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HBelmont67

First to the series that I honestly thought they would NEVER pick up, but I'm glad they did and hope they enjoy it! 😆

robo

i’m so excited y’all are watching this 😭

BonnieOnPatreon

Dandadandadandadandadadandadadnadadandadadnadandadandandadan

Lex

a little worried how they’ll react to the end of this episode, but trust it’s such a good show!!! 😭

Westy

First episode makes me nervous for them but hey, if they get through this then it's smooth sailing for the rest of the show :) and they've gone through some uncomfortable moments in other shows.

MrBulldog714

I didn't think they would like this. Hopefully they like it 😀

kon miller

omg i won’t be able to watch their reaction right away, but i’m so excited man, i hope they have a good time!

Otaku's Finest

I'm a simple man. I see DanDaDan reaction, I click play.

123anaya14

Imma just hope we get the whole series with you guys, my first time watching the dub too, shall be fun

Ksweets

y’know, “go for this, go for that” gopher!

Alexa

Yay! I never expected you guys to react to this but I'm elated that you are. Also very much appreciate you watching the dub, it's honestly one of my favorites, you won't regret it.

Dillan Holt

Oh god not this show 😭

Otaku's Finest

First reactors I've seen not dance to the intro. Kenny had a little headbob😂

robo

i LOVE the way momo saved herself instead of the classic somebody else swooping in to save her. i think okarun coming in to attempt to save her does so much to show how close they will grow, but it’s way more powerful to see her save herself in this situation.

HBelmont67

I don't if many people agree, but to me, Momo Ayase is the main protagonist of Dandadan, and Ken Takakura is the deuteragonist.

ContextSensitive

Who is Dan? That's the perfect question to start off this series! The going theory was that it was like a dramatic sound drop, an onomonpia as Montana said, such as would be in an old serial from back in the days of stuff like Adams Family or Lost in Space. Like DAN da DAN. But the creator said that as much as he likes that interpretation, it's not correct. So nobody knows. By the way, thanks for picking my question. Love the reaction so far! Fair warning, I'm not going to say for what episode, but have some tissues available while you watch.

HBelmont67

They both missed one of the Surpos in the foreground at 11:02.

HBelmont67

On the topic of Mob Psycho 100, wasn't Turbo Granny actually in that show for an episode?

HBelmont67

Montana: "Is her grandma alright?" Yeeeaaah, she is. 😏

HBelmont67

I rewatched this show over the weekend for this. 😁

HBelmont67

Given their mature understanding of the way those scenes were being portrayed, I feel like they'll be on board.

confetti dragon

I love this series, it's fun and stupid but has a lot of genuine heartfelt moments. Also the animation and art direction is top-notch

Robin B

I'm pretty sure she was! If I remember correctly, she was depicted as just a regular granny running super fast through the tunnels in an episode but I may be wrong

Robin B

English is not my native language so it may be relevant but I honestly think the original voices are waaaaay more funny! But so far I don't think the dub is 'bad' (and I know this subject is pretty recurrent so of course it' only my opinion)

Gestrid

The dub is honestly really good.

alex miller

Idk not a huge fan of this show. It's so horny and quirky. Watched season one didnt continue with season 2

Gestrid

Tunnels and hospitals like these ones are actually pretty common in Japan. Japan is (unfortunately) going through a population decline and has been going through it for a while. (There's too many people working and not enough having kids.) As a result, there's a lot of abandoned places like these in the country. Entire towns are just gone now. Naturally, stories about these places have accumulated over the years and have made their way into popular culture in Japan, usually in the form of stories about spirits or ghosts or aliens. Many older Japanese anime filmmakers have even made quite a few films inspired by the places they grew up now being abandoned. It's kind of sad, really. :(

Snow

It really feels like some cp bait half the anime, I couldn't stand it at a point, really good story; told in a really bad way

Dov Fink

This is one of those anime that doesn’t follow the “this makes people uncomfortable so I won’t put it in my story rule”

Dov Fink

I agree it’s one of those anime that has these types of moments that add nothing to the story other then shock value I guess, every once in a while a anime shows up that’s messed up but is also fun wacky

confetti dragon

calling it "cp bait" is grosser than the anime ever gets. genuinely what are you talking about

Sol Games

I need to comment this for my own sanity, it's pronounced Don da don with long a sounds instead of short.

