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That’s what I’m hoping too lmao. That when I catch up I only have a few months to watch. I bough with all the precious parts the final villain was always pretty clear I felt so curious how 8 is going so oddly
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Hitlersaurus Christ posted:Flashback guy is just a random punk with a heart of gold and that’s all he was ever meant to be. I don’t know why anyone thinks otherwise. This always bothered me too, cuz it being just a random, nameless person doing a good deed for the sake of it...fits perfectly with the rest of part 4 thematically, a part that emphasises community and coming together for a greater good. And it sets up Josuke's drive to help other people just for the sake of helping them, which is why I'll still say giving him Crazy Diamond, a stand that can help anyone BUT himself, is maybe the best pairing of a character to a stand power in all of JJBA. Gyro Zeppeli fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Aug 18, 2020 |
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I had always expected it to be him but when it wasn’t I actually loved it as just a good person influencing his life so heavily. Shizuka I didn’t really click with even when Araki stated the ~metaphor~
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:This always bothered me too, cuz it being just a random, nameless person doing a good deed for the sake of it...fits perfectly with the rest of part 4 thematically, a part that emphasises community and coming together for a greater good. And it sets up Josuke's drive to help other people just for the sake of helping them, which is why I'll still say giving him Crazy Diamond, a stand that can help anyone BUT himself, is maybe the best pairing of a character to a stand power in all of JJBA. Partly agreed, but only because i feel that way about Abacchio/moody blues
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Schwarzwald posted:The never touched on mystery on why Josuke looks just like this person he modeled himself after. Hitlersaurus Christ posted:Flashback guy is just a random punk with a heart of gold and that’s all he was ever meant to be. I don’t know why anyone thinks otherwise. Conservation of detail? When the author shows you something, you expect it to matter, especially when the scene appears to be setting up a mystery (who was that rude punk). But to be clear I wasn’t under any illusions here: Johnny Joestar posted:i feel like the 'josuke time travel' thing should be dead by now given that araki has literally directly admitted to having no idea what the gently caress he was going to do for the antagonist of part 4 by that point overmind2000 posted:It's a question Araki has been asked more than once Araki doesn’t care about conserving details and has been super open about writing by the seat of his pants. I should’ve worded my post better to make it clear I understand that I guess. I had hoped that SBR was a good indication that the slower publication pace had curbed this habit—and maybe Jojolion will surprise me, and we’ve got another dozen chapters that will tie it all neatly together.
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rko posted:Conservation of detail? When the author shows you something, you expect it to matter, especially when the scene appears to be setting up a mystery (who was that rude punk). it matters because it's josuke's motivation to be the person he is and spells out the theme about the Golden Heart of Morioh. the real problem is that other than josuke and that one guy, every rando we meet in morioh seems to be an rear end in a top hat
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somepartsareme posted:it matters because it's josuke's motivation to be the person he is and spells out the theme about the Golden Heart of Morioh. the real problem is that other than josuke and that one guy, every rando we meet in morioh seems to be an rear end in a top hat Tonio Trussardi did nothing wrong
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Me too. And I'm also waiting for part 8 to end so I can read it all in one shot, then join everyone in reading part 9 as it releases. at nine or ten chapters a year, I don't think it'll be done soon
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People have been saying it "feels close to being done" since like 2014 because the plot is so boring that they hope it just wraps up soon.
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rko posted:Conservation of detail? When the author shows you something, you expect it to matter, especially when the scene appears to be setting up a mystery (who was that rude punk). You're viewing the scene as a set up, but it's the pay-off of and explanation for Josuke's defensive behavior.
