PAIN... | DAN DA DAN Episode 7 REACTION!

[@axel360_]

I was NOT expecting a series where a boy has to track down his missing balls to make me ugly cry.

[@JBGamingExp]

exactly

[@oakleyturner9544]

Yes… 🤧

[@cheeseoh]

And this isn't even the saddest backstory

[@oakleyturner9544]

@ nope… but fortunately we get to recover before the next one. Thank goodness!

[@phothewin6019]

​@@cheeseohTeens in shonen anime and having tragic backstories, name a better duo

[@Padurin]

The versatility of this anime's storytelling is insane. What an amazing episode.

[@leonardohenrique5172]

Dandadan is that one anime that tries to do a little of everything, and it actually succeeds

[@Padurin]

​@@leonardohenrique5172 It's already one of those anime where you question if it can officially be paired with the likes of JJK, AoT, Chainsaw Man, and the many other masterpiece anime. I hate how fast every episode ends

[@aaronstevens82]

@@Padurin Let's be real, the storytelling of this show is better than JJK and Chainsaw Man, those shows are very much your typical Shonen, that isn't bad, but they aren't complex. AoT and Frieren have actual top tier storytelling, and this show is on par with those just using a different angle. Instead of being a slice of life adventure story with existential regret mixed in like Frieren, or a war drama with intense emotional range like AoT, it is a supernatural action romcom and it tells the story just as well as the other two.

[@notjulianwest]

@@aaronstevens82 Agreed i have Dandadan above JJK and CSM

[@Padurin]

100% better than JJK and Chainsaw Man. Especially after this episode.

[@AlanaMisako]

i did not think dandadan could be like this... lol 🥲

[@motastic1714]

What Genre is Dandadan...answer: YES! but more importantly the ability to go so good in each genre is insane!!!

[@albertlee3991]

The mother either owed money, or was being pimped out by the thugs. You see her take some money out of the envelope to buy the dress, and that's why they took her daughter away. You got her mother dancing on the rooftop and jumping off perfectly. It is so beautiful how at the end, despite the two of them not knowing each other, Acrobatic Silky was able to understand the love that her daughter always will have for her through Aira, and Aira was able to understand the love that her mother will always have for her through Acrobatic Silky.

[@kason42kl]

Dandadan _is_ this lol

[@tadashi-l3t]

本当に………😭

[@whyvern6817]

This is what dandadan is, it's a wild rollercoaster ride

[@lemnioaz3854]

DanDaDan episode 7 : 🤧💀😭😨😫 DanDaDan episode 7 ending : 😻😝🥰🤩😜

[@muichirotokitou2615]

It was such a tonal whiplash, i genuienly had to take a moment to process it lol

[@JoaoGuilherme-cy6ns]

It reminds me of the ending of a certain arc in HxH. Super sad ending and the ending super happy

[@victordiasnogueira3068]

YOU ARE MY SPECIAAL

[@A-SUS]

@@victordiasnogueira3068 I KNOW RIGHT?!😭😭😭

[@noah509]

The audacity of them to make the ED as silly and upbeat as it is when it follows emotional moments like this

[@AsasDePrata]

Right at the beginning: "This girl is dead" ... - Dandadan, dandadan, dandadan, dandadan, dandadan ♪ 💃🕺

[@user-19kemkxnfhk18]

They be like "aight enough with sad stuff, this is an anime about missing balls"

[@ma.2089]

Yeah I think that’s the only major issue I’ve got with the episode. They could’ve used the ED to show the two of them walking together in the afterlife, instead of a silly song. Maybe I’m used to rezero and the fact it’ll cut or use different songs for the ending when necessary.

[@vickySnt15]

​@@AsasDePrata This was the first time I skipped the op. It felt so out of place 😂

[@rayrayg9]

It reminded me of that JJK/Yuji scene with the music playing in the end

[@HugeFrigginGuy]

One thing that I love about Momo's character, is that while she is obviously a tough, take no BS kinda girl, she also has this sweet empathetic nature that is usually running about 2 steps behind that attitude. Seeing her tearing up at the tunnel due to the loss of all the young girls there, and here full on weeping for a spirit that literally ate her moments ago, really makes her so endearing.

