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Acro-Silky

Manga ChapterCh. 16

Okarun confirms Aira has died from a yokai's attack, yet he and Momo fight to revive her. Acrobatic Silky offers to pour her aura into the girl, ripping out her own mouth to prove her sincerity. As the transfer begins, Momo glimpses the yokai's tragic life as a mother driven to suicide.

Pages: 23
Title: Acro-Silky
Volume: 3
Next Chapter: Chapter 17
Release Date: July 20, 2021
Japanese Title: アクさら
Anime Adaptation: Episode 7
Previous Chapter: Chapter 15
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Summary

Taking her pulse, Okarun confirms what Turbo Granny said: Aira, an ordinary human devoured by a yokai, is dead. Though Turbo Granny insists rescue is hopeless, Momo and Okarun frantically work to bring her back, pumping her chest, giving CPR, and calling for an ambulance. When Acrobatic Silky rises to her feet again, the two brace for a fight, only to hear the yokai offer to save Aira by passing her own aura into the girl. Momo voices her doubts about the spirit's motives, and in answer Acrobatic Silky tears out her own mouth to prove she has no plan to devour Aira a second time. Still wary, Momo tells Okarun to stay alert in his Turbo Granny form while she goes along with the plan, using her psychic power to channel the aura into Aira. Once the process starts, Momo is pulled into Acrobatic Silky's past, seeing the yokai as a struggling mother who lost her daughter and then took her own life.

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Key Events

Momo and Okarun struggle fruitlessly to revive Aira. Both Acrobatic Silky and Turbo Granny confirm that her drained aura means she will die. Earning their trust, Acrobatic Silky offers to channel her aura into Aira by way of Momo's psychic power. The two girls then enter the spirit's memories, witnessing her human life as a single mother who raised and taught her child to dance. Crushed by debt to loan sharks, she lost her daughter to those men and ended her own life.

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Notes

This Volume 3 chapter, adapted in Episode 7, closes the emotional core of the Acrobatic Silky Arc by revealing the yokai's history as a grieving mother. It frames her aura transfer to Aira as an act of redemption.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the Acrobatic Silky in Dandadan?

In Chapter 16, Acrobatic Silky is a yokai whose past is revealed as a struggling single mother who lost her daughter and then took her own life. She offers to save Aira by pouring her own aura into the girl.

What happened to the Acrobatic Silky's daughter in Dandadan?

Chapter 16 reveals, through Momo's glimpse into her memories, that Acrobatic Silky was a single mother crushed by debt to loan sharks who lost her daughter to those men before ending her own life.

How does Acrobatic Silky prove she will not devour Aira again?

To earn Momo and Okarun's trust in Chapter 16, Acrobatic Silky tears out her own mouth, showing she has no intention of devouring Aira a second time.

Is Aira alive at the start of Chapter 16 of Dandadan?

No. In Chapter 16, Okarun takes Aira's pulse and confirms she is dead after being devoured by a yokai. Acrobatic Silky then offers to revive her by channeling her own aura into the girl through Momo's psychic power.

Which volume and anime episode does Chapter 16 of Dandadan belong to?

Chapter 16, titled Acro-Silky, is part of Volume 3 in the Acrobatic Silky Arc of the Kintama Hunt Saga, and it was adapted as Episode 7 of the anime.

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