Warning: Spoiler for Dandadan chapter 102 Vamola’s ongoing flashback in Taste accomplishes more than “just” enriching her already compelling character. Her kaiju suit is benefiting from some much needed, tragic, and unsettling backdrop.
The origin of Vamola’s kaiju suit is revealed when she says that the alleged leader of the Earth-invading aliens, Big Mama, creates armed suites for her warriors from corpses of the victims she ate, in Dandadan chapter 102 by mangaka Yukinobu Tatsu, translator Kumar Sivasubramanian and letter writer Kyla Aiko. Vamola watched a live performance of this unfold as her fellow Sumerians were gobbled up, culminating in Big Mama’s production of the kaiju suit Vamola first fought with when she was out. many chapters ago.
Dandadan reveals the tragic origins of Vamola’s Kaiju suit
The significance of the birth of this kaiju is all the more intriguing considering that in the previous chapter, the much younger Vamola learned that the god of his people was a kaiju that was supposed to appear when the Sumerians were on the road. on the brink of disaster. In other words, the Sumerian god of salvation was born from their dead bodies. The Sumerian savior was created from the painful death of the Sumerians that it could not save. It is also ironic that the kaiju is used to save its people from the very thing that gave birth to it (i.e. Big Mama). This is quite an impressive visual, especially considering the fact that Vamola will use the suit later, which makes it more like she’s manipulating the product of her people’s painful demise.
But what this and subsequent chapters also achieve is to make readers fall in love with Vamola’s character even more after her presumed death in Dandadan unleashes this entire flashback. So while fans are mourning her, they are now forced to learn more about a character they may never see again in the present. The more tragic that flashback, the more tragic her death became. And her relationship with Ms. Banga succeeded in this endeavor. It’s one of many nuances. The story resonates with Mrs. Banga because she basically adopted Vamola after the entire Vamola family was massacred. But while Vamola accepts Mrs. Banga as her mother, Mrs. Banga does not and repeatedly tells Vamola not to call her “mother”. She is actually quite malicious towards Vamola, which only makes the reader feel even more pity for her. This deep sympathy is exacerbated whenever Mrs. Banga temporarily gives in and shows affection for Vamola. While she often turns right back to being emotionally distant, that’s when she’s at her best emotionally.
Dandadan hints at the tragic fate of Mrs. Banga
Of course, the reader might also naturally assume that there might be a sad reason as to why Mrs. Banga kept Vamola at a further distance from her. It is possible that she does not want Vamola to suffer any more pain if and when she dies after having suffered the death of her family. And since Mrs. Banga is no longer there at the present time, it can be assumed that she and every other Sumerian with them have died and will therefore die in this flashback. Thus, readers are forced to feel sorry for Vamola for a number of reasons. In addition to her being killed, viewers must sympathize with Vamola losing her family, being abandoned by her adoptive mother but most likely to protect her, and having to control the god created from her own corpse. her people. Taste obviously using the best aspects that a flashback can achieve. It’s only a pity that this is the first chapter after more than 100 meaningless fighting chapters.
Taste available in English at Viz.com.
