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Dandadan (Season 1): The Occultic, the Otherworldly and the Hilarity in Between!
Dandadan captivates with its mix of supernatural adventure and teenage romance, highlighting the evolving relationship between Okarun and Momo amid a chaotic backdrop of yokai and aliens. The series deftly balances humor and poignant moments, especially with its unexpected dark turns, ultimately leaving viewers eager for the story's continuation.
• Exploration of Momo and Okarun's developing relationship
• Animation quality praised for fluid motion and visual detail
• Balances comedic elements with genuine emotion
• Episode seven's focus on darker realities enhances narrative depth
• Anticipation for season two builds with cliffhanger ending
• Cultural references to yokai and supernatural lore intriguing
• Overall strong character dynamics enriching the viewing experience
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What up, nerds? Welcome back to the zone podcast for the nerdy news and reviews. I'm Jet Black Extreme, and joining me today is Koki Gatsby and Sy Thomas Mad for this episode. We're gonna be talking about season 1 of Dandedan. Let's go ahead and get into it. I'm gonna go ahead and say it right now I am so impressed by dandodon. I'm gonna go ahead and review it right now.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna get my rating right now I would say five stars, but that doesn't really do it for me. Right now I would say five out of five blings, because I was like so impressed with the way it was going from a visual point of view, to how the characterization of Ocaroon and Momo and Psycho and the rest of them that you're going to be meeting, and the relationship that intertwined with the um, yokai and aliens, and how momo and okaroons well, we know it's real name, but we'll talk about it in a moment uh, their relationship, and I'm like, bro, this is like one of the cutest anime couples I've seen in a long time. I'm like, oh yeah, y'all go together. I don't care what y'all say.
Speaker 1:I mean you say cute, I say kind of just realistic yeah, that's what I'm saying like it's realistic in a cute way, where it's like it feels like an actual relationship. I'm like, you know, I fucking love it. You know how, like they kind of get each other's throats um, they kind of insult each other and all that shit, and I'm like it feels like an actual relationship. I'm like, yeah, y'all starting up as friends, but I'm like, fuck it, y'all go together. But yeah, y'all starting up as friends, but I'm like, fuck it, y'all go together. But speaking of which, skokie Austin, what's your impression of Dan Da Dan so far?
Speaker 3:Dan, da Dan, dan, da Dan, dan, da, dan, dan, da Dan, dan, da Dan, dan, da Dan.
Speaker 1:Dan, da, dan, dan, da, dan, dan Da.
Speaker 3:Dan.
Speaker 1:I was going to do that too, but I was like I don't know man.
Speaker 3:I'm going to put that too, but I was like I don't know, man, I'm going to put in this aspect here. I cannot tell you how many covers I have heard of this song. I actually watched the original group their music video for this song. The music video has nothing to do with this anime whatsoever. This was literally just picked just to be in the show, which is honestly insane to be into that. Just imagine you make a song, you a music video, and they're like, hey, we're just going to put it for our show and they just make it work and it's like okay, I will say Japanese rap that you kind of like, where it's like okay, okay it's kind of tough, it kind of goes hard.
Speaker 3:Right, right, you're like, hold on a second. My wife dances to it every single time. It's one of the few intros of an anime that she does not skip and understand. She skips intros okay, but she's seen it once. She's like I've already seen it. Unless they made a change, I'm not really planning on changing not just lyrically, but visually.
Speaker 1:It's like it just got style, it got sauce yeah, like it's really, it's really cool.
Speaker 3:Just just a nice little chill thing. I have seen violin covers, guitar covers. I have seen so many covers of this. Anyway, um, music fantastic.
Speaker 3:But then going even a step further from the music is also one of those ones that we enjoy about the fact that, like you said, the relationship feels real, like they're embarrassed about different things. You know, she's just came out of a previous relationship with dude was abusive and she just assumed that that's just how things are supposed to be. And she's finally with a guy that actually, you know, cares about her. He's one who was always shied away. Um, he's been interested in other people but nobody has ever shown any type of interest and even then she still was kind of like.
Speaker 3:You know, he just seems cool. I might just give a try talking to him because he just seems okay. You know, like you said, start off as friends and kind of just grew further. From there you get the jealousy of, oh, my goodness, the old friend, her first love, shows up and he's like constantly feeling jealous about it and he's not sure how, what he should do, and he's like should I just go ahead and say you know what it's not worth fighting for, or is it worth fighting for?
Speaker 3:and it's like I was waiting for you to make a joke of a love we're fighting for, but you didn't so whatever, um, I like it's a very interesting aspect of ghost and, um, it's a very interesting aspect of ghost and you you know aliens is weird, but it's also one of those weird that you're just like it's so weird but I can't look away and I don't know why, but I just can't look away, it's like a consumable kind of weird.
Speaker 1:It's like you know I'm kind of digging it. It's like you know, it's like having that one weird friend is like you know you're kind of a it. It's like you know it's like having that one weird friend is like you know, you're kind of a weirdo.
Speaker 3:But you cool people and it's one of those weird things too, and the fact that you're like, you're not upset by it, it doesn't make you feel uncomfortable, even though there's how many jokes of we're gonna steal steal your reproductive organs.
Speaker 4:Look, I promise you this they're not. They're not quiet about it at all.
Speaker 3:No, we want your dick. Yeah, it's straightforward.
Speaker 4:We straight up want your dick. It's like no, we're talking about banana.
Speaker 3:It's penis what, and it's both the aliens and the ghosts that do so. When it comes to Turbo Granny, I promise you this First off, the amount of Turbo Granny costumes, cosplays, has been fantastic.
Speaker 4:It's not just the yokai and the aliens. These women want that dick. For some fucking reason they went from being a fucking nobody to now. Everybody wants that dick Right.
Speaker 3:I can't even imagine that. Just all of a sudden, like let me gobble that weenie, wait what? Literally after that first episode, my wife just makes that joke all the time. She just comes to me and says you hear me, no like purple granny suggested 69's where.
Speaker 1:Let me gobble that dick while you all play with my titty. I'm like whoa. Let me gobble that dick while you all play with my titty. I'm like whoa. Okay, I mean damn.
Speaker 3:Bro, it was right there.
Speaker 1:We was like oh man.
Speaker 3:That was a very strong first impression.
Speaker 4:I was freaky like that.
Speaker 1:Okay, I'm like Randy's not playing any game, I'm like dude. That's straightforward. I kind of respect it. Hold on hold on.
Speaker 3:Y'all remember that meme where it was like hey, you want that PS5? Yeah, Well, you better come work it again. And the granny scream Like oh, hey, no. There's one granny that can definitely get it though Seiko, get it, get it the internet breaking of it, because the thing about it is in the manga she's kind of, she's a little bit thinner. But you know how animation studios do? Yeah, animation studios will say, oh, she looks kind of thin. We're gonna, uh, we're gonna, pixar that one just a little bit it really don't help.
Speaker 1:When she got those very suggestive posts Like you know, like how Okaroon, momo and Ira was pleading her for all new uniforms and whatnot, and she was like standing over there all domineering and shit, like with those legs spread and all that shit, I'm like, bro, listen, like I get it, you're attractive. I'm not trying to be horny, I'm trying to enjoy the show.
Speaker 4:No, dude, I feel that that awakens stuff inside of me, bro, like that part specifically awakens some stuff and I'm proud about it. But I'm doing it. You know, I felt it. I was like, okay, this is alright.
Speaker 1:Keep that. You know what Black Pants man before we're not trying to gloss over you. What's your impression of Dandenet as a whole so far, please?
Speaker 4:Wow, this anime was. To be honest, it was intense, it got weird really quick, really really quick. And you know what, like I was okay with it at first. I'm still okay with it, but like I'm like up to a point where, like if every episode is going to be a penis reference damn it was going to get old. It was going to get old real quick. But the references from other shows and animes, because Shin Godzilla was there, there was, there's another Japanese, trope anime.
Speaker 4:Well, it was not an anime. It's like one of those Power Rangers type of shows. There's a reference to that. There's a couple of references to a couple of things there, but the regular Japanese working man type of business with the aliens at first. That's like a typical businessman or business boss. So those were pretty cool references. Most definitely.
Speaker 4:I thought that the anime was really cool. It's really smooth. I like how they they really dedicated to, to like the artwork they're dedicated to. You know, all the light shows? Holy shit that has light show. Um, I'm a little mad at it right now. I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little mad at it. I don't want to talk about it right now because I know you're gonna give me a moment to talk about it later, so I'm just gonna glance're going to give me a moment to talk about it later, so I'm just going to glance on it. I'm fucking pissed at this anime, for I mean, come on, my name is Saitama Smash. That's for a reason. I love One Punch man. I'm going to leave it for later. I'm not going to talk about it. Pretend to understand to me, but like I'm gonna leave you guys to that, I'm gonna leave you guys to that. I'm gonna glance on it. I'm gonna talk about it later. I'm gonna call back for a second.
Speaker 1:Alright, but I like how you brought up artwork, because can I talk about the way they animate Uh Okaroon's transformation Into his turbo granny form, to where, like normally, like they kinda cut corners With the transformation. But you know like it's like certain frames.
Speaker 3:It's like a fluid transformation.
Speaker 1:It's like you see it happening in real time. I'm like, oh shit, okay, okay, it's sick.
Speaker 4:It really is sick.
Speaker 1:They definitely had a good budget for this.
Speaker 4:Yeah, they definitely had a good budget, absolutely, and the fact that the original artist, this anime anime wasn't given a chance to any other of his animes that he had. He was not given the chance today, dude, and for some fucking reason, this anime got the green light and we're like, okay, cool, it's weird enough, let's give him a chance.
Speaker 3:And it works. It works so well. It's almost like a fresh, like a sketch style mixed with a like a comic book style type thing, and it's like it does fit very well into it, like it would see something that you would definitely see in shonen jump, like any type of shonen manga whatsoever, and it's yeah, the animation is really good. I love how they actually are able to put those together, like you said, the flow of motions as well, not just for okaruna's, uh, his transformation, but like the, the animation for how it works out for all the superpowers that you just wound up seeing, not just him, but everyone else's transformation the, the other ghost and the other, um, the other aliens that we get a chance to see like, especially that one episode, uh, where I can't remember which is.
Speaker 3:I can't remember which which episode it was, but it was the one where they were in the. They were in the high, they were in high school, they were in the school and they got sent to like an alternate like version of the school and they all got trapped in there and the giant lizard that shot the high pressure water almost like so such a high pressure that it was like a laser, and it was like they animated that one to be almost 3d-esque but instead of kind of glitching across, it actually fluided pretty well like it's one of those ones that ever since overlord that one time with the goats that everyone trashes on, that they were just like this was supposed to be such an epic moment. This was one of the darkest moments of the of overlord, but it just kind of became almost a joke because they couldn't even animate the goats well, the demon goats well. In this one I was nervous, because I'm always nervous seeing 3d onto 2d animation, but this one worked out pretty well and he didn't overuse it yeah, that's the thing.
