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I have currently watched nine episodes of Durarara!! and I am surprised about
_how many_ references there are. Some are quite obvious (they even talk about
Accel World or Spice and Wolf sometimes):

![Spice and Wolf \(Ep1\)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lIHz8.jpg)

Some others not so obvious:

![Baccano! \(Ep1\)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dTsM0.jpg)

(It's the Baccano-screen.)

I can understand these, as all three are published by Dengeki Bunko, but why
are there so many? Also, I don't understand why they included _Yozakura
Quartet_ , since it's a manga and no Light Novel?

![Yozakura Quartet Manga](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9iV01.jpg)


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Why are there so many references in Durarara?


ASCII Media Works is the parent company for Durarara's publisher (a brand
company of Kadokawa), Dengeki Bunko amongst other things. This is why most of
these references to shows are referenced by their light novels instead of
manga.

_Durarara!!_ and _Baccano!_ were written by the same person, Ryohgo Narita.
The same studio (JC Staff) did the animation.

Suzuhito Yasuda is the illustrator on Ryohgo Narita's _Durarara!!_ light
novels and also the author of the _Yozakura Quartet_ manga.

The _Durarara!!_ and _Kuroshitsuji_ manga are published by Square-Enix. JC
Staff likes to include these sort of references in thier shows.


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