Who's The Real Ninja?! (どっちが本物の忍者か決めようや! Docchi ga Honmono no Ninja ka Kimeyō ya!?) is the two hundred and eighth chapter of the Dandadan manga series.
Summary[]
After opening the mouth of Bamora's kaiju suit and entering its interior, Momo checks whether Bamora can still perceive her presence. Bamora confirms she can, maintaining their synchronized control. At Momo's command, Bamora activates the suit's colossal form and generates Empty Space, preparing for battle against Reptilian, who is visibly stunned by the sheer size of his opponent. Following Momo's next instruction, Bamora engages the suit's invisibility mode and launches a Blast Wind Thrust Attack. However, Reptilian evades the strike, revealing his awareness of the suit's retroreflective projection technology. He quickly deploys his kite ninjas, who use their aerial vantage points to track and verify the suit's form. The kite ninjas retaliate with their Ninja Art: Chaotic Sakura, unleashing a barrage of explosive fireworks. As the blasts rain down, Bamora grows concerned about the suit's endurance, warning Momo that the energy gauge is rapidly depleting, and if it reaches zero, the suit will deflate and become unusable. In response, Momo instructs Bamora to engage Reptilian at close range, hoping to catch him in the explosion radius. Reptilian mocks their strategy, calling them fools as he effortlessly dodges every attack. Once Bamora's gauge hits zero and the suit begins to shrink, Reptilian declares victory, stomping on the weakened exosuit and proclaiming himself the superior ninja. He halts his assault upon realizing that killing Bamora would prevent him from stealing her power but instead considers handing her corpse over to the Serpo for dissection. Suddenly, Reptilian hears Momo's voice asking him what he was intending to harm. As Reptilian becomes taken aback to learn that the girl is still alive somewhere, Momo mocks him for failing to speak in a stereotypical ninja tone unlike herself at the moment. Reptilian becomes prompted to correct this as he demands for her to show herself, to which Momo berates him for being far too late to change his manner of speech now. After asking if he has ever heard the tale of Issun-Boshi, a story about a tiny warrior who defeats a giant from within, she reveals that she and Bamora are inside him with the same ninja explosives used earlier after ejecting from the kaiju suit and retrieving the weapons. While Momo and Bamora wonder what organ they are standing in front of, Reptilian begins to panic and makes an attempt to shake them out of him. Momo, while using her power to grab ahold of Bamora, informs the alien that he will not succeed, making it clear that she has previously faced a comparable scenario with a typhoon prior to him, and that she is determined to seek revenge for her grandmother. She then concludes the battle by activating her Moe Moe Tri-Beam to detonate the explosives, leading to the destruction of Reptilian's castle body.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Jiji
- Reptilian
- Bamora
- Momo Ayase
- Serpo (Mentioned)
- Typhoon Human (Mentioned)
- Seiko Ayase (Flashback)
Events[]
- Momo Ayase and Bamora vs. Reptilian (Round 2).
- Bamora generates empty space and turns invisible but Reptilian confirms her position thanks to the flying ninjas.
- The ninjas bombard them with fireworks explosives while Reptilian keeps dodging their attacks.
- The kaiju shrinks down so Reptilian declares victory and prepares to give their bodies to the Serpo.
- Momo and Bamora slip inside Reptilian's body and they scatter the explosives before blowing them up with the former's Moe Moe Tri-Beam, obliterating Reptilian.