The jarring contrast between the cartoonish violence of the Acrobat Silky fight against the hyperrealist violence of the debt collector scene dropped my jaw. My god, I was there in that room with them for a split second...I'm flabbergasted by the amount of detail that was put into this sequence, what an incredibly tender and heartbreaking episode from the lol-granny-took-my-bawlz anime 😭
Same here. That scene was so real and I was not prepared for it. You described it perfectly, I felt like I was there too. I was seriously concerned for the little girl for a second, asking where are they taking her (Eventhough we actually know it). How quiet it was all of the sudden after the door was closed... That shook me. Heck, I hate spoilers but after this episode I really needed to know if Momo and Ken would probably meet that girl later on during the series. Than I started bawling my eyes out again, after learning how the Manga ended in that chapter... Edit: typing mistakes
It evokes strong feelings of protection and helplessness from the viewer. Animes that rile up your feelings like this one, are the ones that become legends.
Adding a first person view to the final moments of the kidnapping was an inspired choice. You've spent this time learning about this loving family, but suddenly you ARE the mother, YOUR kid has been kidnapped and YOU are fighting through the pain and anguish, desperately clinging to hope as your world falls apart.
that made it so real. you could feel just how terrified that poor woman was. it almost gives you hope that everything will be okay, and then it isn't. because even if she had survived, her life was over because that little girl was her everything.
this is a minor detail but i LOVE that they drew the kid with baby fat on her body and face and the imperfect but confident movements only a young child could have. SO many anime often have children who dont act like, and more importantly dont LOOK like young children, so having her movement and face be so realistic really makes you believe "this child is REAL i could believe they were alive and happy and loved so much", and then the episode tears your heart out with it
Thank you for mentioning it! I literally gasped when i saw the child's design on the anime. My surprise may be just an overreaction, but given how many children are 'moe-ified' in anime these days, seeing a kid realistically designed like her is such a fresh breath of air
@blintzy6969 it obviously isn't, but we are talking about the daughter's physical appearance, which, in this case, it does look realistic for 'anime standards'
The ballet feet pose callback was something I noticed immediately If only because the first one had so much focus put on it (and made me think "huh, so that's how ballerinas do that")
A reactor, FlexieJay, revealed that she is a professional ballerina and was deeply moved by this episode. All the dance movements were instantly recognisable by someone in that industry and noted that they clearly sourced their animation from a professional ballerina.
Same, but how she would've managed to get up to a rooftop while blinded and suffering from injuries and blood loss, I couldn't begin to guess. Before now, I thought she was already dead in that scene, and her spirit was dancing. I could understand her suddenly regaining consciousness and tearing out of the apartment on adrenaline alone, but if after her second collapse she'd given up and resolved to throw herself off a building, I can't picture that having been driven by a secondary burst of adrenaline.
I wanna give a huge shoutout to Yuhki Kurihara, who arranged Kensuke Ushio’s backstory song for the orchestra and really did a lot to make it sound so tragic and powerful at the same time. Ushio was the mastermind behind the soundtrack, but Kurihara helped bring it to life in one of the defining moments of Dandadan and she deserves her flowers for it
What made the scenes with the girl just gutwrenching for me was the realism with which she was drawn. How her face scrunches, how despite being a kid in an anime, her facial features werentjust established "symbols" for "kid", but they gave her skinfolds which were immensely adorable, while fealing so much more real.
As soon as I finished this episode (after crying my eyes out of course), I immediately thought, "yeah Swamp Jawn is about to drop a banger analysis of this one."
I have a little 2 year old girl and this episode absolutely crushed me and my wife, near the end i couldnt muster anything but a "this is brutal" while i tried to hide the fact i was like 2 seconds from ugly crying😂
honestly watching this show has made me go "man I wish swamp jawn was doing analysis vids for this like he did for dungeon meshi" so many times, and while I don't think you have any obligation to do so, every time you make a video about the series I'm utterly delighted to see it.
What stood out to me amongst the rest of the beautifully crafted episode was a small cut and detail of AcroSilky’s timer vs the cooking timer they were using at home. It’s so heart-wrenching.
This chapter/episode should be part of a writing class in character redemption. The exquisite use of the Acrobatic Silky tying into Aria's history was utterly masterful. And regardless of how fast it was, both their redemptions feel so complete and seamless.
I already knew that whatever had happened to AS was going to be tragic bc most yokai are created from horrible tragedy, but the second those sweeping angles showed up Ik something was coming; just not....THAT
I was crying my eyes out after watching this episode, and I don't know whether it's because of my hormonal shift due to cancelling some meds I took or just the sheer heartbreaking sadness of the situation portrayed. I usually don't cry much...
