Durarara!! Episode 03

Title: Chōryōbakko (跳梁跋扈) - Rampant Evil

Japanese Date Aired: 21 January 2010

English Date Aired: 9 July 2011
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Previous Episode → 02

Next Episode → 04

Narrated by Simon Brezhnev

Synopsis
Two Russian girls ask Simon for directions, which he gives. At Raira Academy, Anri Sonohara and Mikado Ryūgamine volunteer to be the Class Representives. Mikado talks to Anri after class, but their conversation is cut short when Anri sees a teacher coming toward her. Masaomi Kida arrives, telling Mikado that he and Anri are very cute together, along with some hints on how to make her love him. As Masaomi tries to pick up older women, Mikado hears a rumor that the Dollars have been behind slashing attacks recently. The friends then run into Kyohei Kadota, Erika Karisawa, and Walker Yumasaki. They tell Mikado to stay away from the Dollars, then Erika and Walker try to decide whether the Dollars are at war with Flame Haze, and whether Kyohei is an older brother character or the father character.

Tom Tanaka and Shizuo Heiwajima are walking down the street when they see Celty Sturluson. Tom remarks that it's too early for scary things. Seiji Yagiri and Anri separately look for Mika Harima, and Anri finds a girl who looks like Mika, but realizes it is not her. Anri then meets a trio of female bullies, who tell her that she should stop acting cool when Mika's not around anymore. The bullies warn her that their boyfriend is in the Dollars.

Mikado sees the bulling and wants to help, but just when he decides to help, Izaya Orihara arrives and pushes Mikado in front of the bullies. Izaya then says that although he doesn't want to fight girls, he takes one girl's cell phone and smashes it, then shaves the "Dollars" boyfriend's head with his switchblade.

On a park bench, Izaya tells Masaomi "it's been a while." Masaomi then introduces Mikado to Izaya, and Mikado recognizes Izaya's name as the person he is absolutely not supposed to piss off. Masaomi asks Izaya what he is doing in Ikebukuro, and Izaya responds that he came to see someone, and that someone is Mikado.

Suddenly, a large trash can comes flying and hits Izaya. A man in a bartender uniform tells Izaya that he told him never to set foot in Ikebukuro again, to which Izaya replies that even though he framed "Shizu-chan" for something he didn't do, he shouldn't get so mad about it. The man tells Izaya not to call him that, as his name is Shizuo Heiwajima. As Izaya readies his knife, a group of gangsters with the man from before come to attack Izaya. However, when they see Shizuo, one of them looses control and attacks Shizuo. Shizuo proceeds to attack all the gangsters, and in the chaos, Izaya begins to get away. Shizuo throws a vending machine at him, but Simon jumps from where he was delivering sushi on the top floor and stops the machine.

Mikado grabs Anri's hand and the two run from the scene to a park. Anri then leaves, and Mikado watches as Celty drives by. Elsewhere, Seiji finds the girl with the scar on her neck. Shizuo talks with Celty, wondering why Izaya was in Ikebukuro. Izaya reads a message on his cell phone. Simon is still advertising sushi fliers, although he was fairly beat up by Shizuo.

Chatroom

Setton and Kanra tell Taro Tanaka that they are both familiar with the Dollars, but to stay away from them. Setton wonders if they're real, and Taro Tanaka replies that he thinks they are just an internet prank. Setton says they're dangerous and to stay away. Later, Kanra says the Dollars were behind something, but Taro Tanaka assures him that he was there, and the Dollars did not pick a fight with Shizuo. However, Kanra was talking about some mugging elsewhere and warns Taro Tanaka to stay away from the Dollars.

Adapted From
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Referbacks
refs to previous episodes

Trivia

 * When Simon is narrating the episode, his accent is American instead of Russian.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * 1) Simon Brezhnev
 * 2) Seiji Yagiri
 * 3) Mikado Ryūgamine
 * 4) Anri Sonohara
 * 5) Takashi Nasujima
 * 6) Masaomi Kida
 * 7) Erika Karisawa
 * 8) Walker Yumasaki
 * 9) Kyohei Kadota
 * 10) Tom Tanaka
 * 11) Shizuo Heiwajima
 * 12) Celty Sturluson
 * 13) Izaya Orihara
 * 14) Hiroshi

Unanswered Questions

 * Who is the redheaded girl?
 * What is the Masaomi's relation with Izaya?

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 animes such as Hell Girl - there are many more referring to the series, Baccano!