Dandadan Episode 7 Is A MASTERPIECE And MADE ME CRY

[@SeaTactics]

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[@WhiteKnuckleRide512]

What was the show you spoiler censored at the start?

[@nouvelle147]

​@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 I'm wondering that as well

[@WhiteKnuckleRide512]

@ I’m guessing Re:Zero? I’m not super informed on this seasons’s anime but that seems like the most likely

[@ShinigamiSparda]

One thing the animation did that I think was important is how realistic the animation of the flashback was, more subtle but human movements instead of stylized supernatural ones. I feel like it's the animators saying "this isn't sad just because it's tragic, this is sad because it *actually happens*. We don't need to make up monsters to show you how bad things can get, normal people do that on their own."

[@tone161]

Yeah they touch on some very real issues. Like Unji Zuma backstory. That stuff happens and its so tragic

[@yoongsintong1976]

I noticed that too, especially in the way her daughter danced! To add to that, the entire montage was essentially wordless, it reminds me of the way Pixar did the fifteen minute intro of UP.

[@Help_im_stuck_in_uganda]

Hold up, His writing is this fire???

[@deeksha611]

The expressions on the daughter were so realistic, they didn’t look like a cartoon of a baby but it captured the unbridled glee of a child

[@maizeman90]

the human animation in this episode was exceptional. I have seen no one mention it, but in the last flash back where the mom and daughter are back together and the mom is holding the daughter in her arms and the daughter shifts herself in the mom's arms to reach up to the night sky is incredible level of detail and they had absolutely no reason to add that very human and realistic shift of position in the mom's arms. That is love by the animators putting everything into the animation.

[@LINKedup101]

Small correction, she doesnt save up the money, she takes some out of what she pays to the Yakuza and they come to collect

[@Melzo200]

This makes more sense for why they decided to punish her

[@alfianfahmi5430]

Dealing with Yakuza is a bloody endeavour. Can't pay up your debts? Your kid surely will 💀☠️

[@Itsmymetime]

Dawg😭

[@no-zo1ox]

What?​@@alfianfahmi5430

[@Howard213]

Brooooo

[@droolingfangirl]

I love that silky is wearing her daughter’s dress. And oh my gosh I cried.

[@fm.burbank8461]

i dont remember if that detail was in the manga.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

​@@fm.burbank8461I don't think it was.

[@superate4874]

​@@MrBuns-yi2hkIt was, is explicit that she use her daugther's dress

[@Andrew-roblox-l3o]

@@fm.burbank8461 It was

[@nicholasconrad1324]

This ep hit me like a ton of bricks lol. I was totally not expecting it. I have a daughter that’s 1 year old, so it hit me extra hard. Wasn’t expecting to cry my eyes out right before bed 😂

[@Beautifulconversation]

I just lost my son my wife and i are on the coach sobbing. This episode was beautiful

[@SeaTactics]

I lost my sister when I was just 16. It destroyed everything. Remember to keep strong, my friend. You can absolutely make it through by giving it your everything, but only if you give it everything. Your son knew you cared deeply for him and that is more than enough to keep trying - even when it seems too hard or futile. It ain't over till it's over.

[@SttudDioPierrot]

6:20 Silky Took money out of her Envelop to buy her Daughter the Pink Dress. While she's being Assaulted, one of the Men is counting the Money in the Envelope. The Money was owed to them but there wasn't enough (Because some of the money went to buying the dress) So they just took her Daughter as another form of Payment. Either that or they killed her daughter to send a message, which is even worse.

[@Remarkability01]

they didn't kill her, he daughter is Aira

[@Enomaru001]

@@Remarkability01no airas mother is someone else entirely. She was raised by her father and accidentally mistook silkys spirit as her own late mom who we saw in a coffin

[@shamimaahmed2840]

​@@Remarkability01they did

[@ironicjason257]

​@@Enomaru001wait no way, so silky's child ACTUALLY got taken by the yakuza? Nah that is even more depressing now

[@lawbro8555]

@@Remarkability01you obviously did not understand the episode

[@letterstobyun9638]

I cried so much in this episode. Every single detail on it is perfect. The way she landed with her feet before we even know that she was a human that used to dance, the tired face we can barely see on the door knock before she got home, the small mole under the eye that is often hidden by her hair but she show's it to her daughter, the room moving in circles like a ballerina does. All the feelings are overflowing from the characters, even without a single word. This episode was a masterpiece, it hurt to see that there was nothing left to be done. No one could've stopped that from happening, but how to not blame ourselves when things go wrong? It's easy to feel empathetic towards that mother because we know how hard it is to raise a child alone. We know how much love she felt for her kid and how she gave up on everything, even her proud, to give her baby a chance to live. And it was all in vain. It really hurt, I won't lie. This episode was a tragic masterpiece.

