#kei dandadan

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Who's gettin' a piggyback ride now, O-ka-run~?

Gyaru Okarun(Gyakarun, if you will)'s full outfit! Gyakarun... I adore you... (A quick reminder.)

About the outfit:

Momo, Miko, and Muko/Kei put it together! Momo convinced Okarun to let her do his makeup "all gal style", but she said she'd do it low-key, like her friend Miko's.

She does not do that. She goes all out.

And I don't have it ironed out exactly what happens after,, but she ends up calling over Miko and Muko/Kei. They bring supplies (Miko bringing her makeup and Muko bringing hair extensions) and have fun dressing him up in different outfits!

They do a "kogal work in progress" (that he was not comfortable with lmao), a gyaruo, a kogyaruo, and a final kogal with some stockings for comfort <3

After they get him all dressed up, they're too excited to not get dressed and go somewhere too.

They drag him along to go explore the city with them (because what else do you do when you're an all-dressed-up high schooler), and they end up going shopping because Okarun doesn't have a bag with keychains and plushies and plushie keychains! What kind of gal doesn't have accessories!?!?

And that's how the Purikura drawing happens, because they come across a booth at the shopping district :]

[gwenandy]

Here are some dandadoodles I forgot to show here

First three are jiji x muko, fourth is buff Momo because… have we seen how durable she is.. and the last on is a idol!au where Momo and Okarun are two different idols from different groups, but there are rumors about them dating. (Not my idea)

[ukanlos000080]

Gesture studies, 2: Electric Boogaloo

This time, we have mostly Dandadan and some Jujutsu Kaisen

One thing I noticed while doing this is that these artists have different ways of doing things. Kei Urana (Gachiakuta) does their characters with a more lanky look (see last study post). Yokinobu Tatsu (Dandadan) leans more to the realism side of things with his while still exaggerating here and there. Gege Akutami (JJK) draws their characters with a kind of burly, more stylized look.

[gelu-the-babosa-multiversal]

Hey! I don't want to have a fight with the fandom, but for those who know, they know!

Okarun es hombre muerto

[achillesmonochrome]

I know why anime fans are so upset at that cliffhanger, considering that even if is still not far away, we will need to wait for the next season. But as someone who is up to date with the manga-

This is the most Dandadan thing they could have done and it makes perfect sense.

Since the anime has been able to pack multiple chapters of the manga in one episode, I don't think this is something you pick up on the anime. But in the manga, more often than not, the chapters end with things going even worse than when we started the chapter.

It is insane the amount of times I had finished a chapter, just to be left with a horrible cliffhanger; to say that if you tell me there are more cliffhanger endings than regular "everything is fine" ones, I would fully believe it.

I am sorry pals, this is how this show rolls, and boy if you thought this season was crazy...

[artbygiseth]

Dandandan

[nevui-penim-miruvorrr]

Kei-san! From Dandadan

Comissions open!

10$-ONE character CHEST UP with color( every fandom, oc’s, etc)

15$ ONE character WAIST UP with color

20$ TWO characters CHEST UP with color( every fandom, oc’s, etc)

30$ TWO characters WAIST UP with COLOR

35$-ONE character FULL BODY WITH COLOR

50$-TWO characters FULL BODY with COLOR

60$-i don’t want put the word with nsxx or i will be flagged lol + COLOR + FULL BODY

i don’t do, mechas,background or armors too complicated

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I'tS HALLOWEEEEEEEEN !!!! AT LEAST .

ASK FOR YOU HALLOWEEN COMISSION FOR THIS SPOOOOPY SEASON !

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Anyways I hope Kei San and Miko show up soon again and perhaps maybe they can join the gang permanently because on god they’re too fun to be sidelined

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Hello my name is sam im a trans 17 year old with a girlfriend of nearly 5 years<3

Im sad and stupid and i like lots of cringe things

Love anime,homestuck,vkei,emo,2000s cartoons and internet, adult cartoons,other things ofc lolol

[ropeydopeyiwillchokethee]

Trying to learn how to color manga

So, my first attempt was recoloring Frankstein’s scarf (mainly because that’s the first suitable image I found in my camera roll). Then, I had to try an actual manga panel- while I love The Glass Scientists, it’s also already in color. Although, I guess it might be fun to try to recolor a panel from memory.

