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I meant where the arrow came from. I'm pretty sure it hasn't so I'll just shut my mouth. All I wanted was to share an idea I had.Its the arrow, so yeah.
Although thats not the only way to get a Stand since it can just manifest
I meant where the arrow came from. I'm pretty sure it hasn't so I'll just shut my mouth. All I wanted was to share an idea I had.Its the arrow, so yeah.
Although thats not the only way to get a Stand since it can just manifest
Ok, so what would you say the plot is, exactly?
A) Stop (arrest/disable/kill) Kira so that Morioh can be saved from his menace and the ghost of Reimei can rest in piece.
B) Figure out the mystery of the arrows (where did they come from, how do they work, how/why Kira's dad got his hands on one, etc.) and ensure none of them remain in the hands of evil-doers like Kira's father.
"Breakdown" is chanted in the main "fuck shit up" theme.Is the "BreakDown" font/logo a reference to something I don't know or does someone at David Pro just like DOOM?
Oooo, still no idea ¯_(ツhe means the font "BREAKDOWN" is written in, not the word
Neither of these is Part 4's main plot. They're just part of the story. The main plot is "weird shit happens in Morioh", since Morioh itself is kind of the main character. Kira is just part under that umbrella, same as his father, same as RPS Kid.
Remember when Koichi had an entire scene wondering about the disappearances in Morioh? That was, and is, the main plot.
Kira's not like Dio or Kars. In the previous parts, everything traces back to the Pillar Men or Dio. Kira's the main villain, but he's not the driving force of the story. Kira didn't create a single Stand user, the stand users his dad creates aren't his minions. If anything, Keicho was the one who kicked off the plot.
That's what irritates people so much. It's not about criticizing or expressing disappointment in episodes, it's about treating the story as if everything has to relate to Kira.
At that point, the conversation becomes "That's not how DiU works", "But it's filler!", "No it isn't!", and so on and so on. That's not a discussion, it's not even interesting criticism. It's just a meaningless thread-shitting back and forth.
You seriously can't understand the distinction between "I didn't like this episode for this and this reasons" and "This is filler"?If you have a problem with that, I'm curious as to what you're actually here to discuss. People just posting "wow, every episode is equally amazing in every way"?
"Wacky shit happening in Morioh" is not a plot. A plot is something which weaves the sequences of events together towards achieving some specific destination. Wacky shit happening in Morioh is a sequence of events... but if they're not woven together for some purpose, it isn't a plot. It's just a sequence of events.
Now, you might be pretty happy with that as a sequence of events. That's great, some people like 'slice of life with extra helpings of weird'. Niche taste, but sure. However, there are also people who a) like Jojo and b) like their media to have more direction than just 'slice of life with extra helpings of weird'. That's how tastes work. These people don't hate Jojo or whatever other nonsense. If they did, they wouldn't be in here, critiquing it. Obviously they have to like the show a fair amount at the point they've watched 40-odd episodes of it to make structural comparisons between the different parts, and part of the reason they do like it is because the majority of the time, Jojo does have a clear plotline, as Crocodile pointed out.
If you are one of those people who does like plot/direction, then there has been filler. This is really pretty hard to deny. Jankenboy was related to other sequences of events only very loosely - it was just about tied to the previous one because Jankenboy is created as an antagonist by ghost dad. However, it has no ties to future ones that anyone knows of or were hinted at or would even make thematic sense given the ending. It didn't develop any of the characters featured in it to help explain why the plot might develop as it does - it only really featured two characters, one of whom has immediately been discarded from the plot, and the other of whom, Rohan, it *really* didn't tell us anything new about. Consequently, it had no real relation to the other sequences of events, therefore it didn't advance the plot, therefore it is filler.
Understandably, for people who do not like filler, this is worrying, and they will critique the series when it appears. This is just a natural part of peoples' discussions of what they do or do not appreciate about what they're watching. If you have a problem with that, I'm curious as to what you're actually here to discuss. People just posting "wow, every episode is equally amazing in every way"?
