Durarara!! EP09

Holy cow, I was losing interest in Durarara!! Because I thought the series wasn't really going anywhere but, wow... episode 09 tightened the knot and it really got me interested now. Episode 09 basically determines everyone's motives and how all of the characters are going to be functioning in the series as a whole.

The Rundown: The episode starts off with Seiji Yagiri and his girlfriend just hanging out. Yagiri, despite leaving school, still keeps in contact with his sister. However, when Yagiri isn't looking, Yagiri's girlfriend tosses his phone into a fountain.

After the whole couple scene, We learn about the Seiji and Namie Yagiri. Apparently, Seiji and Namie lived very lonely lives and only had each other to depend on. Namie develops a deep brother complex and shares with Seiji her most precious secret. Namie shows Seiji Selty's head. Seiji grows a very creepy kind of love for the head. 

Namie gets concerned after ONE day of not having contact with her brother and asks Izaya for help. The scene here really caught my eye because Namie's personality seems to vary greatly between her feelings for her brother and those which she displays normally. I guess her love for him is very abnormal.

Namie recalls the whole situation which led to Seiji running away from home. One day Namie found her ID for work was missing and, later on, Namie receives a phone call from her brother. Her brother explains how he killed someone. Namie is relatively calm but, she really displays her brother complex because Seiji finally needs her help and she is definitely going to capitalize on it.

We finally discover how the girl with the scar on her neck is actually Selty, well sort of. She has Selty's head grafted onto it due to Namie's doing.

Seiji's girlfriend gets a message telling her to escape and when she tries to grab Seiji, Seiji becomes reluctant. Selty confronts her head, but Seiji tries to intervene. Shizuo ends up taking a few pens into the flesh from Seiji and yes I'm serious... Seiji stabbed pens into Shizuo's limbs.

Selty's head flees the scene and hits, what I would call, the main character, Mikado. Mikado, being the nice guy that he is, ends up helping Selty's head escape.

Shizuo manhandles Seiji because Seiji didn't understand the difficulties his girlfriend was going through.

He seriously got stabbed with a pen...

Selty goes home and tells Shinra how she found her head on another body. By the way, I really liked how the voice actress did this scene. She sounded amazingly cute but really sobby at the same time. Selty is determined to find Mikado.

Namie rallies her troops and is also determined to find Mikado. Namie also gives permission to kill Selty's head on the spot if they have to. Also, it turns out Iriya was the one giving Selty's head the information about when danger was coming.

Final Opinions: This episode definitely moved the story big time. All the characters are involved in the story now. I'm really glad they had those episodes explaining the character's past and what not because it really helps paint a picture of the characters personality and their motives. Namie is obviously willing to destroy Selty's head if it means her brother will only look at her. Selty desperately just wants to find her head so she can feel whole again. Selty's head and Seiji want to be together because they love each other. Iriya wants to love everyone and be loved by everyone.