[@EveryoneDisagreesWithPJ]

I actually read the manga and just thought it was cruel in my mind, but in the anime it weirdly hit different and I started crying during that flashback bro, the point where my mom had to come down to check on me this shit did not need to hit this hard 😭

[@danm8004]

Come down... To her basement?

[@somefatkid2080]

@@danm8004 Her room could be upstairs and ops could be downstairs it doesnt have to be a basement

[@danm8004]

@@somefatkid2080 you're right, it doesn't have to be.

[@EveryoneDisagreesWithPJ]

@@danm8004 no, not there

[@MrSmash85]

Yeah long time manga reader and that chapter hit very hard, I remember they have one or two like this but ep7 defo hit the hardest.

[@nikostyleonyomamacoochie8513]

What really broke me was towards the end when Silky was listing her regrets. “I wish i bought you better things, i wish i played with you more, if only you werent born my child, then maybe you could have lived a better life than anything I could have given you” The sentiment of wishing your own flesh and blood that you love more than life itself, didn’t come from you just so they could live better and happier, thats next level parental love. And seeing how hard she tried, the struggles and extremes she went through to provide for the only light in her life…..And combined with such amazingly animated visuals that enchanced so much of the experience 😭 I was genuinely grasping at my chest and I had to take a second after the ep finished. That shit to me was film award winning.

[@Az86JC]

Same I legit thought I'm just overreacting and I'm sensitive to real life situations but naw that was some real shit! This anime is special;

[@kimpeater1]

I think it's a common sentiment among most if not all parents. Everyone wants their children to have the happiest, best life possible, but reality doesn't always allow it.

[@Mousse9]

I don't think it's the man she slept with that took her daughter away. It's not clear in the anime, but they were loansharks as far as I can tell. They came to collect money, and took the daughter as well as the money. Man, you get goofy stuff like accidental kissing, dunking a washtub on a girl's head, and suddenly, super sad story. Can't wait for the next episode.

[@diseasedwombat5611]

I watched the episode before I went to sleep last night. I wanted to watch funny balls show, not get emotional trauma! 10/10 episode, no ifs ands or buts.

[@Az86JC]

We need this anime at times like this

[@JetBazooka21]

No shame in crying I was tearing up during this episode. Masterful from across the board. 10/10. Science Saru and of course Yukinobu Tatsu bravo 👏 👏 👏

[@the8thgate543]

and kensuke ushio. them OST were hitting

[@oakleyturner9544]

Allergies were bad here today also. 🤧

[@R1sen_One]

glad to know i'm not the only one that cried watching this masterpiece

[@oakleyturner9544]

Trust me, we’re all part of a pretty large collective on that.

[@Az86JC]

So glad I'm not the only 1 I bawled my eyes out

[@jaycie.m]

Oh you’re not alone at all. Tears were pouring down my face during her final dance sequence, and then Aira running to hug Acrobatic Silky had me audibly ugly sobbing.

[@infinitydragon3831]

I wonder how many people even realized that she jumped off the building while she was dancing since it was kind of hard to tell

[@dooshmasta]

Is that what happens? It appears like she falls while running on the street chasing after the car with the attackers, and bleeds to death. The ballet sequence next seems more like she's dancing her way into afterlife / purgatory, but that ends with an abrupt sound of an object falling. Then it's morning and she's a ghost and has seems to have lost her memory.

[@dooshmasta]

I just looked at the manga. It's written much clearer, while the anime makes the fact that she's on a building vague, as well as the fact she's prostituting herself. I guess it might be to get past censors since the show has an international audience and China has already come after them; they can't be too explicit, and can only hint at what's happening.

[@nicholasleow6692]

​@@dooshmastaThe author had to follow censorship. In the anime she died from her injuries, but in the manga, she jumped to her death.

[@dooshmasta]

@@nicholasleow6692 Yeah, my first impression was that she bled to death when she fell while running, and that dance sequence was her sort of farewell to life in her mind, but they do put a sound effect of something hitting the ground and the next shot is a tall building so I don't know.

