Durarara!! Episode 08

Title: Nankanoyume (南柯之夢) - Ephemeral Dream

Japanese Date Aired: 25 February 2010

English Date Aired: 13 August 2011

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Narrated by Celty Sturluson

Synopsis
Celty Sturluson dreams a reoccuring dream in which a shadowy figure with a blade comes and takes her head. She wonders when she stopped considering herself whole, and also if when she is awake perhaps her head is asleep. She wakes up screaming in bed. The next morning, Shinra Kishitani exitedly informs Celty that today is her first day off in 265 days, but is surprised to find her sad, due to his ability to read expressions on her nonexistant face. She asks him about dreams and why they occur. The doctor begins a long explanation on how they don't know for sure, but dreams seem to come from memories, while Celty wonders if she is starting to feel love for Shinra. To celebrate her day off, Shinra decides to take off work so the two of them can do something together (he illustrates his commitment to this by turning off his phone and unplugging email). However, Celty wants to cook for him, and the two look up recipes. At Raira Academy, Mikado Ryūgamine apologizes to Masaomi Kida for oversleeping and thanks him for the use of his textbook. Masaomi, after making his customary proclamations to hit on girls, questions Mikado's lack of necktie. A shocked Mikado also notices his wallet is missing. Erika Karisawa asks Simon Brezhnev if he had seen Walker Yumasaki, but Simon only continues trying to sell her sushi. A girl with a sign for lost things offers her notebook to Erika and tells her to write what she is looking for so that she may find it. Walker bursts into his home where he is greeted by two maids addressing him as "Master".

Kyohei Kadota reads by a tree outside Yagiri Pharmaceuticals, musing about rumors saying the  Pharmaceuticals were involved with the Awakusu. He wonders why he keeps looking even after Kazutano is safe and he promised Erika and Walker he would let it go. As he walks away, a young man lights a firecracker and runs toward the building. In the park, Walker first asks Simon if he had seen Erika, then sees the girl with the sign. Celty, having boughten ingredients for Shinra's dinner, tries to cook with a shadow-made knife, but Shinra freaks out and convinces her to use a regular one. When he begins eating, Celty notices he's crying. Although he claims the food is unorthodox (like her) and delicious, she believes him to be forcing himself to eat and traps the food in a ball of shadow. Shinra suggests they instead play a game, but Celty is annoyed he treats her like a child. She then explains that most of her memories are of him but that she wants her memories of 100 years ago. He questions her need for hundred-year old memories, causing Celty to yell that she is forgetting her own face, then storming out of their apartment. Later, Shinra hears the doorbell and thinks Celty returned, but the man at the door says he needs Shinra to fix someone.

Anri Sonohara notices her shoes are missing. Masaomi has some idea who might have taken them and rushes off. As Mikado and Anri search the school, Anri discusses the change in Masaomi's behavior. She then tells Mikado about her habit of losing things as a kid, when she would cry until her mom came to help look. He comments that her mom must be a very nice person, and Anri quickly replies that both her mom and dad are nice people. She says he can stop looking and thanks him for his help, then dashes out the door. Mikado calls Masaomi and tells him to stop looking, not because they found it, but because Anri left, although he himself is still searching. As Mikado walks through the halls, he sees Anri's shoes on the lawn. Celty and Shizuo Heiwajima stand by an empty lot and try to remember what was there. Shizuo states how weird it is to see an empty space in a city, while Celty thinks that although she gets mad at Shinra for telling her to stop looking for her head, she has friends here and acts like a human. She remembers there used to be a blue building, and Shizuo remembers she sold cigarettes.

At the park, Mikado meets the lost things girl. He asks to look through the notepad and sees Erika's message to Walker along with another page where someone wrote 'head'. While looking, he tells the girl how he found some stuff, but didn't find some stuff, then writes his own message in the notebook.

Celty returns to home to find Shinra gone on a job, however she feels that something is not right. Shinra is told by the man from earlier about the kid who went on a rampage with fireworks, demanding the  Pharmaceuticals return his girlfriend. He asks Shinra to 'fix' the boy so that he won't remember the  Pharmaceuticals. When Shinra hesitates, saying he would still remember the kid, the man assures the doctor they will release the boy. He reminds Shinra that both he and the boss trust Shinra because he keeps "that thing" a secret, then says he knows it isn't just an average houseguest.

As Celty drives out to find Shinra, she notices it is the first time in a while where she wasn't thinking about finding her head. When they meet in the park, Shinra proposes they go out to eat. His restauraunt of choice is Russia Sushi, but he soon notices the strange types of sushi. After the meal, the pair recieve fortune cookies. Shinra explains what they are to Celty, who's fortune says, "You will find what you're looking for". He states that he had never seen her so happy before. Celty asks what his fortune will be. He reads "Unrequited Love" and eats the cookie whole, with the fortune, and lies to Celty that his didn't have a fortune.

Erika and Walker have found each other at the park and happily dance around. Mikado returns Anri's shoes to her apartment, where Anri thanks him but quickly shuts the door in his face. While she is happy, Celty hopes her head is smiling, wherever it is. Seiji Yagiri is in an apartment with the redheaded girl where remarks that she still seems scared. He asks her if she can remember anything yet, but she shakes her head. This is fine to Seiji, who declares they are the future, and tells her he loves her, calling her Celty. As Celty climbs into her bed at Shinra's place, she has a dream of when she was whole, for the first time in many years. In the dream, her head resembles the face of the redheaded girl.

Chatroom

Taro Tanaka begins by discussing how he always seems to lose important things, like a new umbrella instead of the old one. Kanra comments that maybe we just think the stuff we lose is more important than the things we have.

Adapted From
Adapted from? Which chapter of manga and/or novel

Referbacks

 * To the kidnapping of Kazutano by Yagiri Pharmaceuticals

Unanswered Questions

 * Why does Seiji call his girlfriend Celty and who is she?
 * What exactly are the operations of Yagiri Pharmaceuticals?