Talk:Durarara!!

Dulalala!!
What's the source on the current spelling? The h is a non-standard romanization, and the title derives from the word Dullahan, suggesting Dulalala would be more accurate than Durarara, although either are acceptable. Unless there is an official source somewhere spelling it differently, we should move it to Dulalala!!. Doceirias (talk) 00:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, ANN. I guess leave it till they change the spelling or the official site goes up, but I'm sure they're spelling was user submitted, and doesn't really count as a reliable source. Doceirias (talk) 01:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Crunchyroll uses Dulalala, and that's most likely as official as it gets.--68.197.210.152 (talk) 00:59, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note the "Move?" section right below this, the official site is www.durarara.com.--Sxerks (talk) 02:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * That isn't the official English title, though; Crunchyroll has to get licensor approval for all name choices, and they've only just nailed those down, according to a company rep post on Mania. If they're using Dulalala, then that is the official title, and we MUST move the page. Doceirias (talk) 20:04, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

((anonymous))Crunchyroll isn't official compaired to the dub licensor, Aniplex of America. The website for the dub says Durarara. durararausa.com Also, most fans and scanlators use Durarara. Is doesn't matter about the Dullahan, either, because the light novelist is known for his unusual titles. Last one he made was Baccano, which has only served the story as a password to Dollar's gang website. Durarara could be a secret for the next novel, so leave it with Rs, not Ls. Also, Celty's last name has 'rururu' in it. It could be a mix of Dullahan and the Japanese spelling of her last name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.142.73.224 (talk) 02:20, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Move?
casting vote move Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:31, 21 July 2009 (UTC) Dhurarara!! →  — Relisted to generate more input. &mdash;harej (talk) (cool!) 20:30, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Official romanized title, per official website (http://www.durarara.com/); for some reason, alternative titles were all blacklisted instead of being made into redirects (Dulalala!!, also blacklisted, should also be a redirect to the official title, if the admin has time.) — Doceirias (talk) 04:23, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose both, per WP:MOS-TM--there should only be one exclamation point. Dekimasu よ! 05:47, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The kana spelling デュラララ represents "durarara" without the 'h'. (A dullahan is a type of Irish faerie.) Pages Durarara!! and Dulalala!! show to me (I am an admin) as ordinary nonexistent pages with default ("allow all users") protection and no entries in their protection logs and no deleted edits. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hunh; I've tried both moves over the last couple of days (to Dulalala by mistake, and to Durarara today) and both said blacklisted, an error I'd not seen before. No opinion on single versus double exclamation point; the title is written with two, and the MOS doesn't specifically address exclamation points, so I'll leave the interpretation of how that applies here (it could easily be no exclamation points at all) to people that actually care. Doceirias (talk) 06:47, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Please notice that according to ASCII Media Works, the title in the address is Dhurarara: http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/mediamix/dhurarara.php --ChuChu (talk) 11:11, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Special prize to the first person who finds it spelled a third way. Bet you it happens. Doceirias (talk) 02:09, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Any page title which contains repeating ! characters is on an anti-vandalism blacklist and a page with such a name would have to be created by an admin. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:54, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Celty vs Certy
I actually did my homework to figure out how to romanize this name; Celty is an actual, if rare name. Someone else made the very good point that Certy is actually written on the back cover of the second novel. We've been known to overlook 'official' spellings like that in the past, on the grounds that they've obviously confused R and L, but Celty is an unusual enough name that I figured it was worth discussing. (Personally, Certy sounds like a computer language...) Doceirias (talk) 23:28, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Just to note (as an anon pointed out) that on the back cover of Volume 2 of the Light Novel, there is a mug that spells it "CERTY" and can be seen here.--Sxerks (talk) 20:26, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I pointed that out above. But now the anime has it as Selty. Argh. Doceirias (talk) 19:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I was mainly pointing to it as a ref in case anyone else had not physically seen it(Vol2 is now close to 5 years old). And here's the Selty ref.  Oh what a mess Romaji makes.--Sxerks (talk) 02:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Episode six has it as Celty. I'm guessing they're still locking the spelling down. Wait and see if it locks in on that name, I guess. Doceirias (talk) 02:03, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh for goodness sake. Here, let me give you americans a COMMON KNOWLEDGE lesson of the world you live in. The bikerchick character is of western europeon origin. In Western Europe, not too far in the past and still relevant in some parts of today are people known as 'Celts' (Mostly in Northern tip of Ireland, Southern Scotland and Wales). Obviously the lady derived her name from that, leading me to believe that its Celty. I know you have this argument that its spelt Certy on a back cover of one manga, but also the anime title is spelt Durarara yet it also displays itself as Dullala. Also, there is no 'L' sound in the Japanese alphabet, they usually pernounce 'L' as 'R'. Thus, it is obviously meant to be 'Celty', but as she is now in Japan, they call her 'Certy'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.14.110 (talk) 09:18, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Broadcast start date
The broadcast start date is listed as the 7th. While it is the night of the 7th, the broadcast started after midnight Japan time, making it actually the 8th. I was wondering if there's actually a policy on how that's handled, and if so, which date would be more correct under that policy. Thanks! -- Tasunke (talk) 18:23, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Uh, I remember a discussion taking place on the project page, but don't remember the conclusion. Doceirias (talk) 20:02, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Erasing spoiler
I think we should erase the part about Mikado being the creator of Dollars, because it has not been revealed in the anime or manga yet.

