Dandadan Chapter 175

Koki can’t recall the conditions for the knife to steal powers—proof, Momo argues, that someone tampered with her memory. We learn the sight to see pygmies came from a cut, not a gift, and that what Koki wants most is to stop seeing and go back to normal. Queen offers lore: pygmies are the forgotten, desperate to be acknowledged, pledging to those who can perceive them.

The room softens. Pygmies stitch “hang in there, Koki,” and for a moment the arc breathes. But the mystery hardens too: knives that grant and steal, a teacher‑figure recruiting agents, conditions that require “yield.” Aira and Koki recognize each other from childhood piano duels—talent, resentment, and divergent paths reframed in the present fight.

So Who’s the True Perp? locks in dandadan’s investigative cadence for the Kozuka Knives arc: protect the vulnerable, shadow the bait, and smoke out the handler who weaponizes recognition itself.