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[JadedWriter]

Fuck man we need a Part 6 anime like, stat.

Screw part 5, gimme 6!

But anime thread can't even handle Part 4 Jojo. You trying to kill them?

 

[RecRoulette]

After reading the...extensive discussion in the anime thread. They should just give the series to Trigger, then nobody wins.

Then again, that conversation is funny to me because I don't care that much about Part 4 outside of anything Kira does. The anime has been fun, but hasn't done much to change my opinion on that.

 

[Astral/H3X]

But anime thread can't even handle Part 4 Jojo. You trying to kill them?

I NEED C MOON AND HEAVY WEATHER DAMMIT!

Part 6 is why it's hard for me to pick a "Favorite Stand". They are all so damn good!

 

[Thud]

After reading the...extensive discussion in the anime thread. They should just give the series to Trigger, then nobody wins.

Then again, that conversation is funny to me because I don't care that much about Part 4 outside of anything Kira does. The anime has been fun, but hasn't done much to change my opinion on that.

Trigger can't do part 5.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

There's eight Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe chapters including Rohan at the Louvre and Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci, there's a one-shot about Jolyne for the Gucci exhibition, and Dead Man's Questions.

There's also two other one-shots included with Dead Man's Questions (and a Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe chapter), but they're not part of Jojo. And there's some one-shots he did pre-Jojo, but I dunno much about those.

Gucci is what I was forgetting. Was that collaboration done in the west too, or Japan only?

I NEED C MOON AND HEAVY WEATHER DAMMIT!

Part 6 is why it's hard for me to pick a "Favorite Stand". They are all so damn good!

Jail House Lock is one of my favorite stands, both visually and ability-wise. It's also one of the scariest, to me anyway.

 

[RubberLuffy]

I want Marilyn Manson to get animated so we can all laugh at the title "The Collector Marilyn Manson Part 1" again

 

[Hatty]

I can't wait for Flaccid Pancake

 

[BatDan]

I can't wait for Flaccid Pancake

Maybe they'll get the license to their big hit song Spinnin'
"Keep Spinnin Spinnin Spinnin Spinnin HEDGEHOG Spinnin Spinnin Spinnin Spinnin KABUTOMUSHI"

 

[cntr]

Gucci is what I was forgetting. Was that collaboration done in the west too, or Japan only?

There's that image of Jolyne on the NYC Gucci store, so I assume it was international

 

[RadioHeadAche]

I want Marilyn Manson to get animated so we can all laugh at the title "The Collector Marilyn Manson Part 1" again

Every time I hear his songs on the radio, I'm always reminded of Debt Collector Marylin Manson, which makes me chuckle.

There's that image of Jolyne on the NYC Gucci store, so I assume it was international

Have those two Gucci stories been collected in any books, or just that fashion magazine?

 

[Boss Doggie]

The "Kira is reincarnated" isn't canon right? It's kinda douchey if Kira gets special treatment.

 

[Captain Rage Quit 69]

The "Kira is reincarnated" isn't canon right? It's kinda douchey if Kira gets special treatment.

Is it really reincarnation though? He has no Killer Queen and can't live a quiet life ever again. He's barely even Kira anymore, so I don't know if I can call that special treatment.

I'm assuming we're talking about Dead Man's Questions here.

 

[Tizoc]

Let us take this opportunity to acknolwedge the fact that there exists a stand whose super power is to attract meteors from outerspace to fall within its user's surrounding area.
Like
You cant make this shit up

Speaking of which im thinking of starting a 'game' for the part 5 anime thread where people post a screenshot from an episode and include a news headline for it

 

[cntr]

The "Kira is reincarnated" isn't canon right? It's kinda douchey if Kira gets special treatment.

He's not reincarnated, he's a ghost who doesn't realize it. Like, he doesn't actually interact with any normal people during it, right? He only deals with supernatural demons and psychics.

 

[Doukou]

I just found out that Limp Bizkit's English name is Flaccid Pancake

 

[Semblance]

it's amazing, isn't it

 

[cntr]

The best part is that like, Limp Bizkit is a key part of Pucci's plan.

