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Jun 20, 2020 7:26 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Here's a Playlist I happened to stumble into over on YT: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqAOVP6G-Zbtg2kgwBoE05gvjsGkXcSa_

Prequel story of Nikaido and Caiman making some gyoza, basically.

To be honest, I enjoyed the 5th OVA the most. Noi x Shin is the best!
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Jun 20, 2020 3:05 PM
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I agree, the "ball dance" was the best skit. Ebisu is precious.
Jun 20, 2020 10:37 PM
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my favorites were the masquerade ball and the gyoza fairy
Jun 22, 2020 2:51 AM
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Well these short specials were fine.
Jun 25, 2020 10:30 PM
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So the shorts were basically the omakes from the manga
Jun 26, 2020 9:58 PM
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Cute and simple way to conclude these shorts.

Personally, the fifth skit was easily my favorite one. En's group was what I enjoyed the most in the series after all.

The ED music was dope, by the way.
Jun 30, 2020 11:18 AM
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The final skit for Nikaido and Caiman's meet (before all that massacre happened).

A short and good-ol' cooking lesson, and some time reminiscing good times together.

DOPE-ASS ED.

Out of the omakes, the ones with En's family together (the 5th OVA) and the (weird) gyoza one are the best ones.
Jul 3, 2020 5:59 PM
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Anybody know the name of the ending song?



I think this is the name but I can't read it.
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Jul 20, 2020 7:52 PM
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Kanjo said:
Anybody know the name of the ending song?



I think this is the name but I can't read it.


In case you haven't found an answer yet ; if you already have, then my post will serve future curious




"1000手観音 " by (k)now_name
Jul 20, 2020 7:59 PM

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Otorez said:
Kanjo said:
Anybody know the name of the ending song?



I think this is the name but I can't read it.


In case you haven't found an answer yet ; if you already have, then my post will serve future curious




"1000手観音 " by (k)now_name


thank you so much <3
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Jul 24, 2020 8:12 AM

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mrixl said:
my favorites were the masquerade ball and the gyoza fairy


This! These were defo the best two shorts!
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Jul 25, 2020 7:02 PM

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It was fun to see some of the bonus chapters voiced.
Sad we didn't get all of them but we got gyoza fairy at least.


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Jul 25, 2020 7:19 PM
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Fun stories, pretty disappointing they weren't fully animated.
Aug 15, 2020 9:59 PM
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Like the rest of you guys, I enjoyed the 5th one the most as well, but truthfully all of them were enjoyable to watch. The little Gyoza fairy was hilarious. Whoever the animator was, props to them.

Might I say, the song they used for the specials friggin SLAPS. That Indian-inspired/dubstep track. Definitely adding it to my Top Anime Songs list.
Oct 15, 2020 2:00 PM
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The animation is almost non existant at some points but who cares, more Dorohedoro always brings a smile to my face. My favorite was the ball which is a bit I loved in the manga.
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Nov 25, 2020 12:47 PM
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Is no one going to mention the blatant use of Islamic sounds within the last 'Ball' OVA episode, its blatantly disrespectful to Muslims and even though I really enjoyed the anime up until that part, it completely ruined the ending of the whole anime for me. They had a whole team no one decided to tell them how it might be rude to fucking use the prayers for a ball involving worshipping devils???
Dec 7, 2020 10:55 AM

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the ending song was amazing AF
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Dec 25, 2020 5:57 AM
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NinjaSonia said:
Is no one going to mention the blatant use of Islamic sounds within the last 'Ball' OVA episode, its blatantly disrespectful to Muslims and even though I really enjoyed the anime up until that part, it completely ruined the ending of the whole anime for me. They had a whole team no one decided to tell them how it might be rude to fucking use the prayers for a ball involving worshipping devils???


I get the sentiment, but I try not to let this kinda stuff get to me, I doubt it was used maliciously, or to mock muslim people. Japan isn't always super up to date with this stuff lol. Honestly for me it's only an issue if it's particularly egregious or intentional.
Dec 25, 2020 6:00 AM
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Seems like most agree that the Masquerade Ball was the best, followed closely by the Gyoza Fairy, that one was pretty funny.

Hungry Bug Shop backstory was nice too
Dec 26, 2020 2:31 PM

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Adorable end there between the buddies Caiman and Nikaido and there gyoza's

Jan 10, 2021 9:14 PM
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NinjaSonia said:
Is no one going to mention the blatant use of Islamic sounds within the last 'Ball' OVA episode, its blatantly disrespectful to Muslims and even though I really enjoyed the anime up until that part, it completely ruined the ending of the whole anime for me. They had a whole team no one decided to tell them how it might be rude to fucking use the prayers for a ball involving worshipping devils???
It was quite sickening

It's obviously quite deliberate. If 2nd season get announced, best effort should be made to create a controversy
Feb 7, 2021 10:03 PM

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flashbacks! Nikaido has nice people - Asu and the shop owner, that's why she's kind too :) Ebisu sometimes is an annoying underling, always a problem to the family but they never treat her badly.. they still always help her huhu what a nice family. Noi always heals her! 
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May 10, 2021 9:06 PM

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It was really nice to see Caiman and Nikaido just making and eating Gyoza together; overall, the fifth short was definitely my favorite short and it was pretty fun watching all of these shorts
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i liked it and other 15 letters i need to get this thing to stop spamming me
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Nov 21, 2022 12:58 PM

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Loved watching these shorts. Small glimpses into the past of the characters and basically told us things about them. Especially loved seeing how Nikaido got her store and also how to make her famous Gyoza but just need her recipe for that secret sauce.

This anime is definitely added to the collection. Won’t rewatch any time soon but will be there if I wanna see more of Nikaido.
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Dec 31, 2022 8:38 PM
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We finally get to learn how to make gyoza!
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Jun 6, 2023 1:54 AM

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NinjaSonia said:
Is no one going to mention the blatant use of Islamic sounds within the last 'Ball' OVA episode, its blatantly disrespectful to Muslims and even though I really enjoyed the anime up until that part, it completely ruined the ending of the whole anime for me. They had a whole team no one decided to tell them how it might be rude to fucking use the prayers for a ball involving worshipping devils???

The series also sampled from Sufi music chanting/wailing in the series OP, this ED, and the intro to each short episode. Probably they sampled this song for how dance-inducing it is (I mean, look at any concert by Nusrah Fateh Ali Khan who sings this exact song and you'd be jamming too) and weren't aware of the connotations. It is quite awkward in that respect, but that's Japan for you. In the spirit of how Japanese spiritualism and their native Shinto religion treats spirits/fairies/ghosts/gods/demons/devils/the divine in a rather neutral and all-encompassing sense, I'm sure they wanted to channel the spiritualism of Sufi music for this also-spiritual ritual, rather than deliberately trying to draw a direct relationship between Islam and Devils. The Western connotation gets lost in translation, so to speak.
Mar 22, 2024 12:06 AM
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loved that they brought the manga artstyle back in this
Mar 30, 2024 6:41 PM

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Caiman tucking the gyoza dough in and telling it "good night" is unironically one of the most wholesome things I've ever seen.
May 15, 2024 11:38 AM

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They played Hindi song at the end. Nice.

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