But it will definitely make you wonder what the hell happened.
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OT What a Beautiful Duwang
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But it will definitely make you wonder what the hell happened.
RubberLuffy
Banned
Part 1 has a better climax despite the Part generally being worse. It's a good ending thematically and it was a really, really bold move on Araki's part. He's said in interviews that it was really taboo in WSJ to kill a main character at the time. You just didn't do it.
Part 2's climax suffers because Kars sucks as a villain and while his ultimate end is pretty fucked and cool, the fight itself is worse than Joseph vs Wamuu.
Part 2's climax suffers because Kars sucks as a villain and while his ultimate end is pretty fucked and cool, the fight itself is worse than Joseph vs Wamuu.
Killer Queen
Banned
I actually considered that. Ive got a lot of free time and the only manga I would consider reading are Berserk(had there not been extensive rape) and JoJo's that are a while off.
chrisPjelly
Member
Idk guys, reading Part 7 might retroactively "ruin" Part 5 and 6 because of the obvious jump in quality and the continued escalation in stand absurdity. I'd say stick with the P4 anime and good Part 5 scans now that they're coming again.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
I wouldn't advise any jumping or skipping parts tbh. It just feels...I don't know richer if you go through the parts in order. It's like a weird odyssey.
The wait is killer though
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Holy fuck
Ragnorok64
Member
I'm trying to remember all the other parts but how far do they go with "stand users attract other stand users"? Was Joseph getting on the wrong bus and finding the invisible baby in the middle of nowhere a manifestation of that?
Mr. Smiley
Member
It most certainly could be interpreted like that. Part 4 takes it to upper levels with chance encounters and how kooky some users can be as part of it's small town, slice of life charm. It's not completely random all the time like the baby, mind you, but in other parts there's definitely more rhyme, reason and similar motivations.
JadedWriter
Member
Hands of Stone
Member
That's too good.
I love 2 but I think if you have a lot of familiarity with Fist of the North Star... it's clear it's pretty indebted to it. Stands are what REALLY set Jojo apart from other 80s shonen manga.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
What's even the original pic of that meme?
ArchedThunder
Banned
Tom Cruise laughing.
That's quite a surprise, but these anime adaptions are so good I'd rather wait the few years it takes to reach the rest of the parts.
Assuming part 5, 6, 7 etc get adapted.
RubberLuffy
Banned
Part 7's anime is so long out and isn't a guarantee, unfortunately.
Read Steel Ball Run because it is bad-fucking-ass.
JadedWriter
Member
No. I think it's implied (or explicitly) that Dio had something close to Hermit Purple thanks to Jonathan's body while The World was his own.
JadedWriter
Member
Wasn't the thing that made the mind control buds Jonathan's stand?
RubberLuffy
Banned
The buds were just weird bits of DIO's flesh. Theoretically, the Hermit Purple stand that DIO spies with is Jonathan's.
JadedWriter
Member
Interesting. If that's how it works then why doesn't Josuke have a plant stand?
That never made any sense to me; it should be the other way around.
Then again, it wouldn't make sense either that Jotaro would have a time stopping stand then.
That second stand should just never be brought up.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Hahaha
Eh, it's ignored completely after Steely Dan I'm pretty sure, as that's the last time they feel Dio looking at them or something.
Naturally, Dio can use it without breaking a camera. He is best Joestar after all
BassForever
Member
Part 2 is mostly saved by Joseph and how bat shit it is, but all stand seasons > non stand seasons
Part 2 is easily the most overrated Jojo part, I'd put everything aside from 1 above it. Caesar sucks, Lisa Lisa barely does anything and Joseph is a much more interesting character in 3 and 4. The Pillar Men are meant to be threatening but Joseph gimmicks a win from all of them after the first meeting. Part 3's group dynamic is exciting, watching one or two of the Crusaders figure out how they can overcome a unique stand is so much more interesting than Joseph just pressing the I WIN button. Compare a fight like Mariah, Anubis or D'Arby to the Pillar Men fights or even worse, Straits or Santana, I'd take almost any stand battle over Part 2's fights.
