History WMG / Durarara

* What about Wales?

[[WMG: Durarara is an allegory for [[UnitedKingdom United Kingdom]]]]

[[WMG:Izaya is an extremely out-of-his-mind [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Nozomu Itoshiki.]]]]

[[WMG: The whole series is a prequel to ShinMegamiTensei]]

Celty is from {{Ireland}} (since she's Irish [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]]), Shizuo is known for being angry (like [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegian stereotype]]), and Izaya is known for being manipulating a lot of people to the point [[EvilBrit he could be a Bond villain if you add British accent]]. [[HateAtFirstSight Shizuo hates Izaya]] but [[FoeYay Erika and some DRRR fangirls love to pair them together]], Shizuo is friendly with Celty (same way how [[{{Scotireland}} Scotland and Ireland are friendly with each other]]), and Izaya has Celty's head, the northern part of her body. In short, DRRR is also an allegory for United Kingdom. (Celty - {{Ireland}}; Shizuo - {{Scotland}}; Izaya - {{Britain}}; Celty's head - [[UsefulNote/NorthernIreland Northern Ireland]])

Celty is from {{Ireland}} (since she's Irish [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]]), Shizuo is known for being angry (like [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegian stereotype]]), and Izaya is known for being manipulating a lot of people to the point [[EvilBrit he could be a Bond villain if you add British accent]]. [[HateAtFirstSight Shizuo hates Izaya]] but [[FoeYay Erika and some DRRR fangirls love to pair them together]], Shizuo is friendly with Celty (same way how [[{{Scotireland}} Scotland and Ireland are friendly with each other]]), and Izaya has Celty's head, the northern part of her body. In short, DRRR is also an allegory for United Kingdom. (Celty - {{Ireland}}; Shizuo - {{Scotland}}; Izaya - {{Britain}}; Celty's head - NorthernIreland)

Celty is from {{Ireland}} (since she's Irish [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]]), Shizuo is known for being angry (like [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegian stereotype]]), and Izaya is known for being manipulating a lot of people to the point [[EvilBrit he could be a Bond villain if you add British accent]]. [[HateAtFirstSight Shizuo hates Izaya]] but [[FoeYay Erika and some DRRR fangirls love to pair them together]], Shizuo is friendly with Celty (same way how [[Scotireland Scotland and Ireland are friendly with each other]]), and Izaya has Celty's head, the northern part of her body. In short, DRRR is also an allegory for United Kingdom. (Celty - {{Ireland}}; Shizuo - {{Scotland}}; Izaya - {{Britain}}; Celty's head - NorthernIreland)

Celty is from {{Ireland}} (since she's Irish [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]]), Shizuo is known for being angry (like [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegian stereotype]]), and Izaya is known for being manipulating a lot of people to the point [[EvilBrit he could be a Bond villain if you add British accent]]. [[HateAtFirstSight Shizuo hates Izaya]] but [[FoeYay Erika and some DRRR fangirls love to pair them together]], and Izaya has Celty's head, the northern part of her body. In short, DRRR is also an allegory for United Kingdom. (Celty - {{Ireland}}; Shizuo - {{Scotland}}; Izaya - {{Britain}}; Celty's head - NorthernIreland)

Celty is from {{Ireland}} (since she's Irish [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]]), Shizuo is known for being angry (like [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegian stereotype]]), and Izaya is known for being manipulating a lot of people to the point [[EvilBrit he could be a Bond villain if you add British accent]]. [[HateAtFirstSight Shizuo hates Izaya]] but [[FoeYay Erika and some DRRR fangirls love to pair them together]], and Izaya has Celty's head, the northern part of her body. In short, DRRR is also an allegory for United Kingdom. (Celty - {{Ireland}}; Shizuo - {{Scotland}}; Izaya - {{Britain}}; Celty's head - Northern Ireland)

Celty is from {{Ireland}} (since she's Irish [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]]), Shizuo is known for being angry (like [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegian stereotype]]), and Izaya is known for being manipulating a lot of people to the point [[EvilBrit he could be a Bond villain if you add British accent]]. [[HateAtFirstSight Shizuo hates Izaya]] but [[FoeYay Erika and some DRRR fangirls love to pair them together]], and Izaya has Celty's head, the northern part of her body. In short, DRRR is also an allegory for United Kingdom. (Celty - {{Ireland}}; Shizuo - {{Scotland}}; Izaya - {{GreatBritian}}; Celty's head - Northern Ireland)

