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The Dan Da Dan manga's weekly release schedule shows that you can have too much of a good thing [Popverse Jump]
Dan Da Dan's pacing has slowed to a crawl and I blame the weekly release schedule it is currently on.
There are certain dangers of getting so excited for an anime that you decide to read ahead in the manga. Sure, you suddenly get loads of insight into where the story is going and have even more of the characters you love, but sometimes that isn’t always a good thing. The story might go in some disappointing directions, killing your interest in future seasons of the anime. Or, in the case of Dan Da Dan, it reveals the ultimate danger of a weekly release schedule that many manga have – the dreaded pacing issues.
I’ll clarify at the start of this piece that I still love Dan Da Dan. The anime has been one of the highlights of the most recent anime season, and it is still in that wonderful balance between a battle shonen and romantic comedy story. However, as soon as the
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