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Durarara!! SH Light Novel #1
デュラララ!!SH
池袋に再び、キレた奴らが帰ってくる──。
ダラーズの終焉から一年半。池袋は今、新しい風を迎えようとしていた。
子供の頃から『化け物』扱いされ、首無しライダーの噂を聞き憧れて秋田から上京してきた三頭池八尋（みずちやひろ）。派手に高校デビューを果たし、首無しライダーの存在を金に換えようと目論む琴南久音（ことなみくおん）。首無しライダーを取材して行方不明になった姉を持つ辰神姫香（たつがみひめか）。それぞれの想いを抱えた三人が来良学園に入学し出会い、非日常は再び始まる──。
そして池袋では一つの事件が起こっていた。首無しライダーに絡んだものは皆、消えてしまうという。そこに巻き込まれていく、失踪した兄を持つ双子の姉妹、いまだ不良グループの中心人物に居座る少年、そして池袋最凶と恐れられるバーテン服の男……。
さあ、みんな一緒に───デュラララ!!
ダラーズの終焉から一年半。池袋は今、新しい風を迎えようとしていた。
子供の頃から『化け物』扱いされ、首無しライダーの噂を聞き憧れて秋田から上京してきた三頭池八尋（みずちやひろ）。派手に高校デビューを果たし、首無しライダーの存在を金に換えようと目論む琴南久音（ことなみくおん）。首無しライダーを取材して行方不明になった姉を持つ辰神姫香（たつがみひめか）。それぞれの想いを抱えた三人が来良学園に入学し出会い、非日常は再び始まる──。
そして池袋では一つの事件が起こっていた。首無しライダーに絡んだものは皆、消えてしまうという。そこに巻き込まれていく、失踪した兄を持つ双子の姉妹、いまだ不良グループの中心人物に居座る少年、そして池袋最凶と恐れられるバーテン服の男……。
さあ、みんな一緒に───デュラララ!!
296 pages, Paperback
First published April 10, 2014
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About the author
Ryohgo Narita
278 books383 followersRyohgo Narita (成田 良悟, Narita Ryōgo) is a Japanese light novelist. He won the Gold Prize in the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize for Baccano!, which was made into a TV anime in 2007.[1] His series Durarara!! was also made into a TV anime, which began airing January 2010
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
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September 1, 2022
Umarım Kuon'un başına berbat şeyler gelir :)
March 2, 2024
[REVIEW FOR SCHOOL] [SUM]
(Durarara) DRRR!! SHx1 (Snake Hands) is an urban-fantasy action-comedy light novel written by Ryohgo Nartia about a trio attending Raira Academy and a bizarre series of adventures surrounding Ikebukuro, and it’s living urban legend who has been missing for 6 months, The Headless Rider. Yahiro Mizuchi set off for Tokyo, hoping to meet another monster after he was treated like one in his hometown. Kuon Kotonami, in the meantime, is hoping to make money off of the Headless Rider. Himeka Tatsugami's sister disappeared while attempting to write a piece about the urban legend, while the disappearance of some Ikebukuro residents from the city's streets is exacerbating the whole situation.
[EXTRA]
Part of the title of this book, “Snake Hands”, stems from the Chinese proverb "adding legs to a snake," which describes the practice of adding something that should be complete by adding unnecessary elements. And I’d say this does describe the book’s purpose, to add more to what the main series was about. This does mean that you should only read this after watching the Durarara anime/read the manga/light novels.
[EVALUATION]
The author makes a point to not have only one protagonist and point of view; and some of the protagonists stop appearing. “Yes the protagonist. If you were to describe a life as a story, and in most cases, you would pin the label of protagonist on the person whose story is being told. However, in circumstances where the ties that bind people together are complex and intertwined– such as an incident like this–viewing the situation in an objective manner will help sometimes require making a protagonist out of several people. [...] The protagonist role shifts depending on the direction of your objectivity–the side committing the incident or the side pursuing the truth. The observer's personal interest will also have a large effect on the narrative lens” (Nartia 145). This confirms the author’s objective to have multiple POVs and not just one.
