Some fandoms produce couples that are all sunshine and light but that is not the case with Durarara whose fans make a compelling case for the love between sworn enemies Shizuo Heiwajima and Izaya Orihara.
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Ah Shizaya. I love this ship to death. What attracts me to this ship is simply how different they seem to be, but are a lot a like if you dig deeper into the ship. Mostly how much of outcasts they are, even if they do have a friend or two. Shizuo for his brute strength and feeling that anybody close may get hurt accidently. Izaya's is more of his personality and that he embraces it fully, even if it means that nobody would really like him (Even Shinra can be annoyed at Izaya's antics).
They can also complete each other. While Izaya is fully aware of his feelings, he just keeps them caged because he is too afraid to get hurt bc of them, Shizuo hates himself so very much that he doesnt think he deserves to be loved... soo if Izaya could openly tell Shizuo how he feels, Shizuo could be able to return his feelings and feel better about himself altogether :D
Celty and Shinra are the cutest, possibly most stable relationship in that entire anime, but Shizaya is definitely OTP. I think I just have a thing for hate-ships really. Plus they've got a canon fangirl. Kinda also ship Masaomi and Mikado, though they're much less intense.
Ikr??? Shinra totally thinks its possible! And it's only logical since he knows both of them so well. I think he might know about Izaya's feelings for Shizuo... since he could already tell that he has a brittle heart and just doesnt want to get hurt, he probably count 1 and 1 together and it made sense to him. While on the other side Shizuo hates himself and doesnt think he deserves to love/to be loved, but if someone would truly offer him love...he will be able to love back...and Shinra just knows this Damn ;-;
I find that these two would have had to have associated with one another at some point due to both of them having one mutual friend. Shinra Kishitani. The fact that Shinra himself wanted them to know each other through high school and constantly kept pushing them toward one another means that occasionally they'd have had to have met. Izaya himself at the end of season 1 also admits to Simon of Russia Sushi that he has an unnatural obsession with Shizuo it's also quite ironic that when he says this he happens to be laying against a "love" symbol. Now i want to think that maybe this was the artist/animators idea of a fun for shippers to maybe symbolize that Izaya does infact have feelings for Shizuo that aren't quiet hateful. There's also the fact that when Shizuo is working if he spots Izaya he will literally drop everything he's doing and chase after him much to the chagrin of his co-worker Tom Tanaka who never really seems all that phased and just kinda rolls his eyes at the pairs antics. The final hint i got from the series was Erika. Erika is a massive yaoi fangirl and she brings a light hearted atmosphere to the whole Shizuo V Izaya by saying she thinks that really it's just pent up sexual frustration. She states openly several times throughout the novels that she thinks that there is something going on between Shizuo and Izaya and whilst the others seems to gawk at her for being insane and maybe having a deathwish, she seems to voice the thoughts of many watchers. A what if sort of thing. What if there IS something going on between the two a passionate affair that neither really know why it's happening it just does? Of course we know that isn't the case but who knows really :3 I do love these two as a pair as there are many angles in which this pair can come together ... My other favorite ship in this series would have to be Celty and Shinra
I'm sorry, but I mentioned this somewhere else, Izaya didn't try to get her to kill herself but more of tried to show her how immature she was being. He told her that everyone lies and shows the reality that everyone is equal before their creator, hence no one is special. At the end of his speech he taunts her in a brutal fashion, not to get her to jump, but to test her, and see if she would take the lesson into consideration.
anybody else hearing this conversation going o in their head? Shizuo: well. i'm off to kill Izaya now. Erika: WOW! Shizu-chan totally has the hots for Izaya!
