It’s been two months now since the start of Dragon Ball Daima, there’s yet to be any dub of it on Crunchyroll. So far, the only dub for the new Dragon Ball series has been in the form of a compilation film that came out for a few days in November, and that only covered the first three episodes. With simuldubbing becoming more and more common in recent years, these two months could feel like years for those who insist on only watching dubbed anime. Granted, many anime still like to get a few episodes out before they start airing the dub to prevent it from being overtaken, but that’s not the point. But the wait for the dub of Daima will only be a few more weeks. In a recent post on their website, Crunchyroll announced that the dub for Dragon Ball Daima will begin January 10th, 2025.
Besides the obvious interest that stems from the dubbing of the new addition of a legendary anime, there’s another reason why people should pay attention to the dub of Daima. Because they’ll be spending most, if not all, of the series stuck in their kid forms, most of the returning characters won’t be voiced by their regular actors. The one exception will be Goku, once again voiced by Stephanie Nadolny. She’s famously provided the dub voice for Kid Goku in most Dragon Ball media. Most of the rest of the kid-ified cast will be voiced by relative newcomers. What makes this exciting (to me, at least) is that it’s giving a new generation of VA’s to leave their marks on the popular franchise. More importantly, if they do well enough, that could lead to them getting more work. With how tough the entertainment business can be, especially for newcomers, landing a potentially high-profile role can go a long way for job prospects.
As for me, I’m just happy to be able to watch the series in dub form come the new year. Having spent my teen years watching the original Dragon Ball in dub form online, it will be nice to get to hear Stephanie Nadolny’s voice again after all this time. And I wholeheartedly support letting my generation of VA’s try their hand at Dragon Ball.
Of all the times that the Serpo aliens could show up again, it had to be right when Momo was mad at Okarun. In the last episode, Aira began a love triangle between her, Momo, and Ken-Chan when she confessed her feelings to the boy. And, in typical comedic fashion, Momo showed up right as Okarun was in the most inopportune position possible with Aira. Now the three are trapped in a pocket dimension as the Serpos and their temp workers are trying to kill them while the entire school’s flooding.
Oh, and to make matters worse, Okarun doesn’t have any clothes to speak of. The aliens tore them to shreds. At least they now have another person who can go ghost in the form of Aira.
Momo, Just Say You’re Mad
So, after using the reveal that Aira can go ghost thanks to getting Acro Silky’s aura to their advantage, she and Okarun have to get over something just as bad: their embarassment. This is the first time that Aira’s seen a naked boy in real life, and her feelings get the better of her. Likewise, Ken wastes time trying to find clothes so he can fight. At some point, though, he decides to forget it and worry about it after they’re done fighting.
All things considered, the fights in this episode continue the series’ trend of making the action look as amazing as possible. Ken and Aira’s movements are fluid and don’t waste any time or energy unless needed. The show also doesn’t waste time making jokes over the facts that Okarun’s fighting this entire battle naked. A less mature story would make a bigger deal about it, but Dan Da Dan knows its better to wait. Though there is one moment when the girls decide to strip down to their underwear for the fight. The story justifies it beyond fanservice due to wet clothes hampering their movements. It’s not wrong. Unless they’re made of special material, wet clothes will become dead weight.
Amidst all the action, though, Momo (who manages to catch up to the two) can’t let go of her anger towards Okarun and Aira for their perceived wrongdoings behind her back. This is the second time that we’ve seen how Momo and Ken’s failures to communicate can negatively affect them. Momo won’t even hear Ken out when he tries to explain. The best that he can do is promise to provide context as soon as they’re safe, but the teamwork remains teeth-clenched.
The Serpo’s are Bad bosses
Thankfully, the same could be said for their alien assailants. The Serpo’s prove to be terrible bosses, constantly berating the Shrimp alien and the Nessy alien. It gets to the point where Nessy kills two of them, forcing the remaining one to fuse with all three to corner our trio. And since they’re fighting underwater, they’re in real danger of drowning. The fact that the show used such dark colors for the seemingly bottomless water gave the entire fight a very unsettling appearance. As someone who doesn’t like swimming in places where I can’t see the bottom, I was genuinely unnerving to watch.
