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Okarun and the gang are off to a hot springs town to investigate the mystery of Jiji’s family. But when they get there, a strange family in cahoots with the police starts causing trouble for them, and before Okarun and the others can get to the bottom of the mystery, Momo ends up as an offering to the local god!

218 pages, Paperback

First published May 2, 2022

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Yukinobu Tatsu

32 books92 followers
aka 龍幸伸. (Tatsu Yukinobu), mangaka author of Dan Da Dan, Fire Ball! and Seigi no Rokugou.

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Profile Image for Štěpán.
413 reviews34 followers
August 9, 2022
This story operates and functions on the sole premise of sheer creativity and hectic love of chaos. It has very weird moments, which shouldn't work but somehow they do. The chemistry of the characters is upfront and their dynamics drive the story forward. But this volume managed to combine great character moments with unsettledness, which is rooted in the character design and depiction on the pages. Resulting in a great fast-paced read, which is filled with jokes, love triangle, sad and moving ghost backstory and weird family sacrificing children to a sandworm and kung-fu and weird alien powers. I mean, is it too much? Yes, but it works.

Profile Image for Am.
268 reviews
September 13, 2024
Why am I getting caught off-guard almost every chapter 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Profile Image for vini.
24 reviews
October 12, 2023
MASTERPIECE ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
Profile Image for Sophia Paul.
199 reviews1 follower
June 17, 2024
JIJI.... i thought you were going to annoying. i thought you were gonna fuck things up... instead we have my new favorite character. JIJI LOVE YOU MAN. the whole shit with his family and the weird people who own the house and their awful nature and then the tragic TRAGIC nature of the spirit haunting him. once again - it is wild and stupid things going on but then you have this tragic news. the spirit is just a little boy locked away wanting to play and i love how jiji wanted to help him. love you king
Profile Image for R. A. Strich.
255 reviews13 followers
June 2, 2024
This series is legit amazing!
Missing more true long-term plotlines or hooks/hints for those yet, but everything else blows me away on every front.
And I'm sure it will go there - though even if it won't, I'm there for the characters, vibes, laughs, romance, action, horrors, ... and these fucking Ghost-Backstories...
Holy crap, every one of these truly hit me in the feels within only a couple of pages each!
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Author 18 books317 followers
December 23, 2023
It is crazy as ever. The panels were so dynamic. Turn of events were really shocking and over the top. For me, this is the best newly made manga currently. Perhaps it is not for everyone. But, for those who likes these kind of stories, this is a real gem.
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1,170 reviews2 followers
November 10, 2023
This series has some genuinely eerie moments but nothing is more disturbing than the constant sexualization of the female lead.
Profile Image for MargReadsManga.
417 reviews68 followers
January 12, 2024
This is my FAVORITE Shonen Jump series by far. It’s absolutely bonkers. This is probably the best volume yet! So crazy and fun. I loved the mystery and monster in this one. I’ll be grabbing the next one to read right now!
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Author 3 books53 followers
January 23, 2024
if these ghosts keep having sad ass back stories, idk if I can make it
Profile Image for Amber Miller.
128 reviews
October 14, 2023
Not to be dramatic but…..the Evil Eye was INCREDIBLY UNSETTLING AND HORRIFYING 😰 and I hope to never see that shit again 😂. I was literally reading the second half of this volume with my hands in front of my face like this 🫣.
Profile Image for Emily.
156 reviews
November 20, 2023