[@fridaythirteenth2051]

yeah i feel her character is defined by basic compassion and empathy towards others, even people she might dislike or have no strong connection with at first. besides the examples that you mentioned, literally her first instinct upon seeing okarun being bullied by his classmates is to protect him.

[@spiraljumper74]

Momo is amazing and I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who really liked that moment where Momo desperately, protectively snapped at Okarun to leave her alone. She just stops seeing Silky as a monster at all the moment she understands her, and her empathy immediately steps into the spot where fear was.

[@TheCarbonCreed]

@@fridaythirteenth2051 The moment that made me instantly love her character was when she rightfully ripped into Okarun for being incredibly obnoxious, and then immediately realized she went overboard by insulting his obvious insecurities and apologized.

[@kaku4434]

In the manga, the dance is a lot more explicit, its shorter but it shows you her falling and jumping off the building, this was done beautifully though

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

And the fact that the mangaka drawn her jumping gracefully with ballet leap, is more heart wrenching So beautiful but deadly

[@crist3809]

Its kinda disappointing tbh, that panel is so beautiful but this adaptation doesnt really do that imo.

[@alphshift7857]

​@@crist3809 Yeah? You want kids to watch a depiction of suicide on television?

[@feedmelikesandillbarkforyo2342]

@@crist3809 i agree but i guess people will ask how did she get to the top of a bldg without no one noticing. but her jumping off the bldg scene ugh perfection

[@lotus2001]

@@crist3809I don’t think that’s a common sentiment among manga readers, I’ve seen mostly praise for that scene

[@Cs-cp6vo]

Welcome to the first episode of dandadepression. Hope you enjoy your stay because you’ll be back

[@boboyo3140]

Didn't move me.

[@owkrikki]

@@boboyo3140U don’t know ball

[@TheIronMelon]

@@boboyo3140 good for you bruh you want a cookie

[@yugilord1987]

​wow you are so tough, bravo, the army need you, go sign up.

[@kagesentai]

@@boboyo3140 oooh who's the tough guy? who's the tough guy? yes you are! yes you are! abububuuububuububbububu

[@CASTER-xp9rj]

One side lost her daughter, and the other lost her mother Project the love on each other by mistake Mother's love is really great

[@VORTEX_606]

Omg this.. 🥹

[@DesiresAttackVirtues]

When a child looking for her mother meets a mother looking for her child 😭😭😭 peak writing. Also in the manga, it shows Silky with her daughter going to the afterlife together, implying her daughter's fate. "Please let no one hurt them. Let them be happy. Let them go to a kinder world" hits you like a ton of bricks

[@Soursprout93]

The way I interpret it, she bought the dress for her daughter from the money she owed to the guys that broke in. Which makes it so much sadder because if she'd just paid them they could have carried on at least but she just wanted to get her kid something nice for once. Hence one of the "regrets" Turbo Granny mentioned.

[@bernieburton6520]

There's really no explanation for it in the manga. Three guys break in, steal all her savings and kidnap her daughter while beating the mother half to death. There's no dialogue in the manga during that entire flashback. So there's different ways to interpret why it happened. She's poor and working multiple jobs including prostitution. Could have just been violent criminals and child traffickers. There's really no explanation in the manga

[@moderatecanuck]

@@bernieburton6520nah, it was pretty obvious they were loan sharks

[@hayabusa6943]

​@@bernieburton6520The guy counting rhe money wears a yakuza suit. They are yakuza loan sharks

[@GamingCrusader]

She got closer than literally EVERY reactor I've seen so far. Probably one or two people got that she jumped off a building.

[@bernieburton6520]

@@hayabusa6943 certainly possible. I'm just saying that it's not explicitly said in the manga. It's certainly extremely likely, but the actual reason isn't that important. What's really important is the horrible tragedy itself. If she was in debt, how she ended up there wasn't the point. The point was the absolute unfair horrifying fate this mother and daughter were tormented with. Just because the world isn't fair and human lives are cheap and evil is around every corner.

[@5HeadTaste]

I bawled my eyes out when I first read this chapter, and now again seeing this. Science Saru is absolutely goated. I could not have dreamt for a better adaptation.

