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Dandadan Chapter 238: Aira Shiratori's Growth Arc Is the Best in the Cast

ダンダダン238話 アイラの成長に日本の反応

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Dandadan Chapter 238: Aira Shiratori's Growth Arc Is the Best in the Cast
“Okarun and Aira are both way too cool this chapter. Aira, you're a real one. Getting good friends has made her grow the most out of everyone, in every sense. I just want her to land somewhere that feels right to readers and be happy.”

オカルンもアイラもカッコ良すぎるわ✨ アイラ、あんた男前だよ…良い仲間を得た事で、色々な意味で１番成長していると思う😭 この娘には、読者みんなが納得できる立ち位置に巧く納まって、幸せになって欲しいな。

— @かなぎ-c3d

On Dandadan Chapter 238 'Okarun's Resolve', Japanese readers rallied around Aira Shiratori, calling her the character who has grown the most. They traced her arc from bullying Momo to coming back changed, compared her heartbreak-with-dignity to Ai Haibara from Detective Conan, and split over shipping her with Jiji. Mixed in: total confusion over who the new villains even are, relief that Hase is still alive, and a plea for a relationship chart.

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Japanese readers reacting to Dandadan Chapter 238, 'Okarun's Resolve'. （YouTube · マンダン！人気漫画の反応集）

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 27)

  • Aira is the best, honestly. Even the awful stuff she did to Momo early on was because she genuinely thought Momo was a monster.

    アイラは最高なんだよ。最初にモモに酷いことしたのも、本当にモモがバケモンだと思ってたからだし。

    — @yuichi0010017 likes

  • For Aira, Momo is more than just a love rival. Momo is also the one who cracked the fake cutesy shell Aira had built around herself, so her feelings have to be complicated. Thinking back on all of that from the early arcs, this chapter actually made me tear up.

    アイラにとってモモは恋敵である以上に 嘘の美少女キャラで固めた自分の殻を破ってくれた 存在でもあるから、複雑な思いがあるんだろうなと。 そんな初期からの流れを思い起こすと、今回の流れはなんか泣けたよ。

    — @juka59597 likes

  • This chapter's Aira reminds me of Ai Haibara from Detective Conan in the movies. She lost in love but still owns up to it as a comrade, and it's both sad and badass. Jiji's probably headed for the same place someday...

    今回のアイラは映画版の灰原哀を思い出す。恋には破れたけど仲間としてケジメをつける姿が切なくてカッコイイ。 いつかジジもこうなりそうだね……

    — @ピースリアル6 likes

  • That moment where she snaps back from the Akusala state reads like a depiction of heartbreak, I think.

    あのアクサラ状態から戻る瞬間は失恋の描写かな

    — @I-u4x8v0 likes

  • Good, she basically got rejected but there was no version of Aira who just gives up. If Aira ever gave up on Lord Takakura, Dandadan would lose a huge chunk of its fun.

    良かったほぼ振られたけど諦めるアイラなんていなかった🥺 アイラが高倉様諦めちゃったらダンダダンの面白さ激減だからね

    — @nja26052 likes

  • Personally I want her to end up with Jiji.

    個人的にはジジとくっついて欲しい

    — @ピースリアル2 likes

  • I get it. Some people will say it's just pairing off the leftovers, but Jiji really is a good guy. Flashy but a genius type who cares about his friends, and Aira who acts all girly on the surface but is actually nurturing and devoted, I think they'd match up pretty well.

    理解ります❗️ 「残り者同士くっつけるのか」と言う人もいるかとは思いますが、実際ジジっていいヤツですし、チャラいけれど天才肌で仲間思いなジジと、外面はぶりっ子だけど案外世話焼きで一途なアイラって割と相性良いと思うんですよね。

    — @かなぎ-c3d3 likes

  • Thank you for putting into words everything I was thinking lol. Those two are way too good to be called leftovers.

    思ってた事を全て具現化してくれてありがとうございます……！(笑)あの二人は残り物なんて呼ぶには申し訳ないくらいの逸材ですよね😊

    — @ピースリアル1 likes

  • I just want to see more Okarun and Momo together.

    オカルンとモモの絡みがもっと見たい

    — @Tomo-u3c3b5 likes

  • Oh good, so I'm not the only one who can't tell which villain is which.

    そうか 敵の誰が誰だかわからないというのが自分だけでない事が分かった

    — @AFCrowley5 likes

  • There are so many villains now they all look the same to me... And if they need Okarun's power, does that mean he's holding more than just Turbo Granny's power?

    敵が増えて顔が全部同じに見える… オカルンの能力が必要ってターボババアの力だけではなく他の力も持ってること？

    — @油性ぺん-h4y1 likes

  • Can't tell who's who? Everyone except Hase and Red Baron is brand new, so what are you even trying to keep track of? They'll probably get taken out fast anyway, just remember the scissors guy (who isn't even in this chapter).

    誰が誰たか分からない？ ハッセとレッドバロン以外全員初見なのに何を分かろうとしてんだ？ すぐやられそうだし、ハサミのやつ覚えればいいだろ（今回未登場）

    — @Rigidbody.AddForce10 likes

  • Just post a relationship chart already. Hayashi, do your job.

    相関図載せろよ林仕事しろ

    — @speedpusher14861 likes

  • Glad Hase didn't get a redemption arc.

    ハセが改心して無くて良かった

    — @ケヘヘ19 likes

  • It makes me sad how many people forgot Hase even exists...

    ハセ忘れてる人多くて悲しい…

    — @ChonmageRainbow0 likes

  • Honestly we don't need Hase at all.

    マジでハセいらんやろ

    — @tarotaroza0 likes

  • Calling it: the smoke guy gets his power stolen by Saint-Germain's crew, barely survives, and ends up defecting to Okarun's side.

    ケムリ野郎がサンジェルマンたちに能力を奪われたけどなんとか生き延びて、オカルンたちにに寝返る予感。

    — @ty-pr1op7 likes

  • Red Baron feels like the vanguard of the Dragenai crew, the weakest among them, but I'm not sure. He's clearly got a rivalry thing going with Saint-Germain.

    レッドバロンはドラゲナイの先鋒（我々の中では最弱）のようにも思えるがどうなんだろ。サンジェルマンへのライバル意識あるし

    — @BASIKER2 likes

  • I keep stressing that his clothes are going to get caught in the bike's rear wheel.

    自転車の後輪に服巻き込みそうでハラハラする

    — @ARC314154 likes
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