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[Breads]

Does the paper grow or did he start with large human/ car sized pieces of paper.
When someone is partially inside the paper is this a perspective trick or are they really tiny?
Did he have to scare the driver of the taxi?
How did Yuya catch up to the taxi?
Where did the driver go during the encounter?
How was yuya both flat and substantative. Same goes for Josuke.

Also everything about the nature of stands and cheap trick.

Araki plz.

 

[NEO0MJ]

I completely forgot what Cheap Trick does. Like, I remember there was a stand hides in the back but I mixed it up with Engima. Man what a scary stand.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

Hasn't everyone?

Josuke and Okuyasu? Bros for life
Turns Tamami and Hazamada into friends
Gets together with Yukako
He's the only character Rohan actually likes

Even Kira gave him props when they 'fought'.

Well yes, but it's Jotaro.

I feel like Koichi kinda reminds Jotaro of Kakyoin.

He's probably trying to figure out a way to ask him if he likes cherries without sounding like a massive creep.

 

[Captain Rage Quit 69]

Does the paper grow or did he start with large human/ car sized pieces of paper.
When someone is partially inside the paper is this a perspective trick or are they really tiny?
Did he have to scare the driver of the taxi?
How did Yuya catch up to the taxi?
Where did the driver go during the encounter?
How was yuya both flat and substantative. Same goes for Josuke.

Also everything about the nature of stands and cheap trick.

Araki plz.

Wow, I'm surprised you were able to ask this many questions about JoJo without giving up and accepting one of the following likely answers:

• Araki forgot
• Araki didn't care
• Araki thought it would be cool
• Araki forgot and didn't care that he forgot because he thinks the alternative is cooler

 

[cntr]

Supernatural stuff actually exists in the Jojo universe, and Stands and Stand-related phenomena (like ghosts) are the explanation for why they exist. So where we see Jotaro bend prison bars open with Star Platinum, non-Stand users see Jotaro use "telekinesis".

Anubis, Superfly, and Cheap Trick are the Stand explanations for curses. And at the same time, they tie into the theme of "Stands reflect the mind" by being manifestations of bloodlust, social anxiety, and paranoia, emotions that override rational thought and manifest as Stands that curse their own users, and other people.

the rest of the Enigma stuff is "Araki thought it'd be cool"

 

[Yonafunu]

The answer is always "Araki thought it'd be cool". The rest is secondary.

 

[Auctopus]

But what about...

The answer is always "Araki thought it'd be cool". The rest is secondary.

Oh ok.

 

[Sesha]

So what was Terunosuke's deal, and why did he ally with Kira's dad? Was it just that he's a sadist and enjoyed toying with people?

Supernatural stuff actually exists in the Jojo universe, and Stands and Stand-related phenomena (like ghosts) are the explanation for why they exist. So where we see Jotaro bend prison bars open with Star Platinum, non-Stand users see Jotaro use "telekinesis".

Anubis, Superfly, and Cheap Trick are the Stand explanations for curses. And at the same time, they tie into the theme of "Stands reflect the mind" by being manifestations of bloodlust, social anxiety, and paranoia, emotions that override rational thought and manifest as Stands that curse their own users, and other people.

the rest of the Enigma stuff is "Araki thought it'd be cool"

So does Ghost Girl have a stand as well?

 

[cntr]

I think Kira's dad was going to pay Terunosuke, but yeah the real reason was that he's a sadist. He's one of the few characters in DiU whose motivations go beyond selfishness into evilness.

Reimi doesn't have a stand, but ghosts are stand-like entities. That's why Rohan was able to use Heaven's Door on her. So she doesn't have a stand, she's like a stand.

e: That's why stand users are able to see the Ghost Alley and Reimi, too, they can see ghosts because they can see stands.

 

[PK Gaming]

Nobody gives villains their just desserts like Josuke does

GOAT JoJo

 

[Killer Queen]

I think Kira's dad was going to pay Terunosuke, but yeah the real reason was that he's a sadist. He's one of the few characters in DiU whose motivations go beyond selfishness into evilness.

Reimi doesn't have a stand, but ghosts are stand-like entities. That's why Rohan was able to use Heaven's Door on her. So she doesn't have a stand, she's like a stand.

e: That's why stand users are able to see the Ghost Alley and Reimi, too, they can see ghosts because they can see stands.

Imagine how much it would suck to have a dead person as your stand. Especially since they can't even do anything.

 

[Dominican Power]

A lot of interesting stands in part 4.

 

[Neoxon]

Imagine how much it would suck to have a dead person as your stand. Especially since they can't even do anything.

I don't know, Speedwagon's quite the awesome Stand for the Joestar family.

 

[Breads]

"Araki thought it'd be cool"

This is always going to be the answer. That or dramatic.

Except for part 5 I read through all of jojo twice. Part 4 and SBR I reread them with different translations, which will also be the case with part 5 once it is complete (which it should be very soon?).

The reason why I asked those questions though is because for me these encounters in part 4 is when I stopped questioning the internal logic of stands and just accepted that being interesting was much more important than being consistent. It was an important conclusion to come to which was always in the back of my mind when anime jojo discussions about stands and how they are perceived to work... knowing that Araki simply makes it up as he goes along.

