{"id":106086,"date":"2024-12-19T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=106086"},"modified":"2024-12-20T02:21:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:21:11","slug":"anime-review-dan-da-dan-episode-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/anime-review-dan-da-dan-episode-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime Review: DAN DA DAN Episode 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Storyboard artist: <\/span>Hiromi Nishiyama<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Episode director: <\/span>Tetsuya Wakano<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Scriptwriter: <\/span>Hiroshi Seko<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As its \u201cLet\u2019s Go To The Cursed House\u201d title says, Episode 12 sends Momo, Okarun, and Jiji to the latter\u2019s haunted house, but not before a lengthy avan focused on the anatomy models we met last week and their effect on Okarun. It\u2019s still not clear how, or if, the models are related to Jiji\u2019s situation, but the episode confirms that the male one isn\u2019t in possession of Okarun\u2019s missing testicle. For now, they\u2019re here to create more funny situations (such as the shot of the male anatomy model riding a packed train while en route to his love, who\u2019s temporarily taken up residence at the Ayases\u2019 home), although the biggest source of those this week is Okarun.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by the anatomy models\u2019 passionate love, Okarun endeavours to make his presence more pronounced to Momo and to ward off Jiji. This results in the classic type of misunderstandings where neither the romantic interest nor the perceived rival understand what\u2019s really going on, while the audience potentially dies of second-hand embarrassment. I don\u2019t need second-hand embarrassment in my life right now (or at any point of it, really), but the animated motions and the way Jiji easily rolls with Okarun\u2019s actions \u2014 most notably, when he joins Okarun for a duet after the latter begins to passionately belt out love song lyrics (Edit: Okarun is singing Slam Dunk<\/em>‘s first ending theme, while Jiji is singing that anime’s first opening song; I had forgotten how those songs sounded like and never remembered the lyrics) \u2014 give these rom-com bits enjoyable zestiness that helped me to overcome it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unsurprisingly, Okarun\u2019s efforts start to flounder when he realizes that Jiji really is a nice guy, and potentially his first male friend. My guard dropped too, so I was a bit surprised when a casual football\/soccer game between the two turns into a (still friendly) \u201cwho likes Momo more\u201d match. Okarun isn\u2019t in a position to completely relax around Jiji now, it seems. That interaction doesn\u2019t lead to anything major within this episode, and it doesn’t paint Jiji as a bad person, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if this rivalry rears its head again in some fashion when the spirit plaguing Jiji makes its appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n