At Jiji's house, Momo searches for any weird auras, or spirits, but she can't find anything and ditches the boys to go to the Hot Springs. Jiji teaches Okarun how to play soccer, but their game in interrupted when Jiji asks Okarun if he likes Momo. They start arguing about who loves her most and when Jiji declares that he's won because he's Momo's lifelong friend, Okarun thinks of his kiss and sheepishly declares that he's won. Meanwhile, Momo wonders if the boys are getting along, but something is watching her from the changing rooms. Back at the house, the boys aren't backing down for their love for Momo. Jiji offers Okarun a friendly handshake, but as soon as he takes it Jiji puts him in a headlock to try to get Okarun to admit defeat, but their fighting actually ends when Okarun realizes that there's a mysterious room on the side of Jiji's house that doesn't have an entrance. They investigate and realize that the wall that should lead to the mysterious room is hollow, so Jiji takes a sledgehammer and busts through the wall to find a room covered in seals to ward off evil spirits. They go to tell Momo, but before they can leave the house, they're met with a flock of terrifying old ladies. Just as Momo goes to leave the Hot Springs, she's bombarded by a group of naked old men. She yells at them for invading her privacy, but they point out a barely legible sign that says it's a co-ed bath. She tries to think of a way out, but her mind is all foggy from the steam and the men are blocking the exit. Before she can get out of there, one of the men tells her about the gators that lurk in co-ed baths that go after naked women. Before she realizes the group of men start swimming towards her. They are the gators and they're coming after her. She tries using her powers to attack the men, but her mind is too foggy due to the steam and they grab her. This scene was absolutely terrifying. There have been similar themes like this in the story so far, but they've never struck this close to reality. I was genuinely terrified for Momo and this whole ordeal is even worse when you realize that these aren't supernatural creatures or aliens, but regular people as the monsters. Thankfully, one of the statues in the Hot Spring breaks and hits one of the attackers in the face, creating an opening for Momo to escape. The walls of the changing room begins to crumble on top of the attackers. As Momo escapes the pool, one of the men grabs her, but runs off when he sees the final wall of the changing room fall. When the wall falls, Momo is spared as she's directly in line with the changing room's door. It's then revealed that Turbo Granny is the one that saved Momo as she secretly followed them to Jiji's hometown. They hide from the locals while the Kito Family run away. On their way back to Jiji's house, Momo asks Turbo Granny what she thought of the house and she only replies by saying that Jiji's house is soaked in human blood. Jiji and Okarun have been trying their best to be good hosts to the old ladies that have barged into Jiji's house. It turns out these menacing old ladies are Jiji's landlords and the matriarchs of the Kito Family. These ladies seem pretty pissed off at Jiji for leaving without telling them and ask him if he plans on bringing more spirit mediums, telling him that it would sully their family name. Jiji tries to deflect by saying that he wanted to hang out with his friend, which is why he left, but they don't believe him and the head honcho of the family straight up threatens Okarun. Before anyone gets shot, then gators from the Hot Springs burst into Jiji's house and we learn that they're apart of the Kito Family as well. They also interrogate Jiji about his new friend and they ask Okarun if he really is Jiji's friend, he would know Jiji's favorite soccer team. The boys panic, silently trying to communicate, but thankfully, when the old ladies came over, Jiji covered the hole in the wall with a poster of his favorite soccer team and the boys pass the Kito Family's interrogation. Unfortunately, the head honcho asks when the girl will come back, but Jiji denies a girl even being here, but she knows for a fact that he's lying. On her walk home, Momo stumbles upon a shrine where they worship the Tsuchinoko Snake Monster. She has a pretty awkward chat with the Shrine Keeper about the legend of the Tsuchinoko and how the the townspeople used to sacrifice orphans to appease the Snake. The Shrine Keeper says that it's his job to stop people from continuing those barbaric practices to a monster that most likely doesn't exist. On her way back to Jiji's house, she thinks about taking Okarun to the shrine, but before she can even