While I do believe that hormonal changes can definetly impact a person this much, i think that the way this episode was directed was so mesmerizingly good, it is just inevitable not to cry. Dude, I hadn't cried this uglily since i was a child.
If _you_ are doing episodic breakdowns of Dandadan, then that is a primary reason for me to start watching it! I can't stress this enough, you were the one who made watching Delicious In Dungeon INFINITELY more enjoyable for me! 😄
I was enjoying but not super enthusiastic about Dandadan before this episode, but it’s completely changed my attitude. It blew me away and hit so hard. I had goosebumps by the end.
I've been something of a skeptic regarding both anime and manga for as long as I can remember. This episode has altered (positively) my view of anime as a medium. The backstory sequences collectively are some of the best story-telling animation I've ever witnessed.
I watched the first of your videos because Im completely obsessed with Dandadan and want to hear other people's opinions. Animation is my biggest passion so I watched more of your videos. Since I have no one in real life that also watches animation I mostly rely on what's being talked about on here. I hadn't heard of Delicious in Dungeon before so I thought I should thank you. New subscriber and I hope you continue to do what you love
4:09 THAT. That. That cut was one of the many that made my artist _soul_ do a screeenshot. I had to pause to let the serotonin rush through me as I hyperspeed replayed it in my head to haphazardly break it down - not necessarily the technique, but the _conceptalization_ of it. It's nothing new and nothing terribly difficult, one of those things that you'd definitely seen but makes you think "That's genius, why didn't I think of that". But the _placement_ of that shot is what makes that genius, and what makes a great storyboard artist.
This episode show just how much more emotion motion and music (and great animation) can add to the story, even knowing what was to come this episode had me crying just by seeing they being a happy family and know the devastation that was to come. Also I think this is the point that Dandadan show that it can be more then just silly ghost and aliens after Ken's dick and balls, it probably what get people to trust the story there forward.
My bf wanted to skip it since we're manga readers and knew what was coming. But the fact that all my friends kept asking me if I'd seen that week's episode gave me pause. So glad we didn't overlook what we assumed was "just a flashback"
As a recently made new mom of a little girl, this episode absolutely wrecked me. To so carefully show their relationship alongside the mothers struggles with no words was so well done. Always appreciate your analysis videos for taking time to admire the artists and the small details that are easily missed when watching.
@@jk966 Lists of tragic backstories in DanDaDan (so far) : 1. Acrobatic Silky (once talented lady, got her child abducted by Yakuza because she can't pay off her debts) 2. Evil Eye (a kid who got accused of being a cursed child, got imprisoned for life, starved to death, and was put into trial as a sacrifice to some giant "snake") 3. Vamola (a Sumerian girl who got entangled into a brutal war between Sumerians and Globalists) 4. Ombusman (once a little girl who dreamt of being an idol with her friends, died on a car accident due to her and her parents trying to pick up Rin, Okarun's class-rep) 5. Unji Zuma (he lived with his mom and his brother after his father died, his brother kept getting bullied, his mom was depressed, his brother died when trying to go after his umbrella on a heavy rain, his mom trying to drag him into a double-suicide but only the mom died, he then lived a thug life)
@@looseGoose878 Some may argue one backstory is sadder than the other, but the fact that Yukinobu Tatsu made all of these backstories worked really made me hooked to DanDaDan. He sprinkled in some heavy topics, into the otherwise wacky, supernatural world. Vamola being a child soldier, Evil Eye getting imprisoned and sacrificed, Acro-Silky's child getting abducted by Yakuzas, Unji Zuma witnessing his family completely broken..... Those are heavy..... 😢😢
Going from the shonen over the top action to this more grounded story shook me off balance. The quiet terror of knowing that something is going to go wrong ate at me
5:42 my wife thought this was real footage at first. The smeared light traces are very convincing and were actually a point Corridor Digital touched upon in one of their latest vfx rection videos.
BEST VIDEO TO DATE FOR THE BEST DANDA DAN EPISODE! (That I've watched so far. I've yet to see episode 8). Simply magnificent how you breakdown and analyze so many details I loved and caught so many gems I missed. All while giving just and rightful credit to each animator so I know exactly who to thank for this art. Thank you.
The animation for this one shoots you in the heart. I had to stop for a bit after the episode to think on it with all the woman and her daughter go through.
This episode made me weep in despair. It's fantastic and heart-wrenching simultaneously. You made it crash back into my mental real estate and reminded me of Hunt for the Wilder People. You magnificent bastard.
you mentioned in an earlier video you'd want some suggestions of shots from this show to break down animation-wise: I think one of the most awesome part of animation was at the end of episode 2, when Momo passes out and Okarun transforms and there's this shot of his glasses falling in front of her passed out body and it's only a few frames but I though that shot was so cool such a flex.
