Durarara!! Saika Arc Chapter 002

Demon Blade, Dog Meat is the second chapter of the Saika Arc manga adaptation.

Synopsis
The chapter starts in the chatroom where user Kanra talks about Shuuji Niekawa being slashed. Setton seems worried about the guy, explaining that she was a fan of his work. At this point, Saika joins the chat and begins spamming. During the spam, Setton mentions that other chat forums seem confused as to how to deal with this. The entire chat is mostly observing the spam when Saika suddenly begins to talk about Shizuo Heiwajima. TaroTanaka private messages Kanra, seemingly to test whether or not he's behind this, only to have Kanra reply in a similarly confused manner.

Elsewhere in Saburo Togusa's van, Kyouhei Kadota is watching the news on his phone, commenting that there were fifty slashings the previous night. Walker Yumasaki and Erika Karisawa discuss what sort of anime character would be behind such an event. Kyouhei remarks that the first accident from half a year ago and the ones that followed and shortly afterwards, everyone in the car suddenly receives a text from the Dollars admin.

Elsewhere, Celty Sturluson is checking that very same text message. She expresses concern over who the slasher is, deciding then that she couldn't allow this to continue. Shinra enters the room, suggesting that Celty doesn't stress out too much but simply do what she can. Shinra and Celty discuss the the slashings, in which Shinra brings up the slashing incidents from five years prior. The slasher at that time attacked people in a similar fashion, and on one occasion they barged their way into their victims home and cut them down. Aside from those two murders, all the other victims were left with only minor injuries. With this train of thought, the doctor mentions 'Saika.' Celty immediately panics and tells Shinra about the troll who had been frequenting the chatroom lately under the same name.

Trivia

 * This chapter's title derives from the expression 羊頭狗肉, which refers to an instance where "a better name is used to sell inferior goods." The characters for "sheep head" (羊頭) are replaced with the homophone characters for "demon blade" (妖刀).

Quotes
Walker: "A true nerd knows the difference between 2-D and 3-D and chooses 2-D every freakin' time!!"