Speaker 1:That was the main thing I appreciated to where I was thinking like bro, if they keep doing this 3d cgi shit too much, it's gonna get old. Like I said with the penis jokes, no, it doesn't overstay as well. I appreciate that. But uh, I'm gonna be honest with y'all now that I'm thinking about it and I want to say, before I ever forget, I'm not gonna lie. Sometimes, every time I see okra turn into his, his Turbo Granny form, I'm thinking of that old old show, max Steel, where Okaroon is like going Turbo.
Speaker 3:I can see that and, honestly, this one. I think my wife loves this because it has really cool Fuli Kuli vibes. My wife loves Fuli Kuli, so anytime I see Turbo Granny every dinner scene is like fucking wild I'm like god damn.
Speaker 1:Like I loves FLCL. So anytime I see Turbo, Every dinner scene is like fucking wild. I'm like god damn. I kind of want to go over there one time and be like I just want to see how wild y'all get, Because I heard y'all be going crazy at dinner.
Speaker 3:Every single time. And this is the point that Sekiro's like shut up y'all, y'all doing too much, chill out. But you know, know, she loves compliments. You give her a compliment. You can get away with anything as long as you compliment her, tell her that she's so beautiful and she's so pretty.
Speaker 1:I cannot believe you're so wise and smart that's why. I said Dee, dee when Dee Dee was like, he was like the best at it because he would compliment anybody like, oh you so cute and all that, or he at it because he would compliment anybody like oh you're so cute.
Speaker 3:I'm like man. He keeps calling her auntie. She's like aren't you such a smart genius? Why do you keep saying that? What are you talking about? He says oh, I love you so much, you're so beautiful, auntie. Aren't you such a cutie? Aren't you such a smart genius? When did you become so smart? It was like what in the world? Now look now I do know there was one episode that jbu said that it definitely got pretty serious. I think you uh yes the episode seven.
Speaker 1:okay, this was when ira like well, the backstory to ira's mother and the thing was she was working two jobs, but she was also what's the proper way to put it? That's other things she was doing.
Speaker 3:Oh, you could say prostitution or nightlife, a night angel.
Speaker 1:Yeah a night angel Right.
Speaker 3:That's what it was. I think I just came up with that.
Speaker 1:Hold on, you might need a trademark that was you heard it here for now she was a night angel, but she was also working two other jobs trying to make as much money as she can for her daughter, right, and then you're thinking like, oh well, she was saving her money. She finally got the dress she wanted her daughter to like be a ballerina, and all that shit. Next thing, you know, her pimp and I guess an enforcer showed up, roughed her up a little bit, like she got uh glass, like you know. You know like she got thrown around and all that shit and end up with glass. You know, like her forearms and uh, I think one of them uh got in her eye and like gouged out her eyes and whatnot.
Speaker 1:Uh, the, of course it uh scooped the ira that's the weird part like I could. That's what made me want to dive into the manga, because I'm like, hold on, I feel like there's a gap right there to where, like how is it went from ira being taken away by, uh, her mama's pimp to, oh, now she's just going to high school and she's like whoa hold on.
Speaker 3:No, no. Well, these are those. Actually, those are two different girls. Her daughter is either dead or just they probably like sold her somewhere else and everything. But no, it was a different girl.
Speaker 1:It was just that she reminded her of her daughter, and that's why she became so attached to her now see, that's why I thought too, but then, uh, ira made it sound like, oh, you are my mother and you're like, um, oh, you did everything you could for me, and that would kind of confuse me, so I wait. So is this the same? What the?
Speaker 3:fuck, no, no. So there was two times that it happened. The first time, remember it was, it was almost like a manipulation and even turbo granny in the cat form, because you know, we got cat turbo granny, which is extremely hilarious. I have one of those lucky cats and now I'll be looking at it every single time, like are you gonna start talking? Are you gonna try to take my testicles? Oh god, but no, um, it's one of those ones that, like even she has said it was just pretty much like powerful manipulation. It wound up being that she, what she attached herself so much to this girl and so badly wanted to keep saying it because she could not accept the loss of her own daughter, because she has no idea we have no idea, really what happened to the daughter. It's just that it's that understanding that either the daughter was sold off and is either unfortunately, um, unalive or worse, who knows.
Speaker 1:But the thing about it is is that she can never let it go, but she can never find her yeah, see, that's what I thought initially because, uh, because I was like kind of threw a curve, because they even look differently, because you know, uh, the one girl had brown hair and I obviously have pink hair. So I'm like thinking, whoa, hold on, like if that was the same girl. I got questions, uh, y'all can't just like gloss over, like what happened after that.
Speaker 3:But okay, no, no, no, it's just yeah. They won't show what happened after that.
Speaker 1:We just know that the girl was taken away by mafia and it's pretty much assumed whenever mafia comes and takes a child is assume what happens next and they they won't elaborate further, it's just just know it wasn't good, I mean also consider the fact that, excuse me, uh, sometimes, man, I'll about get to you in just a moment, but that's also consider the fact that, with the whole thing with the tunnel how, um, turbo grains are like, uh, attraction to that tunnel was based on the fact that young girls would go into the tunnel and they would get violated and killed and whatnot. And I guess you would like, uh, attracted to the girls, regrets or uh, whatnot to not move on, whatnot? Uh, sorry if I'm butchering it a little bit, but yeah, I can kind of understand how, like yeah, dan, dan can get kind of dark, but not in a way to to where it doesn't ruin your taste. It's just more like you can kind of put two and two together. What could happen?
Speaker 4:Well, at one point. The way I interpreted it was the, so after the presenter, it's like, hey, you know she died, died. She does this little like headfirst dive into the pavement, um, there's at the end when she finally finds happiness. The her daughter is, is there at the end and she's in her regular form, like they both are, and it kind of implies that the daughter unfortunately did not make it so let's be honest, it's Yakuza, you know, like if it's Yakuza, you're not gonna last long.
Speaker 4:You know there are two options here you're dead or dying, or dying on the inside or dying on the inside, because chances are if you're dead or dying, or dying on the inside or shit dying on the inside, Because chances are if you're a boy they're going to try to recruit you. They're going to take care of you, but they're going to be shit at you. Chances are eventually you want higher rank. You got to do some initiations If you're a girl.
Speaker 4:Eee, eee, because I mean, let's, if you were a girl, eee, eee cause I mean, damn, you know it's gonna be one of those damn moments, yeah. But uh, yeah, at least that's what I interpreted. You know that's what they insinuated and that's what I interpreted. But that could be wrong, I could be fucking wrong. I. I mean, I could look over the wiki right now and Chase Garland's not gonna say shit.
Speaker 1:Right. I mean they're gonna like kind of allude to it, but they're gonna try to keep it tasteful to a point to where you're gonna have to use your imagination to imagine what could have happened. You know.
Speaker 4:Yeah, but um Again, you know I insinuated that you know she probably died, so like damn.
Speaker 1:Like. It's almost like. That's like a I'm going to say better but it's more like a straightforward okay. Well, at least they didn't get too graphic about what could have happened. You know like they could have went very rated R about it but, like for the most part, it just seemed like they kept trying to keep it PG-13, excuse me.
Speaker 3:Well, yeah, because the anime was tuned to. The thing about it is it's still tuned to what technical young audience. So obviously they know adults watch it too, but they can't really go too far in. Like I said, this is also was a Shonen Jump show.
Speaker 1:I mean with the very first episode, aliens trying to like insert their things in Momo.
Speaker 3:That's just joking Funny. This is joking Funny. You can implement all that all day. Who cares about that? Cause it's all just for jokes and fun. It never actually happens. Joke about it, but it never happens. This one, you can't really go too much, because this actually happened, yeah, so it's going to be the only thing into it.
Speaker 1:But um, can I talk about Momo for a moment, with how? Like I'm going to say like, how, she's aggravating. I mean how's it annoying. I honestly did not get that impression from her.
Speaker 4:She's adorable, don't get me wrong. She's like her and Okoro. They're adorable as hell and I fucking love them to like no extent. But I just want to slap either one or the other or both at the same time, just say something.
Speaker 1:Oh, what pissed me off was that one episode where, okay, they like go back to school after beating Turbo Granny and they're like trying to look for each other and want to talk to each other, but they can't find each other, even though they could have found each other a lot quicker if they just turned around at the right moment.
Speaker 1:But then, like, they're just making it more and more awkward and I'm like, oh, my fucking god, they're really milking this whole shit. And, yeah, like sometimes it just seems like when they interact with each other, it's almost like they want to talk to each other more, but it's almost like they they're both fighting their attraction for each other. Because it's one thing with okaroon, to where at first he just thought of momo as just a friend, up until not even gg, but that one other dude that was like talking to him, like hey, I heard all you and Momo like kind of you know pulling around, like I heard like she kind of get around with a whole bunch of dudes, like you know what's up, and then you know, okurun did the whole thing to where I'm like, hey, I'm gonna need to do the fuck spreading all those rumors about her. Momo ain't that type of dude. You know I'm, you know you know he was transforming in the middle of, like he didn't care. I also like how, with the whole thing, it's not really a secret, they're not trying to keep their powers a secret. It's like, hey, I'll fucking transform in the middle of all this.
Speaker 3:Anyways, I love how quickly they're able to adapt to their powers, type of thing. Yeah, those ones to them is like almost instant transformation. They're like huh, I transformed. Oh okay, this is pretty interesting. Like even they're surprised by it. They're like huh, didn't think I could do that, I want to say something to the class teacher.
Speaker 4:I found out that you have to have uh, either like a, a connection towards the yokai world. It's not a yokai world, it's more of like their little version of reality.
Speaker 2:Spiritual plane.
Speaker 4:Exactly, you have to have that little spark of energy that helps you see them in order for regular humans to see you. Correct, regular humans don't see your form. Regular humans just see a really fucking strong version of you.
Speaker 3:Oh, okay, there's another show. It's one of the craziest things about it. How they talked about with One Piece Hockey is only visible to people who actually can do hockey To everyone else nothing changed to your body. You look the exact same. So imagine Luffy in Bounceman form and we're looking at this black and someone did a color correction of how he looks and he looks fucking terrifying.
Speaker 1:So essentially, it's like that anime trope where they just look super serious and it's like you're just going to have to trust me, bro, you don't want these problems right now.
Speaker 3:Right. And then when they see the attacks happen so imagine all these like pirates just looking at these super attacks happen they're just like, oh, they got superpowers, they got superpowers. That's the reason why they're like oh yeah, they're like superhuman type thing. And then people are like, no, it's just hockey control, anyone can do it, you just have to learn how to do it, type of thing. Yeah, and the thing about it is you know Momo, she comes from a family of mediums.
