Review of Dan Da Dan

7.5/10 ~ Peak Shonen... or what Shonen should be For starters as I have aged I have found that Shonen just is not for me, or so I thought. Then something like Dandadan comes around and amazes me. Honestly if it wasn't for all the constant jokes and references to Japanese culture I do not understand I probably would have enjoyed it more. This show constantly had me both wanting to go to the next episode in anticipation and asking myself "what the hell" am I watching. As Bonsai Pop put it perfectly "This show is like the Rave scene during Devil man Cry baby", andwow I could not agree more.

-Most if not all the charecters are enjoyable
-vey good female lead
--weirdly good character growth and backgrounds
-funny even if you dont understand Japanese culture
-decent action scenes
-decent story and plot progression
-weirdly good blend of the occult and sci-fi

However the show does not do well:
-pacing is very choppy hoping that the action runs to the end
-bit too weird
-most jokes fall flat from not understanding japanese culture
-the humor I did understand was forsure made for a 12yo boy
-probably hard to recommend to people who dont watch anime, unless this falls into the so weird you gotta watch it category, to be seem

I am waiting for season 2 and may have to rewatch season 1 when that comes out and re-evaluate my score. But yes this show is far above average and I could see myself giving this an entire +0.5 to 1.5 points to the show when all is said and done and the show is complete. And for all the people who dont understand, I rate pretty harshly as 5/10 IS average and to get a 7.5 means I do really enjoy this, and to say I could see this scoring a 8.5 is just incredible.

This show feels like its going to be a special one looking back, a diamond in the rough and a true cult classic.