Won't half if not most of the complainers bail probably at the midway point of Part 6? I find the "what kind of crack does Araki smoke" moments to be pretty damn fun. Part 3 was so far the only sort of downer part for me cause they dragged eveything out, but mostly I've been pretty happy with this part. Araki gets to focus more on the side characters and everybody actually does something. Most interesting part is that Josuke hasn't even fought Kira yet, it was Koichi and Jotaro that fought him the first time and that shit was hype as fuck. The "plot" comes in segments but meanwhile everything else is some form of character growth or world building and just Araki fucking with his audience, it's fun. It also helps that I peruse the manga thread and have some sort of semblance of what's coming next. Though I know fuck all in context.I feel that there is a disconnect between the anime-only viewer and the manga readers that prevents the two groups from understanding each other. For many of the anime viewers, the gold standard of Jojos is Part 2, which had a pretty tight narrative structure that condenses the best elements of the series as a whole into a single short part. But this expectation of what Jojos is may turn viewers off of what has been shown from part 3, and to a lesser extent part 4, since they might feel that random encounters that dont directly move the story forward is a waste of time because part 1 and 2 had a linear narrative that always moved to the next important event/fight.
But parts 1 and 2 are anomalies for the series as a whole, and with the introduction of stands, the fights are less about moving the plot and more about Araki playing around with stand powers. For parts 3 & 4, we dont really get episodes that are entirely based on exploring the characters in any real depth, and most of the character development comes sandwiched around a stand concept that Araki thought would be cool. I feel the anime watchers are trying to apply logic to how the jojos universe works by trying to piece together the plot points into a cohesive story arc, but manga readers know that Araki doesnt even care about consistency in plot enough to even be consistent for singular parts, let alone a nearly 30 yearlong franchise. So it may seem like the manga readers are dismissive to anime-only watchers voicing their legitimate concerns about the structure of the plot, but it may just be they might feel inconsistency doesnt matter.
I totally get why an anime-only watcher would be upset about the last two episodes since waiting two weeks with no tangible movement in the plot and no idea what is coming next would be frustrating. But for better or worse, a good portion of the entire series is like that so when an anime-only viewer sees an episode that they consider a filler episode, a manga reader just sees it as a Jojos episode . And as much as I hate to admit it, Jojos is definitely a series I would say is style over substance, and at some point an anime-only watcher will have to choose if they are ok with filler and learn to like it, or just drop the series because it won't go away
The main problem is that this thread contains people watching this for this first time, as well as people who've been waiting for this for 10+ years. Of course some of the latter group would get defensive for every little thing the former group says. Just look at the fans of the most popular long-running shonen anime.Critiquing a show/narrative/production/etc. or expressing disappointment is discussion. I have no idea why a few people are so bothered by other people saying "I didn't really like this episode".
Like Lumination said, if I didn't overall really enjoy this stuff, I wouldn't be watching it at all. My bad that I don't love everything about how things are playing out I guess?
Then don't say there is no filler. Yes everything "must be the work of an enemy stand," but don't answer stuff that relate to future events in the first place. You are part of the problem.Well we'd say why there is no filler, but it'd end in spoiler territory
Well we'd say why there is no filler, but it'd end in spoiler territory
Here are some options:You know, why doesn't Joseph just use Hermit Purple to find the new Kira? That's exactly why they brought him to Morioh. To use his powers to find the then target Akira who any of them didn't know the identity of either.
You know, why doesn't Joseph just use Hermit Purple to find the new Kira? That's exactly why they brought him to Morioh. To use his powers to find the then target Akira who any of them didn't know the identity of either.
Then don't say there is no filler. Yes everything "must be the work of an enemy stand," but don't answer stuff that relate to future events in the first place. You are part of the problem.
I can't imagine how it would've been discussing parts 1-3 here. I can already imagine ten wink wink nudge nudge moments that will be completely ruined.
Or we can stop trying to reassure people and just let it happen. Everyone will determine what they consider filler and plot when everything is said and done, no need for any of this.
Some of y'all are making too big a deal out of this.
The main problem is that this thread contains people watching this for this first time, as well as people who've been waiting for this for 10+ years. Of course some of the latter group would get defensive for every little thing the former group says. Just look at the fans of the most popular long-running shonen anime.
In a perfect world we would have two separate threads for the anime, this way we can even avoid all the hype whether it's for an actually good episode or a terrible one.
But yeah, it's understandable why there are way more gaffers watching Jojo than people who post in this thread ¯\_(ツ_/¯
This is a recently translated comment that Araki made about the alien
oh I'm not, I'm just surprised at the drama about complaining about filler but then not wanting to be informed on future stuff
like, you can't just take the sandwich and eat it! Or something Jojo related.
