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His brother mentioned that he beat up Aoba often because of an inferiority complex. But then he mentioned that he went too far this one time and then Aoba got him back [[spoiler: by setting his room on fire.]] Izumi then states that Aoba took all the physical abuse and never complained about it. When you put this info together, something that was out there like rape might have done it in. And since Izumi would [[spoiler: resort to kidnapping and later attempted murder]], he might as do this.

There's already speculation that Walker is part American. And their smiles are just way to similar.

* Now that you mention it...*looks at Tick, looks at Walker, looks at Tick, looks at Walker*. Hmm, you're probably on to something there. That smile, plus EyesAlwaysShut, plus their, er, [[TortureTechnician talent]], all in all it's pretty close to becoming head canon.

There's already speculation that Walker is part American. And their smiles are just way to similar.

There's already speculation that Walker is at part American. And their smiles are just way to similar.

* I personally endorse this theory because otherwise, there are some definite UnfortunateImplications about the black guy being a cannibal, and as you say, he and Dennis aren't the type to pull a SweeneyTodd.

One possible explanation is that, somewhere in his DarkAndTroubledPast, Simon wound up in a Donner Party-esque situation (maybe some secret KGB mission gone wrong) where his options were to eat the flesh of his already dead comrades or starve to death. He came out alive and sane, but was understandably traumatized by having to eat his buddies and is still a bit hung up about it. So, while the fist question that comes to most people's minds when encountering strange food usually isn't "Hey, this Russian sushi doesn't have people in it, does it?" it's the fist question that comes to ''his'' mind, which is why he keeps mentioning it.

[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Simon is awfully insistent in making sure everyone knows that there's no human flesh in his sushi]]. Now the normal conclusion for this sort of thing, [[DysfunctionJunction considering the setting]], would be that he and Dennis have some sort of SweenyTodd thing going on, but this seems unlikely, given his pacifist nature and status as TheAtoner. So why is he so hung up cannibalism?

[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Simon is awfully insistent in making sure everyone knows that there's no human flesh in his sushi]]. Now the normal conclusion for this sort of thing, [[DysfunctionJunctio considering the setting]], would be that he and Dennis have some sort of SweenyTodd thing going on, but this seems unlikely, given his pacifist nature and status as TheAtoner. So why is he so hung up cannibalism?

One possible explanation is that, somewhere in his DarkAndTroubledPast, Simon wound up in a Donner Party-esque situation (maybe some secet KGB mission gone wrong) where his options were to eat the flesh of his already dead comrades or starve to death. He came out alive and sane, but was understandably traumatized by having to eat his buddies and is still a bit hung up about it. So, while the fist question that comes to most people's minds when encountering strange food usually isn't "Hey, this Russian sushi doesn't have people in it, does it?" it's the fist question that comes to ''his'' mind, which is why he keeps mentioning it.

Think about it (but not too hard)! Since this would all be occurring on Terra around M2 its reasonable to assume all the weird stuff thats going on Ikebukuro is a result of the still young Chaos gods exerting their influence on a humanity that has not fully awakened to its psychic potential yet. Don't buy it? Look at Anri. Wields a sword, wants to love everybody to death, refers to her followers as "children" and they to her as "mother". She's clearly possessed by a [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Great_Unclean_One Great Unclean One]]. Izaya is quite obviously being whispered to by a [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Lord_of_Change Lord of Change]]. And who hates those scheming parakeets more than anything? Just try to tell me Shizuo isn't a mini [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Khorne_Berzerker Khorne berzerker]]. It all adds up man.

''Or'' he deliberately acts like he is, to troll other people with passing knowledge of NorseMythology [[FourthWallObserver and the audience]].

* {{Alternate Character Interpretation}} indeed!

Think about it: His first meeting with his future love interest involves cutting her open. He lives with said woman for twenty years- it's implied that over the years he didn't think of ''anyone'' other than Celty as a potential love interest- and constantly says she'll be his future wife. He does basically everything in his power to keep her from finding her head, just because if she does she MIGHT leave him. He insists on marriage only, something that would bind her to him through legal means. And he does it all while smiling that creepy little smile.

