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This is the main character page for the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|many characters]] of ''[[
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* [[Durarara
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== Celty Sturluson ==
[[File:Durarara20-201320-20Large2021_4909.jpg|frame|"You are not a space alien...right?"]]
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<small>''"The world isn't as cruel as you take it to be."''</small>
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* [[Achilles' Heel]]: {{spoiler|One of the reasons Celty is so intent on recovering her missing head is that she is certain that destroying it is the means of killing her. Naturally, it's not something you want in the hands of someone you don't know, or a Yandere stalker who's had plastic surgery so her face looks like Celty's.}}▼
* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]/[[Bastard Girlfriend]]: She tends to beat on Shinra or wrap him up in her shadows when she's having her [[Tsundere|tsun-tsun moments]], but both are subverted in that Shinra actually ''enjoys'' the abuse and tends to goad her on.▼
* [[Agent Mulder]]: Apart from her fear of [[The Greys]] (which she's also convinced killed the dinosaurs), she also believes in various 2012 doomsday prophesies, the photon belt, evil tesseracts <ref>A tesseract is a four-dimensional hypercube, formed by placing two cubes in the same three dimensional coordinates and connecting corresponding vertices in the fourth dimension to form a four-dimensional polytope with eight cubic cells and 16 vertices.</ref>, and an impending robot apocalypse.
▲* [[Achilles Heel]]: {{spoiler|One of the reasons Celty is so intent on recovering her missing head is that she is certain that destroying it is the means of killing her. Naturally, it's not something you want in the hands of someone you don't know, or a Yandere stalker who's had plastic surgery so her face looks like Celty's.}}
▲* [[Agent Mulder]]: Apart from her fear of [[The Greys]] (which she's also convinced killed the dinosaurs), she also believes in various 2012 doomsday prophesies, the photon belt, evil tesseracts <ref>A tesseract is a four-dimensional hypercube, formed by placing two cubes in the same three dimensional coordinates and connecting corresponding vertices in the fourth dimension to form a four-dimensional polytope with eight cubic cells and 16 vertices.</ref>, and an impending robot apocalypse.
** Perhaps it comes with being a living urban legend, herself. If she is true, then who knows what else might be!
* [[Badass]]
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** [[Badass Biker]]
* [[Bad Liar]]: Somehow manages this even without the ability to speak.
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* [[Biker Babe]]
* [[Butter Face]]: In a manner of speaking -- She is rather self-conscious about the whole having no head thing.
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** With it, Celty is very capable of pulling off [[Implausible Fencing Powers|Implausible Bike Manuvers]] such as what's shown in episode 1, wherein she [[Car Fu|smacks a human trafficker in the face with her bike's front tire]], then proceeds to ''smash him up against a pillar in a parking garage with nothing but said tire.''
** [[Cool Horse]]: Technically speaking, it's an undead horse that just ''looks'' like a motorcycle. [[Fluffy the Terrible|Its name is Shooter.]]
*** [[My Horse Is a Motorbike]]: She rode a horse in the old days but in modern Japan it merges with a horse to fit in better.
* [[Cool Helmet]]: And it has cat ears.
* [[Cordon Bleugh Chef]]: Let's start with the fact that her head and by extension, her mouth, is missing...
* [[Cross Player]]: Celty prefers to keep her gender ambiguous on the internet. However, [[Bad Liar|she's not terribly good at it]], and both Kanra and Tanaka Taro caught on long ago (which Celty discovers, to her distress, [[Innocent Cohabitation|when they both react rather strongly to a comment that she has a male roommate]]).
* [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]: Claimed to be a [[Dojikko]] by Shingen, and not without reason, surprisingly. She ''does'' tend to get clumsy when she's excited (which usually happens around Shinra).
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Don't get us wrong, she is a [[Badass]], but Celty is also incredibly friendly, and is afraid of space aliens. Adorable.
** {{spoiler|Her missing head also turns out to be quite cute, especially considering that Dullahans are supposed to have heads with horrible, twisted grins and skin like moldy cheese.}}
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: In Celtic mythology, Dullahans act as [[Psychopomp|Psychopomps]] who douse anyone who gets in their way with blood, marking them as the next one to be yanked to the afterlife by that particular Dullahan. Here, we've got one going around saving kidnap victims.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Due to losing her head.
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: There are few things more embarrassing than being felt up by your boyfriend's stepmother. Also, Anri says she has a vague attraction to Celty, which persists even after learning about [[Samus Is a Girl|Celty's true gender]].
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Well, we've got a Dullahan.
* [[Famous
** However, that brings up more questions, as {{spoiler|Sturluson means [[Was Once a Man|"Son of Sturl".]] Assuming she was born in Iceland during those times, and that she was female, [[Did Not Do the Research|her last name would be Sturlusdottir]] ("Daughter of Sturl").}}
* [[Freaky Is Cool]]: Ends up fangirling Shizuo during his fight against Saika's 'children', much like how Shinra did when he and Shizuo were in highschool
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* {{spoiler|[[Green Eyes]]}}
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: Celty's shadow constructs can take on a variety of forms and uses, including a scythe, a helmet, and gloves. Supposedly, her black suit is made out of these shadows too.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Apparently one of her abilities; she's pulled a cell phone, a shopping list, a kitchen knife, and a scythe from some kind of smoky darkness she can access.
* [[Headless Horseman]]: A more modernized version... that rides a [[Cool Bike]]!
* [[Healing Factor]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hello, Nurse!]]: Celty's head and face are so beautiful that it inspires fanatical devotion in at least two men and beguiled awe in the heart of an artist. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|This is on top of]] [[Cute Monster Girl|the attention her body gets]].}}
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Celty all but snaps when she finally confronts her "head" (grafted onto the body of Mika Harima) during the Dollars meetup and confirms her greatest fear -- that she's never gonna get it back. She only calms down after both the reveal that it isn't actually her head and a big argument with Shinra over where her real head is}}
* [[The Heroine]]
* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: Celty's scythe.
* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: With Shinra. {{spoiler|At first.}}
* [[Losing Your Head]]: It wasn't connected to begin with, but she still wants to hold it; however it has gone missing.
* [[Mayfly
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Celty's PDA was a White Day gift from Shinra. She [[Berserk Button|reacts rather strongly]] to having it knocked out of her hands.
** It also has practical significance, as her PDA allows her to communicate with others and to store information. <ref>It's what a PDA is designed for - "Personal Data Assistant." The notepad function does see more use than anything else, but it isn't the only part that's ever used.</ref> [[Fridge Brilliance|In other words, the PDA is in some ways a symbolic replacement for her missing head.]]
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* [[My Horse Is a Motorbike]]: Shooter can shift back and forth between horse and motorcycle as it pleases (chariot optional).
* [[My Suit Is Also Super]]: Her clothes are made using her ability to manipulate shadows.
* [[The Not
* [[Quest for Identity]]: Her primary motivation. {{spoiler|This eventually starts to change when she begins coming to terms with the fact that she's built up enough of an identity over the last twenty years that she doesn't really need her old memories anymore.}}
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Celty isn't quite sure how old she is, thanks to the amnesia, but the few fuzzy memories she does retain go back over a hundred years.
* {{spoiler|[[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]]: Well, she ''is'' Celtic.}}
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: People tend not to immediately recognize that Celty is female. Shinra thinks they're blind.
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** In fairness to [[Cloudcuckoolander|him]], she DOES have breasts. One would think someone would notice.
* [[Security Cling]]: She runs to hug Shinra after her first scary encounter with the motor cops.
* [[Shy Finger
* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Pulls one out of her neck.
* [[The Speechless]]: Justified since she doesn't have a head; she can still "talk" by typing out words on a cellphone. It seems that from the fourth episode on, she will be voiced as a matter of convenience; she's still not actually speaking and is simply typing out whatever she's "saying".
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Her jumpsuit presents the same effect.
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: Celty agrees to be vivisected {{spoiler|by Shinra's father, Shingen, in return for a place to stay. [[Nightmare Fuel|Turns out human anaesthetics don't work on Dullahans]].}}
* [[Talking
* [[Telepathy]]: She can communicate this way, but without her head she doesn't know how to do it consciously.
* [[Throw It In]]: Celty's kitty-ear helmet was originally just a joke by Narita, but the character designer liked it too much to not keep it.
* [[Tsundere]]: Walker then gets into a big argument with Erika over whether Celty is a "true" Tsundere. Celty is not amused. Walker feels that Celty is too even-tempered, and that Shinra mostly deserves the ass-kickings he gets. He concludes that they're both in a mild "[[Masochism Tango|Type M]]" relationship; though it's not abusive. Both of them enjoy messing with each other.<ref>She would count as a Type B Tsundere, for those curious</ref>
* {{spoiler|[[Valkyries]]: Maybe. Izaya has a theory that the legend of Dullahans and the legend of Norse Valkyries are based on the same thing; and one can somehow "trigger" Valkyrie Mode and [[The End of the World
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Uses it to store a wad of money from Izaya in episode 4.
* {{spoiler|[[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]: She's started to fall into this after volume 8 of the novel. Shinra getting attacked just happened to have her become very protective of him.}}
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Her fear of aliens and motorcycle cops.
* [[
* [[Workaholic]]: Shizuo implies her to be this in episode 3.
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== Mikado Ryugamine ==
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<small>''"But at that moment... I felt my body tremble as I sensed that a new world was opening up to me."''</small>
A [[Nice Guy|timid]] [[Naive Newcomer|newcomer]] to Ikebukuro, where he attends Raira Academy with his best friend Masaomi and his crush Anri. Mikado decided to come to Ikebukuro on his own to seek something new from his boring life in the country. Initially, he isn't [[Non
{{spoiler|The leader of the Dollars.}}
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* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Always Save the Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Ambition Is Evil]]: Judging from his point of view about humans, what he he apparently wants from all of this is [[The Dark Side|power]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Awakening the Sleeping Giant]]: Aoba experiences firsthand the [[Tranquil Fury|fury]] that Mikado can unleash when he threatened the existence of Dollars and Anri.}}
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* [[
** [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: His own impression of his [[
** For comparison, his screenname, Taro Tanaka, is roughly the equivalent of "John Smith" in Japanese.
** [[Haruhi Suzumiya
* [[Badass]]: Hell yes. The "{{spoiler|Pen-Stabbing}} Incident" has become nothing short of legendary.
