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* [[Dramatic Chase Opening]]: The anime episode "Anarchy" starts with Anri desperately running away from members of the Yellow Scarves gang and trying to hide in an alley.

* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Flying vending machines are Shizuo's special way of saying hello.

** It's telling that the only characters with ''anything'' resembling a healthy relationship are the mad scientist and the decapitated fairy.

*** And the two [[Ax Crazy]] otakus, can't forget that.

** In the anime only, Izaya has a Shizuo-complex, according to Simon.

** Erika sees some between Chikage and Kadota, and Shizuo and Izaya.

* [[Hot for Student]]: One of the teachers at Mikado's school clearly has a thing for Anri, which naturally [[Squick|Squicks]] the hell out of her. The same guy is also ''dating'' one of his former students...{{spoiler|Or ''was''. She doesn't like that he's changed his preferences, [[Murder the Hypotenuse|so she gave Anri a visit and tried to kill her]].}}

* [[Hot Teacher]] : Takashi Nasujima. Despite the fact that he is lust driven to schoolgirls.

* [[Karma Houdini]]:

** {{spoiler|If one only watches the anime, it could be forgiven to wonder if Izaya's coat is made of [[Naruto|Uchiha-grade]] [[Plot Armor|Reinforced Comeuppance-proof Plotanium]]; his character in its entirety is basically screwing with anyone and everyone [[For the Evulz]] from start to finish, and his total karmic backlash in the entire series is a black eye and stern talking-to from Simon at the end--nothing to indicate he won't continue ruining the main characters' and everyone else's lives for his own amusement.}} However, if you read the novels, you'll see that {{spoiler|things have been catching up to him lately. He has been stabbed (book 6), put in a public hospital where any of his many, MANY enemies could easily find him(book 7), and kidnapped by a psycopathic [[Torture Technician]] (book 9). In volume ten, he gets attacked by a possessed Slon and saika. And currently, we have no idea if he's even dead or alive.}}

* [[Knife Nut]]: Izaya and the Slashers.

* [[Even Heroes Have Heroes]]: When Shinra is brought in to treat [[Idol Singer|Ruri]], he spends as much time begging for an autograph as he does actually treating her wounds.

* [[Poisonous Friend]]: {{spoiler|Izaya}} to {{spoiler|Shinra.}} This is very evident {{spoiler|during their time in middle school. Hurt Shinra and ''you will regret it.''}}

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Well, since ''everyone'' is keeping secrets... Which counts as both a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

* [[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''. Additionally, 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 psychotic episode, and Shizuo was too ashamed to see her ever again.}}

* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Shizuo maintains that 99% of all the weird crap that goes down in Ikebukuro is completely and utterly Izaya's fault, whether it be a gang wars or hordes of knife-wielding zombies. [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics|Made-up-on-the-spot statistics aside,]] he's more or less right.

** To a lesser extent, the aptly titled episode seventeen; "Everything Changes." So, what about those other gangs? Have we forgotten about them? Is the show ever going to bring them up again? Don't worry! It turns out that the yellow scarves are lead by none other than {{spoiler|Masaomi Kida, and it turns out he was a complete [[Stepford Smiler]] this entire time}}. Of course, it's 'to a lesser extent' because we got some foreshadowing on that part.

** Volume six has a few instances of this. So by this point, we learn Mikado's not all he appears, right? But he's still a lovable and nice guy. You know, {{spoiler|until he ''stabs Aoba with a freaking'' '''''pen''''' ''and a crazy look in his eye''. What makes it worse is that Aoba notes that that's probably ''nowhere near'' Mikado's true nature...}}

* [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?]]: Is the question Namie asks when Izaya puts up a fake "We've moved!" notice on his apartment door {{spoiler|with his "new" address being an undiscovered murder scene}}. The answer is, of course, [[Dumb Muscle|Shizuo]].

* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Shinra's ''really'' hoping for a gender-reversed example with Celty.

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