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no one asked, but here is my big speech about shinra/izaya friendship

i wanna start with their school selves

i saw a lot of people saying that izaya was normal at school and shinra just made him "bad", but in my view it's not the thing. like, in shool izaya already wasn't "normal", he just tried his best to pretend to be an ordinary student. he didn't make any close relationship, isolating himself from strong connections with people (just like he's doing it now), but still had to be in the society because of his interest in humas

vol 9, ch 4

and this interest was already unhealthy, for example, he liked seeing people hurting each other

vol 9, ch 4

shinra wasn't really different from his current self. he was obsessed with celty and she was the reason he made friends with izaya and he didn't really care about others or anything that surrounds him in general. he stayed in his comfort zone (love to celty) and was alright

as i said, shinra invited izaya to his biology club because celty told him to socialize

then, izaya became interested. because shinra's lifestyle was different and opposite of izaya's, especially because their different opinion on humans: izaya loved them, shinra didn't care but he loved celty who is not human, so izaya was genuinely interested in his personality

vol 9, ch 4

then shinra was the only person who was a mystery to izaya, he couldn't predict shinra's actions and reactions and he was annoyed and facsinated about that at the same time

epitome of eighteen stories, ep 15 (translation by xcaneolupusx)

speaking about shinra, he could understand izaya's nature perfectly

vol 13, ch 11

so, izaya became interested in shinra and finally accepted his invitation to the biology club. everything starts here

izaya started feeling real attachment to shinra. now he was not just an interesting person, he was a friend. izaya felt free with him because they both were weird and shinra accepted izaya with all his strange hobbies and interests. their communication was full of mutual acceptance and they both were happy with it. but izaya's genuine attachment is really strong, as long as shinra preferred keeping distance with everyone except celty. not because he didn't like something about izaya nor he didn't care, it was just comfortable for him like that

the key thing: shinra being stabbed by nakura. i can talk about different aspects of this moment

for shinra it's just another proof of his crazy love for celty — he protected izaya mostly because he thought celty would praise him for such a heroic actions

vol 9, epilogue

for izaya it was a complex thing. at first, he was shocked by being protected for the first time. at second, he felt jealous and that's what i find a really important thing. he felt jealous because shinra wasn't alone even if he's so uninterested in others. he had someone who he loved, he had someone to love him, he had important connections, basically he had things izaya didn't

vol 9, epilogue

but despite everything, he still was a friend to izaya, so izaya wanted revenge. so, to my mind, this whole situation not made him who he is now, just gave him the reason to stop trying to conform and show his true self

eventually he promised to make nakura pay for this. shinra just agreed and gave izaya free reign. and izaya really kept his promise. 12 years passed and nakura is still suffering

izaya calls that nakura moment the turning point of his life and the thing that influenced his current self the most

vol 9, epilogue

i see this part as the starting point for everything happening in the plot, because this was the moment when izaya finally decided what to do

when shinra and izaya finish school, they see each other more rarely. because it's not necessary to meet every day and they both have things to do. shinra happily lives with celty, again, staying in his comfort zone and izaya, who doesn't have any life and friends, is alone with his love for humans and crazy ideas. and still he thinks about shinra as a friend

vol 9, ch 2

and shinra calls him a friend too

but shinra has priorities and celty is the most important of them, so when izaya calls him from the hospital, he just hangs up

shinra lives in his love and keeps distance with everyone else as always and izaya suffers with his attachment alone, because he can't and doesn't want to get rid of it. but he understands that he's the only one to blame in his state (because he chose such a life for himself) so he isn't angry at shinra. maybe just a bit

there is another important moment, when izaya thinks about shinra being mad at him, feels something like guilt and beats the telephone pole

vol 9, epilogue

friendship with shinra is the closest relationship izaya has, but again, i can't blame shinra for his uncaring attitude. he treasures izaya and still accepts him and izaya's problems are not something shinra can solve

their relationship can't be seen through the prism of normal friendship because they both are extraordinary people with their own standards

Rereading the manga, and while their dynamic didn't start off on much, seeing Masaomi and Mikado show such concern for Anri in the Saika arc is the good shit.