StorytellerDave

I don't think it's meant to be horny, it's more meant to be shocking/scary? While I agree that the camera angles are sometimes very poorly chosen, it's not anywhere near certain other anime that try to delve into similar territory (*cough* Goblin Slayer *cough*) It's also kinda true to the lore it is using, if you delve any amount of time into UFO stories, like 60% of them are extremely sexual

alex miller

Im probably a bit older then the demo. But i do like MHA sooo idk.. not my cup of tea... I'd much rather two episodes of castlevania.

123anaya14

For sure I do think it's a good dub, it's just kinda hard to beat Luffy and Zoro playing a weenie stealing granny and a race of banana stealers

robo

maybe i’m not remembering correctly but this show really isn’t as sexual as y’all make it out to be. the most sexualized character is the grandma. mha has more questionable and overtly gross moments imo (i love mha but there’s really nasty bits and characters)

HBelmont67

Momo has the same VA as Nezuko from Demon Slayer. Fun fact: she also sang the Super Smash Bros theme song.

alex miller

Im pretty sure the aliens are from epstein's island.

HBelmont67

You're absolutely correct. There's a difference between "uncomfortable" and "problematic", and too many people put this show in the latter when it's the former.

HBelmont67

Neat that they're uploading their Dandadan reactions the same day of the week that new chapters of the manga come out. 📖

Z C

Liking it and being intrigued is the perfect response coming out of episode 1. So excited for more.

David Treago

Idk if theyve had such overt romance in other series, thry dont come to mind at this second if they do, but im going to enjoy seeing them see relationships bloom

David L

I think there's probably a good argument to be made that this is a rare example of the Sidekick main character. The other example I know of is the movie Big Trouble in Little China, which is explicitly intended that the main POV character isn't the hero of the story.

HBelmont67

Dandadan is basically their first romance anime (not counting movies like Your Name and I guess the Chainsaw Man: Reze arc movie).

wanira 11

The dub is soo good in this show!

HBelmont67

Momo is voiced by Abby Trott, same VA as Nezuko from Demon Slayer. Glad she finally gets to flex her vocal chords for this show. 😆 Ken's VA is great, too. AJ Beckles' vocal range between regular Ken and his yokai form is INSANE.

David L

If I have my facts right, I believe the reason this anime can feel like an absolute trip at times is that the mangaka basically started this as a creative exercise to deal with writers block by throwing everything at the wall. They weren't really trying to tell anything coherent, so the fact that the chaotic mess of a story clicked with people was sort of just an accident.

Juan Solo

Momo's dub VA being Abby Trott is kind of a funny coincidence since Ken's sub VA is Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro).

HBelmont67

Very true haha. It's even more ironic when a certain character voiced by a certain someone shows up later . . .

Juan Solo

I think Momo and Ken are meant to be dual protagonists, though Momo does seem to be the lead when they're together.

HBelmont67

We're also introduced to Momo first

Sol Games

that's a better way of spelling it out lol

HBelmont67

The IMMEDIATE switch-up between Ken being sad that Momo dissed him to making fun of her belief in spirits is SUCH a funny moment, and great starting point for their dynamic. 🤣

Jordan Johnson

Oh 100% alot of the manga is from her perspective and their "main base" is literally at her grandmas house

kon miller

mind you, if this was an actual literary “rule,” almost no adult story or classical art piece would exist, like what are you talking about? 😭 you guys who don’t like uncomfortable subject matter (which is perfectly valid btw) crack me up sometimes, because where did you get this rule from? definitely not from any critical literary theory.