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I love JoJolion but it's easily the least focused and probably most inconsistent in regards to plot points not being relevant and would have benefit from having a definitive villain maybe 50 (of its 100) issues ago. I've not done a page count but I'd imagine it's also officially the longest part now, considering SBR didn't begin with 40 page chapters. And frankly, even though I love JoJo so much and it is the true meaning of life, I'm not sure I want a part 9 if the lack of focus and inconsistency of things being ultimately relevant is going to worsen. If it does happen, and I'd trust Araki to change the formula as he has a lot of form for it, I'd like it to be another this is the end goal, get there thing like Part 3, SBR etc. For all the memes, Araki is actually getting fairly old and JJL has already taken 9 years. Like Karera was cool and she said she'd be back but where is she? Kaato's probably going to be back but I don't think I'd bet large on that mattering hugely. Basically, I'd be sad but okay with JJL being the end. Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Aug 18, 2020 |
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Josuke Higashikata posted:I love JoJolion but it's easily the least focused and probably most inconsistent in regards to plot points not being relevant and would have benefit from having a definitive villain maybe 50 (of its 100) issues ag Unlike SBR, Jojolion still lacks a clear final antagonist. It’s interesting that we’ve got several people who could be antagonists at the Higashikata household, just a quick walk to the place where you can eat a fruit and do an underground fusion dance. And damnit if Jobin didn’t just get himself all hosed up. I’ll be a little disappointed if we don’t have an eight-balled final battle, is all I’m saying. quote:And frankly, even though I love JoJo so much and it is the true meaning of life, I'm not sure I want a part 9 if the lack of focus and inconsistency of things being ultimately relevant is going to worsen. If it does happen, and I'd trust Araki to change the formula as he has a lot of form for it, I'd like it to be another this is the end goal, get there thing like Part 3, SBR etc.
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I think Araki should probably call it a day on anymore longform serialised parts after JoJolion, otherwise at his current rate of working it wouldn't be a wrap until his mid 70s. Kind of a shame this part seems to have spun out into nothing after producing his magnum opus with SBR, would be a bit of a lame way to conclude the defining work of his career.
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SBR is so good. The start of JoJolion owns a tonne too but I remember it feeling fairly static after that. As a whole that might work better though. 4 was the same though after Kira showed up it was fairly focussed and it sounds like that doesn’t happen in 8. Well it does but the rock guys rather than a singular villain
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Also looking through the old thread for some stuff found perhaps the funniest set of panels in the manga again
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EmmyOk posted:Also looking through the old thread for some stuff found perhaps the funniest set of panels in the manga again jotaro sent his stunt double, shameful
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EmmyOk posted:Also looking through the old thread for some stuff found perhaps the funniest set of panels in the manga again That guy is Jeff Platinum's user.
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Am I insane or did we know the reveal of this chapter for like three years by now?
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What was Mamezuku opening his chest supposed to be showing? And okay, so Josuke's stand is using the Spin somehow? So?
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goblin week posted:Am I insane or did we know the reveal of this chapter for like three years by now? Sort of. We knew they were spinning fibers but we didn’t know the significance. I mean, we still don’t entirely but if the translation is right then we know they’re using the spin/rotation from part 7.
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RatHat posted:What was Mamezuku opening his chest supposed to be showing? Rai opening his chest is to show that he's been donuted and will soon die, though it's possible that I REALLY misunderstood that panel. He pointed out that the bubbles were spinning way back at the end of the Urban Guerilla fight so it's probably to explain that some weird bullshit is about to happen. zetamind2000 fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Aug 18, 2020 |
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"Umm... so, personally... this is the first time this has happened, so I'm a bit surprised. Only a centimeter away... I mean, I don't think there's ever been someone who's gotten that close to me... without a, you know... calamity occurring. I'm not really... not really sure what happens at one centimeter away... 'cause it's my first time. I don't really understand it either. Seriously. But in the flow of calamity... there's nobody who can attack me. Not a single person. That, I know for sure. Wonder of U." Tooru seriously tried to get his own back by flexing on them with his Stand's name. Best main villain speech in the entire series
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I have genuine difficulty following what Dadada was doing throughout this chapter Also - I guess, with this chapter, some insane bullshit is gonna follow The power of the Spin deflecting every Calamity? Drawing in fate, similar to what Johnny did to Valentine? ???
