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This is the main character page for the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|many characters]] of ''[[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-Named Foreigner]]: Shares a last name with Icelandic poet and politicial Snorri Sturluson. A Celtic faerie running around with an Icelandic last name might seem weird [[Fridge Brilliance|until you consider Izaya's hypothesis]] that {{spoiler|Dullahans have a connection with the Nordic Valkyries}}.
** 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]]
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* [[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-December Romance]]: {{spoiler|With Shinra.}}
* [[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.
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* {{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-Twiddling]]: When Shingen asks her if she's in love with Shinra.
* [[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 with an "S"]]: Certy/Celty/Selty/Selti/Serti/Ceruti/Ceruty... this ''still'' happens after folks have seen the second OP, given that ''every major character's name is displayed '''in English''' text on-screen.'' It doesn't help that one of the earlier episodes shows a private chatroom with her name spelt as "Selty" despite the fact that Crunchyroll subs it as "Celty."
* [[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 with Signs]]: Via her PDA. This serves as her primary means of communication. When this isn't possible, she relies on a [[Hand Signals]].
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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>
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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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* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Basically reads "Emperor of The Dragon Peak" in English. Lampshaded by Walker, who asks if it's a pen name and remarks that it sounds like it was pulled from some manga.
** [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: His own impression of his [[Awesome McCoolname]].
** For comparison, his screenname, Taro Tanaka, is roughly the equivalent of "John Smith" in Japanese.
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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.]]}}
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* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: He is compelled to save Anri from the delinquents harassing her.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: {{spoiler|[[wikipedia:4chan#moot|Moot]]}}kado, Moekado and {{spoiler|Boss}}kado also occasionally pop up. And when his character single came up, he was nicknamed [[Adorkable|Mikadork]].
* [[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.
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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-Action Guy]]: {{spoiler|Subverted later on in the novel.}}
* {{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.}}
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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|[[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-Man Army]] and then there was the fact that Horoda had a gun that he didn't know about.}}
* [[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-Off Parenting]]/[[Parental Neglect]]: His parents have an extremely laissez-faire parenting style and don't mind that their son has involved himself with a gang of delinquents or dropped out of high school. Mikado seems very aware of how his parents are, since even as a child, he was wondering how lenient they could be to let Masaomi wander around outside by himself at two a.m. in the night.}}
* [[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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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: In the special 12.5 episode, he's wearing a pink shirt instead of his usual uniform.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Sort of. While the spelling of his name is more or less unequivocal, it's mostly that fans mess up the organization and think that his ''first name'' is Kida - probably because it's shorter than Masaomi and sounds more like a first name. His first name is definitely Masaomi, though.
* {{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 a Girl]]: With Mikado and Anri.
* {{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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* [[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-Short Skirt]]: Very much a [[Badass]], in spite of everything else, and hers is ridiculously micro-level.
* [[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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* [[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-Deprecation]]: Considers herself to be a parasite because she depends so much on others.
* [[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.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[I Am a Monster]]: Considers herself this because of Saika.}}
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Kid with the Leash]]: To Saika.}}
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: {{spoiler|Happens at the end of episode 16 when she reveals she's been hiding the true Saika all along.}}
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* [[Nice Girl]]: In spite of [[Dysfunction Junction|her MANY emotional problems]], Anri is a generally kindhearted and well-meaning person.
* [[Plot-Powered Stamina]]: She has terrific agility and stamina, and is quite capable of outrunning people when she needs to. Lampshaded by Shinra in a phone call to Celty:
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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}}.
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* [[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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** [[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 by Talking|screw with]]. He's also revealed some "secrets" to her, and he outright states that he wants to keep his leading lady close, so he seems to avoid doing anything that will seriously upset her in the future.
* [[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 Sheep's Clothing]]: He can appear to be a genuinely nice guy, until you realise he's just screwing with you for kicks.
** 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 by Talking]]: This is how he screws with people. His [[Establishing Character Moment]] is in the second episode where he goads a girl into comitting suicide. {{spoiler|Celty saved her and later asked him why}}. He just said it was for fun He does it to {{spoiler|Masaomi}} in the third arc. Also to {{spoiler|Anri, in episode 24, as part of stopping her from making him one of Saika's "children"}}.
** Also to the two suicidal girls in the novel/manga, and to {{spoiler|Earthworm}}, and {{spoiler|Nakura}}.
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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...}}
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* {{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 with Fire|on fire]]''.
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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]].
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* [[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, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: His [[Hiroshi Kamiya|voice actor]] has [[Bakemonogatari|talked about Valhalla before]], and by extension, [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|has probably despaired about it at some point as well]].
