Dan Da Dan Season 2 Episode 3 Review: Evil Yokai Jiji Vs Okarun!

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Jeez! Jiji has turned into a hulking, shiny, evil Yokai out to kill Momo and Okarun in Dan Da Dan episode 3 of the new season. And the evil Jiji is dripping with ‘hot bad boy’ energy.

Quick Recap of Dan Da Dan Season 2 Episode 2

Thrown deep into the pit of the Mongolian Death Worm’s lair by the creepy Kito family (Jiji, a.k.a. Jin’s landlords), Momo and Okarun buckle under its psychic powers, which drive people to take their own lives. However, Jiji is the only one unaffected by the worm’s influence, so he carries both his friends to safety. But in a twist, Jiji encounters a mysterious supernatural entity dwelling in the worm’s lair, a yokai with a tragic past connected to the town, that cleverly tricks him into becoming its vessel!

Dan Da Dan Season 2 Episode 3

Titled “You Won’t Get Away With This,” this episode of Dan Da Dan is packed with action and entertainment, centering on Okarun’s efforts to help Momo escape the suffocating lair of the Death Worm. The hope is that she can find a rope and come back to rescue both Okarun and Jiji. But things take a wild turn, Jiji, now fully possessed by the ‘evil eye’ yokai, starts tossing poor Okarun around like a football, hell-bent on killing the very people his human self was trying to protect just moments earlier.

Every time the hunky yokai Jiji comes on screen in this episode of ‘Dan Da Dan‘, it feels like you’re watching a different action anime altogether – the whole vibe changes. So while Okarun fights the super-powered Jiji, Momo frantically works on finding a way to save both her friends and defeat the Mongolian Death Worm that’s been devouring people in the town for decades, or maybe even centuries. And just when I was beginning to miss the impish Turbo granny in her smug cat form, she makes a brief fun funny cameo too.

Frenzied in its pacing, the episode gets over in a blink of an eye and features some hilarious moments, including a comically repetitive sequence where Okarun keeps counting loudly while punching Jiji non-stop. Meanwhile, a flashback to a conversation about earthworms between Momo and Jiji as kids gives her a brilliant clue on how to defeat the monsters.

The episode ends with an exciting twist, which hints that the teen trio’s nightmarish ordeal in the new town might be far from over!

Stream Dan Da Dan on Netflix or Crunchyroll.

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