Discover your channel With Dandadan. really going to watch your past vids... and next ones. And as an ex graphist and actual father (grown up children), I can't tell you how much this episode touched me. Thx
Jawn- I love your breakdowns man. Thank you for helping me appreciate stellar animation more, and for being able to be very silly and quippy while you're at it.
As a manga reader i know this tragedy coming a mile away but the animation made my eye's watery every single time i watch it even in the middle of an animation breakdown. gotta say this part definitely better than in the manga because the medium is so perfect for this
Watched the whole anime in one shot for the first time this week, and Episode Seven caught me off guard. I was crying my eyes out through the whole thing, as I'm a parent myself and kind off can imagine what Silk felt. This is one terrific episode for sure, really a separate from the another 11. Also yeah, thanks for a great breakdown. Like!)
godamn, i was thinking exactly that, thanks god youtube reccomended your channel again, after the dungeon meshi series your channel never showed up in my youtube home😪😪😪
This wasn't even the only creative part made by the studio alone. The one where Ayase finds out Okarun's actual name is also more creative than the one from the book. They made sure her voice was more awkward and when she finds out his name is Ken Takakura the explosion of UFO, I mean, UAP in the background is synced perfectly.
For the first time Jawn, I don't think I can watch an animation breakdown... I haven't had an episode of any media really break me the way this one did. So just leaving a comment for the algorithm and looking forward to next episodes breakdown. This episode was absolutely fantastic both in writing and the artistic choices and animation, but god damn is it a draining episode.
Oh damn, I knew this was a special episode but wow there's a lot I missed! This video makes me yearn for a whole series breakdown episode by episode, same as Dungeon Meshi. I completely understand why you won't tho
Haven’t seen it animated but have to say that moments like this is what makes me love the manga. You rarely see a monster or alien kill someone, but the couple of times ( this and a few in future chapters) we see a person being killed is by another person. And every time it really takes its time grounding the reader in that reality. Going from funny haha and action packed to showing who te real monsters are takes a lot of skill.
Holy fuck, just watched the episode. I was bawling my eyes out, like I had to take multiple breaks during it. As i said on my previous comment I did read this in the manga, and it did hit hard there. Buy the animation, music, composing, and me forgetting much of what happened (I had completely forgotten the part where Aria hugs Silky) it broke me. I had to go out and take a walk. (Have to add that it was pretty jarring seeing all that and then seeing turbogranny cat plush dancing)
The Artists working on that show give it their all. I can't wait to see, what they do with the other Backstories. The final jump could have been handled a bit more direct though. They added a "thud" sound to explain what happened, but the panel in the Manga, that showed her backwards dive was more understandable in terms of progression. Regardless, it is so cool to see them actually use the medium to enhance the adaption. It reminds me a lot of early MHA, before Studio Bones decided to just use the Manga as their Storyboard.
The dancing sequence on the roof is one of the most powerul animated scenes I have born witness to. I was already shocked by the gritty and raw realism of the back story to that point in sharp contrast to rest of the show: the love feels grounded and realistic; the violence feels violent, evoking helplessness; the mother's daily grind is all too plausible; etc. Her suicide scene serves, in a morbid sense, as an archetypal rape victim's reclamation of their body, dignity, identity, and agency. I know she is not explicitly shown as having been raped, but it metaphorically fits (and it is reasonable to assume she has been at some point: vulnerable single mom involved in sex work indebted to loan sharks/pimps; not a huge leap). The scene is where we witness the mother at her lowest point (physically severely wounded, daughter lost, it was all for nothing), but also unleashed at her most beautiful, powerful, and transcendant. Add the musical crescendo, the gorgeous colouration, the stunning animation. I was intermittently a sobbing mess the rest of the night after I first watched this episode.
I actually stopped watching a few seconds into this scene when it aired and came back to it today. For a minute I was wondering if I accidently clicked on a different show. It took me a minute to realize this was Silky's backstory.
To be fair I didn't cry from this episode simply because I'd had my heart pulverized by Violet Evergarden, Wolf Childen, and Maquia... which while they hit differently hit me a lot more often.... through their runs.
i just finished episode 7,8,9 and found this video immediately (like i dont need anymore reason to believe that all my devices are listening and tracking me) but i did not realize till just now that Ira was seeing a ghost, i didnt notice that ledge she stepped off was a building and she (unalive) herself from the loss of her daughter in the kidnapping. I felt sorry for her in the episode but omg, i feel like i didnt feel sorry enough, because of not knowing her fate.
I wasn't strong for not being able to cry to this. I hated how I couldn't cry. I felt my humanity slip off with the rest of Acro Silky as she fell when I watched it. But I couldn't cry no matter how much I wanted to.
I fucking LOVED the whole sequence of this episode. Such an intense tone shift with a great payoff! Ive noticed the first 2 yokai that theyve delt with, Turbogranny and Silky, both have had some connection to violence directed at women. I hesitate to say sexual violence, but an argument could be made i think...
I think my only issue is that a lot of people misunderstand the rooftop scene due to how they had to censor the suicide. Personally, I also just prefer the simplistic way the Manga told the backstory with a few images, but I do appreciate how beautiful they made the anime.
Don't do ballet myself, but someone I watch explained that the type of ballet she's doing is free form. Ballet is based on precise movement and following the lead of the music or someone else, but on the roof, she's doing her ballet purely off of emotion, spinning and jumping wildly without much rhythm as a way of expression and release.
im someone who watches things on a second monitor, and this entire video had me unable to look away, the way you break down the animation and explain things, i was so entranced XD had the boss i was fighting just sitting their waiting patiently for me to make the next move cause i couldnt take my thoughts off this long enouph to chose an attack.
On the Netflix version there is not 5 frames showing her jumping, they just deleted that, all the violence and gore shown were ok, but slightly eluding to someone jumping off, that's off the charts.
I love these breakdowns so much, I've watched a few of your videos by now and I'm always amazed at how deep you go into it. where do you get the information on which people did specific storyboards, frames, or scenes? I find it so cool and want to look more into who's animating my favorite shows (which heavenly delusion is one, and I definitely noticed the stylistic similarities that you mentioned but had no idea how to connect the two!)
So glad you enjoyed it! There are a few websites that list basic credits like storyboards and such, like AniDB and animenewsnetwork (with varying degrees of reliability). For the individual animation cuts, ultimately the information usually comes from either the studio's or the animators' twitter accounts, but people do a pretty good job of aggregating it on sakugabooru dot com!
The first time i watched this episode I actually thought they cut out the sex work entirely. It wasnt until i watched it again that I realized it was just approached far more subtly than the manga.
It really was an amazing adaptation of a fairly short scene but I hate that they cut the shot of her last grand jeté off the roof's edge. Like you said it's easy to miss, and it was such an iconic, powerful panel, a literal dying swan dance!
The jarring contrast between the cartoonish violence of the Acrobat Silky fight against the hyperrealist violence of the debt collector scene dropped my jaw. My god, I was there in that room with them for a split second...I'm flabbergasted by the amount of detail that was put into this sequence, what an incredibly tender and heartbreaking episode from the lol-granny-took-my-bawlz anime 😭
Same here. That scene was so real and I was not prepared for it. You described it perfectly, I felt like I was there too. I was seriously concerned for the little girl for a second, asking where are they taking her (Eventhough we actually know it). How quiet it was all of the sudden after the door was closed... That shook me.
Heck, I hate spoilers but after this episode I really needed to know if Momo and Ken would probably meet that girl later on during the series.
Than I started bawling my eyes out again, after learning how the Manga ended in that chapter...
Edit: typing mistakes
It evokes strong feelings of protection and helplessness from the viewer. Animes that rile up your feelings like this one, are the ones that become legends.
Thissss, it’s a work of art
Adding a first person view to the final moments of the kidnapping was an inspired choice.
You've spent this time learning about this loving family, but suddenly you ARE the mother, YOUR kid has been kidnapped and YOU are fighting through the pain and anguish, desperately clinging to hope as your world falls apart.
that made it so real. you could feel just how terrified that poor woman was. it almost gives you hope that everything will be okay, and then it isn't. because even if she had survived, her life was over because that little girl was her everything.
this is a minor detail but i LOVE that they drew the kid with baby fat on her body and face and the imperfect but confident movements only a young child could have. SO many anime often have children who dont act like, and more importantly dont LOOK like young children, so having her movement and face be so realistic really makes you believe "this child is REAL i could believe they were alive and happy and loved so much", and then the episode tears your heart out with it
Thank you for mentioning it! I literally gasped when i saw the child's design on the anime. My surprise may be just an overreaction, but given how many children are 'moe-ified' in anime these days, seeing a kid realistically designed like her is such a fresh breath of air
People having natural pink and red hair still isn’t that realistic tho
@blintzy6969 it obviously isn't, but we are talking about the daughter's physical appearance, which, in this case, it does look realistic for 'anime standards'
@@blintzy6969 people would have confused silkys daughter for aira if they didn't. it's a choice i have zero problem with.
When the little girl looks up and smiles at her mother, it killed me, because I knew the next part was going to be heartbreaking
The ballet feet pose callback was something I noticed immediately
If only because the first one had so much focus put on it (and made me think "huh, so that's how ballerinas do that")
A reactor, FlexieJay, revealed that she is a professional ballerina and was deeply moved by this episode. All the dance movements were instantly recognisable by someone in that industry and noted that they clearly sourced their animation from a professional ballerina.