Speaker 1:Let me finish. I was going to say between Okaroon and Momo, how, with them, okaroon was trying to shake down this dude trying to talk about the rumors and shit, and it was a dude that kind of had her thinking like, oh dang, you know what, now that I think about it, I never really thought that she was actually cute until now. Like damn, this kind of changes things. Meanwhile, with Momo it was like, okay, normally she would say that Okurum is not her type, but between Okurum's real name being King Takakura, who's based off, you know, like the same name as the actors that she does have a crush on, and the fact that, oh, she likes a strong, silent type, and Okurum normally would say, oh well, you know, I'm an awkward guy and that just kind of does it for her and it's almost like like why you keep saying that don't you ever say your real name around me and I'm like between the both of them.
Speaker 3:It's like they're trying to fight each other on their feelings for each other, and it's like that's what makes it kind of cute and realistic at the same time I think the funniest thing is I'm just mentioning this really quick uh is the fact it's realistic also for me, because it's very similar to how it is and me and my wife kind of hooked up, except instead of at school, it was like at a job, at our job, like we had about a long time ago.
Speaker 3:It was pretty much I was that awkward person. Everyone knew me as kind of a goofball that, oh, jeremy loves anime, jeremy loves this, jeremy likes dressing up in costumes, he likes doing this, he likes cosplay and stuff, and she liked it also. But that like so, like, not as too much as like to really be constantly doing it all the time, type of thing. And so I was told all the time by my wife before we got, before we even got together, that you're kind of annoying, and I was like you know, you're kind of annoying. I said okay, well, I guess I am type of thing. But then here we are, like years later it's just like you're still kind of annoying, but I like you, but I like it and I'm like hey.
Speaker 1:I mean, I guess at this point I got to consign to the fact that every I want to say not every relationship Chances are with relationships. There's got to be some sort of element where y'all kinda antagonize each other but y'all just make it work somehow pretty much that is actually 100% true.
Speaker 3:To be honest with you.
Speaker 1:I mean, I just don't know how it is about every single relationship, but for the most part, as I've seen, it's almost like the best relationship have like this little bit of antagonism, like how sometimes, like I'll say right now, like I didn't want to believe it at first, it was like coincidence at first, especially funny enough, I have a work related um story too, to where I will just be talking to some girls. I'll be like trying to lightly bully them and whatnot. You know like shit, like throwing paper balls and shit, and then I had to have some of them say, hey, you do know that's flirting, all right, no, that's not flirting right now. Yeah, that's flirting. I'm like wait, wait, wait, hold on, wait. Yep, because I had to take a step back, because that made me think, hold on. There's a lot of girls that did that to me. So what's that? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait wait, wait, wait, I can't relate how many missed opportunities.
Speaker 4:One moment. Like I went to go get coffee right, I can't relate to any of those. Like I went to go get get coffee and then lady behind me I said a really good joke. Now we're married, look at that. Look at that, it's like a startup to Hallmark movie.
Speaker 3:I'm not going to lie to you. You sound like how my eldest brother was. My eldest brother for a long time was. He was one that a lot of people would mess with and call him a player, and he was like I'm not no player, I'm like you say that, but you don't miss opportunities. You take full advantage of every opportunity you had back in the day. He doesn't now. He's married, he's got kids, he's very faithful.
Speaker 1:But young him.
Speaker 1:He got to a point where now it's more like I'm the kind of guy where, most likely, I have the most. I don't know how to put it, but it's like it feels like I'm the most effective when I'm being like distant, like how can I put this? It's like almost like saying um, I'm the kind of guy where they're trying to like get to know me and shit, like open up and what not. I'm like, you know, I'm just minding my own business and then, crazy enough, it's mainly the girls, but then sometimes dudes walk up to me and being like, hey bro, how do you do it?
Speaker 1:I'm like I'm not doing anything like these bitches keep trying to talk to me. What the fuck do you?
Speaker 4:want.
Speaker 3:Look here we are talking about an anime that has like these bitches, keep trying to talk to me. I don't know. What the fuck do you want? Look, here we are talking about an anime that has ghosts and aliens, but here we are picking apart the relationship aspect of it.
Speaker 1:I mean, that was like man. Half of that, at least half the season, was about their relationship.
Speaker 3:Let's be honest yeah, half the season about them like just finally admitting to each other that they like each other, and even then we still didn't really officially get that at the end. Can I be honest, this is the worst season finale I have ever had oh yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1:Simply because they knew that they were trying to set up for a season two because, keep in mind, the manga is going way deeper, so there's like way more arts. So it was like they were really hoping that season one did so well that it would warrant a season two right away what if we? Didn't. Yeah, that's the. Thing that's the thing, like there's a possibility that it didn't, it couldn't, but they were like so sure, nah, nah, it's gonna be here, they're gonna love it.
Speaker 1:Why they're gonna love it. You don't want season two like it was so aggravating.
Speaker 3:I'm like you can't like. Here's the thing some shows will at least close off something and then leave a possibility for the cliffhanger. This one didn't even leave that.
Speaker 1:It ended with a part one I mean at least when we talked about kaiju, number eight, it was like, okay, it was a clear cutoff point and then it will leave the season two, yeah but there is no clear cutoff for this one.
Speaker 3:This was just straight up. All of a sudden it's like haunting the house, like going to the haunted house. Part one season that's the season finale wait, wait, hold on.
Speaker 1:It literally ends when Okurun and Gigi find the secret room. Meanwhile, momo is being accosted by five dudes. I'm like, oh y'all just gonna leave it off like that.
Speaker 3:Can we talk about the gator comment? I was like, yo, what? Then they went underwater and was just pretending to go like and I'm like, oh what? And then they went underwater and was just like pretending to go like and I'm like, oh no, oh no. I was like, see this, see this right here, this right here is the reason why there's so many women are scared of guys right now, like because of nonsense like this. Like have you ever heard of a gator?
Speaker 1:Why Some of them chose to bear.
Speaker 3:That part like this, like have you ever heard of a caterer? Like why some of them chose to bear that part was one of the ones. Like, seriously, I'm like that's not even just what in the world, just why I'm like I'm a dude and I didn't feel safe I didn't.
Speaker 3:I didn't. Me and my wife were sitting here like I feel very uncomfortable. I looked at her. This is one of those moments that normally when like me and my wife are always good about looking at each other at the right time and stuff and things it was like this was one of those moments where I looked over at her. She was just looking at the TV like disturbed and I was like, oh no, I said you ready for me to cut this off? I think we reached a point that maybe we're done watching.
Speaker 1:I don't like where this is going.
Speaker 3:Right, I was like, excuse me, the bad part about it is that technically, the show started off that same way, because it was that three aliens that had her strapped down. She was completely naked before this time she was in her underwear, but either way, um, she was like completely strapped down at the beginning in the very first episode and they were all about to straight up just assault her and it was like, uh, is this really how we starting off this anime? I don't.
Speaker 4:I don't know.
Speaker 3:Rape, rape, rape rape and we was like, uh, why is people saying, oh, this is gonna be such a great show, like I want you? I'll be honest with you, after that first episode, even though she had got her powers, I wasn't skeptical about watching the second episode for a moment, like I wasn't even sure. So I watched the first episode by myself and then the second episode. So I watched the first episode by myself and then the second episode. I watched the second episode when the third episode came out, specifically because of that particular reason. But I watched the second episode after the third episode came out.
Speaker 3:Because I told you about the YouTuber that I follow, classic man D. People ask him a bunch of different stuff and he was like people want to know what my talk, my views on Dan to Dan-day in episodes one, two and three, and hearing him talk about how episode two was, I was like, okay, so this is, I think I could resume it. So I picked up episode two and then watched episode three together. And then that's when I brought my wife on board, because my wife has a really big thing about it. We don't watch no shows that have any potential rap. We don't do none of that type of thing I was like, yeah, this probably ain't going to be the anime, bro, I don't think I'm going to watch this. We moved past it. But then here we are, the season finale going right back.
Speaker 1:Don't even want to say buckle up for episode 7, because I was thinking well, depending on the sensitivity of the subject, I was like like I just don't want to be a repeat of episode 31 of JoJo's part 6 oh, oh.
Speaker 3:Goblin Slayer yeah, or Goblin Slayer, episode 1 of Goblin Slayer, that was rough.
Speaker 1:Can we also bring up Redo of Healer while we're?
Speaker 3:at it. Here's the thing Redo of Healer. While we're at it, no, no, no. See, here's the thing Redo of Healer. They deserved it After the nonsense they did to him. They deserved it. That was the reason that you was able to continue watching, Because you was watching for that revenge. You knew this was a revenge anime. You knew it was.
Speaker 1:Well, except for a buddy who had the empty space and the childhood friend, that part I was not down for, you know.
Speaker 3:I got some parts into it. Yeah, I can understand what you mean, stan. Yeah, most of them deserve that, bro. I'm just saying, but no, yeah, it's just one of those ones there, bro. I'm just saying, but no, it's just one of those ones. There's some shows you just we don't really push into that. There's too much happening here, type of thing.
Speaker 1:Have y'all ever heard of an anime called Batuu?
Speaker 3:Yes, I actually heard of Batuu. I read the manga of Batuu.
Speaker 1:It's one of those things where I read the manga of Batum. Yeah, it's one of those things where I'm like, man, it's very hard to re-watch Batum. I was almost tempted to review it but I'm like, hmm, but then I gotta watch that one episode again. I don't want to watch that one episode.
Speaker 3:There is a lot in this Gabe, do you, I'm sorry Say Tom, do you know of it or no?
Speaker 4:I do not know.
Speaker 3:Okay, so the simplest thing is this Imagine a class, a high school class. Each of them were given very special bombs and were sent to an island. A bunch of rich people are watching to see what happens, to see who comes out alive on top.
Speaker 1:Oh, and, by the way, the twist is, the people who got selected are like despicable, like, in other words, think of the Even Stevens movie where it's like, ok, well, we're just going to send them off to this island because, you know, fuck them, but not. Not like with Twitty. He didn't know what was really going on, he just thought it was going to be funny. But in this case it was more like, okay, let's just send them off to this island because we hate them, we don't want them around anymore, like squid game.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you know you were so poor, but this one is because you had such poor attitudes, such poor behavior, for whatever the case may be, they wound up sending you there, but it was one of those ones that a lot of people this actually had a lot of controversy because a lot of people's like, okay, they're still kids. Like they, they were still kids. That was the thing. There was still a chance of them turning their life around, whatever the case may be, and they were not given that opportunity. And that's where this one kind of came a lot of like real hate and controversy for specifically about that, but otherwise it was still that moment of like this show got crazy, one episode in particular that I'm talking about, and I'm just gonna mention it lightly.
