Let's take a look at Izaya's lonely moments
)Namie not wanting to go to dinner with Izaya
and also pointing out this in the latest episode
(Durarara!!x2 ep 4)
And look at that sad smile
You know when else Izaya showed this smile?
(Durarara!! ep 24)
Here, Izaya is punched and sent flying into this LOVE sculpture
Although I can’t say for a fact, I think this is some sort of symbolism for the thing that Izaya yearns for the most, deep down inside, is to have humans ( whom he loves so much ) to love him back. The LOVE statue in the background really stands out to point out the fact that Izaya’s weakness is the lack of being loved resulting in being unable to love others properly
Pay attention to what Simon says to Izaya here too> “You just don’t want to lose to Shizuo, right?”
(Also from ep 24)
He loves Humans but why is it that Izaya feels so differently for Shizuo?
You probably already guessed it.
Izaya hates Shizuo because he’s nothing close to being a human. He’s a “monster”.
But that’s not the only reason
(Durarara!!x2 ep4)
It’s because Shizuo attracts people even though he is a monster and Izaya can’t.
THIS is all explained in (Durarara!! light novel Volume 13):
Izaya says, “Do it monster” to Shizuo just as Shizuo is about to kill him however Verona insists of doing it for him. The reason why Izaya isn’t afraid to die in Shizuo’s hands is because if he does, it proves that Shizuo is all the more a monster and that Izaya is a little closer to a being a human.
In a way, he might want Shizuo to kill him and is the reason why he always makes Shizuo chase him around. Although it’s mainly due to the fact that he wants to annoy Shizuo but maybe he wants to provoke Shizuo into killing him so that he’d win.
—edit: Also the fact that Shizuo pushes people (whom izaya loves so so very much) away from getting close to him (because Shizuo knows that he will hurt people even loved ones) pisses Izaya off because no one ever comes close to him.
—edit: Izaya also, in the light novel (Dragon Zombie arc.. I believe in volume 12) Shinra explains that he actually stood in front of Izaya when a classmate was targeting Izaya with a knife. He later told Shinra to tell the police that he had cut Shinra instead of telling the truth. Izaya later was sent to this juvi correction centre. Not quite sure why Izaya lied in the first place but if I had to take a guess, it would be so that he can distance himself from being human so that he can push himself to be in this God like position. I thought I would add this just because it was the first time he showed that he was separated from everyone else.
Some Durarara!! mangacaps of Izaya and his lonely expression
(Durarara!! Ova)
Izaya is never shown depending on someone else
Oh and did I also mention that
He plays chess by himself?
I mean…It can’t get lonelier than that.










