SolarKnight
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As excited as we all are for next week, I can already imagine many people calling bullshit at Joseph being out-tricked and getting angry :T
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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure |OT| Get back, Stand up
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Tizoc
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zedreamcast
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With young Joseph as their babysitter.
We just need baby versions of every Stand that has a anthropomorphic form. Need baby Hierophant Green and Magicians Red.
Yeah, my bad lol
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
DP skipped the Shooting Dio part, that was supposed to come after Alessi. I figure they will just put it in before Hol Horse and Boingo though.
That is kinda bullshit since Joseph was the smart guy who could trick anyone, but I guess old age made him kinda dumb.
Still a great fight though.
That is kinda bullshit since Joseph was the smart guy who could trick anyone, but I guess old age made him kinda dumb.
Still a great fight though.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I always kinda wondered if Old Joseph was Araki's subversion of a particular cliche; the hero of a previous generation as the mentor to the next. Typically serene but aloof and stern. Supremely skilled to the point that should the elder sensei choose to intervene, lifting one finger is usually enough to end the conflict.
That sure as shit ain't Joseph Jostar. He's goofy, given to outbursts, and while he definitely kept in shape and took good care of himself, he's no longer a fighter.
That sure as shit ain't Joseph Jostar. He's goofy, given to outbursts, and while he definitely kept in shape and took good care of himself, he's no longer a fighter.
That's what I'm hoping they do. It won't fit going directly into D'arby, but putting it after D'arby loses his shit at the thought of telling the gang about Dio's stand would flow nicely.
I'm hype for D'arby but more hype for Hol Horse and Boingo and Pet Shop. I hope Hol Horse and Boingo sing a song too.
Dunno if I posted it in here before, but in the Oingo Boingo episode Oingo is humming the song as he's walking up to the car.
The problem with him not being a fighter is in part to: Him not continuing hamon training after all this time, the fact that even if he did compared to some stand abilities it's really outclassed, his stand is pretty shit, and he's not the protag. It sucks to see Joseph being so outclassed in this way but that's just the way Araki went about it. At least he can say that he's the only jojo to basically "survive". Maybe that's his hidden power lol.
zedreamcast
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No hes done a top ten favorite characters before and his favorite is Josuke, Joseph was on there but I think he was like 8th.
Hmm thought he would like him the most since he never killed him off. Guess that was just to appease fans.
zedreamcast
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Well death wouldve been better then the sadness that is senile Jospeh
zedreamcast
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Youre right but seeeing part 4 Joseph being old and weak is really sad, he went from the strongest Hamon user ever, and defeated an immortal god, to a wrinkly old man who cant even walk by himself.
Werewolf Jones
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It's 2015. Araki needs to make a new top 10 favourite character list.
zedreamcast
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I think the "Joestar Family Secret Technique" wouldve been the greatest running gag ever though it got killed off in part 3...
Werewolf Jones
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The Joestar bloodline pretty much died, Josuke rejects Joseph, Giorno doesn't know anything, Jolyne is a Kujo.
zedreamcast
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But they all have joestar blood in them, I mean Jotaro used it and hes a Kujo.
I dunno I just love the idea of a strategic retreat as a secret technique.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I still say Jotaro taking center stage in Part 4 is the only tarnish it has.
Speaking of which, I'm surprised Araki hasn't done a Kamen Rider Decade-esque Jojo character. Even Disney did it!
Speaking of which, I'm surprised Araki hasn't done a Kamen Rider Decade-esque Jojo character. Even Disney did it!
How does he? He isn't there much and the final time stop he does to stop Kira didn't negate what Josuke did earlier.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Doing the
finishing blow to Kira still kinda miffs me.
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Werewolf Jones
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Well yeah, I suppose on a technical level Josuke is really a Joestar in name if not for Joseph not being in his life. Giorno sort of is too but how would he even know what a Joestar is? He doesn't know anything and Jolyne doesn't seem to show she's clued in either. I do like it as a gag but I suppose Araki knew it ran its course.
I love Joseph, he's my favorite. But he was never much of a fighter. Even though he was technically the strongest Hamon user ever, he always won through either outsmarting his opponents or through sheer dumb luck.
Even Cars is defeated by a combination of a volcanic eruption and Joseph's quick distraction.
The funny thing is that, even though he's shown as somewhat senile and frail in part 4, he still uses his tricky intellect to save the invisible baby. He's still got it when it counts.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Joseph is given a happy ending at least, which is what counts
SolarKnight
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Maybe, but you gotta admit that a Joestar Secret Technique moment would've absolutely fit for Josuke. Hell make it a father/son bonding moment with Joseph teaching it to him during a battle.
zedreamcast
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I find it weird that they brought Joseph to Morioh to help find RHCPs stand user but they decide not to use Hermit Purple to find Kira.
MillionStabs
Banned
Ugh, I misread the Amazon store page for Volume 2. Thought it said March 9th for the release date but it was May 9th... I can't wait that long!
Fire truck-kun is the real hero of Part 4
It was an ambulance, not a fire truck.
Tizoc
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....and when you think about it
http://volavolavolavola.tumblr.com/post/112570271142/lindleland-things-that-would-have-happened-if
Kira did have the best death of all the main villains.
A pathetic death for a pathetic man.
Agreed. Jotaro bluffing D'arby into a mega panic attack is great.
A pathetic death for a pathetic man.
Agreed. Jotaro bluffing D'arby into a mega panic attack is great.
... I totally forgot he had that power. I mean, yeah, it would've been OP in some cases, and Araki forgetting how a stand works is hardly new but... wow...
Maybe he could've lived to Part 6... That could've been cool!
zedreamcast
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Oh my god how did I never realize that Speedwagon started wearing Zeppelis hat.
That Polnareff like attention to detail.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
He uses it very briefly on Death XIII, but never again after that point. Also, after his initial fight Polnareff never removes Silver Chariot's armor or uses solid afterimages, and Abdul only ever uses both Crossfire Hurricane and Crossfire Hurricane Special once each.
True, but at the very least, I don't think any of those ever come in handy again, right? The DIO example might not work because he'd know Kakyoin had that power and he'd've planned for it, but all the other ones? Kakyoin could've won those fights in a chapter at best.
ScraftyDevil
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Maybe so, but it seems weird for Araki to give Chariot and Red signature moves and then just up and discard them after their first use. Eh, I'll just chalk it up to Stands as a concept being young and Araki not having ironed out the kinks in their mechanics yet.
zedreamcast
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Question what are your guy's favorite stands? Mine is The World.
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