Durarara!!

[Xinda]

I'm not sure how the voices will be - yet. I mean, potential is there (at least, to me for Shizuo), but I'm not sure.

I like what they say about their characters and may at least "know/get" the character "right" - but voice-wise...

I'm hoping that the "tones/lines" used for what we hear at the end of both clips don't reflect what'll be in the anime. But, I'm still hoping it'll be good, but we'll see?

We'll know in January...

--Also --

It's been announced that Mela Lee is voicing Erika, Steve Blum as Kadota, and Brian Beacock as Walker.

Links: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=236874&id=124407727602326
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=236883&id=124407727602326
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=236904&id=124407727602326

- > http://community.livejournal.com/durarara/461759.html

 

[Celes Chere]

I am please with Dota's voice choice! 8D

I am really, really excited for January. /squees/ So far, I don't really see the voices fitting, but like you said we won't know until we hear more lines. So, we can't judge it just yet. :3

 

[Xinda]

Haha. I think theirs could be interesting - I'm not so sure about the other two, though... But... time will tell!

I'm looking forward to the possibility of owning the series - with the option of subtitles - so yes, really excited for January as well XD

 

[crack]

You can pre order the English series online now. And I just really hope they make this work out.

 

[Xinda]

Awesome, I missed that; thank you.

I do, too. I mean, I'll be "glad" to at least have subtitles, but I would prefer if the dub was actually good.

==

 

[Celes Chere]

T-the cosplays in the beginning kinda scare me... xD

Yeah, that voice is perfect for Kida. &#9829; But strangely, only when the guy is NOT reading the lines. O_o Maybe it was just the lines he chose but it sounds like he's trying too hard, lol. His normal speaking voice fits better. <XD

AND I LIKE HIS JOKES STFU YA'LL ARE JEALOUS.

 

[Xinda]

LoL I think the cosplays are... well intentioned and could be interesting, but I'm not too fond of them. But I can see how others would be.

I'm not sure at all what I think about the Kida, but a lot of people like it - so XD And, ha, go figure, when he's not in script, he's good XD

Hahaha.

 

[crack]

Not too keen on Kida's voice either. Maybe I'm just being too picky.

Spoiler: BTW SHIZUO AND VORONA ARE CANON

SHIZUO
Speaking of which, there's something I don't get about Russia&#8230;&#8230;is "Siberia" the name of a city like Japan's Tokyo or Osaka?

VORONA
Siberia&#8230;&#8230;the correct pronunciation of which is &#1057;&#1080;&#1073;&#1080;&#1088;&#1100; ([s&#690;&#305;&#712;bir&#690;]), may denote a Federal District of Russia or a wider area. The meanings are many-layered.

TOM
Hmm, so it's like the Kantou Plain or Kantou Area in general?

VORONA
And in Japan they also call a certain kind of dessert Siberia. Explanations vary as to how the name originated, among which a theory exists that it comes from the delicious fillings inside the Castella resembling the tundra and railways in Siberia.

SHIZUO
I see.

VORONA
The Castella is said to be the first cake variety to be introduced to Japan. After that the Japanese developed their unique cake culture under various influences from different countries. The variety called the shortcake* is also uniquely Japanese. At Christmas the Japanese are especially big on cakes, and on the streets all kinds of cakes send tantalizing smells to my nasal cavity.

* Here referring to the variety that uses a sponge cake.


TOM
&#8230;&#8230;.

SHIZUO
&#8230;&#8230;. Oi, Vorona -

VORONA
What is it?

SHIZUO
&#8230;&#8230;Are you craving some? Cake, I mean.

VORONA
&#8230;&#8230;! &#8230;&#8230;.It is impossible for me to deny this, but it is shameful to be suspected that I have been deceiving you for the sake of food. So I guess sempai too finds the idea of adults being obsessed with desserts juvenile and immature&#8230;&#8230;

SHIZUO
Me too.

VORONA
Eh?

SHIZUO
I too like sweet stuff. What do you say, should we go eat cake to our hearts' content for lunch?

VORONA
&#8230;&#8230; Thank you very much.

TOM
&#8230;&#8230;Does my opinion even matter anymore? Well, whatever.