Speaker 1:We're gonna go back to dandodan. Uh, essentially, uh, the man carried the girl and she was hanging out with her friends and they were hanging out with I guess it's like this uh band and let's just say that the girls was invited over to their apartment and some implications, and the main girl escaped from the situation, but the other girls well, I'm gonna let you use your imagination and the girls after that was like I can't believe. You just left us like that and then pretty much made it so that way she gets sent off to the island because of that because she took, because her survival instincts kicked in.
Speaker 3:The biggest thing about it for her was the fact that she didn't really call for help either that was the only thing.
Speaker 1:Yeah, she could have called for help either. That's why I'm like, yeah, you could have called for help.
Speaker 3:Because the one thing if you escape, you escape. That is usually first priority. They actually teach that in like survival methods and stuff. It's like the first thing you need to do is try to escape. After you escape, go get the authorities so everyone else can get back. Don't try to go back yourself because likelihood you're just going to get stuck there. No one gets back out. You just put yourself back in and it didn't work out for anyone. If you do escape, get the authorities. That way they can send a team to come and extract everyone else type of thing. And she didn't even do that, she just escaped and tried to like I'm just going to forget about it, forget that it never happened and I was like that wasn't the right decision.
Speaker 1:Anyway, I would say one more example. And then, going back to dan, dan, I would have said that one episode of devil man cry baby with, uh, I guess like a producer or some sort of photographer or some shit, like he was like coming out real creepy and you know he had like a reputation and shit. But I might review devil man cry baby because it was like maybe We'll see. But yeah, bad to Dan, to Dan, yeah, like it kind of this is not that show.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm glad that it doesn't go that far. I'm like it kind of leans, but it doesn't go that far. It doesn't fully commit to it. It gets dangerous and close. Yeah, it gets dangerous and close.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it gets dangerous, it does so. Yeah, but this is also one of those ones that so look, I want to make sure that I give we gotta still give props to Turbo Granny and the fact that Turbo Granny specifically talks about how weak all of these other ones are. And one of the things for me is the fact that, like Turbo Granny, are you really that strong or are you just yapping your gums? Were you really not strong enough, type of thing. Or is it the fact that Okoro really cannot like tap into the full Turbo Granny powers, even though he's already lost his testicles, His family jewels? Oh, my gosh, that pose that he did when he was trying to communicate with Momo in class and he was like trying to explain to her about what happened after they had a little dispute. I promise you, my wife does that like every now and again, just randomly. She's like, hey, babe, I said I was like what's up? I look over and she's like squatted down with her hands in circles.
Speaker 1:I'm just like why are you doing that? And she's like squatted down with her hands in circles.
Speaker 3:I'm just like I'm joking about. She literally just did that, like yesterday. Actually I was just like why? She's like because you know we're gonna watch the season. That's her way of telling me when she wants to watch the next episode. When you know the next episode is coming out, she's like, hey, hey, hey, and she does it and I'm just like the new episode did drop. Yeah, we're going to watch it. It was like really, there's no normalcy.
Speaker 3:There's no normalcy in my family as far as like hey, I want to watch the next episode, type of thing.
Speaker 4:We just do the most random outlandish stuff Just because I'm glad that the next episodes are coming out, that this season's coming out, but let me tell you guys something. I know that other fans are going to feel the same way. Why the hell does this anime that just came out is about to get a second season, but One Punch man, which has been a f***ing year or so or more without like anything of the next season about to come out, right, why Is it too much detail? Can they not handle it? Is there too many companies? I don't think I can pull this popularity drop.
Speaker 3:So here's the thing season one. When season one came, out.
Speaker 4:It never picked up.
Speaker 3:That was the problem it never picked up yeah, well, season one wound up having a huge is where the huge fan base mainly started, because most people didn't really know. Remember, one punch man wasn't even a manga per se. What it was is that it was just the artist was just doing something. Between time it was him just like jotting down ideas. It was like a webtoon type thing like that, before it became an actual manga per se. So this is one of those ones where it's almost like the anime came, was was announced before the manga really like picked off type of thing. So this was one of those ones that was supposed to be a joke, realistically, wasn't even supposed to be a serious. So that was one thing into it. But the other thing into it is, like I said, season one picked up well.
Speaker 3:When season one picked up, well, they did get greenlit for a season two before season one finished. So there was a greenlit for season two. It took a while because they wanted animation to be great at the same time that, um, season two was being worked on seven deadly sins. That season where we wound up having the fight between, you know, meliodas and eskenor, that was absolutely yeah, not even just that fight, but just that whole season had such trash animation because they rushed it. So it wound up taking a little bit longer for season two to come out, because people were really, really angry about that, for obvious reasons. Even we talked about it like we roasted onto how bad the animation was and was like we would have. We would not have minded waiting a little bit longer to give us good quality. So that's what they did for season two.
Speaker 1:However, season two story didn't hit as well see, that's why we were saying that even though we're giving dan to dan uh five out of five right as well, the characters are starting to become a flanderized version of themselves, like it's like for the time being they're leaving a good impression, but then again, there's always room to fuck it up, like, say, for instance, yuzukai and how we were saying like oh shit, it was so fucking gas. As soon as we get to the colon games. It was like oh, here comes, the cracks are forming.
Speaker 3:Pretty much Like even one of those ones where people were really calling out and the fact that the writer gig was clearly she was forgetting the stuff that she specifically said, like that whole issues about the binding vows, because they're rolling that people still thought gay gave it was what to do. I mean, she did great in keeping herself like kind of almost non-binary.
Speaker 1:The thing about this is assumed all mangaka are male until they come out as female oh yeah, they do mostly try to stay anonymous for the most part, so that's fair game. But I like, I was like, oh man, I thought keep my on.
Speaker 3:This gaga was able to keep it to where she only got fan mail. People had no idea who she was in person. Because of that, so smart, move into. You can't say that for anybody else. You walk out in public. People know who you are. You're going to get harassed.
Speaker 1:Hey, can I get your autograph?
Speaker 3:Like where's the new one? No, like Misery, like the whole Misery movie, hey, hey. Well, I didn't like how you ended this with this character. This is not how this is supposed to go.
Speaker 1:I need you to go back and rewrite this and say I made a mistake. I ain't gonna have you fucking assault me and fucking break my wish.
Speaker 3:But for reals though. So, honestly, it was smart in that aspect, the fact that most people were looking for a guy but she was a female the whole time. That's smart and keep in mind. Unfortunately, we have to be realistic. We do live in misogynistic times. We've lived in it for a long time. It's now really calming out, I'm gonna admit that. So it's understandable. She's a female too, that's. That's another thing. That's just a whole nother factor for people to try to come after. So I'm like we're not, we're not gonna do that. So but no, yeah, like it was as if, like she forgot the things that she said, because if she clearly stated um before that the all the curse techniques and the domain expansions was based off of hunter hunter. As far as hunter hunter has the nin abilities as well, which reminds me I still gotta make that whole blog about the nin definitely check out our website, zone-alliancecom, we, please. I'm working on so many different things right now and I do need to go ahead and make a full explanation of the NIMH blog as well, so that way you guys can always reference it back and check into it.
Speaker 3:One of the best magical systems to me. One of the best, not the best. I'm not saying it's the absolute best, but it's one of the best magical systems and yes, I'm saying it's magic, just be real. Anyway. But it was like all of a sudden it forgot People were able to change up their binding vows. When have you been able to do that? Even second, to said that at the beginning in the first season, if you change your binding vow, then if I, if I break my binding vow, I pretty much make myself near weak. I lose most of my power. And it's like this dude was breaking binding vows left and right and you're like, wait a second, what is happening right now is like this dude was breaking binding vows left and right and you're like wait a second, what? What is happening right now? And then it went from him doing it to like a bunch of other people doing it and you're like what is happening right now?
Speaker 3:And so I appreciate that in danadan it's pretty stuck to it, like whenever um okaron is trying to use his powers, um sekiro's like specifically tells him it's because you're weak, like that's just a real aspect of it. It exhausts your about your body, like it's using up all of your stamina. Sure, you can go at great speed and you do get a boost from it, because it's technically ghost, it's still ghost power, there's a superpower, but if your body is weak, you're gonna dash out too soon, you're gonna run out of energy. You need to work out, you need to get your body up, you need to actually do some stuff so that way your power actually increases, and I like that. We have that moment of we really seeing that. We see him work out constantly and because of that, we're noticing, as you're going further and further into the season, he's able to dash longer, he's able to swim when they were underwater longer than he would have before. We're actually seeing these improvements, exactly as you know, grandma sakura said. So it's like I love that we're staying consistent because, I'm gonna be honest, that's a difficult thing right now, even in dragon ball, but even before toriyama passed, he himself has admitted that he had been forgetting some stuff, which is one of the reasons why I actually love diamond so much, but that's for another time.
Speaker 3:So it's like this is one of those things like I like consistency in the power base, and even for momo it's the same thing. For her power too. We understand that she struggles with her power because and again her grandma said it our powers are based upon our emotions and based upon how we feel. If you don't feel confident, your powers aren't confident. You need to be trusting into yourself. So momo's aggravating to me, but it's because of her self pride. Because of her pride and yes, we're gonna hit vegeta pride in there her self-love and self-confidence in herself about things is why her power is so great damn near eskenor level not exactly eskenor level, but you get what I mean.
Speaker 3:As far as, like eskanor, the more that he prides himself, the stronger he gets. Type of thing he says like he is able to nuke, take nukes, like it's nothing like that, nukes of darkness covering up his son. You said you blocked out my son who decided that type thing. And it's like because he is that prideful in himself, because he has that power, the more he believes in himself, the stronger he is, and we see that from momo as well too. So now we just have like two other people.
Speaker 3:We're trying to see how those powers work. Um, does old girl, does it for eco is? Is it because of the fact that she builds more of this trust and relationship in others, or there's more care and compassion or something like that. Does that increase, increase her powers? But that's just an idea. We haven't seen anything in the anime so far that shows what really affects her powers. She just transforms and she's a ballet like kicking ass type thing. So but that, for me, is the fact that I do appreciate the consistency, which is one of the reasons that I would agree into a higher rating, because, like I said, we don't see that as much nowadays. There's too much breakaway of things not being consistent and it's like what's going on, you know and can I circle back to the whole one punch man thing?
Speaker 1:to where I know we're talking about how, um, things change, um, with why it seemed like one punch man. Uh, it's taking a while for it to show up. But then anime like Eminence and Shadow and Delicent Dungeon get their season 2 announced like months later. And I'm looking here and I'm like, okay, I can see a main problem here, to where Madhouse produced season 1, but from season 2 onward it changed hands to JC Staff and with JC Staff I'm like I see why they didn't do it yet, because look at all the shit they did A certain scientific accelerator, food Wars, eden Zero, a fairy tale, 100 year war. Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon In another world with my smartphone? Reign of the Seven, spellblaze Chill in another world with Super Cheap Powers, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction. It's almost like some of these companies have ADHD to where it's like, oh well, let's work on these projects and some of the other projects are going to have to be left on the back burner for some reason that's just corporate business period.
