Durarara - 06
After this episode, I’m certain: this series is brilliant!
Seriously, what an awesome episode, and we’re only six episodes in! This show just keeps getting better and better. The seemingly endless wit of this episode and the incredibly fresh pacing shined in this episode beyond belief. The narrator of this episode is Kadota Kyohei, as he again runs into the strange kidnappers of the first two episodes. A modest premise at first sight, but this episode added so many nice touches and details.
This episode really showed the difference between strange people and over-exaggerated stereotypes. The foreigner in this episode was just beyond weird in his antics, and yet the way that this episode characterized him gave him his own identity, and showed that he’s not just a paper bag but a real person. This show always manages to surprise me in characterization by the way. It always finds these brilliant things to flesh its characters out. The Nessun Dorma? Talk about awesomeness.
And that dog! I’ve become a fan of that animal after this episode, even though he only appears in one or two scenes or so, he’s so adorable: he first appeared in front of Shizuo and in this episode serves as a very subtle bloodhound. And ZOMG: Celty’s head appeared. Seriously, after only six episodes?
You also have to love the use of music in this series. It’s bold, creative and varied. Especially the background tune when the kidnappers accidentally numbed themselves was just surreal.
As for the pessimists this season who claim that there are only one or two great series this season: I’m not sure what you’re talking about. There are at least three Top Notch series that are just as awesome as the best shows from any other average season: Durarara, Full Metal Alchemist and the Armed Librarians are all wonderfully written and produced. The problem with this season is indeed quantity, but that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing that’s worth watching.
Rating: *** (Awesome)