Dandadan (ダンダダンcode: ja is deprecated ) adalah seri manga Jepang yang ditulis dan diilustrasikan oleh Yukinobu Tatsu [ja]. Sudah diserialkan di aplikasi Shueisha dan situs web Shōnen Jump+ sejak April 2021, dan berhasil mengumpulkan 13 jilid tankōbon per Januari 2024. Sebuah serial anime yang diproduksi oleh Science Saru dijadwalkan tayang perdana pada Oktober 2024.[3]
Sinopsis
Momo Ayase adalah seorang gadis SMA yang percaya pada hantu tetapi tidak percaya pada alien, sedangkan teman sekelasnya Ken Takakura percaya pada alien tetapi tidak percaya pada hantu. Dalam sebuah taruhan untuk menentukan siapa yang benar, keduanya memutuskan untuk secara terpisah mengunjungi lokasi yang berhubungan dengan okultisme dan supranatural. Ayase mengunjungi lokasi pertama, dan Takakura mengunjungi lokasi kedua. Ayase diculik oleh sekelompok alien yang secara tidak sengaja membuka chakra-nya, sehingga mengaktifkan kemampuan psikis yang terpendam. Sementara itu, Takakura dirasuki oleh roh yang mengambil alih tubuhnya. Dengan menggunakan kemampuan Ayase dan Takakura yang dirasuki, mereka mengalahkan para alien bersama-sama.
Sisa cerita mengikuti keduanya, saat mereka bekerja sama dengan sesama siswa, teman, keluarga, dan kenalan baru untuk melawan roh dan alien. Tema cerita secara keseluruhan termasuk pengambilan testis Takakura (kintama [ja]) dan pengembangan perasaan romantis antara Ayase dan Takakura.
Karakter
Karakter Utama
Momo Ayase (綾瀬 桃code: ja is deprecated , Ayase Momo)
Seorang gadis SMA yang percaya pada hantu dan hal-hal gaib. Setelah diculik oleh alien Serpo, dia sadar kalau dia punya kekuatan psikokinetik, memungkinkan dia untuk memvisualisasikan "aura" dari manusia dan benda, dan memvisualisasikan kekuatannya sebagai tangan raksasa untuk "meraih" dan mengendalikan auranya. Dia naksir sama aktor Ken Takakura dan berkencan dengan pria mana pun yang mirip dengannya. Karena itu, dia menolak memanggil Okarun dengan namanya karena dia tidak mirip dengannya. Sepanjang cerita, dia punya perasaan yang kuat sama Okarun.
Ken Takakura (高倉 健code: ja is deprecated , Takakura Ken)
Seorang anak SMA pemalu dan tidak punya teman yang mencoba berhubungan dengan Ayase karena ketertarikan mereka pada hal supernatural. Dia memanggilnya Okarun (オカルンcode: ja is deprecated ) dari "okultisme", karena dia punya nama yang sama dengan aktor Ken Takakura, selebritis yang disukainya. Setelah dirasuki oleh Turbo-Granny, Ken memperoleh kemampuan untuk memasuki kondisi iblis yang kuat, memberinya kecepatan luar biasa.
Karakter Pembantu
Manusia
Seiko Ayase (綾瀬 星子code: ja is deprecated , Ayase Seiko)
Seorang cenayang dan nenek dari Momo Ayase, yang tinggal bersamanya, meskipun tampak berusia 20-an. Dia membantu Ayase dan Okarun menghadapi roh berbahaya dan yōkai. Meskipun dia tidak punya kekuatan bawaan, dia memperoleh pengetahuan luas tentang entitas supernatural dan kutukan, dan menggunakan berbagai artefak dan kekuatan pinjaman dari dewa yang berada di kota mereka untuk menyegel dan mengusir yōkai, meskipun kekuatannya terbatas di kota itu sendiri.
Aira Shiratori (白鳥 愛羅code: ja is deprecated , Shiratori Aira)
Siswa satu sekolah dengan Ayase dan Okarun. Setelah menyadari keberadaan supernatural, Shiratori menyatakan dirinya sebagai "yang terpilih" dalam misi melindungi dunia dari kejahatan dan mengarahkan perhatiannya kepada Ayase, percaya kalau dia iblis yang harus dihentikan. Mirip dengan Okarun, dia bisa berubah jadi wujud iblis dengan kekuatan yang diwarisi dari yōkai yang disebut Acrobatic Silky (アクロバティックさらさらcode: ja is deprecated , Akurobatikku Sarasara), memberinya ketangkasan luar biasa dan rambut yang bisa diatur. Dia naksir Okarun.
Jin Enjoji (円城寺 仁code: ja is deprecated , Enjōji Jin)
Teman masa kecil dan cinta pertama Ayase. Dia menggunakan nama Jiji (ジジcode: ja is deprecated ). Setelah orang tuanya dirawat di rumah sakit karena rumahnya dihantui, Enjoji pindah bersama Ayase dan Seiko sebelum pindah ke sekolah Ayase. Okarun merasa cemburu atas hubungannya dengan Ayase, tapi Jiji mencoba berteman dengannya. Dia dirasuki Mata Jahat, yang mengamuk secara membabi buta saat mengendalikan tubuh Jiji.