Speaker 3:If you're working on one thing, that's one source of money and if it doesn't work out, you don't get nothing. Remember they always say don't put all your eggs in one basket type thing. Right, corporate is always going to overwork people and make you do like 15 projects at the same time here's the problem with that.
Speaker 4:You'll also see that after those two companies, mapaappa was going to pick up One Punch man and they announced at one point that they were going to do One Punch man and then, out of fucking nowhere, they canceled the idea of doing One Punch man by MAPPA because they needed to finish Jujutsu Kaisen. So they decided, since we're going to drop it, we're going to give it back to the old company and see what they can do. The old company says we're doing projects right now. We're going to drop it. We're going to give it back to the old company and see what they can do. The old company says we're doing projects right now. We're not going to be able to get to One Punch man anytime soon. So One Punch man is currently out in the air. They said that it was going to be released by 2025, the new season. They didn't give a date, they just said it's coming next year. When Fuck, if I know.
Speaker 3:Look, I'm going to say this just real quick. I'm sorry, jb, I'm going to get right back to you.
Speaker 1:I was just going to say I just told me it doesn't get the blade treatment.
Speaker 3:Now, what I'm mad about is the fact that One Punch man goes on hiatus for a little while and I'm like, okay, got you. And as soon as it comes back it drops 10 chapters and seven of them are behind a paywall there was no announcement to it whatsoever.
Speaker 3:it just all of a sudden they dropped 10 chapters at the exact same time and now there's now there's seven chapters I can't watch because I ain't got the money to pay right now. And i'm'm like, are you serious? That's what I'm upset you talk about. When is the next anime going to come out? I don't know When's the next time Crunchyroll is going to take full advantage and say, oh, you got to pay this and we're the only ones to watch it. Or HiDive is going to grab it and say we're the only ones who are going to watch it. And if you go to these pirate websites, my favorite sites are gone now.
Speaker 4:Exactly and currently for what season three is supposed to be. For One Punch man. That's already done and chances are four and five if they're going to make it for the manga. It's done. You know, they got to the point where now One Punch man I'm not going to spoil it that much, but Saitama is everyone's eyes right now, or everyone's eyes, are on Saitama. That would be better. Yeah, that would be going to spoil it that much, but Saitama is everyone's eyes right now, or everyone's eyes are on Saitama. That would be better. Yeah, that would be better to say it Everyone's eyes are on.
Speaker 4:Saitama right now.
Speaker 3:Because now people know it's one of those things. He's not just that. Everyone's like, oh, he's just an idiot type thing, and all of a sudden he just happens to be there. They're like, no, he really does happen to be there. Every single time we win this some type of mess that should have really killed everybody, something's up in this life.
Speaker 4:He's the target for all of this. After the season 3 turning into 4, it's one of the later chapters After he finishes, the final boss, the god does say and that's the part, I'm just gonna spoil it a little bit, not that much, but the god says he was the one who got away from me and I need him gone because he can defy me, he can, he can beat me, he can actually beat me up. So he's the, he's the only target. That's why he's in the right place, always at the right time, because he's the one that they're all after. I mean, it's not a coincidence that Z-City.
Speaker 3:I saw someone had opened up this box after I had taped it up. Alright, this is the.
Speaker 4:Ooh, we're webcarrying. Did you see that man's beautiful face?
Speaker 3:Oh y'all so extra. No, I apologize. Literally. All of a sudden my hand slipped. I was unmuting. Just to say I agree, I can see what you mean with that one, but I won't actually say that it was. He didn't necessarily say he could beat me. I won't say he specifically said that, but I won't actually say that it was. He didn't necessarily say he could beat me. I won't say he specifically said that.
Speaker 3:But, like you said, we're not trying to go into type 80 spoilers right now, so I'm going to just leave it at that moment for me.
Speaker 4:He did say that he could defy him that. He's the target, he's the actual target, yeah.
Speaker 3:But when we get back to a one punch man review, we definitely gonna have some good talks into that, because I know we're gonna have you and definitely have to talk about, like both y'all we I know we're gonna have both y'all into it, um, but otherwise I'm gonna be very honest here. Uh, aside from the fact that I'm very upset about that messed up ending, because that was not how you end a season, but anyway, whatever it was like, oh yeah, we're guaranteed. Yeah, that's how they guarantee the second season, because they just went ahead and did that.
Speaker 1:They're like we're gonna only release part one and if we don't get released for a second season, we're gonna force you actually, you know it's crazy because, um, for a while now I've been noticing a trend like um see, here's the thing with anime adaptations they typically adapt three to four chapters of the manga into one episode. Right, but with Dan to Dan, the first three chapters, the first three episodes were based on the first three chapters. After that then it was like three to four chapters each.
Speaker 1:So that's why I gather from that because, some manga chapters are like 15 pages and some could be like 24 yeah, and but here's the thing it's like there were like some chapter, like with the haunted house, like obviously there was only like two episodes left into the season before they even got to the haunted house, so they really ended the series right at the beginning of an arc. So I'm like thinking, bro, like it's, it's kind of crazy how like um, I'm now thinking with season two, dances are it's gonna adapt the rest of that arc and maybe, depending on the episode count, if they do 12 episodes again, maybe like one more arc, like hold on, I might look it up again, but what happened is that I'm pretty sure that they were banking on dandan and being so successful that, yeah, like let's just go ahead and instead of introducing I mean, instead of, uh, waiting until season two to introduce gd and all that uh, we'll just throw them in there and we'll just get like some mystery going on. And yeah, I kind of like that.
Speaker 3:That much I got you Okay. Well, hey, so, based upon time, I know I don't have too much more time left into this one, but I do want to make sure I get a chance to talk about this. So I want to ask you guys. So I'm going to lead it off real quick and then I'm going to ask you guys what is your guys' favorite part of the season so far? My favorite part is with the crab-headed guy that was a boxer.
Speaker 3:Because, first off, understand, duel's whole thing is messed up. For one, he's working for the Mafia because he needs money, because his son is bleeding all the time. He's coughing up his blood Every time he uses the bathroom. His blood is always going, is always running out, and he has to keep giving his son transfusions all the time. And he's like and I don't have a bad, I don't have a really good history and I need a whole lot of money. I can't get a steady job. So I don't have a choice. I got to work for these bad people. I know that these people are bad, but I don't have a choice.
Speaker 3:I just got to do what I got to do and I was like, hey, I feels you, bro, I absolutely feels you. That's some messed up stuff that's happening with your son, right, and then they fight nobody and then he gets his behind beat and then the alien shows up and it's like, oh, we need to give you more power and I promise you every. I have seen 15 no, I've seen, I've counted 15 YouTubers reaction to this. Did they upgrade this man with a robotic penis, like they stood in front of him and all of a sudden he was just like and super upgrade. And I was like, wait a second, you know they did it.
Speaker 4:That's what it is.
Speaker 3:They gave him the metal dog the last Monday for a power up. Wait, what Hold on a second.
Speaker 4:All this show is basically what?
Speaker 1:did he say?
Speaker 4:Yeah, like there's so many parts in this when it just makes you go.
Speaker 1:Like the one time when all when Okaroon was fighting Turbo Granny, when he went back into the tunnel and essentially he feel like the only way to beat Turbo Granny is to pretty much play along as he bit her titty. Get off me.
Speaker 3:Hold on, but let me finish real quick. That was not my favorite part'm sorry I had. My baby was crying in the background.
Speaker 3:It's like one of those wild parts where I'm like yeah but my favorite part was when seiko, right after that, when do, all of a sudden shows back up again at the school, but then he passes out and then like and then like you know, grandma, she's like you, this is your blood, right? He's like yeah, this is exactly, this is our blood, this is exactly what it is. And it's like um, it's just like, how did you know? It's like when you walked in you you smelled like spoiled milk and I realized that this would creep you out if you had to be your blood or something, since they beat you behind and so then it went from. Um, it's like so, yeah.
Speaker 3:Then all of a sudden it's like here, just take a cow and you can just milk the cow, you have unlimited blood for your, for your kid. And it's pretty much just like they had the whole. Oh, aliens of aliens, of flying saucers come down and it comes. They keep abducting our cows and stuff like that, and the farmers keep talking about our cows got abducted and I was sitting here like no, they didn't, did they just explain the fact that a reason aliens have came and abducted cows is because they needed the milk for blood and my man came back with the milk.
Speaker 3:I was like wait oh my, I cracked up so hard.
Speaker 4:But it's common for, like here in Puerto Rico, for the men to never come back because they say they're going to get milk. That joke is also applied here.
Speaker 3:Yes, he left to get the milk and he came back.
Speaker 1:Don't tell me it'd be a pack of cigarettes.
Speaker 4:He fucking came back with the milk and the cigarettes. My man, god damn it.
Speaker 3:I was like that's best character right there and he said he's like I appreciate you, I could quit them. Now I no longer have to do this, I could can better myself and get a regular paying job, because now I got blood for my son.
Speaker 4:Yeah I was touching inhalaries at the same time yo, I needed to hug this guy because, like yo, he did all of this for his son. I was like, damn Damn this guy. I want to hug him because he's actually legit crying now because of his son. I need to hug this guy, Bro. I feel that. I felt that.
Speaker 3:Look, I mean JB. You know what I've done for my son, so you understand that I definitely know how to do it.
Speaker 1:Right Pursuit of happiness. I did.
Speaker 3:So like for real. So yeah, that was one of my most touching, but that thing was so hilarious because I just couldn't stop laughing at the fact. I'm like, oh my god, the alien soft syrup ducked the cat.
Speaker 4:You know the part where they're fighting Shin Godzilla. This is my favorite part when they were fighting Shin Godzilla, basically, and this girl discovers her powers with the curly hair, yokai the ballerina, the ballerina. I was like yo if she were a little older. Damn, but you can kick some fucking ass and Uncle Boop was going at it Side time.
Speaker 3:Tuck is not on this one, why you gotta do this?
Speaker 1:I mean, somebody gotta go to roll.
Speaker 4:Wait, do I have to fight with Tux again About like women in animes? Do I have to fight with him again?
Speaker 1:It really depends on the woman, though.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I mean we all fully agree that Granny is awesome, that Grandma is awesome, you know, but it's just Don't tell me that we're going to have to do this all over again. We might Well my bad, I'm sorry to interrupt. Go ahead, keep going.
Speaker 4:When they were going at it both of them, they made not only a really good team, but her fighting style is actually really impressive and I can see her just wiping out a bunch of Yo Kyle at once If she wasn't so friggin' annoying with this Holy Justice bullshit.