kon miller

i’m overjoyed that you guys came away from the first episode with reasonable interest! i’m not only glad you gave it the benefit of the doubt, but that you at least didn’t jump to the conclusion that this is “pdf file bait” from the mangaka and recognised that none of the sexual predators are portrayed in a positive or even comedic light, unlike some of these other anime/manga 😭 dgmw, an argument can definitely be made that some moments are included for shock value (which is just a characteristic of the larger horror genre honestly), but unlike other mainstream shounen, at least the text isn’t asking us to like the monsters perpetuating active harm.

kon miller

i do also want to say i don’t think anyone should begrudge anyone who’s got fatigue so-to-speak from overtly horny themes in battle shounen. to anyone fatigued by it (myself included in a lot of cases), i understand that it all starts to look the same, regardless of authorial intent, and i don’t blame you for wanting to veer far away from it.

MattMobs

I was waiting for them to notice

Bryan

I was very worried about yall watching this 😭

HBelmont67

I love how the first episode just STARTS with it, too. There's no opening clip or narration. Science Saru just drops you RIGHT into the wackiness. 🫨

Juan

Please react to KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

AJ Hutchinson

So a detail I never see people talk about is Okarun (Main guy) folding his clothes before offering to go to the cave on his own. In Japanese culture I believe that is a common thing people will do before they take their own life (the imagery I'm familiar with is in lakes). Always found that an interesting detail

zachary karpiel

This show does give me a lot of Mob Psycho vibes for some reason. Maybe why I like both so much

Catalin

If you're talking anime, you're right about alien focused, but I mean, Invincible is kinda all aliens lol

Catalin

Go for this, go for that: a gopher

Juan Solo

Make that two certain characters voiced by two certain people...

Daran Tung

The OP was made by a group that also did a MOB intro as well I believe

HBelmont67

CREEPY NUTS. They were BUILT for Dandadan by name, alone. 🤣

HBelmont67

Gravity Falls had some alien stuff, too.

Catalin

I mean it has a UFO, but does it ever actually have aliens? I know that seems like a contradictory statement, but I don't think it did.

cc_drawsthings

I can't believe they're actually watching this 😭😭😭

HBelmont67

I know. Isn't it great??

HBelmont67

The UFO was what I was referring to

Aleggbry '-'

You had the same reaction to pretty much everyone when the outro showed up Also side note The show it technically Pronounced "Dawn-duh-dawn" This is something even some fans get wrong so perfectly understandable why'd you say DanDaDan like as it was written 😁👍

Dov Fink

I didn’t mean it in a bad way more that I’ve noticed more recently a lot of artists have started censoring themselves out of worry that they’ll “make people uncomfortable”. and while I agree that if the story you want to tell doesn’t need heavy themes then you don’t have to put it in I tend to enjoy when an artist leans into the thing there depicting This anime happens to be one of the ones that Leans more twords making you uncomfortable and I think that’s part of the point

Blaster man1129

there are two moments that are bad 3 if you count that moment in the school but they are never shown in a positive light and the perps always get belt to ass immediately. Like genuinely confused as to how this is that bad

Big Jebby

I am THRILLED yall are finally doing this show its such a treat

Jon Wake

"Is Grandma alright?" Oh, grams is FINE AF.

UrsaClaire

Not true. The Family does not get their comeuppance immediately. Not for the viewer. We were made to wait and see how it resolves. For a year and a half. And I don't think anyone is objecting to the perps getting punished, a lot of us just think you don't need to repeatedly pull this on the same (underaged) character multiple times in one season. Show is freaking great for the most part, but that's kinda... yeah. We don't need to see that twice in a single season. That's becoming exploitative at that point. If the show wanted to talk about SA, it already had a scene they could go back to and discuss how it affected the girl. But they didn't. They just had her assaulted again. And that's when I dumped the show.

StorytellerDave

Yeah the family I think is a lot weirder and I wasn't a fan of them either. At least the aliens are kinda true to lore, so there's a proper reason for why they are the way they are, the family on the other hand are just creepy because there had to be a big shock value cliffhanger scene to end the season (or manga chapter) . That said, I think it was actually handled better in that scene because unlike in ep1 the camera doesn't linger on her body nearly as much. I think it's one of the core rules for any piece of media that attempts to depict SA or threats of SA to make the scene gross and not "sexy" in any way shape or form, and a shocking amount of shows fail at that. The worst one I can think of is Goblin Slayer, because gods the camerawork in that is just god awful. Compared to that Dandadan is handling things the proper way, but yeah it could always do better.