 

[Celes Chere]

Wow, Shizzy. xD I am happy, though! I really adore Vorona. &#9829; I think they are sweet together. x] I just love it! Not to mention, the fanart is to die for. c;

 

[Max Caulfield]

In my world, cake is a code word for sex. So, any time someone mentions cake, I immediately think they mean sex.

Through my eyes, this conversation is very different.

 

[crack]

Too old for Mikado.

But he sure is a DILF.

 

[Xinda]

Not too keen on Kida's voice either. Maybe I'm just being too picky.

After seeing Mikado&#8217;s clip there, I&#8217;m beginning to wonder if I&#8217;m being too picky, myself.

Though, I&#8217;m still &#8220;hopeful&#8221; that once the series comes out that hopefully they&#8217;ll sound good in the actual episodes&#8230;

The actor seems adorable though >.>

And, you make/remind me I REALLY need to catch up and read the released novels.

(The &#8220;cake&#8221; bit sounds so... cute @_@)

In my world, cake is a code word for sex.

&#8230;so now that bit has two different meanings XD

 

[Max Caulfield]

&#8230;so now that bit has two different meanings XD

Yes, it does. :<

Spoiler: Conversation through my eyes:

SHIZUO
&#8230;&#8230;. Oi, Vorona -

VORONA
What is it?

SHIZUO
&#8230;&#8230;Are you craving some? Sex, I mean.

VORONA
&#8230;&#8230;! &#8230;&#8230;.It is impossible for me to deny this, but it is shameful to be suspected that I have been deceiving you for the sake of sex. So I guess sempai too finds the idea of adults being obsessed with sex juvenile and immature&#8230;&#8230;

SHIZUO
Me too.

VORONA
Eh?

SHIZUO
I too like sweet stuff. What do you say, should we go have sex to our hearts content?

VORONA
&#8230;&#8230; Thank you very much.

My brain scares me some times. D:

 

[Celes Chere]

I like Mikado's voice. c:

 

[crack]

Though, I&#8217;m still &#8220;hopeful&#8221; that once the series comes out that hopefully they&#8217;ll sound good in the actual episodes&#8230;

And, you make/remind me I REALLY need to catch up and read the released novels.

I'll probably end up buying the DVD anyways because I'm a geek like that, but I don't have high hopes for the English dub.

I haven't bothered posting anni-fiesta's updates here very often, but you can always check out her livejournal if you want.

Spoiler: Conversation through my eyes:

SHIZUO
&#8230;&#8230;. Oi, Vorona -

VORONA
What is it?

SHIZUO
&#8230;&#8230;Are you craving some? Sex, I mean.

VORONA
&#8230;&#8230;! &#8230;&#8230;.It is impossible for me to deny this, but it is shameful to be suspected that I have been deceiving you for the sake of sex. So I guess sempai too finds the idea of adults being obsessed with sex juvenile and immature&#8230;&#8230;

SHIZUO
Me too.

VORONA
Eh?

SHIZUO
I too like sweet stuff. What do you say, should we go have sex to our hearts content?

VORONA
&#8230;&#8230; Thank you very much.

LMFAO I would have liked the conversation to go like this.

EDIT:

Oh and:

 

[crack]

CANON

IMPORTANT UPDATE: SHIZAYA IS CANON.

Spoiler: PROOF

「もしも平和島静雄と折原臨也が仲良しだったら」収録電撃エイプリル

2007年に電撃文庫の公式パロシリーズのなかでも最近話題なのがこちら。
なんと、BLです。成田先生がコメントにてBLの難しさを語られるほど、本気でBL展開になっております。

Basically in 2007, Narita (author of drrr) wrote a Shizaya fic for Dengeki magazine as an April Fool's Joke.

