Warning: SPOILERS for Dandadan chapter 79A war the likes of which no one in the world of Shonen Jump+'s Dandadan has ever seen is about to erupt in this overly wild manga. This massive development comes after a slew of random one-offs ever since Dandadan began more than a year ago.

Although part of its charm, most of the battles in Dandadan have been completely random where the series' heroes rarely fight against more than one enemy. Of course, there are some exceptions like when the creepy Serpo aliens attacked and flooded the heroes Momo and Okarun's school. These unsettling aliens were accompanied by the Serpod, Dover Demon, Nessie, and Mr. Mantis Shrimp who eventually befriended Momo and Okarun. Then there was the battle against the Kito family, who turned out to be a whole other race altogether.

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But at the end of chapter 79 of Dandadan by mangaka Yukinobu Tatsu, two separate groups of aliens confront the series' heroes. Four of them approach Okarun while two others pair off against his companions Jiji who is still possessed by Dandadan's Evil Eye yokai and Aira. No fighting has occurred, but never before in Dandadan has there been such a high-scale attack of so many opponents and in different groups.

Dandadan's War Brings a Sense of Focus to the Series

Okarun is confronted by many aliens in Dandadan chapter 79

What's especially heartening about this latest development is that one of the aliens who suddenly appears in front of Okarun recently attacked the Serpo who have been the series' main yet leaderless alien threat, so it's likely that this latest face-off involves a whole new extraterrestrial faction. This is exciting for long-time readers because the manga has been suffering from a lack of focus as of late. What initially set Dandadan apart from the host of other manga out there was the complete randomness of the story. There were not only yokai terrorizing and even possessing the main characters but aliens trying to steal certain parts of Momo and Okarun's bodies. Meanwhile, other monster attacks from the Harry Potter-esque Deathworm and Terranians only added to the overall chaos. But the longer Dandadan has continued, the more that readers have begun to want a more central focus or one big bad. The Serpo might be a common threat in the manga, but there isn't one master Serpo to be afraid of. And while Okarun made a promising theory early on that might explain why they're being haunted by both aliens and yokai, it's just a theory and nothing more concrete.

This latest chapter of Dandadan hopefully promises more structure over the following weeks. Since one of these new aliens attacked and threatened the Serpo earlier on, chapter 80 will hopefully cover what this means for the manga and if this new alien is the major big bad readers have been waiting for since day one.

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