Speaker 3:I just remember who she is that she reminded me of. It took me a second Dang. I'm trying to remember the name of the anime. It's the anime where the main character at the end of the anime dies and people was mad because that's not what happened in the manga In the last episode. It, at the end of the anime, dies and people was mad because that's not what happened in the manga In like the last episode. It's the girl with the cursed sword. If you got scratched with the sword, you instantly started dying.
Speaker 4:What Anime?
Speaker 3:is that? Oh my god. Yes, thank you, akame, got killed that one.
Speaker 1:I was about to say how do you forget that one? I don't know why, the Look, I'm tired. Yes, thank you, akame got killed that one.
Speaker 3:How do you forget that one? I don't know why the I'm tired dude. I've been up since 4.30 this morning.
Speaker 1:I reviewed that one. I was with you.
Speaker 3:I was with you, okay, okay.
Speaker 4:That happened in that anime. You can't, that is forbidden.
Speaker 3:Right, but you remember that annoying girl with the dog. Yeah, have favorites in that anime. You can't, that is forbidden, right but. But you remember the um. But you remember that annoying girl with the dog yeah, justice bitch yes, it's pretty much.
Speaker 3:I promise you, it's almost the same, vibes. It's just one has pink hair, the other has brown. But you're just sitting here just like oh, you're absolutely evil. I'm gonna have to come at you, I'm gonna go ahead and fight, we're gonna go ahead and do this and I'm going to come with the law. We're going to lay down justice. I have been chosen to be the one. I'm sitting here, like why am I getting flashbacks?
Speaker 4:I can't support somewhere but where. And then a flashback bubble just comes up, fucking Nagagami got killed and, by the way, that dog, and by the way that dog, that was a fucked up animal dude, that imperial arms that gets his energy by eating other people.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, it was absolutely fucked.
Speaker 4:That dog was fucked. Somebody take him to the vet because that motherfucker got raped.
Speaker 1:The crazy part is Shelly, the girl with the scissors. I thought that was going to be the one-off. I'm like okay, well, the one death. I'm like all right, well, that was sad, but I'm like the rest of them are not going to die, right, right.
Speaker 3:Oh no, it's like oh my favorite characters are dying. You can't have no favorite character while watching that anime, bro. Don't have no favorite character, or have a favorite character. Why, why did you even do that to yourself?
Speaker 4:Like it's just. Why did you do that to yourself? You know they started off the anime recently because they go like I have a favorite character. No, you don't.
Speaker 1:No, you don't. It's like Joe goes all over again with like oh, you like that character Like no, please.
Speaker 3:even if you like akame, like by the end of the anime he was like why did you do?
Speaker 1:this. You just dang just um. Can we even talk about how people are like not having it when it came to jujutsu kaisen to wear on?
Speaker 3:those that would really hurt people's feelings you mean nanami's death, that his death that was so impactful that they wound up erecting a statue at the place that he wanted to vacation at, in the country that he wanted to vacation at, because they decided his people kept reaching out to the country and made a whole big thing about it I was so mad, dude, I actually I legit actually teared up when that part happened.
Speaker 4:I was so mad I was there's no fucking way that an anime is gonna make me fucking cry and I didn't know where the Christ dies.
Speaker 1:Look, I'm gonna tell you this that was me watching Mugen's reign when Rengoku died. No, no, he's gonna get up, he's gonna walk it up, he's gonna be alright.
Speaker 3:Can I be honest with you? I didn't cry with it, but I was sad, but I didn't cry when Rengoku had died. It was one of those ones that I just kind of knew.
Speaker 1:He got close to it I was like no, no, no.
Speaker 3:I was like dang, he's going to walk it off.
Speaker 1:He's going to be okay. I was like I feel like, no, he's not dead, I'm in denial.
Speaker 3:I mean, let's be honest, like if you've demon slayed when we get this newest art, the new infinity castle art. Just understand, just like we said with Hakami got killed. You don't have no favorite character, no more.
Speaker 4:Just understand.
Speaker 3:It's gonna get bad, bro. It's gonna get so bad, I mean of fact. I mean to be honest with you, talos, I already talked about it beforehand too, so he's already kind of pre-spoiled on our podcast. So I apologize, y'all been always. It's one of those ones that kind of been pre-spoiled for everyone per se. So if you're new, I apologize for that. It's just kind of a thing, but um, but I will say, as far as I can say day in and to day, I don't really have too much else to mention into it. I do appreciate this anime. I am pretty excited for season two. I hate this cliffhanger. It's not even a cliffhanger.
Speaker 3:You might as well just cut the episode in half, like halfway, and I just feel like you did this on purpose to guarantee you have to suck, you have to suck, you have to suck you have to suck. Y'all absolutely suck. I'm just like why would you do this anyway? Um, but otherwise, like it's a fun anime to watch like this is one of those ones that literally, my wife has a hard day at work, I have a hard day and we're just like we just need something goofy to watch. We're gonna put on the show because it's funny, it's hilarious, and we're just like that's fun.
Speaker 1:My favorite part Of the end. Technically there's like Two well, really like three scenes, but I'm gonna count those Two scenes as one moment when. And then, even then, that's Like my second favorite part about Dan to Dan. My second favorite part about Dan to Dan Is when Momo's Like hey, look here, you're not gonna treat Okoro like that.
Speaker 1:Like you know, when they first, when she first laid eyes on him and saw that he was having a hard time with people, like throwing paper balls at him, and then that one kid was gonna put a magnet in one of the paper balls and throw it at him. And then next thing, you know, you see Momo sitting next to him looking at him and all that shit, trying to make sure that they don't fuck with him anymore. And then when Ira was introduced and was like trying to mess with him, you know, like trying to make it seem like, oh, a nice girl, a cute girl like me, and all that shit. And then she was walking out like, oh, I bet you don't even get played like that. And then Momo was like, oh, you ain't gonna treat my boy, okunro, like that. Throw a fucking tub on him.
Speaker 3:Can I throw in to remind? Thank you for reminding me on that moment. How is this Justice girl apparently super happy with picking on boys that are supposed to love and be interested in her and then drop them like they're nothing? How is that justice?
Speaker 1:It's not even justice, it's just a matter of she just likes being popular.
Speaker 3:She just likes being whatever Continue.
Speaker 1:In other words, it's like popular girl syndrome, to where it's like you try to come off perfect and innocent but in actuality you know you're a conniving bitch, but you just like the attention that you're getting from people that you don't even like. A lot of girls actually do that. Believe it, or?
Speaker 3:not. Actually, there's a lot of people that do that. I unfortunately know some guys that do the same stuff. Why Shield hero?
Speaker 1:Shield hero the bitch with the red hair, oh yeah.
Speaker 4:Oh B-sama, I wanna fucking stab that bitch in the fucking face Throat ass, arm. Uh, hey.
Speaker 3:Bring it back. Bring it back, saitama. Bring it back, you boy, it's okay.
Speaker 1:I'm so gay. We didn't even talk about season 2 or 3 yet. That's because season 2 Kinda sucked.
Speaker 3:We need to do a redux because we didn't even talk about Season 2 or 3, yet that's because Season 2 kind of sucked man. Season 2 was bad.
Speaker 1:They came out with Season 3. I'm like you know what, Since we already talked about Season 1, we might as well do a redux and do all three at once.
Speaker 4:That's fair yeah.
Speaker 1:My favorite part of Dan to Dan. It was like probably on the same realm as Chiquitita or Pini Wini, whatever version of his name. You know who Kogigatsu was talking about. It was like when they realized that the whole school was made out of water and essentially a Momo hat you would use, using okaroon kind of like a boat, to kind of like swim through and I swear to god, it just feel like I was like having like an acid trip, watching them zoom through the fucking wall. Um, right, and I'm like what the fucking hell? And then next thing, you know, um, you know they kind of escaped, but you know the implication that they look like they were fucking in the hallway. And then the students walked out like hey yo, Moa Okuru is fucking right here.
Speaker 3:Keep in mind he was the only one that was naked. The other two weren't.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I'm like wait hold on she's naked too, and I'm like wait hold on she's naked too. What? Is going on Well, not naked. Well, they say they were naked, but you know they were like add on.
Speaker 3:Honestly, I haven't read the manga. There might be a case that in the manga they probably all were, but they didn't for the anime, for a particular purpose. Yeah, you know.
Speaker 4:Really I didn't know that, but the fact that I said possibly.
Speaker 3:So Really I didn't know that, but the fact that I said possibly.
Speaker 4:I don't know fully, but possibly. But the thing, what she said, like Momo said after they came back and they both went on the floor and she says, like what was that she said? Was that that you were hard?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:I was like, look, that's like putting a hat on a hat.
Speaker 2:You know that's.
Speaker 4:You shouldn't have. Why did you even word it like that?
Speaker 2:Is that?
Speaker 4:everyone's there watching. I'm sure somebody heard what she said right then and there. And then again, a hat on a hat on a hat on a hat.
Speaker 1:But that's what I'm saying. It's just that wild shit where I'm like it really depends on the school. It's like can you imagine like you catching students fucking each other? Because you know, let's just be honest, like, depending on what school you went to, it's not a surprise that some of these students be fucking right. But the audacity, like just even though it's not what it was, but just imagine the audacity that you are just about to leave class, you're going to your next class. Next thing you know, you walking in on two people just straight up fucking on the hallway floor, and I'm like hey, yo, what's going on here?
Speaker 1:Well at least take it to the bathroom.
Speaker 3:You know it's a privacy out in the public open.
Speaker 1:Y'all couldn't even make it to the bathroom. Y'all could've dipped in a closet.
Speaker 3:But Sometimes it's just that good Sometimes. It's just that good Sometimes you're like I can't wait no more, it's gotta happen right here, right now.
Speaker 4:Can you imagine like this nerd's Got a fucking riz man. Like he's got it going on Like out of nowhere.
Speaker 1:this dude was just like reading comic books and shit and now in the hallway, I mean at least it's not like the typical anime trope where all the guys suddenly hate him for some reason. Instead, I like how Momo's friends were like okay, that one scene where Okaroon and Momo was kind of sort of mad at each other for some weird reason and they were like, oh well, I wanted to talk to you. I'm like, oh well, I want to talk to you too. And then Momo's friends were like, yeah, get it, nerd boy Riz Ra. It's one of those anime where I'm kind of glad that I watched it because it was like okay, it was kind of funny hearing it, it was okay.
