- Because Mikado already went yandere for Kida...
- It was mentioned that Mikado manages several online businesses for money
- Same voice, both don't get hurt easy (due to the after-effect vampirism), and both have a knack for understanding people. Additionally Izaya's casualness around Celty can be attributed to the fact that he has delt with the supernatural before. The divergence point from Bakemonogatari's timeline is his relationship with Senjougahara. Instead of following up with her after she admits to loving him, he passes up on her offer and later witnesses her in a relationship with Kanbaru, and feels a mix of envy and happiness. He realizes his love of human reaction and eventually develops an extended version of Oshino's attitude. He changes his name, fashion, hairstyle, and school. He manages to get his information network setup within a year, and meets Shizuo and Shinra at Raira. Like Araragi, Izaya has two sisters. Their name change can be attributed to the fact that they would want to help Araragi adjust to a new lifestyle.
- Feels more likely that somebody else from Baccano!'s immortal cast did that, considering that Isaac and Miria never quite figured out what was going on, and only realized they hadn't aged a day in 2001!
- The light novels came out in 2003. Issac and Miria had a perfect amount of time to blabber about their story and have it turned into a show. Besides, who else would be stupid enough to do that?
- Funny you should ask, because the answer to that would actually be Firo — who's been shown telling the story to an unnamed Japanese tourist in 2002 in The Rolling Bootlegs. Hmmm...
- So Miria, Isaac and Firo told their stories - which would make sense if you think about it: Our duo is not very bright, they can only tell their part of what happened (they did take the better part of a century to realize they are immortal, there's no way they knew the rest of the story). Firo does (at least the entire Immortal-part) and as for the rest (Jacuzzi, Chane and Vino), maybe the Daily Days did something to spread the rest of the story to Japanese anime producers...?
- The light novels came out in 2003. Issac and Miria had a perfect amount of time to blabber about their story and have it turned into a show. Besides, who else would be stupid enough to do that?
- ... Explain why, Troper?
- Not the original troper, but it probably has to do with his surname, Ryuugamine. All Vocaloids with surnames have "ne" at the end of them. However, the "ne" in Mikado's case is part of the word 峰 "mine" and not 音 "ne" like in 初音 Hatsune.
- Counterexample: Neru Akita, Hiyama Kiyoteru, and Yuki Kaai. None of their names contain 'ne' for sound yet they're vocaloids.
- Not the original troper, but it probably has to do with his surname, Ryuugamine. All Vocaloids with surnames have "ne" at the end of them. However, the "ne" in Mikado's case is part of the word 峰 "mine" and not 音 "ne" like in 初音 Hatsune.
- So Shizuo's occasional moments of madness might be attributed to Claire.
- Having Claire's genes would explain a lot about Shizuo in general. After all, in terms of superhuman abilities, throwing vending machines isn't that far removed from some of the stuff Claire does.
- 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 Anri, alias the Slasher exhibits a fighting style similar to Chane.
- This troper kinda thinks Walker looks similar to Chic.....
Well, Celty might be a Valkyrie, and with his constant manipulation of others, Izaya seems an obvious fit for Loki, and maybe Shizuo is either Thor or Baldr - he hates Izaya on sight because of what Loki did to him. Anri is Freyja - one of her roles was leading the Valkeries, hence the sword she carries, and while Freya was a love goddess, since this is Japan, she was incarnated as a moe schoolgirl. Kida also seems like a good Thor candidate, given his jovial manner and not being that bright. Finally, I could see Mikado as Odin - he pursues wisdom and is really good at getting people to follow him.
- 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, 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.
- Actually, Shinra could be Odin. Friends with Loki (Izaya): Check. Some Trickster Archetype characteristic himself: Check. Close connection to the Valkyrie: Check.
- Simon would fit Heimdall. Not only Heimdall was the guardian of the Bifrost, thus keeping Valhalla safe, but he was constantly Loki's rival in terms of his job and that he often was rarely fooled. He happens to be a key figure in keeping Ikebukuro in order when he appears and has given Izaya several lectures. Fits him perfectly!