** [[Badass Adorable]]: He looks damn cute when {{spoiler|screwing with Namie and making the Dollars gang up on her}}.
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: And HOW!
** Namie [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledges]] this in episode 11:
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* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Break the Cutie]]: He went through loads and loads of confusion and painful struggles, starting from novel vol. 5 to novel vol. 6. {{spoiler|The result of it, as shown in vol.8, is... [[Face Heel Turn|not nice at all]], [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|to say the least.]]}}
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: And when Mikado works up the courage to do so in Episode 12, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|he finds Kida flirting with Anri and roundkicks him]].
* [[Character Development]]: Starts off as a [[Naive Newcomer|meek, shy, and awkward kid]] who [[I Just Want to Be Badass|just wants to be awesome]] until it's revealed that he's {{spoiler|actually a very capable guy, as well as the leader of the Dollars}}. Afterwards, he becomes more and more sure of himself, and he slowly but gradually becomes {{spoiler|a [[Ambition Is Evil|power hungry]] [[Yandere]] with [[Lack of Empathy|little empathy]] for people who have hurt him or his friends}}. Aoba outright states that he hasn't even ''shown his "true colors" yet''.
* {{spoiler|[[The Chessmaster]]: Considering that he sometimes put himself in his plan, he may even comes across as a Magnificent Bastard, though he himself likes to think he's a [[Guile Hero]].}}
* [[Conveniently Seated]]
* {{spoiler|[[Cute and Psycho]]: Despite his [[Nice Guy]] appearance on the outside, Mikado is pretty ''fucked up''.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: He's an [[Nice Guy|all around nice guy]] and even a bit shy ... just don't [[Dude, Where's My Respect?|push him too far]] or [[Berserk Button|threaten Anri's safety]].}}
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: He's not the protagonist. It's Celty.
* {{spoiler|[[Dissonant Serenity]]: When Kida finally reunites with him in volume 8, he's smiling peacefully... [http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/Untitled17.jpg while splattered in blood] and while [[Kill It
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: He is compelled to save Anri from the delinquents harassing her.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: {{spoiler|[
* [[Foe Yay]]/[[Ho Yay]]: {{spoiler|With Aoba in the novel.}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: It's relatively easy to miss if you don't already know what happens, but the manga puts a lot of emphasis on his suspicious smiles throughout the series.
* {{spoiler|[[Fridge Horror]]: So Mikado, you planned to stab Aoba in the pen from the beginning but you also meant to wrap a bandage around his hand shortly afterward? This not only all but says the action was committed with preplanned malice, but also prompts the following question: HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU DONE THAT TO IN THE PAST?!}}
* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes|Good Eyes]]/[[Tareme Eyes]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|In episode 22, he disbands Dollars by means of denying access to the site and seems to have become a recluse after seeing the escalating gang violence from the Yellow Scarves in response his scheme to rescue Anri.}}
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Masaomi.
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* {{spoiler|[[Mission Control]]: For the Dollars.}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: See below. It gets worse in the novels.
* [[Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom]]: His name means Emperor of the Dragon's Peak. This is a bit of a [[Dub
* [[Naive Newcomer]] {{spoiler|Subverted as he's very much aware of what's going on.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters]]: Even with being a major gang ringleader, Mikado is still very much a terribly nice guy who puts others before himself. The Dollars as a whole are also composed of generally decent guys.}}
* [[Nice Guy]] {{spoiler|Subverted in the novel where he's revealed to be a very cold person.}}
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Though not quite in the same way as Shinra.
* [[Non
* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: This, ladies and gentlemen, is the boy who ''weaponized 4chan.'' Also, ballpoint pen.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Fridge Horror|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Pen Is Mightier]]: Mikado used the ballpoint pen to stab Aoba in the hand.}}
* [[Shrinking Violet]] {{spoiler|Subverted in the novel. This is apparently a front that he shows to humanity.}}
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: {{spoiler|Performed in Episode 11 to Namie, when he reveals he has power in numbers.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Stoic]]: He clearly doesn't like showing his true emotions about a situation.}}
* [[Supporting Protagonist]]
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* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Has his moments.
** Actually, since he isn't a kind of person who likes to express their emotions much, his anger always results in this. Yes, even {{spoiler|that scene with Namie}}. The anime altered it a bit in order to make him look like an awfully nice person. In the novel, [http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/lonefox/novel01.jpg however...]
* [[Two Guys and
* [[Wham! Line]]: He's the master of them in the series.
** From episode 11. "I have neither the power nor wisdom to oppose a foe who won't listen to reason. You won't even give me time to try. {{spoiler|And so... I'll rely on numbers!}}"
** From the episode before that. "{{spoiler|I have all the pawns I need...}}"
** And from volume six of the novel. "{{spoiler|But it's not like Dollars had any rules to begin with, and making any rules now would just make Dollars not Dollars anymore. ......In a world without rules......the only thing you can rely on to have your dreams realized is power.}}"
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[Wide
* {{spoiler|[[Yandere]]: Towards Kida and Anri. To sum it up, threaten to involve Anri in any danger will result in you getting stabbed with a pen (Aoba learned that first hand). As of novel 8, being disruptive element in Ikebukero at all will get you targetted, in the name of cleaning the neighboorhood to maek it save for Kida's return.}}
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== Masaomi Kida ==
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<small>''"I also... swore to myself I wouldn't go over to that side again."''</small>
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* {{spoiler|[[A Father to His Men]]: More like "shogun."}}
* [[Anti
* {{spoiler|[[Authority Equals Asskicking]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Badass]]: Hell. Yes. There's a reason he became the leader of the Yellow Scarves, after all.}}
* [[Bishounen]]
* [[Break the Cutie]]: One name. Izaya. [[Stepford Smiler|The results weren't pretty.]] See the main page for details.
* [[Bromantic Foil]]: To Mikado.{{spoiler|subverted in the novel where Kida is pretending to be Mikado's foil}}.
* [[Cannot Tell a Joke]]: Not that it stops him from trying.
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* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]: Thankfully, he snaps out of this just in time. Anime only, since in the novels he never contemplates it.}}
* [[Delinquent Hair]]: Mikado almost didn't recognize him because of this.
* [[Distress Ball]]: A mild example and [[Justified]]. {{spoiler|He was going through a [[Heroic BSOD]] when he found out that Mikado was the leader of Dollars and when he decided to kill Horada, [[Death Seeker|he was ready to die.]] However, he didn't think about being outnumbered 1 to 100+ members of Yellow Scarves despite the fact that he is a [[One
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Fatal Flaw]]: Kida is very bad with handling shame and guilt. {{spoiler|Part of the reason he drops out of school and disappears from Mikado's life is because he can't bear to face him after the whole fiasco with the Yellow Scarves}}. Izaya is fully aware of this and sometimes rubs salt in the wound by deliberately making plans that Kida could easily foil if he could only own up to his past failings and [[Cannot Spit It Out|spit it out]].
* [[Flashback to Catchphrase]]: Although he doesn't say it often enough for it to be a catchphrase, at one point he says "What's your answer? Three-two-one time's up! I win, you lose!" About twenty episodes later, we see that he learned it from {{spoiler|Izumi, the leader of the Blue Squares, when he was ''torturing Saki''. The question was "What bone did we just break?"}}
* [[Gratuitous English]]
* {{spoiler|1=[[Hands
* [[She's Got Legs|He's Got Legs]]: Definitely. Just look at his character single album pictures and you'll agree.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Mikado.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Comes off as an idiot at first, but the truth is a lot deeper.
* [[Keet]]
* [[Large Ham]]: Sometimes becomes this when explaining the ways of Ikebukuro to Mikado.
* [[Likes Older Women]]: Masaomi isn't picky when it comes to age. [http://caressedsins.livejournal.com/1263.html The Gaiden short story that came with the third DVD] shows that he's perfectly happy to flirt with ''grandmothers''.
* {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]]: Masaomi deeply regrets his forming the Yellow Scarves, especially after his girlfriend Saki was severely injured in a [[Mob War]] crossfire.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Apart from formerly leading the Yellow Scarves, he can also deal some serious amounts of damage with a Jimmy Bar. How good is he? He singlehandedly took out several rival gangs during his time in the Yellow Scarves.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Official Couple]]: With Saki.}}
* {{spoiler|[[One
* {{spoiler|[[Put
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: In the special 12.5 episode, he's wearing a pink shirt instead of his usual uniform.
* [[Spell My Name
* {{spoiler|[[Stepford Smiler]]: Masaomi is not naturally that chipper -- it's a front he puts up for Mikado's sake.}}
* [[Three Amigos]]: He, Mikado, and Anri quickly establish this dynamic.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: {{spoiler|When he confronts Horada, he does it while acting like his cheerful self, even when talking about intending to kill him. This is in part because Kida sees the moment as a way to make-up for his failure to save Saki, and because he's something of a [[Death Seeker]] at the time. That situation as well as the speech he made about the was anime-only, in the novels Kida had not known about Horada trying to take over the Yellow Scarves until he returned to the hideout.}}
* [[Tsundere]]: Subverted. Izaya claims that he's this (Type B) when in the chatroom. Masomi answers though that he's tsun-tsun-tsun-tsun-dere-tsun-dere-tsun as he continues to spam him. You might interpret this as something else but if {{spoiler|you had to work under Izaya}} you would act this way too.