Speaker 3:I watched this up. It was just as hilarious to me, to be honest, with you just reading the captions. What in the world y'all? Wow, it was too much, oh, I guess. One other scene, and before I go ahead and get off, because I already do, um, the? Uh, mannequins, the, the scientific, uh, body-shaped mannequins, their little love story thing, right, that thing was. It was so touching because it was showing up. They're like oh, we got a crown jewel and if I don't know, it's a ornament, but he was just out there dashing and running. They're like you can't catch me and it's like dang turbo, granny, I don't know if you could have caught him. This dude was like, actually on point. He's like I'm gonna find my love, I'm gonna get this, but dedication, dedication. Even that moment I felt bad when I saw him get hit by the truck. I was like I knew it was gonna happen while he was running and I was like he's gonna get hit by something.
Speaker 1:He's gonna get hit by something I was just kind of surprised that as soon as it was sunrise out, oh shit, he made it well, remember, he's been broken up to pieces.
Speaker 3:Before he's able to re, to reassemble himself. As long as his pieces aren't being held which that was how Momo got him was by holding his heart, which I would say dang. You know, sitting there holding the heart and squeezing it, he's like, ah, ah. So even if you kill me, I have to see her type thing. I'm like, dang, that's dedication, right, your heart is getting squeezed, you're in absolute pain right now, alright, but otherwise, that's all I got left. Man, alright, in absolute pain, right now.
Speaker 3:Alright, but otherwise that's all I got left, man.
Speaker 1:Alright, I think I'll set some back there I don't know what happened In case he doesn't make it back on. I do appreciate him being on the show, koki, I do appreciate you being on the show and I do appreciate the listener for listening to us rant and ramble to the end. With that being said, like I said before Dan to Dan, five out of five blings it was gas, it was premium. I definitely cannot wait for season two, especially because you know I did read a little bit of them. I'm anticipating to, kind of, especially because you know I did read a little bit of my anticipating G, you know, getting his upgrade per se. There's some other things going on, like more characters, more shenanigans going on until season 2 drops. We're just going to have to stay tuned for more. So, dear listener, I will wish you a good morning, good afternoon and good night. Take it easy and remember to stay nerdy and that great things are coming.
Speaker 4:Here comes a new challenger.
Speaker 2:All right, sebi Phantom. Here comes a new challenger. All right, semi phantom. Your impression on dandadan? What's the job? This anime is the craziest, one of the most craziest animes I have seen in a very long time. I I came into this anime like, oh, this is a slice of life. You know, the intro rocked, the whole concept rocked. And then, as we get into like episode one, I'm like, oh yeah, this is great, I'm loving this. Like this is amazing. And as the rest of the story continued, I'm like what am I watching? And then I found out that halfway through they changed the rating. I don't know if you noticed, but they changed the rating on country roll. It was 13 plus and now it's like 17.
Speaker 1:Well, I can imagine why. I can imagine like a couple of reasons why.
Speaker 2:Not every day you lose your testicles.
Speaker 1:Both that and two more reasons I mean. First of all, it was like the moment Okaroon bit Turbo Granny titty, I was like, okay, it, it's officially bizarre. It's like I dare I say it rivals jojo's bizarre adventure. As far as being bizarre, I'm like what the fuck is happening here, uh. Second thing is, um, after they fought, uh, what's his name? I forgot his name. But uh, he's that kappa dude. Oh, I'm trying to remember his name oh you know episode eight for sure, uh, maybe nine but, I'm trying to remember his name, shit, I have notes hold on Shit.
Speaker 2:I have notes. Hold on, I promise I have notes. One of the aliens you said.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like he was working with the aliens that were trying to get Okaroon's banana. I like how they were trying to censor it, where we can't say penis, so we gotta say banana, banana.
Speaker 2:What was it the Manchester? Well, I know him as the Dover say penis, so we gotta say banana. What is it the mantis?
Speaker 1:well, I know I'm at the Dover demon, like that's the best way I can put them right now gotcha.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, absolutely the. Again going back to that first episode where they're like we want to use you for reproduction and oh, my bad.
Speaker 1:I remember, uh, it was that episode where they were trying to beat him and all that shit, right. But then uh momo and okaroon had the idea to where uh momo had to ride okaroon through the walls because the walls were made of water and all that shit. And then next thing, you know, they just ended up like okaroon was on top of uh momo and all that. And then next, you know, everybody was like going out in the hallways like whoa, what's happening here? It's like implications just made it look like. Oh, they were like getting on the hallway. I'm like y'all can't even make it to the bathroom. You just gotta do it right on the floor.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah, no, the peeny weeny is his actual name, the dover demon you know what?
Speaker 1:that's why I didn't remember, because it I'm like you know what I felt better about calling him the dover demon. I'm like you know what I I was better off not knowing his name.
Speaker 2:I'm like I know I wrote it down, but yeah, his name is Heeny Weeny and his kid's name is Chiquita.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's what I always remember Chiquita, chiquita, whatever.
Speaker 2:My favorite episode was um, where they meet the, the woman, the really big woman. Oh my gosh, I really am having a day. Oh hello, um, yeah, the, the one girl, the pink haired girl, where they went on ira, ira, oh my gosh.
Speaker 2:Yeah, really, I'm having one. Um, I really like the episode, really. Like they're in the warehouse and I'm like where do y'all, where did y'all find a warehouse? But overall, this whole entire anime is like a roller coaster of just weirdness and to me, this is one of those animes where it's like, yeah, this is practically almost a slice of life. However, this is like hits with magical psychic abilities, but it's every day. You know like they're still With magical psychic abilities, but it's everyday. You know Like they're still Dealing with the supernatural, but at the same time, they're like Going through their everyday stuff. Um, I had a look up who Ken Takakura was For like half a second and I'm like, yeah, I can see why Momo likes him.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like that's the crazy thing, I love their relationship. It was like, uh well, with Momo and Okarun to where it just feels so realistic, you know like even though they're not clearly in a relationship, it just feels like, oh yeah, they're gonna be in a relationship. You just tell that they got that kind of teasing, antagonistic energy to where they like each other, like it's even cuter when it's like, oh well, you know, I just want to talk to him, I just want to talk to her and all that shit. It's like they're just playing off so real cute and awkward in a way, to where it's believable that they could be a couple. It's believable that they could be a couple. Even some of Momo's friends, like when Okurum showed up to her class and they were like talking to each other, talking about how much they wanted to talk to each other, and Momo's friends were like, yeah, rizzer up, nerd boy. I love this anime. It left a very strong impression on me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, most definitely. I also like the fact that there's a wide variety of different characters. You've got gyaru students, you have the cult students, you have just granny, like. You have a wide variety of characters and they're not all the same. They all have different personalities and I know with some animes that I will, animes that I watch today, that they're all to me, they're all different but they all act the same. So I love that I'm able to see like the variety in characters listen.
Speaker 1:first of all, there you go. God damn, like I like her as a character, but at the same time it's like I'm not complaining this is not a complaint but like I like how they made her look so young. And then it doesn't help when sometimes, uh, she had some of these some suggestive poses, like in the show, like at one moment where Momo Okoro and Ira was trying to ask her for new school uniforms and she was just standing all domineering with her legs spread out. And I'm sitting there like bro, like it's almost like I'm trying to look her in the eye, I'm trying to respect her as a woman, but at the same time I just can't help but have my eyes wander. I'm like God, that's my sticker build. You know what I'm?
Speaker 2:saying I'm sorry, yeah, no, half the time I'm asking where's your pants? Do you just lounge around in a yellow sweater all day? Where's your pants? You got anything underneath there? No, okay, great you do you? I do like that she looks young, but I'm trying to see. I want to know why she looks so young, and I'm guessing it's because of her like. She has this extensive knowledge of Supernatural and she's able to have this like yokai and spirit powers Though I know she doesn't really have powers but I'm hoping that because of those spirits and stuff, she can stay so young looking she can stay so young looking.
Speaker 1:I mean, even though the anime is new, the manga goes way further, so maybe there's more of an explanation in the manga.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, no, absolutely. Uh, I know that the, like you said, the anime is new, but I know the manga has been going since like 2021 yeah, that's the crazy part.
Speaker 1:Like people were like really, uh, hyping up danded and getting an anime adaptation for a while and now that it is it's like okay, now uh the anime. Only uh, people can see how hype on danded and is. It was like the same thing with kaiju number eight to where once you got an anime adaptation.
Speaker 1:It's like, oh yeah, now people gonna see, to see why it's been going on for so long To where it deserves Well, kind of warranted, at the very least, an anime adaptation. So yeah, I will say that, aside from Seiko, I do like her as a character. I like all of these characters honestly.
Speaker 1:Gigi, this dude, is a lovable Like, even though he can be a little much sometimes, but I just don't think he really overstays the welcome.
Speaker 1:But it also kind of makes sense where, uh, even though that's just his personality, being all goofy and all that shit uh kind of flirting with the ladies and all that, uh, at the same time he can be serious and especially when you know he's by himself and he has these nightmares about the evil eye and it just kind of rounds him out as a character where kind of imagine, if you remember uh, team titan back in the day, where you have beast boy right, and even though he tells all these jokes and whatnot, you gotta keep in mind he came from an upbringing to where he had like an imbalance between structure and nurture, with the Doom Patrol and whatnot, and let's just say that Beast Boy went through a fair amount of trauma and all that shit and sometimes you gotta laugh to keep from crying.
Speaker 1:So that's why he kind of jokes around a little bit much, because that's kind of like a coping mechanism that he does, um, refine to a point to where he just kind of a goofball for the most part, but deep down it's kind of like a way of, you know, processing what he's been through and it could be the same thing with gg to where it's like, yeah, he's like got this weird and kind of likable energy, but at the same time when you see that, yeah, see, he uh has something worrying about him the whole time and you kind of see that halfway into like the final episode, and it just makes me think, yeah, I kind of want to see more of GD and others' developments, because Okaroon getting the Turbo Granny powers, momo becoming Esper with her psychic powers I kind of want to see their developments going forward.
Speaker 1:I will say that what I don't like about Dan to Dan is the way they ended the season, because it's like you kind of knew it was going to be a season two and that's fine, but I just don't like the note that they left season one on, because the one thing is OK they found out that Okarun and Gigi found out that there was a room that is not supposed to be there at the house right, that's fine. But I don't like the tone of Momo going to the fucking hot springs, getting to the bath, finds out it's co-ed, and then five older dudes were like hey, you ever heard of Gatorade? And I'm like whoa, whoa, whoa. No, we are not doing this, we are not going that route. Please don't do this but uh.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna be honest with you, sebi. I know it's like a light spoiler, but then again it's like not that big of a deal. She's fine Like a wall collapsed on them and she runs away. She's fine Like nothing really happens to her, but I just don't like the way they ended up. Why there, though, like can y'all just animate the part where, oh, she gets away and like she's kind of racing towards the house and meanwhile Okurune and Gigi find this hidden room. Like can it be something like that? Because I just didn't like that.