[@mmyr8ado.360]

You could interpret that as how she felt at that time, kinda like what Akane felt on that overpass in Oshi no Ko .

[@ar23431]

I just cried when Aira hugged her, just "Thank you, for being the best mother,I was the happiest daughter in the whole universe thanks to you, please let them find peace in a place where they get to be happy" That was the most beautiful thing in the chapter, in Latin Spanish only Aira spoke so it is as if very deep, it gives to understand that Aira saw everything and felt everything, she felt the love and pain.What did the acrobatic silky experience. Still, I'm glad the manga hints that thanks to Aira she was able to achieve peace, and just as she was dying, she was able to achieve peace right at the end.

[@audreynothepburn7663]

Momo also saw everything too

[@ar23431]

@audreynothepburn7663 Yes but it is not the same

[@aladoristcg3769]

Her mother lunging at them like a feral animal is so viseral. You can feel the desperation in that sequence.

[@VidalichipDev]

man i saw the manga and i knew it would be a good episode but i didnt expect it to be so good adaptation

[@CaidenIvey-b8l]

ive rewatched this series like 9 times in the last 3 days

[@Carnivore.A.J]

It’s so good! I’m going to rewatch it now, and I never usually do that.

[@justinkoenig8727]

It is simply peak

[@AlexSilva-ti9wu]

same bro, literally read the manga aswell! idk this anime js did sum 2 me

[@Az86JC]

I can't believe we're 7 episodes in but this already 1 of my favorite animes of all time I absolutely love everything about this show

[@primaryhoodies6386]

As someone who read the manga and was fine I was not expecting to break down crying at this episode. I literally had to pause the episode to get some tissues and some water bc I was a mess.

[@tootru88]

Omg same..

[@Az86JC]

Same asfff

[@waydeclarke5349]

The story telling, cinematography...just masterful! One of the best back stories I've seen in a while.

[@DARKERthanBLACK22]

The best transition so far... I mean from flashback to present time, piece by piece, the detailed tho hit us all 😢

[@m_d_thp]

Silky was likely in a big debt that is why she has multiple jobs and used some of the money she is supposed to give the loan sharks to buy her daughter the red dress. the loan sharks(might as well be yakuzas) took daughter as a collateral.

[@dooshmasta]

Loan sharks are generally connected with yakuza in Japan. Have you seen / read Kaiji?

[@m_d_thp]

@@dooshmasta I had seen a few episodes of Kaiji on tv but never watched it in full.

[@dooshmasta]

@@m_d_thp You gotta watch the first arch on the boat. Such creative writing.

[@Touma_S]

I always took it as it was loan sharks who came and took her daughter , they were checking for money

[@dooshmasta]

In Japan loan sharks are connected to organized crime a little like how labor unions are connected to mafias. So these are real gangsters roughing her up.

[@Touma_S]

@@dooshmasta i know thats why i don't think it was the kids father coming to get her like sea sugested in the video , its more likely they sold her off

[@dooshmasta]

@@Touma_S It could be that her pimp is the same organization as the loan sharks, they're the ones that have enslaved her into this life, and they took her daughter to traffic her as well. I went to high school with a girl who grew up in Tokyo, and had been R worded several times by the time she was 13. This stuff is real. She was a single mom after high school, but from what I can tell on facebook, her daughter had a baby, and she (my old friend) is now married and they all live happily together in Suginami.

[@Touma_S]

@@dooshmasta i never saw it as her having a pimp instead doing it herself to make the money and spending it on the dress instead but good point i didnt think of that . Thats heartbreaking about your friend I'm glad she's happy now

[@NeatNightOwl]

They're going to get that money out of her just like they got it out of her mother the exact same way too

[@trendroid2]

Being an artist that dancing scene is pure beauty and ao hard to pull off

[@Az86JC]

It was ballet correct?

[@Blueflame22455]

The manga has even more scenes like this but I was so happy when I seen this scene and knew that it was going to get animated. It really is a beautiful episode and they keep this theme very consistent throughout the story of the complexity of characters. Makes every person,alien,yokai in this show feel human and very believable even as monsters. The world in dandadan reflects this perfect in small and big ways. It truly makes the world feel like a mirror of our own just people in differing circumstances while still providing action as well as hard hitting themes and lessons . Definitely one of my new favorite anime PERIOD it surprised me with the quality and the multifaceted nature of almost every character shown on screen.