There is a height change of izaya having feelings for Shizuo first in the books his stated he thinks shizuo is cute when he is sleeping and that he has seen him naked before I got that from some videos and articles so it's not that concrete but if you think of it when shinra said izaya act very manipulative to protect himself so he will not get hurt because he is weak mentally so instead of loving one person he will love all to avoid heart ship so what will he do if he meets someone that he does love he will obsess over him saying he hates him just to keep that wall up to protect himself and if he takes out that one person the feeling will be gone because why else would izaya hate shizuo so much he says it's because he is a monster but he doesn't hate Celty like that so that's what I think but it's probably one sided with izaya having feelings and shizuo hates him but if izaya was stripped from all his work he would brake down shizuo hates that he is manipulative so if he lost everything maybe shizuo would help Idk you probably would read this any way
Also if you think about it, remember how Shizuo doesn’t want anyone getting to close in fear that they’ll get hurt? Well perhaps Shizuo wanted to be close to him from the very beginning, but was so terrified about that, that he forced himself to hate Izaya 🤷🏽♀️
It was from a drama CD, where Izaya said he saw Shizuo's sleeping face once and thought it was cute. And it wasn't that he "saw Shizuo naked" but that he wanted Shizuo stripped naked as a prank.
All the comments here are from years ago and I'm here in 2020, shipping this two, still reading the dj and re-watching the anime. Love them very much. Thank you for this video. You stated the facts very well and even though you don't really ship it, you show respect. Thank you. Have a great day/night, person reading this.
I LOVE Shizaya, it's just that they're so obssessed with eachother that you can't help but ship them and you should do SasuNaruSasu they're like the mother of all yaoi ships.
I love shizaya. The most funny thing about are the AU shizaya, did you know both of them have like 3 or more couples based on Psychedellics? It's amazing. Also, shizaya is kind of canon because the same Ryogo Narita wrote a "fanfic" (if you wanna call it like that) about Shizuo and Izaya relationship, is f*** beautiful (and short), is great because the author himself said that he respect the fandom of shizaya and is kinda hard to put this together in a relationship. (sorry for my creepy english). My OTP, after the entire second season (all the 3 parts) is Shinra/Celty. I also ship Mikado and Kida, Mikado and Izaya, and the other shizaya couples. Sadly, now I don't like Mikado anymore so, I don't like those ships either, back in time, I was so obsessed.
This is my guilty pleasure ship. It's not an OTP if one part of it doesn't pull a knife out on the first meeting, lol! But no, I can see why this wouldn't be someone's cup of tea, but I have a soft spot for it. The comments explain it better than I can.
Ever since Izaya and Shizou had their first battle (I believe it was in the 2nd episode I'm not sure) I instantly shipped it, no questions asked. I'm a yaoi shipper. #TeamShizaya ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I've read enough incredible fics to ship these two 'til the end of time, so I'm thrilled you covered their "fine line" relationship. (I'll unashamedly be flooding your comments section thanks to finding your channel lol)
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I just think the way izaya says he loves all humans but then manipulates them and shows his love as most would show hate but then he says he 'hates' shizou and I cant help but think that he actually loves him but doesnt understand the emotion but that could suggest a one sided ship
Loves me the Shizaya! This has also reminded me that I need to get back to my fic. Another hint over our obsession is that possible sexual tension. The way they look at each other, speak, act, it's all very UST-like. Can be construed that way. Which can make you wonder. It always looks like Izaya is flirting and if that's the case, what could the deeper feelings be? Speculation is massive in this OTPs fanbase.
THESE TWO HEAT EACH OTHER WITH PASSION. EVER SEENS HIGH SCHOOL. AND TRY TO KILL EACH OTHER WHEN THEY SEE ONE ANOTHER. SO ALL YOU HAVE IS FAN ART AND FANFICTION NOTHING ELSE
I have to say for this ship what made me fall in love with it are the slow burns. Like damn, they made me work hard to enjoy those two and showed all the facets of the characters. So I'm going to put them on here in a reply if anyone wants to read them. p.s these authors have to be praised, there level writing makes me want to bow.
