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Jul 3, 11:17 AM

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It's funny that the serpent they were worshiping was just a man-eating worm. The members of the Kito family being greyed out also is weird. The action scenes were a blast though with Momo's drop kicks.
Jul 3, 11:26 AM

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Excited that season 2 has started, and to see where it continues off!

Jul 3, 11:38 AM
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The animation was peak, i loved it soo damn much
Jul 3, 11:46 AM

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Good to have Momo and Okarun back again. But Jiji is simply annoying and Turbo Granny sure was being a c***
Jul 3, 11:47 AM

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Kind of surprised the antagonists are a gray color
Jul 3, 11:49 AM

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so stoked for this season but ngl that was an obnoxious start
🌈 i just want gintama back
Jul 3, 11:56 AM

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Man, we're so back!
Jul 3, 12:01 PM

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WE ARE SO BACKKKKK!!!

OP & ED both good, i like OP more in terms of song BECAUSE ITS AiNA THE ENDD but i like ED's visual more than the OP.
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Jul 3, 12:08 PM

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"The view's off the hook."
It would be better without the Kito bastards in it, and if Momo would lose the towel.

If the knee will not reach the face, bring the face to the knee.

Worm chow.
Lord Cruelty V
"But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be"
Jul 3, 12:16 PM

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I was so relieved when the worm ate those gray people.
Jul 3, 12:21 PM
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ye that is not a snake a but a worm
Jul 3, 12:31 PM
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No no no this is bad
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and that outro goes hard
Ahohite-killerJul 3, 12:43 PM
Jul 3, 12:55 PM
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I was really excited for the opening, since the *Dandadan* opening from Season 1 was my favorite in 2024.

But honestly, I didn’t like the Season 2 opening that much... ugh.
By the way, I still remember a large part of Season 1—I feel like I really loved it!

Back then, I didn’t know you could write reviews on MyAnimeList. But I did say the anime was overhyped and deserved an 8/10 rating.

I really hope Season 2 breaks all expectations and ends up being even better!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCCRNzKvWRg&list=RDDCCRNzKvWRg&start_radio=1
Jul 3, 12:56 PM

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I wasn't the biggest fan of season one, but it had a slick art style and a beautiful OP. Glad to see that this new season is keeping both. Love that new OP.
Jul 3, 1:03 PM

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Ah, Dandadan is finally back. Season 1's finale was probably one of the weirdest season finales I've ever seen cause it just ended right in the middle of beginning an arc. If there hadn't been a half-year break in between, I'm sure Season 2 would've just been called Season 1 Part 2. That was probably the plan. But if by waiting longer they can deliver better animation, then I think the wait is worth it.

I don't think the new OP is bad. But it's going to be hard to top the first one. I feel about the same about the new ED. But I vastly prefer the old ED.

Good thing Momo was able to avoid those creepy geezers. Thanks, Turbo Granny. But man, that family was creepy af. Glad they were eaten. I don't want to see those assholes again. This was a great start. I can't wait for the rest. Although I remembered most things, rewatching Season 1 was the right move, given how Season 2 was a direct continuation.

What a great start to a great season.
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Jul 3, 1:11 PM
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Finaly second season starts!
Jul 3, 1:11 PM

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Ahh..the DanDaDan season couldn't have started with anything other than attempted rape XDD

OP much worse but still a banger imo

Finally we got a continuation of the arc that was broken off at a random moment and well..nothing special happened, a few things that no one asked about but had to be explained, they were explained, then some action and the episode ended, just when something more interesting started happening.
The followers of this worm were really weird, too weird and I don't know if they were supposed to be scary or funny but I know they didn't manage to be either, in the end they came out bland and as quickly as they appeared, they disappeared just as quickly.

Momo as usual, a day like any other, she almost gets raped and doesn't care.
Turbo grandma doesn't care and Okarun and the other one... just were there.

3/5
Jul 3, 1:18 PM
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Decent solid start for S2 for DanDaDan. Nice fight scenes with Momo and another messed up grandma character with crazy skills. This time with 1000% more martial arts and yakuza feeling. Nice way to start of Summer 2025, after a pretty lackluster Spring anime season.
Jul 3, 1:18 PM
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No no no this is bad
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and that outro goes hard
@Ahohite-killer because very likely she will appear (as herself) only in the end of the season.

