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* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Partly due to [[No Export for You]] not many people realize that this series was based on a still ongoing [[Light Novel]] series.
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Was Shinra's father a scientist that was curious about Celty and did dissecting to understand her physiology to better comprehend her body or a [[Complete Monster]] who likes dissecting unusual things and getting his son to participate it, leading to a strange [[Yandere]] obsession with her.
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]:
** [[Crispin Freeman]] being announced as Shizuo's dub voice actor seemed to have this effect.
** As has the manga being licensed and released overseas. Still no word on the novels, though.
* [[Base Breaker]]: [[Blood Knight|Vorona]] is either loved by fans because she's another [[Action Girl]] that is a potential love interest for [[World's Strongest Man|Shizuo]] or a [[Relationship Sue]] that was created to [[Ship Sinking|sink]] the [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Shizaya]] pairing as well as a bitch that only wants to kill Shizuo and
* [[Cargo Ship]]:
** Not five episodes in and people are already [http://i48.tinypic.com/2jcchf.jpg shipping Shizuo with vending machines.]
** Speaking of cargo ships and Shizuo, {{spoiler|Saika ''really'' has a thing for Shizuo. Anytime Anri so much as looks at him, the [[Empathic Weapon]] gets terribly excited and begins incessantly whispering, "I love you," in her head.}}
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** Celty and her motorcycle. Her motorcycle is also a ''headless horse''. [[But You Screw One Goat!|This does not make things any better]].
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: The treatment that Anri gets from some fans is completely unwarranted. Not only is she often called "stupid" or "nothing but a fanservice character, she's also labeled as "dull" and "boring," in spite of there being [[Justified Trope|a very good reason]] [[Abusive Parents|for]] [[Parental Abandonment|her]] [[Freudian Excuse|emotionless personality]].
▲** Izumi Ran also qualifies. He not only {{spoiler|kidnaps Masaomi's girlfriend and gloatingly breaks both of her legs to get revenge on him, but also delivered a ''truckload'' of abuse on his own brother, Aoba, for extremely [[The Unfavorite|petty]] and [[It's All About Me|selfish]] reasons. Worse still, he has been confirmed to be a '''sex offender''' and even threatens to ''rape'' Earthworm after already putting her through a massive (though admittedly [[Torture Technician|well]] [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|deserved]]) beatdown. And even ''worse'', he, like Haruna is a [[Karma Houdini]] who has yet to receive any retribution for his actions}}.
▲* [[Crack is Cheaper]]: The 8-episode [[DV Ds]] are going for 80 bucks ''each''.
* [[Creepy Awesome]]: Izaya.
* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Seems to be a common theme in Narita's method of characterization; name one main character, and he'll have come up with a quirk or scenario that can topple you out your seat in [[Crowning Moment of Funny|several]] [[Nightmare Fuel|ways.]]
* [[Die for Our Ship]]:
** [http://forums.mangafox.com/showthread.php?t=173379 This is beginning to occur]{{Dead link}} between the [[Ho Yay|Izaya/Shizuo]] fandom and [[Foe Yay|Vorona/Shizuo]] shippers, and it's getting worse.
** If you don't ship Saki and Kida together, she'll always suffer this treatment. (Mostly in the [[Mind Game Ship|Izaya/Kida]] stories.)
** To a lesser extent, Izaya/Namie and Shizuo/Izaya [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|have also gotten some of this on forums and blogs]], though it's generally averted in [[Fan Fiction|fanwork]] due to the ability to pair either up without the other ship getting in the way.
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: If fans don't [[Love to Hate]] Izaya, he's this for them.
* [[Ear Worm]]:
** ''Asahi wa noboru,'' yeah!
** TRUST ME TRUST ME TRUST ME TRUST ME
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** Linda Lindaaaaaaaaaaa~
** MOGAKI KAGAYAKUUU.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
** Shizuo.
** When it comes to a trio that everyone loves to place together to look or be cool, whether it be in videos or fanart, [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics|9 out of 10 times]] -- it'll be Izaya, Shizuo and Kida.