Turbo-Granny (ターボババアcode: ja is deprecated , Tābo Babā)
Seorang yōkai yang berwujud seperti wanita tua yang kejam dan bermulut kotor, Turbo-Granny biasa menghibur arwah gadis-gadis yang meninggal karena kematian mengerikan, namun mulai mengutuk dan mencuri alat kelamin siapa pun yang memasuki wilayahnya. Setelah Ayase dan Okarun mengalahkannya, Seiko menyegel rohnya di dalam boneka maneki neko, dan dia setuju untuk membantu mereka untuk sementara waktu sampai dia bisa mendapatkan kembali kekuatannya sepenuhnya.
Mata Jahat (邪視code: ja is deprecated , Jashi)
Yōkai kuat dan menyeramkan yang lahir dari pengorbanan manusia di masa feodal. Dia menyimpan kebencian terhadap seluruh umat manusia dan menipu Jiji untuk membuat kontrak sehingga dia bisa membasmi mereka. Si Mata Jahat yang punya kemampuan fisiknya yang luar biasa, juga menggunakan dendam para korban pengorbanan untuk membentuk konstruksi yang kuat dan hampir tak terkalahkan yang sering kali bermanifestasi menjadi sesuatu yang mirip dengan bola sepak.
Tn. Mantis Shrimp (シャコさんcode: ja is deprecated , Shako-san)
Alien yang menyerupai udang belalang yang menyerang Momo, Okarun, dan Aira namun berubah jadi berteman setelah mereka membantunya menyembuhkan penyakit putranya, Chiquitita. Dia sekarang bekerja di sebuah peternakan dan masih membantu geng itu dengan segala cara yang dia bisa. Dia punua daya tahan yang luar biasa, dapat berubah jadi bentuk yang lebih kuat, seperti udang mantis, yang menyerang dengan pukulan bak berkecepatan peluru.
Alien Serpo (セルポ星人code: ja is deprecated , Serupo Seijin)
Sebelum serialisasi Dandadan, Yukinobu Tatsu pernah bekerja sebagai asisten untuk Chainsaw Man karya Tatsuki Fujimoto dan Hell's Paradise : Jigokuraku karya Yuji Kaku.[7] Serialisasi ini dikonfirmasi selama pertemuan untuk Shonen Jump+ pada kuartal kedua tahun 2020. Namun, Tatsu memulai Dandadan setelah Chainsaw Man dan Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku selesai karena dia ingin menyelesaikan perannya sebagai asisten sampai akhir.[8]
Media
Manga
Dandadan ditulis dan diilustrasikan oleh Yukinobu Tatsu [ja]. Ini mulai diserialisasikan di aplikasi dan situs web Shonen Jump+ milik Shueisha pada tanggal 6 April 2021.[9] Shueisha telah menyusun bab-babnya ke dalam volume tankōbon individual. Volume pertama dirilis pada 4 Agustus 2021.[10] Hingga 1 November 2024, 17 volume telah dirilis.[11]
Serial ini diterbitkan secara bersamaan dalam bahasa Inggris dan Spanyol di platform Manga Plus milik Shueisha dan dalam bahasa Inggris di situs web Shonen Jump milik Viz Media.[12][13] Pada bulan Februari 2022, Viz Media mengumumkan bahwa mereka telah melisensikan seri ini dalam format cetak; volume pertama dirilis pada tanggal 11 Oktober di tahun yang sama.
"That's How Love Starts, Ya Know!" (それって恋のはじまりじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Sorette Koi no Hajimari jan yo)
"That's a Space Alien, Ain't It?!" (それって宇宙人じゃねcode: ja is deprecated , Sorette Uchūbito ja ne)
"It's a Granny Vs. Granny Clash!" (ババアとババアが激突じゃんかcode: ja is deprecated , Babā to Babā ga Gekitotsu jan ka)
"Let's Go to the John" (トイレにいこうcode: ja is deprecated , Toire ni Ikō)
"Kicking Turbo Granny's Ass" (ターボババアをぶっ飛ばそうcode: ja is deprecated , Tābo Babā o Buttobasō)
Momo Ayase, a high school student obsessed with actor Ken Takakura, befriends a nerdy boy she nicknames Okarun (instead of his actual name, Ken Takakura) who mistakes her kindness for a shared obsession with paranormal phenomena; while she believes in spirits, he believes in aliens, and they send each other to notorious places to prove their respective interests. At abandoned Negi Hospital, Momo is abducted by the extraterrestrial Serpoians; meanwhile, Okarun is cursed by Turbo Granny, a yōkai who has joined with a bound spirit and takes his penis. After rescuing each other, Momo uses her newly-awakened psychokinetic power to suppress Okarun's curse, which gives him a depressed demon form with Turbo Granny's powers. Returning to the shrine she shares with her granny, Momo and Okarun battle the Flatwoods monster. When Momo's grandmother Seiko, aka disreputable spirit medium Santa Dodoria, returns and saves Momo from Okarun, she coaches the teens how to defeat Turbo Granny. Momo challenges Turbo Granny to a race and tricks her into sending her full spirit into Okarun; the bound spirit awakens and begins to pursue them as an immense freshwater crab.
