Things I have watched lately: Durarara!

Nothing out of the ordinary. Look at all these boring monochrome people.

Durarara is a story about a place, speciifcally the creator's semi-fantastic version of Ikebukuro. A headless motorcyclist haunts the streets, the mysterious "Dollars" gang is rumored to exist but no one knows who its members are, foreigners and runaways disappear, a debt collector so strong that he can throw vending machines has an intense personal vendetta against a knife-wielding and cruel practical joker...

And there's more.

The format is a little strange at first. We see something happening from one point of view, and then later, from another, showing how these events--even if they appear unconnected at first--are part of a larger plot. Each episode has had its own viewpoint character. The first episode begins when a boy from a small town arrives in Ikebukuro for school and is introduced to the city by his best friend, who has already been living there awhile.

So far I'm really enjoying it. It has a large cast, and I like all of them so far. It does come off as a little bit trendy, but it's unusual trendy, and very entertaining, which makes it forgivable.

Thank you, herongale, for reccing it!