cable connection sucks big time. Talk about waiting for a series to load like forever.
DURARARA! is the series that sucked me back into watching anime.
I found about the series through a friend's plurk post. I was curious as to what she was spazzing about, curious as to who the characters were in the pictures that she often posts in her plurks. Then I took my time to download the first three episodes and fell in absolutely in love.
DURARARA! Isn't the type of series that I am often interested. It's complicated how to describe the series seeing that it's anything but. It's not your normal run of the mill cliche ridden animation story. It's also started at a normal unassuming pace that first made me think that this series would be okay but not epic.
Boy was I wrong. Oh so wrong.
What I love about Durarara! is how the characters evolve. From the unassuming seemingly weak willed Mikado Ryuugamine, the enthusiastic Kida Masaomi, to the cute tsundere-ish antics of Celty Sturlson. Everyone has a depth that can only be revealed as the each episode is seen. Each character is not what they seem.
The beauty of it all is the way each characters' lives interlace with each other, how each action has a relative consequence.I began to love each and every character. Unlike other anime series where I usually dislike even one character, Durarara! was able to develop all the characters in a way that you can understand why they acted as such and how it affects their lives and the lives of others. Sometimes my perspective about a certain character that I initially dislike gets turned around 180 degrees. Like Namie Yagiri for example and Saki.
Oh speaking of Saki... She's the best example of a character whom I used to not to care for then suddenly love.
Those who haven't finished the episode please just skip this.
The last episode really changed my view of her so drastically. I was blown away at how much she loved Masaomi Kida. If before she was a person who was just manipulated by Izaya, she learned to grow a back bone and stand up for herself and for her love. There's such happiness that welled inside of me when I saw the scene where Saki hugged Masaomi. It made me smile. It made me regret that I didn't like her character at first. It made me respect what all that she had done for the person whom she had loved.
In a way, Durarara! was also life changing for me. It changed the way at each and every person in my life. It made me realize that every person has a story, a secret, or a problem . Nothing is black and white. It made me learn not to judge. This world as we know it doesn't revolve around us alone. It made me realize just how each and everyone in it is connected.
Now that the series had ended I feel a little bit teary-eyed. I followed it for twenty-one weeks, waiting every saturday to download a new episode by torrent and such. I will miss it a lot but at least there is a lot to look forward to. The novels aren't finished yet and there's still a lot of material out there that.
Here's to hoping for a Season 2. BRING IT BABY!
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