Have another pic. AU making go "BRRRR"

From left to right its Namie, Nec, MC, Harper, Arabella and Mikage. Of course Izaya is in the middle.

I went to see Six the musical recently, and it gave me the idea to make an AU for Drrr!! I had to include characters from Ikebukuro Records to have all six queens but at least they all fit. If I went with canon characters the options were either not fitting, boring, or underage. Anyway. I like it. Is it normal to want to write fanfics for your own stuff?

(I encourage people to reblog my work because I'm going through a glitch where tumblr is making me get blocked by people I don't even know. It's rather annoying and hindering so it would be really helpful)

Please check it out. And make sure to play part 1 and 2 as well. Finishing this part got me emotional. I hope everyone enjoys!

Shizuo's Part 3 Download

Shizuo part 3 is finally here!

Per usual, the password is "Pudding". The guide for his part 3 is also in the description of the download page on Itch.io.

We hope you enjoy Shizuo's part 3!

Random Theory

So like, I know I already talked to a friend about this, and someone has probably said it before, but....

What if the milk lady was Sayaka when she was younger. It might explain why she and Anri look so alike aside from lazy character design.

Timeline wise, that would probably mean she was dating her future husband at the time, then got married and had her daughter the year after. That could tie into why their marriage fell apart, because they rushed into a relationship.

Of course, she would probably get contacts and grow her hair out along the way, but still this adds some satisfaction in me.

Anyway, just my random silly thoughts.

Cursed? More like uper interesting. Because this could have so easily happened. Mika noticed Seiji purely because of Mikado's name in the anime. In fact, Anri makes a similar remark about knowing him before meeting purely because of his name.

To start off with, there's the whole distance thing. I think Mika wouldn't resort to up and leaving to find Mikado's hometown on the get go. Especially when she probably knows he will be moving to Ikebukuro soon anyways. So I imagine she would resort to cyber stalking for the time being.

Imagine the scene. Mikado is interacting with his group chat friends. There's a cute girly account interacting to him. One would think, "oh that's Izaya pretending to be Kanra". Nope. It's Mika.

Now I don't think Mika would be as intense with Mikado at the start as she was with Seiji. Mostly because distance might have forced her to tamper down her feelings. But once Mikado gets to Ikebukuro, that changes.

Similar to the anime, they bump into each other. But instead of running away screaming, Mika sticks around to show her interest in Mikado. Masaomi acts all super jealous because "no fair, you got a cute girl on your first day" but encourages the idea of Mika sticking around for the city tour.

This gives Mika the chance to follow Mikado home, and when he says "hey want me to keep walking so you get home safe?" She's like "oh no, I think I'll stay at your house" which makes Mikado realise "ok, getting kinda uncomfy here".

Mika then proceeds to make herself at home. Mikado tries to make her tea and be a good host, but he just can't settle down easily with her just, not taking her attention off of him for even a second. He doesn't even have the chance to try and call the police, but he attempts to brush it off because she's not actually being dangerous or harmful towards him.

So like, for the first few archs he's in a perpetual state of "this is fine" as Mika just does not leave him alone, and yet shows her endearing side by genuinely looking out for him.

Cursed Durarara!! AU: Mika gets infatuated with Mikado during the entrance exam

Spoilery ramblings under the cut

Because here is the thing. We know from later in the series that Mika has SCARY knowledge of EVERYTHING. She is a horrifyingly determined and effective stalker.

She would figure out immediately who Mikado is. And would take it upon herself to help him. People are giving the Dollars a bad name? Time to ruin them for Mikado's sake.

It would obviously change a LOT in the series, especially in regards to Celty's head, and the Yagiris role in the plot, and it is hard to pinpoint exactly how things would unfold...

God help Aoba, once he gets involved in the plot. The two of them would have a total weirdo-off over Mikado's attention. (I have the feeling Mika would win)

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