[@mulanomula]

The writer for this show was like an apprentice and a friend to Tatsuki Fujimoto (Look Back, Chainsaw Man) and you can really tell that they have very very similar writing styles. They both just know how to hit the right story beats.

[@2006Whippet]

My thought is that Aira, who had just lost her mother, and Acrobat Silky, who was still just a wandering spirit feeling like she lost something, were both in just the right mental state for them to see each other.

[@faieziabubakar207]

The anime didn't show it..but the manga last panel showing mother and daughter reunited indicating they were both dead

[@PetarBladeStrok]

Sadly, the ending scene confirms her daughter is dead. "Take them to a kinder world." This episode's direction was incredible. What a tragic episode...

[@FlutterSwag]

yea i dont think the mom would kill herself if she had any hope that her daughter was alive

[@faieziabubakar207]

Yeah..the anime didn't show it..but the manga last panel showing mother and daughter reunited indicating they were both dead

[@valnever3339]

@@faieziabubakar207 noooooooooooo

[@charleswatson8639]

Damn that hurts

[@stewart1555]

I thought they were human traffickers. It's messed up either way.

[@jason20880]

The manga was much more explicit with what happened to Silky in that flashback, props to you on picking up on things even when they were pretty subtle about it. I'm glad the anime adapted it quite well in the end. Bawled my eyes out the first time I read the manga chapter, still do now with it being animated, probably cried even more even knowing what was going to happen 😭

[@jayjjey1400]

It's implied that those guys were loan sharks that wanted the money she "owed". She used some of the money for her daughter's dress; nd then they came to mess her and took her daughter as collateral/payment.

[@cristianotsurudaprocopio8757]

I read the manga and this episode still beat my ass, goddamn.

[@snappl-apl]

Fr I cried a bit reading the manga and again watching the anime

[@XDrakarXx]

"get this dumbass cat outta my face" - me at the end of the episode nose running

[@michaeldiaz7620]

The backstories in this show are some of the best and always hits the feels hard.

[@ninjahaz0180]

My friend and I watch these together, we were silent for most of this episode.

[@KravenVanDrakken]

I've been crying for a while... that was the most beautiful & devastating thing I've seen in a long time... I'm glad I didn't read the manga, cause that was just too beautiful in motion, voice, music, everything.

[@Aka-Spade]

I'm a manga reader and knowing what was going to happen actually made it 50 times more gut wrenching.

[@you4563]

I made you so unfortunate is the hardest/heartbreaking thing a parent can say to their children 😭

[@kay-jay1581]

13:26 Sadly it was not just anybody. The mother owned money so debt collectors came into her home to grab the money she owes their boss. So also as “collateral” they took her little girl. I guess they expected her to return with more money. But the mom was so injured or knew that perhaps there is no way to find them ever again. So yes she jumped off a building. 😭

[@ma.2089]

I don’t think it was collateral. I think it was them attempting to “recuperate”/make more money than they were owed back cuz she dared use some of the cash for a red dress. Reason being that there’s no way they’d expect a woman beaten half to death with a house ransacked to be able to pay the difference.

[@VendettaProduction01]

Where did you see her jump off a building? I saw her die in the street chasing after the car after collapsing from blood loss due to the giant vertical gash running down her arm that would kill anyone in ten minutes if they didn’t find a doctor

[@friendkfpsinvisiblefbiagen4601]

@@VendettaProduction01 manga

[@friendkfpsinvisiblefbiagen4601]

and it is a bit censored but the dance is her dancing on top of a building and her jumping to her death

[@anagramhound]

I already read the manga and braced myself so I could go through this just fine. Nope, this grown ass man started tearing up the moment Acro-Silky broke her own jaw to prove that she really wants to save Aira.

