<p><a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/Durarara" rel="nofollow noreferrer">According to TV Tropes</a>, it doesn't mean anything and is just gibberish that the author (Ryohgo Narita) made up on the spot:</p>
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<p>When asked by his editor for a title, the auhor [sic] had none in mind and spouted a few random syllables.</p>
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<p>Narita explained this in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150111155001/http://differentclouds.livejournal.com/16825.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a blog post in 2011</a> (credit to @merlyn for finding this):</p>
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<p>...I was editing the finished draft of the book and my editor called and asked, “Isn’t it time to give an official title to the Public Relations department?”</p>
<p>So I just randomly gave a name, “Du…Durarara?”</p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>Thus the title ‘Durarara!!’ was born—although to this day I’m still not quite sure what it’s supposed to mean.</p>
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Wikipedia links to Durarara volume 1 afterword where Narita talks about it: https://web.archive.org/web/20150111155001/http://differentclouds.livejournal.com/16825.html
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<p>What is the meaning of DuRaRaRa!!! I was told it was a reference to a word meaning non-sense but, I can't find that anywhere. So, what does it really mean?</p>

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In the graphic novel DuRaRaRa!!! what does the name mean?
# In the graphic novel DuRaRaRa!!! what does the name mean?
Posted by: username_0 on 2024-01-07
What is the meaning of DuRaRaRa!!! I was told it was a reference to a word meaning non-sense but, I can't find that anywhere. So, what does it really mean?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2024-01-07. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
[According to TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/Durarara), it doesn't mean anything and is just gibberish that the author (Ryohgo Narita) made up on the spot:

> When asked by his editor for a title, the auhor [sic] had none in mind and spouted a few random syllables.

Narita explained this in [a blog post in 2011](https://web.archive.org/web/20150111155001/http://differentclouds.livejournal.com/16825.html) (credit to @merlyn for finding this):

> ...I was editing the finished draft of the book and my editor called and asked, “Isn’t it time to give an official title to the Public Relations department?”
>
> So I just randomly gave a name, “Du…Durarara?”
>
> [...]
>
> Thus the title ‘Durarara!!’ was born—although to this day I’m still not quite sure what it’s supposed to mean.
> **Comments:**
> **username_2** (2024-01-08): Wikipedia links to Durarara volume 1 afterword where Narita talks about it: https://web.archive.org/web/20150111155001/http://differentclouds.livejournal.com/16825.html  
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