Every time I see people ranking JoJo parts, I feel like my opinion is somehow wrong because Phantom Blood is my favourite JoJo story arc yet it always seems to sit at the very bottom of everyone else's lists. The two biggest things I love about it are the relationship between Jonathan and Dio, and the general art direction the show had back then, even though it was on a noticeably smaller budget. 1>4>2>3 (based only on the anime so far) if someone was curious.
Part 3 would've been better than 2, but I felt like the progression dragged on for far too long. At least we got some more cool stands thanks to that though, but it's not like some of those ideas could not have been integrated into later arcs instead.
Part 4 could still very well take over part 1 for me. It's been very promising so far, but I rewatched part 1 maybe a month ago to see if it held up as well as I remembered, and I still think it reigns supreme.
Part 3 would've been better than 2, but I felt like the progression dragged on for far too long. At least we got some more cool stands thanks to that though, but it's not like some of those ideas could not have been integrated into later arcs instead.
Part 4 could still very well take over part 1 for me. It's been very promising so far, but I rewatched part 1 maybe a month ago to see if it held up as well as I remembered, and I still think it reigns supreme.
WHAT THE FUCK I JUST NOW REALIZED POLNAREFFS EARRINGS ARE BROKEN HEARTS AND KAKYOINS EARRINGS ARE CHERRYS WITH STEMS
I love Jojo. Been a fan since the OVAs introduced me to the world more than a decade ago.
My name comes from the famous Dio quote "how many breads have you eaten in your life"
It didn't click until just now with those meme drawings.
Anyway 2=4>7>6>8>5>3>1
I love Jojo. Been a fan since the OVAs introduced me to the world more than a decade ago.
My name comes from the famous Dio quote "how many breads have you eaten in your life"
It didn't click until just now with those meme drawings.
Anyway 2=4>7>6>8>5>3>1
NeonZ
Member
Come on, you're talking like Stand battles don't throw away their rules and add new abilities (or forget old ones) midway through all the time. In that sense, Jojo's narrative style never changed.
What did change was the bigger emphasis on multiple minor enemies to introduce a larger variety of Stands. I can see the point, but personally, I think building up a smaller number of antagonists is much more effective than having so many minor encounters.
What did change was the bigger emphasis on multiple minor enemies to introduce a larger variety of Stands. I can see the point, but personally, I think building up a smaller number of antagonists is much more effective than having so many minor encounters.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
I prefer Stands because there are no real limits to the clever/bullshit abilities that Araki can come up with, something that wouldn't be possible if he had just stuck with Hamon and vampires.
Though I do wish that there were more recurring minor antagonists, similar to Hol Horse.
Though I do wish that there were more recurring minor antagonists, similar to Hol Horse.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Killer Queen
Banned
Man I want a stand figure but it's super geeky and I'd feel bad.Seems the gene/spirit pool got screwy
JadedWriter
Member
Seems the gene/spirit pool got screwy
Lol its like Dio's DNA took over. DIO lives on in Josephs ballsack.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Man I'm not even a statue guy but I wouldn't even mind owning and displaying jojo statues. Some of those medicos figures are just too good.
Hard to resist my favorite DIO alternate version.
Hard to resist my favorite DIO alternate version.
Killer Queen
Banned
Yeah honestly, I've only got a dark souls 3 statue but these look so well made and well articulated. I wouldn't mind grabbing Killer Queen, Whitesnake then Black Sabbath and D4c if they ever make those (Stand names from future parts should be ok right?)Man I'm not even a statue guy but I wouldn't even mind owning and displaying jojo statues. Some of those medicos figures are just too good.
Hard to resist my favorite DIO alternate version.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Clearly, The World is Zeppeli's stand, since Jonathan absorbed his life force before he died.