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The Juicy Gyoza Manufactory Dandadan (肉汁餃子製作所ダンダダン Nikujū Gyōza Seisakusho Dandadan?) is a gyoza restaurant located in Kamigoe City.
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History[]
Current Saga[]
Kozuka Knives Arc[]
At the restaurant, Seiko met with Payase and Kashimoto, two cursed collectors. She gave the former the cursed trunk where the Fairy-Tale Card was sealed in and then asked the other if he had any info on how to turn her granddaughter back to her normal size since he has been investigating tiny old men. He suggested getting her hands on the Uchide-no-Kozuchi, currently possessed by the god Daikokuten who's venerated in the Izumo Grand Shrine. She thanked the duo and got up to leave when the men were suddenly knocked out by a group of Jiangshi.
The trio facing the Jiangshi and the Minotaur.
Seiko stood her ground against the horde of enemies, using her bat, kettle and holy water to take them out. Unexpectedly, a Minotaur cannonballed his way in the fight, cornering the lady thanks to its iron body which seemingly got stronger every time it got hit. He overwhelmed Seiko and crushed her, subsequently he pulled out a knife and asked her to admit her defeat. Just then, Payase and Kashimoto unleashed a spiritual punch to send the Jiangshi and the Minotaur flying. Seiko decided to reach for her bag to defeat the Iron monster and the duo manifested their powers: Kashimoto and his guardian spirit, Aphoom-Zhah, and Payase in his Kodoku-like darkness form. They easily took care of the mindless zombies however the Minotaur just seemed to get stronger and stronger.
After fighting for a while, Seiko spotted her purse and ran towards it, although the Minotaur noticed her strange behavior and immobilized her with its own body. She begged Kashimoto to keep using the Ice Flame on the enemy even though the attacks were reverberating through her too. The Bull was sure of his victory when Payase destroyed both of his arms out of nowhere. Kashimoto explained to the defeated Minotaur that humans feel pain so they can acknowledge when their body can't take it anymore, which however the monster doesn't. The Ice Flame, which can reach absolute zero, cooled down the iron of the Bull allowing hydrogen to get inside and making it fragile. Seiko pulled out a talisman from her purse, thus the enemy tried to reveal who was after her but she didn't listen and landed the finishing blow.
The Minotaur being killed by Seiko.
The Minotaur's body crumbled, revealing a scared salary man who immediately begged for mercy and revealed that he fought them because he had followed the orders of an orchestrator. Seiko quickly ran to the window and spotted a mysterious person outside who she and Payase believed to be the controller of the Jiangshi. The man got pressured and he pulled out two black knives and a white one that they recognize as the kozuka of the forbidden Asura, a powerful sword which had been stolen five years ago. When asked why he worked for him, he explained that whoever gathers a lot of powers will make their wishes come true and he told them about his depressing life who had been filled by her wife who recently fell ill. He also mentioned he was recruited by someone at work yet that colleague never existed and he cannot even remember his name.
After the fight a big crowd formed outside and Masamichi Bega investigated the crime scene, with the staff informing him about the trio who recently had left the restaurant after the brawl, so he approached them but they immediately escaped.
Trivia[]
- The Juicy Gyoza Manufactory Dandadan is a real-life restaurant with multiply branches across Japan. On December 5, 2024, Yukinobu Tatsu visited the establishment in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, and gifted it with a handwritten illustration card.[1]
- Following the events of the manga, the real-life restaurant has been filled with details regarding the fight which took inside such as the hoof footprints of the Minotaur, the kettle and the talisman Seiko made use of and the damaged infrastructure.