Considering that 1 season covers exactly 4 volumes (and like 2 chapters of 5th) of the manga, and that Vamola appears only in the middle of 9th volume…
I’m almost certain that we will see her, but like in the last 5 minutes. It’s very likely she will be the next cliffhanger of this season.
Jul 3, 1:25 PM

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It's cool how much Momo managed to defend herself as much as she did before resorting to her psychic powers, not to mention all the clutch saves Turbo Granny's been dishing out lately
Jul 3, 1:25 PM

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That kick is permanent XD, great start. Also the ed visuals are so nice..
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Jul 3, 2:00 PM
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the s1 opening was much better
Jul 3, 2:01 PM

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They kept the same quality despite being overworked, I wonder if the staff is doing ok. On a side note, it's gonna be nearly impossible to top the 1st opening.
Jul 3, 2:19 PM
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what a creepy family.. I am glad it looked like they are dead by the worm lol
Jul 3, 2:32 PM
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Thought I couldn't possibly be more disturbed by this episode and then I saw the preview XDD What a fun premiere for season 2! As a manga reader, I'm really happy with the animation studio and their way of bringing the personality of each character to life through their movements. So much is being put into the details, yet again. But holy moly the Kito family was even creepier than in the manga. Can't wait to hide behind my couch while watching the next episode!

Edit: Almost forgot to mention the opening/ending animations! Sick!!!
Jul 3, 2:43 PM
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it's fine i guess but i'm dropping this show, it's not for me.
Jul 3, 2:44 PM
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tbh I forgot what happened in last 3 ep from s1

I need to watch it to remember

this ep was really good it was exciting to see the characters and the vibes still as good as s1

when the worm ate that wasn't expected lmao

overall a good 1st ep and I'm really excited to see the next episodes
Jul 3, 2:52 PM
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The op and ed were brutal. Amazing
Jul 3, 3:01 PM

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Weirdest start to a S2 I have seen in a while. Should have been a Cour 2. Kinda forgot what was going on in the previous season, so imagine my confusion when there are a bunch of old men assaulting Momo.




Jul 3, 3:13 PM

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meh, i don't like the new EP.OP... shoulda stuck with Creepy Nuts n Zutomayo. sure the art n animation are pretty and i like em. good work on the visuals! but the songs? :p they're turkeys... lame. etc.

otherwise, just as much fun, action, and adventure so far as S1 left us off with... it HAS been a LONG GONE time since a 'part' ended ABRUPTLY like that in my memory to pick everything up in the next 'part' within SECONDS of where the first 'part' ended. it has been such a while that all i can recall is the vague inkling of 'grrrr---arrrghh! i don't like that!' :<< annnd then DanDaDan S1 ended like that annnd... yup... it's not fun....
just an ol school American otaku enjoyin the life. don't sass me kiddies, i've been otaku probably since before you were born. leave me in peace and i won't bother you either.

Jul 3, 3:46 PM

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S1 OP was always hard to beat. But i like both S2 OP and ED. The song matches the setting for this upcoming arc and the visuals are always great.

That fight scene was clean. As a manga reader I am happy how the production hasn’t lowered. Momo carried hard that episode. But dont worry Okarun and Jiji will have their moments.



Great to have S2 back :D
Jul 3, 3:54 PM

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I think the Kito family is a jab at the "code of silence" by which many people in rural towns and villages live by. The village has it's ancient ritual. No one may interfere, no matter how unjust or dumb it is, especially outsiders. Locals don't even really understand it. The Kito family is pretty powerful. It's rich and has many connections, enough to let the police close several eyes when they commit crimes. They essentially rule the town, and take care of the ritual. They're depicted that way to show how villainous they are, despite not being actual aliens. Or maybe they are in fact aliens. I haven't read the manga, so I don't know.

Crazy good episode btw. Picks up exactly where S1 left off. It's more of DanDaDan, which is exactly what I wanted.
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Jul 3, 3:54 PM

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Calm ep

We are back about 6 months later and the craziness doesn't halt for one second. Heard about the production problems, hope it isn't worse then s1's the animation is still great.