The theme of the book would have to be, “What makes someone a “monster” differs from person to person.” Examples from two characters from the book, Celty (The Headless Rider) and Shinra (her partner, a black market doctor) see each other as normal to a certain degree, while the public eye views Celty as a monster (Nartia 147) Another example would be Yahiro; his hometown bullied him, then he attacked back using ridiculous strength. He was then ostracized for being ‘inhumane’, this has straight parallels to Shizuo (well known beat-upper in Ikebukuro) because he also has incredible strength (Nartia 120-122) But now, since they know the other exists, are they really monsters or just two really strong dudes?
[MY OPINION/THOUGHTS]
This explained a lot of loose ends for me since this is the aftermath of the anime, and I was satisfied with the tying up of said loose ends; now with new characters involved in a setting and style which I already loved, now I just want to keep reading the next SH novels! I give it a solid 4/5, not mind-blowing, but I definitely see myself re-reading this in the future.
(Durarara) DRRR!! SHx1 (Snake Hands) is an urban-fantasy action-comedy light novel written by Ryohgo Nartia about a trio attending Raira Academy and a bizarre series of adventures surrounding Ikebukuro, and it’s living urban legend who has been missing for 6 months, The Headless Rider. Yahiro Mizuchi set off for Tokyo, hoping to meet another monster after he was treated like one in his hometown. Kuon Kotonami, in the meantime, is hoping to make money off of the Headless Rider. Himeka Tatsugami's sister disappeared while attempting to write a piece about the urban legend, while the disappearance of some Ikebukuro residents from the city's streets is exacerbating the whole situation.
[EXTRA]
Part of the title of this book, “Snake Hands”, stems from the Chinese proverb "adding legs to a snake," which describes the practice of adding something that should be complete by adding unnecessary elements. And I’d say this does describe the book’s purpose, to add more to what the main series was about. This does mean that you should only read this after watching the Durarara anime/read the manga/light novels.
[EVALUATION]
The author makes a point to not have only one protagonist and point of view; and some of the protagonists stop appearing. “Yes the protagonist. If you were to describe a life as a story, and in most cases, you would pin the label of protagonist on the person whose story is being told. However, in circumstances where the ties that bind people together are complex and intertwined– such as an incident like this–viewing the situation in an objective manner will help sometimes require making a protagonist out of several people. [...] The protagonist role shifts depending on the direction of your objectivity–the side committing the incident or the side pursuing the truth. The observer's personal interest will also have a large effect on the narrative lens” (Nartia 145). This confirms the author’s objective to have multiple POVs and not just one.
The theme of the book would have to be, “What makes someone a “monster” differs from person to person.” Examples from two characters from the book, Celty (The Headless Rider) and Shinra (her partner, a black market doctor) see each other as normal to a certain degree, while the public eye views Celty as a monster (Nartia 147) Another example would be Yahiro; his hometown bullied him, then he attacked back using ridiculous strength. He was then ostracized for being ‘inhumane’, this has straight parallels to Shizuo (well known beat-upper in Ikebukuro) because he also has incredible strength (Nartia 120-122) But now, since they know the other exists, are they really monsters or just two really strong dudes?
[MY OPINION/THOUGHTS]
This explained a lot of loose ends for me since this is the aftermath of the anime, and I was satisfied with the tying up of said loose ends; now with new characters involved in a setting and style which I already loved, now I just want to keep reading the next SH novels! I give it a solid 4/5, not mind-blowing, but I definitely see myself re-reading this in the future.
October 30, 2021
After having read the previous Durarara series, the follow-up comes along. This story is very well done. It mentions the previous events, with mostly new Characters, so far. A lot of the previous characters get hinted at, or even make brief apearences. I wish I followed the previous volumes better, since I don't really remember what happened at the end. But that didn't take much away from this volume.
May 1, 2022
书只读过第一本，感觉不如动画来的舒服
November 21, 2022
IT'S BACK AND I'M LIVING.
No real review for this, this series is entirely for people who love the original and I'm going to go throw something.
No real review for this, this series is entirely for people who love the original and I'm going to go throw something.
December 17, 2022
Another amazing addition in Ikibukuro
December 17, 2022
so underrated
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