Momo Ayase Is The BEST New Gen Heroine - Dandadan Explained!

[@TonyLeonhardt]

Momo's battle IQ is levels above everyone else in the series. She's awesome.

[@azaram8133]

Momo is one of my favorite new gen shonen mcs period

[@arbitraryify]

The same ❤

[@alibialexander]

I like the fact that she’s her own person outside of the love interest. She’s kinda like the strong person that wants to not be and I’m here for it

[@XanderVJ]

To people struggling to write a compelling female protagonist in a shonen story. Momo should be your role model. Study her and learn.

[@Yesboiii99]

Easily

[@alexanderfarias5435]

It shouldn’t be that hard bruh it’s actually sad

[@wombatjack3995]

if you're going by vibes, yeah its pretty good. But measured by most other metrics only a tourist would call this peak fiction, well above par yes, but its a story i stop thinking about when not actively watching and suffers without the music and edits on top. Great stuff but put away the rose tinted glasses and wait for the honey moon to fade before declaring this top tier.

[@Wolf_Blob]

Not just her, all of DanDaDan in general. They should learn that being a side character doesn't mean being support, but also a lead and well written OUTSIDE the love story. Make characters actually have a person and personality, an actually story (or not) and make them actually useful, instead of being a pole (with sometimes just boobs) in the scenes. And not to mention the "strongest" type in the manga. Grandma Seiko (just for the anime for now) is by far the strongest person in the anime, but she can get HURT, she has weaknesses, she's sometimes vulnerable (in combat) and still very powerful, and not just untouchable.

[@Wolf_Blob]

In the past years we had many good female mcs, I'm glad!

[@deandredukes95]

She’s definitely a unique quirky badass

[@haziq12ish]

5:35 solid solid people need to understand , there are some cases of love at first sight and people courting somoene agresively or solely to date them but most of the time, love begins with friendship, with fostering emotions slowly until we realised the other person is more than friends and we care about them more and want to be with them more

[@jordonavant5153]

I Love for the Dandadan series to be ongoing especially with a time skip where Okarun and Momo are married and have children and their children have powers too! Like let's say by chapter 600 or something it could happen you never know! How many chapters do you think Dandadan will have in the future and will it still be ongoing in the future?

[@azaram8133]

They need to show that Momo and Okarun are grannies with grandkids. That'll show that they lived an entire life together

[@Wolfman9211]

Spoiler alert head ahh

[@tofu_golem]

If you pay attention, Momo has amazing heroic instincts. Must be all those Ken Takakura movies she watched. Carmen Elaine described her by saying “She's my every intrusive thought.” The thing that makes writing characters like this hard is that people naturally recoil at assertive women. Simply putting a woman in a position of leadership can draw emotional responses and complaints about being “bossy,” particularly from men. This crap is baked into our culture. Look at the King Arthur legends, which are very old stories. In that story, all of the women who make decisions and assert their will are villains, while all the “good” women just passively wait for men to do things for them or to them. This is why Princess Leia shocked people when she took charge of her own rescue. When that movie was released, women in action movies were just trophies for the hero and villain to fight over. Just look at the extreme reactions from the anti-SJW outrage merchants any time there is an assertive woman who make decisions that impact the plot. They have been programmed by hundreds of years of brainwashing through our stories and probably don't realize it. Writing Momo to be assertive and a leader, while still being appealing to both Japanese and international audiences is no small trick. Japanese sexism is different from Western sexism, but it is still very much there. In ancient Japan, women could be warriors, but within armies, were rarely taken seriously as warriors and were generally stuck with the most menial jobs in camp. Japanese people are more comfortable with women in combat but still want to see women as subservient to men. In a similar vein, I was always impressed with how Ororo Monroe is (generally) written. One of her primary qualities is leadership, and long before she formally became a leader in the X-Men, you could just feel her natural air of authority influencing other characters such that when she stepped up and replaced Cyclops for a time, it felt right and natural. Looking back, that moment had a lot of groundwork leading up to it. You almost never hear the usual anti-SJW idiots whining when she asserts authority over men. Contrast Momo and Ororo with Janeway from Star Trek Voyager. I always got the feeling that the writers were apologizing to the audience for having a woman in a position of authority, and that bothered me a LOT. Prior to that, there were already women characters in positions of authority, and in those cases, the writers simply expected the audience to accept that a woman could be in charge, so that made the apologetics for Janeway in the first episode really rub me the wrong way.

