Random – amiranda reviews

It’s 1 o’clock in the morning and I’m reminded of some news that I’ve read a couple of days ago. Dunno why. Btw, I won’t be reviewing on Durarara yet; I just feel like sharing something that I’ve stumbled upon.

Okay, so that morning after I’ve finished an exam paper, I thought of unwinding by watching some anime. Then, I saw my housemate watching Durarara season 1 on her laptop, and since Durarara’s one of my favourite series, I joined her. Unfortunately, she said that the story’s too slow (yeah, it is, but it’s intriguing) and she dropped the show after two episodes.

I was devastated, since I’d hoped that she’ll be hooked on Durarara; so I went to my room and played with my phone. As I was scrolling and scrolling through my social media, a notification from UCBrowser popped up. It was some recent news, and the headline read “Pelajar Sekolah Antara Yang Dilapah” or “School students among the dismembered bodies”. It irked my interest and I clicked on it.

The news was about a Japanese serial killer, identified as Takahiro Shiraishi, whom had killed 9 people and dismembered their bodies. Ugh, sorry for this grisly topic. Ahem…He killed his victims after contacting them on Twitter, saying that he can help them commit suicide or offers to die together. However, he killed them on their first meeting even though his victims only wanted to talk.

Anyway, after reading the news, my blood ran cold, as I felt that the scenario seemed all too familiar. It seemed that kind crime is too close for comfort. That’s because I recalled that in the first episode of Durarara, Kanra mentioned a trend about people meeting online, then meeting offline to commit double suicide. I know that it’s inspired by real-live events there, but I’ve never heard about things like that in real-life (in my country at least). So I’m quite shocked that I’ve stumbled upon the news shortly after I’ve re-watched the episode. I got hit by the risks involved when meeting an online acquaintance all over again.

That’s all, and before I end this rambling, just a friendly reminder;