Okay, white hair is hard. I want it to look like I did something, but I also don’t want it to look not white anymore. Plus there’s no background since I haven’s figured that bit out yet. I tried to add some shading, but still pretty iffy. Other than that, I think it looks pretty good for a first try. Could it use some cleaning? Definitely! Am I disappointed? No.

I bit off more than I can chew with this one. For one, it has the exact opposite problem as the Uzuki image, with a very complicated background including a whole extra character in the back. I picked it because it is one of my favorite panels in the series, but might have to come back with some more practice. And maybe an actual drawing pencil. I couldn’t find mine, so I just used my fingers for all of this. Third Problem-

Maybe it’s the Dragon Ball Z fan in me, but cool powerups should come with cool hair. I already went with yellow for the eyes, mainly because Lu got this power up from chugging straight Ethanol, but I thought it might be cool to have something extra. I couldn’t decide what though, so I ended up with two extra versions. I probably would have been okay with just the regular pink hair though.

So this Dandadan page is actually the reason I wanted to learn how to color manga in the first place, however I couldn’t find the image in my camera roll and at the time I didn’t feel like trying to find the chapter it came from.

I can already see some difficult points. Lots of dark/black space, special effects, multiple characters, etc. However, I can hopefully figure out how to do it.

I have a few other panels I’d like to color, and I can probably sweep through for other panels in different manga. As of now, I’m keeping up with Sakamoto Days, Wild Strawberry, Dandadan, Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Astro Baby, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures, and probably a few others I’m going to regret leaving out later. Not to mention not-currently running Manga like Psyren. So there’s no shortage of material here.

New Hobby Unlocked!

Also, I’m not sure about how much this will spread, but if anyone knows if coloring is appropriate to tag for “my art” do tell me.

Edit/Update:

Tried making the hair very light blue after seeing a Gojo fan coloring do the same thing.

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[that-guy-sleepy-miles]

Some Gyarus At A Purikura! Agepoyo!!

Some art for an idea that's been floating around in my head: Momo (and her friends) dressing Okarun up as a gyaru! They've taken him out on the town and found a purikura booth, and obviously had to take a picture.

He's just kind of shell-shocked.

I might post their individual outfits at some point, if I either feel like it or I make a full piece or smth. Tell me if y'all want that!

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DanDaDan season 2 key poster - comingJuly 2025

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It's high key funny seeing dude bros who need fight scenes dangled in front of them like car keys bitch about DanDaDan having melodrama like, my brother in Christ, they are TEENAGERS and this is a ROM-COM. Of course it has drama that's like complaining that a magical girl anime has fantasy.

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Blaze's Compendium Entry #9:

Turbo Granny

Warning: Faith and religion are important real life topics, that tackles the culture and way of life of millions of real life people. It is a cultural expression, and must be respected by all means. Here, we use a video-game ( some times) and other media series only to ignite the flame of learning about the matter, using its art when well depicted, but we do this with all due respect to the cultures we talk here, grounded by real life sources, cultures and people. And i mean this with respect. Hope you all enjoy.

Turbo Granny is a somewhat modern Yokai that has been popularized lately by pop culture. In 2024, Turbo Granny has made a resurgence due to the hit anime: Dandadan and her apparition in Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, both happening in the spam of just 4 moths.

But before that she also made cameos in the anime Mob Psycho circa 2018, Hell Teacher in 1997 and was first introduced as a playable monster in Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner Soul Hackers in 1997. She was absent from the franchise for some decades, upon her return in 2022 for Soul Hackers 2, which coincided with her debut in the -at the time- new manga Dandadan.

Despite that, its origins are so obscure, that I was enticed to dig deep into the lore of this monster and understand if it is even a real urban legend. And here is what i found.

First information that we have about her is that she hails from the Hyogo region in Japan. Supposedly. Hyogo is a southern Region of Japan, between Okayama and Kyoto. Capital is Kobe. So i started by researching about the area, to see if anything about the Region itself has any connections to the particular legend, but did not found anything. The biggest news on the region in the timeline we are looking after was a big earthquake in 1995.