HERE IS THE ACTUAL FIC:

Spoiler: Japanese Version

『デュラララ!!×♂ もしも平和島静雄と折原臨也が仲良しだったら』

憎しみと愛は表裏一体のコインのよう―、とどこかの哲学者は言っていた。
この一線を越えると、憎しみと愛はメビウスの環のように重なり合い、両面一体の意味を失ってしまう。
―ちょうど、彼らの体が繋がっているように。

絡み合う四肢と髪と素肌。巨大なウロボロスが自分の尾を食すように、この時点で彼らは情欲だけに突き動かされる死体のような様となっていた

ウロボロスは宇宙の魂である。その姿が世界の間逆にとけこむなら、今の静雄と臨也はその新しい象徴となりえるだろう。

身体をつなげてから、まだ数分も経ってなかった。

しかし、彼らの息は、すでに荒く重いものとなっていた。
静雄はサングラスをつけたままで、そして臨也は静雄の暑い息が顔にかかるのを感じていた。
次の瞬間、静雄の硬いモノが臨也の細く白い身体を貫いた。
「･･･あっ！･･･」
身体が硬くなっていくのを感じるたびに、臨也はわずかに喘いだ。
一方、静雄は臨也の反応を楽しむかのようにほくそ笑む―ほくそ笑んで、にやついて、そして声を出して嗤った。
2,3回突くと、静雄のサングラス越しの頬に朱が浮かび上がった。
「くっ・・・シズちゃんっ･･･あっ、･･･こういう時くらい・・・ああっ・・・、そのサングラス、っ・・・外せ、ば・・・？」
突かれる度にあえぎ声が漏れてしまうというのに、臨也はその作り笑いを崩さずにいた。

「ははっ・・・やり方が汚いね、シズちゃん。いくら俺がいいからって、いつも最後には俺をこんな風に肉体的に押し倒して････」
「・・・・」
静雄は黙ったままだった。しかし、サングラス越しの彼の瞳はわずかに微笑んでいた。
次の瞬間、静雄の勃起したものが穢れた情欲とともに中を突き上げた。
「くそっ・・・シズ・・ちゃん・・・」
臨也は自分の熱い液が放たれたのをわずかに感じた。その生命の源ともいえる滴の残りは、静雄の顔にかかった。

舌の先で、唇についた精液を舐めたかと思うと、静雄は残酷に微笑んだ。
「もうイっちまったのか？けど、楽しみはまだこれからだぜ」

「ああっ、そこでアッパーか。臨也さん、じかに食らったわけでもないのに鼻血出してる」
「ああ、けど2,3回目だからな。・・・しかし臨也はさっき以外の攻撃はよく避けてたな」

短い午後の池袋の非日常だった。
いつもどおり、静雄と臨也は偶然立ち会った。そしてまたいつもどおり殺し合い始めたのである。

門田、遊馬崎、狩沢はそれで立ち止まった。
「でも静雄さんがコブラツイストから始めるなんて、珍しいッスね」
「あいつ、俺が思った以上にプロレス好きみたいだな・・・」
門田と遊馬崎がそんな会話を交わしてる間、狩沢は一言もしゃべらずに静雄と臨也の動きを見つめていた。
「どうしたんスか、狩沢さん？ずっと静かだけど。」
「喉の奥で出されても、臨也はそれを吐き出さず、飲み干した。吐き出すという行為は静雄の目の前で弱みをさらけ出すことであり・・・」
「狩沢さん?狩沢さん？ちょっと」
「・・・熱い液体が喉に放たれる。その独特のにおいが臨也の嗅覚を刺激してる様に、静雄の穢れた欲望はそそられ・・・」
「ちょっと待ってくださいよ狩沢さん！」
「あ、どうしたのゆまっち、私今すっごいいいの思い浮かんでたんだけど」
そういう狩沢は明らかにいい妄想を邪魔されたという顔をしていた。
遊馬崎は憮然とした表情で狩沢を見た。
「なんっすか？‘すっごいいいの’って。それに狩沢さん、さっきから何してたんスか」
「ええ？だから私流に、シズシズといざやんの行動実況してたのよ。まあ最初は頭の中だけでだったけど、つい口に出ちゃって・・・」
狩沢は、失敗したかのように頭を振った。遊馬崎は、狩沢がこれ以上吐き気をよもおすことを言う前に自分の口を押さえた。
同じ瞬間に、臨也はナイフを取り出し静雄の腹へと切り付ける―
「・・・どうしてナイフで切りつけられても腹部が無事なのさ？」
「それは・・・てめぇが弱いからだよぃいいざぁああやぁああくううううん！」

