DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World” is just an episode full of plot twists. It continues from where we last left off in the previous episode as a horror action thriller, of course. Then it shows you the monster’s backstory, and suddenly, you’re reduced to tears. Truly, this is the hallmark of a great writer.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World”: Details

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Would you ever expect to cry with a key art like this?

DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World” is the seventh episode (you can read my review for Ep. 1-3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, and Ep. 6 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

Kotaro Matsunaga is the director behind DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World”, with Enomoto as the storyboarder. 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. 7 “To a Kinder World” 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 Mayumi Tanaka (Barbara Goodson in English dub) as Turbo Granny, Ayane Sakura (Lisa Reimold in English dub) as Aira Shiratori, and Kikuko Inoue (Amber Lee Connors in English dub) as Acrobatic Silky.

When and Where to Watch

DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World” made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on November 14, 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. 7 “To a Kinder World”: Synopsis

Alas, Okarun doesn’t even get to experience the tearjerker.

Alas, DAN DA DAN only recently made its debut. In fact, DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World” only just made its debut yesterday 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:

Momo and Okarun manage to pull Acrobatic Silky away from Aira after a fierce battle. However, Aira herself had lost her life as a side-effect of being eaten by a yokai monster. Facing Aira in such a crisis, Acrobatic Silky has a surprising proposal…

DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World”: The Good

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Dammit, even seeing this scene again is making me tear up.

The story. It’s all the story of DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World” that makes it so devastating, and that’s what makes it so good. The episode just starts off as your usual action horror comedy thriller, just like in previous episodes. Then suddenly, it whiplashes into tragedy when it finally shows Acrobatic Silky’s backstory. My god, it hurts to watch. And yet, it’s because of the pain of seeing her backstory that’s why this episode is the best episode of the entire anime thus far. I’m not even going to go into details, because that would just spoil things. I’ll just let you all watch for yourself, and hopefully take my word that it’s amazing. Seriously, Yukinobu Tatsu has just proven that he is an amazing author with this storyline.

Of course, that amazing story is enhanced by the equally as amazing animation. Science SARU really went all out for this particular episode, and appropriately so. The high quality animation just enhances the tragedy of this entire episode. Seriously, there’s a sequence of Acrobatic Silky dancing ballet in human form that is just so jaw-dropping beautiful that it brought tears to my eyes. It still brings tears to my eyes just remembering it. You need to watch this episode. Trust me, it’s worth it.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World”: The Bad

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There’s a reason why Aira there is lying so still.

Honestly, this episode has everything. From action to comedy to tragedy, DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 “To a Kinder World” has nearly everything you could ever want in an anime. All except for blood and gore. Despite the main cast taking a bunch of hits, there’s no visible blood or even injuries, save for a very nighmarish bit of gore midway through the episode. If you want more of that, then you might want to watch Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, Kaiju No. 8, and/or DDDD. Those anime should have more than enough blood and gore to satisfy any action junkie.

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