* [[Two Guys and
* {{spoiler|[[Walking the Earth]]: Leaves Ikebukuro due to the trouble with the Yellow Scarves, taking Saki with him.}}
== Anri Sonohara ==
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<small>''"Because it's so much easier to live while depending on someone. And I thought that was the only way for me to live."''</small>
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* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents]]: Her father.}}
* [[Apologizes a Lot]]
* [[Armor
* [[Asexual]]
* [[Badass]]
** {{spoiler|[[Badass Adorable]]: She's a skilled swordswoman that can technically hypnotize whoever she wants.}}
*** {{spoiler|Volume 5 has her fending off a garden scissors-wielding Vorona with her katana.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bad Powers, Good People]]: Becomes this after Celty convinces that her it's possible.}}
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Big Breasts, Big Deal]]: Type I.
* [[Blood
* [[Buxom Is Better]]: It's no secret that Anri's many, many admirers are attracted by her bust size. It actually backfires on her though, since "The schoolgirl with glasses and a nice rack" was enough of a description {{spoiler|for the Yellow Scarves to find her}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Cursed
* [[Broken Bird]]: {{spoiler|Her father's abuse and the witnessing of her mother murdering her father and killing herself}} left her without the ability to love.
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Cordon Bleugh Chef]]: She gets a worse score on her cooking than ''Celty'', who lacks a sense of taste. The only one who got worse than her was Emilia, who seemed to think she was supposed to make a bomb (she got a -20).
* [[Dangerously
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Her {{spoiler|father}} tried to kill her which resulted in her being {{spoiler|possessed by Saika.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The powers granted to her by Saika certainly give her a ghostly, supernatural appearance, what with the red eyes and all,}} but on the whole she's a shy, gentle person who just wants what's best for others.
* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: She never quite gets the hang of the private chat function in online messaging.
* [[
* [[Dude Magnet]]: See [[Unwanted Harem]] below.
* [[Escapism]]: {{spoiler|When she imagines an idealized version of her family in supposed flashback memories to block out the painful reality of her abusive childhood. She might be using dissociation as well, since she apparently views the world through a distant picture frame, and the reason why Saika's whispers have not overwhelmed her is because they are part of a picture that is positioned far away from her inside the frame.}}
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* [[Friendless Background]]: Prior to befriending Mika, who was only using Anri to make herself look better. She forms genuine friendships with Mikado and Masaomi {{spoiler|before he left}}, though.
* [[Gag Boobs]]: There's a running gag of various characters referring to and identifying Anri primarily by the size of her breasts.
* {{spoiler|[[Girl
* [[Harmful to Minors]]: Watching {{spoiler|your mother kill your father (who's busy trying to kill ''you'') and subsequently slit her own throat [[Dissonant Serenity|with a smile on her face]]}} can ''not'' be good for the psyche.
** {{spoiler|What's even more disturbing is that it doesn't seem to affect her much at all at the time, though she was probably mostly desensitized to it by then, owing to the constant beatings from her father.}}
* [[The Heart]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Mind Screw]]: One of the powers she has using Saika is essentially this- cutting people to make them loyal, and then commanding them to do good- she tries it on Izaya in episode 24, but he manages to evade her.}}
* [[Heroic Self
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Mika, though Anri admits that both of them were just using each other as [[Foil|foils]]. {{spoiler|That is, until Mika went missing and got together with Seiji.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hidden Weapons|Hidden Weapon]]: She hides Saika inside her body and only pulls it out when she needs to or if her life is endangered. The sword can [[Pocket Protector|protect her body]] this way, too.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hive Queen]]: One of the few benevolent ones. More of a [[Vampire Monarch]] given the infectious attack and the hub and spoke nature of her children who don't telepath with each other.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Chick
* {{spoiler|[[I Am a Monster]]: Considers herself this because of Saika.}}
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Kid
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: {{spoiler|Happens at the end of episode 16 when she reveals she's been hiding the true Saika all along.}}
** {{spoiler|It happens pretty much every time someone finds out, too; like in her fight with Vorona, for example.}}
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* [[Meganekko]]
* [[Nice Girl]]: In spite of [[Dysfunction Junction|her MANY emotional problems]], Anri is a generally kindhearted and well-meaning person.
* [[Plot
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* [[The Power of Love]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Saika's love for humanity [[Love Makes You Crazy|is what makes it so dangerous]] while Anri's ''inability'' to feel love is what keeps Saika from taking control of her.}}
* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: {{spoiler|When using her powers as Saika, combined with [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]].}}
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Effectively does this to one of Saika's "children" when she reveals that {{spoiler|she has the original cursed sword}}.
** She tries to give one to Izaya, and while it's the first time Izaya gets pissed, it still barely phases him.
* [[Three Amigos]]: Mikado, Masaomi, and Anri quickly establish this dynamic.
* [[Two Guys and
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Is uncomfortable with the attention she recieves, whether it is from Mikado, Masaomi, or that perverted teacher Nasujima-sensei. It's suggested that the only reason it isn't bigger is that [[Everyone Can See It|almost everyone just assumes she and Mikado are dating]] -- Aoba's made mention of a waiting list.
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: Has a difficulty with understanding this concept, and therefore she cannot tell apart the feelings she feels for Mikado, Masaomi, ''and'' Mika.
** {{spoiler|Apparently, her inability to feel love is a ''good'' thing. Mainly because ''she'' possesses ''[[Ancient Artifact|Saika]]'' rather than the other way around like most wielders happen to be. Although Saika was trying to take control of Anri by putting false memories of her parents loving her so she can feel love, Anri wasn't fooled by those memories because she damn well knows that her father was ''very'' abusive and was never given the feeling of love from her parents. Not to mention that she is fully aware of the [[Demonic Possession|possessive power of the sword]]. Let's hope it stays that way}}.
*** Unfortunately, {{spoiler|it might not. Recently Saika has become more and more noisy, especially when she's around Mikado, or when someone mentions him. Anri ''still'' doesn't fully understand the situation, but it's becoming more clear that there ''is'' a possibility of Saika overcoming her.}}
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: She has a passive, soft-spoken and gentle personality, although she won't let others push her around all the time. To seal the deal, she wears yukata on occasion.
== Izaya Orihara ==
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<small>''"Izaya Orihara, the informant, isn't ''that'' bad of a guy. But I'm also not kind enough to stop someone who wants to die."''</small>
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: The suicide pact in the beginning is amusing given [[Hiroshi Kamiya]] is also well known for voiced [[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: Neatly averted. While he speaks grammatically and idiomatically perfect Russian, it's ''painfully'' obvious that [[Hiroshi Kamiya]] hasn't the least idea in the world how it should sound. His accent is so atrocious that his words don't even register as Russian.
** [[Johnny Yong Bosch]], however, is near fluent.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: While Orihara's a pretty common name, his first name isn't. His parents named him as such because they wanted to name him after the [[Meaningful Name|Biblical prophet, Isaiah.]]
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* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Bookworm]]
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** [[Badass Normal]]: A normal human in terms of physical capabilities, but he is one of the few people who can pick a fight with Shizuo and live to see another day (or at least avoid getting hospitalized). He is also implied to have [[Super Reflexes]] {{spoiler|judging from his battle with Anri, despite her skillful use of Iaidō to mess with his depth perception.}}
* [[Bad Boss]]: He has Saki, {{spoiler|Masaomi, and Namie}} working for him. Needless to say, he doesn't treat them very well.
** Actually in {{spoiler|Namie's}} case he is almost a [[Benevolent Boss]]. He pays her a very high salary, keeps her from possible dangers and tolerates her constant insults and snarking.
*** Well, it's a little [[Volleying Insults|more]] [[Snark
** It's also worth noting that {{spoiler|Namie}} is the only person he's employed (and one of the very few in the novels) that he has yet to [[Break Them
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Pulls citywide strings by knowing his pawns well enough to predict their actions and responses. Many, many of them at once. He also arguably invokes this trope, since he deliberately makes his plans easy to defeat if the key players would just face their flaws. They don't, his plans go through, and he laughs his ass off.
* [[Big Bad]]: The closest thing the series has to the main villain.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Brother Bully]]: Izaya's quick to admit that Mairu and Kururi's... [[Creepy Twins|more]] [[Cute and Psycho|unusual]] [[Twincest|quirks]] probably came about from growing up with ''him'' as an older brother}}
* [[Bishounen]]
* [[Bitch in
** Even Celty knows there's something not quite right about him in Episode 4:
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'''Celty:''' I don't want to agree with the vice versa.
'''Izaya:''' Come on, don't say that. I'll be counting on you again from now on. I want to get along with you. Forever...
'''Celty:''' Is it my imagination that I feel a certain ''eeriness'' from you?
'''Izaya:''' Whoa! It's ''definitely'' your imagination. }}
** And again, in Episode 12:
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* [[Bookie]]: In the novel, he was the bookie for his middle school's baseball betting pool.
* [[Break Them
** Also to the two suicidal girls in the novel/manga, and to {{spoiler|Earthworm}}, and {{spoiler|Nakura}}.
* [[Broken Ace]]: Intelligent, handsome, agile and also mad as a mad hatter.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: Izaya is thoroughly amused that you think you're playing chess with him.
* [[Consummate Liar]]: If [[Information Broker|you didn't pay for it]], there's a good chance that whatever Izaya tells you is something he just made up. The same probably goes some of the information you ''did'' pay for, for that matter. Even he acknowledges this truth.
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* [[Deadly Dodging]]: When he's not running from Shizuo, this is usually how he fights him. Also happens in the first OP when Shizuo chucks a mailbox at him and Izaya dodges in time, causing the water pipe behind him to burst open when the mailbox hits it instead and slam Shizuo into the vending machine behind him from the emerging blast of water.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Shows shades of being one in middle school, especially towards Shinra. Occasionally lapses back into this around Shinra and sometimes, Namie.
* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]: Manipulates people and supernatural beings just because he can.
* {{spoiler|[[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The reason for becoming an information broker seems to have started with his past in middle school when a student named Nakura stabbed Shinra who took the knife wound for him. As revenge for the incident, Izaya swears to make Nakura's life miserable for the rest of his life.}}
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]
* {{spoiler|[[Et Tu, Brute?]]: Subverted. Izaya plans to betray Shinra who is his [[Morality Pet|ONLY friend.]] All he has to do is bring Celty's head and be next to Celty without showing it and then see if anything will happen. However, knowing that his goal to cause Ragnarok might destroy [[Despair Event Horizon|Shinra's happiness]], he has second thoughts and laughs at himself before slamming his fist into a telephone. No one sees his expression and his sisters come around when he's able to put his mask back up but just knowing he has second thoughts and the hint of guilt though...}}
* [[Evil Gloating]]: He hired {{spoiler|Namie}} to serve as his secretary for two reasons: [[Kick the Dog|To rub her face in her defeat]] (he makes her use a ''punch clock'', for crying out loud), and so that he has someone to listen to his genius plans.
* [[Evil Laugh]]
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** We can also add {{spoiler|Earthworm}} to the list.
** Let's just say he gets this with nearly ''everyone'' and leave it at that.
* [[For Science!|For (Social) Science]]: Izaya is what happens when a [[Mad Scientist]] discovers that his true calling isn't chemistry or biology, but social psychology.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Semi-subverted in the anime only, where Simon implies that {{spoiler|this is purely an excuse and Izaya is jealous of Shizuo's influential status.}}
** It's more or less [[Played Straight]] in the light novels for the most part, however, [[The Chessmaster|he does have a bigger plan]] for a lot of the [[Jerkass|asshattery]] he pulls.
* [[Fur and Loathing]]
* {{spoiler|[[GIRL]]: Disguises himself as such on chatrooms as "Kanra", before he uses a different handle as "Chrome" and drops the [[GIRL]] act.}}
* [[A God Am I]]: Shows shades of this occasionally. Especially noticeable when he sets his [[Calvin Ball|chess board]] ''[[Kill It
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{{[[[The Stoic]] Namie}} looks on, [[Dull Surprise|with a completely blank expression on her face]].] }}
** Not to mention his hoards of in-story "worshippers," most of whom are young women with [[Dark and Troubled Past|a troubled background]] who whould ''[[My Master, Right or Wrong|take their own lives]]'' [[My Master, Right or Wrong|should he deem it necessary]].
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Sometimes gives his influence more than plausible credit for insufficiently foreshadowed outcomes.
* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes|Evil Eyes]]/[[Tsurime Eyes]]
* {{spoiler|[[Green
** {{spoiler|It's also speculated one of the reasons he hates Shizuo isn't just because he can't manipulate him very well, but also because people actually ''like'' Shizuo instead of him, which makes him insanely jealous.}}
* [[Guinea Pig Family]]: {{spoiler|According to Shinra, Izaya had a tendency to do psychological experiments on his sisters that were pretty much indistinguishable from emotional abuse.}}
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Oh, Izaya...we're pretty sure that stomping on a girl's cell phone is a form of bullying.
** Half of the things he does and says fall under this trope, actually.
* [[Hey,
** Also some [[Hilarious in Hindsight]], as Nozomu in the latter series semi-seriously proposed a lovers' suicide pact with one student and did it to another to scare her out of her stalking (it didn't work), which is an (overly generous) interpretation of Izaya's behavior.
** [[Johnny Yong Bosch|He]] also has [[The Chessmaster|some]] [[Magnificent Bastard|similarities]] [[Manipulative Bastard|with]] [[Code Geass|Lelouch]] as well.
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* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: His whole plan to cause {{spoiler|Ragnarok so he can be taken away by a Valkyrie and avoid the [[Cessation of Existence]] quite frankly reeks of this. The only explanation is he's just lying about it all.}}
* [[Insult Backfire]]
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'''Izaya:''' And isn't that just ''splendid?'' }}
* [[Irony]]: The [[Jerkass]] [[Manipulative Bastard]] who will make a [[Suicide Pact]] [[For the Lulz]]... is afraid of death.
** It's not that he's afraid of death. What he's afraid of is that there would be [[Cessation of Existence|nothing else after death]], he even states he'd rather go to hell or to Ragnarok if he ever died rather than doing nothing.
** He's also on the cover of the Trust Me EP release...yeah, okay.
* [[It Amused Me]]: Izaya screws with people -- both human and supernatural -- [[For the Lulz]].
* [[Jerkass]]
** [[Jerkass Dissonance]]: Naturally, he's the most popular character of the series despite pretty much being [[Image Boards|/b/]] in human form.
* [[Johnny Yong Bosch|Johnny]] '''[[Johnny Yong Bosch|MOTHERFUCKING]]''' [[Johnny Yong Bosch|Yong Bosch]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: His antics are funny {{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie|until episode 18 where he deliberately put Kida through hell]]. Double points when you realize that [[Honey Trap|Saki]] was faking her injuries.}}
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*** This becomes subverted later as of volume 9 {{spoiler|it reveals that Izaya didn't stab him. Shinra [[Taking the Bullet|took a knife wound]] for him instead.}}
* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: Or, better yet, use them as an [[Inherently Funny Words|impromptu trampoline]]!
* [[Kill It
* [[Knife Nut]]: A switch-blade to be precise.
* [[Knowledge Broker]]
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: The way he speaks about his "love of humans" seems to imply that he places himself on a different level than them.
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** Also, {{spoiler|the closest thing to a breakdown was him slamming his hand against a telephone pole at the thought of betraying Shinra.}}
* [[Le Parkour]]: He teaches it to himself to outrun Shizuo. Naturally, Shizuo teaches it to himself to chase Izaya.
* [[Lonely
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** Though it's worth noting that, unlike most examples, he doesn't just sit around and [[Angst]] about it. He knows that this is the life he's chosen for himself, and if he ever even mentions his loneliness it's simply a passing comment. It might get him down at times (mainly due to [[Green
** While he doesn't angst about it openly, there are hints that his loneliness actually bothers him a lot. After all, he {{spoiler|couldn't get over not being invited to hotpot party for 4 volumes and eventually started his own. Not to mention going [[Yandere]] for his [[Only Friend]] Shinra or hiring Namie ,even though earlier he did just fine without having a secretary.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Loners Are Freaks]]: Subverted and played straight. In middle school, everyone avoided him because he gave the impression to everyone that he was this type of person. However, the way Izaya puts it, he does seem lonely and grateful that Shinra would talk to him. Of course, he would deny it saying that he only talked to him to "observe" him.}}
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* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: His grandiose love for the entire human race hasn't exactly made him the most sane of people, but also {{spoiler|his feelings towards Shinra. He was the vice president of his elementary school's student council, and in middle school, [[The Ace|he was a "model student" who excelled in sports, joined clubs and won awards for his writing and research,]] but all that changed when Shinra took a knife wound for Izaya. It's pretty much heavily implied that the reason Izaya turned out the way he did was mainly due to that incident}}.
* [[Love You and Everybody]] ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|Except Shizuo]]):
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** The irony of this is that {{spoiler|his opinion of Shinra is completely different from everyone else, and it started out with him being the only annoying human being. In his own words, Shinra is someone that is not on the same scale as his precious humans.}}
* [[Mad Scientist]]: An interesting variation, in that he's not a chemist or biologist, but a [[Psycho Psychologist|Social Psychologist]].
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Guess who passed the Dollars website password around Ikebukuro.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Based on the biblical prophet Isaiah. Can also mean "one who watches over the crowd".
* [[Mysterious Past]]: Besides claiming he's from a normal family and {{spoiler|having two younger sisters}}, Izaya's backstory remains a mystery. This is not helped by the fact that Izaya is a [[Consummate Liar|lying liar who lies]], and has been known to just make up personal details for the hell of it
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'''Izaya:''' I've been telling people I was 21 for ''ages'' - or were you under the impression that I would just feed them my real personal information for free? }}
** Subverted with volume nine, which is an ''entire volume'' on Izaya's past.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Izaya's known for these (he's responsible for both [[Terms of Endangerment|Shizu-chan]] and Dotachin) -- the recipients tend not to like them.
** The former, at least, is subverted. It seems he heard the nickname 'Shizu-chan' before meeting Shizuo or even knowing what his real name was (he even thought he was a ''girl'')
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Apparently, the feud between Izaya and Shizuo stems from Izaya falsely accusing Shizuo of some sort of crime.
** Also in middle school. His apparent {{spoiler|stabbing Shinra}} incident. If Shinra brings this up, he freezes instantly. {{spoiler|However, you find out that the reason he freezes is that he doesn't want people to know that Shinra protected him and is trying to make it up to him by getting back at the person who stabbed him.}}
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Particularly to Mikado. And suicidal girls, of course.
* {{spoiler|[[Pet the Dog]]: No matter what he says, he generally does care about Shinra. It's evident that the event that Shinra mentioned in middle school weighs on him because just mentioning it shuts him up. There's also the fact that [[Shipper
** And to add to the top {{spoiler|he does feel bad about Shinra taking a knife wound for him. It was to the point where he [[Silent Scapegoat|would rather have everyone think]] [[Kick the Dog|that he stabbed Shinra]] rather than have people think that Shinra would take a knife wound for someone like him. And then he promises Shinra that the man who stabbed him, Nakura will suffer for the rest of his life.}}
** Finally {{spoiler|He considers to label Shinra as a friend by the definition of his humans and then he almost has a breakdown at the idea of betraying his ONLY friend.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Poisonous Friend]]: Towards Shinra. If you even think of hurting him, be prepared to face the consequences. Of course, Ruri's stalker is no exception and ened with two of his legs broken, even though [[Man Child|Izaya was still sore]] about Shinra being uncaring for him to be stabbed not too long ago.}}
* [[Psycho Psychologist]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: One of the rare [[Manipulative Bastard]] versions. It becomes quite obvious as the series progresses that he sees everyone and everything around him as little more than toys to be played with [[Heroic BSOD|until]] [[Driven to Suicide|they]] [[Kill It
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: It speaks volumes about Izaya that he only gets truly frightening when he ''isn't'' wearing his trademark rape face.