- Wouldn't be the last time Heimdall was black...
Naoya is Cain, who will reincarnate until he does something that he's too pissed off to do. Izaya looks JUST LIKE him. It also explains why Izaya wants to cause Ragnarok. Can't reincarnate if there's no world to reincarnate to, right?
- 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 another reincarnation of Abel / a piece of Abel's soul, then?
After all, he does claim that he loves humans, and prefers observation to direct action in a chain of epic events. He only inteferes for his own amusement, contrary to the Doctor's usual practice of saving lives/civilizations/the universe. Also, he has an unusually eccentric charm to his personality, and people listen to him despite their own common sense.
As for why Shizuo/Izaya (or Kadota/Chikage) isn't canon if this is true, it's because they have to be in agreement for it to work.
- So does that mean that when they were telling the story of the prince and the princess (which is Kida and Saki) does that mean that by telling the story, they made it reality?
- Except that in the anime at least, they attempted to Retcon that part (you know, when they tell Kida "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 the Blue Squares doesn't exist (anymore) at that moment, since they're all in Dollars...
- Or it could be worded out as "Nobody crippled her at all", since she was faking her injury.
- Except that in the anime at least, they attempted to Retcon that part (you know, when they tell Kida "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 the Blue Squares doesn't exist (anymore) at that moment, since they're all in Dollars...
The answer might be that the Heiwajimas aren't entirely human. Given that we know very little about their parents (other than that they're alive and they weren't abusive), and that human/nonhuman offspring have been proven to be possible via the aforementioned Ruri, it's entirely possible for both of them to have some inhuman blood themselves — if not fae, then possibly youkai or demonic (the Naritaverse is practically an Urban Fantasy Kitchen Sink, after all).
- That makes a lot of sense. It might also explain why one is rage personified and the other totally unemotional since IIRC hybrids in folklore tended to be...odd.
- This, of course, can also fit in with the above "Shizuo and Kasuka are Huey's descendants" theory. Huey's been shown to both use his own genetic material for some Homunculi (as demonstrated by Riza) and make some wacked-out hybrids (human/dolphin, anyone?). If he ever managed to get across some supernatural blood, there's no way in hell he'd resist the temptation. The result? One of Shizuo and Kasuka's parents.
- Okay, due to the sheer amount of sense that this theory makes, with or without the Baccano connection, it is now this troper's head canon until the series proves otherwise. Also, if it does turn out to be true, then they kinda hope that the non-human contribution to the Heiwajima gene pool is some sort of fae, mainly because it'd probably be easier for Shizuo to deal with not being 100% human if the non-human part is something similar to his friend.
- This troper really hates to put a wet blanket on this theory (because this theory is absolutely amazing and is now my headcanon too), but in one of the final epsodes of Season Two (or the first season of 2X if you're stuck with Netflix like me), when Shizuo is chasing Varona, she remarks that he "doesn't have that oddness about him... he's completely human." (I can't make an exact quote, I'm afraid, since I'm at school. Remind me this weekend.)
- 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.
- Assuming you're serious, this is highly unlikely in that Izaya not only has sisters, but also fears death. Prussia, who is also East Germany, cannot die. Even after North Italy/S.Italy united Feliciano and Romano both still exist, so... Jossed.
- 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 immortal. 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.
- This troper is inclined to suspect Izaya of being proof that at some point in the past Gilbert failed to keep it in his pants.
- Assuming you're serious, this is highly unlikely in that Izaya not only has sisters, but also fears death. Prussia, who is also East Germany, cannot die. Even after North Italy/S.Italy united Feliciano and Romano both still exist, so... Jossed.
- I SUPPORT THIS!!!
- It would certainly explain his cool dress sense.
- With that train of thought, wouldn't that also make Saika like that as well? An alternate reading of this WMG would be that most supernatural beings in Narita-verse (Dullahanas, Demons, Saika,) are similar beings that simply just adapt to whatever culture they were in. For all we know The Vampires in Vamp! were granted their abilities the same way the Immortals in Baccano!!.
