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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited November 2024
    Dandadan episode 7

    Goddamn

    Goddamn
    I've read the manga, so I should've known that I'd catch some feelings this episode, but fuck that episode hit like a train

    Science SARU did something special here. Truly special.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    Whoever is doing the score for Dandadan this season is a godsdamned genius.
    Episode 7
    Once the flashback started, I basically held my breath until the credits rolled.

    Who needs dialogue? Just incredible visual storytelling.

    The other secret sauce in Dandadan: the flashbacks.

  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    Normally try to save the new episode for Friday, as a treat but FINE I'll watch it

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    You guys promised me hype , so far this is just heartbreaking…

  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    Yeah uh
    I was bawling as soon as the montage started, like preemptively knew it was going to be a train wreck

    Haven't cried that hard in like a year damn

  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    Yeah uh
    I was bawling as soon as the montage started, like preemptively knew it was going to be a train wreck

    Haven't cried that hard in like a year damn

    For me
    Look Back hit harder, but this was abject human cruelty. So heartbreaking. Felt very real.

  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    There was some incredible animation of shadows during the bit where it was crossing the street shot from above.

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  • TheBlackWindTheBlackWind Registered User regular
    lol I watched the new episode of Dan Da Dan right before a work presentation.

    NOT COOL.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited November 2024
    Last couple of Watamote chapters have been fun, everyone getting to do their thing

    Yuri being a movie snob, telling one of her friends she sounds like a prostitute, then saying how much she hates children, bc Yuri don't give a fuck.

    Nemo still desperately trying to believe she lives in a CGDCT anime, and instead just being cringe.

    Asuka and Tomoko have gone from already hanging out a lot to now basically being attached at the hip. Just date already.

    Tomoko getting a little cocky from her video getting a bunch of views would normally be leading up to her inevitable faceplant, but this time seems a bit deserved? It's good for her to be proud of something, she's been pushing herself out of her comfort zone!

    Could definitely see the manga working towards an ending, though there's still an awful lot of ongoing plot lines up in the air.

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  • SixshotStrikerSixshotStriker Registered User regular
    I have watched Dandadan ep.7

    WHO LET THIS ARMY OF ONION CUTTING NINJAS IN HERE!?!?

  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    Goddamn Dandadan it feels criminal to go that hard so early.

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  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits Registered User regular
    That was a very good episode of television that elevated the source material.

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Yeah, that hit three times harder than the manga did.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Ooof. That is some quality anime there. Now excuse me while I chase away these ninjas.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    That was a very good episode of television that elevated the source material.

    I think the final leg of the Turbo Granny fight also did that and it's quite impressive that they're able to pull that off twice in such a small timeframe

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    Dandadan was so good. I'm really liking this show.
    Dandadan makes me think of Gintama when it comes to the antagonist/villain. They aren't bad/evil for the sake of it but instead have more meaning to their actions that drove them to what they do.

    Or I'm totally wrong and misremembering Gintama since it's been so long since I've watched it. I just remember most of the villains have a mostly sympathetic backstory.

    I haven't watched the most recent episode of the most notorious talker. I've kind of bounced off of the show. Just not into it.

    I saw the Overlord movie in theaters.
    It was pretty good. I enjoyed the running gag of trying to get people to talk about rune weapons and failing miserably because Neia refused to talk about it because she thought it was some important secret.

    I am having a hard time with the brutality of the movie and show in general. In the movie the princess is used as a bludgeoning weapon and they made sure to be graphic with it.

    I get they are the villains and from the very beginning were pretty horrific but showing it out in the open has gotten pretty uncomfortable. I think I'd be very concerned if this show didn't make me feel that way but it is getting hard to watch.

    Part ofmewants to spoil it and see if Nazarick ever faces anykindofconsequences.

