#baccano rambles

the worst thing is i genuinely believe that if baccano were to get an actual full anime adaptation it would become the hottest shit in the world. i KNOW tumblr would love this. we would all hold hands and dance

the best plot twist in baccano is realizing that post 1710 huey didn't snap/go crazy and has instead just been acting reaaal hard. world's first larper. like wow this is worse

the most fun part of baccano to me are the rules that narita sets for his characters and the conflicts that arise from each character having their own set of rules. ladd wants to kill people who are confident they won't die, and so when he's faced with czes (immortal) and claire (claire) it ticks him off. elmer is always lying, except when he explicitly states that he isn't lying, in which case we Know he's telling the truth. the way the reader's knowledge of these things is utilised is always so fun - like with the characters' speech patterns. you can tell who's speaking even if the identity of the character is purposefully hidden from you, like with ronny's "no matter" or nile's "i say this..." or begg's fast speech. all this combined with the rules of immortality makes for such Great moments which rely entirely on the reader's knowledge of how these characters and this world works. like the "my name is Le..." scene - it's all SO GOOD