Welcome to Anime Queue Crush! I have a load of anime to watch from years past and I am bringing you along for the ride!
In this edition of "Anime Queue Crush", I am finally getting around to starting the sequel to 2010's Durarara!! series: Durarara!!x2 Shou. As usual, I will try to not delve too deeply into any of the details of the series because (1) most people hate spoilers and (2) the series is just over a year old and you have probably already seen it already. Regardless, you can think of this column as one of those terrible YouTube reaction videos only worse because it is in TEXT!
DISCLAIMER: I prefer to watch English-dubbed versions of anime (if available) because (1) I do not speak Japanese, (2) if I can avoid reading--even subtitles--while watching a television series I will, and (3) I like to make the die-hard anime otaku cry (^.-) though not really.
Anyways, the first two episodes of the series serve as fast-paced introduction / re-introduction to the characters of the series portrayed in the manner of an out-of-continuity recap episode of a long-running anime series except it is not a recap episode. To be honest, the manner in which the episodes, particularly the second episode, cut back-and-forth between the present which features a "fourth wall" breaking Shinra Kishitani that is trapped within a shadow sphere and the significant events leading towards the present happenings can be confusing though not really. In truth, my primary handicap heading into the series is the fact that it has been a half-decade since I watched the original Durarara!! series.
Regardless, the series quickly hits on many of the key traits that intrigued the audience of the original series though it does feel too rushed at certain points. One specific instance of this being the seemingly out of place sequence with Shizuo Heiwajima and the "petty thieves" in the park, but I am certain more about that particularly situation will be explained in later episodes. Overall, I will say that I will try to work through this series quickly though I will probably discuss another series in the next edition of this column. My advice in regards to Durarara!!x2 Shou is to give it shot but only after watching (or re-watching, if it has been some time since your last viewing) Durarara!!.
So join me next time as work through yet another one of my ridiculously backlogged entertainment media queues. (Honestly, for an unemployed individual, one would think that all I have is time to watch anime, read comics, and play video games.)
So join me next time as work through yet another one of my ridiculously backlogged entertainment media queues. (Honestly, for an unemployed individual, one would think that all I have is time to watch anime, read comics, and play video games.)