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  • BadablackBadablack Registered User regular
    All I remember from Gintama are the baffling jokes and references that probably made a lot more sense if you were Japanese.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited November 2024
    Stragint wrote: »
    I saw the Overlord movie in theaters.
    It was pretty good. I enjoyed the running gag of trying to get people to talk about rune weapons and failing miserably because Neia refused to talk about it because she thought it was some important secret.

    I am having a hard time with the brutality of the movie and show in general. In the movie the princess is used as a bludgeoning weapon and they made sure to be graphic with it.

    I get they are the villains and from the very beginning were pretty horrific but showing it out in the open has gotten pretty uncomfortable. I think I'd be very concerned if this show didn't make me feel that way but it is getting hard to watch.

    Part ofmewants to spoil it and see if Nazarick ever faces anykindofconsequences.

    I hopped off the Overlord train two seasons ago. At some point it just became suffering for suffering's sake.

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  • CururuCururu Registered User regular
    In regards to DanDaDan episode 7
    Do we ever find out what happened to the abducted daughter, or are we meant to just stew in the cruelty of the whole thing?

    That was an amazingly animated and directed episode, but it was also super brutal to watch.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Cururu wrote: »
    In regards to DanDaDan episode 7
    Do we ever find out what happened to the abducted daughter, or are we meant to just stew in the cruelty of the whole thing?

    That was an amazingly animated and directed episode, but it was also super brutal to watch.

    It hasn't been covered yet.

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  • CururuCururu Registered User regular
    Cururu wrote: »
    In regards to DanDaDan episode 7
    Do we ever find out what happened to the abducted daughter, or are we meant to just stew in the cruelty of the whole thing?

    That was an amazingly animated and directed episode, but it was also super brutal to watch.

    It hasn't been covered yet.

    I can see why the author wouldn't want to explore it more, but that's unfortunate.

  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    Dandadan paints vivid portraits with its music.

    Whenever things get... funky, and the hype train starts:
    During Episode 4, the
    During Episode 5, the
    And just this week, episode 7 sequence:
    Then some tonal whiplash to
    The ED. Read the mood, Turbo Granny! You can get the hair dryer some other time!
    https://youtu.be/aEBp66VU3Ic?si=NyEg8kSKlCyNaC3X

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Is it weird that (DDD episode 7)
    the domestic violence is harder for me to watch than the episode 1 incident?

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  • FANTOMASFANTOMAS Flan ArgentavisRegistered User regular
    Badablack wrote: »
    All I remember from Gintama are the baffling jokes and references that probably made a lot more sense if you were Japanese.

    Gintama was great, the plot didnt make a lot of sense, because it started as a serious sci-fi, meeting of two worlds story but it inmediately turned into mostly comedy. Whenever they got serious, you just knew that one of the new characters, no matter how serious is initially portrayed, was going to end up being some kind of weirdo for the gag comedy side of the anime/manga.

    The filler episodes, that didnt exist in the manga, were the best for me, because they could go as crazy or absurd as they wanted without caring about breaking the plot or anyones arc.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    Last couple of Watamote chapters have been fun, everyone getting to do their thing

    Yuri being a movie snob, telling one of her friends she sounds like a prostitute, then saying how much she hates children, bc Yuri don't give a fuck.

    Nemo still desperately trying to believe she lives in a CGDCT anime, and instead just being cringe.

    Asuka and Tomoko have gone from already hanging out a lot to now basically being attached at the hip. Just date already.

    Tomoko getting a little cocky from her video getting a bunch of views would normally be leading up to her inevitable faceplant, but this time seems a bit deserved? It's good for her to be proud of something, she's been pushing herself out of her comfort zone!

    Could definitely see the manga working towards an ending, though there's still an awful lot of ongoing plot lines up in the air.

    I really enjoyed in the latest chapter when...
    ...after Tomoko had stolen the mascot costume and had just been unmasked and chastised for it, that as soon as she saw the former student council president, she had to immediately put the mask back on and run up and wordlessly return the hug from so many chapters ago.

  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Is it weird that (DDD episode 7)
    the domestic violence is harder for me to watch than the episode 1 incident?

