In Dandadan, Momo Ayase and Ken Takakura take on aliens and the occult. The first episode is a rollercoaster. Momo has a disastrous date with a jerk and ends up heartbroken. She’s into “star masculine guys” like Takakura Ken (basically the Japanese Clint Eastwood). While passing by a classroom, Momo notices Ken getting pelted with paper balls. Feeling bad for him, she sits down in front of him. Ken, awkward as ever, can barely look her in the eye. He follows her out of the room, teasing that he “knows what she likes”—the occult. Annoyed, Momo snaps back that she… The post Dandadan Episode 1 Recap and Review appeared first on Otaku Orbit.
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