** 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.
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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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* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: Or, better yet, use them as an [[Inherently Funny Words|impromptu trampoline]]!
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: What he does to his game board in one of his...less stable moments.
* [[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-Eyed Monster|jealousy]]), but it doesn't really bother him that much.
** 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.}}
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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.
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* [[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.}}
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* [[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.}}
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* [[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-Alley Doctor]] of Ikebukuro who lives with Celty. Shinra is... odd. He has a huge love for supernatural events and loves to run his mouth, especially when Celty is involved. He went to high school with Izaya and Shizuo and knows the two very well.
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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-Alley Doctor]]
* [[Bishonen]]: A nerdy one.
* [[Brains and Bondage]]: Shinra thinks that Celty's powers would be great for BDSM.
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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.]]
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* [[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-Alley Doctor|not practicing legally]].
** 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 with the Leash]]: If not for Celty and his father, he is with {{spoiler|Izaya}} of all people.
* [[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 [[Woman in Black]].
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* [[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 Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Mad Doctor's Handsome Son]]: Although he didn't escape being raised by [[Mad Doctor|Shingen]] without a loose screw or two
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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]]
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* [[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-Target Sexuality|headless eldritch psychopomps named Celty]].
* [[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-Action Guy]]: {{spoiler|Naturally, this comes to bite him in the ass. See [[Shoot the Medic First]].}}
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* [[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-Target Sexuality]]: You get no points guessing for who.
* {{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 It's You It's Okay|If it's done by Celty, it's hot]]. He also doesn't consider regular asskickings a barrier to his [[Vitriolic Best Buds|friendship with Shizuo]].
* [[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.
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* [[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-Hero]]: Type IV
* [[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 a Nice Suit|Badass In A Nice Bartender Suit]]
** [[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-Man Army]]: What other man can single handedly beat down {{spoiler|almost all of the Slashers}} with his bare hands?
* [[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.
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** 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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* [[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-Poke of Doom|It gave him a concussion]].
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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-Poke of Doom]]: After Shizuo starts learning to reign in his temper a little, he responds to mildly annoying people by lightly flicking or poking them in the forehead. To the victims, [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|this feels like somebody smacked them in the face with a baseball bat]].
** Poor Masaomi gets a taste of one, [http://oi54.tinypic.com/9j154o.jpg here].
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** 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]].
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* [[I Am a Monster]]
* [[I Am Not Pretty]]: Shizuo is rather unaware of his own attractiveness.
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* [[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.
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** 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 with a Heart of Gold]]: Shizuo has a soft spot for Celty and his brother Kasuka. And pretty much anybody who ''isn't Izaya''. Just don't piss him off.
* [[Just a Flesh Wound]]: Silly Horada, {{spoiler|bullets}} can't kill Shizuo.
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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 Name Is Not Durwood|My Name Is Not Shizu-chan]]
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Just about any of his fights that don't involve Izaya or Simon.
* [[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-Trigger Temper]] aside, Shizuo doesn't like fighting.
* [[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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* [[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.
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* [[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.
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* [[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-Smile]]: At one point in Vol. 5, Shizuo forgoes his usual [[Slasher Smile]] for the most [http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/rrmwec.png uncharacteristically dorky smile imaginable]. Shinra has only one thing to say in response.
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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]]
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* [[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.
* [[World's Strongest Man]]: [[Canon]] and [[Word of God]] contained in ''Narita Saikyou Q&A'' confirms that Shizuo Heiwajima is the strongest character in his home series, and in the top five in [[The Verse]]. The other four being [[Baccano!|Claire Stanfield]] and [[The Demon|Ronnie]] rivaling him, then comes abominations above their league such as Hawking from '''Vamp!''' who essentially is a ''black hole'' fond of leaping through the universe, and ''the strongest'' is No.37564 "Mob Combatant" the [[Mook]] who went [[From Nobody to Nightmare]], who tops all of them, for the simple reason Narita made No.37564's whole basis for a character in '''Hariyama-san, Center of the World''' is him being exactly the ''strongest man in the history of time'', not much else going for him.
* [[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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* [[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.]]
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander's Minder]]: For Erika, Walker ''and'' Saburo (Albeit to a lesser extent for the latter).
* [[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.
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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.
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* {{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!]] predecessors Isaac and Miria.
* [[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 with Fire]]: Walker sets the Blue Squares leader's van on fire with molotovs when he and the rest of the gang rescue Saki.
* [[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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* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Erika's Shizuo/Izaya shipping aside, Walker once wrote Celty/Shinra fanfic. They both ship each other with Kadota.
* [[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 with a Sword|Anri]]}} was a [[Shakugan no Shana|Flame Haze]] at the exact same time, despite being separated.
* [[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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