So both of these finished in the past week. While they were both amazing shows in their own right, I think Angel Beats was better overall, if only because it was shorter.
You'll have to let me explain that last bit. All of Durarara!! was amazing, especially compared to almost every show that aired this or last season. The ending just didn't grab me at all. It didn't really have much of a climax, it just sort of wrapped up all (or most) of the remaining story-lines so it could end.
Angel Beats! on the other hand, had a great ending, even if it did feel just a tad rushed. I always know a shows was amazing when it ending leaves me with mixed feelings of joy and disappointment. I'm happy, because the show was amazing, and the ending even more-so (fairly predictable from around episode 8 on). However, I'm slightly disappointed because there will be no more Angel Beats! and there was a good amount of material they had to build side-stories, mostly dealing with each character's pasts. I hear the DVDs will have an unaired special, and I really hope that either explores other characters pasts, goes into Hinata/Yui's relationship more either in the afterlife or when they're reborn, or is an adaptation of part of the light novel, and explores the founding of the SSS.
Several other shows I'm watching are ending with a week or two, so I'll give a bit of an overall review when that happens, if I liked/disliked it enough to be bothered about it. Probably won't be doing that for Arakawa Under the Bridge, because while it was funny, it had just enough of a storyline for me not to get fed up with it.