Both western and Japanese Wikipedia pages for this region did not include any mention about Turbo Granny. SMT VV compendium mentions the specific location: MT. Rokko, that is located in the metropolitan area of Kobe. Could no find anything about Turbo Granny on this specific location as well, at the western web.

Addendum: I know that blog posts are hardly scientific accepted sources. However, since we are dealing with an urban legend that survived via word of mouth, this kind of data gathering is the most optimal.

However, using the key words: 六甲山 妖怪 (Mount Rokko Yokai) I could find more content than before. This particular blog mentions some variations of the Yokai, like the way she is called 100km/h hag in Hokkaido, for example. However it lacked any sources and seems to have more of a comedic purpose. Other sites specifically mentions the highways around Mt. Rokko and their tunnels as specific apparitions spots for this creature, but then again no source of whatsoever.

Highway and tunnel at Mt. Rokko, supposedly where the Turbo Granny legend began.

Other Japan web content, showed me the Yokai has been discussed in forums lately, like this one that mentions its resurgence in pop culture as of lately.

But it also mentioned something about the legend being from the Edo period, that could run faster than a horse. And the user speculates that the modern take evolved from there, when cars were introduced in Japan. They, however, provides no source for this information. (Hold this information with yourself for now)

A common thread in all discussions online about this particular monster, be it on Japanese forums, or blog posts, are the outcomes the encounter with Turbo Granny can lead to. From what I could gather, those are:

1- Nothing happens, the granny just scares you. 2-if she passes your car, you get a curse 3- if you passes her, your car will break down completely in less than a week. (Terrifying)

They also speculate that this legend could be from 2ch, which brings us to the first myth about this legend, it did not in fact originated on 2ch! Since the SMT game Soul Hackers, from 1997. 2ch was created in 1999.

But if you keep going through the Japanese web enough, you find more blog posts talking about this Yokai. For example, this other one.

That mentioned the Turbo Granny, but divided in categories. The blog mentioned that this guy called Toshiro Yamaguchi described a version called 60km/h hag that could just run at the max speed of 60 km/h. The Turbo Granny we know can reach up to 100 km/h. Other blogs mentions 140 km/h or as fastest as the target.

This also became a common thread in all registers of this Yokai.

Still in Japanese web, I forgot to check Japanese wikipedia. It got some interesting results, as some interesting variations, and some lore. But only contained one source: This book:

口敏太郎 『本当にいる日本の「現代妖怪」図鑑』 笠倉出版社" In a direct traanslation:

''Illustrated catalogue of modern yokai from Japan that really exist'' This book was released in 2007, 10 years after the granny being featured in the Soul Hackers game, so it is not a good original source.

Sadly I could not find this book anywhere on the internet, only the illustration it has about the Turbo Grannny:

The Wikipedia article states a bit of lore from the book. Keep in mind that I have to use machine translation, so feel free to correct me:

''鞠つきをしている最中にひき逃げされた少���の霊が、自動車以上のスピードで道路を疾走する「鞠つきマリちゃん」[1]'' It mentions that it is the ghost of an once a little girl who died after being hit by a car, playing a ball game in the highway or tunnel with friends.

This is an interesting report, but so far is the only place I have found that contains it. It can be just an invention of the author, or just a regional tale. Other sources generally do not touch on the origins of the ghost.

It all gave me the idea to go at Google Books, and check what i could find on the matter.

You see, earlier in the research I was discussing at Discord if this creature could be a SMT OC, which would be huge. That is because the oldest citation about this ghost was from Soul Hackers, in 1997.

But this was ruled out, going by Google Books, found this book mentioning her at the 29th page, from 1996:

'走るお婆さん: 日本の現代伝說' (Direct translates to: Running Granny: Modern Japanese Folklore)

This book seems to tackle a lot of modern Yokai and Urban Legends in Japan at the mid to late 90s. Its descriptions says:

''A four-legged grandmother chases you in a car at 100 km/h? If you remember the phrase "purple mirror" until you're 20, will you die? If you ride the lion statue in a certain department store, will you pass the exam? Among other urban legends about sex, food and more, the third edition of the anthology that collects and deciphers the modern legends of turn-of-the-century Japan.''

