Light Hi-Fi - Durarara!! (デュラララ!!), often shortened to DRRR!!, is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrati...
Light Hi-Fi - Durarara!! (デュラララ!!), often shortened to DRRR!!, is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda, that has also been adapted into a Japanese anime series. Durarara!! tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an internet-based anonymous gang called The Dollars, and the chaos that unfolds around the most dangerous people in Ikebukuro.
The series ran for thirteen volumes, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. In April 2014, a sequel series titled Durarara!! SH (デュラララ!! SH Durarara!! SH) and set two years after the events of the original series started.
Mikado Ryūgamine, a young boy who longs for the exciting life of the big city, moves to Ikebukuro to attend Raira Academy with his childhood friend Masaomi Kida, whom he has not seen since he was young. After the two meet at the train station, they set out to explore the streets of Ikebukuro. Masaomi warns Mikado about people he doesn't want to cross in the city, such as the violent and superhumanly strong man Shizuo Heiwajima; the information broker Izaya Orihara; and the mysterious gang known as "The Dollars." After running into some of the side characters, Mikado sees a local legend called the "Black Rider" who rides around Ikebukuro on a black bike that occasionally neighs like a horse and who is rumored to have no head under her helmet. The "Black Rider's" real name is Celty Sturluson; she is an Irish dullahan who is in Ikebukuro looking for her stolen head. The narrative follows all of the characters equally, showing how their lives intersect and create a greater plot line from each character's knowledge about a common incident.The story is told from the perspective of eleven, or so, of the main characters and changes every episode in the anime. However, the narrator is not always the episode's one-and-only character perspective given. One of the few constants given in every episode is that the narrator gives his/her own opinion on the current situation that they are in as well as certain things that make them tick and keep them going in Ikebukuro: a city with a large underbelly that is the medium for the majority of both the plot's development and random violence throughout the series.
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- Eoisode 1 Exit 1, First Words - Kaikōichiban
- Mikado Ryūgamine leaves his country home to attend high school in Ikebukuro with his childhood friend Masaomi Kida.
- Episode 2 Highly Unpredictable - Ikkyoichijitsu
- Mikado and Masaomi begin the school year in different classes. Seiji Yagiri arrives late and states he would not be attending school anymore.
- Episode 3 Rampant Evil - Chōryōbakko
- Mikado and Anri become class representatives, though Masaomi jokes around with this. Mikado and Masaomi later meet up with Kyohei, Walker, and Erika.
- Episode 4 Utterly Alone - Keieisōchō
- Shinra Kishitani, an unlicensed underground doctor, talks to the headless woman, whose name is revealed to be Celty Sturluson, about her day via chat room.
- Episode 5 False Advertising - Yōtōkuniku
- Celty retrieves a package from a man. She is attacked by a shadowy slasher and her helmet is sliced off. The man runs away and the slasher chases him.
- Episode 6 Active Interest - Tōhonseisō
- Gossips are being heard that people have been missing lately and are being used as raw materials for experiments.
- Episode 7 Bad-ass Dude - Kokushimusō
- Shizuo walks around the district with Tom Tanaka, a debt collector and Shizuo's close friend, but he is frustrated from what has been recently happening.
- Episode 8 Ephemeral Dream - Nankanoyume
- Celty has a recurring dream of finding her head, but is unable to reclaim it. As Shinra explains the connection between dreams and memories, she wonders if she loves him.
- Episode 9 Love and Cherish - Iirenren
- Seiji and the redheaded girl are in the park. When Seiji leaves to buy drinks, the redheaded girl drops his phone into a fountain.
- Episode 10 Never Before Seen - Kūzenzetsugo
- At night, Mikado tells Masaomi what happened and he hardly believes it. Mikado has thoughts about how he wanted an extraordinary life and decides to allow the girl to stay with him.
- Episode 11 Storm and Stress (Sturm und Drang) - Shippūdotō
- Shinra asks Celty if finding her head really matters after all the new memories she developed since, asking her hand in marriage.
- Episode 12 Yin and Yang - Umusōsei
- Celty defends Mikado from Seiji's attacks. Mika tells the truth of who she really is.
- Episode 12.5 Heaven's Vengeance - Tenmōkaikai
- This story takes place between the two halves of fantasy and reality. Tom comes to a couple's apartment to collect debt from a man named Ginjiro.
- Episode 13 Takes A Sudden Turn - Kyūtenchokka
- Six months has passed since the meeting of the Dollars was held at Ikebukuro.
- Episode 14 Turmoil Reigns - Butsujōsōzen
- Shigen learns that he was attacked by the Yellow Scarves before Celty came to rescue him. He also realizes that Celty is in love with Shinra, much to his chagrin.
- Episode 15 Dumb Like a Fox - Gushaittoku
- A reporter named Shuji Niekawa is traveling around the district in search for the strongest person in Ikebukuro, suspecting that it was Shizuo.
- Episode 16 Mutual Love - Sōshisōai
- Celty confiscates the knife Niekawa drops after Shizuo defeats him.
- Episode 17 Everything Changes - Uitenpen
- Shizuo, remembering his past, recklessly assaults the possessed people in the park, telling Celty to look for the one responsible for controlling them.
- Episode 18 Out of Your Control - Shiseiyūmei
- One year ago, Masaomi and Izaya had gone to the hospital to visit a girl named Saki Mikajima, who had fallen into a comatose state.
- Episode 19 Anarchy - Sōtensudenishisu
- After running away from the Yellow Scarves, Anri hides in a dark alley, scared of what Masaomi may do to her if she is discovered.
- Episode 20 A New King Will Arise - Kōtenmasanitatsu
- At Simon's restaurant, Masaomi confronts Kyohei, Walker, Erika, and Saburo, looking into matters concerning the Dollars.
- Episode 21 Everything Covered in Fog - Gorimuchū
- Mikado visits Takiguchi in the hospital, surprised that Masaomi failed to stop by earlier.
- Episode 22 Declaration of Disbandment - Kaisansengen
- As Anri is being taken by Hōrada and the Yellow Scarves, she is soon able to escape with the help of various members of the Dollars directed by Mikado.
- Episode 23 Complicated and Confused - Sensakubansō
- Masaomi learns that he has been marooned by the Yellow Scarves by act of Hōrada. Celty confronts Mikado and reveals the truth about Masaomi and Anri.
- Episode 24 Selfless Devotion - Sokutenkyoshi
- Kyohei and Saburo make a comeback, having the disguised Dollars gang members pummel the Yellow Scarves gang members.
- Episode 25 World at Peace - Tenkataihei
- After the largest gang fight was thwarted, Kasuka begins to host a show looking for the cute couple in the district, where the winners will debut in his latest movie.
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