It takes some effort, and an awesome combo move from the trio, but eventually, our heroes manage to kick the alien’s butt, complete with a finishing move straight out of a video game. However, that fight pales in comparison to what they go through next. Once the alien’s Domain Expansion wears off, they return to reality. In the middle of the crowded hallway. With two girls in their underwear and Ken naked.
They’re Gonna Have to Go to a Different School Now
I won’t lie, this scene would be absolutely hysterical to look at. Though, given how it’s pretty much the most embarrassing thing a teenager could experience in high school, my pity outweighs my sense of humor. They’re either going to need a very good excuse…or find a way to erase everyone’s memories. Either way, the next episode is going to be hard for them.
Once again, we had a fun episode of Dan Da Dan. With the year almost over, I’m getting ready to come up with my picks for my favorite anime of the year. Needless to say, this show is going to be in the running.
Ken-Chan (thatโs what I call Okarun) has not had it easy since the start of the series, has he? First, he got possessed by a ghost that took his manhood. Then, when he got it back, he lost his balls in the process. After a lengthy fight with Acrobatic Silky (ending in a HEARTBREAKING FLASHBACK), he finally got one of his balls back. Thereโs just one problem: heโs got an unwanted admirer named Aira.
Aira Still a Chuuni…
After processing what they just went through, Aira joins Momo, Okarun, and Turbo Granny at the Ayase house for dinner where Momo tries to bury the hatchet. You would think that Aira would drop her delusions about Momo being a demon, but instead, the pink-haired girl doubles down on it and says her grandma and Okarun are also demons. To be fair, she does bring up some fine points. Seiko Ayase looks too impossibly young and attractive to be considered a grandmother. And seeing Ken-Chan go ghost could be mistaken for demonic possession. But it seems like the misunderstanding wonโt get cleared up anytime. In fact, it gets even worse when it becomes clear that Aira has fallen for Okarun.
After the absolute emotional rollercoaster that was episode seven, itโs adorable to see that Dan Da Dan can effortlessly return to its comedic side. This episode was filled with plenty of hilarious moments. From Turbo Granny and the Ayases returning Kenโs ball with baseball to Aira calling Seiko hot, itโs all pretty funny. This is a series that knows how to effectively balance the comedy and profound moments, and I love that. Even the moment where Aira tries to kiss Okarun is pretty funny to watch.
Yes, after seeing him save her life, Aira has fallen head over heels for Okarun. And despite being one of the more popular girls in school, itโs revealed that her concept of romance is laughably poor. And influenced by her fatherโs 18+ content. Thus, seeing her awkwardly try to kiss Ken, despite still thinking heโs a demon, is pretty funny to watch. Until the moment when they fall on the ground right as Momo comes by. Then it becomes awkward.
It gets worse, though. The aliens are back, and they still want Okarunโs banana.
Just like before, the aliens trap Momo and Okarun (and Aira) in a pocket dimension so they can capture them. Or rather, they simply want to capture Okarun, hoping to take his/Turbo Grannyโs powers for themselves. And much like before, their insistence on bringing his โbananaโ is both hilarious and disturbing. Considering how Aira was just expressing a desire to get intimate with him, this couldnโt have happened to Okarun at a worse possible time. And theyโre not alone, either. They brought an alien that looks like a mantis shrimp and something that resembles the Loch Ness Monster, the latter of which is hunting Momo! But just when it seems like Okarunโs going to lose his manhood yet again, Aira comes in clutch.
Airaโs chuuni boastings of being chosen now have some merit to them. As it turns out, Silky transferring her aura to save her life also gave her her powers. In other words, now Aira can go ghost, as well, bringing our group of supernatural fighters up to three.
I said it already, but I will repeat it: Dan Da Dan knows how to handle sudden changes in mood. This episode might not have been able to top the magnum opus that was episode 7, it did bring the laughs. And it looks like next episode will only continue that. As for poor Okarun, he needs to clear things up with Momo and tell Aira that heโs not interested. The longer he leaves her hanging, the worse it will be.
One would think that a show as silly as Dan Da Dan would keep the sad moments few and far between. I knew there would be plenty of drama and angst, but that’s part of being a teenager. I wasn’t expecting the show to give us moments that would have people breaking down in tears.
Except they just did. And while my brain works in a way that makes it hard to process sadness, I’ve learned to let my mental self cry. And after the newest episode of Dan Da Dan, I was mentally bawling my eyes out.
The Heroes Triumph Once Again!
The episode picks up where we last left off as Okarun and Momo are facing Acrobatic Silky, a Yokai obsessed with having Aira call her “mommy.” Since Okarun can’t fully control his ghost powers and Momo’s hands are tied (thanks, Aira!), they’re left at a pretty big disadvantage. Especially since Silky can use her hair as a weapon, like Yukako from Part 4 of JoJo. She’s just as crazy as Yukako was at first, too, as she throws everything into making sure the two die. Worse, since they’re in a tight space, Okarun can’t go full speed.
It takes some trickery on their part, but the pair are able to ultimately overcome Silky, allowing them to recover one of Okarun’s balls. How he reattaches it to his body, though, is anyone’s guess. Despite everything seemingly being resolved, though, things take a very dark turn when Turbo Granny looks Aira over and tells the two that she’s dead.
As Turbo Granny reveals, when Silky tried eating Aira, she managed to absorb her Aura, AKA her life energy. Without it, her body’s going to start shutting down. The two teenagers rightfully start panicking as they try to keep her alive, performing CPR and trying to call 911. And as annoying as Aira was, I didn’t want to see her die.
That’s when Silky steps in, feeling guilty over what she did to Aira. So, to make amends, she offers to give the girl her own Aura, despite knowing that the process would kill her off for good. And while Momo is against this, they don’t have much of a choice.
What follows over the next ten or so minutes might be the best moment in the anime thus far. I daresay it, but I’d even consider it to be among the best anime moments of 2024 as we look into the memories of Acrobatic Silky.
Silky’s Tragic Backstory
The flashback is told with almost no dialogue, save for near the end. The only sounds we get are either from the weather, such as the rain falling from the sky, or from this beautiful, yet eerie, piano music. There are moments when a story can explain more visually than it ever could through words alone, and this definitely ranks as one of them.
When Silky was still alive, she was a single mother to a daughter who she loved very much. But raising a child can be hard on the wallet, especially when you’re doing it alone. So Silky has to work multiple jobs to make sure her daughter is fed and clothed. One of which I quickly realized was as a prostitute. This woman had to sell her body to help pay the bills; that’s how desperate she was to care for her daughter.
Quick sidebar, by the way: while I don’t necessarily approve of the decision, I cannot condemn someone for being a sex worker. There are plenty of people out there who do it because they need the money to survive. And the fact that Silky was willing to do so not for herself, but so that her daughter could do ballet in cute dresses and smile, shows how good a mom she is. She was a good mom.
Which only made her and her daughter’s ultimate fate all the more heartbreaking.
If there’s one thing that I can’t stand, it’s watching adults attempting to do harm to a child. As I watched the two men who Silky owed money to kidnap her daughter, I was pratically screaming at my laptop scream for them to burn in damnation. And the first-person perspective of the cut and bleeding Silky as she tried to chase after her daughter was just the most heartbreaking thing to watch. No parent should ever see that happen to their kid.
And the scene of her dancing afterward in sorrow as she commits suicide. I saw people talking about how it was one of the moments they wanted to see the most in Dan Da Dan, and I can understand why. Science Saru went all out to turn the moment into this beautiful, sorrowful scene.
Aira Had it Rough, too!
To add an even further gut-punch, we then see why Aira called Silky “mommy” as a kid. The reason she mistook her for her mom is because her birth mother is dead. She died when she was still too young to understand the concept of death.
This entire part of the episode had me wanting to bawl my eyes out. Silky’s life? Tragic. Her reasons for mistaking Aira for the daughter that she could no longer remember? Heart-breaking. The fact that Turbo Granny says that unless she found peace, she couldn’t even move on to the afterlife? Agonizing.
Seeing a revived Aira call Silky “Mommy” one last time to give her peace? JUST PASS THE TISSUES! Even Momo is left in tears over everything!
I know it’s too soon to call it, but right now, I think that entire flashback with Acrobatic Silky was the best moment in Dan Da Dan. When it’s time to look back on the best anime moments for this year, it’s making the list. It’s moments like this that story-telling are all about! SCIENCE SARU, YOU JUST STRUCK GOLD!
I Give “To a Kinder World” a 5/5. GIVE THESE PEOPLE AN AWARD!!
Now this…this is more like it! We’ve been waiting eight episodes now for Dragon Ball Daima to give us a fight that’s truly worthy of the franchise’s name. We’ve gotten plenty of good action scenes and sparring matches, but we have yet to get the kind of fight where Goku shows us why he’s one of the GOATs of anime. However, all of that has changed with his fight with the first of the Tamagami as the entire Demon Realm watches. More importantly, though, this episode offers us some surprising lore regarding the Demon Realm, Majin Buu, and what it is that Dr. Arinsu could be after.
Goku vs the Tamagami
The long-awaited fight between Goku and the first of the Tamagami begins in earnest, and it was worth the wait. While not to the level of power that fans have grown used to in Dragon Ball, Daima is quick to remind us that, kid or not, Goku remains a formidable foe. As his fight against the Tamagami attracts the nearby villagers, they’re stunned to see him not only match the guardian of the Dragon Ball blow for blow, but begin to dominate him. For longtime fans of the franchise, though, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. Goku is like that, after all.
Since we know that Goku will inevitably win, the fans should be paying attention to how the fight plays out rather than the overall outcome. And Toei managed to do a good job of animating it. From Goku blocking a hammer with his Power Pole to going Super Saiyan and having a beam clash, the series makes this a fun watch. But what was even funnier was how Goku ultimately wins the Dragon Ball.
I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting Goku to have to win the Dragon Ball by playing a version of the Shell Game, but…it feels like something Toriyama would want to do. Remember, Akira Toriyama was known just as much for his sense of goofy humor as he was for all the action. Having the Tamagami test Goku using the Shell Game, only for him to effortlessly point out the being’s attempted con, just screams Toriyama. It’s nice to see his imprint on Dragon Ball, but it’s a little sad, too, since he’s no longer with us.
At any rate, Goku ultimately manages to do what no one in the Demon Realm ever has and wins the first Dragon Ball. With that in hand, they head toward Warp-Sama to meet with their arriving comrades and head to the Second Demon World. As it turns out, the fight isn’t the episode’s highlight. It’s what comes after.
Dr. Arinsu Has a Bigger Plan in Store
As Gomah and Degesu are looking over old footage of the Z Warriors fights, they notice something when watching the moment when Vegeta blew himself up trying to kill Majin Buu. As the pieces of Buu began to reform, a lone figure managed to grab one of them before it could merge with the others. That person was none other than Dr. Arinsu. She was there during the Buu Saga!
It only gets crazier from there. While everything else is happening, Arinsu goes to a mysterious witch named Marba, currently brewing some kind of creation in a cauldron using that fragment of Buu. It’s not made clear right away, but the audience meant to guess that Arinsu is trying to create some kind of clone of Buu. That’s not even the craziest part, though. The crazy part is that Arinsu reveals that Marba is the one who created Majin Buu! As in, the original, psychotic, virtually feral, black air force wearing menace that pushed Goku and the others to the brink!
This is a major retcon to the world of Dragon Ball. From his inception, fans have believed that Majin Buu had one of two origins: either Bibidi created Kid Buu, or Kid Buu was this entity that existed for eons that Bibidi found. Now we know that both of those aren’t true, with Marba being Buu’s creator. And even though everything worked out and Buu (the good part of him)is now Goku’s friend, that still makes Marba indirectly responsible for countless deaths over millions of years. And now she’s helping Arinsu make a clone of Buu, the main difference being that this one will actually obey its master.
I’ve had my suspicions before, but now it’s becoming clear that Arinsu might be the real big bad of Daima. She’s set everything in motion by manipulating Gomah and bringing Goku to the Demon Realm; if she has her own Buu, she will be trouble. Keep in mind that at this point in time, Goku could only beat Buu because of a Spirit Bomb. Imagine how tough it would be for him to fight another Buu in his kid form!
Dragon Ball Daima is starting to heat up, and I’m glad I’ve stuck around for it this long. It’s a little sad knowing that we’re almost done with the First Demon World, but with most of the quests done, it’s time to move on. I can’t wait to see what the next world looks like.
Dragon Ball is the template for the modern Shonen manga, and that means most mangaka learned from its successes as well as its shortcomings. And one of the franchiseโs biggest shortcomings has to be how Goku comes to outshine almost every other character. Thatโs expected since heโs the main protagonist, but at some point, the franchiseโs default strategy for dealing with the big bads became โwait for Goku.โ Even TeamFourStar pointed this fact out in their abridged series. Thankfully, the franchise has started to learn from this in recent years by giving other characters the chance to show what they can do. And with Goku reduced to chibi-sized for the duration of Daima, his party can show that theyโre not just there to keep Goku on the right path. They can fight, too, as Supreme Kai proves in this episode!
So I was Wrong about the Plane
At the end of the last episode, I speculated that Kibito’s prescence had something to do with Shin’s plane not working. However, it was something simpler. A rock used for the energy converter isn’t working, thereby making the plane useless. Which also makes me question why they even bothered to have it? Thankfully, Hybis, one of King Kadam’s men, shows up to give them a ride. Before the episode’s out, the team of Hybis, Bulma, Vegeta, and Piccolo have made it to the Demon Realm. Kibito stayed behind to watch the Lookout with Popo.
Honestly, this is much better than having to wait longer to see how Bulma and the others make it to the Demon Realm. Even better, it solves the issue of not having the right pin # for Mr. Warp. Way to think on your feet, Toei!
Meanwhile, Goku’s party continues to have a string of bad luck as the Gendermerie return looking for Goku. He’s able to elude them thanks to his Instant Transmission, but then they try to arrest Panzy because they (rightfully) suspect her for attacking them in that village. Another fight ensues, and the trio of Goku, Shin, and Glorio proceed to beat everyone unconcious. However, their plane gets destroyed in the process, once again hindering their travels…
…is what you’d think I’d say! However, they find an extra Gendermerie plane and decide to steal that instead. As a bonus, this will mean that fewer people will try to stop them.
This fight, while nowhere near as epic as what we’re used to in Dragon Ball, is still good. The reason being that, unlike in most cases, Goku can’t handle everything on his own. For the first time since he was a kid, he’s in a position where he has to rely on his friends to help. And after years of being considered weak compared to the Saiyans, Shin reminds us just why he’s a Supreme Kai in the first place. He may be young by his race’s standards, but he’s still fairly capable.
As if to highlight the greater emphasis Shin has in this series, the next thing that he does is get rid of the collar Panzy’s forced to wear around her neck. The series already implied it, but this episode confirms that the collars the Third Demon World resident’s wear suppress their magic and can be used as tracking devices. Dr. Arinsu created them back during Dabura’s reign, so this is something that’s been going on for a longtime. It further emphasizes how unfair a place the Demon Realm is, and that it’s high time for a regime change. Given how this is a Shonen series, there’s a good chance that by the time Daima ends, those collars will be a thing of the past. Especially since Shin tells Panzy that the magic he used to break her collar can be used by anyone. Shin and Panzy could be the key to liberating the people of the Demon Realm in the near future!
In addition, this episode also reveals Shin’s true Glind name, Nahare. Just like Goku has his Saiyan name, Shin has a Glind name. Neat!
The series is now seven episodes in, but it feels like the pacing hasn’t picked up at all, though that’s about to change. The episode ends with Goku and the others making it to the first of the Tamagami warriors that guard this dimension’s Dragon Balls so that he can fight them. Given what the preview for the next episode has to say, it looks like we’re in for a good fight. And while I don’t doubt the strength of the Tamagami…it’s Goku. The man is going to fight actual gods in the near future, can solo most characters in all of fiction, and has fought Superman three different times. He may not have won any of those fights, but he did put the Man of Steel through his paces. He can handle the Tamagami.
What is Glorio after? We know next to nothing about this enigmatic gunslinger from the Demon Realm, but given how he gave Goku and Shin the means to go after Gomah, he seems trustworthy. Despite Goku trusting him, Supreme Kai has remained noticeably on guard around him. On the surface, it could be because of the underlying tension between the different worlds of the Demon Realm. But as this week reveals, Shin might be onto something about Glorio, as we learn who heโs actually working for.
Glorio’s True Loyalties?
After Panzy joins the party and they set off in a new ship/plane, the group has to make an emergency landing. A consequence of their ride being unable to handle all that weight. So, while Goku goes to use the bathroom, they have to ditch half of their supplies. That, and soldiers from Gomahโs army come looking for Goku. His decision to stand up to the Gendermerie has made him a wanted man. Itโs only a matter of time before Gomah realizes that Goku followed him home, and tries to throw everything he has at him. If not thanks to his army, then due to a certain someone very close to him.