[@johntan4997]

Alot of the 'boss girl' types were written with abusive and selfish traits. Momo on the other hand, actually self-reflects, when she get on her knees to beg her grandma, she is willing to put aside her pride, to help Okarun. Meanwhile, Janeway has zero morals and warcrimes whenever she can.

[@Skritz-mt9zb]

@@johntan4997 "Just look at the extreme reactions from the anti-SJW outrage merchants any time there is an assertive woman who make decisions that impact the plot. They have been programmed by hundreds of years of brainwashing through our stories and probably don't realize it." No, we got sick of writers pushing the most unheroic, sociopathic, demeaning female characters who exist solely to be the most toxic characters around with no redeeming qualities while the writers insist they are perfect. A lot end up coming off as villains who exemplify traits that, if applied to a man, would genuinely come off as being abusive douchebags with gigantic yet fragile egoes. But we're supposed to clap because apparently writing women as the worst combination of traits from men and women is apparently the way to go. A lot of the 'girlboss' characters come off as incredibly insecure at needing to constantly assert their supposed superiority to everyone around them, especially when a lot of it feels unearned and the writers just shilling them. Momo is assertive but she's not a toxic egomaniac who warp the story around her and commit actions a villain would but which are somehow seen as heroic because 'slay queen'.

[@ChristopherJohnson-np4dv]

@@johntan4997 Pretty much this. Many of the people cited as having problems with strong women have no issue with women with power or authority. They have issues with crap writing about women with power and authority where the author insists they be right about everything, never fails at anything, and never questions their own decisions... all things that writers for ages have known need to be a part of a protagonist's stories if they want them to be interesting and appealing. What won me over with Momo was something so simple... that moment early in the first episode right after she chewed Okarun out when he was pushing the UAP magazine at her when she stopped, reflected on what she just said, and said "sorry, that was mean." That sort of self-reflection and framing her actions as wrong and apologizing for a failure on her part made her feel like an actual human being and not some agenda-driven cardboard cutout of a character. It made her outburst just a few seconds later when Okarun mocked the occult that would have come off as mean, instead just come off as immature (just as Okarun was being immature because, shocker, they're both teenagers). And when you think about it, that sort behavior would just be expected from a male protagonist... or any protagonist before the whole "girl boss" thing reared its head. The protagonist can't grow or have any dramatic tension if they're just always right and always succeed and never have moments of doubt. Good stories allow their protagonists to get things wrong so they have a chance to learn, grow and change over the course of the story and so the audience can root for that growth as they see it occurring. In that sense Momo is less something new and more a return to the standards of writing a good protagonist regardless of whether they're a man or a woman.

[@DarthZ01]

@@ChristopherJohnson-np4dv exactly this, i hate this trend of people writing awful, mean, mary sue types. but making them women. then trying to use the fact they are women as a shield by just crying sexism at everyone pointing out the obvious writing failures with the character. then the sjw types jump on the bandwagon, defending these crap writers and crap characters just because everyone cries 'but meh sexism' even though these same types are subtly admitting the movie/whatever sucks because even they dont buy it, and the sales end up in the garbage. the writers do some truly awful character writing, try to hide it behind some social cause by making them a woman or a minority or disabled or whatever, then rally the social justice types into a defensive frenzy around them. and the product still fails because it is still awful writing no matter how many strawmen they erect to defend it and not even their defenders think buying a ticket or buying the game is worth it.

[@DarthZ01]

@@ChristopherJohnson-np4dv exactly this. the writers do some truly awful character writing, try to hide it behind some social cause by making them a woman or a minority or disabled or whatever, then rally the social justice types into a defensive frenzy around them. and the product still fails because it is still awful writing no matter how many strawmen they erect to defend it and not even their defenders think buying a ticket or buying the game is worth it.

[@ronaldking1054]

The origin of Ken Takakura's nickname, Okarun, actually tells a different story about the romance. There is a message that it is fated, but Momo cannot even accept that as a character. She knows Okarun's name will trigger her every time, so she changes it to avoid the trigger. The problem is that Aira doesn't use the nickname, and Momo does respond. It annoys her every time so far. The nickname is the author acknowledging that the character if she knew that the author existed would probably flick the author off for even suggesting that the author has control over her. My guess is that the author has based this character on someone that the author knows, and the author knows that even suggesting that control would annoy the source of the character.