"A Craving for Crab" (カニ食べたくねcode: ja is deprecated , Kani Tabetaku ne)
"Hundred-KMPH Granny" (100キロババアだろcode: ja is deprecated , Hyaku Kiro Babā Daro)
"Let's Eat Crab" (カニ食べようcode: ja is deprecated , Kani Tabeyō)
"Missing Each Other" (会えないじゃんcode: ja is deprecated , Aenai jan)
"Like, Where Are Your Balls?" (タマはどこじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Tama wa Doko jan yo)
"You're a Rotten Tangerine, Ain't Ya?" (腐ったみかんじゃねcode: ja is deprecated , Kusatta Mikan ja ne)
"Seems He Finally Realized She's Cute" (かわいいって気付いたっぽいcode: ja is deprecated , Kawaii tte Kidzuita ppoi)
"A Dangerous Woman Arrives" (ヤベー女がきたcode: ja is deprecated , Yabē Onna ga Kita)
Templat:" 'Acrobatic Silky' Is Kinda Long" (アクロバティックサラサラって長くねcode: ja is deprecated , Akurobatikku Sarasara tte Nagaku ne)
Momo loses her grasp on Turbo Granny during the pursuit, but manages to grab the recombined spirit crab-human, electrocuting it on an overhead line. The next day, after a series of misunderstandings, Okarun and Momo accidentally kiss. After Okarun learns that his penis was returned but his testicles are now missing, Seiko forces Turbo Granny's consciousness out of him into a maneki-neko doll; he retained her spiritual powers, and they strike a deal to return those powers in exchange for his restoration. However, Turbo Granny lost them after changing them to golden balls (kintama [ja]); fellow student Aira Shiratori picked up a kintama by accident, awakening her spiritual power, and Aira mistakes Momo as a devil. However, Aira's awakening also makes her visible to the Acrobatic Silky yōkai, who proceeds to swallow Okarun, Aira, and Momo; Momo burns her from inside, setting the trio free.
"Let's Just Call Her 'Acro-Silky'" (アクサラって呼ぼうcode: ja is deprecated , Akusara tte Yobō)
"Acro-Silky" (アクさらcode: ja is deprecated , Akusara)
"To a Kinder World" (優しい世界へcode: ja is deprecated , Yasashī Sekai e)
"Eat Some Somen Noodles or Something" (そうめんでも食べよcode: ja is deprecated , Sōmen demo Tabeyo)
"I've Got This Funny Feeling" (なんかモヤモヤするじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Nanka Moyamoya Suru jan yo)
"They're, Like, Back Again" (また来たじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Mata Kita jan yo)
"Gotta Put On Some Clothes!" (服が着たいcode: ja is deprecated , Fuku ga Kitai)
"Momo Still Has Some Pent-Up Feelings" (モモちゃんまだモヤモヤしてますcode: ja is deprecated , Momo-chan Mada Moyamoya Shitemasu)
"You're Bothered, Aren't You?" (気にしてるじゃんかcode: ja is deprecated , Ki ni Shiteru jan ka)
Momo and Okarun defeat Silky, but Aira dies; to revive her, Momo transfers Silky's aura to Aira, and Momo empathizes with both after learning their similarly tragic family histories. After sharing a meal together, Aira insists Momo is a demon and vows to break Momo's hold on Okarun. At school, Momo catches Okarun and Aira in a compromising posture, which occurred after Aira confessed her feelings to him because of her romantically awkward notions. The Serpoians return, flooding the school to aid their mercenaries: two aliens similar to a plesiosaur and a mantis shrimp. All three humans fight ineffectively on their own, even after Aira and Okarun draw on their yōkai powers as the Silky and Turbo Granny, respectively. Okarun is stripped naked and the Serpoians attempt to harvest his sex organs. Momo finds an effective teamwork strategy, but the Serpoians, having tired of their gig workers' incompetence, have merged into a single aquatic monster.
"Merge! Serpo Dover Demon Nessie!" (合体!セルポドーバーデーモンネッシー!code: ja is deprecated , Gattai! Serupo Dōbā Dēmon Nesshī!)
"It Makes Your Heart Race, Don't It?" (ドキドキじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Dokidoki jan yo)
"We Picked Up a Kappa Monster" (河童を拾いましたcode: ja is deprecated , Kappa o Hiroimashita)
"Have You Ever Seen a Cattle Mutilation?" (キャトルミューティレーションを君は見たかcode: ja is deprecated , Kyatoru Myūtirēshon o Kimi wa Mita ka)
"That's a Premonition About the Turmoils of Love" (ラヴ波乱の予感じゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Ravu Haran no Yokan jan yo)
"First Love" (初恋の人code: ja is deprecated , Hatsukoi no Hito)
"Don't Give Up!" (あきらめるなよ!code: ja is deprecated , Akirameru na yo!)