We meet the Kito family, full of weirdos trying to grab Momo and beat up Okarun and Jiji.

Momo escapes but the guys fail to defend themselves. Momo gets there and fails to save them.

Tho, the ritual with the serpent lord has different ideas and drags everyone to the bottom of the site.

Now the goal is to stop the turbo granny invested Okarun before he kills Jiji.

Great op and ed, tho the music is kinda weaker.

This ep adapted ch 34-37, and like a page or two of 38, but in a weird way.

9/10


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Jul 3, 4:09 PM
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6 months later and Momo is finally free from the hot spring lol, I’m sure it was rough being stuck in there with those creepy fellas for all that time. Jokes aside, it is that time once again, it’s nice to see Dandadan back on my screen, it’s a shame this arc was cut short last fall but I’m happy to finally be able to see where it goes here in the summer of the next year, and because we ended in the middle of an arc, this didn’t feel like much of a first episode, but it was fun all the same so I can’t complain much.

The Kito Family sure was something weren’t they, but you’re telling me they’re just powerful old people and not possessed or something? I find that hard to believe lol, it’s possible there’s more to be revealed about them bedsides the fact they’ve been sacrificing people to keep this serpent god satisfied, but if the moment they got ate by their god was the end of them, maybe there isn’t more to them lol, I guess we’ll see about that. And I really enjoyed the sequence of Momo taking on the Kito Family, beautifully animated and super fun to watch, the Jennifer Lopez attack caught me off guard lol. But damn the end of the episode was yet another ball tickler, thankfully this time we just have to wait a week to see what happens tho lol, it’s good to be back.

And wow that OP and ED were straight heaters both in music and visuals, of course it’s really hard to say they’re better than the first season’s songs which were pretty iconic, but perhaps with time that might change, music is funny like that.
Jul 3, 4:13 PM
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Forgot about the cliffhanger with Momo in another rapey situation. Guess they're going to tone things down for her this season (in the manga she wasn't wearing a towel initially and the old guys weren't wearing fundoshi either) though it's kind of silly when she is MMA fighting in such a short skirt. Anyway not the reason I watch this show, giant sand worm is kinda interesting don't get the weird family and another super powered old lady "Jennifer Lopez ANACONDA!" are they normal humans or zombies or something? Guess the snake didn't really care they were giving it sacrifices. Looking forward to more.
OP and ED are pretty meh, especially the animation :(
MenchiK1Jul 3, 4:24 PM
Jul 3, 4:26 PM

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We're so back! Peak has arrived! Wait... what the fuck happened to the opening? It's okay but it's no Otonoke, not even close! I would have been more pumped if the studio had challenged Creepy Nuts to come up with a new opening or failing that just stayed with Otonoke.
I had actually read ahead a bit of the manga after last season's cliffhanger so I was not surprised by the hotspring scene. But I hadn't read further so I was totally surprised by the cultists trying to sacrifice our intrepid leads to some freaky looking worm. Turns out if you give a Mongolian deathworm regular meals it will grow quite large. Doesn't make it any more intelligent though as the cultists found out to their detriment.
I'd rate this a 9/10 but I am deducting a point for the disappointing opening 8/10.
Jul 3, 4:29 PM
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The PEAK has begun again! Though I already the first three episodes bcuz of the movie-premiere, it does not change this series from being highly watchable.
What impressed me last season of was including more animation than what the manga provided, ranging from Momo and Okarun's bickering during their travel home at the very beginning of episode 2 or the two "FULL THROTTLE" scenes with a remix of "William Tell Overture". Such scenes only improved the viewing experience of the show, and I am glad to see this principle being followed here further.

To name a few, here are some I picked off the back of my head:
- Turbo Granny's more smug, cool and relaxed floating once Momo notices here presence, as compared to her more bored expression in the Manga
- Manjiro's exasperated expression when advised on his "BooTubing" career
- The Kito family's underground power ranger entrance (nostalgia hit me like a brick) and quick consumption
- Okarun's transformation (it was such a cool change and seeing it in theatres with the next episodes scenes in mind was cool af)

Mind you that these are only from episode one. The following episodes will present us with more of the sorts, with my favourite sequence so far being one or two episodes away with the evil eye origin story and battle sequence (holy peak in theatres). Cannot wait for more episodes to come and will keep my hopes high, though I feel like they have already been exceeded.

