JadedWriter
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I thought Araki was a Pillar Men.
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OT What a Beautiful Duwang
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No, you're right. Stands can do so much more than the ripple and open up many more storytelling opportunities.
RubberLuffy
Banned
Ripple is even more worthless because there is no more stone masks, vampires or Pillar Men.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
We don't know the full potential of ripple so we don't know for sure.
I mean, even Araki and his editors felt we saw the full extent of the ripple in two arcs. I sincerely doubt the ripple could ever be expanded to cover the same gamut of abilities Stands cover without completely compromising its own identity.
Back in parts 1 and 2 ripple could sort of do anything too. Or someone just needed to be a vampire and they could also do anything. Think of the dozens of different gimmicks the pillar men, vampires and even normal people had back then. Vampirism and ripple did all sorts of dumb crap. DIO had like 7 different weird powers due to his vampirism. Jack the Ripper, Bruford Tarkus all did really strange and unique stuff the pillarmen all did weird crap. Also Joseph totally won a few matches against normal thugs with ripple.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Probably not, unless there's still news coverage of it tomorrow.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I think only Sakamoto and Kabaneri are being affected by it so far
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Shounen Maid and Assassination Classroom were preempted as well. That's because Fuji TV (Kabaneri, AC) and TBS (Shounen Maid, Sakamoto) were airing emergency news coverage instead of normal programming.
BRUH
UH MY GOD HOLY SH*T. Captionbot really did it now! No one talks sh*t about Josuke's awesome hair.
It's outphased by stands. That's what you get when characters pull a Gohan.
Barkley's Justice
Member
How many eps are we getting out of this arc anyway?
Current number seems to be 39 based on the French simulcast company. There's no official confirmation, though.
Hatty
Member
If they don't cut anything more than Stardust Crusaders
no guilt
RubberLuffy
Banned
Someone on twitter said there was a director interview stating "all stands/characters, similar flow to SDC" but that was 4 days ago with no confirmation or anything. So who knows, but it's 20 chapters longer than SDC, it's Araki's favorite part, and has like 2 of his favorite characters, so there's no way they'll rush or cut anything.
chrisPjelly
Member
Not like this Koichi...
Not like this...
I always assumed he was too lazy and failed to realize the benefits of it, kind like most people know they should exercise and eat healthy but they don't.
Joseph just couldn't be bothered.
DIO stopped The World from punching Joseph due to Joseph having infused himself (as his stand) with Ripple, so it's very likely that Stands do conduct Ripple.
Plus Ripple works in humans which makes it useful to attack stand users.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I dunno, we got shit like, as I said, hair barriers and stuff. We actually see a lot of shit in the dining scene with Caesar but we barely see it expounded.
Like Joseph?
;_;
well, it could be argued that the contact would come from Hermit Purple being infused with Ripple. the Ripple alone wouldn't work but it would through a Stand. we never see this in action since there was no other Vampire Stand user that fought against a Ripple Stand user so it's all speculation in the end.
also, at the time they probably wanted to get rid of the Ripple fast since it was "boring" and the Stands were the new hotness. it's funny since it's kind of the opposite for many people who begin watching Jojo and then have a hard time in the transition because Ripple is more unique nowadays when a ton of mangas/animes use Stand-like powers. this is interesting because, if Jojo was made today, maybe the Ripple would have continued longer but then, if Jojo wasn't made when it was made, not many series would have been inspired by it and the ripple wouldn't look unique.
RadioHeadAche
Member
You also can't really market "ripple" whereas stands can easily print money.
Mr. Smiley
Member
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
This.
Once in a while, i'm tempted to buy star playinum figure...
Monochromaticx
Member
speedwagon_
Banned
Question: now from what I have seen part 5 is a bit connected to part 4 but can I read part 6 whilst watching part 4 or should I just go straight to part 7 since it is in a new setting?
Watch/read them in order of release, all parts are connected in one way or another. Both 5 and 6 are linked to 4 and 7 is linked to 6.
Edit: it'd be the same as jumping into this part without reading or watching the previous parts, you'd have no idea who Jotaro is, what stands are and why Josuke being Joseph's son is a big deal.
speedwagon_
Banned
I can understand continuing Part 4 as it airs but feel free to start reading the manga at the part 5 break as well, by the time this part is finished Part 5's retranslation should be complete and then the fully series will be ready to read through.Oh, Ok then
I'm stuck on the anime bus.
speedwagon_
Banned
do you mean read Part4 as it airs with the anime? The pro is that I get a great appreciation for how close the manga sticks to the anime, which is what I did with Stardust Crusaders and really enjoyed, but the con was that I already knew what was going to happen and some of the surprise went with it.
Monochromaticx
Member
New episode up on CR in
You can read Part 4 like that if you want but I meant to start reading Part 5 once the Part 4 anime is finished.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
The disc solicitation was just put up and officially officially confirms this will be 39 episodes.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
I guess the pace is set to be much faster this time.
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
I enjoyed the hell out of part 3, but some things were arguably dragging a bit.
It's inherent with part 3, not really their fault. Davidpro did a great job. Part 3 deserved that after the OVA series which cut down on content a whole fricking lot.
9 fewer episodes than Stardust Crusaders for a part that is slightly longer to my understanding? That isn't comforting to hear especially since I've never heard anyone really call the manga for Part IV poorly paced. I don't want them cutting stuff or rushing through things or feeling pressured not to add things if it would actually help with the narrative (which happened a few times for Stardust Crusaders). It can only hurt the production
9 fewer episodes than Stardust Crusaders for a part that is slightly longer to my understanding? That isn't comforting to hear especially since I've never heard anyone really call the manga for Part IV poorly paced. I don't want them cutting stuff or rushing through things or feeling pressured not to add things if it would actually help with the narrative (which happened a few times for Stardust Crusaders). It can only hurt the production
We'll see how they fare in the middle part. For now they are on schedule I presume. First episode covered about three chapters and the second covered about 5 chapters.The next arc covers about 10 chapters and there are 2 episodes scheduled for it (so 5 chapters each).
If they average 4.5 chapters per episode they can fit 39 episodes and maybe even a part 5 teaser. They've made it work with Part 1-3, so I'm confident they could pull this off. Part 4 may even profit from it.
9 fewer episodes than Stardust Crusaders for a part that is slightly longer to my understanding? That isn't comforting to hear especially since I've never heard anyone really call the manga for Part IV poorly paced. I don't want them cutting stuff or rushing through things or feeling pressured not to add things if it would actually help with the narrative (which happened a few times for Stardust Crusaders). It can only hurt the production
Preemptive worrying for something that far off is meaningless. Did DavidPro disappoint with any of the former parts? Did DavidPro disappoint with those first two episodes we got?
I don't think so.
So just let them do their thing.
Besides, the first 2 episodes of Part 3 adapted 5 chapters + a couple pages, whereas the first to episodes of part 4 adapted 7 whole chapters. We're already faster paced, and did it somehow make it 'bad' because of that? Hell no.
? Nothing was cut in the Stardust Crusaders anime.
Jigolo
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Whoops misread