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]:
** Izaya.
** Some fans also perceive Earthworm as this.
* [[Fan Dumb]]: Definitely not as bad as other examples, but it appears to be happening more and more among shippers now that Shizuo has a possible [[Love Interest]]. Any photo of Vorona is ''bound'' to get bashed, even if she's not with Shizuo in the first place. Then there's the Shizaya shippers that claim to dislike Vorona simply because {{spoiler|she wants to kill Shizuo}}, which would likely break his heart in the process, in spite of the fact that Izaya wants to kill him {{spoiler|as well}} and has tried ''multiple times''.
** Granted, many people haven't read the novels so their interpretation is simply based on hearsay, which is a form of [[Fan Dumb]] in and of itself.
* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]:
** If you look on Fanfiction.Net, Deviant Art or any other poll site, you'll probably notice that Shizuo/Izaya is the most popular. Doesn't help with the [[Ship Tease]] that Narita gives to bait the fangirls.
** Especially in [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|Japan]], Izaya/Namie is increasing in popularity, which is ''also'' not helped by the fact that the illustrator [[Shipper
** At least on Pixiv, Yoshimune is usually shipped with [[Ho Yay|Izaya or Shizuo]].
* [[Foe Yay]]: Shizuo/Izaya (which is regularly spoofed, lampshaded, teased, and generally dicked around with), Shizuo/Vorona, Mikado/Aoba (which overlaps with [[Ho Yay]], and {{spoiler|Namie/Mika}}. [[Yaoi Fangirl|Erika]] claims to see some between Kadota and Chikage. [[Never Say That Again|Kadota is not amused]].
* [[Fridge Logic]]/ [[Fridge Brilliance]]: This is practically what Episode 9 should be called.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Celty's comment to Shuuji about Shizuo's strength level in relation to others sounds a whole lot less innocent after episode 22.
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* [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming]]: "Bacon Lettuce" (a backronym for [[Boys Love|BL]]) has been slowly catching on after Narita used the term in reference to Shizuo/Izaya.
* [[I Knew It!]]:
** Some fans have figured out that the girl walking around with a scar on her neck has Celty's head. {{spoiler|Of course, this is an intentional red herring.}}
** Izaya declares this in-series after discovering that {{spoiler|Mikado is the leader of the Dollars}}
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* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: Izaya gets paired with ''everyone''.
** Perhaps he wants to be paired with everyone on though, he does ''love'' all humans. Except Shizuo that is, which leads to extreme irony that he gets paired up with Shizuo the most.
** [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Shizuo]] is also one of these.
** Mikado is slowly becoming this thanks to {{spoiler|[[Took a Level
* [[Love to Hate]]: Izaya
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Izaya, of course.
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* [[Mind Game Ship]]: Izaya has a canon one going on with all of humanity. His favorite targets, however, seem to be Shizuo and {{spoiler|Kida}}, as well as the girls he forms "suicide groups" with [[For the Evulz]].
** Though with Shizuo it's mostly in the anime; in the novels, Izaya [[Foe Yay|truly hates him]] and states that he would rather be as far away from him as possible. He also hates talking about him in general and seems to get pissed whenever anyone mentions him. Shizuo's the ''last'' person Izaya would try to play mindgames with face-to-face - he just tries to get him dead from afar.
* [[Mind Screw]]:
** Episode 9. {{spoiler|The one where the plot really kicks into gear!}}
** Narita just seems to enjoy this in general. Throughout the anime, manga, AND novels, he repeatedly mindscrews his audience, ranging from Izaya {{spoiler|epic trolling Earthworm (all of volume nine had the readers switching between "He's under the bag" and "He put someone else there," finishing up with a giant WTF)}} to {{spoiler|Harima Mika}} of all people {{spoiler|having the best information network EVER just to protect her precious Seiji.}}
* [[
** While this is true for the original novel, the anime's epilogue makes it seem that {{spoiler|Kida left to elope with Saki, and the scene with Mikado and Anri, smiling and being oddly understanding of his choice to leave. This also wasn't helped by the anime giving Kida an [[Adaptational Angst Upgrade|more angst]] on the subject of Saki, and basically making Kida bring her up when Mikado and Anri saved him, and ultimately having Kida beat up Horada in order to take revenge for what happened with Saki. This is a big change from the original novels, where Kida beat up the Yellow Scarves in self defense, and after Anri and Mikado arrive the three just sat in silence being happy that they were all right. Anri and Mikado also aren't understanding of why Kida left, because he never brought up Saki with them at all, in fact Saki was never the main focus of Kida's characterization in those chapters.}} So this case Saki is only Misblamed, if you're talking about the novel, if you're talking about the anime however then yes Saki is at fault.