* [[The Nothing After Death]]: This frightens him. {{spoiler|This is why he's setting up Ragnarok. Even if he goes to Hel's realm instead of Valhalla for being a non-warrior, it's still existence.}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: In many fan drawings and in the novel, he has red eyes.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red to Shinra's blue - especially in middle school. Additionally, blue to Shizuo's red.
* [[Shipper
* {{spoiler|[[Silent Scapegoat]]: For Shinra. Despite Shinra taking a knife wound for him, he would rather have people think that he stabbed him instead of Shinra defending someone like him.}}
* [[Slasher Smile]]: [http://www.zerochan.net/633293 And it's not at all terrifying.]
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: And smart, ''crazy'' people play [[Calvin Ball|Chess-Shogi-Reversi-Go-Cards]] [[Incendiary Exponent|that's on fire]].
* [[Snark
* [[Smug Smiler]]
* [[The Sociopath]]: Fits the trope description (as well as the DSM, for the most part) to a T. {{spoiler|Though it becomes [[Subverted]] ''hard'' when we delve into his backstory a little. See [[Lack of Empathy]] above.}}
** Also, it should be noted that Izaya's never said he was {{spoiler|''unable'' to love}}, just that he more or less {{spoiler|has no interest in forming personal relationships}}.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Of Medium Height, Dark and Snarky]] and [[Tall, Dark and Handsome|Handsome]]
* [[Technically a Smile]]: Izaya's constant grin is frequently described as 'mask-like,' or 'a smile that doesn't reach his eyes.' As written in the ninth novel:
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* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: With Namie. Particularly evident in the Akane arc.
** {{spoiler|Subverted in the 9 novel. It turns out that Izaya didn't deal with Akane personally and just made Nakura pretend to be him.}}
* [[Troll]]: Both in real life and on the internet (where he earns extra points by {{spoiler|pulling the GIRL routine}} on a regular basis).
* [[War for Fun
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Has a snazzy apartment, is well-read, and speaks fluent Russian <ref> not very well, but that's probably more to do with the seiyuu than the character. However, his Russian is near perfect in the English dub.</ref>
* [[Wimpification]]: Almost ''always'' when paired with Shizuo in fanon...and even by Narita himself in an April fools story (though they did, um..."switch" roles). Though he tends to avoid this when paired with anybody else. This isn't helped by the anime's portrayal of him, which gives him some random "feminine" qualities.
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Izaya isn't above {{spoiler|manipulating elementary school girls and endangering their lives in the process.}}
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Played straight, but ("I don't like hitting girls... Which is why I instead make it a hobby to [[Memetic Mutation|stomp on their cellphones!]]")
** However, he is not above {{spoiler|letting others do the beating for him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Yandere]]: For Shinra but not in the romantic sense. He will make sure that the person that hurt Shinra will suffer for the rest of his life. How serious is he? Well, for one thing, ever since that incident, he's been stalking said stabber and setting him up for two huge crimes against criminal organizations that he worked for and then telling him over the phone that these people will come for him. It's to be noted that when something bad happens, Izaya ''never'' tells said person that it was his doing but this incident proves that he indeed holds a huge grudge.}}
== Shinra Kishitani ==
[[File:shinra.jpg|frame|He only ''looks'' normal.]]
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The young [[Back
By proxy of Celty, he is affiliated with the Dollars.
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* [[Above Good and Evil]]: As Izaya describes it, Shinra's in his own little world as long as it concerns Celty and hurting her will make him come back down to earth. {{spoiler|Naturally, Izaya is jealous on how Shinra can create his own world.}}
* [[Adorkable]]: [[Up to Eleven]] whenever Celty is in the immediate area.
* [[Back
* [[Bishonen]]: A nerdy one.
* [[Brains and Bondage]]: Shinra thinks that Celty's powers would be great for BDSM.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Shinra ''is'' a pretty good surgeon (especially considering [[Improbable Age|his age]]), but he's also pretty weird. For example, he's probably the only [[Back
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Not as evident in the current timeline but during middle school student, Izaya thinks he's one. {{spoiler|Naturally, this puts him above humanity in Izaya's book.}}
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Twenty years, he's been trying to get with Celty. ''Twenty years''.
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** He also spent most of gradeschool and high school fanboying Shizuo's crazy rage fits. Shingen did not raise that boy right.
* [[Friendless Background]]: Both because most people generally regard him as a freak and because he's largely uninterested in forming friendships with normal people. This has not seemed to have changed in adulthood.
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'''Shinra:''' You make it sound as if I have no friends besides those two
'''Shiki:''' Do you?
'''Shinra:''' No. }}
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Shinra turns out to be inexplicably good with small children, [[Mistaken for Pedophile|much to everyone's horror.]]
* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes|Good Eyes]]: He is perhaps the only adult male in the series who doesn't have narrow eyes.
* [[Harmful to Minors]]/[[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior]]: Much of Shinra's weirdness can be attributed to Shingen's less than stellar parenting techniques. These included such wonderful ideas as bringing Shinra into the operating room and encouraging him to vivisect a struggling, naked, headless woman at the age of four.
* [[Horny Scientist]]: And, unlike most examples, Celty has to [[Innocent Cohabitation|live with him]]. At least he's pretty.
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* [[Hyper Awareness]]: He catches onto things very easily. {{spoiler|A major example during middle school is when he tried to talk to Izaya for the first time. The main reason he asked him to join the two person Biology club only is because Izaya loved humans and he was right on the mark to Izaya's surprise.}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Just Want to Be Special]]}}
* [[Improbable Age]]: Shinra started practicing medicine straight out of high school. It's justified in that he's [[Back
** And he started operating (well, ''vivisecting'') at ''four''. Shingen is called [[Mad Doctor]] for a reason.
* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: With Celty. Although it wouldn't be so innocent if he had his wish. {{spoiler|Which he does.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Intelligence Equals Isolation]]: Played with. While everyone around him considered Shinra a freak, he didn't bother making friends with people who were considered "normal". As a result, he only befriends Shizuo and Izaya and goes as far as taking a knife wound for Izaya.}}
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: Thanks to his tendency to annoy Celty and Shizuo on a regular basis, Shinra usually finds himself at the end of a [[Super Strength]]-backed punch quite often. These do nothing to stop him from getting back up and annoying them again.
* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Shinra's pronoun use is weird in that he'll switch between ''watashi'', ''boku'', and ''ore'' completely at random, for no other reason than because he likes to. Celty thinks it's annoying.
** His explanation of this is as follows:
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* [[Jerkass]]: In the novels since anime made him much nicer. Shinra isn't nearly half as bad as Izaya but he still has his moments. For example, he openly complains about Shizuo visiting him to treat his injuries or bringing wounded people. Not to mention his treatment of Izaya {{spoiler|after the latter got stabbed. }} And mind you, he considers those two to be his friends.
* [[Just the Way You Are]]: Shinra's opinion on the whole deal with Celty's missing head. {{spoiler|The truth is that he's worried that, with her head and memories, she won't be the same Celty he knows and loves -- if she doesn't disappear altogether, that is.}}
* [[Keet]]: A milder version, but mostly in his childhood.
* [[Kid
* [[Labcoat of Science and Medicine]]: Never, ever takes it off. Even other characters notice.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Shizuo finally asks him what the deal with wearing labcoats 24-7 is in Volume 5. Apparently he likes to be the [[Man in White]] to Celty's [[
* {{spoiler|[[Loners Are Freaks]]: In middle school, a lot of people kept their distance from him and labeled him as one.}}
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: He's willing to do so many things in middle school. He even {{spoiler|took a knife wound for Izaya because he thinks that it was heroic and that Celty would notice him more.}}
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Has explicitly stated that there is absolutely no line he wouldn't be willing to cross for Celty's sake.
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* [[Made of Iron]]: Naturally he qualifies if he's able to survive getting punched across the room by Celty and Shizuo. {{spoiler|This might have saved him from getting brutally attacked by Ruri's stalker.}}
* [[Mad
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* {{spoiler|[[Major Injury Underreaction]]: When Shinra was stabbed in middle school by a student named Nakura, he's rather calm about it as he tells Izaya to stop the bleeding instead of panicking.}}
* [[Man in White]]: Deliberately invokes it with his ever-present labcoat.