Ahhhh I just finished marathoning all the second season! Do you have any plans to commentate on that ending for this pairing? I love Shizaya and the ending of Durarara! makes me very sad that was all we got aha
Ive ALWAYS shipped Shizaya, lmao. It always happens to me that I usually get obsessed over this pairiging for a coupla months and then leavt it behind, but then again I always catch myself returning to the Shizaya fanfics and fanart, lol, it´s kinda funny. But yeah, it´s been like that for like... 6 years now xD, and I´m SURE I´ll always like this ship. I´m very sure Shizaya was, is and it will be my top OTP in my whole life, lmao. 2017 and ssstttiiiilllll loving it! :p
I literally only know about DRRR! because of Shizaya. I like the fanfiction, despite not really getting into the show. Most of what I've read has been the friends to lovers type stuff, where all their fighting is just a game. The stories are out of context, so that's probably why they're more fun to read, instead of depressing.
Kizaya is ying and yang, just look at their coats/hoodies XD plus their's this kid named Kano shuuya who looks like a mix between them in personality and looks~ haha
I don't tend to force characters together unless it's canon, intentional, or what the creator is going for. however after watching durarara I can't help but see where fangirls get it from. there are way too many hints and close interactions with these two. I don't feel it's a romantic relationship but they (or at least izaya) are defiantly infatuated in some way. izaya being a sadist obviously (at the least) likes Shizuo, considering the man can take anything that's thrown at him. IDK
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That’s exactly why people love shipping certain characters. Because when the characters hate each other, fans generally love shipping them for whatever reason. I can’t really explain why this is the case. They do look good together though. At least physically wise.
since this is a anime video and you do shipping I'd like to say I'm mad about ulquiorra dying in bleach because I shipped him with orihime. I'm not completely done with bleach but I heard the creater never declared him dead... and since orihime obviously ends up with ichigo I came up with a fan fiction where they have a daughter and ulquiorra becomes purified into a soul reaper then the two get shipped. anyways to make a short question long can ulquihime even work?
I did end up shipping these two after a while. ^^" I seem to have this weird habit of "X and Y tottally don't go together! Why would people ship them? Maybe if I look into the fan theories/fanfiction/fanart I can better understand why people ship them ... *few theories/fics/art latter* ... **** I ship it." There is another ship in the show I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on/see you do an analysis of, Celty and Shinra. :D I love those two being together. It can be a mix of so cute and funny (with the occasional bits of perverseness from Shinra) and I feel the finale of season 2 really cemented the two as one of my OTPs (yes I can't choose just one OTP I have multiple [Maybe I should call them ATP {all true pairings}]). There is still a bit of uncomfortable feelings left over from the finale though since *Spoilers* Shinra kind of took away Celtys head in order for her to stay with him, but I still feel those two are really cute together.
there's also Izuo. same characters, just reversed vased on (as I read once) who is the more dominant one in the relationship. I prefer Shizaya, but CeltyxShrina will always have a place in my heart, too
i found out about Durara through this pairing however it was through just a picture of them not fighting and since starting the show i love Shizou however i hate Izaya.
Shizaya is my notp. Hate ≠ love, when two characters hate each other it's not ship material in my opinion. Rivals should stay rivals. However I ship shinra and celty hardcore
okay all what you said is true first i just wanna say that the ship was the thing what made me watch so i am shippinh them together bedore even watchibg the anime on 2012 maybe anyway. i wouldn't lie this couple is so complicated but omg have any1 read the novel? i read it from the 9th vol to sh1 and i am ongoing with it but. wven after the last fight that shizuo and izaya had *sigh/cry* shizuo was so surprised from him and there is so much things happened i dont wanna spoiler it for you guys but. omg, There IS a hope. wven if they didn't become a couple like what we imagine at least i think they will be friends because thats why shinra make them met on the first day of high school. i ship them so hard.
Hold up! Have you even read the light novels or the manga!? In them Izaya never sent a text message to Rio telling her to commit suicide. In the light novels they (the girls) already wanted to commit suicide on their own with one no telling them too! They changed it in the anime just to make Izaya look like a shitty person!
Bueno, como dices, no creo exactamente que Izaya necesite comprensión, él es un ser retorcido y astuto, un personaje realmente curioso en el mundo del anime. Shizuo es un tanto más simple, pero igualmente encantador
I think they are perfect match wonder if they hate eachother it is shawn that they know each other for long now what feelings will they have only hatred i don't think so maybe they kept it a secret or do not wanna except their feelings
