Durarara!! Episode 03

Title: Chōryōbakko (跳梁跋扈) - Rampant Evildoers

Date Aired: 21 January 2010
 * On Crunchyroll

Previous Episode → 02

Next Episode → 04

Synopsis
Anri Sonohara and Mikado become class representatives. While wandering around, Mikado and Masaomi see Kadota's group. When Mikado asks him about the Dollars, Kadota tells him that they are too dangerous to approach.

Meanwhile, Anri Sonohara searches for a girl named Mika Harima. She mistakes the red-haired girl for Mika Harima then apologizes and runs away. Mikado and Kida continue to wander around and finds three girls and a gang member bullying Sonohara. As Mikado thinks of a way to rescue her, Izaya Orihara walks by and pushes Mikado between Anri and the trio of girls. Izaya then scares the bullies away. Afterward, Masaomi reluctantly introduces Mikado to Izaya. Izaya tells the two that he came to Ikebukuro to meet someone.

Their conversation is interrupted by a flying trash can that hits Izaya. Shizuo Heiwajima appears and attacks Izaya for framing him for a crime. Izaya escapes, and Shizuo throws a vending machine at him. Simon jumps down from a nearby building and stops the vending machine, saving Izaya. As Shizuo confronts Simon, Mikado and Sonohara runs away leaving Kida behind. They stop at a park, and she thanks him and runs off. That night, Shizuo talks to the headless woman and asks why Izaya was in Ikebukuro. Simon narrates this episode, albeit without the Russian 'accent'.

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Referbacks
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New Characters

 * Tom Tanaka
 * Shizuo Heiwajima

Cultural References

 * Flame Haze is from Shakugan no Shana
 * Pipiru piru tenshi is from Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
 * One of the posters in this episode refers to different anime such as Hell Girl