Also, because it is one of the biggest spoiler in the series. --Shiritori (talk) 20:59, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The novels have been out for years. Read WP:Spoiler. Doceirias (talk) 21:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Content cannot be removed on the bases that it is a spoiler. —Farix (t &#124; c) 21:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I think there should be a warning —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.68.45 (talk) 01:24, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

If it hasn't shown up in either the manga or the anime, it is a spoiler, especially to people who don't have access to the novels. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.242.203 (talk) 22:41, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I would actually dispute that. In fact, I would even dispute that knowing the details ahead of time spoils the story. That is part of the problem with determining what is and is not a spoiler. One person's spoiler is another person's mundane plot detail. —Farix (t &#124; c) 23:25, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

It has now showed up in the english & japanese anime. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.244.225.180 (talk) 02:09, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

What sound is Durarara / Dulalala / Drrr?
The title Durarara is written like a manga soundword. Is it supposed to be a soundword (for the sound of a motor bike for example) or is it just a floppy way for Japanese to pronounce Dullahan? --95.89.34.61 (talk) 14:57, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The afterword to one of the novels specifically describes the origin. Narita proposed that the title should be Dula! -- short for Dullahan, following the tradition of his other series, Vamp! (short for vampire.) It was then jokingly proposed that they could even call it Dulalala!! and that somehow became the actual solicited title. Then the official anime website comes along, and the traditional Japanese r/l confusion results in the series title being spelled incorrectly on everything, and apparently nobody has figured this out yet. Doceirias (talk) 00:05, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Its Durarara!! not Dulalala!! mr Doceiras please stop useing myths as facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.244.225.180 (talk) 02:12, 15 October 2011 (UTC) "On the last page of the original novel,the author stated how this title came into his mind.

[The author] has been working on the manuscript,and when he submitted to his editor.His editor asked:Have you thought of a title yet?

The author was like:Hm no,not yet...

Then COINCIDENTALLY at the time,someone(it may be his editor but I don't remember much of that) flipped a bundle of papers and it was making the noise:Dyurarara

So the author was like:Yeah!DYURARARA!What a Good idea!I might make another series with the title as weird as Baccano so it might catch the readers.

And at the end,he mentioned that the title 's meanings varies between the readers,it's your own perspective.(Some might think that it might sound like a motorcycle)" --94.253.135.77 (talk) 19:05, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Izaya's knife
the blade he uses must be slightly opened before the mechanics of it springs the blade open

Doesn't this describe a assisted opening knife —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.116.250.51 (talk) 22:43, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