"The Life of an Anatomical Model" (人体模型の生活code: ja is deprecated , Jintai Mokei no Seikatsu)
"Let's Go to the Cursed House" (呪いの家へレッツゴーcode: ja is deprecated , Noroi no Ie e Rettsu Gō)
After the trio defeat the merged Serpoian-Nessie-mantis creature, they wake up in school, naked, damaging their social reputations. Aira and Momo find a grudging respect, and bring the wounded mantis shrimp to Granny Seiko, who denies his alien nature and calls him a kappa, but treats him and finds that cow milk will heal him and his son, Chiquitita. That night, Momo answers the door to find her childhood friend and first love, Jin Enjoji (Jiji), who has come to live with them while his parents are hospitalized. Once Jiji began to see spirits, his parents became sick; after multiple failed exorcisms, he was directed to contact Seiko, which she delegates to Momo. At school, Jiji is popular and Momo banters with him, making Okarun feel lonely. When an anatomical model runs by and Momo spots what they think is a kintama, they catch the model, named Taro, and reunite him with his love, a female anatomical torso named Hana. Taro's declaration of love gives Okarun the courage to fight for Momo. Okarun, Jiji, and Momo travel to Jiji's cursed house.
"Better Decide Which One's Into Her" (どっちが好きか決めようやcode: ja is deprecated , Dotchi ga Suki ka Kimeyō ya)
"The Kito Family Is Coming" (鬼頭家が来るcode: ja is deprecated , Kitō-ka ga Kuru)
"Where's the Tsuchinoko Monster?" (ツチノコはどこcode: ja is deprecated , Tsuchinoko wa Doko)
"The Kito Family's Old Lady" (鬼頭家のババアcode: ja is deprecated , Kitō-ka no Babā)
"Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake" (大蛇伝説ってこれじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Orochi Densetsu tte Kore jan yo)
"Mongolian Death Worms Are Deadly" (モンゴリアンデスワームはやばいcode: ja is deprecated , Mongorian Desu Wāmu wa Yabai)
"The Evil Eye" (邪視code: ja is deprecated , Jashi)
"Contract" (契約code: ja is deprecated , Keiyaku)
Momo goes to the hot springs, leaving the boys alone at the house, where they bicker and bond over her. After finding a secret room, a group of middle-aged women arrive; they are the landlords from the Kito family. Momo is similarly beset by middle-aged Kito men, but she is rescued by Turbo Granny. On the way back to the house, Momo visits the Tsuchinoko shrine and meets the priest, who relates a local legend: historically, villagers sacrificed children to pacify a giant snake, which kept a volcano quiescent; the Kito family attempt to sacrifice the trio at the house, which was built on the site of the ancient altar. Falling into a pit below the house, they spot the creature, which Turbo Granny realizes is a Mongolian death worm. Driven by its psychic energy, Okarun and Momo keep trying to hurt themselves; they resume normal thoughts in the presence of Jiji's spirit, which he learns was one of the sacrificed children. The spirit hates the Kito family; sympathizing with its loneliness, Jiji welcomes it inside himself, but it is an Evil Eyeyōkai, untrustworthy and violent to humans.
"Jiji the Prodigy" (天才ジジcode: ja is deprecated , Tensai Jiji)
"Escape! Multistage!" (脱出!多段式!code: ja is deprecated , Dasshutsu! Tadanshiki!)
"You Won't Get Away with This!" (ゆるさねえぜcode: ja is deprecated , Yurusa nē ze)
"This House Is a Damn Eyesore" (目障りな家じゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Mezawari na Ie jan yo)
"It's a Pump" (ポンプですcode: ja is deprecated , Ponpu Desu)
"Put That Fire Out" (消火しようcode: ja is deprecated , Shōka Shiyō)
"That's, Like, Way Deadly" (やば過ぎじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Yabasugi jan yo)
"That UFO Is Awesome" (UFOすげえcode: ja is deprecated , Yūfō Sugē)
"He's, Like, Sealed" (封印じゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Fūin jan yo)
The athletic Evil Eye/Jiji targets Momo and Turbo Granny, but Okarun protects them and throws Momo to the surface, where she sets the house aflame. Okarun and Evil Eye fight as the wounded worm spews venom; as the fire department pours water on the house, the worm surfaces and is consumed in sunlight, then regurgitates the Kiyo family. As the volcano erupts, Momo uses the worm's body as a hose to divert water onto the lava. The Tsuchinoko shrine priest defends her from the Kiyo matriarch. All three unite to face the Evil Eye; he is delayed by the mantis shrimp and then defeated by Seiko and Taro. Taro seals the Evil Eye inside his shell, which is lined with ofuda amulets. Chiqutita continues fighting the lava from aboard their flying saucer and lifts a ball of worm phlegm from underground, which protected Okarun and Turbo Granny. Sharing a meal of oden together, Seiko discovers that hot water will turn the Evil Eye back to Jiji, and cold water reverts to Evil Eye.