P.S. Though this season's OP and EP are not as impactful as last season's, that does not make them less iconic. The OP presents us a story from the perspective of S1's Okarun, how through his encounter with Momo he was finally able to progressively see a world in colours from ounce perceiving it in black and white. In contrast to it, the EP presents us this season's the upcoming cast of new characters like Kenta and Rin. Its art-style is also dissimilar to the series, but gives off a livelier vibe and even sense of enthusiasm (like as if a fan drew this entire thing with lotssa passion and love for it, idk)
TL;DR, all bangers and only bangers here.
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Jul 3, 4:34 PM
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Curious for all the people who watched this earlier does the 3 episodes finish out the arc that we ended season 2 with and start a new one or is it still ongoing. Thanks
@MarMarin Was still ongoing. Like, the movie ended on a cliffhanger during the arc, even though it did not conclude.
Jul 3, 4:43 PM
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i think is good but nothing compared to what's coming
Jul 3, 4:43 PM
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i think is good but nothing compared to what's coming
Jul 3, 4:49 PM

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WTH was that Jenniefer Lopez crap x'D

Spat out my eater when the old hag said that like out of nowhere

Surprised not many are mentioning that...oh well
"You can't spell slaughter without laughter".
Jul 3, 5:00 PM
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Continuing on from pretty much the dialogue interrupted by the end of the first season, I had to recall where Jiji and Okarun were as well as Momo being in the onsen. The action didn't take long to come back thanks to a bunch of creeps who we discovered then were from a family that had traditionally sacrificed people to an UMA earthworm in order to prevent the volcano for erupting. Well so much for that nonsense after being eaten. Now it's up to these 3, Jiji in particular, to figure a way out of this mess.

Also, not particularly a fan of the new OP just yet. It's not bad but the first one was way better.
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Jul 3, 5:02 PM

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S2 off to a decent start, those Kito Family guys are creepy as hell though.
Jul 3, 5:29 PM

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In my opinion the second opening and ending of this s2 was as good as the first
Jul 3, 5:43 PM

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TheColonel76 said:
I find that hard to believe lol, it’s possible there’s more to be revealed about them bedsides the fact they’ve been sacrificing people to keep this serpent god satisfied, but if the moment they got ate by their god was the end of them,
From the exposition, this worm was not the serpent spirit of the legend (even assuming the legend was ever valid) It is a biologic cryptid that somehow got here from Mongolia and the dumbshit Kitos mistook it for the Kagutsuchi, a kami a type of nature spirit.
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Jul 3, 5:43 PM
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I like the new opening and ending, not sure how I'd compare them to season 1's but they're good. Jumping right back into the action without any time wasting is a plus too.
Jul 3, 6:00 PM
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LordCrueltyV said:
From the exposition, this worm was not the serpent spirit of the legend (even assuming the legend was ever valid) It is a biologic cryptid that somehow got here from Mongolia and the dumbshit Kitos mistook it for the Kagutsuchi, a kami a type of nature spirit.
Oh yeah I picked up on that, but I still referred to it as “their god” because it was still pretty much their god lol, I do think that’s really cool tho, I really like how this show mixes different occult and sci-fi elements together.
Jul 3, 6:35 PM

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we're back after leaving off on an awful cliffhanger. the new op song not as memorable as the previous one but i still like it, the visuals go hard though. the ed song and visuals are okay. they didn't really do the iconic death worm panel justice but the artstyle prevents the manga art from being proper justice anyway. granny turbos great though. think i would be enjoying this a lot more if i wasn't jaded by the manga, especially the recent arcs but we'll see how this adaptation goes.
Jul 3, 6:42 PM

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We are so back tbh i was like WTF for the last 25 minutes of watching this it's gonna get interesting can't wait for the next weeks episode peak anime
Jul 3, 7:01 PM
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momo and okarun, the main ship hit the same move in the ed. you know who else hit the same move? jiji and aira, stay with me now
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