- Or perhaps he "kidnapped" and killed a beloved pet of Aoba's or something. That sounds a bit more in character and far less Squick.
- Why would Aoba have an animal? Aoba's backstory doesn't even mention that he had a pet at the time of the fire. Even if he did, I'm pretty sure pets aren't allowed in the area where he lived in. Plus, having a dog would be too OOC for Aoba.
- Aoba seems more like the type who would torture/step on small animals for fun rather than keep them as pets.
- Support. He was also going to rape Earthworm in front of a bunch of people. When Mikage stopped him, he said "Since you owe me one you are going to play with me, right?". He's obviously not a very nice guy...
- I didn't initially support this theory despite actually liking the idea (yeah, I be one of those yaoi fangirls), but as said above... yeah, vol 9 shows Ran to be pretty much a ''heavy'' molesting bastard◊. So while I still doubt it's gonna be canon, it's certainly not OOC on his part - and as a bonus, would also explain why Aoba, despite flirting easily, is uncomfortable when the twins get physical with him. As for pet torture, it's possible too (it is a widespread Freudian Excuse in anime/manga after all), but I don't think Aoba's parents would have let him keep a shark so I'm not gonna follow that one.
- Original troper here. Found this on the kink meme and it's very disturbing to say the least but the worst part is that it's in character. Make what you will...
- Or perhaps he "kidnapped" and killed a beloved pet of Aoba's or something. That sounds a bit more in character and far less Squick.
- It's actually lampshaded by Namie. Izaya shrugs it off, though.
One possible explanation is that, somewhere in his Dark and Troubled Past, 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.
- I personally endorse this theory because otherwise, there are some definite Unfortunate Implications about the black guy being a cannibal, and as you say, he and Dennis aren't the type to pull a Sweeney Todd.
- Alternatively, since we do know he worked with the KGB, and killed people, "Russian sushi" might have been a KGB euphemism for "giblets". He's just reassuring anyone who knows that he doesn't mean the euphemism.
- 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 Eyes Always Shut, plus their, er, talent; all in all, it's pretty close to becoming headcanon.
- Proven true, as of volume 8.
- Wouldn't giving him a living hell be worse? It seems like something Izaya would do, if for no other reason than to rub his face in it.
- Support. Don't forget that he managed to block Saika (and cut Shizuo) with that same dinky knife—despite the fact that Saika has been shown to cut through solid steel like butter.
So the series is going to end like this: Izaya will have his war, and will manage to kill Shizuo. Then Celty's head will awaken, and she'll go full Valkyrie. She'll grab Shizuo, ignore Izaya completely, and then promise Shinra she'll come back to him.
- 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 Slapping him, and was happy when she did.
- Shinra is Suzaku?
只是尖叫死神
- It's chinese instead of japanese for comedic effect.
- While not entirely impossible, this theory is very unlikely. When Shizuo mentioned that his manager knew how to deal with his anger problems, he most probably meant Tom. Besides, Jinnai brainwashed Ruri rather than really deal 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 has shape-shifting and teleportation powers, he almost certainly isn’t Shizuo’s main boss.
Soul Calibur's wielder at the time, probably Mitsurugi was able to defeat Soul Edge for good. In the end Talim (who seemed to be able to purify Soul Edge in her SC 2 ending), Taki (who was trying to destroy the swords), Ivy (for revenge and atone for her sins serving under Nightmare) or Kilik (who can wield a similar Soul Embrace weapon) was able to purify the sword. The purified sword wanted to follow Soul Calibur's agenda of being "the light of humanity" (like in Cassandra's Soul Calibur 4). That is why Saika loves humanity and its flaws wanting to create a perfectly ordered world. In its sealed and weakened state could not freeze the world like it tried to in Siegfried's SC 4 ending. The sword did retain Soul Edge's corruption abilities and knack for weapon creation. From Soul Calibur it kept its subtle powers like healing, no longer thirsting for souls. It made a plan of saving the world by enslavement and its warriors like Shizuo Heiwajima. Just like how Krita Yuga became Soul Calibur, it will awaken to a world already enslaved. Unlike Soul Edge who is destructive it bides its time. Until then it loves humanity, one cut, one slash at a time.
