Review of Dan Da Dan

Watching this felt like I was being gaslit. It has so many aspects that I enjoy yet it manages to execute them in terrible ways. It made wonder, am I "too old" for it? But thankfully, upon finishing it I can say for certain, it is legitimately just overhyped and I just don't like many aspects of it so far. I read the manga a short while ago, just the first two volumes since it was already receiving a lot of hype and received a lot of praise, and I hated the characters, story and humor. Upon finishing the first season of the anime, I nowenjoy some of the characters but not much else has changed about my stance on the other two.

The story takes itself way too fucking seriously and I don't understand why. As for the characters...

Okarun I think has grown on me a bit more, he's still kind of pathetic but in a cuter way and his voice actor did a great job, making me feel some sympathy for him. Momo however? She feels like a offensive portrayal of a mentally challenged person. Seriously wtf is her problem? The best I can say about her is that she was at the very least more likeable than the pink bitch. Perhaps if I enjoyed the relationship with her and Okarun (because every episode will constantly try to shove that down your throat) I would like her more but the romance just plain sucks and I couldn't get into their dynamic.

Turbo Granny is absolute peak and what managed to kept me from dropping this show entirely, I think if the second season focuses more on her this series might become actually enjoyable because she is the only entertaining and interesting character. Well, I did also enjoy Jiji, but he comes in very very late into the series so he doesn't actually do much outside of being cringe. I do like his friendship/rivalry thing with Okarun going on right now.

Overall, it definitly has more potential and I might've written it off to early. I'll likely continue sticking with the anime adaptation.