Dan Da Dan Season 2 Episode 8 Review: Okarun Faces Ghostly Maestros in Bizarre Chapter
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This episode of ‘Dan Da Dan’ was so bizarrely random, I don’t even know where to begin! All right, fine, let’s start with a quick recap of the last episode.
Dan Da Dan Season 2 Episode 7 in a nutshell: Half the episode is lighthearted fun, with Okarun dragged by Miko and Kei to the maid café where Momo is working as a new part-timer. Meanwhile, Jiji is training hard to keep the “Evil Eye” yokai under control. Unfortunately, it breaks free again and attacks Momo, who manages to splash hot water on him, forcing the Evil Eye to revert back into Jiji. The incident leaves Okarun shaken, ashamed that he isn’t strong enough to protect Momo or the others, and he resolves to train harder. The episode ends with Turbo Granny Kitty taking Okarun to his school for training, with Aira secretly following them.
Titled “You Can Do It, Okarun!”, episode 8 of ‘Dan Da Dan’ kicks off with creepy new ghosts awakening in the school’s music room, just as Turbo Granny is teaching Okarun to find his “rhythm” to improve his attack speed. These ghosts resemble classical music maestros, and the animation’s color palette shifts comically to dominant black-and-grey tones, complementing both the eerie mood and the bizarre twist. Both Okarun and Aira shift to their Yokai forms to take on the malevolent supernatural entities, who are pissed off at being woken up.
You’ve got to love how the creators keep playing with the animation format, colors, and tones. However, this edition of ‘Dan Da Dan’ is perhaps the weakest of Season 2, even if the idea itself is intriguingly original: musical ghosts born from student anxieties, lingering in the music room to torment late-night intruders. The face-off isn’t as wild as the other battles featured in the show, however, there are some ‘laugh out moments’ during the fight.
The most entertaining parts of Dan Da Dan episode 8? Definitely the scenes where Turbo Granny and Aira trade insults, whether at others or each other. “Don’t give me orders, you crap-vomit furball,” Aira snaps at the talking kitty at one point, and I was in stitches.
Most of the episode focuses on Okarun battling the new ghosts and trying to level up, while the climactic moments shift back to Jiji’s Evil Eye predicament. The Bootuber priest advises Granny Seiko to summon the Hayashi musicians again to perform an exorcism on Jiji, though the others remain divided on the idea. The chapter wraps up with a killer cliffhanger, setting up a super exciting next episode!
Stream Dan Da Dan on Netflix or Crunchyroll.
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