    My only thought:
    This was a character you knew was dead, in a flashback, vs. the main character in the series in the pilot.

    You knew there were no guard rails.

  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    Cururu wrote: »
    In regards to DanDaDan episode 7
    Do we ever find out what happened to the abducted daughter, or are we meant to just stew in the cruelty of the whole thing?

    That was an amazingly animated and directed episode, but it was also super brutal to watch.
    The anime presents it differently, but the manga does imply that the daughter died as well.

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  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits Registered User regular
    The events of ep 7 are more realistic, difficult subject matter treated with nuance. It’s quality storytelling.

    The events of ep 1 are typical anime bullshit that you have to try to handwave away when recommending this show to friends.

  • CururuCururu Registered User regular
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    Cururu wrote: »
    In regards to DanDaDan episode 7
    Do we ever find out what happened to the abducted daughter, or are we meant to just stew in the cruelty of the whole thing?

    That was an amazingly animated and directed episode, but it was also super brutal to watch.
    The anime presents it differently, but the manga does imply that the daughter died as well.

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    That's more brutal, but makes sense.

  • WearingGlassesWearingGlasses Of the friendly neighborhood variety Registered User regular
    Badablack wrote: »
    All I remember from Gintama are the baffling jokes and references that probably made a lot more sense if you were Japanese.

    The story arcs have some drama sometimes, and there are also one-off episodes that are both hilarious and sad.
    The Kabukicho arc has a sad backstory between one of the antagonists and Gintoki's landlady.

    All the serious arcs related to Gintoki's past.

    There's also the one episode of an old man with an old dog, and are both trying to live long enough so the other dies first, because they don't want the other to be alone.

  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    The events of ep 7 are more realistic, difficult subject matter treated with nuance. It’s quality storytelling.

    The events of ep 1 are typical anime bullshit that you have to try to handwave away when recommending this show to friends.

    I'm waiting for the tragic backstory of the aliens that's probably coming before I cement my feelings on the introduction

  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Is it weird that (DDD episode 7)
    the domestic violence is harder for me to watch than the episode 1 incident?
    I think that was whatever criminal element that was handling her sex work. I think that the mother buying her daughter the dress cut into the money she was going to pay them and that was their monstrous response.

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  • WearingGlassesWearingGlasses Of the friendly neighborhood variety Registered User regular
    I just thought of something re: DDD7
    The decision to make the prostitution less explicit was supposedly to adjust for TV sensibilities, but one can also now interpret it as: Silky's POV trying to hide/not think about the details of her job to protect her daughter's innocence.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    The events of ep 7 are more realistic, difficult subject matter treated with nuance. It’s quality storytelling.

    The events of ep 1 are typical anime bullshit that you have to try to handwave away when recommending this show to friends.

    I'm waiting for the tragic backstory of the aliens that's probably coming before I cement my feelings on the introduction
    Oh god are you going to lose your mind in Season 2 and the Space Globalists arc.
    Because we sort of get that for the Serponians, but it absolutely does not go anywhere near tragic - for them.
    That's reserved for Best Alien Girl Vamola, and when Momo finds out that past, well...remember how her grandmother talked about breaking through her limits?

    Turns out that hurting innocents is a really good way to get Momo to do so.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    Oh no.

    Oh no no no no no no no.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7d7lhuX47U

    Kawamori, what the FUCK are you doing.

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  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits Registered User regular
    I have no idea what that is

  • EnigmedicEnigmedic Registered User regular
    yeah that episode 7 was sure something. the tone episode to episode is fucking WILD in dandadan.

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    I have no idea what that is

    I'm going to assume and fear that it's a Macross thing.

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  • Havelock3.0Havelock3.0 What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?Registered User regular
    Recent Dandadan manga stuff (that’s been translated so far)
    spoilers
    I don’t know the background of Vamola yet, but first impressions is that the thought of a society that wears high tech kaiju costumes and bases all major decisions off of who would win in a full sized kaiju fight is hilarious

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