Celty is from {{Ireland}} (since she's Irish [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]]), Shizuo is known for being angry (like [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegian stereotype]]), and Izaya is known for being manipulating a lot of people to the point [[EvilBrit he could be a Bond villain if you add British accent]]. [[HateAtFirstSight Shizuo hates Izaya]] but [[FoeYay Erika and some DRRR fangirls love to pair them together]], and Izaya has Celty's head, the northern part of her body. In short, DRRR is also an allegory for United Kingdom. (Celty - {{Ireland}}; Shizuo - {{Scotland}}; Izaya - {{Britian}}; Celty's head - Northern Ireland)

[[WMG:Masaomi Kida is either related to, or grows up to be, Alibaba Saluja from Magi: Labyrinth of Magic]]
Look at a picture of both of them. They're both blonds with golden eyes who are casanovas who love women, have tragic pasts, cannot attain a woman to save their lives, and they're both talented fighters whose best friends are little, shy, quiet boys with hidden pasts/abilities, and above all they have bad relationships with dark-haired guys. Alibaba looks like a grown up Masaomi Kida. The only thing that kinda doesn't fit is that Kida's hair color is brown and not naturally blond. But they could be ancestors, or distant cousins.

[[WMG: The reason Saika hates monsters, non-humans and Izaya]]
Is because she's afraid that if she cuts one and turns it into a daughter blade, it will try and take over, eventually becoming the ''new'' Mother.

Judging by the whole urban/mythological thing they got going on. In DRRR you have a reaper in the germanic sense, with influence from irish and norse mythos, as well as a possessed blade clearly influenced by eastern mythology. Add lovecraftian demons in Baccano. What other series mixes these mythos into a single one? Shin Megami Tensei. Also, as I mentioned, the urban theme is very similar, as well as the fight between order and chaos. There aren't many references to abrahamic religions, and I don't know how well Vamp fits in, as I haven't read it, but I wouldn't be surprised the way the story plays out to have Mikado get an email about a summoning program.

Since this is the same universe as Baccano! Izaya found (or will find) a way to become immortal. Or maybe he already is.

[[WMG:Masaomi Kida is either related to, or grows up to be Alibaba Saluja from Magi: Labyrinth of Magic]]
Look at a picture of both of them. They're both blonds with golden eyes who are casanovas who love women, have tragic pasts, cannot attain a woman to save their lives, and they're both talented fighters whose best friends are little, shy quiet boys with hidden pasts/abilities, and above all they have bad relationships with dark-haired guys. Alibaba looks like a grown up Kida Masaomi. The only thing that kinda doesn't fit is that Kida's hair color is brown and not naturally blond. But they could be ancestors, or distant cousins.

* If he's in the closet, it is the ''most transparent closet'' '''''ever.''''' There was at least one time he deliberately goaded Celty into {{Dope Smack}}ing him, and was happy when she did.

* 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 headcanon.

They never explain how Shinra became friends with such a {{jerkass}}. It would also explain why bringing up the incident in middle school shuts Izaya up and knowing Izaya, it must have been REALLY bad to get him to be quiet. In other words, Shinra might hold the key to Izaya's weakness.

[[WMG: Shinra is a {{Yandere}}.]]

[[WMG: Izaya is an incarnation of [[TricksterArchetype Loki]].]]

[[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 SweeneyTodd thing going on, but this seems unlikely, given his pacifist nature and status as TheAtoner. So why is he so hung up cannibalism?

Not [[ThePowerOfLove to teach her how to love again,]] [[SubvertedTrope but because she comes to depend on his protection.]]

Because I think it's pretty clear Izaya's not human. He and the Master are both FauxAffablyEvil [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent]]/ManipulativeBastard [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Manchildren]] with plenty of FoeYay. After [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]], he fled to Japan and regenerated. Izaya's fear of death could be related to why the master [[JokerImmunity never dies, even when he's supposed to.]]

Seriously, think about it. They look a lot alike (black hair, red-colored eyes); both have serious rivals (Shizuo and Claude), whom they are often paired with in fanfiction; they both have in-universe fangirls; have people close to them that act cold towards them but are actually close to (Namie and Ciel); both are feared; both are [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smilers]], and so on...
** Izaya also shares his birthdate with Sebastian's seiyuu. [[GlassesPull COINCIDENCE!?]]. Oh, and not too mention they both have one unlikely friend (Shinra and Agni). They really are quite similar, but he only thing is that Kuro was written three years ''after'' DRRR!! started. Plus, a lot of characters in anime have black hair and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] to make them look more sinister, and they don't really look alike other than that.

