Is Momo Ayase or Okarun stronger?

Key things

• Momo's psychic abilities include psychokinesis, impressive durability, and the ability to detect auras.
• Okarun's cursed powers grant him super speed, reflexes, astral projection, and durability.
• Momo's powers are more versatile and effective on their own compared to Okaruna's speed and strength.

As the main characters in DandadanMomo Ayase and Okarun both have pretty impressive abilities. At the beginning of the anime, Momo discovers her psychic abilities when she fights the Serpoians. Along with this, Okarun becomes the cursed Turbo Granny, which also brings with it its own set of unique and impressive abilities.

Between the two, each of their abilities brings importance to the team Dandadan and allows them to easily defeat their enemies when matched. However, if the two were to split up and have to rely solely on their own strength, which one would rule?

A look into Momo Ayase's abilities

A deep dive into Momona's psychic abilities

In the first episode DandadanMomo Ayase awakens her psychic powers after her abduction by Serpoian aliens. It then unlocks a number of abilities, including aura detection, psychokinesis, impressive stamina and endurance, durability, and more. Along with these abilities, she is also known to be highly intelligent as many fans can see when she needs to solve a problem and figure out what to do next in a short time frame. Instead of cracking under pressure like Okarun, she is able to stay calm and work on solutions.

What really stands out among her abilities is psychokinesis, which allows her to lift almost any object, despite its size and weight. Thanks to this, she can easily protect herself when she is alone in a difficult situation. Just like when she grabbed Turbo's grandmother after possessing the maneki-neko doll, she is able to stop any danger in its tracks and give her enough time to think about what to do next. In addition to simply grabbing an object with his psychokinesis, he can also catapult it to deal serious damage and knock out an enemy. This gives her an easy edge over ghosts and aliens.

Aura detection is another aspect of Momo's abilities that really sets her apart. With this ability, he can find almost any ghost in the area, which can be especially useful when finding ghosts that are hiding. She was able to easily look into Okarun and find out that Turbo Grandma had cursed him, even after a big battle that supposedly defeated her. Along with revealing hidden spirits, he can also use this ability to help those around him, especially in the case of Okarun, who often finds himself cursed.

A look into Okaruna's forces

Rating Okarun's Cursed Abilities

As for Okarun's powers, he doesn't get them at first, just like Momo. Instead, his powers take a while to unlock, and they only really come to him after he becomes the curse of Turbo Granny. Eventually, Turbo Granny is banished from Okarun, meaning he can no longer retain the powers he gained from her. However, he soon regains some of these powers due to constant exposure to the supernatural and eventually restores his powers to their original capacity.

With Turbo Granny's abilities at his side, Okarun has quite a few abilities at his disposal. This includes incredibly fast speed and reflexes, impressive durability, a powerful mask bite, teleportation between telephone wires, and even astral projection. His abilities are mostly focused on his speed and strength and his ability to survive intense attacks or throws. Due to this fast speed, he is able to easily attack the enemy without being hit by them. This super speed would also allow him to escape at the last minute if necessary, should he find himself in a desperate situation.

Okarun's additional supernatural powers from the yokai Turbo Granny can be useful even on his own. Since it can travel along telephone wires, it can be used to escape if needed or to move quickly to another location. While he doesn't use this ability often, it's definitely something he can keep in his back pocket if needed. His astral projection abilities are not yet fully understood as it is an ability he performed by accident. However, it is an easy way to separate from his body and spy on others to learn about hidden plans or find solutions without being in direct danger.

Who is more powerful?

Only one can take the crown

Although both Okarun and Momo have abilities that are useful when fighting ghosts and aliens, one of them has abilities that will be more useful in the long run. Okarun and Momo work together as a team to improve their individual abilities, but Momo has impressive abilities that shine on her own. Okarun has unmatched speed and strength, but Momo is no slouch in the strength department either. She has impressive durability and can survive intense attacks just like Okarun, but with additional supernatural powers by her side. Most of what Okarun has over her is his speed.

Momo also possesses these abilities naturally after unlocking them, while Okarun was only able to gain them after being repeatedly cursed by Turbo Granny. In almost any battle, Momo would be able to defend herself as she could use her aura detection ability to find hidden entities and her psychokinesis to either catapult objects at the enemy or directly grab and throw them. . Despite Okarun being physically stronger, it seems that Momo would have a better chance of completely defeating the enemy rather than just temporarily neutralizing the threat.

Dandadan is now available to stream on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Netflix.