「臨也はなるべくその雫が滴るものを喉の奥に押し込もうとしていた。しかし、慣れてないからなのか、もっと奥まで押し込むことは不可能に・・・」
「気持ち悪いッスから！やめてくださいよ！」
その会話を聞いていたのかいなかったのか、門田はまずこの殺し合いを止めようと決めたようだった
注意深く、ナイフと拳が飛び交う中に行く―
狩沢がそんな姿を見てできることといえば、
叫ぶことだった
「きゃああ！三つ巴？すごいわ、ゆまっち、男が三人いたら三つ巴以外に考えられないでしょ！？いざやんはシズシズが好きで、でもシズシズはドタチンが好きで、でもドタチンはいざやんが好き！やばいわ、これ三つ巴ウロボロスじゃない！」
「なんでそうリアルに知ってる男性でそんな妄想できるんスか！理解できませんよ！」

偶然その会話を聞いていたセルティは、重い足取りで家に帰った。
ひどく憔悴したようにベッドに沈み込むと、彼女は新羅にPDAを見せる―
[人間・・・人間って怖い・・・]
新羅がセルティの肩が震えてるのを見て、泣いてるのだと気付いた。

めでたしめでたし

Spoiler: English Version

Hatred and love are two sides of the same coin - a wise someone has once said. To take this one step further - love and hate actually merge into each other on a Möbius strip lost in the realm of ambivalence.

- Just like the way their bodies intertwined right now.

All entangled limbs and hair and bare flesh. Like the giant Ouroboros feasting on its own tail, they were at this point almost dead corpses driven by nothing but lust.

The Ouroboros is the spirit of the universe. It is said to stand for the fusion of opposites in this world, of which Shizuo and Izaya were now becoming the new improved symbol.

Of course, such metaphors meant little to Shizuo and Izaya themselves. Right now all that filled them was the same single desire -

Their bodies had been intertwined for no longer than a few minutes.

Yet their breathing was already rough and heavy.

Shizuo kept his sunglasses on, and Izaya could feel the heat of Shizuo’s breath raging against his face.

The next moment, Shizuo’s hardened flesh was sliding its way up Izaya’s tender pale body.

“……Ah!……”

Izaya moaned slightly as his body stiffened. Shizuo, on the other hand, grinned as if he was savoring Izaya’s reaction - grinned, grinned, and let out a laugh.

A ravishing shade of color appeared on the cheeks beneath his sunglasses as he made the second - and the third - thrust.

“Fuck……ah……aren’t you……gonna……at least……take off your……ahhh…….sunglasses……at times……like these?”

Though he couldn’t suppress his moans every now and then, Izaya still tried to put on his best smirk. Beads of sweat trickled down his face as he sticked his tongue at Shizuo and laughed as if he was enjoying it all.

“Hah hah……you play dirty, you do, Shizu-chan……no matter how good I am at my thing……in the end you’ll always resort to the physical and hold me down like this……”

“……”

Shizuo remained silent. However, behind those sunglasses there was a slight smile in his shaded eyes.

In the next second, the hardened flesh dipped in Shizuo’s sordid desire made a particularly powerful thrust -

“Hell - ……Shizu……chan……”

Izaya was barely touched when hot fluid came gushing out of him. Drops of these remains of the origin of life landed on Shizuo’s face.

As he tasted the semen on his lips with the tip of his tongue, Shizuo smiled with what had to be all the cruelty in the world.

“Already spent?……But the fun’s just starting.”


♂♂


“Ahh - that was some uppercut. Izaya-san got a nosebleed even though he’s not hit directly.”

“Yeah. That was the second or third in a row……but Izaya’s ducked every punch except this one.”

In short, it was an uneventful Ikebukuro afternoon.

Shizuo and Izaya ran into each other like usual. And began to fight as usual.

Kadota, Yumasaki and Karisawa happened to be passing by and stopped to watch -

“It is rare that Shizuo-san chose to start with a Cobra twist, though.”

“He’s a bigger fan of professional wrestling than I thought……”

As Yumasaki and Kadota exchanged such observations - Karisawa remained without a word and dreadfully still as she watched Shizuo and Izaya’s every move.

