Durarara - manga better than the anime?

Feb 16, 2015 3:40 AM

Offline

Jul 2014

108

Hi all

So I'm currently halfway through the first season of Durarara and having very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand it's a very twised but beautiful lovestory about deeply troubled and in some cases rather psychotic indiduals which I love! On the other hand a lot of the fun for me is ruined because for some reason I don't even want to think about cause it would only depress me the writers decided to focus the bulk of the story on the only three characters that are so boring I dare say watching paint dry would be more intersting. And it's a crying shame cause the whos is filled with wonderful characters and I wanna watch them not the really sterotypical "leads" I watch Durarara for that psychopath who says he loves humanity but pushes teenage girls to commit suicide. I watch Durarara for that strangely loveable bartender with a penchant for insane violence. I watch Durarara to see a bunch of geeks torture someone in a way only anime could think up. I watch Durarara for that woman who is so in love with her brother she's willing to commit atrocity upon atorcitiy to protect him. I watch Durarara fo that headless urban legend who's harboring feelings for the guy that cut her up the moment she set foot on Japanese soil. I watch Durarara for them! Not to see if timid sempai #247 will get it on with stereotypical exchange student #456 or with genki teenager who's deep down really depressed #758. I can watch a doze other anime for that and that shit don't interest me in general since I'm not a teenager and only have negative high school experiences.

However besides anime I'm also an avid rader of manga. So my question is: does the manga also place so much emphasis on those three or is it more evenly divided there like it was in the Baccano! anime?

Please let me know. I really like Durarara's story and most of it's characters. But those stupid teenagers are fast ruining it for me.

Feb 16, 2015 3:43 AM

yhunata

Offline

Apr 2011

13802

Love story? You're Durarara!!ing wrong. Also, it's an adaption of a Light Novel, not of a manga.

Feb 16, 2015 3:44 AM

NeoAnkara

Offline

Mar 2012

18961

For your info Durarara is LN originally not manga.

Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.

Feb 16, 2015 3:45 AM

yhunata

Offline

Apr 2011

13802

NeoAnkara said:
For your info Durarara is LN originally not manga.

ninja'd you.

Feb 16, 2015 3:49 AM

NeoAnkara

Offline

Mar 2012

18961

yhunata said:

NeoAnkara said:
For your info Durarara is LN originally not manga.

ninja'd you.

Damn right.

Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.

Feb 16, 2015 3:59 AM

blankflat

Offline

Nov 2013

2667

Go for Baccano, DRRR is more like a teen version of Baccano. Ops, I see you already watched that. So, deal with it pal.

Feb 16, 2015 4:01 AM

Comic_Sans

Offline

Mar 2014

21289

Patience m8

The real fun begins in season 2

Nico- said:
@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite

Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained

Feb 16, 2015 4:19 AM

Kerberos91

Offline

Jul 2014

108

Wow I was going to post apologies for posting in what I presume to be the wrong forum but I see that won't be necessary anymore. You guys are quick!

Anyway I know that Durarara is originally a light novel series but I don't read light novels. (I have enough actuall novels to read first) And there is also a manga adaptation so I was inquiring about that.

And yeah I got that DRRR is the shonen version of Baccano! but I've seen shonen shows that did live up to it's potential like FMA: Botherhood for instance or Attack on Titan. Does anyone know why they decided to go the shonen route for this one? I know the light novels are shonen as well but so are the Baccano! light novels and the Baccano! anime is decidedly seinen. And everyone that worked on Baccano! came back for Durarara. So why the change in target demographic?

Anyway if the fun begins in season 2 that's worth sitting season 1 out for me.

Feb 22, 2015 8:18 AM

sarroush

Offline

Dec 2008

7278

Thread moved

Site & Forum Guidelines | MAL Guidelines | Report Abuse

Official MyAnimeList Discord Server

See All Discussions

Poll: » Durarara!! Chapter 22 Discussion Klad - Feb 1, 2014	3	by removed-user »» Dec 12, 2018 11:33 PM
» Durarara Manga Questions Gaara_sama - Apr 30, 2015	3	by DaAmit »» Nov 30, 2015 9:22 AM
Poll: » Durarara!! Chapter 7 Discussion mwp - Feb 10, 2010	19	by Lilivata »» Nov 27, 2014 9:45 PM
Poll: » Durarara!! Chapter 21 Discussion Bheaze - Jun 19, 2014	0	by Bheaze »» Jun 19, 2014 3:04 PM
Poll: » Durarara!! Chapter 20 Discussion Bheaze - Jun 19, 2014	0	by Bheaze »» Jun 19, 2014 2:11 AM

Durarara - manga better than the anime?

More topics from this board

Poll: » Durarara!! Chapter 22 Discussion

» Durarara Manga Questions

Poll: » Durarara!! Chapter 7 Discussion

Poll: » Durarara!! Chapter 21 Discussion

Poll: » Durarara!! Chapter 20 Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters