Dan Da Dan (Season 2): Mecha, Kaiju and the Tragic Tale of Evil Eye

A cult that feeds a “snake god,” a child ghost with a world-ending grudge, and a mecha built out of a nanotech house—Dandadan season two refuses to color inside the lines, and we’re here for every chaotic, heartfelt turn. We trace the Keto family arc from creepy hospitality to the Kurigare reveal, then sit with Evil Eye’s devastating backstory and the uneasy pact that turns rage into a weekly “Tuesday duel.” Along the way, Turbo Granny steals every scene, Momo weaponizes real-world worm lore to dry a monster in sunlight, and a rock band proves music can cross the spirit border.

The midseason stretch shifts gears without losing tempo: training with exploding notes, a sly maid-café setup that tests chemistry, and razor-sharp banter that keeps the love triangle breathing. Ira doesn’t just hover; she plays to win, and Momo’s hesitations finally cost her when a space kaiju shrinks to reveal an alien girl who plants a kiss on Okaroon at the worst possible moment. We talk about Kenta’s bumpy arrival and why his mecha-nerd toolbox ends up mattering, the nano-skin rebuild that turns a home into a weapon, and how Dandadan blends yokai folklore, sci-fi escalation, and teen longing without losing its voice.

We don’t let the finale off the hook—there’s a difference between a good tease and a cheap panic, and implying Ira’s fate in a blast feels like the latter. But the season’s core holds: playful, genre-bending, and surprisingly thoughtful about trauma, consent, and control. If you love anime that swings for the fences—yokai battles, space monsters, cursed relics, and ships you can actually root for—you’ll feel right at home. Hit play, then tell us: are you Team Momo, Team Ira, or ready to welcome Vimola into the chaos? Subscribe, share with a friend, and drop a review to help more fans find the show.

Chapters

• 0:00 Season One Recap & Cliffhanger Gripes
• 2:30 Keto Family Reveal and Snake God
• 5:45 Evil Eye Origins and Possession
• 9:30 Sun-Dried Worm and Volcanic Fallout
• 13:40 Sealing Evil Eye in Taro
• 17:15 Rock Band Exorcism and GG’s Choice
• 21:30 Training Arcs, Dates, and Rival Sparks
• 25:40 Tuesday Duels: Okaroon vs. Evil Eye
• 29:10 Nanotech House and Kaiju Threat
• 33:00 Kenta’s Entrance and Comic Tension
• 36:20 Mech Build, Space Kaiju, Golden Ball
• 39:50 Alien Reveal, Kiss, and That Explosion
• 42:30 Love Triangle Stakes and Character Growth
• 46:00 Final Verdict and Sign-Off

Transcript

SPEAKER_02: 0:01

What up, gang? We are back to talk about Dandad. Season two. Let's get into it. Tenara, I am grateful for you to be on this time around. Because uh, do you want to talk about season one before we get into season two? Because I know you weren't on when we did season one. That was like last year. So that's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_01: 0:24

Yeah, it's it's it's been a hot minute. Um, no, I mean, it's you got y'all did already your your thing on it, so it's like, yeah, no, I I I just missed it, so it's all good.

SPEAKER_02: 0:35

Gotcha, gotcha. Well, let's just go ahead and pick up where we left off from the previous season with Momo almost getting gatored by some suspicious old men, which by the way, why? Just why? Like, that's that that's really how you want to end season one. And the crazy thing is, Dandon is gonna be like a I got a feeling that Dandonan's gonna be a repeat offender with weird ass footbanger endings.

SPEAKER_01: 1:08

Yeah, that's I was sort of like, how the hell are they ending a season there? Like, what kind of what it was so confusing. I'm just like that that's I mean, and then having the next season be a year away, like that, yeah, yeah, pretty quick when it comes to anime, but like, what the fuck?

SPEAKER_02: 1:25

Yeah, all right. Well, that's the thing. I honestly believe that anime adaptations, or honestly, any adaptation is supposed to get companion to be source material. So, not to say, like, oh well, you should read the manga, read the manga. I mean, like, hey, listen. Read the manga if you want to. If you don't want to, that's cool. Just wait a year for season three.

SPEAKER_01: 1:52

Uh yeah, like it's it's like that. There's I mean, I'm I have no issue with reading the manga and whatnot, but it's like I know some people they're just they don't they're not big fans of reading in general, so they're just like, you know, just want to watch the show, which make you know, that's fair. Everyone's got their preferences and whatnot, so it's like it's that's fair. That is totally fair.

SPEAKER_02: 2:14

Yeah, like hey, I'm still gonna watch the anime, but like if I really like the story, then I'll read the ball. So far, like I'm almost there with Dan. Like, I'm I'm getting more curious about how the direction that is going, but not that curious. I mean, it wasn't on the level of Jujutsu Kaizen or Chainsaw Man, where I'm like, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Where are y'all going with all this?

SPEAKER_01: 2:42

Yeah, it's like hold hold up, what it's like, yeah, I know that it's like I need it's like I I need to know. I need answers.

SPEAKER_02: 2:51

Like, I might fucking buddy from um big bang theory. I'm thinking Shilton, was it Shilton? Um, where it's like, I don't need sleep, I need answers.

SPEAKER_01: 3:01

Yep, exactly. Exactly.

SPEAKER_02: 3:06

Uh but yeah, let's keep it going. Turns out those old men was part of the keto family, and Momo was saved by dumb luck. Uh, meanwhile, Ocaroon and Gigi discover a secret room before being visited by some strange women who are also part of the keto family, who's been letting Gigi live in a house rent-free. And when they were asking about the girl, Momo, Gigi lies, saying, like, oh well, I don't know what you're talking about. And that guy kissed him. I was like, See, boy, you don't fucked up. Like you lied to me. And I'm gonna punch your asses.

SPEAKER_01: 3:39

Yeah, it's like just timing. She came back at just the wrong time. It's like shit. Yeah, like can't deny it now.

SPEAKER_02: 3:47

She was trying to visit a shrine to find a uh Suchinoko. I believe it wasn't she met with this uh monk boy who wanted to be a boo tuber.

SPEAKER_01: 3:59

Yeah, yeah, yep.

SPEAKER_02: 4:03

Uh, I thought that was kind of funny. But uh turns out no Suchinoko, so ah, fuck it, whatever. But turns out later, the monk boy happened to be an apprentice of uh Seiko, but we'll get into that later. Uh when Momo and Turbo Granny go back to the house, see Folkaroon and Gigi in some trouble, and bruh one of the greatest lines from this show so far dropped. Uh-oh. Who are them, bitches?

SPEAKER_01: 4:39

Yep. I love Turbo Granny. It's just like, it's just like, oh my god, she has the best comebacks and whatnot. It's just like and the fact that she's stuck in that that little statuette thing, it's just like, oh my god.

SPEAKER_02: 4:55

But here's the funny thing, like, okay, here's why I would say at this point, Dan and Dan, it's like uh 8.5 to a 9 for me. Because it's fine if TurboBranny's the one with uh party mouth, but when it seems like half of the cast, the main cast, have a party mouth, it feels like eh, it feels like y'all trying a little too hard. Especially between Momo and Ira. Like, I mean, I get it, but at the same time, like, mmm, it it loses its charm when it seems like most of the cast talks like that. It's like you know how, like, hmm, it's kind of like saying if everybody's being a weirdo, nobody really is. It's kind of like that.

SPEAKER_01: 5:40

Yeah. Fair, fair.

SPEAKER_02: 5:45

Now, I mean, that's just a nitpick from me, but like, that's why I like turbo granny when she's being like vulgar and shit like that. It grew on me, but I noticed it from Momo and Iron, like, uh, uh, stop it, stop it. Like, it it only works for turbo granny. It only works for TG. But uh, turns out that the whole deal with the kitos is that they trick people into living at their house for free just to sacrifice them to this snake yokai, but the great serpent itself is actually a kurigare, a Mongolian death worm, this giant man-eating earthworm cryptid that's been fed for 200 years, and the keto's revered it as a god, but the overgrown earthworm ended up eating the boss of the keto. Think about that too. So it would have been funny if they're like, Oh, that's it, that's it from that's funny.

SPEAKER_01: 6:42

That that family is just like, what the fuck is wrong with y'all? Yeah, and yeah, but yeah, no, that that that you know, poetic justice of them being eaten, but then yeah, like you said, they got they got saved. It's like that's fine, I guess.

SPEAKER_02: 6:59

I mean, I kind of get it based on what we're gonna get to later, but Gigi tries to save Okaroon and Momo from the psychic wave uh the purigari is emitting, compelling the two into um bubbling themselves. And Gigi is only unaffected because of the Evil Eye, who has the same ability as the Kuragari. We get back through on Evil Eye, how he was just a child deprived of social activity, being starved and sacrificed by the kidos, being burned alive, and it became a ghost that accidentally caused a lot of people to commit bubbling themselves, uh, leaving a bunch of kids orphaned and doomed to the same fate as Evil Eye himself, even that one kid with the ball cuts where, like, I don't want that. It's like, listen to me, listen to me, and then eventually, kind of like, I guess that's the avatar for evil eye. Uh, even though evil eye actually has like white hair and like red eyes or whatever, but that's what's happening. Uh Gigi deduces that Evil Eye isn't all bad and bonds with the spirit, but evil eye takes control of Gigi's body and makes a vow to kill all humans. So that kind of backfired, but we'll get to that. Like he he kind of levels up um later on in the uh season, but we'll get to that. Now, as Seiko alluded to, Gigi is a genius, but he's a late bloomer when it comes to spiritual power, and with him being athletic as well, Gigi makes the ideal vessel for evil. It's kind of like imagine Tsukuna was like, hey, you know what? They were right. Yuji was the perfect vessel for me. I should have just stayed in his body. Imagine a villain that outside, hey, yo, this is actually the ideal body. I'm gonna keep it.

SPEAKER_01: 8:52

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. It's like well shit.

SPEAKER_02: 8:56

Yeah. Now Okaroon fights Evil Eye while letting Momo escape on her own. Once the Kuragar was forced to come to the surface, thanks to Momo, it dried up in the sun. Which funny enough, Gigi taught her that uh with earthworms, like you know, it rains, and usually after the rain, they'll come up and they just get dried out in the sun and whatnot because earthworms breed through the skin. It's crazy that you learn shit like that in anime.

SPEAKER_01: 9:24

Yeah, it's like, yeah, I know, and just because you know they don't want to drown when it rains, so they come up and then they're too slow to go back down. It's like, yep, nope.

unknown: 9:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 9:34

And weird man.

SPEAKER_00: 9:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 9:39

And oh no, where was it? Uh oh, yeah, you're right. Ocaroon was fighting Evo Eye while letting Momo skip on her own. Once the Kura guard was forced to come out of the surface, thanks to Momo, it dried up in the sun, which caused a volcano to erupt. And Momo tried to deal with that, but the Kitos kept interfering before Evo Eye appeared. See, I'm like, bro, like I get it that your plans got busted up, but now you're just being uh obstacles for no reason.

SPEAKER_01: 10:09

Yeah, it's like, no, guys, come on, fuck off.

SPEAKER_02: 10:13

Yeah, like why are you stopping the person actually trying to stop the volcano?

SPEAKER_01: 10:18

Exactly. Like the hell, yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 10:22

And while Okarin was missing, Momo fights Evil Eye with the help of Seiko, arriving inside uh the Mantician, uh Taro the Anatomy model, and um in the monk boy from Earlier. Uh with the combined effort of those guys, they were able to capture Evil Eye by concealing him within Taro's hollow body. And most of the Kitos got arrested except for the leader, who revealed to be at that I think all of them are subterraneans, and they're about revenge on Molo. So uh with that being said, Nara, how'd you feel about that first chunk of the season?

SPEAKER_01: 11:03

I I just when when um evil eye was inside the you know the tom what's what's the atomical model's name again? The the anatomical model guy.

SPEAKER_02: 11:16

Uh taro.

SPEAKER_01: 11:17

Taro. When when when evil eye was stuck inside taro and they had all the seals and stuff and they just occasionally just crack his face open and peek, he's like, I'm still here. It's like fuck every time, and just like, oh my god, it was just so funny, just like still here, bitches. And then when they find out that you know he can come back and whatnot, but then water, you know, changes everything or heat versus cold, and it's like, oh my gosh, it's like that was very stressful um during the next stretch of episodes that we're gonna get into. Very much so. And I was a little confused for a while there, but yeah, no, that's that's for the next stretch. But yeah, no, it's like, and you know, the worm trying to hide in the shadow of the house to keep from getting dried up and stuff and whatnot. And Momo's like, I think not. And just fucking moved the whole house, like, yeah, I know. She's like, uh-uh, uh-uh. Get out here and dry up like you're supposed to.

SPEAKER_00: 12:20

Right.

SPEAKER_01: 12:22

But it's like, yeah, but yeah, I know that little flashback of you know, GG showing her the thing with the worms, like, yep, nope. The things you learn, well, I mean, yeah, I I knew that, but yeah, it's like the yeah, it's just like what the heck? Random tidbits in anime that you're just like, what what what why are why your words come from? Okay.

SPEAKER_02: 12:45

Right.

SPEAKER_01: 12:49

Yeah. And with the the whole um, you know, turbo grain form, but um you're like you're a big fan of when um Momo and uh I almost called it Ir Irina. Um wait, no, Irina, that's from uh assassination classroom. But it's like it's just like that whole sort of vibe between those two. It's like they're not friends, but they're not exactly enemies anymore. And so that just sort of back and forth banter. I'm I personally am a big fan of that. Like I I I enjoyed that back and forth that they had, including all the like you bitch and whatnot. And it's like that's just you know, sometimes that's just how you know, friend like I said, they're not they're not really friends yet either, but they're not enemies anymore. They're I don't know how to do it. That's yeah, that's true. But it's like nah, Okrooms, you know, yeah. But um, but yeah, no, so I I had no issue with that because um it's funny. So uh, you know, Leah and I have been friends for a long time. It's like we're you know, we're usually respectful, but for some reason when we play darts, we start talking like that. We're like, oh you bitch, how dare you? Like, fuck you, and she's like, yeah. So it's like it's it's I I saw a lot of you know what I'm used to in that. So I was like, yeah, nope, that's that's about right. Except of course we're you know actual friends with Leah as opposed to you know frenemy things. So but yeah, I know it's like I saw a lot of a lot of what what we're like when we played darts in that, so I was like, haha, this is great.

SPEAKER_02: 14:35

I feel that, I feel it, yeah. Now that you mentioned that, let's go ahead and get into this next range of uh episodes that we saw. So while the game figured out how the exercise GG, Momo asked Okaroon and uh Ira to stay at their at the ISA household for a while. Meanwhile, some rock band appears just with the help of the exorcism, uh, with a performance that can reach the spirit world. The exorcism gets called off when GG tweeted to let the evil eye live. Uh and let me tell you two things. One, I gotta admit, GG, he got heart.

SPEAKER_00: 15:16

I'll give him that.

SPEAKER_02: 15:17

He definitely has the second thing is, bro, I like how with the rock band's performance, like at first, oh they weren't um Okaroon and Momo was definitely into it, but then Ira was like rolling her eyes, like whatever. But when they really was getting started, then she was like, okay, I don't feel and they were all bottoming their head, even Seiko.

SPEAKER_01: 15:42

I was like, bro, yep, it's like, no, they they are that for a reason. Like they can get you moving. Like, that's yep. That song though, I I actually I have it saved on my phone. Like, that's how I was just like, I need this song on my phone.

SPEAKER_02: 16:01

Now, it was at that moment where I was like, Yeah, you know what? That's what I kind of like about Danada. It's like it's comedic in a way to where it just feels like it has starts, like it has like its own identity. Like, it's almost like you will you won't see anything like this outside of Danadan in a way. Like, I mean, some anime will come close, but I just get a feeling that Danadan's just gonna be one of those anime where I'm gonna be, you know how I am, where I keep referencing all sorts of things, and I'm like, oh, this reminds me of so-and-so on that one thing that happened in Dandadan. Like, see, it's like it's one of those shows, uh, stories that just feels like it stands out on a it sticks out like a sore thumb, but in a good way.

SPEAKER_01: 16:53

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's it's definitely it's definitely a certain brand of weird.

SPEAKER_02: 17:01

Yeah, but you have to you have to have a very high tolerance of weird shit to appreciate that. Like, I'm still kind of geeking out at that one part where like imagine getting super baked, and you're watching season one where Momo was swimming in the water with Oak Room, like a fucking little submarine torpedoed type bullshit, and you just seeing that. I'm like, what the fuck am I watching? I love it.

SPEAKER_01: 17:36

Yeah, it's just like what the fuck? Just I I love ones that may just make you go, what the fuck was that?

SPEAKER_00: 17:45

I'm like, what is going on here? It's funny.

SPEAKER_02: 17:53

Uh now, while Momo gets a job to pay for it, damages to the house caused by Evo Eye, uh, Okaroon is dragged to a date by Momo's friends as a plan to make Okaroon see Momo working at a maid cafe, which I thought was kind of cute and funny. But I just really I love how uh I think their name was uh uh Nico and Muko. I like how they really want that shift to happen to a point to where like they kind uh push Okaroon and Momo. Like I'm still kind of geeking out that one time when uh Momo Okaroon was kind of like fighting in season one, and at one point Okaroon uh approached Momo, wanted to talk to her, and then um her friends within the background was like, yeah, get it nervous, boys.

SPEAKER_01: 18:49

Yeah, it's like they they those two are definitely uh big fans of the of the uh of them being together. Like, yep, nope, that is they that is their ship. And they will go down with the ship if anything happens. Like they are like, nope, this this needs to happen.

SPEAKER_00: 19:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 19:10

And as part of their training to help suppress evil eye, Okaroon and Ira by its music composing spirits with exploding musical notes. I thought the episode itself was high, but what I did like how uh it got to a point where it kind of seemed, I mean, let's be real, Okaroon and Momo, that's the OTP. But I just like how there's like an opening to where Ira might have a shot. Because keep in mind, like Okaroon and Momo, they ain't dating, but the chemistry is definitely there. But Ira still stands a chance if she plays her cards right, especially that one time. Well, well, hold on, no, no, I'll be skipping ahead, but uh I'll I'll talk about eventually. But uh, yeah, like it just seemed like Ira might be in the running as far as cooking up with Big O. I'm that's my nickname for him. At this point, I'm like, like uh I'll explain that at the end, but like bro, it's just funny. Now, uh, after that, after the training session, Okaroon decides to challenge Evil Eye to a rematch. And at this point, you see that Evil Eye is still the same child from all those years ago, falling for rage fake, attending school, etc. etc. But the second line from this season alone that had me laughing my ass off when Okaroon was outside of the ISL household and he was like with his full chest, he said, Gene Enoji, step outside. I was like, bro, he wants that smoke. I was like, oh no, no, see, listen, you gotta understand, Janar, why in the black community, when you hear some shit like that, when you when somebody calls you out your full government name and tell you to step outside, I'm like, okay, hold on, hold on, hold on. Somebody wants smoke. Like, those are fighting words right there. I was like, uh uh. Like, you ain't gonna call me out my full government name talking about stepping outside. All right, bro. What the fuck you want? You gotta call me looking, let's go ahead and solve this problem. There, you talking like you want that action.

SPEAKER_01: 21:38

You sure you want to go down this road?

SPEAKER_02: 21:45

No. Now, crazy enough after all that happening, and oh yeah, I like how O'Cran was trolling uh evil at talic on some bugs bunny type shit, as like, oh, you're a wee guy. Like, no, I'm strong. No, I mean we I'm strong guys, Jeremy.

SPEAKER_01: 22:03

I am just knew how to play him hard.

SPEAKER_02: 22:12

And then he was like, all right, so check this out. We can't let you kill all of humanity, but I will let you fight me every Tuesday. And he will be like, You promise? I'm like, I promise. I'm like, all right, cool.

SPEAKER_01: 22:29

Yep, yep. It's like, all right, fine. If that's the case, then alright. He likes literally did not know how calendars work because he's always like, it's today the day, and you know, when that was me, I would be in singing like Norman, where he was like, Does day, does it like, bro?

SPEAKER_02: 22:55

I'm like, you'd just be rolling up an okra like today the day, big old.

SPEAKER_01: 23:08

Yeah, yeah, I was just like, oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_02: 23:12

But uh keeping it going, uh Mantis, um that's my nickname for it, that Mantis team uh brings a friend over to help with ISA household to have the house rebuilt using nanotechnology called nano skin, which is gonna play important effect later on the season. But let me just say I'm just fascinated by nanotechnology and generals where it's like you just pretty much use nano machines to pretty much make any construct, and like it's like kind of like smart technology, like that. Like imagine we get to a point where we're employing nanotechnology on a commercial level, and I'm like, bro, like I don't know, society's gonna be ready for that.

SPEAKER_01: 24:00

Yeah, that's gonna be that's gonna bring about a whole bunch of stuff. Like, I just you know, you just think about it, and the nanobots are like, all right, bet. And it's like, yes, it's like that would that would be amazing if but yeah, I don't know, I don't know how good of an idea that would actually be in practice.

SPEAKER_02: 24:21

Yeah, because you spend enough time on the internet, you find out that people got some diabolical imaginations, you know.

SPEAKER_01: 24:33

Yep, yeah, it's like mmm, we sure this is a good good idea here, like you know, yay for technology, but mmm, we sure like this now.

SPEAKER_02: 24:50

Momo, she gains information from her friends about a golden ball at the apartment complex. Keep in mind, remember it from season one. Uh Ocarina only gotten one of his balls back. He now needs the other one. And turns out that it was in the possession of an invisible kaiju monster that grew the size, that grew inside to terrorize the area, kind of like on some Godzilla toucher. And meanwhile, while this was happening, uh this chubby weirdo named Kenta appears. He's like a mecha enthusiast, and he's like trying to learn how to be attractive, like trying to win over the ladies, and he's been following Okaroon and Momo for a while. Uh, he really likes women, don't really care for men, and wants to know, big o you how you do it, man? Like you silver tongued devil. How do you be surrounded by women like this? Like, tell me the formula. I need to know your secret. I'm like, bro, yeah, you know what can I say? Like, just be yourself. You captain, you can't no ain't no way you pulled Momo and Ira just by being yourself. I'm like, hey, bro, listen, like, I was what can I say? I was like in the right place at the right time, and to be fair, Momo was just uh defending me from bullies, and then I was thinking, like, okay, well, you must like uh UFOs and whatnot, like me. And I'm like, nah, I'm not really into that. Like, I'm into ghosts though, and then he was laughing at her, like, ghost really bitch, and then that's when I knew, like, oh yeah, they're gonna be a good couple because like you at this point, you just realize that when they like bicker like an old married couple right from junk, oh yeah, y'all don't get that. Oh yeah, definitely now. Uh, anyways, but Kenta, yeah, he was following them around for a while, and he kind of gets mixed up in the whole uh hunt for the golden ball as well. And thanks to the nano skin and Kenta's sci-fi knowledge, the game transformed the ISA household into this giant mat against the space kaiju. By the way, it it is confirmed that this kaiju is from space. And after defeating it, the kaiju shrunk, and it turned out to be a suit revealing an alien girl who, well, they didn't reveal her name in the anime, but if you kind of dig a lid just a little deep into the model, not maybe like dip your toe into it. You find out that the girl's name is Bamola, and first first thing she does on some Starfire from Teen Titan type shit is Ocaroon right in front, just in time for Momo to see it. And the funniest part about that whole scene is the house blew up right behind her, and I'm sitting there thinking, wasn't Iris still in the house?

SPEAKER_01: 28:06

Yeah, I can go, right? That's what I was like, wait, what the fuck?

SPEAKER_02: 28:09

Yeah, I was like, wait, hold on. See, like, see, I can go out over the fact that okay, this alien girl decided just kiss uh okra as soon as he wakes up and Momo happened to see it, okay. That was kind of fucked. But the one thing that pissed me off about that cliffhanger, once again, is that yeah, that's the that's what I was trying to say. To where somehow they end the season on a cliffhanger that got me thinking, okay, I get that part, but what the fuck with that other part right there? Like the season one, it was about okay, Okaroon and G G find that secret ring. Okay, that's mysterious. That's that's a fine cliffhanger. That's fine. Momo almost getting gatored by some old men. Why? Why leave it on that note? Here in season two, it's like, okay, Alien Girl smooches Okaroon. That's a fair cliffhanger. What I don't like is the implication that Ira could have died in that fucking explosion. And they just don't read the song, like you're just gonna be thinking for a whole year, did Ira just get blown up?

SPEAKER_01: 29:24

Yeah. It's like, what the fuck? Like, I assume obviously that that she's okay, but we have no fucking clue as far as the anime is concerned.

SPEAKER_02: 29:37

Yeah, that's why I'm thinking, like, ooh, you know what? Now I understand the anime manga synergy right there. It's like if you really want to know, you gotta read the manga. Otherwise, you gotta wait a year for all the animation to go. Because to quote Tully not Mark, and I'm gonna probably quote him multiple times throughout my podcast history because he Did say something that I really like. Keep in mind that animation is the illusion of movement. So it takes a lot of work to animate all those manga panels that you will see and give it color and all that shit, like sound effects, voice effects, and whatnot, uh visual effects, all that shit. So the fact that they're saying that it's gonna take a full year from now for them for season three to come out, okay, fair, fair.

unknown: 30:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 30:32

But if you really want to know what happened, you know you gotta do.

SPEAKER_01: 30:42

Yup.

SPEAKER_02: 30:44

But I did start the whole mech vs. Kaif, you know, as a mech fan myself, you know, Power Rangers, Godzilla fan. I'm like, I was digging it, so I gotta say that much. But outside of that, like, you know, Dan-to-Dan season two, yeah. I'm gonna say still a nine for me because now at this point, it's very good. I just don't like these clips enders. I just like come on, dog, like really right there, that's how you want to put it off.

SPEAKER_01: 31:20

It's like uh I understand, you know, that's to keep you know people interested, but it's like if your show's good enough, they're gonna be ready for when you drop the next season. You don't have to be, you know, putting all these freaking clippings. Yeah, like come on, guys, what the hell?

SPEAKER_02: 31:41

That's that's the kind of thing is like I would expect it from a generic anime to where you know it just plays all kind of generic and mid, and then at the end, like the they'll probably like wait until like episode eight, nine, maybe ten to pepper in all the plot at the last minute, and then to kind of leave the door open for his possible season two. I would expect that from a generic anime, but dan to damn, y'all should know better by that. Y'all should know yourselves better than to like, bro, if your anime is this fucking height to where you still got people like making tick tock edits and all that shit based off shit before the season finale, trust me, you're doing fine.

SPEAKER_01: 32:29

You could have picked a better closing uh ending note, you know, like yeah, it's just like oh my gosh, really?

SPEAKER_02: 32:41

This again, like honestly, crazy enough, crazy enough, if they had cut it off to a point to where uh okay, they reveal the alien girl, and that's it. Alright, cool, cool. Mysterious girl was in the suit. Who is she? We'll find out in season three, all right, cool, but then we see that exclusion. I'm like, I don't feel like waiting a year to find out if Ira died.

SPEAKER_01: 33:12

Yeah, I'm kidding. It was like, mm-hmm, okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 33:17

That's like you surprised in season two all over again, where everybody was like, uh, did Nobra die? Like I I need to know, I need answers.

SPEAKER_01: 33:29

Yeah, like fuck, come on. Why you gotta be like this?

SPEAKER_02: 33:36

But uh tomorrow, I I know I've been yapping away for the most of the rest of it, but uh, how did you feel about season two as a whole now?

SPEAKER_01: 33:46

It was good. Um, I when uh what's what's the the new kid's name?

SPEAKER_02: 33:55

Uh Kenta. Kenta.

SPEAKER_01: 33:56

Kenta. When Kenta showed up and they were like showing basically like the first two episodes, I'm like, oh please, God, don't let them just show the whole first season with him all of a sudden there all the time. I'm like, I hate when things do that. I'm like, they were I mean, even just do the like those first two couple episodes showing basically the episodes just with him all of a sudden. I'm like, oh god, really we're doing this. And it's just like I feel like he just came out of nowhere. I was just like, It's like who is this guy?

SPEAKER_02: 34:29

And why should we get that's funny because Ira was like saying that the whole time. Like, who is this guy?

SPEAKER_01: 34:35

Yeah, yep. And it's just I was just like, I was like, what the fuck is going on? I was so I was just confused and just honestly was just like, is this really worth it? Like what's what's going on here? Do I really want to but you know, I pressed on because it's just done and it's it's funny as hell. It's just weird as hell, too. So I was like, all right, but yeah, no, it's just that that when he first was coming, I was like, what the fuck is going on? And just so I wasn't a big fan of how they did all that, but um, and just hit when uh you know Momo told Evil Eye to bring bring him to the to the house to protect him and whatnot, and and Gigi was telling, or no, it was nosed. It was he was still Gigi at that time, and he didn't become Evil Eye, but yeah, so he just she was telling Gigi, you know, get this guy to safety, and he's pulling him and the guy's sweating. And um Gigi's like, hey man, you know, careful with that. You don't want to know what's gonna happen if you get that on me. And the dude fucking just presses face up against him. It's like, bro, fuck you.

SPEAKER_02: 35:42

Just I'm like, bruh, that fellow so intentional.

SPEAKER_01: 35:47

It was, it was there was no feel about that. It was absolutely intentional. He literally was like, you get my stuff, my my liquids on you and being. It's like, bro, fuck you. And then it's like, you know, Gigi was able to can maintain control, and he's like, bro, you have no idea how close he just came to die. And then this fucker shakes his head to the spray with with uh sweat again. I'm like, bro, fuck you. What the hell? I was just like, what the fuck is this dude's problem? And it's just like, and then you know, it's evil eye, and he's like, um, um, like, yeah, see what the fuck you did now, dick. I was like, I was so pissed at this dude. I'm like, bro, fuck you, and just oh god, yeah. I was that was just like, oh my god. But um, but then you know, he comes through and clutch and transforms the house and whatnot. It's like fine. I still not a big fan of you, but fine, you can stick around.

SPEAKER_02: 36:50

You know what's crazy? It's like D D like before he became Evil Eye, it was like it was obvious that he was gonna be like this great comic relief character, but he he still is. Excuse me. He still is, but since he's also like superpowered now that he has evil eye, um it feels like okay, there need to be a void to where we well, he's not the comic relief character, and I'm not talking about Gigi at this point, but Kenta. I won't say comic relief as in we need to rely on him for jokes. It's more like at this point, while Gigi is still the comic relief character, but he also can be uh serious when you know evil eye is serious. I dare say that including Kenta just made it to where we need that hunting bad character, you know, kind of like a comic relief character, but that's the kind of thing it's like um we're not supposed like with Gigi, we can laugh with Gigi. With Kinta, he's set up to be the kind of character that we laugh at him, so we're just kind of poking fun at Kenta, but with Gigi, like he's genuinely funny, so we can laugh with him. At least that's my perspective on it. Because really, you're not you're not supposed to take Kenta seriously, but and that's the whole I think that's the only purpose Kenta has really, unless maybe somewhere in the manga where like he has a bigger role, and I'm like, God, I I'm almost afraid to find out. But uh, it's like until then, it's almost like they need this regular character to like kind of initiate some of the comedic charm from the rest of them. It's like they need like a punching back character to bounce off of. And speaking of which, uh, not exactly punching back per se, but I want to circle back to the whole Momo Ira Love Triangle thing going on to where, like, um, first of all, I like how with the whole now that we got to the whole met fight thing, like I just wanted to make sure that we cover everything. I like how when Momo ISA, I'm excuse me, Momo, Ira, Okaroon, they had to retreat from the kaiju while the kaiju was like tailing behind them uh before that fight, uh, and they made the giant mess. I like how uh Momo was carrying Okaroon and uh Ira with the psychic hands, and then Okaroon was holding on to Ira, and Ira was like really clinging on to the dude, and I was like, uh oh uh Ms. Shirator, you okay? Uh and then you kind of see that. Oh, she's enjoying this, and then we'll like off there.

SPEAKER_01: 40:12

Yeah, Okaroon's like, oh no, I think she's stuck on me, and and it it just pans up to her face, and it's just like she's just grinning, and it's like, yeah, no, she's not stuck, she's clinging on.

SPEAKER_02: 40:25

And then um the second part was it was before the uh in fact it was like right after they resolved the whole evil eye situation to where okay, uh, now that evil eye is gonna be chill and whatnot, Okaroon and Ira don't need to like stay night at the ISA household. So right before Okaroon and Ira left, they were like saying, Oh, well, uh see y'all later, see y'all later. Um, and then Momo's like, Oh, you don't got anything else you want to say to me? And there was like this cute moment over to Ira's like, Wait, hold on. What do you want to say? Uh and it's like just trying to ruin a good moments, like they just cussing each other out. And I'm like, well, now, okay, when it's like a little, I don't know, like I just think it's kind of funny uh what they're back and forth. Like, as long as it's uh it doesn't feel like there's force or overdoing it, then it's funny and cute in a way, to where we know once again Okaroon and Momo is the OTP, but give Ira credit to where at least with her, she's like actually shooting her shot, where Momo's like, you know, she has feelings for Okaroon, but it's more like she was kind of fighting her feelings for, especially finding out his real name, Ken Tusakura, and it's like, oh, that's the same name as the guy got crushed on, and the whole awkward guy situation is where it's like, Why are you my type? Uh I hate it. It's like she was really fighting her feelings for him, and then by season two, it's like, okay, she's starting to lean into it more, but Ira, and now Bimola is shooting his shots, shooting their shots faster than she is. So she really needs to do something. Like, you saw her just standing there, like you guys are my man. I'm like, hold on, he's not your man. You didn't make him moves yet. Remember, remember that so I'm not saying, like, hey bro, you gotta shoot your shit out because big old like he he got that riz, like he got like some sort of aura going on to where for some reason it's like women be attracted to him now. It's like, oh, he's looking good now that he got some hair gel in his hair, like he doesn't got that bowl cut anymore. He got like a little stylist a little bit. I was like, okay, okay. Honestly, that's really what he needed too. Like, like he wasn't even a uh bad looking dude. It's like you know, just starting here a little bit, like right now, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_01: 43:14

I see it, because I see it. Yep, yep. It's like, mm, yeah. After he stopped being, you know, so quite so straight laced, it was like, okay, yep, there it is.

SPEAKER_02: 43:28

And especially with season one where oh uh rumors being well, we know Iro's the one that would just spread the rumors, but you know, uh he hearing rumors about Momo kind of getting down and dirty, and he was like, Oh no, I don't appreciate these rumors. Like he had to like handle a motherfucker at one point, and I'm like, at that point, I'm like, hey man, like you're not just Ken Tata Kuro, you're not just Okaroon, you're big O now. Yeah, you're the big stepper now.

SPEAKER_01: 44:02

Yup, it's like, yeah, I know. He was like, who the fuck is saying this shit about Miss ISA? Like, mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02: 44:10

She don't get down like that, bro. You get those lies out of your mouth, sir.

SPEAKER_01: 44:15

Exactly. It's like, nah, uh-uh. Don't you be saying this shit?

SPEAKER_02: 44:22

I'm like, bro, like you he was really moving, like he was um Momo's like not boyfriend. Like, you know, they're not dating, but like, come on, dog. Y'all might as well with the way y'all moving. And when Okaroon like caught when Momo caught Okroon and Ira in the uh around the corner, and it looked like Okaroon's gonna kiss Ira, like Ira wanted to, but Okaroon was looking at Momo like, it's not what you think, and then Momo's like, you know what, do whatever the fuck you want.

SPEAKER_00: 44:58

I'm like, hey, no, it ain't realistic, cool.

SPEAKER_01: 45:04

Yeah, it was like, oh, Ira, you are so wrong for this one. Like, girl. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 45:14

I mean, I don't know. Like, I understand that sometimes it's hard to uh confess your feelings to someone that you like, but what can I say? Like, once again, with Ira, like I know like a lot of people don't like her, and people say that oh, she gets kind of better in the mama, but it's still not that like much likable. And I'm like, I don't know, like I don't hate Ira. Like, I don't appreciate some of the things she does, especially at the very beginning, where it seemed like, oh, she was just uh playing with Ocaroon because, like, oh, look at him. I just talked to him for like five seconds, and suddenly that uh boosted his ego. That's probably the best thing that ever happened to him. And then mom was just that whole uh wash tub on her head, and I'm like, yeah, no, you get this.

SPEAKER_01: 46:04

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. It's like, nah, nah, get out here with that shit.

SPEAKER_02: 46:09

It's like, yeah, I don't appreciate some of the um things Ira say and do, like, she can be kind of a bitch, but at the same time, she's not that bad. And also, once again, what can I say? I respect the girl who shoots her shock. Because look, listen, like, at this point, it's one thing if you're like kids and you got your whole lives ahead of you. Okay, y'all can like tease each other for a little while, but in the adult world, listen, I don't got time for all that. Like, are we fucking or nah? Like, I I listen, I don't got time to waste. Like, what what are we in? No, no, that's yeah, I've got one of those things where it's like we're just having a fling, and next thing you know, the next morning's like, what are we?

SPEAKER_01: 47:09

It's like, no, we we we we gotta you know get this out in the open. What what yeah, what do we do? Like you said, where is this going? Yep. Like, yeah, no, as adults, it's like, yeah, no, you you don't got time for none of that shit.

SPEAKER_02: 47:26

Like, hey man, listen, like uh, we can entertain each other for short term and long term, like, but like we just need to uh get on the same page because like I ain't gonna uh put in long-term husband material type investment into you just for you to be like, oh well, I was just throwing the trick on until you found something better. I'm like, shit, if that was the case, then if I knew that ahead of time, I'm like I probably wouldn't have invented half my time and energy on you. I don't know. I know it sounds like I'm being kind of an asshole, but at this point, to be fair, uh I just been through enough to where I'm like, hey bro, I'm just the next girl that I fuck with. Like, listen, like, I'm just not in the mood anymore. I'm just not in the mood. Like, Denara, I'm telling you, I'm telling Leah, I'm telling every woman friend that I know that hey, y'all cool. I'm still gonna rock with y'all till the wheels fall off. But all I'm saying is to every other girl, I'm sorry, but either we fucking or you get out of my face because I don't have time for, oh, can we just be friends? I'm like, I got no friends that is, so I'm good. I don't know. Because I just don't have the time for the mixed signals because that that happened to me before, it's where I'm like, um, are we fucking with each other or what's going on here? And the mixed signals just had me like feel like I was just wasting my time, so that's kind of where I'm at. Fair, fair, yeah, but but um, yeah, not in mean to jump like that, but I don't know. I was like how I even got here. Um was there anything else about Dan to Dan Season 2 that you want to talk about?

SPEAKER_01: 49:32

No, I think that was about it. Just you know, when when the kaiju showed up, it's like, what the fuck? We got kaiju now, like we got you know, ghost alien. Of course, it was an alien kaiju thing, but ended up being you know basically a mech. But it's like it was like, oh, all right, cool, let's see where this goes.

SPEAKER_02: 49:54

Yeah, like see, that's the kind of things where with Dan Man, because it started off weird, I'm sitting here like, okay, I've already set my expectation to where things are gonna get weird, but the question is how weird is it going to get? How far are they going with this?

SPEAKER_01: 50:15

Yep. Like, yep.

SPEAKER_02: 50:19

Are we gonna get space adventures? Are we gonna get time travel?

SPEAKER_01: 50:24

Yeah, like there's so much that could happen at this point that's like, hmm, where are we going with this? And that's you know what makes me want to stick around is you know, I want to see where they're gonna go with this.

SPEAKER_02: 50:36

Hell yeah. And with that being said, uh, was there anything more?

SPEAKER_01: 50:42

No, I think that's yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 50:46

Okay, well, until season three, I must think Dan Dan still stands on a nine. Uh fairly weird, but hey, you know what? It got styled, like especially with that opening and ending theme. Like great, a jam. Uh, I see the edits on TikToks where I'm to a point to where I I kind of wish that they combined some parts of the opening and ending to where it's like, oh, that would have been perfect, like the way they uh had that edited together. Um the characters are likable for the most part, you know, like fucking keto's and the jury's still out on cancer. Like, I'm like, eh, I'm like, I don't mind cancer, but at the same time, it feels like what's the point of him outside of just being this weirdo character where, and that's what it's because I just said about if everybody's weird, if nobody really is, but like he's the only normal weirdo out of game class now. Because everybody else at least has like some sort of supernatural ability, or they come in clutch on with some abilities or whatnot. With him, it's like, okay, you got lucky when we needed a giant mech to fight a giant kaiju with your side fighting all like you got lucky coming in clutch that one time. But outside of that, I'm like, why are you here?

SPEAKER_00: 52:19

What do you do? Yep.

SPEAKER_02: 52:25

Uh turbo granny still go, of course. Um I'm still rooting for Ocaroon and Momo, but uh like I said, Momo, look, first it was Ira, now it's Vimola. Who else is gonna show up and be like, shit, like, are you gonna let one of these women like take that boy's virginity before you do? You gonna sit there and take that from him? And like just have a whole bunch of mysterious man surrounded by your man, and you just make a move, Momo. Make a move. Come on now. Don't be like those other protagonists and be like you just be standing there, twinkling your thoughts, and like, oh well, you know, like I don't want to no fuck all that. It's like playing your man, okay? Fuck all that. All right, let me just go ahead and get out here, Denara. Uh thank you for being on the show with me. Uh, dear listener, thank you for listening to us babble to the end. Have yourself a good morning, good evening, uh, good afternoon, good night, whatever time you're watching, listening to this. I don't know why I said watching. Uh uh remember to say nerdy and remember that great things are coming. We're gonna go ahead and zone up out of here.