tell him about it, she's met with the Kito Family beating Okarun and Jiji to prepare them for sacrifice. Momo's powers have returned, so she immediately starts fighting the gators off, but one of them grabs her and she starts getting dizzy again. Turbo Granny pops out of Momo's bag and scares the gators off by being a talking cat statue. Momo yells at her attackers to leave the house, but then the real fight begins. The Kito Family matriarch starts to attack and Momo can't seem to keep up with her. Momo gets hit into the wall that the boys smashed through and it's revealed that the Kito Family has continued their tradition of sacrificing children to the Tsuchinoko to keep the village safe for the past 200 years. Momo starts to sink into the blood soaked room, but before the Snake can eat her Okarun and Jiji attack the Kito's and grab onto her. Unfortunately, their rescue attempt was all in vain because the floor drops from beneath all of them and they land in a new realm. It turns out that the Tsuchinoko that the Kito's have been sacrificing children to is actually a cryptid called the Mongolian Death Worm. The Kito's try to appease their God by sacrificing our heroes, but they get completely demolished as the Worm indiscriminately eats them. Jiji, Momo and Okarun hide in one of the houses in the Worms realm, but something's wrong with Momo and Okarun. The Worm is emitting psychic waves that make people want to kill themselves and Jiji is desperately trying to stop them from succeeding. This bring back memories from them his parents tried to kill themselves. One day, Jiji found his parents hanging from the balcony of their house, but thankfully Jiji was able to cut them down before they died. They've been in the hospital ever since and Jiji is desperate to find whatever drove his parents to insanity. During all the chaos, Jiji desperately tries saving Momo and Okarun from themselves and the Worm, but they get away and try to jump from the balcony. He grabs them just before they jump, but the Worm is looking straight at them. Jiji, still holding on to his friends, braces himself for the Worm's attack, but something has stopped it. It's the spirit that Jiji kept envisioning. Turbo Granny informs him that this spirit is called the Evil Eye and if anyone looks at it, they'll become suicidal, but thankfully this spirit's powers seem to cancel out the Worm's. Momo and Okarun are brought back to reality and Okarun uses his powers to cut the Worm in half, but that doesn't stop it for long. While running away from the Worm, Jiji looks the Evil Eye head-on and we get to see the spirit's past. Originally, this spirit was just a boy that wanted to play with the other children in his village, but he was chosen as the village sacrifice to appease the Snake God. The boy was tied to a post and killed. Later on, he reappeared years later as a ghost. He drove the parents to killing themselves, leaving the child to be taken by the Kito Family and used as sacrifice. Over and over, the Kito's would kill innocent children and bury them with the houses, just to build a new one and start the cycle over again. The spirits of the children joined, creating the twisted spirit that's been haunting Jiji. After hearing his story, the Spirit leads Jiji to the place where it all began. He sympathizes with the spirit and after the Worm attacks and Jiji allows the Evil Eye to take over his body. With his newfound power, Jiji crushes the Worm and vows to kill all humans. Pretty intense, right? Well, there's an extra comic to tide us over until the next volume comes out. This comic seems to take place after Momo found Aira and Okarun behind the shed. They end up getting attacked by a Can Alien, it's pretty fun. Okarun and Momo make up and we get to see their relationship blossom a bit more. I can't freaking wait for the next volume! I'm so excited!!!
Profile Image for Jose Granados.
378 reviews3 followers
May 29, 2022
** Leído en su Version en Español de Manga Plus ** quinto numero de este manga sigue siendo super divertido y bueno, nos relata el inconveniente que vivió su antiguo amorío y empieza el enfrentamiento contra los yokais de esta historia , lo mas divertido son las ocurrencias de amoríos . aguanta seguir leyendo.... lo recomiendo mucho
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4,709 reviews73 followers
March 25, 2024
Summary:

It all started as a little bet. Each wanted to prove the existence of the supernatural to their new friend, and neither was willing to listen. This quickly turns to chaos as a haunted tunnel and horny aliens get thrown into the mix.

Momo and Okarun haven't had a moment to catch their breath, or so it feels. Most recently, they've stepped up to help an old friend of Momo's – Jiji. His whole family is cursed, or so it feels. The house certainly has something wrong with it, which is where Momo comes in.

Review:

Another chaotic adventure! I'll admit that parts of Dandadan Vol. 5 were a bit more tense than usual (think of Momo's first encounter with the aliens, and you'll have a close enough idea). I didn't love it, but the stakes had to be set, right?

There's a lot to take in from Dandadan Vol. 5. We have spirits, different backstories, character development, potential friendships, and some antagonists that may be human? Like I said, it's a lot. But it's also a fascinating combination.

The whole backstory related to Jiji/the house is the biggest highlight thus far. It's incredibly dark – but also the sort of story you just can't look away from. I think I have an idea of how things will go from here, and I'm not complaining.

Highlights:
Horror/Science Fiction Manga
Comedy
Supernatural
Sci-Fi versus Fantasy

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Profile Image for Philip McCarty.
308 reviews
August 20, 2023
Yet again, Dandadan is an absolute blast and a half. This one involved healthy and fun male bonding as Jiji and Okarun have a goofy showdown while playing soccer about their feelings for Momo, while Momo is off having a wild time at the onsen as she is attacked by the Kito family. Once they discover a secret addition to the house, the Kito family comes by and are clearly suspect. Momo meanwhile stops by to learn about the Tsuchinoko and is disappointed by the snake skin she finds with the wannabe Bootube star monk. Who informs her of a history of human sacrifice to appease the volcano god. Some epic fights ensue between Momo and the family/worm. She's pretty much the hero of this arc at this point. Underneath the house is a really cool set piece, that I think is super neat. It's like a mixed puzzle of houses that are all from different eras, ever since the volcano erupted.

Also there's a Mongolian Death Worm down there which the Kito family has been feeding the sacrifices too for centuries. This worm has the power to make people kill themselves with airwaves, but the Evil Eye which hangs with Jiji also can counter it. This yokai is one which was formed from the ghost of the first child who was sacrificed. Jiji feels sorry for it and lets it take over his body to work together, but turns out it wants to kill all humans. So now there's the worm and the Eye to deal with.

I really enjoyed the creativity in this volume and how it did a lot to make Jiji even more likeable.
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Profile Image for Hanii Aburame.
204 reviews
April 1, 2024
What does a primate, alien cans and a ghost in underwear have common? Dandadan.
4.5* stars.

To help Jiji, Momo's childhood best friend, her and Okarun travel home with him to figure out the mystery of his home, but the (ten) landlords of his house are causing greater issues than anyone could have expected. And needless to say, the "giant snake" and the creepy ghost in his underwear are no help in this situation.

This series keeps getting stranger by the page I swear; I love it. The absurd situations and amount of aliens and ghosts these poor kids have to deal with, could send anyone over the edge, but somehow, they really hold it together and manage to survive the life-threatening yet hilarious predicaments they find themselves in.

There are some fan service-y moments in the series, they're there for comedic effect and nothing over the top is shown. Story at the end of this volume is a nice light-hearted break in the midst of a suspenseful cliffhanger. I also quite enjoy the cryptic/yokai/alien info at the end of each volume giving a small description of the lore mentioned throughout the volume.

All in all, this is another crazy volume that I don't know how this series being so insane works so well, but I'm down for every wide ride and can't wait to read volume 6!


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621 reviews
June 26, 2023
༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽JIJI, HIJO MÍO ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽

Necesitaba leer algo que me desestresara y no tuviera una trama tan complicada ni se sintiera pesada, así que regresé a mi historia de Confort: DanDaDan para ver a mi querido hijo con energía de Golden Retriever que se ganó mi corazón desde el segundo uno ¿Y qué es lo que pasa? No sólo le dan la historia de vida trágica, sino que meten personajes asquerosos como la familia esta y además -lo peor de todo- me hacen pensar en que hay esperanzas no sólo para él, sino para el yokai raro del niño sacrificio y al final Yukinobu dice "mmm vale, que esto esta muy bueno para ser verdad ¿y si le quitamos un ojo a Jijin -porque quitarle a ambos padres no fue suficiente- y además hacemos que se meta un demonio adentro de él?".

No le doy más estrellas porque o me dan a Jiji como Okarun 2.0 o me lo quitan para siempre y de todas formas el susto ya me lo dieron.
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729 reviews12 followers
January 11, 2024
With this volume, Dandadan dips its toe into the "who are the real monsters?" territory. The Kito family are effective antagonists, in that they're very easy to root against. They embody the pride, arrogance, and assumption that they can do no wrong that you see in some (a lot of) politicians, and they really are loathsome characters. Paradoxically, they do serve to make Jiji a much more fleshed out, tragic character.