[@DavidJr.Proudlove-n1x]

I really love that you noticed when the sound partafter falling from somewhere above the building. Most don't notice it i guess. They are clever on adapting this episode especially about suicide that is not portraited directly if you know what i mean

[@muhannabasalem574]

first gut punch of the bunch the most haunting thing is, stories like this are kinda common in japan (not exactly the same as acro silky specifically) but people having to work multiple dirty works (this applies for both men and women believe it or not) because of involvement with gangs there which sadly enough factors heavily to the high suicidal rates in japan

[@taidanauke]

woooah, you understood the mom's dancing on the rooftop part.. i wouldn't have understood that if it weren't for the comments on other reaction videos

[@rexistreves]

I mean, it's not that hard, especially with the sound. What I didn't get at first was that she did sex work 😢

[@anko1335]

ripped my heart out and hit me with that ending

[@junzaragoza608]

Girl...I was working at home and decided to watch this on my shift. I ugly sobbed and was depressed all night lol

[@Falls.Gaming]

When you realize the true horror is not the Aliens or the Ghosts, but the inability of a Human to stand up for their loved ones

[@zion808solo]

💯

[@derekgonzalezmercado513]

Dandadan is a special show that can do any genre it wants to romantic comedy action horror and tragedy and does them all incredibly well and will do all of these more and more intensely, be prepared

[@WrapsTV]

im caught up to the manga so i expected this but i really didnt expect to cry as hard as i did. This episode is so special.

[@T4ke2]

The experience of Dandadan is laughing at dick jokes, cheering at cool battle scenes, and crying at very touching moments.

[@clarencejohnson8964]

As a manga reader I hope this show henceforth gets more respect on its name. It CAN be haha silly funny ball show- but trust me when I say, that aint all it is. Excellent reaction as always

[@MizzyThwang]

i think they were debt collectors, in the one scene she takes money out of the envelope to get the dress for her daughter. so im pretty sure she was short on money or sum

[@shepherdsgamingrun]

With that kind of debt collector, you will always be short on money. There's almost no escape.

[@G2rtTr]

Yeah with yakuza type debt collectors you will always be in debt no matter what you pay. It's basically organised and structured robbery.

[@astroboy91210]

Brooooo I'm telling you, reading this arc before watching the anime hurts tenfold. Like you already know what's going to happen but all you can do is just cry 😭😭😭

[@heyitsmeagain6897]

To shed a tear because of a show happens to like every other month...but i was rly sobbing with this one...

[@madworld.iminsane]

I just watched it and ive never cryed so much

[@iczzephyr]

It's really2 amazing when you think about how this anime basically started with a ghost granny wanting to gobble a young kid's weenie. But it gave us this heartwrenching n tragic backstory at Ep7. 🤯

[@rabbitribbit578]

side note: the mom taking so much different job because they have a debt. and those debt collector take her child as well the money

[@rayrayg9]

I never thought a 23-min show would ever devastate me like this one did... What peak anime, every episode keeps me going "oh this is what cements it for me". Can't wait to read the manga!

[@etiennefernandez1659]

Oh great I've cried like 7 times from different reactions, this will probably be the 8th XD.

[@Aka-Spade]

Ah, you too, huh? I wonder when I'll run out of tears...

[@AxonDucreux]

Lmao, me too! Got some water bottles near me for the refills😂

[@Hellstaraditya6356]

Same here ...now my forehead hurts so much man

[@AxonDucreux]

@@Hellstaraditya6356 Tip: nap for a bit then go again XD

[@AngelitoRage]

there are rules in almost all countries for showing suicide scenes, so they are displayed symbolically

[@devaunbeats]

The mother was an escort and owed money to the yakuza or violent loan sharks. She used the money she owed them to pay for her daughter's dress because she wanted to do something nice for her daughter. When they came to collect, she didn't have all the money so they took her daughter instead.

[@standheaykic66]

Nah, it implied the debt was too big to cover even for a cost of children dress. The loan shark will still took her daughter anyway.

[@TriedAiming]

PEAK CINEMA is here! Grab your tissues folks ! 🥲

[@astroboy91210]

I read the manga so i was mentally prepared, I WAS NOT

[@AxonDucreux]

Same, I thought I could take this on, but damn😭

[@aleksisgabliks3881]

Music, man... music is a powerful thing

[@AxonDucreux]

@@aleksisgabliks3881 I totally blame the piano for cutting the onions

[@allrightmeow1]

it seems like the mom owed money and was working to pay it back to the Yakuza - she took some to buy the girl a dress for her birthday and she came up short so they took the kid. Not sure what happened to her, but they're reunited at the end, so she's dead too it seems.

