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Dandadan — How Japanese Fans React

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What Japanese fans actually said about Dandadan — new PVs, the latest episodes, and iconic scenes, pulled from Japanese YouTube comment sections and translated into English. Every quote is a real comment with its original like count, linked back to the source video.

2 reaction roundups · Updated Jun 28, 2026

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“Being on friendly terms with a yokai THIS powerful — Turbo Granny really is a beloved character, huh.”

こんな最強妖怪と仲良しなんて、 ターボババアは本当に愛されキャラなんだな。

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“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 · 10 likesDandadan 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。

  • The "legend tier" urban legends that terrified Showa and Heisei kids — Hanako-san, Kuchisake-onna (the Slit-Mouthed Woman), Mary-san, Teke-Teke, Satchan, the Human-Faced Dog — those all feel strong. Below them, in the "only occult nerds know them" tier, you've got Turbo-Granny-level entities like Kashima-san, Hikiko-san, Satoru-kun, the Headless Rider, the Red Coat. Honestly, Japan's well defended lol

    昭和平成の子供を恐怖に落とした都市伝説レジェンド枠は花子さん、口裂け女、メリーさん、テケテケ、さっちゃん、人面犬、あたりは強そう その下がオカルト好きは知ってる枠のターボババアレベルでカシマさん、ヒキコさん、さとるくん、首無しライダー、赤コートあたりって考えると日本は安泰やなw

  • 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)

  • She's probably about neck-and-neck with Kashima Reiko, I'd wager.

    多分カシマレイコとどっこいレベルなんじゃなかろうか

  • 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。

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  • The model for Toilet Hanako-san is said to be the victim of the 1954 "Kyoko-chan" incident, so it's deeply satisfying that she's brutally strong against anyone who harms girls. (…) The version everyone knows today was really shaped in the '70s — the bobbed hair and suspender skirt are supposedly the victim's actual clothing.

    トイレの花子さんのモデルは昭和29年発生の鏡子ちゃん事件の被害者とされてるので、女子に危害を加える奴に超強いのは痛快でいい(…)今もよく知られた姿や話が作られたのは70年代に入ってからで、おかっぱ頭に吊りスカート姿は当時の被害者の服装だとか

  • 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……

  • Going by DANDADAN's own rules, that's basically canon. It was spelled out way back in the very first Turbo Granny fight (the one where she fused with a bound spirit) — ghosts and yokai are pretty much unbeatable on their own turf. It's also why Seiko, who borrows a land-god's power, is near-unstoppable anywhere inside that town.

    ダンダダンの設定的に、割とガチでそうだと思います。 最初期のvsターボババア(地縛霊と合体)で語られていますが、幽霊や妖怪の類は自分のフィールドだとほぼ最強とされていた気がします。 土地神の力を借りている星子さんが、あの町の中ならほぼ最強なのも、その設定があるからですし。

  • 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

  • When I saw her I blurted out "is that Yasue-neesan?" (a famous Japanese comedy actress) — then found people in the video thinking the exact same thing, and it made me weirdly happy.

    見た時にやすえ姉さんか?と突っ込んでいたら普通に動画で同じ事おもってる人いて、うれしかった

  • 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。

  • Turbo Granny, how much HIGHER are you going to drive your likeability, woman?!

    ターボババアはどこまで好感度を上げるんだあなたはもう!!

  • 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

  • The bathroom is quite literally Hanako-san's Domain Expansion.

    トイレはまさに花子さんの領域展開

  • 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?

  • Gives off major Alice from Megami Tensei / Persona energy. Like, any ghost that takes the form of a little girl is ALWAYS the scary one.

    メガテンとかペルソナのアリス感ある てか怪異系で少女姿の奴は絶対ヤベーのよ

  • 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。

  • It'd be peak if the rule was literally "nobody can beat her in a fight inside a bathroom."

    トイレでの戦闘では誰も勝てないとかだったら最高

  • 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

  • Toilet Hanako-san being THIS strong is hilarious lol. Anyway — Turbo Granny was absolutely furious about girls being attacked, so maybe Hanako-san runs on that same kind of rage.

    トイレの花子さん強すぎわろた まぁともかくターボババアは女の子が襲われる事に滅茶苦茶怒ってたから、もしかしたら花子さんもその系かも

Editor's note

Japanese fans bring receipts the anime-only crowd doesn't have — like why the “strongest yokai” reveal was obvious (“she's the most famous ghost in Japan, of course she's strong”), or the quiet case that Aira had the best growth arc in the cast.

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From the comment sections of official Japanese YouTube channels. We pull top comments, quote real posts only, and show the actual like counts at the time of collection.
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The site updates daily. Whenever Dandadan has a new trailer, episode, or piece of news, a fresh roundup lands on this page — 2 so far.