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[PK Gaming]

It's a shame they condense this arc but sacrifices had to be made

There's a ton of content to cover going forward

 

[woopWOOP]

new opening was great

still prefer the "German opening"

lol

New OP is really jammin', good stuff

The whole dice gambling thing was one of my favorite parts of the manga, so it's too bad a lot of stuff is getting cut again. Hopefully they take some time with it during the first half of the next episode instead of rushing through it like no tomorrow.

 

[Demoli]

Apart from that one shot of Heaven and the beggining showing the icons of all of Kira's powers

Spoiler

bites the dust looked hella wierd

, the new OP's visuals are soo bland, and it recycles so many animations with Kira and the crew's Stands.

Chase was better imo. Stand Proud still GoaT.

Next week starts GREATNESS.

 

[petran79]

Part 4 should have been 50 episodes instead of SDC. 39 episodes would have been perfect for part 3. Now they miss a lot of great stuff while SDC had even the most boring parts narrated in detail. The remaining episodes are based on the best part of the manga.
12 episodes suffice for the remaining chapters but they could have been so much better.

I guess they'll alter the opening in later episodes like they did with OP1, since some stands are missing

 

[NightShift]

Not sure on the new opening, I hated Chase at first but ended up loving it so I'll hold off judgement. It's sad that they cut out a lot of great shit this episode. I just hope they still put that one gag in the start of the next episode. You know the one.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

This episode was Fonzie on a water ski and still... it felt right.

 

[Neoxon]

Gotta love that new opening.

Also, there's apparently gonna be an English version of the song (which I can definitely see being used for whenever Toonami gets to Part 4).

 

[JadedWriter]

This episode was Fonzie on a water ski and still... it felt right.

There are ghosts, witches, vampires, vampires that explode out of dead horse necks and other shit. An alien existing is probably quite tame.

 

[Beaniedude]

if i was rohan i would straight up stand jojo in the face to see what is going on

straight up stand him!!

 

[TWILT]

I like the new OP quite a bit. As far as songs goes, I still prefer Chase/CNBT more, but this wasn't bad at all. Really dig the visuals in it too.

Pretty excited for Highway Star Go Go next thoooooo

 

[Boss Doggie]

ayylmao is best support character

sucks they cut some stuff though, it was hilarious in the manga

They had to cut some parts out of this, which is really disappointing. If they're already starting the next fight next episode, then I guess they won't be put in as flash backs:

-Mikitaka explaining that the ice cream was made out of his fingers
-More bits in the making dice scene, where he explains he can't copy faces and also keeps making Bruce Lee WATAAAA noises when Josuke throws him, and also gets sick and throws up when Josuke shakes him too hard (and you can see that two of the divots are his eyes), Mikitaka asks if they're going to be taking advantage of someone while Josuke reassures him, and Josuke shuffling dice perfectly
-The scene where Rohan swaps the dice is more explicit, with him going back inside and rummaging around in the drawer before he sees them, while Josuke is still outside and trying not to laugh
-Rohan explaining the history of cee-lo and dice in general, as well as trying to intimidate Josuke by casually talking about how the Yakuza deal with cee-lo cheaters by stabbing them 21 times and shoving two of the dice in their eye sockets and the third die... somewhere else

well at least it transitions into Highway Star it seems

but I thought they'd keep the explanation since it was in the trailer

 

[Tall4Life]

The new OP was cool, not a fan of the song though. Might be my least favorite of any of the JoJo themes.

Also yeah wtf at that Terry Funk reference

 

[slightconfuse]

How far are we through the story? Half?

I a
Imagine this is going to be as long as stardust crusaders

 

[Crazy Diamond]

How far are we through the story? Half?

I a
Imagine this is going to be as long as stardust crusaders

About 70% through the season, after today. 39 episodes total, not including the Rohan OVA.

 

[Speedydonut]

Let the voice of love take you higher!

 

[Sibersk Esto]

How far are we through the story? Half?

I a
Imagine this is going to be as long as stardust crusaders

Past the halfway point. Only 12 episodes left.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

How far are we through the story? Half?

I a
Imagine this is going to be as long as stardust crusaders

DiU is significantly longer than SDC in the manga, but in the anime it's shorter. They seem to be condensing quite a bit of DiU stuff, and SDC got dragged out a bit with two part battles early on when they could have feasibly condensed those.

 

[Breads]

Rohan's at home attire is on point.

Also Josuke and Okuyasu are totally bros now. The telepathy scenes were great. Very reminiscent of Turk/JD and Troy/Abed. I don't remember the manga going down quite like that.

I did however remember plenty that they just skipped through though and that's a shame. I liked the weirdness on display in this arc. I get it though. It's non essential to t he plot and we all know there's been plenty of that. But still... I like the slice of life/ weird goings-on and could have used some of what they left out.