His brother mentioned that he beat up Aoba often because of an inferiority complex. But then he mentioned that he went too far this one time and then Aoba got him back [[spoiler: by setting his room on fire.]] Izumi then states that Aoba took all the physical abuse and never complained about it. When you put this info together, something that was out there like rape might have done it in. And since Izumi would [[spoiler: resort to kidnapping and later attempted murder]], he might as do this.

[[spoiler:More like an EldritchAbomination like Baccano!'s Ronnie Sukiart]]. This came to me suddenly when I watched Baccano! just now, the episode when [[spoiler:they reveal Ronnie as the 'demon']]. I mean, Celty's able to make fucking ''clothes'' with her smokin' power, [[spoiler:why not a body?]] Her memories as a Dullahan could be [[spoiler:because the demons ''were'' faes]]. Maybe it was some sort of [[spoiler:demons' quirky trait (Ruri Hijiribe's granddad is rumored to be a Dullahan, too, if I'm not mistaken.) so they just hung out with heads unattached, some with butterfly wings, others with pointy ears, etc]]. Maybe even those myths actually ''started'' [[spoiler:from humans who saw those crazy circus freaks walking by and promptly thought they were divine beings]].

There's ''gotta'' be a reason why they're drawn with nail polish so often.

[[WMG:Mikado manages the online dating site that Tom Tanaka and Shizou work for]]

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[[WMG:Mikado is a vocaloid]]
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* [[CrazyAwesome I SUPPORT THIS!!!]]

Because seriously, who else could match that level of [[MagnificentBastard stylishly evil]] {{Troll}}dom?

I mean, he's not a country anymore, he's '''gotta''' have a lot of free time. He just got his hair dyed.

** So Shizuo's occasional moments of madness might be attributed to Claire.
** Maybe it's just me, but does anyone else see a resemblence between Luck Gandor and Seiji Yagiri?
** Not to mention that Izaya could be either a Stanfield, Russo, or Spector; the guest extra who made the assault with the fireworks is Jacuzzi/Nice spawn (loves explosives but is too scared to use the big bombs), and [[spoiler: Anri, alias the Slasher]] exhibits a fighting style similar to Chane.

** Following the theory, Shizuo would be more fit as Thor candidate. If I remember correctly, Thor is the kind of god who is not the brightest and Shizuo isn't the brightest character of the cast, either. Masaomi on the other hand just acts like an idiot - he is certainly not, [[HiddenDepths there's more than meets the eye]]. And instead of Shizuo, ''Masaomi'' might have qualities to be Baldr/Baldur, since he is Izaya's so-called King Of Sacrifice. Baldr's death was what led to Ragnarok, too. It's debatable, though.
**Alternatively, Anri is either a gender flipped version of Freyr or a combination of him and Freyja. After all, Freyr's sword was described as being "so good that it fights of itself"- reasonably close to Saika's abilities when one takes the control of its "children" into account.

**This troper is glad she's not the only one who saw this. They really do resemble each other, both appearance and personality wise, especially in the manga, where Izaya wears an out-of-place-looking coat/cloak thing all the time like Naoya does. They probably look similar mostly because Naoya and Izaya's character designs were done by the same guy...but still.
**This troper thinks about the same thing, too, although she must disagrees with the whole Naoya's appearances being similar to Izaya's (Naoya was a basic WhiteHairedPrettyBoy while Izaya was more like Atsuro without a hat instead, but then again, [[spoiler: a problem easily fixed with reincarnation]]). Too bad that Izaya was not named as Kai or Kaien or something, though. Wait, so, does this make Mikado [[spoiler: another reincarnation of Abel/a piece of Abel's soul]], then?

*Since Saika has been rumored to be around for a couple thousand years we can edit the theory alittle bit. Graham was one of the previous owners of Saika and his spirit became the predominant personality residing in it. Reinforcing the general theory is the fact that Graham idolized Ladd and is now looking for the closest thing. Angry, talkative, and strong? Sounds like Shizuo.

*So does that mean that when they were telling the story of the prince and the princes (which is Kida and Saki) does that mean that by telling the story, they made it reality?