Speaker 2:I just didn't like that. Yeah, that room was to me was kind of creepy, the one with all the talismans in it.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we could have just cut to that, but in it, yeah, yeah, we could have just cut that, but um, yeah, going back to gg, I definitely have some feelings with gg, only because I like the fact that the evil eye is in so many different cultures. I mean, in my own culture we, we use chili peppers to protect the children, to not get the evil eye. In my culture and the evil eye is very like oh, don't look at the baby, don't look at the baby the wrong way, you're gonna give it the evil eye.
Speaker 2:Yeah I love that there's so many adaptations of the evil eye so I was like, oh, that's really cool. You know, there's so many different stories and different tales that I was able to go in and eventually read up on them, because there are stories that I've never heard before. Um, especially with like the Silky and just, yeah, the evil eye. Going back to that, things like that. I really enjoy just going in and reading up. I also like the fact that they have the Slutmouth Woman, the Kuchisaka Anna. I love that story so much. I used to read it back when I was like really young.
Speaker 1:So to actually see, that was like amazing I'm trying to think, oh, oh, you know what? How do you feel about episode seven?
Speaker 2:episode seven I episode seven was a weird one for me. I mean the fact that they're able to distract the Silky. That to me. I didn't really like the art change. I don't know if you noticed it, but the art change to me was wild. I actually thought that the part where they um, where they show the little girl um, was ai. Just, I thought it was ai.
Speaker 1:I'm not gonna lie to you honestly, I did not even pay attention to that until now. I might go back and um, look and see, I'm like you know what? I'm looking for her.
Speaker 2:Because we went from the typical Dan Denae art style, and then the mom opens the door and the little girl is just standing there smiling, and I'm like we just went from one character art style to another and I'm like, okay, well, I'll just look past it and I already knew it had really creepy vibes, um. But as we continued on, I'm like, okay, yeah, I definitely see it, I see the story there.
Speaker 1:um, I didn't expect it to be that dark, though, if you want me to be honest, yeah, that's why I was like the first six episodes I was kind of laughing and enjoying it on all that shit. But then episode seven, and I'm like, whoa, okay, there's just like nothing funny about this shit, because like there's some real shit that be happening in the real world. So I'm like, wow, it just kind of snaps you back into reality where I'm like, yeah, this could happen in reality. So I'm like, right, yeah, cause you don't really back into reality where I'm like, yeah, this could happen in reality.
Speaker 2:So I'm like Right, yeah, because you don't really even see it when those loan sharks came in busting through the doors.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and here's my thing. I'm so glad that Kogu got to clarify for him, because at first I was thinking it could have been two different girls and Ira was essentially just pretending to be the silky's um daughter so she could um find peace. But, like, it kind of tripped me out for a moment, for because I originally thought, wait hold on, if ira really was that little girl, then how the hell did it seem like she seemed normal now, but, um, I need some more context on her backstory now, because, like, how do you went from being, uh, abducted by loan sharks to going to school like nothing happened. But no, no, it was two different girls. Okay, cool that that makes more sense to me, because I'm like, oh, like you can't just gloss over the fact that you were abducted from your mother. We're not going to talk about this. What happened after that?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was a wild episode. Like you said, we laughed during one through six. That's the greatest. Then we get to episode seven and we're like are you ready for trial?
Speaker 1:and error Kind of sober up.
Speaker 2:I didn't expect that in an anime of Dondon, half the people are nude half the time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, it just came out of nowhere, but I loved it.
Speaker 1:In fact, it's crazy how it got it's own page in wikipedia to where, like, it must have been pretty impactful, to where you can like go out of your way to be like, hey, yo, like, let's talk about this episode in particular, how, like, essentially, um, this mother, the silky uh, was trying to make as much money as possible for her daughter to get this um dress so she can practice, um, you know, ballet and whatnot, but she was doing a bunch of odd jobs and sex work and then loan sharks came in and it just really rough scene and got to a point where, like, well, I'm not gonna um describe it too much because it can get a little graphic, and I'm trying to, even though we were being cussed out a whole bunch, but, uh, I'm trying to keep it as pg-13 as possible. Uh, point being, um, it was just so crazy that, yeah, like I said, it just makes you want to sober up Just a little bit in episode 7. But then you get Jumped to episode 9 and I'm like, okay, it's funny again.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the whole, the whole like grabbing Like a fish. Almost I almost died. Like yeah, let's just grab Okurun's legs and just keep like grabbing him like a fish. Almost I almost died right. Like, yeah, let's just grab okuron's legs and just keep like grabbing him like a fish with your powers like I do, like how, uh, oh, my bad, go ahead no, you're good go ahead.
Speaker 1:I do like how they're trying to blend it to where, oh, aliens and yokai uh kind of like similarities, like they kind of share the same world, and I'm like yo, like I just love the blend of how they got this, um, very genuine comedy, this realistic, uh well, pseudo romantic relationship, because even though they're not once again, they're not in a relationship yet. But ira is definitely interested in okaroon, like at first she was like kind of playing with him but then, like she kind of actually developed feelings for him and kind of considers, uh, momo, her love, right way in a sense, even to a point where ira just convinced that mom, momo is a demon. And even though Momo and Seiko, they got this Interesting dynamic, like when Iroh Complimented Seiko and I was like, aww, you're sweet, but yeah, you're right, momo is a demon, I was like you're my grandmother, you're not supposed to say that about me, but yeah, I just like these characters. You're not supposed to say that about me, but yeah, I just like these characters, these situations that they get in.
Speaker 1:I really am glad that season 2 is in July, so we don't have to wait very long. Six months from now, and what can I say? Just like I said in the first part, part five out of five stars, or should I say five out of five points, because it was just that gas to me yeah, I gotta go with the same with you.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna give it a 4.5 out of five, um only because they flat out told us I don't know if you saw they flat out told us that we weren't getting a season two. And then a month later they're like oh, congratulations, you're getting a season two. It got picked up.
Speaker 1:Everybody claps for everybody and I'm like if that was the case, that'd be a weird note to leave um the season finale on. I'm like why do you set it up the a cliffhanger like that, if you didn't intend on making a season two?
Speaker 2:well, they had said that they weren't even like, the season finale wasn't even out yet, when they were like oh yeah, it wasn't picked up. And then season finale came out and they're like oh, congratulations, I got picked up by buddy season two july and I'm like oh so they were like kind of banking on season two to get greenlit.
Speaker 1:But like that's the kind of crazy thing because, uh, sometimes, like, believe it or not, it's always the shows that people barely ask for that gets greenlit for the second season, like before the first season even really airs. I'm like really like we didn't even see the first season yet, but you're already greenlighting that second season. I'm looking at you, velma.
Speaker 2:LOL, lol.
Speaker 4:I fucking hate that show.
Speaker 2:I'm never picked it up, so I'm probably never gonna ever pick that show up.
Speaker 1:Good, you're better for it.
Speaker 2:If I wanna watch Scooby-Doo, I'll go and watch Scooby-Doo.
Speaker 1:Yeah right.
Speaker 2:Go watch the real stuff on the Boomerang channel.
Speaker 1:Oh man, you know I'm getting kind of pissed off at HBO Max and I think about it because they keep getting rid of shows that we really like, like Teen Titans and my Life as a Teenage Robot and other shit. But you're keeping Velma, Really, Really.
Speaker 2:I don't have words for that.
Speaker 1:Let that sink in. All these shows are like silently disappearing. But hey, you can still watch Velma.
Speaker 2:The most I've watched Velma is through YouTube Shorts or TikTok. I see it pop up on my feed and go yep, nope.
Speaker 1:Next, I like I'll never give it a full review, but I will always well, not always, but every now and then I will say something about impact, with the only credit I'll give it is the animation is not bad. Sometimes, like it's almost a damn shame that between the animation and some of the voice actors who are uh, actually some of them are fairly recognizable, but you probably wouldn't know them because you know animation. But between the animation and some of their picks for the voice actors, I'm like bro, like the animators in these voice athletes kind of deserve better, like in the overall, because I'm like y'all did good, but animation and voice acting doesn't save a show from a bad script.
Speaker 1:Nobody asked for this I mean, you know, like I was given the assignment that I was given and I played it to the best of my ability, not my fault. The overall project is a pile of shit. It's like I was just reviewing the Transformers on Trilogy Not Trilogy, the whole Michael Bay Collection Not too long ago and I was mentioning how, with Shia LaBeouf, he was saying that out of all the Movies he's been in, the worst one he's ever been in Was Transformers 2. Or when I would say that with the Twilight series, robert Pattinson went out and said, yeah, my favorite one was New Moon. But the joke is he was barely in New Moon yeah, I saw that.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, it's like crazy, how, like I can't imagine because a lot of actors, believe it or not, don't watch their own content, like things they've or not, don't watch their own content Like things they've been in, they don't watch it, like sometimes it's just crazy how some actors, like will straight up say, yeah, it's been 20 years, I'm finally going to watch this movie I've been in and like I kind of don't want them to imagine, like you know, imagine they watch the show and you're like, damn, like it's actually worse than I thought. Like I mean, I know people are like talking shit about it, but you know people are gonna talk shit. But when you actually sit down and watch, I'm like, wow, I actually see what they're talking about oh yeah but no, not dandy.
Speaker 1:Now, like this was actually pretty good, like it's one of those shows where I was gonna wait until the season finale dropped to give it a chance. Uh, even though people were like overhyping well, not I won't say overhyping, but they were like barely hyping it up I sat down and I was like you know what, it was one of those shows where I gotta finish it. Like, now that I started it, I gotta finish it because it's just that good to me. Like so far it's going pretty good, so I'm just gonna keep going episode by episode and next thing, you know, season finale.
Speaker 2:I kind of want more so I found something really cool about dan today. Dan to release the the whole, like the first three episodes. Back in August, four kids and the money she broadcasting system decided that, hey, we're going to do a movie, dan Dan first encounter, where it's just the three episodes with with the partnership with g kids. If you don't know who that is, those are the people that used to make the old sonic things.
Speaker 2:Um, dude, that used to be my jam four o'clock in the afternoon, turn on some sonic on four kids. Yeah, amazing, it turned into g kids now. Anyway, um, they released the first three episodes and they released it on DVD as well and that grossed over like a million. They did it as like the three theatrical release, like the premiere, like there was a whole premiere about it and I'm like I just waited on Crunchyroll for it to come out. But yeah, this is. I'm excited to see what's coming up with this. I hope it does stick with the anime. I hope it doesn't go off left field like some animes do. And yeah, that's pretty much what I have.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's it. Well, you know, that's pretty much all I had to, because for the most part, what I had to say was in part one, but I did sprinkle in some more stuff in this part. So, stebby, I do thank you for being on the show and to you, dear listener, I thank you for listening to us to the end. Remember to stay nerdy and that great things are coming. Have yourself a good morning, good afternoon and good night, but, above all else, take it easy.
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