So a stand named Flaccid Pancake is plot-central to Stone Ocean.

 

[Captain Rage Quit 69]

something something zombie animals

something something kabutomushi

something something plant baby

something something kabutomushi

I should reread Stone Ocean

 

[Monochromaticx]

I just found out that Limp Bizkit's English name is Flaccid Pancake

Eww

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Eww

You mean amazing right

 

[cntr]

I mean a limp biscuit is pretty eww so seems completely appropriate to me!

 

[RadioHeadAche]

Would you prefer a strong, firm pancake?

 

[Tizoc]

So I'ma try and describe some of the events from Part 6 as news headline

Breaking News: Female prisoner suspected of shrinking inmates and forcing them to wear animal costumes for her entertainment

Breaking News: Deranged female prisoner locked in heated battle with invigorated prison warden as meteorites descend around them

 

[Siegcram]

Eww

Dude

@Tizoc those are far too long man, 7 words

Spoiler

sports

max

 

[Captain Rage Quit 69]

Breaking news: Local Plankton Voted "Best Waifu of 2016"

Edit: Jotaro and F.F., a match "Made in Heaven"? Father Pucci tells all!

These tabloids write themselves.

 

[Tizoc]

Rereading Part 6, well more skimming through it and I just got to the part where Jotaro

Spoiler

PUNCHES JOLENE so she can use Stone Free to get them out of the illusion mist

 

[cntr]

Underrated cover.

 

[JadedWriter]

Underrated cover.

Given Giorno's lineage, shouldn't Za Warudo be somewhere in there?

 

[SolarKnight]

Given Giorno's lineage, shouldn't Za Warudo be somewhere in there?

The cover was for the volume that transitioned from part 4 to part 5 so I don't see much point in that. Besides technically Giorno's lineage wasn't revealed yet in that volume I think?

 

[cntr]

That's the volume where Diamond is Unbreakable ends and Vento Aureo begins, and Araki tried to mislead people in the first chapter by suggesting that Giorno was Jotaro's son, before second chapter surprise, it was Dio!

 

[JadedWriter]

First Jojo with two dads. Makes me wonder if his mom is still in existence or did Dio eat her after coitus...childbirth?

 

[cntr]

Nope, she's still alive. Dio left her alive for "mysterious reasons", as the narration says, maybe because she's an asshole. (She left 2 year old Giorno alone at home because she was more interested in parties, and let his stepdad physically abuse him.)

 

[QuiteWhittle]

So I'ma try and describe some of the events from Part 6 as news headline

Breaking News: Florida Woman suspected of shrinking inmates and forcing them to wear animal costumes for her entertainment

Breaking News: Deranged Florida Woman locked in heated battle with invigorated prison warden as meteorites descend around them

ftfy, doesn't sound so weird now does it

 

[JadedWriter]

Nope, she's still alive. Dio left her alive for "mysterious reasons", as the narration says, maybe because she's an asshole. (She left 2 year old Giorno alone at home because she was more interested in parties, and let his stepdad physically abuse him.)

"Lemme keep this bitch alive to see if my glorious sperm can awaken her stando potential."

 

[cntr]

There's a subtle implication there by the way, Giorno never falls sick from Dio's stand influence like Josuke did, because unlike Josuke, Giorno had such a shit childhood that he was already ready to get a stand, even if he didn't properly awaken it until later.

 

[JadedWriter]

Wow, why do people hate Giorno again? He actually sounds pretty cool. Does this explain why he gets the most OP Jojo protag stand?

 

[Pompadour]

Wow, why do people hate Giorno again? He actually sounds pretty cool. Does this explain why he gets the most OP Jojo protag stand?

I don't get the hate at all for Part 5 in the Western Jojo community but 5 likely has the worst main protagonist and worst main antagonist combo in the series. Not that they're bad but the only protagonist I liked less was Jonathan and he had a great villain in Dio.

All the side characters are great, though, and Bucciarati is a top tier JoBro.

