DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!” is…not quite as odd an episode as the title implies. It’s actually a pretty straightforward story. So long as you ignore the obvious stuff, and remember what had happened in the previous episodes. Oh, and with the surprise reappearance of a character you had thought dead by this point.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!”: Details

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At least we now find out why Okarun still has his powers in this episode.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!” is the fifth episode (you can read my review for Ep. 1-3, and Ep. 4 here) of the first season of this action, romantic comedy, and supernatural thriller shonen anime series. Said anime series is the anime adaptation of the Shonen Jump manga of the same name by Yukinobu Tatsu. Science SARU (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Star Wars: Visions, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off) is the animation studio behind this anime.

Production Cast

Hiromi Nishiyama is the director and storyboarder behind DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!”. As for the DAN DA DAN anime as a whole: Fuga Yamashiro is the director, with Hiroshi Seko is responsible for series composition and screenplay, and kensuke ushio composing the music. Naoyuki Onda is responsible for character design, while Yoshimichi Kameda is responsible for alien and monster design. Satoshi Hashimoto is responsible for color design, while Junichi Higashi is responsible for art direction. Kazuto Izumita is the cinematographer, while Kiyoshi Hirose is the editor, and Eriko Kimura is the sound director.

As for the music: the opening theme song of this anime is “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts. Meanwhile, “TAIDADA” by ZUTOMAYO is the ending theme song.

Voice Cast

DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!” features the voices of Shion Wakayama (Abby Trott in English dub) as Momo Ayase and Natsuki Hanae (A.J. Beckles in English dub) as Okarun. Other notable voices in these trio of episodes include Nana Mizuki (Kari Wahlgren in English dub) as Seiko Ayase, Mayumi Tanaka (Barbara Goodson in English dub) as Turbo Granny, and Ayane Sakura (Lisa Reimold in English dub) as Aira Shiratori.

When and Where to Watch

DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!” made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on October 31, 2024. You can watch this episode on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can watch this entire anime on either Crunchyroll, Netflix, or Hulu.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!”: Synopsis

Let’s just say: he has a reason to look shocked.

Alas, DAN DA DAN only recently made its debut. In fact, DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!” only just made its debut five days ago as of this writing. Thus, here’s the official synopsis from Crunchyroll instead of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can check out that synopsis below:

Victorious against Turbo Granny, Momo and Okarun regain peace. They have gotten closer through the traumatic experience, but they find their relationship to be awkward. That is when Okarun discloses something important to Momo.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!”: The Good

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Okarun, do you really have to stand like that?!

For once, it’s the story of DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!” that’s the star of the show instead of the action. Mostly because this isn’t an action episode. It’s more of a slice of life romcom episode. All starring Momo and Okarun, of course, as they try to navigate the chasms and pitfalls of teenaged romance. Complete with the classical misunderstandings in one of the most hilarious cases I’ve seen of it. Clearly, this episode shows that Yukinobu Tatsu is as good as writing romcoms as he is at writing shonen action sequences.

That said, in spite of the lack of any action sequences in this episode, the animation is still very high quality. Science SARU show once more that they are committed to making quality animation, because this episode continues the trend of this anime being a very good-looking show. It’s not quite to the level of Black Butler -Public School Arc- and Blue Box, but it’s definitely close. Very close.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!”: The Bad

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Well, it isn’t good for Okarun.

My only complaint isn’t against the episode, but it’s really more of an observation of just how bad Okarun has it at his school. To summarize: he just gets constantly, viciously, and casually bullied by his fellow students just from us seeing how his day goes. Even just in this episode, other kids would ram him so hard that he gets knocked to the ground and throw volleyballs full force into his face, and no one apologizes to him. No one. Seeing all that casual bullying with not one teacher or even just fellow kid try to stop it is just…traumatic, really. When you see all that, it’s no wonder that Okarun has so many issues around friends that he does.

Aside from that, if you’re an action junkie, then you might be put off by DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!” for its distinct lack of action. If that’s the case, then may I recommend Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, Kaiju No. 8, and/or DDDD? Those anime series should have more than enough action to satisfy any action junkie. At least, until DAN DA DAN returns to the action.

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