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You Can Do It, Okarun!

EpisodeEp. 20

The twentieth episode pits Okarun and Aira against the spectral composers infesting the school music room, where finding a rhythm becomes the key to Okarun's growth, all building toward his vow to confront the Evil Eye head-on himself.

Kanji: がんばれオカルン
Air Date: August 22, 2025
Storyboard: Tetsuo Yajima
Ending Theme: Something's Wrong with Them
Next Episode: Episode 21
Opening Theme: On the Way
Air Date English: August 21, 2025
Previous Episode: Episode 19
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Summary

Blamed by Turbo Granny for the noise, Okarun and Aira are forced into their yokai forms when the portrait musicians attack with exploding musical notes and paralyzing rests. Swept into a surreal paddy field, Okarun flounders while Aira dodges with ease, and his self-doubt deepens until Turbo Granny urges him to move to a rhythm he knows. Recalling the hayashi's song from Jiji's exorcism, Okarun finally syncs to the beat, saves Aira, and clears the barrage to earn Turbo Granny's praise. Together they cut down the conductor.

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Key Events

The battlefield shifts to an opera room where giants spew chorus members. Aira hauls the trio to safety with her hair, then takes a heavy blow but stays conscious, driven by memories of her time at the Ayase house, and downs the giants by turning their strikes against one another. Okarun, aware that his All-Out only fires twice yet five musicians remain, channels Turbo Granny's claim that her speed fits five actions to a beat and lands a chain of headbutts that leaves five afterimages. The illusion breaks and they return to the classroom, only for Turbo Granny to step on a key and summon the musicians again. Meanwhile Manjiro schedules another exorcism, but Okarun arrives to declare he will challenge the Evil Eye directly, honoring Jiji's wish to keep the spirit, and the episode ends as he clashes with the freshly released yokai.

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Notes

The episode is part of the Evil Eye Arc and adapts Chapters 57 through 60. Turbo Granny explains that the musicians are tulpas, dread given shape by the room's composer portraits and summoned whenever the piano is struck at two o'clock in the dead of night. The portraits depict famous composers including Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, and Wagner, though the anime mistakenly shows Handel where the manga used Bach. The musicians' levitation ability is also altered from the source manga.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who do Okarun and Aira fight in Dandadan Episode 20?

In Episode 20, Okarun and Aira are forced into their yokai forms to battle the spectral portrait musicians infesting the school music room, who attack with exploding musical notes and paralyzing rests.

What are the portrait musicians in Episode 20?

In Episode 20, Turbo Granny explains the musicians are tulpas, dread given shape by the room's composer portraits, summoned whenever the piano is struck at two o'clock in the dead of night.

Which composers are depicted in Dandadan Episode 20?

The portraits in Episode 20 depict famous composers including Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, and Wagner, though the anime mistakenly shows Handel where the manga used Bach.

How does Okarun overcome his self-doubt in Episode 20?

In Episode 20, Okarun finally syncs to a rhythm he knows by recalling the hayashi's song from Jiji's exorcism. Channeling Turbo Granny's claim that her speed fits five actions to a beat, he lands a chain of headbutts that leaves five afterimages.

What does Okarun decide at the end of Episode 20?

At the end of Episode 20, Okarun arrives to declare he will challenge the Evil Eye directly, honoring Jiji's wish to keep the spirit, and the episode ends as he clashes with the freshly released yokai.

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