7:48 Indeed, I never noticed the ledge until now.
I wouldn't have missed it but my eyes were mysteriously underwater when I first watched that scene. and then again on rewatch.
Catch the floor tiles lines under the water too. Btw all the water are my tears.
Same, but how she would've managed to get up to a rooftop while blinded and suffering from injuries and blood loss, I couldn't begin to guess. Before now, I thought she was already dead in that scene, and her spirit was dancing. I could understand her suddenly regaining consciousness and tearing out of the apartment on adrenaline alone, but if after her second collapse she'd given up and resolved to throw herself off a building, I can't picture that having been driven by a secondary burst of adrenaline.
I wanna give a huge shoutout to Yuhki Kurihara, who arranged Kensuke Ushio’s backstory song for the orchestra and really did a lot to make it sound so tragic and powerful at the same time. Ushio was the mastermind behind the soundtrack, but Kurihara helped bring it to life in one of the defining moments of Dandadan and she deserves her flowers for it
What made the scenes with the girl just gutwrenching for me was the realism with which she was drawn. How her face scrunches, how despite being a kid in an anime, her facial features werentjust established "symbols" for "kid", but they gave her skinfolds which were immensely adorable, while fealing so much more real.
As soon as I finished this episode (after crying my eyes out of course), I immediately thought, "yeah Swamp Jawn is about to drop a banger analysis of this one."
same
I have a little 2 year old girl and this episode absolutely crushed me and my wife, near the end i couldnt muster anything but a "this is brutal" while i tried to hide the fact i was like 2 seconds from ugly crying😂
Same I crawled back into bed after watching and clutched my 1 yo for a solid fifteen minutes while holding back tears.
@alecdorste643 unfathomably soul crushing😊 thanks dandadan.
you're umm... allowed to cry
@yourethelobsterwrong doesn't mean i want to😂, and it's bad to in front of my baby, she'd be very worried.
honestly watching this show has made me go "man I wish swamp jawn was doing analysis vids for this like he did for dungeon meshi" so many times, and while I don't think you have any obligation to do so, every time you make a video about the series I'm utterly delighted to see it.
The anime that clearly deserves SJ's attention is BlueLock.
What stood out to me amongst the rest of the beautifully crafted episode was a small cut and detail of AcroSilky’s timer vs the cooking timer they were using at home. It’s so heart-wrenching.
Right? That was a great choice
This chapter/episode should be part of a writing class in character redemption. The exquisite use of the Acrobatic Silky tying into Aria's history was utterly masterful. And regardless of how fast it was, both their redemptions feel so complete and seamless.
I already knew that whatever had happened to AS was going to be tragic bc most yokai are created from horrible tragedy, but the second those sweeping angles showed up Ik something was coming; just not....THAT
I was crying my eyes out after watching this episode, and I don't know whether it's because of my hormonal shift due to cancelling some meds I took or just the sheer heartbreaking sadness of the situation portrayed. I usually don't cry much...
I think it's the story in the end because even watching this video I'm crying at the moments from the flashbacks.
While I do believe that hormonal changes can definetly impact a person this much, i think that the way this episode was directed was so mesmerizingly good, it is just inevitable not to cry.
Dude, I hadn't cried this uglily since i was a child.
My partner and I were crying too. It is so sad and tragic, this episode hits real hard
IT'S A ROOF?!
I thought she bled out...
That's even more ouch.
If _you_ are doing episodic breakdowns of Dandadan, then that is a primary reason for me to start watching it! I can't stress this enough, you were the one who made watching Delicious In Dungeon INFINITELY more enjoyable for me! 😄
I was enjoying but not super enthusiastic about Dandadan before this episode, but it’s completely changed my attitude. It blew me away and hit so hard. I had goosebumps by the end.
I've been something of a skeptic regarding both anime and manga for as long as I can remember. This episode has altered (positively) my view of anime as a medium. The backstory sequences collectively are some of the best story-telling animation I've ever witnessed.
I watched the first of your videos because Im completely obsessed with Dandadan and want to hear other people's opinions. Animation is my biggest passion so I watched more of your videos. Since I have no one in real life that also watches animation I mostly rely on what's being talked about on here. I hadn't heard of Delicious in Dungeon before so I thought I should thank you. New subscriber and I hope you continue to do what you love
4:09 THAT. That. That cut was one of the many that made my artist _soul_ do a screeenshot. I had to pause to let the serotonin rush through me as I hyperspeed replayed it in my head to haphazardly break it down - not necessarily the technique, but the _conceptalization_ of it. It's nothing new and nothing terribly difficult, one of those things that you'd definitely seen but makes you think "That's genius, why didn't I think of that". But the _placement_ of that shot is what makes that genius, and what makes a great storyboard artist.