I found Jiji's antics kind of irritating in the last volume, but here, you find out he's...got a lot going on, and his overwhelming goofiness is kind of his way of coping with it. And again, it's a nod to just how good Dandadan is, that Tatsu can take a character like that, and humanize him to such a sympathetic extent. (Hell, even Turbo Granny is becoming likable.) I worry about how he's ended up in the last scene of this volume, but hopefully the rest of the crew can save him.
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2,959 reviews168 followers
August 19, 2024
Series: Dandadan Ch. 33-40
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good

TW: attempted sexual assault; child abuse; graphic human sacrifice; on page suicide and suicide attempts; starvation; imprisonment;

Momo, Okarun, and Jiji all return to his house that is haunted and quickly realize there is a lot more going on than just a haunted house. This quickly became a darker volume than the previous ones because they end up dealing with the sacrificing of children to a serpent god to stop volcanic eruptions. This was very interesting but also a bit depressing because of the reasoning behind these spirits.

The backstories for all of these spirits are heartbreaking and Evil Eye’s was no different. I am interested in seeing more of him as this story arc continues and how Jiji deals with him.
Profile Image for Mindi.
1,370 reviews265 followers
March 28, 2024
This series just keeps getting crazier and the art is super creepy in this volume.

So often when I'm reading this manga I feel like the illustrations are just WRONG. Wrong in the sense that they look like images that shouldn't exist. The art for this manga is perfect because in that way it feels very alien, which I'm sure is exactly what the mangaka is going for.

The family that rents the house to Jiji's parents look so bonkers creepy, and I was seriously grossed out by the dudes that attack Momo at the hot springs. And I love how Turbo Granny has become a side character. I could always use more Seiko in the story, but it makes sense that she would stay behind for this outing. Can't wait to see what happens in the next volume.
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211 reviews7 followers
September 14, 2024
Jiji thought he was special, but did we expect he'll really be special? Well, you underestimated him, as he was stalked by an Evil Eye who wants to use him as a vessel. So you were wrong to doubt him.

In this volume, we go from issue 33 to 40 with an one shot and bonus at the end, and the story ranges from the arrival to Jiji's home, to Momo being attacked during her visit to the hot springs, Jiji and Okarun being attacked at home, all by a weird clan that sacrifices children to when they think is a giant snake, but is a Mongolian earth worm that drives people to suicide, and there's a poor kid's spirit who was sacrificed and became the Evil Eye. Fun times. End then what used to be Jiji want to kill all humans.
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163 reviews
September 27, 2022
I'll still give 4 stars to this volume but there somethings I'm not liking...
I liked the introduction of the new character, Jiji, but some aspects are getting very predictable and repetitive. For example, the ending wasn't surprising, that young boy possessing Jiji, I bet it'll be the same as the old granny possessing Okarun and the mother with other girl (I forgot her name sorry)... I really like this but the sad back story of the monster and some character being pity with it and inherits his powers is getting way too used in my opinion. But still I'll continue to read because I'm enjoying and :)
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223 reviews97 followers
February 23, 2023
Creo que es el mejor tomo hasta la fecha. La incorporación de Jiji, así como el enemigo al que se está enfrentado (me refiero a la familia Tôki y su bizarra matriarca) me están demostrando el buen pulso de Tatsu Sensei.

Tono, dibujo y guión están en su momento más glorioso y madre mía el nuevo nakama que se asoma por la esquina. Es un YES! en toda regla. En Japón ha salido el tomo 9 hace unos días y me muero de ganas de ver cómo avanza el que es para mí y sin contar con One Piece, el mejor shônen de la actualidad.

Profile Image for Dani Gómez.
147 reviews
May 6, 2023
⭐️4⭐️ Muy bueno, me ha gustado bastante.👍🏼

Tras llegar a la casa donde los padres de JiJi se suicidaron, descubren el porqué de todo, tras la aparición una familia un poco rara, y una habitación oculta algo extraña. 🎎

Tras una pelea increíble y la aparición de la serpiente vemos como JiJi es el único que puede ayudar a salvar a los demás, de ser comidos por la serpiente gigante, ya que la telepatía no le afecta. 🐍

El final es increíble, JiJi, cambia de forma a una muy top, como si fuera un súper poder. Increíble 👁️

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