* [[The Medic]]
* [[Megane]]
* [[Mistaken for Pedophile]]: Subverted. With Shinra being the very vocal pervert he is, most people tend to assume the worst when it turns out that he's very good with children. Shinra is offended - not because his friends are implying he's a pedophile, but [[I Take Offense to That Last One|because they're implying that he's attracted to anything other than]] [[Single
* [[Mister Exposition]]: Shinra's usually the one to throw in [[Hand Wave|a hypothesis or two]] for things like, "How does Celty see and hear without a head?" and, "Just how ''is'' Shizuo that stupidly strong, anyways?" Naturally, he's also the only one who ever seems to ''care'' about this sort of thing, as demonstrated by Shizuo (attempt at) relaying Shinra's explanation for his [[Hollywood Healing]]
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* [[Morality Pet]]: He generally falls into the roll for many character particularly Celty, his father {{spoiler|and Izaya.}}
** Special mention for the last one. {{spoiler|Izaya will go to huge lengths to make sure that person (Nakura) who stabbed him would regret it for the rest of his life.}}
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Perhaps a little more literally than others
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'''Shinra:''' How rude! I would have used the term "Naughty Lady" myself... }}
* [[Non
* [[Only Friend]]: To Izaya.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: Shinra says that he's been attracted to Celty since the day that he met her. That would be when he was four.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Blue to Izaya's red in middle school.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: At times. Shown prominently in the second OP, and {{spoiler|in the flashback when he's about to operate on Mika Harima.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Medic First]]: In volume 8 of the novel, it was going in this direction when Ruri's stalker decides to kill him after failing to kill Celty. Luckily, Celty saves him but not before getting critically injured...}}
* [[Single
* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]: In middle school, it turns out that he took a knife wound for Izaya instead of the assumption that Izaya stabbed him.}}
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: [[If
* [[Too Much Information]]: Usually what gets him in trouble with Celty or Shizuo. Note, it takes supernatural strength to get him to ''shut up'' and even that's temporary. You can knock him unconscious mid-sentence; and he'll continue the conversation upon waking up.
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** And from the last episode: "I'm going to have to take a shower and change the sheets!" [[Jizzed in My Pants|Really, Shinra?]]
*** To be fair though, the Japanese see it as generally "[[Good People Have Good Sex|proper]]" to shower and wash your sheets before before having sex. Coming from Shinra though, it's hilarious either way.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: He and Shizuo are friends for most of their lives, but being a resident [[Motor Mouth]] of the series, he tends to prance on Shizuo's ''many'' [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]] as a jolly pony. Which never really bothers either of them.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Celty gets ''pissed'' when she discovers that {{spoiler|Shinra knew exactly where her head was, but deliberately withheld the information}}. Even after he explains his actions to her and they get something of a resolution to the argument, [[My Fist Forgives You|Celty punches him]] [[Punched Across the Room|into a wall]] before she lets herself forgive him.
* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Shinra's really hoping a gender-reversed example with Celty.
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** {{spoiler|Looks like he finally got his wish... er, [[Slap Slap Kiss|sort of]].}}
* [[Yuri Lowenthal]]: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Hilariously]] [[Lampshaded]] in the [[Hilarious Outtakes]]:
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'''Shizuo''' ([[Crispin Freeman]]): Because you're [[Yuri Lowenthal]].<br />
'''Fangirls''': [[Squee]] }}
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== Shizuo Heiwajima ==
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<small>''"I hate violence... I'm not lying."''</small>
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* [[Adorkable]]: When not in rage mode. Too bad it doesn't happen too often.
* [[Adult Child]]
* [[Always Wanted to Say That]]: Not the slightest bit threatened by Seiji's [[You Shall Not Pass]] behavior, nevertheless decided to roll with it. "Leave him to me and go on ahead! Heh heh."
* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]
* [[Anti
* [[Ax Crazy]]: You do not want to piss off Shizuo. Simon even describes him as being violence incarnate during a narration.
* [[Badass]]: The biggest one in the series. The anime episode which features him is even titled "Badass dude"
** [[Badass Abnormal]]: He was apparently a normal kid, until he lost his temper one day in third grade. Then he started lifting really heavy things to chuck at people whenever he got angry. It got steadily to the point where his immense physical strength put him at a level beyond humanly possible, causing others to fear him as a result.
** [[Badass Baritone]]: Particularly in the dub where he's voiced by [[Crispin Freeman]].
** [[Badass in
** [[Badass Unintentional]]: He ''doesn't'' enjoy fighting, so what makes him so badass? Piss him off, and ''then'' you'll find out.
** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Even if the <s>crazy</s> [[Badass]] part tends to come out more readily than other examples.
** [[Determinator]]: AND HOW! He's spent years breaking or fracturing every part of his body to the point he just shouldn't move anymore, but despite being a medical impossibility, he's too hardcore to be brought down by something as menial as ''permanently crippling injury.''
** [[Heartbroken Badass]]: Shizuo's first crush [http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/hescrewedup.jpg did not end well].
** [[Memetic Badass]]: [[In-Universe]]; in Ikebukuro anyone who doesn't know who he is [[The Ditz|is considered less intelligent than a public school dropout.]]
** [[One
* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: How did Tom get on Shizuo's good side? By showing him some basic human decency.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Shizuo has about a million of them, but Izaya's continued existence rises above them all. Others include people making excuses, people being nosy in regards to his brother, and delusions of "true love" (it's not that Shizuo is so cynical, it's that it was one guy thinking an escort girl loved him and Seiji seriously believing his [[Puppy Love]] was going to stay afloat).
* [[The Berserker]]
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: First of all he's super strong in a show that (some elements aside) is pretty realistic. More impossible, he's broken so many bones its amazing he can even walk. His buddy Shinra, a doctor, stopped trying to figure out how he does it.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Develops this for Akane in the novels. He also gets very protective Celty in the anime, even wanting to beat the crap out of the Slasher on her behalf.
* [[Biggus Dickus]]: In most of Shizaya fanfiction. Also [[Word of God|Narita's]] Bacon Lettuce April Fool strongly implies this.
* [[Blessed
* [[Bishounen]]: The scout who ended up scouting his little brother Kasuka originally wanted to scout Shizuo.
* [[Bow Ties Are Cool]]
* [[Broken Ace]]: On the surface, he's a legendary badass who could probably kick the ass of everyone in Ikebukuro if he wanted to. However, in truth, he actually hates his own reputation for badassery, is disturbed by his predilection for ultraviolence, is depressed by the problems that haunt him because of the first two items aforementioned, and his fondest wish for his life reeks of [[I Just Want to Be Normal]].
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Bruiser
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: People at Shizuo's high school were not very smart...
** Well, they ''were'' more or less being manipulated into doing so by Izaya...
* [[Came Back Strong]]: Though he doesn't have to die for it to activate, this is basically his power.
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* [[Character Tics]]: Shizuo usually snaps a small, thin object (like a pencil or cigarette) in half, drops it on the ground, and crushes it underfoot when he's about to go into an [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: No unconscious limiters + a lifetime of compulsively throwing heavy things at people = [[Super Strength]]
* [[Clothing Damage]]: Shizuo can inflict the whole-body version with one punch.
* [[Cool Shades]]
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Before he dyed his hair to [[Hair of Gold]].
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: His first violent episode involved him picking up a ''fridge'' (at age 7) to try and flatten his brother with it because he ate ''his'' pudding cup; he admits in retrospect that he went overboard and isn't even sure how he was able to pick the fridge up in the first place.
* [[Distinguishing Mark]]: Shizuo dyed his hair in middle school in order to [[Invoked Trope|invoke this]]. Tom suggested that other kids would be less likely to pick fights with him if they knew who to not piss off. It worked up until Izaya got involved.
* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: Shizuo once lightly tapped Shinra on the forehead for calling him stupid. [[Finger
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* [[The Dreaded]]: Shizuo terrifies about half of Ikebukuro's population simply with his mere presence. The other half typically fails to connect him with his reputation until it's too late (after which they join the first half).
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'''Luckless thug:''' How many zeroes was that, you punk? Huh, Mr. Bartender? ''[[[Beat]]] '' [[Oh Crap|B-Bartender? No way...!]]<br />
'''Shizuo:''' That said, you can't really complain if you die from being beat up, can you?! }}
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Not outright stupid, but he's definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Flying vending machines are Shizuo's special way of saying hello.
* [[Expecting Someone Taller]]: When reporter Shuji manages to secure an interview with the most terrifying man in Ikebukuro, he's a little shocked that Shizuo meets almost ''none'' of his physical expectations (except, perhaps ironically, in height) and insists that he [[Hypocritical Humor|hates violence]]. Then Shuji gets the [[Too Dumb to Live|brilliant idea]] of trying to provoke him into action and namedrops [[Berserk Button|Izaya]]. [[Gone Horribly Right|His plan works entirely too well]]. In the anime this scene is altered somewhat with said reporter asking too many questions about Shizuo's brother, the end result is the same.
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* [[Eyes of Gold]]: In the light novel and in fanworks.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: The GARtender.
* [[Fatal Flaw]]: His severe anger issues, which even he acknowledges.
* [[Feel No Pain]]: Implied, given his [[Major Injury Underreaction|response to grievous bodily harm.]]
* [[Finger
** Poor Masaomi gets a taste of one, [http://oi54.tinypic.com/9j154o.jpg here].
* [[Foe Yay]]: Shizuo x Izaya. This fact is explicitly noted and lampshaded several times in the anime.
** Mainly only by [[Yaoi Fangirl|Erika]], who appears to have her fangirl glasses on 24/7. The amount of [[Foe Yay]] they get, particularly in the novels, is rather minimal compared to other examples in this show.
** Not necessarily. In the novel it is quite obvious that those two are unhealthily obsessed with each other. While Izaya is much more outspoken about their [[Foe Yay]], Shizuo isn’t entirely devoid of it either. Some fragments of the novel are rather suggestive about it.
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Subverted. Shizuo notes that, his own rage issues aside, his home life and upbringing was positively idyllic. There was no abuse or trauma, his parents were caring, his little brother was probably one of the best you can have -- heck, he didn't even watch any violent TV... And yet it just makes his problems ''more'' troubling for him because it's convinced him that he only has himself to blame.
* [[Friendless Background]]: Shizuo's social circle during his adolescence (excepting one year in junior high where Tom befriended him) was pretty much restricted to [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Shinra]].
* [[Hair
* [[Healing Factor]]: Shinra has made an offhand comment in volume 4 that Shizuo heals almost unnaturally fast. Whether or not this is how he survived {{spoiler|Horada shooting him}} is unknown.
* [[Heroic RROD]]: Shizuo doesn't have the mental blocks that prevent you from ripping muscle off bone or breaking bones from overexertion, so he naturally grew up (successfully) recovering from catastrophic injury. At least he's gotten strong enough to not hurt himself so easily, and he's grown a preposterously high pain threshold.