* [[Moe]]:
** There's a reason he's called [[Fan Nickname|Moekado]], after all.
** Celty is this for some. Despite not having a head, she manages to be one of the most ''adorable'' adult women in the show.
** Namie was ''adorable'' when she was a kid, especially in the manga. That lasted about five pages.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
** Izaya crosses it in the back story with {{spoiler|his treatment of Saki and Kida.}}
*** Granted, to some, he crossed it upon his ''introduction''. Especially in the novels/manga.
** Any amount of sympathy you may have for {{spoiler|Haruna}} will be lost after Anri shows her her depressing backstory. {{spoiler|Haruna's}} response? {{spoiler|''Ruthlessly and remorselessly attacking her with the obvious intent to kill her, laughing maniacally in the process''}}.
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* [[Never Live It Down]]: Despite not appearing in the anime, Aoba is best known for {{spoiler|getting stabbed with a ballpoint pen by [[Tranquil Fury|Mikado]] of all people.}} This is to the point that, since there are very few official illustrations of him and we don't get a good look at his face, he is usually made recognizable in fanart by {{spoiler|his wounded and/or bandaged hand.}}
* [[One True Threesome]]: Kururi and Mairu don't seem to mind crushing on the same guys, and they both kissed {{spoiler|Aoba. And there's also the [[Twincest]]}}. Of course, this is probably because they don't see themselves as seperate people.
* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]:
** Shizaya, for the Shizuo/Izaya fandom. Or alternatively, Izuo for the ones who pair them in a...''[[Seme|reve]][[Uke|rsed]]'' manner.
** Izamie and Izanra have also been showing up recently with the Izaya/Namie and Izaya/Shinra fans, respectively.
* [[Relationship Sue]]: Vorona is accused of being one by the Shizuo/Izaya fans and others.
* [[The Scrappy]]:
** Saki. Many people think that she destroyed the [[Three Amigos]] dynamic with Mikado, Anri and Kida to the point that {{spoiler|Kida left Ikebukuro with her and fails to communicate with the other two as time goes on.}}
** [[A Love to Dismember|Seiji]], [[Brother-Sister Incest|Namie]] and {{spoiler|[[Stalker
** Namie and Mika's scrappy-status is, for the most part, only among anime fans, but this rings ''especially'' true for Seiji in the novels. Most people can't understand why so many people like him, because he's very dull and kind of...[[Squick|weird]]. Mika and Namie [[Shaggy Dog Story|aren't as disliked for this]] by the novel fan, because Namie still has her role as [[Those Two Bad Guys|Izaya's secretary]], and Mika's been getting more love due to the revelation that {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity|there's much more to her]] [[Yandere|than what meets the eye]] }}.
* [[Squick]]: Episode 12, where we are treated to a scene of {{spoiler|Izaya playing around with Celty's head, tossing it back and forth in his hands like it's a basketball.}} Though this doesn't quite amount to the fact that Seiji is in love with it. And that Shinra loves Celty better without it.
* [[Uncanny Valley]]:
** {{spoiler|Haruna Niekawa}} falls straight down to the bottom. Putting her [[Psycho Strings]] background music aside, note that when she goes to {{spoiler|see Anri in episode 16}}, ''she never blinks once''.
** The Ganguros. So much ''makeup''...
* [[Tear Jerker]]: Admit it, you cried when you thought Shizuo was going to {{spoiler|[[Dying Alone|die alone]] in that ally}}. Also, {{spoiler|Anri's backstory}}.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]:
** Every scene with Simon. Since he's the [[Token Minority]], this is (sadly) to be expected. He's a bit of a [[Funny Foreigner]], but beyond that he's mostly just a victim of casual prejudices.
** On the other hand, contrast Simon with Kaztano. If that personality was in Simon's body, that would seem pretty racist. Unlike Kaztano who seems unintelligent on top of the language barrier problem, Simon is just [[Eloquent in My Native Tongue]].
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* [[The Woobie]]:
** After the crap {{spoiler|Izaya}} puts Masaomi through in the third arc, you can't help but want to hug him.
** You'll ''really'' want to give Anri a hug when you see her backstory.
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