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That set-up has gotta be paid off eventually

Araki: *laughs*

 

[Boss Doggie]

poor Santana

 

[Style]

That set-up has gotta be paid off eventually

Araki: *laughs*

It wont because Araki forgot it. A lot of plot holes/retcons in Jojo happen because of Araki's memory. He said himself:

I could stay depressed about my bad memory, but that's a negative way to live. Let's look on the bright side and list the advantages of having a bad memory.
(1) You can reread a book and see a movie over and over and enjoy it as much as the first time.
(2) If you make an inconvenient promise, you can pretend that you forgot about it and still be forgiven.
(3) This is the most important thing: you can keep coming up with ideas without being held back by convictions or the past.

 

[Neoxon]

 

[JadedWriter]

"Hey Bob."
"Yeah, Dave?"
"How come were working in this foundation made by an oil tycoon 70 years ago to support these buff Japanese dudes who supposedly have these magic ghosts we can't even see? How do we know they're even real?"
"Did Sam ever tell you how he saw a dead guy come back to life?"
"What."
"Keep working, Dave."

And that's probably one of the more mundane Speedwagon Foundation employee stories.

 

[SolarKnight]

And that's probably one of the more mundane Speedwagon Foundation employee stories.

"Uh, sir, why do we have safety guidelines on how to approach a water bottle?"

 

[JadedWriter]

"Uh, sir, why do we have safety guidelines on how to approach a water bottle?"

"The same reason why we don't let Joseph Joestar pilot our vehicles."

 

[ElFly]

You try telling Jotaro that he's making shit up. He'd pick you up with an invisible hand and teleport behind you.

I think the part I dislike more about Jojo 4 is Jotaro revealing he hadn't stopped time in like a decade or so

wtf man I'd be stopping time all the time

 

[Breads]

I think the part I dislike more about Jojo 4 is Jotaro revealing he hadn't stopped time in like a decade or so

wtf man I'd be stopping time all the time

He only uses those powers recreationally when he's in prison or gambling.

 

[Ezalc]

I think the part I dislike more about Jojo 4 is Jotaro revealing he hadn't stopped time in like a decade or so

wtf man I'd be stopping time all the time

They already mentioned that because he's human the strain of stopping time is too much for it to be done over longer periods of time.

Dio could do it because he was a vampire.

 

[Pompadour]

I think the part I dislike more about Jojo 4 is Jotaro revealing he hadn't stopped time in like a decade or so

wtf man I'd be stopping time all the time

Araki seems to be uninterested in the practical, day-to-day benefits of having stands except for a few cases like Shigechi and Harvest. There's so many stand users that can do unbelievable things that don't involve their stand at all I get the feeling that Araki thinks stands are cheating and that the reader won't be impressed by his characters if their stand did everything for them.

A lot of Jojo fights aren't even match ups between stands so much as the hero trying to figure out how to outmaneuver the opponent's stand so they can win. Almost every Jotaro fight is him trying to find and/or get within two feet of his opponent so he can press the win button. I feel like Jotaro could be a really smart guy with a sledgehammer and many fights would play out the same.

 

[Neoxon]

I think the part I dislike more about Jojo 4 is Jotaro revealing he hadn't stopped time in like a decade or so

wtf man I'd be stopping time all the time

To be fair, using Star Platinum: The World's time-stop ability does put a strain on Jotaro since he's only a human.

 

[cntr]

Araki's said that he considers control over time the ultimate power, hence The World and Bites the Dust. So Jotaro doesn't use time stop casually to emphasize how special of a power it is.

There's plenty casual stand usage in DiU (Josuke punching a lottery ticket), and while DiU has the most because of its setting, it'll still happen in future parts.

 

[Monochromaticx]

3 minutes

 

[Tizoc]

P R E P T I M E B O I Z

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Dora

 

[Monochromaticx]

killer queen poses are on point.
hayato the real mvp

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

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Lol its pretty ridiculous in an anime version that Jotaro, Koichi and Rohan don't notice the screams and explosions (which are loud) and come around the corner. I guess it was also ridiculous in the manga but its way more noticeable here.

 

[Tizoc]

HE SAID IT!

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Lol its pretty ridiculous in an anime version that Jotaro, Koichi and Rohan don't notice the screams and explosions (which are loud) and come around the corner. I guess it was also ridiculous in the manga but its way more noticeable here.

Wouldn't be the first time

Maybe the explosions sound is controlled by Kira as well?

 

[BinaryPork2737]

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Lol its pretty ridiculous in an anime version that Jotaro, Koichi and Rohan don't notice the screams and explosions (which are loud) and come around the corner. I guess it was also ridiculous in the manga but its way more noticeable here.

Poor Rohan

 

[Monochromaticx]

Dora

[IMG]http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/536/200/1e0.png[/IMG]

 

[PK Gaming]

Kira's pose game way too good in this episode, good lord.

Amazing adaption, probably my fav episode so far. Art, animation and direction were all on point, and the voice actors especially killed it. I loved this arc in the manga, but it's so much better here.

Really like how Josuke's making this most of his power, and how it acts in direct opposition to Kira's.

 

[cntr]

Awwwww man that episode. SO GOOD. SO DORA.

I laughed really hard at all the crazy theories about how Bites the Dust was going to be defeated by Crazy Diamond or Star Platinum, given how it actually ends up being defeated.