* [[Heroic Self
* [[Heroic Willpower]]: {{spoiler|Saika and her children enter a victim's mind through their pain and fear. Thus, since Shizuo feels no pain and is afraid of nothing besides his own power, he's immune.}}
* [[Hero Insurance]]: As it turns out, Shizuo has something akin to ''literal'' hero insurance: the company he works for pays for the property damage he causes and docks it from his pay in turn.
** Also, the cops have apparently given up on arresting him.
* [[Hero
* [[Hey, You]]: Shizuo's generally very bad at using [[Japanese Honorifics|honorifics]].
* [[High
* [[Hollywood Healing]]: Just take a look at [http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/vlcsnap-2010-03-08-01h57m37s177.png his childhood X-rays] and marvel at the fact that this man can even ''walk''.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Shizuo eventually develops a [[Big Brother Instinct]]/[[Intergenerational Friendship]] with a ten-year-old [[Mafia Princess|Yakuza Princess]] named Akane. Given that Shizuo already [http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/vlcsnap-2010-03-14-13h35m48s42.png towers over most people], the size difference between the two is rather large.
* [[Hypocrisy Nod]]: Shizuo hates violence. Yes, really. And loathes the fact that he has violent unstoppable rages.
* [[I Am a Monster]]
* [[I Am Not Pretty]]: Shizuo is rather unaware of his own attractiveness.
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'''Shizuo:''' Do I really? }}
* [[I Can Still Fight]]/[[Implacable Man]]: Bullets, extensive surgery, and heavy sedatives will ''not'' prevent Shizuo from getting right back up and hunting your ass down
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'''Shizuo:''' Why? [[Unexplained Recovery|'Cause I can.]] }}
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: He'd rather ''not'' be super strong and violent.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Even though he's used everything including the kitchen sink as a weapon/projectile, Shizuo seems to have a preference for street signs and vending machines, depending on how far away <s>Izaya</s> the object of his ire is.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Street signs, chairs, desks, a fridge, a flagpole, soccer goalposts, guardrails, mailboxes, trash cans, vending machines, playground slides, motorcycles, the side door from Togusa's van, a crash barrier, a freeway sign...
* [[Incoming Ham]]: '''IIIIIII-ZAAAAAA-YAAAAA-KUUUUUUUN'''
* [[Informed Loner]]: A mild example but Shizuo likes to complain about his supposed loneliness and even compares himself to Izaya in that matter. But in reality he has three friends that care about him (Celty, Tom and Shinra), is on good terms with his brother and possesses a number of acquaintances (Simon, Kadota and his gang and also Orihara twins). While his social life might not be particularly rich, a loner he is not.
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Shizuo tends to get ''very'' irrational when he's angry (ie. insisting that beating the crap out of someone for looking at you funny is justifiable self defense because [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics|there's a 0.0000000000000000000675% chance that you can kill someone with a glare]]).
** Ironically, most uninformed people in universe would accuse of him of using this given how he swears Izaya is behind everything. Even more ironically, [[Properly Paranoid|he's absolutely correct.]]
* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: inverted; he literally ''was''...
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* [[Jerk
* [[Just a Flesh Wound]]: Silly Horada, {{spoiler|bullets}} can't kill Shizuo.
* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]]: Shizuo is nothing if not enthusiastic in protecting his little brother. And it's generally a good idea for strangers [[Berserk Button|NOT]] to ask him about his younger brother...
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* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Justified -- he literally does have a closet full of bartender suits. [[Memento MacGuffin|They were a gift from his brother]].
* [[Madness Mantra]]/[[Survival Mantra]]: "Kill'em kill'em kill'em kill'em..." This is actually an active attempt on Shizuo's part to ''not'' go into an [[Unstoppable Rage]]. In his words:
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* [[Major Injury Underreaction]] - Not phased at all at a ballpoint pen piercing straight through the palm of his hand. "Hmm... if I pull it out, it'll bleed. Should I get a bandage? Or maybe superglue?"
** Shizuo was shot twice, one bullet in his leg and one in his stomach, {{spoiler|during a scuffle with some Yellow Scarves.}} He completely failed to realize he was shot ''at all'' until he started slipping in his own blood. Before noticing the blood, he thought he was on the ground because he tripped on something. His response? [[Captain Obvious|"... Ah, I was shot."]]
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* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Seriously injuring the very woman he was attempting to save. The novels note that this was not even close to an isolated incident.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood|My Name Is Not Shizu-chan]]
* [[No
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Shizuo's has a number of these with Izaya, ranging from an off-hand comment about being framed by him to something called the "Real Flesh In The Art Room" incident.
* [[No Social Skills]]: A lot of Shizuo's general rudeness (such as forgoing [[Hey, You|honorifics]], not remembering people's names, etc.) isn't because he's a jerk, but because he's [[Friendless Background|never really talked to people enough to learn basic social etiquette]]
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* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: {{spoiler|After getting out of jail, he completely ''ignores'' Izaya's presence so that he can keep Vorona from fighting him.}}
* [[Le Parkour]]: Shizuo teaches it to himself to chase Izaya.
* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Shizuo punches a thug so hard the thug's clothes fly off.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Shizuo is almost never seen without his trademark scowl.
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]: Thanks to the arrangement mentioned above in [[Hero Insurance]], Shizuo doesn't usually get a lot of extra funds. He doesn't really mind though - in fact, he's surprised he still gets paid ''at all''.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: Shizuo had his own Precocious Crush on a Yamato Nadeshiko-ish shopkeeper when he was around ten or so. {{spoiler|Then he walked by her store one day, only to see a group of thugs assaulting her. She was seriously injured in his resulting violent episode, and Shizuo was too ashamed to see her ever again.}}
* [[Red Baron]]: Ikebukuro's God of Destruction (occasionally with the added subtitle of "in a Bartender's Suit").
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red, to Izaya's blue.
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: [[Hair
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Subverted when it turned out that Shizuo didn't build up the requisite physical resistance needed to handle his [[Super Strength]] until around high school. Cue the montage of the many fractures he suffered from as a result.
* [[Running Gag]]: '''''[[First Name Ultimatum|IIIIIII-ZAAAAAA-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]]'''''
** Also, his inability to remember who Anri is.
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'''Shizuo''': "Huh? Who're you again?" }}
* [[Say My Name]]: See above.
* [[Ship Tease]]: [http://i55.tinypic.com/jre5c0.jpg With Vorona.]
** And Narita's Bacon Lettuce April Fool.
* [[Shooting Superman]]: As Seiji found out, blood aside.
** The fact that Seiji managed to damage him ''at all'' is pretty impressive. Vorona couldn't penetrate his chest more than half a centimeter with a ballistic knife, and Shinra's destroyed some of his best scalpels operating on him. According to [[Word of God|Narita]], the pens Seiji used are advertised to hold up against a ''tank''.
* [[Sibling Yin
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Shizuo is fond of sporting one of these right before he's about to hurt someone.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: And considering how his power works, it might make him ''stronger''.
* [[Spanner in
* [[Super Strength]]: You can tell Shizuo is out and about by the flying vending machines.
* [[Super Toughness]]: Technically, you ''can'' injure Shizuo -- You'll just find it damn near impossible to make a wound any deeper than half a centimeter, and he probably won't feel a thing.
* [[Sweet Tooth]]
* [[Too Dumb to Fool]]: Shizuo is far too simple to be manipulated by Izaya. This is the very reason why Izaya detests Shizuo so much.
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Shizuo apparently ''really'' likes milk, as Tom found out when he once agreed to buy him dinner.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: After finding out that {{spoiler|Izaya told a little girl that Shizuo was going to kill her family.}}
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* [[Underestimating Badassery]]
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Shizuo seems to attract dangerous females. His harem includes one yandere katana, an underage Yakuza princess and a certain Russian assassin.
** And if Yaoi Fangirls are to be believed, Izaya also should be added to this list.
* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Lampshaded in a side story. Most people (including and especially Shizuo himself) are surprised that Shizuo hasn't been fired yet.
* [[The Un
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** Keep in mind -- this is the angriest Shizuo has ''ever'' been. This is right after Izaya {{spoiler|told a little girl that Shizuo was going to kill her family.}} He's giving this face because he doesn't want to frighten the little girl.
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]
* [[Waistcoat of Style]]: Comes with the job of being a(n ex-)bartender.
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: Shizuo's spent much of his post-high school life in and out of jobs thanks to his temper. He finally caught a break when Tom (who already knew how to deal with Shizuo for the most part) offered him a job as his bodyguard/debt collector.
* [[
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Previous romantic developments have gone horribly, ''horribly'' wrong for just about everyone involved thanks to his temper (see [[Heartbroken Badass]] and [[Precocious Crush]]). As a result, Shizuo is generally disgusted enough at the thought of violence against women that it's actually quite difficult to provoke him into it.
* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: Shizuo has it deeply ingrained into his head that [[Children Are Innocent]]. Thus when a small child does something like try to murder him with a heavily modified taser, the event simply doesn't register.
* [[You Will Be Spared]]: Found Seiji attacking him amusing enough that he let him off lightly... by headbutting him (though this was ''after'' he threw him into the side of a truck).
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* [[You Won't Like Me When I'm Angry]]: He doesn't like his own anger, and attributes his problems to his temper and resultant strength.
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== Kyohei Kadota ==
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<small>''"If you guys do decide that we're your enemy... if you want a fight, you'll get one."''</small>
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* [[Anti
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Normal]]
** [[Colonel Badass|Subcommander Badass]]: Even though {{spoiler|Mikado}} is the leader of the Dollars, Kadota is the main face of the muscle side of the Dollars.