I don't remember people complaining this much about filler during part 3 lol. I'm sure they did but I don't remember. I mean really where's the "plot" in SC? They just fight a bunch of random guy with practically zero connection to Dio. All you get is "Dio paid me" or "Dio is scary." What's more, you don't ever see any of these guys ever again most of the time. Dio, the main villain, has almost no screen time. Kira has already had more screen time than Dio and we still have 12 episodes left. When you think about it, the only actual important fights in part 3 are Hierophant Green, Silver Chariot, Justice, Hol Horse, Judgment, N'Doul maybe, Pet Shop, Vanilla Ice, and of course Dio. The other like 20 something fights have practically no impact on the plot besides "we beat this guy. Let's move on."
My biggest complaint was there wasn't enough Dio.That's literally the number one criticism you see about SC by anime-only people.
I don't remember people complaining this much about filler during part 3 lol. I'm sure they did but I don't remember. I mean really where's the "plot" in SC? They just fight a bunch of random guy with practically zero connection to Dio. All you get is "Dio paid me" or "Dio is scary." What's more, you don't ever see any of these guys ever again most of the time. Dio, the main villain, has almost no screen time. Kira has already had more screen time than Dio and we still have 12 episodes left. When you think about it, the only actual important fights in part 3 are Hierophant Green, Silver Chariot, Justice, Hol Horse, Judgment, N'Doul maybe, Pet Shop, Vanilla Ice, and of course Dio. The other like 20 something fights have practically no impact on the plot besides "we beat this guy. Let's move on."
SDC was before Araki got a better grasp on what the fuck to do with stands. It got better for like the last third of SDC with one of my favorites being Iggy vs Pet Shop. For some odd reason the thought of animals fighting it out with fucking stands piques my interest and something that I wish was shown more.I actually quit part 3 partway through, I got bored. I just really liked part 2, so decided to come back for part 4 and found it a massive improvement on 3. Looking back at the old thread, there were definitely a *lot* of complaints about the pace of SC. It was much worse than DiU. I think the difference is that SC was so meh on that scale that there wasn't really any reason to stick through and even really bother talking about it. DiU is much better, so there's more reason to stay around.
I don't see how that's surprising. Nobody wants to be spoiled on future events, that's the point of the rules of the thread.
I actually quit part 3 partway through, I got bored. I just really liked part 2, so decided to come back for part 4 and found it a massive improvement on 3. Looking back at the old thread, there were definitely a *lot* of complaints about the pace of SC. It was much worse than DiU. I think the difference is that SC was so meh on that scale that there wasn't really any reason to stick through and even really bother talking about it. DiU is much better, so there's more reason to stay around.
Poor Iggy, pooch became a bro after that fight. SDC had some high ass highs, it just took forever to get to them.Yeah I can see why people would get bored with SC especially with the unnecessary two-part fights. Some of the last few fights are still worth watching though. The Vanilla Ice fight is still one of the best in the series.
oh I know but like I said, you can't have a Trussady dinner and eat it
I'm fine with the no spoilers rule, but so many comments just like to bait them out
Yeah I can see why people would get bored with SC especially with the unnecessary two-part fights. Some of the last few fights are still worth watching though. The Vanilla Ice fight is still one of the best in the series.
Because beforehand he just came off as a selfish ass pooch. During Pet Shop you actually got wind of how he really thought, on top of that it's a badass fight where a badass falcon fights a fucking bishounen faced dog.I always thought it was interesting how Iggy became universally liked as soon as Pet Shop happened
It's sad no one knew he saved their asses.I always thought it was interesting how Iggy became universally liked as soon as Pet Shop happened
I love how there's no way they could've logically beaten Pet Shop.It's sad no one knew he saved their asses.
Pet Shop knows he's an alpha predator and enjoys it. I do need to watch some of SDC again cause I'd probably find a new appreciation for it or at least some of it.The moment where that boy crawls under the gate and sees Pet Shop eating away his dogs is probably one of my favourite moments in all of JJBA. The music, the over the top violence and Pet Shop screeching like a velociraptor always gets me. It has made both me and several people I've watched Stardust Crusaders with burst in to laughter.
I love how there's no way they could've logically beaten Pet Shop.