Durarara!! Episode 05

Title: Yōtōkuniku (羊頭狗肉) - Crying Wine and Selling Vinegar

Japanese Date Aired: 4 February 2010

English Date Aired: 23 July 2011

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Synopsis
The episode opens in flash-forward with a mysterious person stabbing Celty Sturluson in the arm. At Raira Academy, Masaomi Kida hits on Anri Sonohara while she and Mikado Ryugamine discuss recent events. Masaomi offers to be Anri's boyfriend, but accepts being in a love triangle with Mikado and Anri.

Previously, Takashi Nasujima stops Anri in the hall and says he's concerned for her because Mika Harima hasn't come to school yet and that she can tell him anything. He reveals that he arranged for Mika and Anri to be in the same class, then puts his arm around Anri and tells her to be careful because the Slasher has been making appearances lately. Masaomi sees them and asks if Nasujima is sexually harassing Anri, so Nasujima leaves. As Masaomi talks to Anri, Mikado arrives and the trio walks to a nearby park.

After getting Mikado and Anri ice cream, Masaomi warns her that Nasujima had been dating a second-year student, Haruna Niekawa, who transfered out of Raira this year. Mikado asks Anri about the bullies from her junior high, having heard that they bullied her because her friend Mika Harima was gone. Anri says Mika had been missing since before school started and the only thing she left was a text to Anri saying her heart was broken and she had gone on a trip. Anri shows Mikado and Masaomi a picture book of her and Mika and also reveals Mika was a stalker. Masaomi deduces Mika stalked Seiji Yagiri.

As Mikado is about to say Mika just used Anri to make herself look better, Anri says the same thing. She also admits to depending on Mika, but now she is independent. The reason why she chose to be class rep was because that was the job Mika wanted, and Anri wanted to prove that she could be better than Mika. She tells Mikado and Masaomi that she was asking for their forgiveness, then thanks Mikado for his understanding. A laughing Masaomi pushes his friend off the park bench.

A newspaper writer, Shuji Niekawa, is interviewing for his article about the toughest guy in Ikebukuro. The responses include the Headless Rider, the Slasher, and the Dollars.

Mikado talks with Masaomi about wanting to find Mika and Seiji. Masaomi tells him he would need a huge organization to do that, so Mikado suggests the Dollars. Masaomi stares at his friend in shock and asks him if he is seriously considering joining the Dollars, which Mikado denies. Masaomi promises himself that he would never allow Mikado to see the darkness Ikebukuro holds. Shinra Kishitani tells Celty she has a transporting job for the yakuza.

Niekawa continues his interview, recieveing answers such as Simon Brezhnev, Izaya Orihara, the Dollars, and Shizuo Heiwajima. Then, someone says it used to be the Yellow Scarves color gang until they had a huge gang war with the Blue Squares and both gangs disintegrated, but now they're back. Kyohei Kadota, Walker Yumasaki, Erika Karisawa, and Saburo Togusa are discussing the same gang war in Russia Sushi. Masaomi enters the restraunt and asks them for advice on how to keep a friend of his from the Dollars. Mikado is looking for Mika and Seiji but is being followed by two men in suits. When he spots Seiji, he is told off for interrupting their romantic getaway, but not before he notices the girl does not look like Mika Harima. After leaving Russia Sushi, Masaomi bumps into the Yellow Scarves, who take him into an alleyway to beat him up. Mikado sees Masaomi and runs to him.

Mikado and Masaomi notice the Black Rider chasing the Slasher and run to watch. The Slasher returns to the alleyway and cuts the Yellow Scarves members. The two friends stop running and laugh about the crazy things that go on in Ikebukuro.

In a hospital, Izaya visits a pale girl. She is surprised and glad to see him, then tells Izaya that "he" hasn't visited yet and only walks to the corner but never enters the hospital. Izaya says he's sure "he" will come. The girl's phone has a picture of her with Masaomi. Niekawa returns to his home and asks Haruna to come down. Haruna is busily typing away on her computer. Masaomi remarks that the three of them - he, Mikado, and Anri - have a friendship that can weather any storm.

Chatroom

A new person arrives in the chatroom and posts randomly, then leaves quickly. Kanra wonders if that was a troll, and Setton thinks it was an alien. Setton then says that's not scary, and Taro Tanaka asks if she thinks the slasher is not scary. Setton replies that aliens are not scary but the new person is. Later, Kanra says he banned the troll, then asks the chatroom if they heard that the Yellow Scarves were hit by the Slasher. Taro Tanaka inquires as to what the Yellow Scarves and the Slasher are, but Kanra procceeds to asks if the Slasher is with the Dollars.

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

Referbacks

 * To Anri being bullied by three girls from her junior high
 * To Mikado and Anri running from the fight between Shizuo, Izaya, and the gangsters
 * To Anri stopping Seiji outside the school to ask him about Mika Harima

New Characters
Shuji Niekawa

Haruna Niekawa

Unanswered Questions:
Who is the girl who cut off Celty's helmet?

Where is Mika Harima?

Who is the girl dating Seiji Yagiri?

Quotes
Masaomi: Mr. Nasujima you sexually harassing her?