About the edition
I agree that both the parts in which Mikado is the leader of Dollars as well as the part in which Kida was the leader of his gang should be removed, at least until they are shown in the anime. Also im confused regarding Harima's head. Is her head Celty's head or mere plastic surgery? Horat (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:58, 12 March 2010 (UTC).
 * I'm not sure what is up with the plastic surgery thing. It makes no sense at all. Her head is Celty's head, and both anime and novels clearly state that this is the case. Some crazy fan theory that keeps getting added, I guess. Oh, and read WP:Spoiler; we can't delete spoilers, only speculation. Doceirias (talk) 21:12, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Doceirias, read the novels again for a minute. Or the Japanese Wikipedia page if you're not bothered. Or wait until Episode 12 where it'll all come back to you. Draux (talk) 01:26, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ...it has been three years. Perhaps my memory failed me here. Doceirias (talk) 03:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally I think that it's unnecessary to reveal the characters' chat names. In the case of Anri, it gives away a lot of the plot that hasn't been shown in the anime yet. It's all good for the people who've read the novels, but takes away from people who've stumbled upon the anime and wanted to use Wikipedia to find out more about it. I understand the whole spoiler thing, but I'm actually questioning how "encyclopedic" these little tidbits are, as I've seen articles, especially those dealing with anime and manga flagged for things of this nature. Thecao (talk) 03:18, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, I've made a minor change to the page instead of just removing the content - I've just change the font to white on the chat names so that the info is still there. People can still see the info if they highlight the blank area. What do you guys think? Thecao (talk) 23:48, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think the spoilers can be "hidden" either. I've reverted in good faith: you had good intentions. In my opinion, they are somewhat unnecessary. So removing them outright is probably best. At least, that's what I think. ~ Itzjustdrama ?  C 23:56, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The chat room discussions are an integral part of the novels; the character's screen names are a pretty significant piece of information. I feel like the article would be incomplete without them. Doceirias (talk) 08:09, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Anime References
Isn't it worth mentioning the huge amount of references to the anime 'Jigoku Shoujo'? I havent noticed this anime reference any other anime besides Jigoku Shoujo which is why I believe it is worth mentioning. Such references would include many billboards with Jigoku Shoujo characters on them, several of the character-look-alikes in the crowds and one of the Dollars characters ringtones being the key-phrase from Jigoku Shoujo. —Precedingunsigned comment added by 202.156.14.110 (talk) 21:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, those aren't the only references. In my opinion, Baccano! is probably referenced more often. Almost every possible billboard displays a clip or image from Baccano! and two of Baccano! characters even have their own short scene. Other series are also referenced, including Spice and Wolf, Bludgeoning Angel and Darker Then Black. Publishers like Dengeki Bunko are also mentioned. Even so, none of those can be mentioned unless a reliable source points it out. I can prove the other references: Short Baccano! scene, Baccano!, Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan and Ladies X Butler.


 * No no no, let me rephrase: Jigoku Shoujo is the only GOOD ANIME referenced. OH YES I DID. Speaking of references, one of the characters in Durarara (Izawa) is being cosplayed in a (recent?) episode of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.


 * Are you saying Baccano wasn't a good anime?
 * Anyway, aside from clips from Baccano playing on the billboards, ads for the novels, Simon and Miria talking during the big Dollars gathering, there's also the password to the Dollars website being 'baccano'. No doubt I've forgotten a few other cameos and allusions. --Gwern (contribs) 21:12 25 July 2010 (GMT)
 * I've deleted your unnecessary and heartless statement per WP:PA. Please refrain from insulting other users for such trivial matters. Eric Leb 01 (Page &#124; Talk)  23:06, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji deserves to be referenced. In the manga two members of Dollars mentally tortured a man using Black Butler as a reference, and called it 'manga torture.' Grell was pictured on the elevator in the manga, as well. There has been at least one video playing in the streets of Kuroshitsuji II in the anime, and a member of Dollars has the voice of Sebastian Michaelis saying 'My lord, you have email' or something of the such when she gets an email on her phone. Yana Toboso(mangaka of Black Butler) and the mangaka of Durarara have done various drawings of eachother's work, as well.

Also, Baccano! SHOULD be recognized. It's light novels were made by the same person, after all, not to mention two significant characters of Baccano!, Isaac and Miriam, appear in the anime. I think the characters actually appearing makes it that much more worthy of being recognized than tiny little cameos of the manga volumes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.142.73.224 (talk) 02:40, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

there are also a few refeances to the anime "wolf and spice" the charactor 'Horro' appears once as a cardboard cut out and once as a figurine.

Reviews
--KrebMarkt 14:30, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ANN: streaming Ep 1-12 streaming Ep 13-24 Ep 8-24 ANN Shelf Life DVD part 1 DVD part 2 ANN Shelf Life DVD part 1
 * Mania steaming: Ep24 Ep23 Ep 22 Ep 21 Ep 20 Ep 19 Ep 18 Ep 17 Ep 16 Ep 15 Ep 14 Ep 13 Ep 12 Ep 11 Ep 10 Ep 09 Ep 08 Ep 07 Ep 06 Ep 05 Ep 04 Ep 03 Ep 02 Ep 01 Ep 12.5
 * Mania.com: DVD part 1 DVD part 2
 * AICN: Anime part 1 Anime part 2
 * Otaku USA: anime part 1
 * Active Anime: anime part 1

Split
I think the list of characters should be moved to its own dedicated page. I personally don't want to do it because I feel it would be best to leave the most important characters in this article, and I have no idea who is the most notable and who is not. Thoughts? Eric Leb 01 (Page &#124; Talk)  22:57, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Light novels table
Any reason why the light novels table has a bunch of blank titles? If they are just listed by number, you can set with_title to no. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 18:27, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Minidura Manga
Could somebody add the information for the Minidura manga to the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grell the Reaper (talk • contribs) 00:57, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

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