And Bites the Dust isn't the true final boss...it's goddamn Killer Queen and Stray Cat. A fucking plant being half of the final boss is my favorite twist in DiU, and one of my favorites in Jojo period.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Kira keeping Stray Cat around to amplify his bombs with the air just makes so much sense

 

[Monochromaticx]

So hayato can see stray cat, but can he stray cat when it's inside killer queen? Floating in mid air?

 

[Breads]

You thought Speedwagon was the only time Abs Ex Machina would be a thing?

Nyo ho ho....

 

[JayEH]

I like that everyone is a few feet away but can't tell a battle is going on. This was worse than when Joseph and Lisa Lisa just stood outside the house where Caesar was murdered even though they could clearly hear him.

 

[cntr]

I sometimes wonder if "The rain sounds like Josuke" was Araki making a joke, because c'mon lol

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

So hayato can see stray cat, but can he stray cat when it's inside killer queen? Floating in mid air?

Non-Stand users can see things created or caused by Stands for the most part. For instance, the debris Josuke reformed or the air bubble Stray Cat shot out. Stray Cat is both the Stand and the User at the same time...so I guess Hayato can see him. Kind of like how non-Stand users could see Iggy's The Fool since it was just made out of sand.

 

[cntr]

The volume cover for this fight, by the way:

 

[Hatty]

Happy to see some of my favorite panels get animated

 

[Kneefoil]

The pacing of that whole fight seemed like it'd work way better in a comic or written format than in animation. Makes sense, I suppose, since this is an anime adaptation of a manga.

I didn't find the episode anywhere near as entertaining as the last few, but there are still a couple more left, so Part 4 could still end on a high note.

Hayato is way smarter and gutsier than I've given him credit for. I wonder why he didn't go alert Koichi, Jotaro and Rohan, though; he knew they were just around the corner, and there is strength in numbers.

 

[Samuraicop]

My third favorite figjht in all of Jojo getting the respect it deserves. KIRA THE BEST CHARACTER GETTING THE LOVE HE DESERVES. The shot of Josuke into intro is my favorite

 

[Tizoc]

The pacing of that whole fight seemed like it'd work way better in a comic or written format than in animation. Makes sense, I suppose, since this is an anime adaptation of a manga.

I didn't find the episode anywhere near as entertaining as the last few, but there are still a couple more left, so Part 4 could still end on a high note.

Hayato is way smarter and gutsier than I've given him credit for. I wonder why he didn't go alert Koichi, Jotaro and Rohan, though; he knew they were just around the corner, and there is strength in numbers.

He'd have to go through Kira for that.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

In the anime, you are kinda stuck in time situations because you are given a flat rate of 20 minutes without a doubt, so it seems as if time should be flowing faster when only a minute or two have passed. In a manga, that doesn't come across as heavily. Its just a natural problem of adaptation, one that can be avoided through clever directing and adapting, but still there.

In something with notorious slow moving scenes like Hunter x Hunter's palace invasion, Dragon Ball's Freeza fight or Akagi's mahjong match, they keep dropping references to the time in the manga to begin with so it doesn't seem as bad. Here its a matter of seconds.

 

[Kneefoil]

He'd have to go through Kira for that.

No? Hayato checked around the corner to see if Rohan was going to explode after Josuke had already arrived.

 

[cntr]

Note that they covered 5 chapters this episode, and have 9 left over the next 2 episodes.

 

[StoneFox]

Lol, how loud is this rain? I guess you could argue that the explosions can be mistaken for thunder, but c'mon.

And good job Okuyasu, you did a thing.

 

[Tizoc]

No? Hayato checked around the corner to see if Rohan was going to explode after Josuke had already arrived.

Ah well you could say he was caught up in the moment Plus you forgot that he doesn't know exactly how Stands work. He might've thought that he could still kill Rohan if he approached him and told him about Kira's identity+location. By the time he'd realize that he may be able to speak out without killing anyone, Kira was already in the path to the others. Just my speculation :x

 

[jstripes]

LOL, fuckin' Jotaro.

Morioh must be a really weird place if rain sounds like screams and explosions. I wonder if the radio show there is anything like Welcome To Nightvale.

 

[PixelatedBookake]

Josuke will do anything for his bro Okuyasu, even carry his corpse through invisible bomb air. That's true friendship

 

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and the sketch

 

[MillionStabs]

Finally this sick BTD video can be posted

 

[Nocturnowl]

So did Josuke ever figure out how to see the air bombs or was he just having to make use of the kids keen eye narrative the entire time? I assume it's the latter.

 

[cntr]

It's kind of weird because it's one of those things you're supposed to assume is exaggerated by the visuals; Stray Cat's bubbles are clearly visible for the viewer, but almost invisible to the actual characters.

 

[BGBW]

So was there a reason Heaven's Door didn't activate on Hayato again?

 

[Tizoc]

So was there a reason Heaven's Door didn't activate on Hayato again?

Araki forgot or, Bites the Dust was disabled before Hayato gets turned into a book.

 

[jett]

How couldn't those three knuckleheads hear the screams and explosions? Even by Jojo-logic standards, this episode didn't make much sense to me.

 

[cntr]

So was there a reason Heaven's Door didn't activate on Hayato again?

It did, though? It happened at the end of the last episode.

 

[Grexeno]

How couldn't those three knuckleheads hear the screams and explosions? Even by Jojo-logic standards, this episode didn't make much sense to me.

Because then they would come over and all gang up on Kira and the fight would be over.