Dandadan: The Pun Behind The “Golden Orbs”

Yukinobu Tatsu’s Dandadan is becoming synonymous with a brand of shnen that emphasizes over-the-top ridiculousness while building a genuinely sincere take on the battle shnen formula. Part of this reputation stems from how the call to action Okarun and Momo’s desire to prove each other wrong regarding the existence of ghosts and aliens respectively ended up becoming their quest to find “the golden balls”, which are the family jewels that are attached to a male person’s “banana”.