The story of Dan Da Dan starts off with Ken and Momo trying to prove each other wrong – where Ken believes in alien and extraterrestrial beings and Momo in ghosts and paranormal things. Due to their bet of proving each other wrong, they end up meeting beings and elements from other worlds which interfere in their human realm and living.
Momo ends up having her spiritual chakra released after a nasty encounter with alien beings and Ken gets possessed by a ghost named Turbo Nanny. The shenanigans that the Turbo Nanny causes, the extraterrestrial beings and ghosts they face in the human world and Momo trying to reverse the curse of the ghost on Ken makes for a fun ride that Dan Da Dan is.
Who is Aira from episode 6?
Aira is the pink haired girl that caused havoc to Ken by pretending to be close to him. Spoilers ahead: In episode 5, the pink haired girl wanted to showcase how pretty and unaffected she was by the attention given to her, pretended to be close to Ken just so she could play a prank on him. Ken was instead saved by Momo before the girl could ridicule him further.
While helping Ken back, Aira (the pink haired girl) noticed Momo having wings of sorts at her back. Considering herself to be the savior of the universe and having a princess complex, Aira vows to find who and what Momo is and stop her from doing whatever the demonic or evil things that Momo has planned.
Episode 6 ended on a cliffhanger where we could see Aira trying to attack Momo with a cross and also a golden ball – the exact golden ball which has the assets of Ken, thinking that it might take the demon out of Momo. While Momo gets caught by Aira and tries to escape, The Turbo Nnay inside the cat ornament informs Ken about the ball being with Aira. They run off to save Momo, and Ken transforms into his other form.
While both try to stop Aira from acting up, another being enters the battle – calling herself to be the protector of Aira. She ends up chasing and hurting Momo and Ken in the fight, so as to protect Aira and avenge her. The ghost also says that she will eat Aira so that she can become ‘one’ with her so as to not get separated forever.
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Episode 7: To a Kinder World
Episode 7 started off with Aira passing out from exhaustion and injury caused by the mother demon and consecutive attacks on Ken and Momo. The mother demon suggested Momo to have her soul connect with Aira so that Aira could live, but instead she will perish to dust. While Momo helps in transmitting the energy to Aira, she gets a runthrough of the life of the demonic mother protecting Aira.
We get transmitted to the life of the demon, where she was not a demon but a loving mother who tried her very best to provide whatever she can to her daughter. The harsh realities of life, along with the love and affection for her daughter was executed very well in the anime, without changing the original plot and timeline like that from the manga.
The life of a single mother who tried her best to make ends meet, to bring in the money for their proper livelihood by doing different work and part-time work was showcased without sugarcoating the vile realities of the world. The mother works odd jobs at odd hours, teaches ballet and spends time with her daughter during her free time. With the resources available, she saved up money to get a dress for her kid, and a small amount of happiness in her daughter’s face lifts up her entire day.
But one fine day, she is subjected to violence from her clients as she couldn’t meet the work requirement and she gets abused and attacked. Her daughter gets taken away by them, but she could save her as she becomes unconscious from the attacks and injury. On realizing the event and on waking up, she runs off to try to find her kid, but is unable to do so. With understanding the brutality that life has given her, and with the only light in her life being taken away, she jumps off from a building by dancing to her favourite ballet song one last time. But her soul without finding peace and rest has been wandering in the human world for a long time, and that’s when Aira found her and mistook her for her mother. Aira list her mother at a very young age, and when she saw the demonic mother in her ghost form, she could help but call her as ‘mother’.
The mother ghost felt satisfied and instantly became closely attached to Aira as she was one to call her as a mom after losing her daughter. She became the guardian angel of her since then and on seeing this, Momo bursts out in tears rejecting the idea of the demonic mother shifting her powers to Aira. But the mother falls apart slowly by saying that she was happy enough to be called as a ‘mother’ and always treated Aira as her kid. On realizing consciousness, Aira ran to hug the mother demon, saying that she was happy to be under her protection all the whole and will never forget her. Apparently, as per the narration of Turbo Nanny, the spirit which volunteers to give up their soul for another living person, will end up being perished from the universe, as anyone dead or alive will never be able to remember them.
Anime King: Summary
This tearjerker episode is one of the top rated episodes of anime that released in 2024 and highest rated episode of Dan Da Dan so far. The absolute cinema, the colours, animation, the story and the wholesome characters that episode 7 brought in, moved the viewers to tears and also brought in necessary connectivity to the plot with he audience.
Source: ImDB, AnimeNews