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So if they beat Wonder of U with Spin bullshit does that mean Wonder of U is basically just invincible otherwise? From how it's explained it sounds like even Dio with time stopped would get wrecked by a calamity if he tried to attack it. I was really hoping they'd find some loophole in its power but doesn't seem like that's gonna happen.
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i'm living vicariously through spoilerboxes right now as i still haven't caught up on the past few chapters but i've always assumed that since gappy was created under the tree where the corpse was housed for a bit and johnny died that there's like a 99% chance that some combination of the both of those or one or the other have somehow transferred aspects to the overall fusion whether it's through discarded, buried parts of the bodies or just the general vibe of it being a 'place of power' along the lines of like the devil's palm
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RatHat posted:So if they beat Wonder of U with Spin bullshit does that mean Wonder of U is basically just invincible otherwise? From how it's explained it sounds like even Dio with time stopped would get wrecked by a calamity if he tried to attack it. I was really hoping they'd find some loophole in its power but doesn't seem like that's gonna happen. Theoretically you could beat with him with an area of effect Stand, like if Green Day was carpet bombing Morioh there isn't much Tooru could do unless Cioccolata was specifically targeting him. Alternatively, Diavolo could get around the calamities by predicting them with Epitaph and attacking Wonder of U when it's disoriented after a time skip
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RatHat posted:So if they beat Wonder of U with Spin bullshit does that mean Wonder of U is basically just invincible otherwise? From how it's explained it sounds like even Dio with time stopped would get wrecked by a calamity if he tried to attack it. I was really hoping they'd find some loophole in its power but doesn't seem like that's gonna happen. In theory, you beat Wonder of U by leading him into a trap. Gappy successfully baited him to come to the fruit room, after all, so we know THAT is safe. DIO couldn't directly attack him, but Kira could probably get him by planting a secret bomb, like with Fatty. Considering Gappy is half Kira, I'm guessing that's how he'll be taken down.
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overmind2000 posted:"Umm... so, personally... this is the first time this has happened, so I'm a bit surprised. Only a centimeter away... I mean, I don't think there's ever been someone who's gotten that close to me... without a, you know... calamity occurring. I'm not really... not really sure what happens at one centimeter away... 'cause it's my first time. I don't really understand it either. Seriously. But in the flow of calamity... there's nobody who can attack me. Not a single person. That, I know for sure. Wonder of U." It looks really bad when you see it put in one line instead of ten pages. I guess that's a failsafe of a manga writing. goblin week. Torquemadras posted:I have genuine difficulty following what Dadada was doing throughout this chapter The colored edition might shed some light on that, because Jojolion is the first non-colorized Jojo I'm reading and boy oh boy is Araki's style weird with this part's high kinetic energy.
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Johnny Joestar posted:i'm living vicariously through spoilerboxes right now as i still haven't caught up on the past few chapters but i've always assumed that since gappy was created under the tree where the corpse was housed for a bit and johnny died that there's like a 99% chance that some combination of the both of those or one or the other have somehow transferred aspects to the overall fusion whether it's through discarded, buried parts of the bodies or just the general vibe of it being a 'place of power' along the lines of like the devil's palm Gappy's bubbles have the same split as his eyes and tongue so it's likely that Josefumi and Kira's bubbles also unknowingly used the Spin
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Torquemadras posted:I have genuine difficulty following what Dadada was doing throughout this chapter This was actually the first chapter I could SORT OF follow along with it. It appeared under the desk, then flung its "stinger" up to hit Gappy from behind, who was on top. When Gappy would turn to face where the stinger came from, Dadada would attack from a different angle. Gappy attack down through the desk, using the bubbles to uhh....transfer the damage through to the bottom, I think? Or he used the bubbles to dig through the desk, which I guess they can do now? Then Dadada appeared above Gappy, traveling along the walls I think.
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EmmyOk posted:Also looking through the old thread for some stuff found perhaps the funniest set of panels in the manga again No star on his shirt, looks like kind of a dipshit... Oh god, Pucci used this guy as the template for the Jotaro in the fake timeline 
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