“Hey, is something wrong, Karisawa-san? You’ve been un-talking for a while.”

“……Izaya could not bring himself to spit out the fluid filling his mouth, and decided to swallow it instead. To spit it out was to expose his weakness in front of Shizuo, a thought he was unable to stand - “

“Karisawa-san? Karisawa-san? Hang on.”

“The hot fluid flowed into the depths of his throat. While its distinctive smell lingered on Izaya’s olfactory nerves, Shizuo’s sordid desire was provoked further - “

“Wait a moment Karisawa-san!”

“!? ……Ahhh. What’s up Yumacchi, I was on to something good!”

Karisawa made a face as if she was interrupted by a feisty “bang”. Yumasaki frowned as he continued.

“What’s ‘something good’?……What were you doing anyway?”

“Ehh? Just live commentary in my style as I watch Shizu-Shizu fight Izayan. Well, it was supposed to be done in my head only, guess I got carried away and made it verbal……whoops.”

Karisawa dangled her head as if to signal a failed attempt. Yumasaki covered her mouth with his hand before she could say anything more nauseating.

- At that exact moment, Izaya finally produced his switchblade and made a dive for Shizuo’s abdomen -

“……How did you just take my switchblade attack with your belly muscles again?”

“‘Cause you got no strength, that’s why, Iiiiizayaaaaa-kun!”

“Izaya tried to slide the fluid-dripping length deeper and deeper into himself. Maybe he’s just not used to it enough - even though he was using the whole might of his body, it was impossible to advance just another inch……”

“I said it’s creepy! Please, cut it out!”

Hearing but not listening to Yumasaki and Karisawa’s conversation, Kadota seemed to decide that it was better to stop the fight first. He made carefully for the insane maelstrom of knife and fists -

Karisawa, who watched him from behind, could only do one thing.

She screamed.

“Ahhhhh!? An OT3!? That’s just awesome, Yumacchi! We got three males, so it’s a perfect OT3!! Izayan likes Shizu-Shizu but Shizu-Shizu likes Dotachin and Dotachin likes Izayan!! It’s mind-blowing! A three-man Ouroboros!”

“How could you fantasize so effortlessly about the men you know in real life!? Not that it doesn’t leave me in awe……”


♂♂


Celty, who happened to be passing by and heard such conversations, went back home with weak knees.

As if terribly exhausted she let herself fall onto the bed and showed Shinra her PDA.

[Humans, humans are scary……]

As Shinra turned to look at her slightly trembling shoulders -

He realized that she was actually crying.


AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER


Author's Notes - (Ryohgo Narita)

Really, those who write BL are geniuses. No matter how many times I rewrite, that friend of mine who likes BL would always go like “All wrong! Girls won’t be happy reading stuff like that! Well an uglier-than-a-toad swine like you shouldn’t be allowed to write BL anyway in the first place.” and tell me to re-rewrite until it came to be something like this. Argh, stupid April Fool - !

IT MAY BE AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE BUT WE ALL KNOW NARITA WAS SECRETLY CANONIZING SHIZAYA THE MOMENT HE WROTE THIS.

Source

EDIT: I just found out that this was posted on anni-fiesta's blog for several months already. How I did not find about this earlier makes me really doubt my computer navigation skillz. ;-;

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

you know it'd be amazing if the creator of anything wrote me my favorite pair ;_;

 

[Strangelove]

urge to finish reading novels / watching series

rising

 

[crack]

you know it'd be amazing if the creator of anything wrote me my favorite pair ;_;

erika/walker?

urge to finish reading novels / watching series

rising

A million girls would die for your Jap.

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

erika/walker?

83

 

[Kikyou]

A million girls would die for your Jap.

^
And possibly sell organs too.

 

[crack]

Which is why I said DIE derp

 

[Kikyou]

YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TWO KIDNEYS TO LIVE.
OR SO I HERD.
STOP BEING SUCH A SMART ASS, BITCH.

 

[crack]

DERP DERP YOU SAID ORGANS

 

[Kikyou]

YEAH, AND I'M SURE YOU COULD LIVE WITHOUT A BRAIN TOO, BITCH.