Talk:Durarara!!

Dulalala!!

What's the source on the current spelling? The h is a non-standard romanization, and the title derives from the word Dullahan, suggesting Dulalala would be more accurate than Durarara, although either are acceptable. Unless there is an official source somewhere spelling it differently, we should move it to Dulalala!!. Doceirias (talk) 00:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah, ANN. I guess leave it till they change the spelling or the official site goes up, but I'm sure they're spelling was user submitted, and doesn't really count as a reliable source. Doceirias (talk) 01:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Crunchyroll uses Dulalala, and that's most likely as official as it gets.--68.197.210.152 (talk) 00:59, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Note the "Move?" section right below this, the official site is www.durarara.com.--Sxerks (talk) 02:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

That isn't the official English title, though; Crunchyroll has to get licensor approval for all name choices, and they've only just nailed those down, according to a company rep post on Mania. If they're using Dulalala, then that is the official title, and we MUST move the page. Doceirias (talk) 20:04, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Move?

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The result of the proposal was casting vote move Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:31, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Dhurarara!! → Durarara!! — Relisted to generate more input. —harej (talk) (cool!) 20:30, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Official romanized title, per official website (http://www.durarara.com/); for some reason, alternative titles were all blacklisted instead of being made into redirects (Dulalala!!, also blacklisted, should also be a redirect to the official title, if the admin has time.) — Doceirias (talk) 04:23, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose both, per WP:MOS-TM--there should only be one exclamation point. Dekimasuよ! 05:47, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
• The kana spelling デュラララ represents "durarara" without the 'h'. (A dullahan is a type of Irish faerie.) Pages Durarara!! and Dulalala!! show to me (I am an admin) as ordinary nonexistent pages with default ("allow all users") protection and no entries in their protection logs and no deleted edits. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Hunh; I've tried both moves over the last couple of days (to Dulalala by mistake, and to Durarara today) and both said blacklisted, an error I'd not seen before. No opinion on single versus double exclamation point; the title is written with two, and the MOS doesn't specifically address exclamation points, so I'll leave the interpretation of how that applies here (it could easily be no exclamation points at all) to people that actually care. Doceirias (talk) 06:47, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Please notice that according to ASCII Media Works, the title in the address is Dhurarara: http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/mediamix/dhurarara.php --ChuChu (talk) 11:11, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Special prize to the first person who finds it spelled a third way. Bet you it happens. Doceirias (talk) 02:09, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

• Any page title which contains repeating ! characters is on an anti-vandalism blacklist and a page with such a name would have to be created by an admin. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:54, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

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Celty vs Certy

I actually did my homework to figure out how to romanize this name; Celty is an actual, if rare name. Someone else made the very good point that Certy is actually written on the back cover of the second novel. We've been known to overlook 'official' spellings like that in the past, on the grounds that they've obviously confused R and L, but Celty is an unusual enough name that I figured it was worth discussing. (Personally, Certy sounds like a computer language...) Doceirias (talk) 23:28, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Just to note (as an anon pointed out) that on the back cover of Volume 2 of the Light Novel, there is a mug that spells it "CERTY" and can be seen here.--Sxerks (talk) 20:26, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I pointed that out above. But now the anime has it as Selty. Argh. Doceirias (talk) 19:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I was mainly pointing to it as a ref in case anyone else had not physically seen it(Vol2 is now close to 5 years old). And here's the Selty ref. Oh what a mess Romaji makes.--Sxerks (talk) 02:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Episode six has it as Celty. I'm guessing they're still locking the spelling down. Wait and see if it locks in on that name, I guess. Doceirias (talk) 02:03, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Broadcast start date

The broadcast start date is listed as the 7th. While it is the night of the 7th, the broadcast started after midnight Japan time, making it actually the 8th. I was wondering if there's actually a policy on how that's handled, and if so, which date would be more correct under that policy. Thanks! -- Tasunke (talk) 18:23, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Uh, I remember a discussion taking place on the project page, but don't remember the conclusion. Doceirias (talk) 20:02, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Reviews

Mania Ep1 Mania Ep2 --KrebMarkt 09:59, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Erasing spoiler

I think we should erase the part about Mikado being the creator of Dollars, because it has not been revealed in the anime or manga yet.

Also, because it is one of the biggest spoiler in the series. --Shiritori (talk) 20:59, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

The novels have been out for years. Read WP:Spoiler. Doceirias (talk) 21:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Content cannot be removed on the bases that it is a spoiler. —Farix (t | c) 21:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I think there should be a warning —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.68.45 (talk) 01:24, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

If it hasn't shown up in either the manga or the anime, it is a spoiler, especially to people who don't have access to the novels. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.242.203 (talk) 22:41, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

I would actually dispute that. In fact, I would even dispute that knowing the details ahead of time spoils the story. That is part of the problem with determining what is and is not a spoiler. One person's spoiler is another person's mundane plot detail. —Farix (t | c) 23:25, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

What sound is Durarara / Dulalala / Drrr?

The title Durarara is written like a manga soundword. Is it supposed to be a soundword (for the sound of a motor bike for example) or is it just a floppy way for Japanese to pronounce Dullahan? --95.89.34.61 (talk) 14:57, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

The afterword to one of the novels specifically describes the origin. Narita proposed that the title should be Dula! -- short for Dullahan, following the tradition of his other series, Vamp! (short for vampire.) It was then jokingly proposed that they could even call it Dulalala!! and that somehow became the actual solicited title. Then the official anime website comes along, and the traditional Japanese r/l confusion results in the series title being spelled incorrectly on everything, and apparently nobody has figured this out yet. Doceirias (talk) 00:05, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Izaya's knife

the blade he uses must be slightly opened before the mechanics of it springs the blade open

Doesn't this describe a assisted opening knife —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.116.250.51 (talk) 22:43, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

About the edition

I agree that both the parts in which Mikado is the leader of Dollars as well as the part in which Kida was the leader of his gang should be removed, at least until they are shown in the anime. Also im confused regarding Harima's head. Is her head Celty's head or mere plastic surgery? Horat (talk)