34-dihydroxyphen
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@3,4-dihydroxyphen: i gotta ask cause your post was spot on and much agreed (not taking away from how anyone enjoys the series)...
did you find the ending to be anti-climactic in anyway?
I actually thought the ending was pretty great. The appropriate way to end the series. A lot of people were really down on the second "half" of the series, but I thought that for the most part it was really good. The major gripe I would have is that the second half was significantly abbreviated for whatever reason, and as a result Near, and especially Melo, did not receive some of the crucial development they needed as characters. Apparently Melo was much more fleshed out in the manga, but in the show he was just sort of this random guy who came along doing chaotic shit every once in a while, and he never received any sort of significant character development at all as far as I can recall.
The final showdown itself was excellent, however.
Also, I preferred Baccano to Durrarara by large margin. Baccano is one of those rare anime where the English dub is actually better than the native Japanese (as in, the English voice acting itself is superior to yhe Japanese voice acting in this case). I loved that series. Durrarara had a lot of peaks and valleys for me. I loved some characters, but found others to be nearly intolerable. The series was a "meh" to me overall.