Anyway so does Yuya see out of the stand like Koichi does? When his or Akira's stands talk to people is it the user's mind and voice or the stand itself speaking on behalf of the user but relaying the thoughts back and forth?

 

[Glass Rebel]

...being interesting was much more important than being consistent.

JoJo has made me think like this about all pieces of fiction and it's one of the reasons why I consider Araki one of my greatest influences when writing myself. Not that I don't strive for consistency but not at the expense of interesting content.

 

[SoulUnison]

Anyway so does Yuya see out of the stand like Koichi does? When his or Akira's stands talk to people is it the user's mind and voice or the stand itself speaking on behalf of the user but relaying the thoughts back and forth?

Highway Star is pretty much designed for long ranges and drawn out chases, so it makes sense that Yuya would be more directly connected to it somehow.

Act 3 had to verbally give Koichi instructions and explain what it was capable of, and has a fairly short distance it's able to travel away from Koichi, so I imagine they don't have the same kind of link.
Plus, Act 3 seems to represent parts of Koichi that he suppresses or hasn't grown into yet, so there's another level of disconnection between them.

 

[Breads]

Because of it's range I don't think there is any evidence that he can see out of act 3 but he can definitely see out of act 1 which is why he uses it to scout the area.

 

[Neoxon]

Speaking of, here's a playlist for Phantom Blood, Battle Tendency, and Stardust Crusaders.

this took way too much effort

oh pfft, fixing

And thanks!

Edit: Updated the Phantom Blood playlist with a bunch of songs, and added Air Supply to the Battle Tendency playlist.

here's the Diamond is Unbreakable playlist, for reference

While I have a good chunk of those songs already, the work you put into these playlists should be commended.

 

[Krammy]

It's terribly done, but I got a kick out of this.

Spoiler

EDIT: Does spoiler tagging images not work anymore?

 

[cntr]

While I have a good chunk of those songs already, the work you put into these playlists should be commended.

Thanks!

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

EDIT: Does spoiler tagging images not work anymore?

doesnt on mobile

 

[Neoxon]

Thanks!

You are gonna constantly update the Part 4 playlist, right? We're almost to a certain part that I'm hella excited for.

 

[cntr]

Yeah, we're almost done anyway.

 

[AlimNassor]

Can we all agree Rohan is best ally ever?

 

[Soriku]

Koichi is having none of your shit, paper man

DTL just jizzed in his pants.

 

[King Boo]

so is yugioh based on the paper guy? he traps people, and even objects in paper. this guy is pretty powerful, even if you take away the pokeman part.

and why was the taxi guy not even shocked what happened to him?

 

[SolarKnight]

and why was the taxi guy not even shocked what happened to him?

Because they cut out his reaction for time. Also I don't think they're conscious inside the paper when folded but that's just my guess.

 

[cntr]

wouldn't be surprised if the Yugioh guy was inspired by D'Arby and Enigma Boy

 

[Tizoc]

So what was Terunosuke's deal, and why did he ally with Kira's dad? Was it just that he's a sadist and enjoyed toying with people?



So does Ghost Girl have a stand as well?

I don't think it's so much as allying with him more that he is given the chance to indulge in his fetish so he decides to help out because it serves both their purposes.

 

[cntr]

the conversation about Jotaro earlier reminded me

 

[Speedydonut]

Internet you crazy

 

[cntr]

please no, I don't want political bullshit in this thread

 

[Drkirby]

Internet you crazy

I don't get why they used some super annoying sounding version of Great Days, they didn't chagne any of the lyrics.

 

[RubberLuffy]

please no, I don't want political bullshit in this thread

.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

Did someone post a gif of Rohan trying to shake off Cheap Trick? Or better yet, made a video put to a great beat?

 

[cntr]

Did someone post a gif of Rohan trying to shake off Cheap Trick? Or better yet, made a video put to a great beat?

https://my.mixtape.moe/hywjsb.webm

 

[Captain Rage Quit 69]

Yes because I always wanted a website called mixtape.moe thanks internet

 

[Rewrite]

Internet you crazy

I laughed so fucking hard. You have no idea. Omg.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

I don't get why they used some super annoying sounding version of Great Days, they didn't chagne any of the lyrics.

A likelihood of getting the video automatically pulled down by YouTube robots if they didn't change the pitch. It's a common strategy.

 

[Magwik]

Internet you crazy

holy fuck

 

[Boss Doggie]

Say, did they ever use Great Days' english version?

 

[Squishy3]

Say, did they ever use Great Days' english version?

Not yet.

 

[TDLink]

Say, did they ever use Great Days' english version?

What is this?

Do you have a link?

 

[RadioHeadAche]

What is this?

Do you have a link?

It's the song, but in English, included on the cd single.

Great Days

 

[cntr]

The full version doesn't exist on Youtube because copyright, but there's this.

 

[Mista Koo]

I just found this Sono Chi no Sadame cut for the Toonami version and.. it's something. [Warning: comments are full of spoilers!]

 

[cntr]

Yeah the Toonami discussion threads are full of comments every week about the cut being so bad, even from the first time viewers

it's so bad

 

[Squishy3]

they need to at least play the full version again for the sfx ops when they happen

 

[cntr]

I'd be shocked if they didn't, shocked

 

[SoulUnison]

Come to think of it, what does the forehead slot on Cinderella "victims" signify? It's the hair/hairline, right?