[@kyam3541]

I watched the penguin season finale, look back and now this episode of dan da dan all today... My heart is destroyed

[@lotus2001]

I think it’s awesome you caught nearly every detail of that flashback with acrobatic silky, it’s one of the reasons I always come back to watch your reactions! thank you for the video❤

[@gerardogomez2820]

What a MASTERPIECE.

[@kolby3488]

From balls to bawls

[@jyuu6650]

there's a reason the author of Dandadan was one of the assistants of Fujimoto...

[@paoworkfromhome]

This episode implies that Silky was sleeping with people while working multiple jobs to support her child. In the end she ended up dancing to her demise from the roof & not being able to save her daughter, only reuniting in the afterlife. What a tragic masterpiece this was... tears

[@ultraPATIS]

Dude wth? We're supposed to be watching a guy find his balls. Why are we sobbing? 🥲

[@isaacdavidson7985]

Bruh i wasnt ready for this at all😭

[@r3.4ct]

This show got higher up my tier list because I didn't expect to get emotional watching it.. I thought it would only be plain action and goof.

[@slippy47]

If you listen to the OP of the show it perfectly encapsulates what DanDaDan is. Chaotic into a sudden somber/calm tone.

[@Aka-Spade]

Welcome to Dandadepression. Please enjoy your stay, as you'll be returning here multiple times.

[@FreakyNationLife]

Gang can’t know that the funny weenie show got me crying

[@tacoeateryumyum]

This show is amazing... its funny and wacky and action packed and romantic. And then it does this????? Incredible. Its got everything.

[@kreysi5745]

Yep. You are not ready for more Dan Da dan yokai/alien backstories. Haha

[@kevinlin343]

Makes me realize we will not be ready for Turbo Granny’s whenever that is

[@BlackRuby67]

@@kevinlin343We already got Granny’s. I don’t think they’ll go further with her.

[@kevinlin343]

like how did she become a yokai?

[@Lolvs3Ponto0]

The dance scene remembers me of 'your lie in April'

[@lucalorusso813]

Peak comedy and peak tragedy. Welcome to Dandadan❤ Adaptation from the manga is amazing, anime of the year easy.

[@frisko1121]

Episode 6: Peak battle incoming !!!! Episode 7: PAIN :,,V

[@nickb6425]

Momo in episode 6: "Time to KNOCK THIS B SIDEWAYS!" pain in episode 7: "Time to KNOCK THE VIEWERS SIDEWAYS!"

[@naruyuyu]

Dan Da Dan took a 180 turn on us 😢

[@stephenmedianero7729]

And now it begins the emotional rollercoaster that is dandadan one second your balling yourself with laughter and the next second your bawling your eyes out with tears

[@alexchico4953]

the music, the animation, no dialogue needed to convey this story. It was a fucking masterpiece

[@OhAlone]

The theory said the Dad loan money for Yakuza and run away or die, left the mom pay for it

[@jerichojasid3163]

Came to laugh, left with trauma and despair.

[@texasred8424]

"i was not expecting this show to make me emotional like that" 😈 expect more... it's honestly kinda shocking the number of heartbreaking backstories this mangaka has managed to put into this battle romcom

[@sebastiandingun2638]

Damn those ninjas cutting onions 😭

[@ElyciusM]

i wasnt expecting PAIN from this show wtf

[@Makaylachosen]

Omgggggg when I say I poured my eyesssss out ‼️😣😣😣I haven’t sad cried over show or movie in a long time I think it’s the fact that I am a mother ….i felt the horrors of her realizing her child was gone forever …..and me not having a relationship with my mother I felt the little girls pain 🤧this just hit so many nerves I couldn’t help but break down

[@hibye8989]

Such a good episode

[@diegostrossen6751]

This episode is true art. Very strong impact and very good interpretation of desperate yearning turning into a drive to consume and keep something inside her stomach. Very psychological. . . . Also Alana your nose was running wildly at the end lol, you usually had tissues at hand. I guess none of us anime only watchers expected this amount of feels.