"Let's All Carry Around Hot Water" (みんなでお湯を持とうcode: ja is deprecated , Minna de Oyu o Motō)
"We Can All Stay There Together!" (みんなでお泊まりじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Minna de Otomari jan yo)
"The Hayashi Performers Are Here" (囃子が来ましたcode: ja is deprecated , Hayashi ga Kimashita)
"We Became a Family" (家族になりましたcode: ja is deprecated , Kazoku ni Narimashita)
"Get a Part-Time Job" (バイトをしようcode: ja is deprecated , Baito o Shiyō)
"Moe! Moe! Tri-beam!" (モエモエ気功砲code: ja is deprecated , Moe Moe Kikōhō)
"Feeling Kinda Gloomy" (なんかモヤモヤするじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Nanka Moyamoya Suru jan yo)
"Scary Dudes at School" (学校の怖いやつcode: ja is deprecated , Gakkō no Kowai Yatsu)
"Symphony No. 6" (交響曲第6番code: ja is deprecated , Kōkyō Kyoku Dai Roku-ban)
The crew go to visit Jiji's parents in the hospital; the names of the shrimp alien (Peeny-Weeny) and the Kito matriarch (Naki) are revealed and she declares that Momo is her enemy while unveiling herself as a Subterranean alien. As Okarun and Momo grow closer, she asks him and Aira to stay at the house and help control Jiji with hot water. Seiko starts an exorcism to separate the Evil Eye with the help of the heavy metal Hayashi band, but Jiji begs to let him stay, promising to play with the lonely spirit. After inadvertently wrecking the house as Evil Eye, Jiji begins training to control his chi. Momo starts a part-time job at a maid café; Okarun is denied fight training by Peeny-Weeny, who uses the name Mr. Penny while working at a local dairy farm. Turbo Granny volunteers to help Okarun become strong; accompanied by Aira, the three sneak into school at night, where Turbo Granny summons musical spirits to train their sense of rhythm.
"Symphony No. 9" (交響曲第9番code: ja is deprecated , Kōkyō Kyoku Dai Kyū-ban)
"You Can Do It, Okarun!" (がんばれオカルンcode: ja is deprecated , Ganbare Okarun)
"The Evil Eye's Briefs" (邪視のブリーフcode: ja is deprecated , Jashi no Burīfu)
"I Want to Rebuild the House" (家を建て直したいcode: ja is deprecated , Ie o Tatenaoshitai)
"School Life" (学生生活code: ja is deprecated , Gakusei Seikatsu)
"The Secret Art of Being Attractive" (モテる秘訣はなんだcode: ja is deprecated , Moteru Hiketsu wa Nan da)
"I Can't See Them!" (見えないじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Mienai jan yo)
"Hey, It's a Kaiju" (怪獣じゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Kaijū jan yo)
"The Kaiju's Wicked Strong" (怪獣はめちゃ強いcode: ja is deprecated , Kaijū wa Mecha Tsuyoi)
Okarun and Aira defeat the musician tulpas and return to the house, where Okarun challenges the Evil Eye and enters a contract to fight him exclusively; this eliminates the threat to all humans but the house was completely demolished. Peeny-Weeny and Chiquitita help rebuild it using alien nanotechnology. Jiji slips into the Evil Eye, but his muttered threats are treated as a joke. An awkward male classmate seeks romantic advice from Okarun, who is defended by the class rep from Momo over what she sees as Momo's bullying. Okarun, Momo, and the awkward student investigate the apartment block ghost, which they learn is a kaiju wearing a retroreflector suit to appear invisible. As it rampages through the city, they escape back to the shrine, where Okarun devises a plan to defeat it using the alien nanotechnology.
"Kinta's Imagination" (金太のイメージcode: ja is deprecated , Kinta no Imēji)
"Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot!" (激突!宇宙怪獣対巨大ロボ!code: ja is deprecated , Gekitotsu! Uchū Kaijū Tai Kyodai Robo!)
"This Is How You Beat a Kaiju, Okay?" (怪獣の倒し方はこれじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Kaijū no Taoshikata wa Kore jan yo)
"I'm Sick of Robots and Kaiju!" (ロボットも怪獣もこりごりだcode: ja is deprecated , Robotto mo Kaijū mo Korigori da)
"Somebody, Please Translate" (だれか翻訳してくれcode: ja is deprecated , Dareka Honyaku Shitekure)
"Let's Eat Some Takoyaki" (タコヤキを食べようcode: ja is deprecated , Takoyaki o Tabeyō)
"Let's Go to School" (学校へ行こうcode: ja is deprecated , Gakkō e Ikō)
"Ran Into Someone Deadly" (やべえ奴に遭遇しましたcode: ja is deprecated , Yabē Yatsu ni Sōgū Shimashita)
"What Do We Do With Her?" (どーするこいつcode: ja is deprecated , Dō Suru Koitsu)
Okarun's plan calls for transforming the house through visualization; the awkward classmate, Kinta Sakata, succeeds with a daibutsumecha he pilots. Working together, Kinta, Momo, and Aira defeat the kaiju with a powerbomb, causing it to shrink and reveal it is a suit piloted by a female alien, who then kisses Okarun. They take her to Peeny-Weeny, who uses a glitchy translator mask to learn her name is Vamola; she is seeking someone powerful enough to defeat her, who she will then marry. At Negi Hospital, the Serpoians meet an invading, lizard-like alien, which overwhelms them. Vamola learns to talk while walking to school with Momo and demonstrates the kintama is not Okarun's; detouring through ruins, they encounter a kuchisake-onna (slit-mouthed woman) yōkai, who Momo dispels. At school, Vamola is assigned to Class C with Okarun, and the class rep bars Momo and Aira from visiting, to their frustration.