[@cyruss9455]

I both Cry in the Manga and Anime. Acrobat Silky wants a Simple and Happy Life for her Daughter. 😭💔

[@OnAirplaneMode]

Just seeing how amazing this episode was adapted from the manga, I can’t wait for all of the other backstories.

[@TrekkieBrie]

Waiting for the evil eye back story to be animated.

[@OnAirplaneMode]

@ my favorite backstory hands down, is vamola’s. Her backstory is my favorite. The evil eyes backstory is really good too. This season is only 12 episodes so i think evil eye will be next season.

[@TrekkieBrie]

@OnAirplaneMode yeah a lot of my favorite moment will definitely be happening in season 2 onwards. And YES Vamola has one of the most amazing stories that really ties the overarching plots together.

[@hanncakezz]

might be my favorite single episode in an anime of all time, this is showing how important a good director is

[@Az86JC]

Yeah tbh this shit was peak

[@Scr4mbledM3ggs]

Despite the fact I knew there wasn’t going to be any form of happy ending for the mother or her daughter, it still shook me to my core when it abruptly cut to the mother beating so violently beaten in front of her daughter.

[@waceyacey]

im the same bro. aira is my favorite character in the manga. i knew this was coming. somehow i cried even more the 2nd time. absolutely shattered

[@MahiMahi-yu5jo]

It took me a while to process this episode because it hit too close to home. That lady could have been me. I still remember the time I had to work three jobs to keep ourselves afloat after my husband abandoned us. I have a stable job now, and a debt thag I am confident I will be paying off in a year or two. And this episode just reminded me that I'm the lucky one. So many other moms out there go through this exact same thing. I almost did...

[@danielonyt716]

Proud of you❤

[@Brunoscaramuzzi]

I was worried about the Acro Silky arc, but holy shit. Science Saru nailed it. I've got Goosebumps just like a had while reading it. it is getting better after each episode. What a great adaptation!! Here, Science Saru. Shut up and take my money!!!

[@abihailsamuels9028]

loved this video! it gave me a new perspective i didn’t even have when i first watched the episode

[@lukeclark2522]

11:41 WORD UP!! We all could use some more compassion in this 🌎

[@goodjobspyda5953]

Amen

[@JahreHydra]

I haven't cried so much in forever this is by far the best episode I have ever seen in a anime. So many thoughts were going on in my head. And then I began thinking about my dad. And how much he has done for his family. And I never realized how much I truly loved my dad. My dad doesn't always stay home due to work and he goes to the hospital almost everyday. And seeing his health getting worse almost everyday. And knowing I can't do anything as I'm just a stupid dumb person. Every time he leaves all I can think about is him coming back home safely to us. As we never know if someone is ever going to return. I now probably understand the saying of life is precious. Knowing that I won't ever have my dad in my life ever again just hurts to much for me. Ok that's enough of that. I'm crying typing this out. I have already cried enough for one night Great anime amazing episode 10/10 masterpiece

[@Courier_Seven]

Cherish that man and the time you have together. God bless.

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

I already have this show in HIGH REGARDS as a fun, and hilarious and creative shounen anime with gorgeous animation..............................I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO CRY WATCHING THIS SHOW......and I cry like BABY watching this episode.....100 out of 10, now this is a contender with Frieren, Girls Band Cry and Dungeon Meshi as best anime of the goddamn year.

[@applepie1835]

Hol up the writing is this fire!?

[@Az86JC]

Dawg I'm telling you Just watch it and you'll understand Everyone cried this episode it's unanimous

[@derronware9320]

I love how we're able to watch this series and interpret the episode in different ways. for me, when she leaped off of the building, I assumed that was her going into the afterlife because she died of her wounds from the glass cutting her. i assumed it was her essence of her soul, which was transferring, and the lights behind her were just the afterlife in itself. but apparently that wasn't the case which is fine. Ultimately, I received the same message as before. This is a mother who lost her daughter and lost her life, and it was tragic. Very heart breaking because this happens every day!😢

[@sommelanin]

0:10 fan letter I assume

[@lixynom]

i acctually cried a little watching it

[@arkachakraborty8104]

Glad that this episode got the love it deserved and everyone reacting is also showering praises for it. Still to this day, this is one of the best chapters in the manga and the adaptation has been perfection so far! I really love it. This episode will very likely push the anime into a higher tier of popularity and of course, season 2 is gonna go fucking nuts.