[@rakumunigonzales9254]

I've been seeing a few of this episode reaction, and I still cried every single time.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Never fails to make me cry

[@pabloesco2007]

2:05 : Need to watch 2 times this episode to understund this moment of the feet. 7:38 : the way we saw a story in 360° like the music box of a woman dancing. I read the manga but i'll never though this anime's version was so awesome made (Animations & music). It's really a plus to the Manga, i re-discover this moment. Aira and the Yokai share a same pain, the lost of their loved one Mother/daughter and they share at the end this pain and this forgiveness/appeasement. Good job to staff who made this episode.

[@charliegollmar6259]

The music in this anime is really great, but the track they picked for the flashback sequences and the way they varied it emotionally was freaking amazing.

[@kazuzu4351]

This episode was done beautifully, truly a work of art. The moment her flashback started I already cried, knowing what happened to her when she was alive. First time I read this chapter I balled my eyes out and I was really caught off guard since I thought dandadan was your typical comedy anime with a bit of shonen to it. There's more where that came from and make sure to prepare some tissues🥲

[@doriankamanzi6874]

this anime went from funny wholesome and love it to why heart HURTS like damn wow this really just hit hard my heart

[@spiraljumper74]

Aira- a child without a mother, gets to understand how much her mother must’ve loved and cared for her. And in return she gets to tell Silky- a mother without a child, how her daughter felt their time together was fun, special, worth living for. Beautiful narrative and emotional symmetry. Aira won’t be the same after this.

[@JayJay-gw9sn]

i never thought acro silky back story will make me tear up again. ive read the manga and i already know the story, but this is so well directed and animated. manga made me tear up but made me cry in this episode 😭

[@ciaranpatrick6859]

I was so unprepared for this episode but it was amazing, I’m so excited to see what’s next

[@ChrisCasarez36]

straight feels

[@MrAnsy-yx3ki]

They seem like are yakuza, her kid must be sold for the organ

[@johndavevillanueva4012]

this backstory reminds me of THAT one scene in Up where they basically introduced Mr. & Mrs. Frederickson, and it still hits me like a truck

[@mistrants2745]

So right after this i called my mum, in the middle of the night. She didnt fully understand why a japanese cartoon had made her 31 year old son emotional. But i went on a rant about how she did a fantastic job and how no matter what happened me and my sister could handle ourselves. How after her divorce it never felt like i only had one parent, and i never even felt once i was missing something despite her doing it both. And then she cried because she said it meant so much to her to know we could do it without her, how that gave her emotional room to sometimes not do so well herself as well. Good episode.

[@christsolos]

so many reactors start so happy and end crying watching this episode lol

[@neku016]

yay! so happy you were able to pick that up that she jumped off a building

[@scarecrow7421]

Dandadan makes you think it's just gonna be a funny wacky alien ghost adventure. And then they get you.

[@VarietyGuy22]

The last anime to make me cry like this was oshi no Ko

[@BaNguyen-zl1sl]

I’m glad you caught that last part where she jumped off a building. Not a lot of people caught that part from what I have seen. Truly heartbreaking!

[@LeeAnnOfAlderaan]

The shot off blood pooling from her wounds seems to have given a lot of viewers this impression that she bled out.

[@maulanaramadhan9584]

sending my love for all hard working mother out there ❤❤❤, you are incredible!

[@blaqueup]

This episode got heavy as hell fast. Was great. Show continues to really outdo my expectations.

[@Zack-d7t]

it loan shark

[@malcolmwhitehead1101]

i had to come here after watching this episode i havent cried about an anime like this before

[@chrissama2225]

Obviously, she was already a wandering spirit before to meet Aira just after her suicide and you can notice that Aira's Father didn't notice the woman Aira's touching. And about her ability to see her at that moment it's because Aira was young and kid sometimes get this kind of ability but also Acro silky was a new coming spirit and I guess both of them was looking about the same thing :A daughter and a mom. So they were on the same wavelength. As a manga reader which was more explicit about the backstory this is the way I got it.

[@Rippersauc3]

Its absolutely crazy to me how there's some weirdos actually trying to kill the hype by saying "I dont get all the buzz behind this show... Its not that special." When it has amazing action, romance, and now this. This episode was actually painful to watch. The way this show makes you empathize/sympathize with the spirits so far is so amazing.

[@Pastorjeff126]

Shi this making a grown man cry (I’m the grown man:(