Because I think it's pretty clear Izaya's not human. He and the Master are both Faux Affably Evil Magnificent / Manipulative Bastard Psychopathic Manchildren. After "The End of Time", he fled to Japan and regenerated. Izaya's fear of death could be related to why the master never dies, even when he's supposed to.
- Izaya also shares his birthdate with Sebastian's seiyuu. 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 red eyes to make them look more sinister, and they don't really look alike other than that.
- Okay, so evidence: Durarara!! takes place in 2004. Haruhi Suzumiya begins in 2006, meaning she would be in her 1st year of middle school, plenty of time for her to be in Ikebukuro and go back home. It'd also make sense for her to be into that style, given her out-of-the-ordinary outlook.
- The Japan part can be explained; he went with Uncle Isaac and Aunt Miria. The biker gang part I'm still not sure of...
- Jossed by the fact that as recently as 2002, Firo and Ennis still haven't had sex, even on their honeymoon, which itself was years after their marriage.
- Isaiah 6 records the call of the prophet Isaiah. God sits upon His throne and asks whom He shall send to the people. Isaiah replies, "Here I am, send me!" God, in turn, says that his preaching will make the hearts of the people sluggish, and their ears and eyes dull, so that they will be unreceptive to the prophet's words, and this will continue until the nation is destroyed because of their obstinacy. Perhaps Izaya misunderstood the call of his namesake, so he actively seeks to cause as much despair and destruction as possible, rather than merely telling the truth and letting the people react as they choose.
- He also combines this with Passive-Agressive Personality Disorder
- This troper can totally see Izaya diagnosed with this but there's one problem. Do these disorders apply to everyone? Since Shinra is the sole exception of not people he does not want to make miserable, does that mean that the disorder would not apply to only Shinra?
- Izaya's a pretty selfish guy, but even someone with anti-social personality disorder can love in their own way. I'm going to assume that based on some research, those with sadistic personality disorder don't just screw with everyone for their own pleasure and that there must be some people that they decide not to screw with, be it for their own form of love or respect. This troper, however, sticks with the theory that Izaya is a (very realistic) sufferer of ASPD, though I don't doubt the SPD theory, either.
- Izaya will be associated with Pride, and his part will feature him attempting to find Celty's head again and focusing once again on instigating Ragnarok so he can find a place to go when he dies.
- Shizuo will be associated with Wrath and his story will feature him pulling a rage like he's never done before. It will end very, very badly and someone will probably die, launching Shizuo into a Heroic BSoD.
- Mikado will be associated with Greed and his part will continue the "Dollars purging" he's been doing lately. It will soon result in him crossing the Moral Event Horizon and becoming the true Big Bad of the story.
- Masaomi will be associated with Sloth, and his part will coincide with the above. Masaomi will see what Mikado has become and fall into complete and utter despair, ultimately giving up all hope.
- Saika will be associated with Gluttony and her part will feature her attempts at possessing people, through Anri.
- Shinra will be associated with Lust and his part will be a humorous vignette about him trying and failing to seduce Celty only for him to finally succeed at the end.
- Namie will be associated with Envy and her part will show her finally snapping and deciding to Murder the Hypotenuse and kill Mika Harima.
- One can assume Nasujima's in his thirties, probably mid to late. Just look◊. He's certainly good looking enough to have a pretty daughter who resembles him.
- No, Mikado with a Death Note is scarier.
- He's actually said he's not 21 anymore and people are stupid to 1) expect him to spread around his private information, 2) believe it when they can find easily that he was in the same year as Shizuo and Shinra. Basically, it's just one more of his ways of gratuitous trolling.
- What about Wales?