[@jordonavant5153]

Okarun and Momo Forever and Ever Infinity! 🙏❤️😍♾️

[@VonnSez]

One of my favorite anime KZbinr been here sense day one

[@Yesboiii99]

I love when you do videos like these! They’re so insightful

[@arbitraryify]

Great video ❤

[@katarinaclaes96]

Interesting video today 😁👍

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

Thanks for the watch! 😁

[@katarinaclaes96]

@KryptonianSaiyan your welcome 😁

[@JoshuaPosada6]

I really like her. Such a badass.

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

i LOVE her character. refreshing take on the modern heroine

[@emanx222]

Lord ive been saying this since the snime came out and i barely see people genuinely give momo her flowers

[@RuntyTiger]

Mmhmm, going back to Terminator 2 and Aliens 2 female protagonist as well. It’s strange how nowadays people bash on strong female characters. Fortunately this anime series is balanced in that Momo and Okarun are fighting partners as well as having good chemistry

[@Yesboiii99]

Very beautiful video!

[@JoshuaJordan-yz8fi]

Momo is the best representation of what Sakura should’ve been IMO!

[@AdApT3Rx]

Fr great video Anime explained

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🔥

[@AdApT3Rx]

@ no problem 🔥

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

What was the defining moment in Momo Ayase's journey for her character?

[@karnez05]

That’s BIG AYASE

[@Tai182]

She is the best

[@sommelanin]

Honestly wild that momo was written by a man.

[@jon3326]

Why?

[@sommelanin]

@ not sure if you’re aware but male authors, especially regarding shonen, are historically bad at writing female characters with depth

[@GreenwhiteblueGWU]

Love Momo

[@jishanalam5187]

Momo is best

[@zazendom977]

I went into Dandadan seeing it as a romance first with the shonen being secondary even though i know its classified as shonen. So for me their romance is the main character

[@jacobstaples2290]

Love this op sm you should do a spoiler filled review for those who read the manga

[@timmsheeen5360]

YEA RIGHT BRO NOT UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER FUUKO IZUMO UNDEAD UNLUCK IS THE ABSOLUTE GOAT FEMALE CHARACTER EVER CREATED AS A SHONEN PROTAGONIST MOMO IS COOL AND STRONG AS HELL BUT NAHHH NOT EVEN CLOSE FUUKO LITERALLY CHANGES EVERYONE S LIFES FOR THE BETTER CONSTANTLY

[@Yesboiii99]

He said 2020s manga. Pretty sure Undead came out late 2010s but it got its anime late

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

She's good. She's top 5 out the new gen. I personally have 4 more before her

[@timmsheeen5360]

@ ohh for sure she’s great but she NOT THE BEST. By farrr

[@timmsheeen5360]

@ wrong UDUL started April 2020 publishing lol you got it backwards boiiiiii

[@timmsheeen5360]

@ technically she’s THE FIRST AND THE GREATEST SO FAR she just had her heart ripped out on her command to use as a weapon We’re talking kiddy games to a MF warrior

[@ShyroseYT]

W content ❤

[@SkinnyEatWorld95]

Notification gang LET'S GOOOO BRO 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Holding down both channels👑👑👑👑

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

Thanks for the love! 🔥🔥🔥

[@ayodrxpzifyy2846]

Yall say ts about every new anime female character 😂

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

i don't. i said it about Noelle, b/c i believe it's true, but noelle is the LAST gen. Anything from the 2020s is new gen

[@JoshuaPosada6]

@@KryptonianSaiyanNoelle is badass. Actually plays an active role in fighting and advancing ur plot.

[@jd7337]

​@@KryptonianSaiyan this is recency bias straight up

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

@@jd7337 I challenge you. Out of the BRAND NEW shonen jump titles from 2020 onward, name me a better shonen jump female. Top 4 imo are: Momo Ayase(Dandadan), Nico Wakatsuki(witch watch), Kikoru Shinomiya(Kaiju no 8), & Chinatsu Kano(blue box). Name me the female from a 2020 onward manga better.

[@khaos-xq5wt]

@@KryptonianSaiyanwhere’s Fuuko from Undead Unluck?

[@anita-rw3mx]

Tf am I watching? Tf you mean "motherly instincts"💀. Never is amything she does motherly, or do yall think protective + woman = motherly? Also what do you mean the gator scene is fanservice? They never presented her assault as attractive, in contrast to the alien abduction in the start. Do you think every assault in anime is fanservice? Good lord. I heard theres basement ppl in the fandom, ig the show unfortunately warrants ppl who deserved to be ostrasized to associate with the cast.

[@KryptonianSaiyan]

Where does Momo Ayase rank amongst other the other shonen female heroine characters?