[@mrhunter7087]

This Episode gives me chills and i cried watching it. Amazing

[@lilak-vv7eg]

I have never and I mean never watched something so touching that when I realized that was the last episode till the next I was feeling so much emotion I was excited humbled and str8 up filled with dread this episode is amazing and the anime as whole is pretty good so far and the animation is perfect I had recently stopped watching anime due to timing and lack of interest but now that I got more free this was the first one I watched in 2 years and it was amazing this episode in particular made me feel so much things that I hadn’t experienced in a long minute made me honestly cry and I haven’t cried since my homies funeral about a year now this episode helped me so much with not only letting go of that death but also trying to better understand the dying love of your parent and what they would sacrifice themselves to help you survive it made me want to get closer with my people I highly recommend watching if you’re just here to listen this an amazing show I just hope it gets better from here🙏🏽

[@don-zimmerjck8910]

detail：aira actually could see the spirit when she Was a Little child.that ball just awakened her memories and ability.

[@ivanj46]

That might also be tied to the belief that animals and young children can sense spirits.

[@skrattaddu8135]

6:25, correction on this part, those bags of human waste were debt collectors

[@VinegarMoneyGrows]

The whole episode 7 was like a cinematic that plays after you beat the final boss, showcasing the tragic backstory

[@smokingbeetles5793]

Silky went from the viewer wanting to see her lose to wanting to see her saved.

[@xSHAMELLx]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who shed a tear.

[@tucker2197]

Oh I totally forgot she was jumping off the building at the end, I figured it was symbolism for trying to get to the afterlife

[@EnderianRealm]

i lowkey was gonna watch this before i watched the episode but it aint the same without hearing my glorious granny goat's voice so i gotta wait till i watch the episode

[@EnderianRealm]

okay i watched it that was a fucking gut punch. ow.

[@花美愛]

When acrobatic silky first came and snatched her up the genuinely scared the crap outta me

[@umeshsingh-du3pk]

They just took 2 episodes, at first they made us laugh and then cry like a toddler. Just awesome ❤

[@Pastanheira]

first time i almost shed a tear since the ending to assassination classroom

[@jonlien12]

Can’t wait for the rest of the anime adaption, have really enjoyed both the manga and anime so much 🔥

[@iliftweight]

I was just watching it while scrolling through my phone but this scene really pulled my attention, a very sad scene indeed

[@artfoodtravellife1404]

I sobbed 😭 loved and cried some more throughout episode 7 . A new mom here. This hit me crazy hard.

[@marxunemiku]

today has been weird. this episode made me cry for the first time since i was 6, i'm 20. then later on i had a seizure (first time) and still have crazy jamais vu from it. life hits you weirdly sometimes.

[@SleepyJord]

bro this episode caught me so off guard, wasn't expecting to get my heart ripped out. Was a ridiculously good episode

[@hetpanchal3207]

Fun Fact: The flashback sequence is 7 minutes long, which is the amount of time the brain remains active after death

[@grayrook8637]

Average Dandadan fan yesterday "aw ya, the quirky ghost show." Dandadan: "hold my beer I'm about to make this person my emotional heavy bag". Side boat: at 20:20 or so minutes in the episode, when Aira realizes she has a chance to be a real hero beyond her chunibyo behavior hits really hard too. People probably gonna miss that on first watch.

[@thehappyaipom]

One thing I like about MoMos "battle damage" look, is that her pink sweatshirt is burned off around the collar and shoulders, which is where we see her psychic abilities come from when given visual. Like the power is literally burning away her clothes, but notice it barely touches the white shirt underneath. That's because her power is an aura of sorts. she sees them as hands to grab things, so her powers manifest around the chest and shoulders.

[@camarosprsprt]

Bro this episode had me crying so hard 😅 the first frame you put up of the mom and daughter in a the vid I started crying again 😢

[@jerichojasid3163]

Came to laugh, left with trauma and despair.

[@jacobtrost5048]

This was the point in the manga that really hooked me 3 years ago. I'm so glad they did it justice

[@thespecialone7632]

your analysis videos are amazing, keep up the good work

[@moyga]

Everyone should read this in the manga too, they give more detail about it and its really beautiful.