"This Person Is a Pain in the Butt" (めんどくせえ奴code: ja is deprecated , Mendokusē Yatsu)
"A Pulse-Pounding Night" (ときめきナイトじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Tokimeki Naito jan yo)
"Just Who the Heck Is This Person?" (こいつは一体何者なんだよcode: ja is deprecated , Koitsu wa Ittai Nanimono Nanda yo)
"Ran Into Some Deadly Dudes 2" (やべえやつらに遭遇しました2code: ja is deprecated , Yabē Yatsura ni Sōgū Shimashita 2)
"What Do We Do About These Deadly Dudes?" (どうしようやべえやつらcode: ja is deprecated , Dō Shiyō Yabē Yatsura)
"Number One Deadliest Dude" (一番やべえやつcode: ja is deprecated , Ichiban Yabē Yatsu)
"At Work" (バイト中code: ja is deprecated , Baito-chū)
"Annoying Dudes" (ムカツクやつらcode: ja is deprecated , Mukatsuku Yatsura)
"The Power of Nessie" (ネッシーの力code: ja is deprecated , Nesshī no Chikara)
Seiko explains Momo's "pomade" spell only temporarily sent away the invincible yōkai, named Reiko Kashima, and to keep Momo safe, she is barred from being outside or near an uncovered mirror for a week between 10 PM and 5 AM. That night, Kashima attempts to lure Momo outside by pretending to confess Okarun's love, and keeps her awake by pounding the windows. The invading aliens are physically similar to octopus, piloting mecha suits, including the lizard-like leader and others. Silky and Evil Eye are knocked out quickly but manage to escape through the sewers; after dropping Vamola off at the shrine, Turbo Okarun is also defeated and his remaining testicle is extracted. At the maid café, Momo is pinned down by a horde of clones, who call Vamola a scout; a Serpoian teams up with Momo to repossess the clones, and she learns to use the moe-moe tri-beam to defeat an extradimensional alien.
"I Just Wanna Leave Already" (早く帰りたいじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Hayaku Kaeritai jan yo)
"Can Never Sleep at a Manga Cafe" (マンガ喫茶は眠れないcode: ja is deprecated , Manga Kissa wa Nemurenai)
"Spy" (スパイcode: ja is deprecated , Supai)
"Argument" (ケンカcode: ja is deprecated , Kenka)
"What're We Gonna Do?" (どーするかねえcode: ja is deprecated , Dō Suru ka nē)
"Initiate! The Road to Counterattack!" (始動!逆襲への道!code: ja is deprecated , Shidō! Gyakushū e no Michi!)
"Just Can't Sleep" (寝てられないじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Neterarenai jan yo)
"Astral Body Adventure" (幽体離脱の冒険code: ja is deprecated , Asutoraru Bodi no Bōken)
The surviving Serpoian, named Rokuro, tells Momo the mysterious invading aliens must have warped to Earth via transmission systems housed in pyramids and kofun mounds. They rent a space at a manga café overnight, narrowly avoiding an attack from Kashima; returning to the shrine, Peeny-Weeny tells Momo all her friends are wounded after fighting aliens; she finds a ball similar to Vamola's in the mecha suit of one of the dead octopus-like aliens, and kicks her out, infuriated. When Rokuro learns Okarun's nut was taken, he realizes the 'globalist' alien invaders are an advance party which intend to use its power to bring their main force to Earth in five days. They morph the house into a car that Peeny-Weeny drives to the Negi Hospital site to train in secret, which goes poorly. Jiji uses his chi to silence Kashima overnight, allowing Momo to rest. Okarun awakens from his coma and, using astral projection, visits his friends and seeks out Seiko for help.