HBelmont67

Sorry, Frieren. You've been replaced as best gilf.

StorytellerDave

Honestly in the recent years I found that anime get a lot better dubs than they used to, especially the bigger hits tend to have a lot of effort put into them. Personally I love how they translated the teenager slang for the dub.

HBelmont67

Yeah, I think she went by "Dash Granny", or something

HBelmont67

You mentioned Robin that this show was the first time you'd asked a question in a while. What was the last show?

mastertater

The ghost old lady voice by the lady who dose rita repulsa form the 95 power ranger the movie

mastertater

The turbo granny is voice by who does rita repulsa form the 95 power ranger the movie

Bread&Jam Reacts

Ahhhh!!! I’m so pumped that you guys have started Dandadan!!

Geese

I absolutely agree with this take

Geese

The ending of this episode can be pretty harrowing, and there are a couple of moments(very sparsely) that have an uncomfortable tone like that. That being said, I agree with what other comments have said which is that Momo is the protagonist of this series, and I think the show does a good job of never removing her agency even in situations like the one in this episode. Momo is strong, and not just because of her powers, she's pretty confident and very good hearted and I think a lot of her strength in the darker moments of the show come from that, and also her sick psychic powers. All of that is to say, I think the series does handles Momo well despite the dark tone of certain moments, and she is never reduced to being a damsel in distress which I like a lot and find refreshing. Momo actually became a favorite character of mine just in general(so did Ken) because I think the series handles her character and arcs really well from what Ive seen. Sorry if this was a bit rambly lmao, I'm a bit tired. Great video! Hope you guys enjoy this series!

XRon256

Weirdly enough this anime caused me to go and read manga. Cheers dandadan 😅

Zero

This is not related to Dandadan has anybody else wonder how they would react to Mushuko tensei? It’s a hard start for but I wonder what their insights may be

Nightbat

Why does the intro say Apothecary Diaries instead of Dandandan?

HBelmont67

26:28 🎶 I'M JUST KEN 🎶

kristianc00

Forgot how much I HATE the first episode, truly blocked it out of my mind

HBelmont67

In sub, she's voiced by Luffy from One Piece 🏴‍☠️

robo

wait, what? creepynuts made the dandadan intro and the “mob choir” made the mob intros (a group of mostly animation staff, directors, etc). if you’re referring to the music itself, that’s certainly two separate groups. idk about the animators or composers though if that’s what you’re referring to

Knov or Morel

I noticed that but just figured it's easier to draw/animate a neatly folded shirt than a crumpled up one

Ebronics

im pretty sure the DanDanDan is refering to the dramatic reverb used in tv/film.

mal

momo is one of the best characters in anime in my opinion i love her so much

Graham

“Gofer” as in, “go for this, go for that,” “go to the store and buy me a soda,” -type of thing.

Graham

The family in particular are supposed to be a pastiche of various Japanese “Rural Horror” tropes. Kind of like how Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Deliverance, or even The Hills have Eyes function in America. Like if you’ve ever seen the excellent horror satire “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil,” it’s those same concepts explored, but Japanese. Creepy, backwards country people with old beliefs and traditions and very often, an element of sexual predation over the young people that wander into their neck of the woods. I agree it’s shocking in an anime, but it is basically just the same thing as any number of teen horror movies I’ve seen, especially ones with evil hillbillies.

dannydarko27

I learned the term Gofer in film Class. It is pretty much outdated slang for a PA, especially ones on the lower end of the totem pole. It's short for "go fer/for", but I haven't heard the term in years

SparklingKip

RENEWED MY SUBSCRIPTION AS SOON AS I HEARD holy shit are you guys in for peak

HBelmont67

Imo, the season one finale was worse. 😖