This episode show just how much more emotion motion and music (and great animation) can add to the story, even knowing what was to come this episode had me crying just by seeing they being a happy family and know the devastation that was to come.
Also I think this is the point that Dandadan show that it can be more then just silly ghost and aliens after Ken's dick and balls, it probably what get people to trust the story there forward.
My bf wanted to skip it since we're manga readers and knew what was coming. But the fact that all my friends kept asking me if I'd seen that week's episode gave me pause. So glad we didn't overlook what we assumed was "just a flashback"
As a recently made new mom of a little girl, this episode absolutely wrecked me. To so carefully show their relationship alongside the mothers struggles with no words was so well done. Always appreciate your analysis videos for taking time to admire the artists and the small details that are easily missed when watching.
This Acro Silky's backstory was so well-made, I can't wait for the next tragic backstories to be animated this good 💀☠️
Bruh when they annimate Unji's backstory I'm going to need to be put on suicide watch.
@@jk966
Lists of tragic backstories in DanDaDan (so far) :
1. Acrobatic Silky (once talented lady, got her child abducted by Yakuza because she can't pay off her debts)
2. Evil Eye (a kid who got accused of being a cursed child, got imprisoned for life, starved to death, and was put into trial as a sacrifice to some giant "snake")
3. Vamola (a Sumerian girl who got entangled into a brutal war between Sumerians and Globalists)
4. Ombusman (once a little girl who dreamt of being an idol with her friends, died on a car accident due to her and her parents trying to pick up Rin, Okarun's class-rep)
5. Unji Zuma (he lived with his mom and his brother after his father died, his brother kept getting bullied, his mom was depressed, his brother died when trying to go after his umbrella on a heavy rain, his mom trying to drag him into a double-suicide but only the mom died, he then lived a thug life)
@@alfianfahmi5430 All of these were pretty sad, but I gotta say, the backstory for Vamola had me ugly crying. And it wasn't even animated.
@@looseGoose878 Some may argue one backstory is sadder than the other, but the fact that Yukinobu Tatsu made all of these backstories worked really made me hooked to DanDaDan. He sprinkled in some heavy topics, into the otherwise wacky, supernatural world. Vamola being a child soldier, Evil Eye getting imprisoned and sacrificed, Acro-Silky's child getting abducted by Yakuzas, Unji Zuma witnessing his family completely broken..... Those are heavy..... 😢😢
I absolutely ugly cried at this episode. like a child. no regret.
i love it.
Going from the shonen over the top action to this more grounded story shook me off balance. The quiet terror of knowing that something is going to go wrong ate at me
Thanks for this! I absolutely did apparently blink and miss the ledge detail and so I thought her dance was her passing into the afterlife.
5:42 my wife thought this was real footage at first. The smeared light traces are very convincing and were actually a point Corridor Digital touched upon in one of their latest vfx rection videos.
Could you point me to a timestamp and episode number? I couldn't find it :(
I cried reading the Manga.
I cried watching the episode.
I almost cried watching this video.
This chapter is when I fell in love with Dandadan.
Real men cry watching this episode.
BEST VIDEO TO DATE FOR THE BEST DANDA DAN EPISODE! (That I've watched so far. I've yet to see episode 8).
Simply magnificent how you breakdown and analyze so many details I loved and caught so many gems I missed. All while giving just and rightful credit to each animator so I know exactly who to thank for this art.
Thank you.
Wow, I just got out of work after a long and hard day and just saw you uploaded, this made my day better
The animation for this one shoots you in the heart. I had to stop for a bit after the episode to think on it with all the woman and her daughter go through.
Best episode so far. I love what Science Saru's doing and I hope they get to adopt a ton of other cool titles in the future too.
1:14 nah that’s wild
This episode made me weep in despair. It's fantastic and heart-wrenching simultaneously. You made it crash back into my mental real estate and reminded me of Hunt for the Wilder People. You magnificent bastard.
I also reeled at the connection. That was a great movie.
you mentioned in an earlier video you'd want some suggestions of shots from this show to break down animation-wise: I think one of the most awesome part of animation was at the end of episode 2, when Momo passes out and Okarun transforms and there's this shot of his glasses falling in front of her passed out body and it's only a few frames but I though that shot was so cool such a flex.
Really one of the best Dan Da Dan episodes yet. This show is bonkers good.
I have teared up at this sequence LITERALLY everytime Ive seen it. Invluding in episode reviews.
Discover your channel With Dandadan. really going to watch your past vids... and next ones.
And as an ex graphist and actual father (grown up children), I can't tell you how much this episode touched me.
Thx
so glad you did this for this episode, i would love if you did the previous (and future) ones
Jawn- I love your breakdowns man. Thank you for helping me appreciate stellar animation more, and for being able to be very silly and quippy while you're at it.
