Review of Dan Da Dan

This Anime, unlike many harsh critics believe, is not just a fast food anime. It's made with a love most aren't made with anymore. It's cliche at times but thats the fun if it. It's not afraid to redo things in its own style. A supernatural style if you will. The largest reason I enjoyed it so much, the characters. They know what they want, their motivations arent hidden. If you hate immature uncommunicative characters you find in anime, this will sooth your frustrations. The characters feel genuine and the anime doesnt confuse you with their intentions. They have realistic reactions to conflict, while still maintaininga sense of charming otherworldly confidence. The voice acting as well, especially for momo, is stupendous. It's not moany nonsense, as mentioned before theres care behind the making of this anime. It sounds as if you're overhearing real conversations most of the time, the characters sound their age, nothing is overdramaticized, there's not a feeling of the characters doing more than necessary.

This is without mentioning the fun, and beautifully animated, albeit at times, overly s3xua1 action this anime has, which is not the drawing point anyways. While not being a fighting anime more than it is an adventure, I enjoy the fights and how its less slug fests than it is problem solving. There is satisfying resolutions to the fights and conflicts.

While I admit the characters dont experience the most growth throughout it, I think the characters have no reason to grow, they are already mature teenagers (mostly), and for who this is aimed for, it makes the watching experience even better. The enjoyment value brings too much for anything else to bring this down for me.

Lastly, with 300 anime seen and close to 3000 hours including rewatches, this has been an anime that brought my enjoyment of this type of media back. It's hard to find another anime that looks as love filled as this one, and moreover, one that doesnt take years to resolve conflicts between characters.