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Episode Dandadan Season 2 - Episode 1 discussion

Dandadan Season 2, episode 1

Alternative names: Dan Da Dan Season 2

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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight Jul 03 '25

Jennifer! Lopez! Anaconda!

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u/Atomic_Tanuki Jul 03 '25

It would be really funny Jennifer Lopez wakes up the next morning and find "Jennifer Lopez Anaconda" to be trending on twitter and she has absolutely no idea why.

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u/RPO777 x2 Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

Or when she clicks on the hashtag and sees this.

https://x.com/OmarRei41969377/status/1870477315630834113

Zero context dandadan is wild lol.

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u/Killia_Curry Jul 04 '25

100% context dandadan is wild lol

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u/Siilan https://myanimelist.net/profile/siilan Jul 05 '25

As a manga reader, full context Dandadan is wild. The last few chapters have been complete wtf and it's peak.

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u/RPO777 x2 Jul 05 '25

I read the manga via kindle when new volumes come out, so a little behind the weekly readers. Vol. 20 that just came out a few days ago was great.

[Dandadan manga] Sakata and Bamora are two of my favorite characters, so hoping we get to see a least a little of them this season! In particular, the Bamora Arc is my favorite arc in the whole manga. That's probably Season 3 so probably like 2 years off (ugh) but i can't wait to see it animated. I've reread that arc a number of times, but when Momo sees Bamora's flashback, especially the goodbye between bamora and her mom. Omg, that scene leaves me with tears streaming down my face every time, even though I've read it like a dozen times at this point.

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u/MakFacts Jul 11 '25

u just convinced me to read the manga after s2

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u/RPO777 x2 Jul 11 '25

I can pretty much guarantee you won't regret it. While the anime is great, the Manga has its own charms.

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u/Waterburst789 Jul 04 '25

If I had a nickel for every time I saw a Jennifer Lopez reference in a popular shonen anime, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

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u/Particular_Mind_9418 Jul 22 '25

JJK had one too didn't it? When Itadori was asked the question of his life...

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u/Se7en_Sinner https://myanimelist.net/profile/Se7en_Sinner Jul 03 '25

It was easy to miss but this was a subtle reference to the movie Anaconda featuring Jennifer Lopez.

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u/Frontier246 Jul 03 '25

The only thing that could beat a kickass gyaru is the power of Jennifer Lopez.

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u/actionfirst1 Jul 03 '25

Where's Eric Cartman's hand when you need it

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u/machopsychologist Jul 05 '25

TACO TACO BURRITO BURRITO

TACO FLAVORED KISSUS

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u/abandoned_idol Jul 03 '25

My name isn't Heniffer Lopez.

SFX of ripping out hair

I'm Mitch Connor!

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u/mojo72400 https://myanimelist.net/profile/gio_lingad Jul 04 '25

He's a Vietnam vet after all.

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u/RPO777 x2 Jul 03 '25

That scene was a clear visual reference to the Street Fighter franchise too.

In the scene where Kitou Grandma does the Jennifer Lopez Anaconda move, they used a side view of Kitou Granny double-punching Momo and Momo flying off to the side, the cut includees the background where the other Kitou family folks waving their arms up or clapping (15:06 in the episode) is very distinctly like many Street Fighter fighting stages.

The way that they animated Momo busting throught the wall laterally was very reminiscent of fighting games as well.

https://imgur.com/a/8B3eyVe

https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_Harbor?file=Battleharbor.jpg

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u/linkinstreet Jul 04 '25

In the movie, there was an interview with the director, and he mentioned that Kito grandma was actually based on old Hong Kong kung fu movies tropes and stereotypes. Considering that Japanese fighting games are also mostly uses old Kung fu movies as an homage, you can see the similarities.

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u/MaruSoto Jul 04 '25

Think my subconscious caught it because that short part of the scene made me very happy but I couldn't figure out why. Thanks for pointing it out!

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u/1EnTaroAdun1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Totesnotaphanpy Jul 05 '25

https://youtu.be/KVcHbNNWC80?t=237

also reminds me of "snake style" kungfu hahaha

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u/Zeph-Shoir https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zephex Jul 03 '25

That is so weirdly specific lmao

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u/HelicopterMean1070 Jul 04 '25

Subtle?!

Can't be more direct than this bro.

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u/BigFatHonkers Jul 04 '25

This part made me crack up