 

[Astral]

I watched the opening like 10 more times. I love it to death. It's soooo uplifting. It's perfect. It's gureito.

 

[JayEH]

The part where they point up at the sky to all the dead characters is great.

 

[Moaradin]

I haven't seen the episode yet but holy shit Great Days is great. It's shooting up my favorite JoJo OP list every time I watch it.

 

[Rewrite]

The intro part (breakdown) is probably my favorite part of Great Days. After that it's meh to me (song wise). But that is just first impressions.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

The part where they point up at the sky to all the dead characters is great.

Josuke's grandpa is missing though. Did he go to Hell? 😈

 

[UrbanDandy]

Personally, I would need to get used to the OP. This must be a record having three separate OPs in one season.

 

[Monochromaticx]

Josuke's grandpa is missing though. Did he go to Hell? 😈

Probably. He was a shitty cop

 

[Squishy3]

Personally, I would need to get used to the OP. This must be a record having three separate OPs in one season.

Eh it's not unheard of. Both FMA series had a lot of different OPs.

Jojo's just unique in wherethe OPs are actually made based around the series versus the songs being made regardless and just being adapted to OPs.

 

[cntr]

I appreciate that they made the stand card say "Stand User?" and "Stand Name??"

 

[dani_dc]

They had to cut some parts out of this, which is really disappointing. If they're already starting the next fight next episode, then I guess they won't be put in as flash backs:

-Mikitaka explaining that the ice cream was made out of his fingers
-More bits in the making dice scene, where he explains he can't copy faces and also keeps making Bruce Lee WATAAAA noises when Josuke throws him, and also gets sick and throws up when Josuke shakes him too hard (and you can see that two of the divots are his eyes), Mikitaka asks if they're going to be taking advantage of someone while Josuke reassures him, and Josuke shuffling dice perfectly
-The scene where Rohan swaps the dice is more explicit, with him going back inside and rummaging around in the drawer before he sees them, while Josuke is still outside and trying not to laugh
-Rohan explaining the history of cee-lo and dice in general, as well as trying to intimidate Josuke by casually talking about how the Yakuza deal with cee-lo cheaters by stabbing them 21 times and shoving two of the dice in their eye sockets and the third die... somewhere else

This was the true fault of this episode.
Hopefully they still fit the bolded at the start of the next episode, it would be a good place to put it in.

 

[cntr]

That scene is going to be in the next episode, Rohan is talking about it in the preview for this episode.

Wait, why was Okuyasu's first reaction to the crop circle "TERRY FUNK".
Was he expecting backyard hardcore wrasslin'?

Okuyasu was trying to say "mystery circle" (crop circle), but accidentally said "Terry Funk"

like mysTERY cir(fun)Cle

a very common mistake, i'm sure

 

[papertoonz]

all you people talking about bad animation but how could is be bad when it has this

 

[Monochromaticx]

all you people talking about bad animation but how could is be bad when it has this

best anime.

 

[MillionStabs]

I love how they had another "make everybody happy" moment from Josuke again

 

[Auctopus]

In the latest episode when

Spoiler

Jojo is talking to Rohan on the porch, there are some points where Rohan's face looks absolutely terrible.

Really odd.

 

[NightShift]

So I've watched the new opening like a thousand times and I'm now thinking it's the greatest thing ever.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

New theme is okay. My favourite is still: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-GWFGwbEPg (Bloody Stream); it has just the right amount of swagger and jazz I'd associate with a Jojo. Latest themes have been getting a bit light.

I was thinking the same. Rohan is drawn absolutely terribly in this episode, looks downright offmodel for about half of it.

In general I feel like the animation has been getting a little sloppier of late? I don't know which studios do which episodes or whatever, but just something I'd noticed.

Dice-guy is interesting. Getting a bit wary this is going to go all Stardust Crusaders on me and just be Monster of the Week without obvious progression again. That's not really this episode's fault, that one's on janken boy. But this one at least has some development between two characters we've not really seen interact outside of trying to kill each other before.

I was rewatching S1 and S2 lately, and one thing I've noticed is that Araki has seriously drawn down on the gothic themes in favour of something more in the line of high fashion. I kind of miss the gothic take. I don't think it's better, per se, but I'd be interested to see a return to it over catwalk Jojos. Change of pace, maybe.

 

[cntr]

"Wow, this opening sucks! Give me back the old one."
"Eh, this isn't too bad I guess"
"This is great!"
"I can't wait for the next OP to be as good."

The never ending cycle of Jojo OPs.

(Great Days is greato.)

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I think it's more like Araki moved away from a more gothic setting into finding things about modern times that can be considered odd or horrifying.