 

[cntr]

You know how mafiosos and mafia movies are written to be subtle and full of implications, right? Vento Aureo's written in the same way, but it got an English translation that destroyed all implication and subtlety.

So.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Wow, why do people hate Giorno again? He actually sounds pretty cool. Does this explain why he gets the most OP Jojo protag stand?

He's mainly in the background once the plot starts going and he comes across as almost Jotaro level stoic.

He's not though. Although he is kind of OP.

 

[cntr]

yeah, Giorno's like a mafioso, controlling the team from the back rather than being the front line fighter, and his emotions are pretty subtle. But the translation wiped out both of those, so it instead seems like he does nothing and is totally stoic.

 

[JadedWriter]

You know how mafiosos and mafia movies are written to be subtle and full of implications, right? Vento Aureo's written in the same way, but it got an English translation that destroyed all implication and subtlety.

So.

Yeah it does seem like that unless you're fluent in Japanese the person complaining about it really hasn't even read Vento Aureo yet.

yeah, Giorno's like a mafioso, controlling the team from the back rather than being the front line fighter, and his emotions are pretty subtle. But the translation wiped out both of those, so it instead seems like he does nothing and is totally stoic.

So he's like FFVIII's Squall who got fucked by a bad translation?

 

[cntr]

The French and Italian versions of Vento Aureo are pretty good!

 

[Matsukaze]

Wow, why do people hate Giorno again? He actually sounds pretty cool.

He's my least favorite JoJo because I find him less interesting than his counterparts (which admittedly is a consequence of the poor translation). I would still prefer reading about Giorno's adventures than those of probably 75% of other manga protagonists out there, though.

Also, I score him low because Bruno is the true hero of Part V.

Does this explain why he gets the most OP Jojo protag stand?

It's possible Gold Experience is so OP because Araki thought to himself "The wonder-child of Jonathan and Dio? He needs to be super powerful!", but personally I like to believe it was more a matter of Araki going "You know what would be cool?..."

 

[Sibersk Esto]

yeah, Giorno's like a mafioso, controlling the team from the back rather than being the front line fighter, and his emotions are pretty subtle. But the translation wiped out both of those, so it instead seems like he does nothing and is totally stoic.

I don't think I mafioso would take the whole 'from the back' thing so literally.

 

[cntr]

I still appreciate that Giorno felt the need to stick his hand into Mista's pants.

 

[Tizoc]

ftfy, doesn't sound so weird now does it

Thanks, yes that does sound better indeed.
JoJo Part 6: Stone Ocean Anime |OT| Florida Woman's Bizarre Prison Life

 

[Doukou]

Giorno is pretty boring at the start.
Not to mention his powers are handled pretty poorly. He gets three(create/reflect/slow) but maybe I need to reread part 5 he never uses the reflect/slow ever again. Then he gains a healing ability. Its problem in this part in general that Araki wrote some stands that he couldn't work around, with Purple Haze and King Crimson imo

That said Giorno vs Green Day is one of the best fights in the series

Also neither Giorno or Bruno were the main characters.
It was Mista

 

[Boss Doggie]

Is it really reincarnation though? He has no Killer Queen and can't live a quiet life ever again. He's barely even Kira anymore, so I don't know if I can call that special treatment.

I'm assuming we're talking about Dead Man's Questions here.

He's not reincarnated, he's a ghost who doesn't realize it. Like, he doesn't actually interact with any normal people during it, right? He only deals with supernatural demons and psychics.

I thought he was traveling in the real world. So basically he's a different person now? Sucks though, Reimi needs dat justice.

 

[Tizoc]

Reimi got her justice though.

So Notorious BIG is just a nightmarish curse on those who wronged the user?

EDIT: Huh so there was a chapter that hints at Doppio being

Spoiler

Diavolo

I'd rather this one got skipped in the anime

 

[cntr]

fwiw, I've never found any stand particularly confusing, not even Gold Experience, but it's kind of hard to describe how they make sense in words. They just make intuitive sense, but not really in a logical way?

Spoiler

don't start arguing about King Crimson again, please.