"Please Tell Me How to Get Back Into My Body" (体の戻り方教えてくださいcode: ja is deprecated , Karada no Modorikata Oshiete Kudasai)
"Day of the Decisive Battle" (決戦の日code: ja is deprecated , Kessen no Hi)
"Motivation" (やる気code: ja is deprecated , Yaruki)
"What to Do About the Name?" (どーする名前code: ja is deprecated , Dō Suru Namae)
"What to Do About My Beauty Treatment" (どーする美容code: ja is deprecated , Dō Suru Biyō)
"My Turn" (おれのターンcode: ja is deprecated , Ore no Tān)
"Close That Gate" (ゲートを閉じろcode: ja is deprecated , Gēto o Tojiro)
"Vamola" (バモラcode: ja is deprecated , Bamora)
"Vamola 2" (バモラ2code: ja is deprecated , Bamora 2)
Seiko and Turbo Granny cannot help, but coach Okarun how to return to his body. During the desperate fight with the globalist aliens, Jiji names his chi blast as the Evil Gun, multiplying its power and turning the tide. Kinta finds a note at the shrine asking for help and builds an Akira-esque motorcycle. Momo is sent ahead to close the Tokyo Tower warp gate; Vamola returns to help her, but the lizard-like mecha extracts Vamola from the kaiju suit and impales her. Momo grabs Vamola back and begins treating her. Connected by telepathic chips, the friends learn Vamola's background during a flashback: as the sole surviving Sumerian child, she was saved and raised by Banga after a battle with the globalist aliens which killed all Sumerian men. Banga's small squad tries to rejoin another surviving group, but it is a trap. During the fight they encounter a Big Mama, which is a globalist mecha factory that uses people as raw materials, and they watch it create the kaiju suit, a symbol of the Sumerian religion.
"Vamola 3" (バモラ3code: ja is deprecated , Bamora 3)
"Vamola 4" (バモラ4code: ja is deprecated , Bamora 4)
"Banga" (バンガcode: ja is deprecated )
"Vamola's Reasons" (バモラの理由code: ja is deprecated , Bamora no Riyū)
"I've Decided on Takoyaki" (タコ焼き決定じゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Takoyaki Kettei jan yo)
"I'm Gonna Kick Ya Into Tomorrow" (蹴っ飛ばしてやるわいcode: ja is deprecated , Kettobashite Yaruwai)
"Mantis Shrimp's Calculation" (シャコの計算code: ja is deprecated , Shako no Keisan)
"Wicked Power" (やばい力code: ja is deprecated , Yabai Chikara)
"Everyone's Reconvened" (集まってきちゃったcode: ja is deprecated , Atsumattekichatta)
Banga, who was a royal cook before the war, attempts to enter the palace and activate the warp gate to escape; she liberates the imprisoned men and saves Vamola by donning the kaiju suit, using the last of the gate's energy to send her to Earth with the advice to find a kind, strong man to marry. Vamola succeeds by identifying Okarun, but guiltily realizes she also drew the globalists to attack the friends; Rokuro heals her and she carries on fighting the globalists with Momo. The other students and Peeny-Weeny defeat the advance squad, but Momo has a tough fight with the lizard-like mecha before Okarun returns; buoyed by reuniting with the rest of the students, they face off against the globalists, who have brought reinforcements.
"Today Is a Tuesday" (今日は火曜日code: ja is deprecated , Kyō wa Kayōbi)
"Wreck 'Em" (ブチ壊せcode: ja is deprecated , Buchikowase)
"A Persistent Bastard" (しぶとい野郎code: ja is deprecated , Shibutoi Yarō)
"It's Kinta's Turn Onstage" (金太の出番じゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Kinta no Deban jan yo)
"Howl, Great Kinta!" (唸れグレートキンタcode: ja is deprecated , Unare Gurēto Kinta)
"Out of the Frying Pan" (一難去ってまた一難code: ja is deprecated , Ichinan Satte Mata Ichinan)
"The Power of Reiko Kashima" (カシマレイコの力code: ja is deprecated , Kashima Reiko no Chikara)
"That Note" (あの手紙code: ja is deprecated , Ano Tegami)
"Reiko Kashima's Maiden Heart" (カシマレイコの乙女心code: ja is deprecated , Kashima Reiko no Otomegokoro)
Although the reunited students quickly defeat most of the alien mecha, the lizard-like leader stands strong until Momo figures out its weakness, releasing a jellyfish-like alien which infiltrates Vamola's kaiju suit. Kinta arrives, reviving his Great Kinta battlemech to fight the hijacked Tokyo Skytree-wielding kaiju with a Tokyo Tower 'sacred sword' before defeating it with a spiraling powerbomb. Before the gate closes, a globalist fleet slips through. Kashima, appearing at 10 PM for Momo, experiences a flashback to the bombing of Tokyo and traps the fleet in her mirror before destroying it; after seeing Okarun and Momo's mutual love, she walks away. At the celebratory yakiniku barbecue, Rokuro shows up to thank Momo. A transformed Kashima vows to steal Okarun if Momo is not more honest and forthright with her love. Far away, Banga leads a squad of Sumerians towards Earth; eavesdropping on the Serpoians, Turbo Granny learns they have named the globalist aliens the Kur, who are hosting the mysterious Count Saint-Germain.
