History Characters / Gameplay

* BeneathTheMask: Well, LightNovel/{{Durarara}} is crossing over a series that has Jungian psychology as a central theme; What do you expect?

His Shadow, like Shizuo, broke into pieces: Hibiya (Intelligence), Sakuraya (Perception), Psyche (Adaptation), and Hachimenroppi (Loneliness/Heart). When one, it showed an Izaya with a long coat, representing himself.

* {{Irony}}: Many humans would love to punish Izaya for what he did to them. TheBigBad, however, chose Izaya to play and manipulate another pathetic human just like he did with [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} Takahisa Kandori]], [[VideoGame/Persona2 Tatsuya Sudou]], and many others in the P2 duology - not to punish per say; he certainly put Izaya in his place as a measly human compared to a god like himself. He mainly wanted to break Izaya by twisting his decisions till he ''broke''. Had not Izaya instead chose to awaken his Persona, he could've won power over yet another pitiful human.

* ManipulativeBastard: Far exceeded Izaya's level which is a given since he was the BigBad of VideoGame/{{Persona}} and VideoGame/Persona2. Shinra pointed out Izaya fell right in his trap as he was aware Izaya knew the case and how it worked.

** [[spoiler:Izaya [[MutualEnvy envied]] and admired Shizuo and Shinra for: love and express emotions. Self-loathing, he's afraid of his heart and wonders about the capabilities of his emotions. He's aware of his reputation but nonetheless, he is still hurt; outwardly he presents himself as the daredevil who don't care what others say about him.]]

* ConnectedAllAlong: She associated with Kasuka for a movie prior to the fic although it did seem that she became at least acquainted with them.

* ProperlyParanoid: While they have an idea of a human killer, they still kept in mind of a supernatural culprit who may or may not plan a large scheme beyond the scope of murder just in case. Yosuke pointed out that there might be a divine being like Izanami out there pulling the strings before they even learned the circumstances of Seiji's death; all they knew was a high school student died of unnatural causes, therefore, a homicide. They had also realized TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt was coming as they knew TheBigBad was behind it, even without Celty and Anri visiting Igor. Notably, despite TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, [[PutOnTheBus Kanji, Teddie, Yukiko, and Chie]] ''trusted'' the rest of the remaining IT and the DRRR cast to save the world.

* TrueCompanions: Commented by Shinra and Celty; kept in contact in the third arc as those PutOnABus were kept updated

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* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fans]]: The readers know that when they see the Persona world, whether or not they will have their own Persona or not, they will be so happy participating in a RPGMechanicsVerse with mythologyical figures that one can summon from one's own PersonalityPowers.

* {{Otaku}}: Huge fans of Risette and were quite happy to temporarily protect her after her attack.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:''Everything'' supernatural in Ikebukuro including Shizuo and Izaya's CharlesAtlasSuperpower came from the Persona-verse. This newfound knowledge shocked Shinra, Celty, and Shizuo who thought it was a new occurrence to add in Ikebukuro's list of weird; Shizuo noted that this supposed new world had been with them since ''forever'' as he now know the truth of his SuperStrength and HealingFactor as well as Celty and Shinra realizing the former's vague familiarity with the Sea of Souls]]. It was worth the wait in the DRRR cast's mind.