Even rewatching this on TH-cam made me cry again 😭
god no as soon as i saw this episode i was like OH swampjawn's gonna be all over this :3 thank you for your service
As a manga reader i know this tragedy coming a mile away but the animation made my eye's watery every single time i watch it even in the middle of an animation breakdown. gotta say this part definitely better than in the manga because the medium is so perfect for this
Dude, I went from laughing all the way through episode 6 to being overtaken by how emotional episode 7 was. The show is great!
Watched the whole anime in one shot for the first time this week, and Episode Seven caught me off guard. I was crying my eyes out through the whole thing, as I'm a parent myself and kind off can imagine what Silk felt. This is one terrific episode for sure, really a separate from the another 11. Also yeah, thanks for a great breakdown. Like!)
I really enjoy watching this channel thank you
theese production really deserve the money
godamn, i was thinking exactly that, thanks god youtube reccomended your channel again, after the dungeon meshi series your channel never showed up in my youtube home😪😪😪
This wasn't even the only creative part made by the studio alone. The one where Ayase finds out Okarun's actual name is also more creative than the one from the book. They made sure her voice was more awkward and when she finds out his name is Ken Takakura the explosion of UFO, I mean, UAP in the background is synced perfectly.
love your breakdowns, its so refreshing to see
Idk that I can watch this again, even broken down, but keep up what I'm sure is good work, Swamp!
God I missed these analysis videos !
very good analysis bro
thx for making me ugly cry once more 😭 for real though excellent analysis, i knew this episode was gonna be covered by you sooner or later lol
Watching Dan Da Dan has been like watching FLCL for the first time
Interesting comparison, since both dubs share voice actors
@@tyyer Ehhh?? I am watching it in sub. Now I have to look this up.
For the first time Jawn, I don't think I can watch an animation breakdown... I haven't had an episode of any media really break me the way this one did. So just leaving a comment for the algorithm and looking forward to next episodes breakdown.
This episode was absolutely fantastic both in writing and the artistic choices and animation, but god damn is it a draining episode.
Oh damn, I knew this was a special episode but wow there's a lot I missed!
This video makes me yearn for a whole series breakdown episode by episode, same as Dungeon Meshi. I completely understand why you won't tho
The explanation from the movie viewpoint and with the animator names.. Really like it..
i allowed youtube notifications for this channel
One of the most beautifully crafted anime episodes.
Taking so many brilliant creative choices.
Haven’t seen it animated but have to say that moments like this is what makes me love the manga. You rarely see a monster or alien kill someone, but the couple of times ( this and a few in future chapters) we see a person being killed is by another person. And every time it really takes its time grounding the reader in that reality. Going from funny haha and action packed to showing who te real monsters are takes a lot of skill.
Holy fuck, just watched the episode. I was bawling my eyes out, like I had to take multiple breaks during it. As i said on my previous comment I did read this in the manga, and it did hit hard there. Buy the animation, music, composing, and me forgetting much of what happened (I had completely forgotten the part where Aria hugs Silky) it broke me. I had to go out and take a walk.
(Have to add that it was pretty jarring seeing all that and then seeing turbogranny cat plush dancing)
This video is all I’ve ever wanted
even in just the analysis video i still cant stop myself from crying at that scene 😔
The Artists working on that show give it their all. I can't wait to see, what they do with the other Backstories.
The final jump could have been handled a bit more direct though. They added a "thud" sound to explain what happened, but the panel in the Manga, that showed her backwards dive was more understandable in terms of progression.
Regardless, it is so cool to see them actually use the medium to enhance the adaption.
It reminds me a lot of early MHA, before Studio Bones decided to just use the Manga as their Storyboard.
The dancing sequence on the roof is one of the most powerul animated scenes I have born witness to.
I was already shocked by the gritty and raw realism of the back story to that point in sharp contrast to rest of the show: the love feels grounded and realistic; the violence feels violent, evoking helplessness; the mother's daily grind is all too plausible; etc.
Her suicide scene serves, in a morbid sense, as an archetypal rape victim's reclamation of their body, dignity, identity, and agency. I know she is not explicitly shown as having been raped, but it metaphorically fits (and it is reasonable to assume she has been at some point: vulnerable single mom involved in sex work indebted to loan sharks/pimps; not a huge leap).
The scene is where we witness the mother at her lowest point (physically severely wounded, daughter lost, it was all for nothing), but also unleashed at her most beautiful, powerful, and transcendant.
Add the musical crescendo, the gorgeous colouration, the stunning animation. I was intermittently a sobbing mess the rest of the night after I first watched this episode.
My immediate thought upon watching the flashback: "These beautiful wackos really hit us with the anime version of the opening to Up"
I actually stopped watching a few seconds into this scene when it aired and came back to it today. For a minute I was wondering if I accidently clicked on a different show. It took me a minute to realize this was Silky's backstory.