As for high fashion, oh boy, we've barely started with that yet.

 

[RoryDropkick]

all you people talking about bad animation but how could is be bad when it has this

Jus sayin

 

[NightShift]

I think it's more like Araki moved away from a more gothic setting into finding things about modern times that can be considered odd or horrifying.

As for high fashion, oh boy, we've barely started with that yet.

Speaking of that, part 5 pretty much confirmed by the new opening.

Spoiler

Look at the road signs when Koichi and Yukako meet.

 

[cntr]

Araki makes every Part significantly different in theme:

Part 1 was Fist of the North Star with Dracula, Part 2 was Shounen Indiana Jones feating Mayan supervampires, Part 3 was Around the World in 50 Days with psychic ghosts, and Part 4 is Twin Peaks + Slice-of-life highschool shenanigans.

Not going to talk about future part details because spoilers, but every part from DiU onwards varies wildly in tone and setting. Araki is an experimental and imaginative guy, and Stardust Crusaders being successful gave him a lot more leeway in doing what he wanted.

 

[thequickandthedead]

Wait SDC is shorter than this but it got 48 episodes?

Wow

 

[Breads]

Wait SDC is shorter than this but it got 48 episodes?

Wow

SDC dragged on. I don't think anyone will deny this.

I think DIU benefits overall from having a tighter package, even if some of the missed scenes (and there are only a few) hurt a bit.

 

[Tizoc]

Araki makes every Part significantly different in theme:

Part 1 was Fist of the North Star with Dracula, Part 2 was Shounen Indiana Jones feating Mayan supervampires, Part 3 was Around the World in 50 Days with psychic ghosts, and Part 4 is Twin Peaks + Slice-of-life highschool shenanigans.

 

[Tall4Life]

Maybe they'll include some of the extra scenes in the Blu-Ray release, along with updated and better animation?

 

[cntr]

 

[Deleted member 231381]

SDC dragged on. I don't think anyone will deny this.

I think DIU benefits overall from having a tighter package, even if some of the missed scenes (and there are only a few) hurt a bit.

yeah, DiU is a much better package than SDC for the pacing. If anything, I'd go so far as to say DiU still has a little fat than could have been cut, although it's lean enough to work well still.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Maybe they'll include some of the extra scenes in the Blu-Ray release, along with updated and better animation?

It would be highly unusual for the staff to add extra scenes to the BD version; that happens, but rarely and it's usually known in advance. Polishing up animation that they didn't have time to correct for broadcast will definitely happen, since it happens in almost every anime home release.

 

[MillionStabs]

Lmao Legolas as Mikitaka

 

[Lumination]

SDC dragged on. I don't think anyone will deny this.

I think DIU benefits overall from having a tighter package, even if some of the missed scenes (and there are only a few) hurt a bit.

I really hated the first third of Part 3. Those one-off villain of the week episodes were awful. I felt like it only started getting good after they started doing more 2-part fights starting with Enya.

Part 4 feels like the reverse. It started out really strong with Aqua Necklace and Nijimura Bros, but it's been bogged down by these filler episodes of varying quality. I don't need every episode to be a fight, but I will never understand how people found a best of 5 game of rock paper scissors (with minimal Jojo flair) to be worth a week-long wait. Maybe all of these side characters make a meaningful impact in the future (ie Cinderella being Kira's escape vector), but if they don't then it's all filler. It's frustrating how they will establish a main villain (RHCP, Kira, etc.) and then immediately stuff in 5-10 episodes of fluff until you get to what you wanted in the first place.

 

[JadedWriter]

I really hated the first third of Part 3. Those one-off villain of the week episodes were awful. I felt like it only started getting good after they started doing more 2-part fights starting with Enya.

Part 4 feels like the reverse. It started out really strong with Aqua Necklace and Nijimura Bros, but it's been bogged down by these filler episodes of varying quality. I don't need every episode to be a fight, but I will never understand how people found a best of 5 game of rock paper scissors (with minimal Jojo flair) to be worth a week-long wait. Maybe all of these side characters make a meaningful impact in the future (ie Cinderella being Kira's escape vector), but if they don't then it's all filler. It's frustrating how they will establish a main villain (RHCP, Kira, etc.) and then immediately stuff in 5-10 episodes of fluff until you get to what you wanted in the first place.

I actually don't mind it as long as they take the time to flesh out Kira as a character. He's actually been a lot of fun. He wouldn't be as awesome if they just boss rushed him and they didn't take the time to explore the character. I'll admit some of the stand of the week stuff is unneeded and I didn't enjoy Janken Boy too much, but so far I think that's been the only weak one so far. I found Atom Heart Father hilarious for example, just seems to depend on the execution.