[@kyuketsu316]

Silky’s daughter died shortly after… There is a panel showing them going to heaven, and in it the daughter was still a child. Unfortunately, the decision of buying the dress and cake was what costed her everything… Because she doubted herself and what she was doing was never enough, and wanted to do that one thing to prove herself she’s a good mother, make her the happiest and loved, not knowing that without those gifts her daughter was still the happiest and feeling loved… She was always rough on herself, and the way she gave that speech over how she wanted to make her daughter the happiest in the world, proves more how low her self esteem was and that what she was doing was not enough to her.. She couldn’t give herself grace Had she not bought those things, things could have been different.. The debt collectors are generally part of Yakuzas/Mafias, notoriously known for human trafficking and children are no exception, especially sexual one, it is safe to assume that the daughter was later sold and she died whether from abuse or rape or plain killing… That also abolishes the idea that Silky might be Momo’s mother..

[@hxlobeats]

This episode prove the potential of the anime definitely after this ep I don’t mind hearing masterpiece for this show

[@gabbrielleleach6544]

Something that I noticed that I feel like can be easily missed is actually the way the music changes as her story is told. Her memories are shown while melancholic music plays, but at the end, when she is stating her regrets, you can hear a distorted and simplified version of the same music. Most likely distorted because her memory of everything is not only skewed and imperfect, but the way she looks back at those times have been clouded by her guilt and regret. It's a more simple and quiet melody as well, as memories often fade and become less and less detailed as time goes on. I loved the way the music in that ending scene made it feel even more so like acrobatic silky was lost for so long, chasing down a forgotten memory that had been warped with time.

[@dave88861]

Almost 3k likes and well deserved!

[@josephcirrincone9596]

I very much agree this episode was 100% a masterpiece

[@acey_rest3096]

God just watching the review of the episode made me cry. I was not ready for this episode - I only have watched the anime. I am so ready for Pink hair girl joining the crew

[@Glennox5kVA]

Yep! I did not understand the scene(dancing on top of the building and jumping of it to her death) too at first. But after reviewing it again and with manga reader's comments, and the other points to be considered(censorship of suicide scenes in Japan, cause you know, suicide rate in Japan is really high), her unsuccessful attempts to find her daughter, her being a ballerina dancer, she must have done that dance on top of the building during the last moments of her life as she decides to end it with a final dance while thinking of her happy moments with her daughter, also reflected on the whole spinning images of her memories of the happy moments she had with her daughter, as she keeps on spinning and dancing on top of the rooftop and then doing the final ballet jump from the roof down to the ground not depicted in the scene but artistically expressed by the animators by using the lights/twilight of the night sky as reference of at first horizontal movement of the lights and then vertical movement with her face and her hair blowing sideways as if falling sideways after a jump...and then the sickening thud. After that, she wakes up as a ghost wandering about and forgetting what it was she lost and the reason why she committed suicide. But then, when little girl Aira who somehow was able to see her as a ghost, mistook her for her recently deceased mom whom she was missing after the funeral(the pink haired lady in the coffin), ghost Silky remembered what she lost, and vowed to protect Aira as her long gone child hoping that she would someday call her "mom" and bring closure to her death.

[@neyedol]

Ahhhh, I get it now.

[@sliceoflifeanimeking1496]

That was the chapter I was looking forward to in anime I’m manga reader and when I read that chapter in the manga it gave me goosebumps and made my skin crawl🤯🥲

[@themoviecritic1092]

I can't wait to check it out! Love this show so far Edit: Oh man... this episode was amazing.

[@PHILF-pv9dy]

Grave of the fireflies finally have a competitor.

[@Darkmountaindweller]

This episode hit me hard! I felt so bad for silky , I wished the silky found her real daughter.

[@kentblastique4074]

I agree, it was different and a masterpiece

[@sarmadhabibkhan3036]

Not since we saw the couple's demise from Vinland Saga Season 02 have I been left so speechless and heartbroken. I tried to hold back the tears but then Aira hugged her and it left me teary eyed.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

Silky has been living rent free in my mind since I read that arc in DandaDan.

[@vChilly]

I don’t read the manga but this episode definitely caught me off guard, there was some sad moments in one of the previous episode but with all the comedy and fun in the show I didn’t expect it to have a tragic story like this. I guess I always knew it was her mother but man was that backstory so sad.