Thank you for this!
Yeah, the showtime show is what the sequence reminded me about!
Loved this episode so much
i like junjunjun junjunjun in the credits, please never go away
To be fair I didn't cry from this episode simply because I'd had my heart pulverized by Violet Evergarden, Wolf Childen, and Maquia... which while they hit differently hit me a lot more often.... through their runs.
I love this
i just finished episode 7,8,9 and found this video immediately (like i dont need anymore reason to believe that all my devices are listening and tracking me) but i did not realize till just now that Ira was seeing a ghost, i didnt notice that ledge she stepped off was a building and she (unalive) herself from the loss of her daughter in the kidnapping. I felt sorry for her in the episode but omg, i feel like i didnt feel sorry enough, because of not knowing her fate.
I wasn't strong for not being able to cry to this. I hated how I couldn't cry. I felt my humanity slip off with the rest of Acro Silky as she fell when I watched it. But I couldn't cry no matter how much I wanted to.
acro silky's dress is the same one she bought for her daughter on her birthday.
Sobbed softly? Naw Jawn, I bawled my eyes out
Hello Swamp Sensei
I'd really love if you did all of Dan Da Dan.
no bro, I'm not recovering from the 2nd half of this episode. it's absolutely fucking sick, it's disgusting, I can't stop crying
I fucking LOVED the whole sequence of this episode. Such an intense tone shift with a great payoff! Ive noticed the first 2 yokai that theyve delt with, Turbogranny and Silky, both have had some connection to violence directed at women. I hesitate to say sexual violence, but an argument could be made i think...
6:37, spoilers for ep 8-9
when Aria unlocks her acrobatic sliky powers, theres a shot of Aira also standing on her toes
That shit was fucking amazing
DAHHH WELCOME BACK SWAMP MAN!!!!!
It was an episode about finding his magic testicles - I did not expect to cry . It was like the Red Wedding . It caught me completely off guard .
The anime's adaptation of this chapter has me excited for the Evil Eye x Enoji chapter
I think my only issue is that a lot of people misunderstand the rooftop scene due to how they had to censor the suicide. Personally, I also just prefer the simplistic way the Manga told the backstory with a few images, but I do appreciate how beautiful they made the anime.
Breakdown after breaking down into tears watching
Don't do ballet myself, but someone I watch explained that the type of ballet she's doing is free form. Ballet is based on precise movement and following the lead of the music or someone else, but on the roof, she's doing her ballet purely off of emotion, spinning and jumping wildly without much rhythm as a way of expression and release.
I just wanted to see the mother spend time with her daughter forever....
im someone who watches things on a second monitor, and this entire video had me unable to look away, the way you break down the animation and explain things, i was so entranced XD had the boss i was fighting just sitting their waiting patiently for me to make the next move cause i couldnt take my thoughts off this long enouph to chose an attack.
Haha thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I hope Science Saru adapts ALL of DanDaDan. I'm here at chapter 175 in the manga awaiting all the other heart-punching moments. **winks at a mirror**
I'm getting some serious Krabi (1976) vibes from this episdoe ngl
I'm still holding out hope that we'll meet that little girl grown up later in the story...
As someone who prefers the manga, I have to admit this might be one of that moments that the anime might have added more to the manga
On the Netflix version there is not 5 frames showing her jumping, they just deleted that, all the violence and gore shown were ok, but slightly eluding to someone jumping off, that's off the charts.
I love these breakdowns so much, I've watched a few of your videos by now and I'm always amazed at how deep you go into it. where do you get the information on which people did specific storyboards, frames, or scenes? I find it so cool and want to look more into who's animating my favorite shows (which heavenly delusion is one, and I definitely noticed the stylistic similarities that you mentioned but had no idea how to connect the two!)
So glad you enjoyed it!
There are a few websites that list basic credits like storyboards and such, like AniDB and animenewsnetwork (with varying degrees of reliability). For the individual animation cuts, ultimately the information usually comes from either the studio's or the animators' twitter accounts, but people do a pretty good job of aggregating it on sakugabooru dot com!
The first time i watched this episode I actually thought they cut out the sex work entirely. It wasnt until i watched it again that I realized it was just approached far more subtly than the manga.
The ballet animation in this episode made me remember Yuri on Ice and how much it didn't deserve that award
I rmbr one of the other nominees was a scene from the anime Erased of an abused little girl crying after being served breakfast by her friend's family
I think 1 ep of ballet is not equal to 12 eps of figure skating
It really was an amazing adaptation of a fairly short scene but I hate that they cut the shot of her last grand jeté off the roof's edge. Like you said it's easy to miss, and it was such an iconic, powerful panel, a literal dying swan dance!