Key points
- Momo's psychic abilities include psychokinesis, impressive durability, and the ability to detect auras.
- Okarun's cursed powers grant him super speed, reflexes, astral projection, and durability.
- Momo's powers are more versatile and powerful in their own right than Okarun's speed and strength.
Like the main characters in DandanMomo Ayase and Okarun both have a pretty impressive set of powers. At the beginning of the anime, Momo discovers her psychic abilities when she faces the Serpoians. Along with this, Okarun is cursed by Turbo Granny, who also brings with her a number of unique and impressive powers.
Between the two, each of their powers brings importance to the team Dandan and allows them to defeat enemies with ease when paired together. However, if the two were to be separated and had to rely only on their own strength, which one would reign supreme?
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Examining Momo Ayase's powers
A deep dive into Momo's psychic abilities
In the first episode of DandanMomo Ayase awakens her psychic powers after being abducted by Serpoian aliens. Next, unlock a multitude of abilities, including aura detection, psychokinesis, impressive stamina and stamina, durability, and more. Along with these powers, she is also known to be very intelligent, as many fans can see when she needs to solve problems and figure out what to do next in a tight amount of time. Instead of cracking under pressure, like Okarun, he is able to stay calm and find solutions.
What stands out among her powers is psychokinesis, which allows her to pick up virtually any object, despite its size and weight. With this, she can easily protect herself when she finds herself in a terrible situation alone. Just like when he grabbed Turbo Granny after possessing a maneki-neko doll, he can stop any danger in its tracks, giving her enough time to think about what to do next. In addition to simply grabbing the object with his psychokinesis, he can also catapult it to cause serious damage and knock out an enemy. This gives her an easy advantage over spirits and aliens.
Detecting aura is another aspect of Momo's powers that really sets her apart. With this ability, he can locate virtually any spirit nearby, which can be especially useful for finding spirits that are hiding. He easily managed to look inside Okarun and discovered that Turbo Granny had cursed him, even after the great battle that supposedly defeated her. In addition to detecting hidden spirits, she can also use this ability to help those around her, especially in the case of Okarun, who often finds himself cursed.
Examining Okarun's powers
Evaluation of Okarun's cursed abilities
When it comes to Okarun's abilities, he doesn't get them initially, just like with Momo. Instead, it takes some time for his powers to be unlocked, and they only really come to him after being cursed by Turbo Granny. Ultimately, Turbo Granny is exorcised by Okarun, meaning he can no longer retain the abilities he received from her. However, he soon regains some of these powers, as he continues to be exposed to the supernatural, and eventually restores his powers to their initial capacity.
With Turbo Granny's powers at his side, Okarun has several abilities he can use. This includes incredibly fast speed and reflexes, impressive durability, a strong bite from his mask, transportation between telephone wires, and even astral projection. Mainly, his abilities focus mainly on his speed, strength, and his ability to survive intense attacks or throws. With this rapid speed, he is able to easily attack an enemy without them even managing to hit him. This super speed would also allow him to escape at the last moment if necessary if he found himself in a dire situation.
Okarun's additional supernatural powers from the yokai Turbo Granny can be useful even when he is alone. Since it can travel through telephone wires, this can be used to escape when needed or to quickly get to another location. While he doesn't use this ability frequently, it's definitely something he can keep in his back pocket if needed. His astral projection abilities are not yet fully understood, as it is a skill he performed by accident. However, this is an easy way to separate from your body and spy on others to learn about hidden plans or find a solution without being in direct danger.
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Who is more powerful?
Only one can take the crown
While Okarun and Momo both have useful abilities when dealing with spirits and aliens, one of them has abilities that will be more useful in the long run. Okarun and Momo work together as a team to enhance their individual powers, but Momo has impressive abilities that shine even on their own. Okarun has unmatched speed and strength, but Momo isn't lacking in the strength department either. He has impressive durability and can survive intense attacks just like Okarun, but with additional supernatural powers at his side. Most of what Okarun has going for her is her speed.
Momo also possesses these powers naturally after unlocking them, while Okarun was only able to gain them after being cursed repeatedly by Turbo Granny. In almost any battle, Momo would be able to protect herself, as she could use her ability to detect auras to find hidden entities and her psychokinesis to catapult objects at an enemy or directly grab and throw them. . While Okarun is physically stronger, it seems that Momo would have a better chance of completely defeating an enemy rather than just temporarily neutralizing them.
Dandan is now available to stream on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Netflix.
- Release date
- September 13, 2024
- Main genre
- Animation
- Seasons
- 1