Not because [[ThePowerOfLove teach her how to love again,]] [[SubvertedTrope but because she comes to depend on his protection.]]

We only know a few things about the manager. In Shizuo's flashback in the novels, the manager gets mentioned as one of the people who isn't scared of Shizuo, and the narration says "He knows how to deal with Shizuo". Right afterwards, it brings up Simon and specifically states that he can protect himself from Shizuo, so it's almost certain that the manager deals with Shizuo in a way besides violence. We know from Jinnai managing Ruri that he knows how to handle unstable people with superhuman power. Another clue comes in the 9th novel when Tom talks to Vorona about Shizuo being late, due to serving as a bodyguard for the manager, who states has plenty of enemies. Who has more enemies than Jinnai? Not to mention just the fact that we haven't had even a name for the manager mentioned, much less an appearance. And this is Narita, where 99% of the cast is a huge badass and/or epic troll. I don't think he'd hold off so long on showing a character that closely connected to Shizuo for no reason.
* While not entirely impossible this theory is very unlikely. When Shizuo mentioned his manager that knew how to deal with his anger problems, he most probably meant Tom. Besides, Jinnai rather brainwashed Ruri than really dealt with her. It is also implied that Shizuo's and Tom's manager stays in Ikebukuro. And Izaya sent both Kida and Saki somewhere far away to spy on Jinnai. Not to mention that he followed Izaya all the way to Northeastern Japan, just to stab him. Unless Jinnai doesn’t have shape-shifting and teleportation powers, he almost certainly isn’t Shizuo’s main boss.

[[WMG: Durarara takes place in the near future, where anonymous has become a physical organzation]]

It would explain why Shizuo can't hold a proper job anymore and why his younger brother wanted him to keep a steady job so badly. This troper figures that something simple may be too little for Izaya to pull off, but he is a total jerkass and would stoop to petty crime like this to get something done.

* If he's in the closet, it is the most transparent closet ''ever.'' There was at least one time he deliberately goaded Celty into {{Dope Smack}}ing him, and was happy when she did.

And goes by... the dollars.

* 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.

** ''It's actually Lampshaded'' by Namie. Izaya shrugs it off, though.

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.

[[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 SweeneyTodd thing going on, but this seems unlikely, given his pacifist nature and status as TheAtoner. So why is he so hung up cannibalism?

** Original troper here. Found this on the [[http://drrrkink.livejournal.com/2231.html?thread=5477559 kink meme]] and it's very disturbing to say the least but the worse part is that ''it's in character.'' Make what you will...

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.

** Or perhaps he "kidnapped" and killed a beloved pet of Aoba's or something. That sounds a bit more in character and fare less {{Squick}}.

*** The above is a very valid point, but it being completly jossed is arguable. One thing to remeber about Hetalia is that very little of what people assume to be true is ever outright stated, and thus many things taken as {{Canon}} are just {{Fanon}} at the moment. It's never outright stated that Prussia is East Germany, or that nations are completely, entirely imortal. And if Prussia was East Germany, than he may have all the more reason to fear death as, unlike the Italy brothers, West Germany was pretty much taken as the Real Germany after the unification, adopting it's government, ect. So he could be holding on simply because of Ostalgie. But still as you said, Izaya does have sisters, and I personaly think the below Troper's idea has more merit.

** Except that in the anime at least, they attempted to {{Retcon}} that part (you know, when they tell Kida [[spoiler: "Your girlfriend was crippled by a gang that doesn't exist."]]) but that doesn't seem to have worked. ... OH WAIT. Need to check that wording, but [[spoiler: Blue Square doesn't exist (anymore) at that moment, since they're all in Dollars...]]

Spoilers for Simon and Chief Chef's backstory: [[spoiler:Walker and Erika's fabricated backstory for the staff of Russian Sushi is way to close to the truth for it to be mere coincidence, and you'll notice that that TheMafiya doesn't make any sort of presence in the series until ''after'' they conclude Simon and Dennis are ex-KGB and on the run from Russian weapon dealers.]] The reason? Because Walker and Erika didn't just guess their past, they ''willed it into existence''. Kinda puts Walker and Erika's comments about "choosing" the bits reality they want to be real into a new light, huh?

* 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. 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?