When Glorio first appeared, he claimed to have been hired by King Kadan to bring him the one who beat Majin Buu. However, Kadan himself said Glorio only came to him with the idea, meaning he was hired by someone else. That someone else gets revealed when, after making camp for the night, Glorio makes a phone call to his actual employer, Dr Arinsu. AKA Shin and Degesuโs older sister and chief scientist for Gomah.
Quick aside, this episode also confirms how the Glind, Supreme Kaiโs race, are born from plants. Cool bit of lore there.
๐ธNew information that adds even more depth to the characters' stories : _ It is well confirmed that Kaioshin's race, the Glinds, are born from trees. There are 5 of these trees and they would give 5 different types of Glinds ! _ Son Goku doesn't wash his hands after shitting. pic.twitter.com/uEAJUuI4DE
For the record, the fact that Dr. Arinsu hired Glorio behind Gomahโs back should not be surprising. Given how she gave him the idea to use Earthโs Dragon Balls to make Goku and his friends kids, I suspected she knew that would make them get involved with Gomah. The fact that she already traveled to their Universe ahead of Gomah corroborates this. My working theory is that sheโs pulling strings to ensure that Goku takes down Gomah for her own benefit. Or she could just be luring the Saiyan into a trap. Either way, this means that Shinโs concerns about Glorio are more justifiable now.
Does that mean that Glorio is a direct threat, though? Thatโs uncertain, as we soon learn why.
When a Minotaurus Demon (cool reference to Greek Mythology) shows up wanting to eat the party, Goku and Glorio argue over who will fight him. So, the two decide to have a sparring match to see who will be the Demonโs opponent, much to their โenemyโsโ irritation. Though, given who heโs dealing with, the Minotaurus isnโt much of a threat.
Weโve gotten glimpses of how capable Glorio is in a fight, but this sparring session is when we truly start to see what he can do. As expected, he does manage to put up a good fight against Goku, even managing to knock the Power Pole out of his hands. Whatโs more, we get to see what kind of magic Glorio uses: heโs got lightning magic! He can fire it off like ki blasts, generate it from his fingertips like heโs a Sith Lord. He can even turn it into a weapon like a whip!
๐ธThe animation itself is quite good. The start of the fight between Son Goku and Glorio is a little weak in terms of visual prowess, but we quickly move up a gear as soon as Kaioshin suggests to Son Goku to become more serious ! pic.twitter.com/ue8kSMTiDb
Itโs clear that Glorio is indeed strong. Right now, Iโd say heโs likely one of the strongest in the Demon Realm. However, Goku makes it clear that, even in his kid form, heโs still stronger. The fact that he can still go Super Saiyan is a testament to that. It also puts into perspective how powerful the adult Goku would be compared to the people of the Demon Realm. Gomah may have underestimated Gokuโs strength, but the show had to nerf him for it to work. Otherwise, he would likely steamroll through everything, and that wouldnโt be any fun!
Oh, and the Minotaurus pulls a Mr. Satan and bails.
OK Dragon Ball Daima EP 6 was the best episode now for me, a big 10/10 โ !
๐ธToriyama's humorous touches are at their peak, it feels so much like Dragon Ball from the 80s๐
So, while fans now know that Glorio is sus, I donโt think itโs much of a problem. My guess is that even if something bad happens, it will be because Glorio had to fool Goku. Which, given that itโs Goku, wonโt be that hard. However, Goku has a habit of befriending those who start out opposing him, so I think Glorio will warm up to him with time.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, thereโs good news and bad news to end the episode. The good news is that Bulma finished fixing Shinโs ship. The bad news? When Kibito, Vegeta, and Piccolo go to use it, it shuts down almost immediately. Though I suspect it might have something to do with Kibito, mainly because the ED shows Bulma being the one to go to the Demon Realm. This will just justify that.
Itโs taken a while, but it seems like Daima is starting to pick up steam. I suspect things will start to get a little more exciting over the next few episodes as we get into this for the long haul. Iโm not complaining; this is Toriyamaโs last gift to us, so I want it to last as long as possible.
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