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Shelf Life - Paradiso Lost

A young woman who is in her twenty's being interested in men old enough to be her father and grandfather is just far to strange for my tastes.

I'm not enjoying Durarara quite as much as Baccano.While Baccano also had a sprawling ensemble cast and crisscrossing plots, each plot seemed like it actually had a direction. Aside from one episode aboard the Advena Avis, it only had three plot lines, and halfway through the series, you could kind of see where they were going. Durarara has had a new story every episode, and there's clear cross over between them, and I'm sure it will all tie together, but aside from Celty trying to find her head, I have no idea what anyone's intentions are at this point. (I'm up to episode 6, so I haven't seen the Shizuo episode yet)

The pharmaceutical company is up to something devious, but other than that, everyone is just kind of there. Izaya is probably up to something that may or may not be evil. The Slasher seems to have something against Celty, but she has shown up only once. Shizuo is pissed off at Izaya for some reason. Shinra is probably up to no good, but right now, he's just kind of there. Simon is just kind of there. Mikado and company are just kind of there. The four vaguely nerdy characters spoiler[who are members of the Dollars, surprise] are just kind of there. The dude looking for his old crush (and found her) is just kind of there. What's driving the show at this point? Character introductions?

Ristorante Paradiso seems weird and even border line creepy. A young woman who is in her twenty's being interested in men old enough to be her father and grandfather is just far to strange for my tastes. Even though I really enjoy slice of life usually.

Probably would be 50% more creepier/weird if the main character was a guy and the rest of the cast were old women.

he reason I ended up dropping it though was when spoiler[one of the waiters was going to cheat on his wife with the main female character, or that was what it alluded to in the episode preview.]

Off topic somewhat, but your writing style is slowly improving Erin. Good job and great article.

These are my shelves including everything from Christmas. I know its small but I'm proud of it. This isn't even 1/4 of the total anime/manga/figure/accesorries that I have on my 'to buy' list, but unless I get something better than $9.25 an hour at 16 years old (Just turned 16), I'll be getting more slowly but surely.

These are my shelves including everything from Christmas. I know its small but I'm proud of it. This isn't even 1/4 of the total anime/manga/figure/accesorries that I have on my 'to buy' list, but unless I get something better than $9.25 an hour at 16 years old (Just turned 16), I'll be getting more slowly but surely.