Durarara!! Volume 4

“Loves what?”
“He’s one of those people… He just loves stuff that’s estranged from reality,
like it came straight out of a manga—even if it’s deadly dangerous. That’s
why…I think Mr. Ryuugamine created the Dollars.”
“I don’t get it.” “What does estranged mean?” “Dude, you are so dumb.”
“I’ll knock you out!” “Hee-hee!”
“Quit fighting… Anyway, the fight between the Yellow Scarves and the
Dollars was just getting good—and then it ended without much of a fuss. That’s
no fun, right?”
“So you’re gonna start a new spark of conflict, Aoba?”
“Yeah, except…someone’s trying to scoop it up from the side and use it for
himself. Who we ought to be dealing with first is that hyena…Izaya Orihara.”
“Any means necessary?”
“Just one thing: Don’t mess with his two sisters. I like them. Remember what
I said about those girls who just kissed me out of nowhere?”
“…I’ll kill you!”
“Ow-ow-ow-ow, knock it off, asshole! You know the reason you don’t get
any girls is because you take stuff like that seriously… Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!
Stop! Something just snapped! I heard something snap inside of me—ow-ow-
ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!”
“Hey, watch out, Kuronuma’s gonna die.” “C’mon, let’s just kill him now.”
“Hee-hee!”

“There are always sparks, everywhere.”
Izaya smiled to himself and began to monologue in front of Namie.
“What I do is pinch a few of them—then release them all in one place.”
A look of bliss came over the info agent’s features as he imagined the sparks

igniting a real fire.
“And then I’ll tell this city something it needs to hear.”
With great pleasure, and just a touch of hatred, drunk on himself and with a

note of self-reassurance, Izaya said:

“Holiday’s over, motherfucker.”

Like us, the city wants to take a holiday sometimes.
I’m pretty sure I said that before.
So what does it do when the holiday is over?
It returns to a normal schedule, of course. At that point, it naturally

won’t have time to watch you anymore.
After all, only when it has plenty of time does the city toy with its

people.
So you see, even if Ikebukuro were locked in a dire, desperate

situation, the city will cut its losses. It won’t save you. It says, you should
just run to the police.

For you see, once the city returns to normal, it won’t even notice your
situation.

But don’t forget: You are also a part of the city.
And as part of the city, you must simply do what you should, with all
your strength.
If you do, then someday the city will wish to rest once more.
I pray that we meet again.
May the city celebrate your holiday…

—Excerpt from the afterword of Shinichi Tsukumoya, author of
Media Wax’s Ikebukuro travel guide, Ikebukuro Strikes Back II



AFTERWORD

Hello, all you Durarara!! readers, it’s been a while. I’m Ryohgo Narita.
This story is a peek at the everyday lives of the characters, a bit of a breather

between bigger stories. Next time out I hope to deliver much more ominous
developments.

When I set out to write this book, my schedule ended up overlapping with
about four other deadlines. In essence, this made for the last three days before
submission being all-nighters, and after a full night’s sleep, I had blood in my
urine, and as I’m writing this afterword, my stomach is killing me. That’s how
bad it was.

I’m slowly recovering now, except for my stomach, but I realize that at this
pace, I won’t last, and I’m going to take a few months’ break before resuming
with my next book… I’m sorry about that.

As for my other series, Baccano!, its anime is currently re-airing on demand,
the Net, and satellite broadcast. By the time this book comes out, there should be
a Nintendo DS game as well. I wrote a story that would be the equivalent of
nearly a third of one of these volumes, so if you’re interested, check that out
along with the anime and original novels.

For my future plans, I’ll be visiting a doctor if I don’t start feeling better soon
—but aside from that, I’ll be rotating between Vamp!, 5656!, Baccano! 1710,
then Durarara!!, hopefully with some “Hariyama-san at the Center of the
World” short stories. I feel bad for slowing things down for readers who only
follow one series, but hey, if it gets you to try out one of my other works…

Lastly, my usual thanks.
To all the people in Dengeki’s editorial office who okayed various scheduling
insanities, the people at the printer’s, the proofreaders, and my editor Mr. Papio,
who even came in on his days off to work with me.
To Kazuma Kamachi and Mamizu Arisawa, for endorsing my references to
their work, and to many other authors for their advice, including Makoto Sanda
and Suzu Suzuki.

To the staff of Smile Café Roots, for allowing me to use them in the story.
And to friends, acquaintances, and family.
To Suzuhito Yasuda, for putting up with my last-second schedule, reading the
whole story, and providing appropriate illustrations.
And most of all, to you readers.
Thank you so much!
I hope to see you in Ikebukuro’s odd daily life again!

Ryohgo Narita

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Copyright

DURARARA!!, Volume 4
RYOHGO NARITA,
ILLUSTRATION BY SUZUHITO YASUDA

Translation by Stephen Paul
Cover art by Suzuhito Yasuda

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s
imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is
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DURARARA!!
© RYOHGO NARITA 2008
All rights reserved.
Edited by ASCII MEDIA WORKS
First published in 2006 by KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Narita, Ryōgo, 1980– author. | Yasuda, Suzuhito, illustrator. | Paul, Stephen (Translator), translator.
Title: Durarara!! / Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda, translation by Stephen Paul.
Description: New York, NY : Yen ON, 2015–
Identifiers: LCCN 2015041320| ISBN 9780316304740 (v. 1 : pbk.) | ISBN 0316304743 (v. 1 : pbk.) | ISBN
9780316304764 (v. 2 : pbk.) | ISBN 031630476X (v. 2 : pbk.) | ISBN 9780316304771 (v. 3 : pbk.) | ISBN
0316304778 (v. 3 : pbk.) | ISBN 9780316304788 (v. 4 : pbk.) | ISBN 0316304786 (v. 4 : pbk.)
Subjects: | CYAC: Tokyo (Japan)—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.N37 Du 2015 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2015041320

ISBNs: 978-0-316-30478-8 (paperback)
978-0-316-30495-5 (ebook)

E3-20160627-JV-PC