The Black Rider: Celty (DURARARA!)

To whoever granted me the gift of the Durarara!! Saika arc manga from ebay, you have no idea how happy I am right now.

Tumble stop lying to me. I have already seen the shit you are notifying me of yesterday, and I know for a fact that I don't actually have that many notes. Fix yourself and stop getting my hopes up 😭

03.03.2024

Rereading the manga, and while their dynamic didn't start off on much, seeing Masaomi and Mikado show such concern for Anri in the Saika arc is the good shit.

Sometimes I just like characters that go "woosh" when I draw them.

Please check it out guys! We worked really hard on it.

THE DEMO OF THE DATING SIM IS RELEASED! Reblog to spread the news!

DURARARA!! BELONGS TO RYOHGO NARITA! This is a non-profit fangame.

ATTENTION: Even though your laptop will tell you not to download it, it’s safe. It’s only because we’re not an official publisher. My artists and friends tested it. Just hit “Run anyway”.

A RETURN TO IKEBUKURO…

It was another day like any other until a young woman learned that her boss had planned a job transfer for her. Her destination? A city in Tokyo, Japan by the name of Ikebukuro.  The city had been blessed with five years of normalcy,  which made more tourists visit.  Her best friend, Arabella Faraldo, was excited to visit such a grand city so she insisted on joining the young journalist on her journey.  Unbeknownst to them, two famous figures known by its occupants through causing destruction have returned to the city.  With a new gang on the rise,  an unhinged informant with a “love” for humanity, supernatural entities and flying vending machines, the young woman’s new job is the least of her worries as a new Ikebukurian!

[This game is rated 15+ for: Suggestive themes (full game), partial nudity (full game), drugs (full game), vulgar language and violent imagery (full game)]

FEATURES:

Feel free to type in your own name for the story, along with your handle for the chat room!

3 bachelors: Shizuo Heiwajima, Masaomi Kida, and Izaya Orihara

Slight changes in appearances and personalities due to the story taking place seven years after the Final Curtain arc

Multiple endings

Many plot holes filled in the full game through thorough research and realistic elements in explanations, but only a few will be revealed in the demo

New (fan-made) characters added to the story

Drawn backgrounds of real spots in Ikebukuro

Side characters making occasional appearances or are mentioned

Our goal is to make this game feel like a season that left almost every question in the series once unanswered now answered and bringing satisfaction to  current or previous viewers/readers of the series. If you like what you see so far after playing the demo, let us know! 

Oh, and…be careful who you romance.

LINK (available for Mac and Windows): https://madhouse-fruitcake.itch.io/ikebukuro-records-a-durarara-dating-sim

Password: MadHouse

Please check it out. Reblog. Spread the word. It was lots of fun working on it. And make sure to play part 1 if you haven't.

Shizuo’s part 2 has been released!

The team had a lot of fun planning this announcement artwork, as we couldn’t resist throwing in this meme.

If Shizuo didn’t do what he did during a certain scene, you all might have had to take the dominant approach, dear players!

Per usual, the password is “Pudding”. You can download part 2 here!

We hope you enjoy part 2 of Shizuo’s route! Depending on how things go, Shizuo’s part 3 might come out around his birthday as well!

This is another case of "please spread the word" because it's really important.

News regarding art in the game

So I talked to my former digital artist yesterday and she told me that she doesn’t want her art in the game. We were originally going to keep the art style of the demo until day 4 of each bachelor route, but to respect her wishes, the art style will completely change in the full game. 

It’s a bit inconvenient, but we’ll still send her drawn sprites, CGs, and backgrounds to the new digital artist once we get one for reference. At this point, I highly doubt a new digital artist would draw the amount of artwork in the game for free (we might get one for backgrounds and one for sprites and CGs), so we’re probably going to have to pay the artist(s). We’re still pondering over what to do, but we’re considering setting up a Buy Me a Coffee page, but it’s not set in stone yet. However, please note: 

We will not use the donations for anything else but to pay the artist(s) and the game will still be free. Seeing people enjoying the game is all the payment we need. 

Now, this wouldn’t start until the scripts are done. There would be no point in hiring artist(s) just to have them wait around. However, we’re still looking for a manga x anime style for the characters. If the sprite and CG artist finds it easier to draw one more than both, that’s okay too. 

We’ll also be changing Riku, Arabella, and MC’s outfits, along with Riku and MC’s hairstyle. I can’t give spoilers, but they’ll have a more modern look. Their eye shapes, heights, and colors will remain the same though. 

Thank you for reading!

Love the idea that by virtue of having dated Izaya, Mikage is one of the few people who aren't afraid of him

Just, oh who's this monster of Ikebukuro?... You mean my cringefail high-school boyfriend?

Seriously? This is the guy you're afraid of?

The guy who went on a monologue about Macbeth for 30 minutes standing on a table at lunch? That loser? Give me a break here guys.

Everyone's like that Izaya he's a cunning fiend who destroys all that gets near him.

And Mikage's like you know he names his knives, right?