At the 29th page:

(No. 5, June 1994, Issue 6), Kayoko Ikeda's discussion on modern legends titled The Secret of the Running Grandma was published. In that, there are mentions of the Turbo Grandma (with a piece of paper on her back that says 'TURBO' as she rushes by) and the Dash Grandma, who runs along the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway…"

It also had a mention in the 103rd page:

… There are many modern yokai, like Turbo Grandma, who chase after motorcycles and cars. Also, there are ghosts that get into vehicles, such as in the story of 'The Vanishing Passenger' (The White Thread of the Earring, page 22). These eerie phenomena often manifest when they are reflected in the rear view mirror, often occurring around 2:00 AM…"

This means that we can go even further back, to 1994 as the oldest report of this Yokai. And this book states that it was recorded by a woman called Kayoko Ikeda. I went by her name through Japan web to find her complete list of works, and sure enough I followed the path to the book:

ピアスの白い糸―日本の現代伝説 The white thread- Modern Japanese Urban Legends

Supposdely, this book should mention Turbo Granny, but i can not find it online, nor check its index clearly. There is however, a chapter dedicated to car related Yokai and legends, which can be what we look for. It seems to fit with the page 22, mentioned in the other book.

Ikeda who is a translator of German to Japanese, was involved into it. But could not find much of her work related to Yokai. But she is in fact, an academic.

By this, we can kind of conclude the book White Thread from 1994 was the first recorded instance of Turbo Granny in a book. At least, I personally could not find anything else older than that. The idea of the White Thread book was to report urban legends that were being told around at the time, so it may be just that this was really the first person to write about that.

Similar case happened to the Saci, from our entry #7 in Brazil, which was a popular word of mouth legend up until it started to be recorded in books.

Another name that was hot in this research was of Toshiro/Yoshitaro Yamaguchi (山口敏太郎.). He is a celebrated occultist and urban legends enthusiast in Japan, have written several books, currently also makes videos for the internet discussing the case, but it seems he was a frequent apparition on television shows, and somewhat of an authority in the matter.

For example, Yamaguchi has mentioned the Turbo Granny several times, like this one, where he compares her to other Yokai. But Yamaguchi has published several books, and I lack the Japanese knowledge to verify every one of them, that is assuming I would find it online. But it is clear that he mentioned the creature more than once online.

The other claim I went to check was if the idea of Turbo Granny having an Edo Period ancestor checked. And it kinda surprised me.

By combining Edo period and Turbo Granny in the Japanese web, i was directed to a blog article that aimed to find this originnal legend:

The article traces a parallel to another Yokai: Yama-Uba.

Yama Uba is a yokai that is a monstrous hag, that acts like a witch and often is a sort of Japanese Baba Yaga, or Boggeyman. The connection is interesting, because Yama-Uba is often reported to attack travelers on their ox-cars at roads, and in at least one tale they ran pretty fast for an old hag. The story is called:

''Three Talisman'' (三枚のお札』だろう)

The story is about a monk that was hunt down by the YamaUba, and used its magical talisman to escape. During most of the tale, the Yama Uba was running after him with supernatural speeds.

The author of the article speculates that the parts of the tales showing the Yama Uba running after the travelers, that tried to escape by foot, horse or ox-cars, stuck in the collective mind, and slowly evolved to the imagery of a hag running after cars nowadays.

Yama Uba is a very well documented Yokai, being popular as a bogeyman. There are several tales and folklore regarding her, but it checks out that she indeed had tales about chasing her prey.

Personal theory

Now it is time for that part of my text where I give my personal theory, which is totally my own and based on what I have read and researched. This can be debated and disregarded, but it was my own conclusion. Feel free to disagree with me. And even better, if you are a Japanese citizen who had contact with this legend, let me know and correct me if necessary.

Urban legends are extremely hard to pinpoint, and we can only presume their origins, specially with a big language barrier. But we often can also use deduction and a bit of ''taxonomy'' to co relate myths and folklore that could have birthed the legend, the time and place.