"Who's This Person?" (こいつは誰だcode: ja is deprecated , Koitsu wa Dare da)
"Let's Form a Club" (部活を作ろうcode: ja is deprecated , Bukatsu o Tsukurō)
"The Class Rep's Secret" (委員長の秘密code: ja is deprecated , Iinchō no Himitsu)
"Ombusman" (オンブスマンcode: ja is deprecated , Onbusuman)
"Let's Do an Exorcism" (おはらいしようぜcode: ja is deprecated , Oharai Shiyō ze)
"It's a Parade Float. It's a Festival. It's Ninomiya" (山車だ祭りだ二宮だcode: ja is deprecated , Dashi da Matsuri da Ninomiya da)
"Float Performance Face-Off" (ひっかわせcode: ja is deprecated , Hikkawase)
"Let's Be Idols" (アイドルやろうぜcode: ja is deprecated , Aidoru Yarō ze)
"Kawabanga" (カワバンガcode: ja is deprecated )
After Okarun's retrieved gonad is restored, Mr. Sanjome emerges from The Gates of Hell at the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno Park and becomes the faculty supervisor for the students' occult club; despite not having prior memories of him, everyone agrees he seems familiar. Class rep Rin Sawaki approaches Okarun and collapses under the weight of an ombusman yōkai; after she picked up the other missing kintama and turned it in to a kōban (police box), she began seeing spirits. The ombusman is Mai Kawabanga, Rin's childhood friend who shared a dream to become a junior idol before dying in a car crash. Seiko's remedy involves the Hayashi band and a dansha; they fight through waves of kinjiro ninomiya statues and Rin takes over for the lead singer after he is incapacitated, belting out an emotional song. Mai returns and they tearfully forgive each other; although not dispelled completely, Mai becomes a guardian spirit. Momo and Okarun convince Turbo Granny to help infiltrate the kōban, operated by humorless Officer Bega "the Demon", so they can learn who picked up the missing kintama.
"Mission Impossible" (スパイ大作戦code: ja is deprecated , Supai Daisakusen)
"It's, Like, Pride" (プライドじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Puraido jan yo)
"Delinquents' Track Meet" (ヤンキー運動会code: ja is deprecated , Yankī Undōkai)
"Where's Zuma?" (ズマはどこだ?code: ja is deprecated , Zuma wa Doko da?)
"Deadly Magic Object" (やべえ呪物code: ja is deprecated , Yabē Jubutsu)
"She Went and Entered It" (入っちゃったじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Haitchatta jan yo)
"It's, Like, a Board Game" (これボードゲームじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Kore Bōdo Gēmu jan yo)
"That Zuma Dude" (ズマってやつcode: ja is deprecated , Zuma tte Yatsu)
"Start Game" (ゲームスタートcode: ja is deprecated , Gēmu Sutāto)
Turbo Granny fails to obtain any information, but they run into Rokuro, exiled as a defective clone; after a brief fight with Bega, he learns the missing kintama was picked up by Unji Zuma, a student at Renjaku, a local high school infamously full of delinquents. While searching for Zuma, Momo and Okarun encounter a street gang, who say Zuma entered a detailed diorama filled with monsters a week ago; Zuma vowed to defeat the diorama-world using the power of the kintama. Momo inadvertently falls into the diorama-world, and she and Okarun independently realize it is a board game named Danmanra. Although she is unable to use her telekinesis, she meets Zuma, who uses umbrella-based yōkai powers enabled when he has the kintama to defeat a powerful knight boss. However, Zuma subsequently loses it and begins working with Momo through an obstacle course guarded by frog shikigami; a massive chef boss begins playing the color demon [ja] variant of tag, which requires them to touch the food he announces.
"Let 'Em Eat Cake" (ケーキ食わせろやcode: ja is deprecated , Kēki Kuwasero ya)
"How to Use Powers" (能力の使い方code: ja is deprecated , Nōryoku no Tsukaikata)
"Eatin' Too Many Treats" (お菓子食い過ぎじゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Okashi Kuisugi jan yo)
"That's Enough of Sweets!" (甘いものはもういいぜcode: ja is deprecated , Amai Mono wa Mō Ii ze)
"Let's Take a Break!" (休憩しようぜcode: ja is deprecated , Kyūkei Shiyō ze)
"Let's Go on an Adventure!" (冒険しようぜcode: ja is deprecated , Bōken Shiyō ze)
"Commence Castle Siege" (攻城戦開幕code: ja is deprecated , Kōjō-sen Kaimaku)
"Castle Sieges Are Hard" (攻城戦は難しいcode: ja is deprecated , Kōjō-sen wa Muzukashii)
"It's a Megabrawl" (大乱闘じゃんよcode: ja is deprecated , Dai Rantō jan yo)
Since Zuma exhausted his powers while fighting the knight boss, after retrieving the kintama, he passes it to Momo, who takes down the chef; they are awarded the Nom Nom Bongo (Death Pâtissier) game card, similar to a Pokémon card, which grants them powers from eating treats. Checking their pockets, they also have a Carmine (Dark Knight) card from the earlier fight, and realize they must defeat four bosses in total. After beating the next, Rock-hard Costinus (Medusa), they rest at an inn to prepare for their final challenge, which is to defeat an army guarding a castle and destroy the crystal within; the game uses a rock paper scissors scheme to determine weaknesses between four types of soldiers in the army. Okarun returns to the diorama with Rin and Turbo Granny while being pursued by Officer Bega. The street gang bursts into the diorama world, saving Momo and Zuma from defeat, and when that pair enter the castle, Okarun arrives, yelling not to break the crystal, but too late, as Zuma slices it in half.
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