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Not that [[Bishounen|bad-looking]] without that hat obscuring his eyes. And not [[Perpetual Frowner|frowning.]]
** It's no wonder Erika and Walker [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|ship each other and everyone else with him.]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Episode 24, that is all.
* [[
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: {{spoiler|Kadota and his van gang used to be a part of the Blue Square color gang. Then the Blue Squares kidnapped Saki, tortured her, and sent a runner to Kadota to ask him if he wanted to join in on the "fun" they were going to have with her and... well, Kadota suddenly wasn't a member of Blue Squares anymore. [[Molotov Cocktail|Molotov Cocktails]] were involved}}.
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* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Kadota sometimes forgets that [[Internal Monologue|Internal Monologues]] are supposed to be, well, ''internal''.
* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Usually. Though it's [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that he always wears a thick hood and tend to keeps his head somewhat low.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even An Anti Heroic Neighborhood Friendly Gangster Has Standards]]: He was never really evil to begin with, and {{spoiler|hearing that the Blue Squares had kidnapped Saki}} was when he made his limits clear.
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* [[Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[One
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Arguably one of the few mentally and emotionally well-balanced characters in [[Dysfunction Junction|the entire cast]]. This especially stands out in the van gang, which consists of three manic [[Otaku]] - including one [[Yaoi Fangirl]], somebody who [[Tranquil Fury|will set you on fire if you piss him off]], and another guy who '''[[Cargo Ship|REALLY]]''' [[Cargo Ship|likes his van]]. Oh, and the first two are also [[Torture Technician|Torture Technicians]] to ''extremes''. Poor Kadota.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Considering what [[Otaku|Walker, Erika and Togusa]] are like, can you really blame him?
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]
* [[Straight Man]]: To Erika and Walker. And Togusa too, to a lesser extent.
* [[Tsundere]]: Walker declares Kyohei one in episode 3.
* [[What Do You Mean
** Try getting ''[[Ear Worm|that]]'' outta your head.
* [[When She Smiles|When He Smiles:]] In the second OP. Amazing what a little upturn can do. Or maybe he's just smirking?
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== Erika Karisawa and Walker Yumasaki ==
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Walker is voiced by: [[Yuuki Kaji]] (JP), [[Brian Beacock]] (EN) }}
<small>'''Erika:''' ''"A great man once said that the world is a myth. I think he said it, anyway. Even if he didn't, I'm sure someone else said something similar."''</small><br /><small>'''Walker:''' ''"A great man once said that the world is symbolic. I think he said it, anyway. Even if he didn't, I'm sure someone else said something similar."''</small>
A pair of hardcore [[Otaku|otakus]] who hang around with Kyohei and Saburo. There is more to them than meets the eye.
Both affiliates of the Dollars, by proxy of Kadota.
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]/[[Tranquil Fury]]: Don't make Walker angry. You may get yourself stabbed in the hand with a pair of chopsticks.
** Or set on fire.
* [[Bishonen]]: Walker when he opens his eyes.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: It's regularly implied in the [[Light Novels]] that Walker is biracial, probably with American or European ancestry.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Cloudcuckoolanders]]: They both launch into a rather extensive conversation in episode 20 where they characterize Chief Chef of Russian Sushi as a character in a cooking manga, and invent a backstory involving him serving with the Red Army and fighting the [[The Mafiya]]. {{spoiler|Which, of course, is [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|distressingly on the mark]].}}
* [[Crack Pairing]]: Not one themselves, but they're certainly not adverse to shipping them in-universe.
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* [[Cute and Psycho]]: They enjoy manga, anime, hentai, [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|torture, and bloodshed]]. Thankfully, Kyohei reigns them in pretty well.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Erika is hinted to have this.
* [[Daydream Believer]]: Walker's a certifiable Otakin.
* {{spoiler|[[Defector From Decadence]]}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]
* [[Expy]]: Walker and Erika have a lot of similarities, both in character and plot facilitation, to their [[Baccano
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Walker.
** He does open them briefly when he's planning to do something especially devious (like in episode 18 when he sets some Blue Squares on fire), revealing that he possesses [[Eyes of Gold]]. Lampshaded here:
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* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|They were going to brand the eyeballs of one of the thugs they caught that work for Yagiri pharmacy.}}
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Walker's ''name'', though the books regularly imply that he's probably [[But Not Too Foreign|biracial]].
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Both Walker and Erika have very few qualms about doing ''anything'' with their characteristic cheerful nonchalance. They've just figured that being nice is more fun and less trouble.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Walker may rag on Erika for her excessive [[Yaoi Fangirl]] tendencies (particularly her tendency to write her friends into elaborate slash fantasies) but, slash aside, he's just as bad (he once wrote a Kadota/Erika BDSM fic).
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* [[I Owe You My Life]]: {{spoiler|Erika states that Kadota saved her from the darkness and that she would follow him anywhere.}}
* [[Kill It
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Erika. It doesn't help that she's a [[Yaoi Fangirl]] and gropes Anri.
* [[Meta Guy|Meta Guys]]
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Both Walker and Erika have said things that suggest they ''know'' they're in a [[Light Novel]].
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]: Subverted. Walker and Erika have vowed to follow Kadota no matter how many people they have to stab, torture, or firebomb. Of course Kadota never ''asks'' them to do this stuff, and has to veto (most of) their more sociopathic ideas.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Erika's is definitely on the "normal" end, but still pretty spiffy.
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: [http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/06_359.jpg Erika does not know the meaning of the phrase "sexual harrassment"].
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Erika. Examples include Yumacchi, Dotachin, Iza-Iza/Izayan, Shizu-Shizu/Shizu-chan and Mikapuu.
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]/[[Refuge in Audacity]]
* [[Old Shame]]: Walker once published a doujin novel sometime ago. He is not happy with it ''at all.'' Erika however loves to tease him about it.
* [[One
* [[Otaku]]
* [[One True Pairing]]: In-universe; Erika declares [[Foe Yay|Shizuo x Izaya]] is the best couple of Ikebukuro in the second OVA.
* [[Shipper
* [[Shipping Goggles]]: Erika has them on in-universe.
* [[Sleep Cute]]: After falling asleep next to Masaomi's hospital bed.
* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: As demonstrated when both came to the conclusion that {{spoiler|[[Hot Chick
* [[Thinks Like a Romance Novel]]: Erika's inner narrative is written in [[Mills and Boon Prose]]. Her [[Combat Commentator|Combat Commentary]] on a fight between Shizuo and Izaya, for example:
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* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two]] [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Heroic Comedic Sociopaths]]
* [[Too Much Information]]: Erika's never learned that it's in bad form to tell your friends that you fantasize about them having gay sex with each other.
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'''Kadota:''' Stop talking in that way, it makes people twitch when you do. <br />
'''Erika:''' Then I'll just say it! From my point of view, it was totally a "Thanks for the yaoibait, it was delicious" kind of moment! }}
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* [[Empathic Weapon|Empathic]] [[Evil Weapon]]: Saika is a [[Curse|Cursed]] sword that really likes cutting humans. {{spoiler|Luckily, in Anri's hands, it can't act on those urges.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Face Full of Alien Wingwong|Face Full Of Demon Sword Wing Wong]]: "Saika's giving birth. It puts its children into the souls of those it cuts."}}
* [[Good Weapon, Evil Weapon]]: The sword itself is demonic, {{spoiler|but its wielder [[Bad Powers, Good People|can potentially use its powers for good]].}}
* [[Hit
* {{spoiler|[[Hive Mind]]: Saika's "children".}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hive Queen]]: The original sword lets its wielder do this.}}
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Saika hates monsters and non-humans of any sort.<ref>[[And Zoidberg|And Izaya,]] but most people hate Izaya.</ref> Saika is demonic and, nominally, [[Talking Weapon|an inanimate object.]]
* [[In Love
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: [[Evil Weapon|Demon]] [[Yandere]] katanas that can [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|slice through STEEL DOORS]].
* [[Love Freak]]: {{spoiler|Albeit, a very twisted one.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Murder Is the Best Solution|Mind Rape Is The Best Solution]]: Saika sometimes pops in with suggestions for whatever problem Anri has at the moment. The suggested solution is ''always'' to let Saika "love" them.}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: {{spoiler|The Slasher.}}
* {{spoiler|[[One
* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|Subverted hard by Saika and its children. They constantly claim to be powered by the love that they have for humanity, but their actions are [[Yandere|obsessive and violent]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Psychic Link]]: The sword communicates to its wielder through their mind, where it talks nonstop about its love for people, how much it wants to cut them all, and to suggest what the wielder ought to let them do (i.e. cut more people). It also does this to anyone who gets cut by it and fears pain.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: An obvious symptom of either possessing the sword or getting possessed by it.}}
* [[Sock Puppet]]: Kanra attempts to ban Saika each time it enters the chatroom to no avail. {{spoiler|This is because completely different people (infected by the sword) are logging in each time from different hosts, thus bypassing the IP ban.}}
* [[Soul Cutting Blade]]: Saika can cut human souls with its blade, which is how it {{spoiler|takes over their minds.}}
* [[Stalker
* [[Talking Weapon]]: Loudly. ''[[Madness Mantra|INCESSANTLY.]]'' But only to [[Hearing Voices|its wielder.]]
* [[Troll]]: How the user Saika is perceived online at first due to its heavy spamming of the same messages on any message board related to Ikebukuro. {{spoiler|It is [[Mind Rape|far]] [[The Virus|worse]], though.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Virus]]: Saika can take control of any human it has injured, except those who don't fear pain.}}
* [[Voice of the Legion]]: Saika's "voice" sounds like a mass of people speaking all at once, repeating words of love endlessly.
* [[What Measure Is a Non
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: When you're a sword, "cut it" becomes your answer to everything.
* [[Word Salad Philosophy]]: Saika's explanation for why it loves humans so much quickly devolves into this in the chatroom.
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