I like to compare this to when a paleontologist finds an incomplete fossil, and have to rely on the closest sibling specimens to try and understand the biology of that animal.

In this case, my Personal theory is that I agree with the said article, and i really think that Yama Uba, and its associated imagery birthed the idea of a hag chasing after vehicles, and people.

If you take a close look, the oldest mention I could find about the Turbo Granny is from 1994, then 1996 and then it appeared again in 1997 in SMT. The idea is that this legend was already been spoken about before the internet exploded, and just slowly was registered. If I had to guess, Id say this legend could have originated by word of mouth in the mountain highways and tunnels of Kobe, in the late 1980s. Those places are naturally where people speed up the most with their cars, and even some times host car meet ups. Initial D is a good example of this culture.

Imagine the big showdown that those two would put up....

Of course, i am not Japanese and i can be completely wrong on that interpretation, but at least the connection with Yokai, and the start of the registration of Turbo Granny is factual and can be assured. It is weird however, that Shigeru Mizuki never registered this Yokai, because even if it appeared as late as 1994, he would probably get to know it. But the man was not all powerful.

I had ran across Japanese people online theorizing the Yokai is a warning against old people causing traffic accidents, but it was just that one person, really. I do not believe much in this theory.

The legend probably spread around Japan during the 90s, appearing in probably occult magazines such as the ones the SMT dev team had access, and the rest is history. Surprisingly Kaneko's commentary on the hag for SH book, has no mention of his sources.

''The ghost of an old woman appears on the highway and runs at full speed. She only overtakes cars without causing any harm, and is more of a frightening presence than a horrifying one. There is also the "Dash Granny" of the same kind. There is also the "100km Granny" which causes accidents in cars that overtake her. It's an old woman running on all fours. There are all kinds of old people, like the Jumping Old Man or the Dash Old Man. Anyway, when you're driving at night, apparently there's one that passes you at incredible speed. Apparently it has the word "Turbo" written on its back, or a piece of paper with that written on it stuck to its back. What's more, it's written in hiragana. Personally, I wrote "Porsche Turbo" on its kimono. Still, old people play a lot of important roles in yokai.'' -Kazuma Kaneko, Soul Hackers Subete (machine translation)

Turbo Granny strikes back: The resurgence of the legend.

Turbo Granny gathered a recent cult following, due to her appearance in pop culture media. SMT was a pioneer in this regard, followed by the after mentioned Hell Teacher manga.

Mob Psycho 100 also featured the Yokai, but due to unforeseen forces, 2024 has became the Turbo Granny year and she is indeed having a brat summer.

When the Dandadan animation hit Netflix at the start of October, the Yokai was instantly recognizable. It became one of the main antagonists and characters of the work, that also dabbles in other Yokai and spirits.

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance not only re added the monster, but also gave her an unique side quest, where you have to hunt down the hag through the pre apocalyptic Tokyo, stop her, and photograph her for an occult magazine.

And finally, my favorite piece of media related to the granny...

In 2017 the Turbo Granny was the star of a Broad Wimax commercial, which is a company that sells internet connection. They commercial was about how their internet speeds were able to be faster than the Turbo Grannyy, and it was starred by a comedian. The whole commercial starts as a documentary, but gets progressively funny.

Conclusion

As any urban legend, Turbo Granny will forever be a mystery in terms of origins and original sources. We can say for sure this was not invented by Dandadan artist nor Shin Megami Tensei devs, since the legend was around for a long time. It seems people in Japan recognize it as popular as the Slit Mouthed Woman, for instance. This makes this Yokai unique because of how modern and popular it is, through pop culture.

Of course, Dandadan mangaka added his own flavor to the monster, but that is part of the fun.

Honestly it is pretty cool to witness that kind of popularity for a specific Yokai, and watch how the legend slowly evolves and change over time. Who knows?

I hope this put your itch to know this hag's history to sleep!

Turbo Granny at the Soul Hackers for 3DS opening.

Special thanks to Eirikr for the help with the Kaneko commentary!