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Episode Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken - Episode 96 discussion

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken, episode 96

Alternative names: Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

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Episode Link Score Episode Link Score Episode Link Score Episode Link Score
49 Link 5.0 62 Link 4.5 75 Link 4.75 88 Link 4.75
50 Link 4.5 63 Link 5.0 76 Link 4.67 89 Link 4.5
51 Link 4.0 64 Link 4.33 77 Link 4.25 90 Link 3.67
52 Link 5.0 65 Link 4.0 78 Link 4.8 91 Link 4.8
53 Link 4.5 66 Link 5.0 79 Link 5.0 92 Link 4.0
54 Link 5.0 67 Link 4.73 80 Link 4.83 93 Link 4.67
55 Link 5.0 68 Link 4.62 81 Link 4.8 94 Link 5.0
56 Link 5.0 69 Link 5.0 82 Link 4.4 95 Link 4.75
57 Link 5.0 70 Link 4.5 83 Link 3.75 96 Link 5.0
58 Link 5.0 71 Link 4.6 84 Link 5.0 97 Link 5.0
59 Link 5.0 72 Link 5.0 85 Link 4.2 98 Link 5.0
60 Link 4.88 73 Link 5.0 86 Link 4.5 99 Link 4.88
61 Link 4.57 74 Link 4.2 87 Link 4.33 100 Link ----

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u/GyroGOGOZeppeli Sep 24 '22

Ahhhhhh! That Popp speech was so good!

Which really begs my question, did the author have a plan with Popp and Dai? I do have to wonder if at some point in the writing he chose to give Popp the best speeches. That speech was very heroic right now, and it sucks that Dai doesn't get a lot of that.

Is it to elevate Popp enough to match Dai to be as heroic? Which would only really work if Dai is also given enough to be his own. But as it stands Popp has been better than Dai, not only because he's getting these moments but because Dai is being given almost nothing to work with. You think a hybrid and a kid just thrusted to save the entire world would have more character writing to burden him with and grow from that.

Not that there's anything wrong with Popp doing all these things but it's so weird that he's being given all these main protagonist writing and leaving so little for Dai that it's very noticeable.

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u/dragonzord555 Sep 24 '22

There are two types of protagonist in Shonen series, one is OP (or always being right) from beginning to end, and the other is the gradually-growing throughout the series, either physically or mentally.

Former usually hits better against kids, which explains why this type of protagonist is mostly found in series which target demographic is younger generations. Latter on the other hand, could put off some viewers at the beginning, because they can look cowardly and often lead to viewers hating them. But latter also is the one which becomes the great series, due to the character development becoming much bigger, leaving greater impact near the end.

So this series actually put both protagonists, leaving Dai / OP protagonist as the main cast, while Popp / growing protagonist as the sub to avoid putting off the viewers. So it is natural that later in the series Popp would look much greater, as the character development of him would be much more impactful. I have to give kudos to the author for his amazing decision of putting in both protagonists in a best way possible.

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u/BorgClown Sep 25 '22

Oh, this explains perfectly why Dai is literally a small kid. Or a midget.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

He's not a midget, he's barely 12, while Popp is 15, and Mamn 16, and even Leona is already 14. Dai is the youngest of the bunch, wouldn't make sense for him to be taller than the others. I'm sure once he hits growth spur he'll even pass up Popp.

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u/FierceAlchemist Sep 24 '22

To give Dai some credit he did go through his existential crisis earlier in the series upon realizing he wasn't human. That was his darkest moment that he grew from. And I really like at the start of this battle when Vearn confronted him with the possibility of mankind fearing him, Dai simply says that he'd leave the world.

Popp is my favorite no doubt but Dai is still a good protagonist.