[@sceetsceet03]

What really got to me is that she has no idea what happened to her daughter. I can't imagine a deeper sorrow. The story telling was so palpable 💔 It was beautiful to see Aira save her soul.

[@jaromedovey3174]

Absolutely loved this man. You git a sub

[@Ayden_da_g0at]

My first reaction to the flashbacks were "WAIT WHAT NO😢" and then when silkie was blaming herself i was like "no its not your fault..", "yes aira go comfort her

[@NoVideolnput]

It's my impression that Silky was a failed professional dancer that was coerced by the Yakiza into prostitution. She then took money she owed them to take care of her daughter, one of the Yakuza guys says something along the lines of "you thought you could hold out on us?". Then kidnapped her child, robbed her, and essentially murdered her as well. Horrifying stuff, that realistically is happeneing constantly around the world. Truly sad.

[@mastermuffles7097]

y'know I just realized that everyone but Okarun were all on the same page about the backstories and stuff So Okarun is just there like "bruh why is everyone crying all of a sudden"

[@Az86JC]

Haha😂Im just realizing that

[@Az86JC]

Bro I cried too and I thought I was the only one! I'm glad to see I wasn't

[@rafael357]

Probably the most beautiful and touching moment in anime EVER.

[@rvboyett]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that cried. Maybe it hit me hard because my Mom passed away a couple weeks ago. Ep 7 is certainly the best episode, thus far. It’s not often you see an anime that is MUCH better than the manga. It’s especially impressive because the manga is so damn good.

[@berserkchip]

Everyone keeps speculating on what happened to Silky's daughter, and you're simultaneously missing AND getting the point all at once. The point is that you don't know. Because the mother didn't know. Once the daughter was taken through that door, her screams are silenced, and that's the very last thing we see or hear of her. We as the audience are on the same page as the mother. Our thoughts are racing, scrambling, thinking of the worst case scenarios, desperately wanting to save her. Like yeah you can throw guess after guess out there as to what happened to her, but the point is that she was taken and is gone forever, and you have no way of knowing for sure what happened to her after that. Absolute pure horror.

[@ultravoilentanomaly]

I saw where it was going and I still cried.

[@ethanspi]

You mentioned you hadn't cried this hard since the ending on AoT, I literally just finished watching the last episode of AoT and then decided to watch this episode of Dandadan. Too much crying tonight

[@chiyq]

If you notice, the tears for silky before and after are different. In the end her real tear came out.

[@TheMags53]

It's not the Alabasta of Dandadan, is the Arlong Park: Sad, tragic and moves you to tears. Shows you the worst of people. Greed and money is a theme. A mother dies while trying to protect her children, but at the end it's gets resolved in a reasuring and wholesome way. Also is very early into the series and if it doesn't hook for life to the story you better read or watch something else because nothing else will.

[@blackgoggles8514]

This episode actually pointed out that the protagonist of the show is Momo Ayase, we see the flashback from her perspective and also the show started with her

[@cerberusrex5623]

Reminds me of an old Korean movie called Princess Aurora. Tragic, just like this episode's backstory.

[@drawwithme933]

I genuinely sobbed watching this episode

[@JBrezicPhotography]

I don't even watch anime, but I saw this shows name online and sounded interesting. I'm glad I found out about it. This episode was 😭

[@XBullitt16X]

The anime really made this scene far more emotional for me too, I am up to date on the manga but the episode hits like a truck.

[@DoraKage]

Hey sea, I interpret the events of Silky's life quite differently. I doubt she was doing the "night work" solo. Usually the case is she would sign up to some shady organization in order for her to get her "business" up and running. She was likely indebted to some bad people - loan sharks, yakuza - whatever. But despite juggling jobs, she just couldnt pay enough and this organization took her daughter as payment unfortunately. I also think she bled out on the street right then and there - with her last moments being "seeing something precious" taken away from her - which is why in her initial ghost form - she's wearing exactly the clothes and has the same wounds she had that night she ran into the rain and collapsed.

[@lordsinister707]

I would honestly like to believe that her daughter survived somehow but the manga heavily implies that she didn't.

[@lockmuertos]

My silly self thought Aira was her daughter at first, before I processed it properly. Now I realized it was just taking it at surface value.

[@alfianfahmi5430]

More sad backstories yet to come 🗿

[@SindhuRaj-ml2ii]

true man, this episode really made me cry