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I like part 1 in the overall context of jojo BECAUSE it's fist of the north star with vampires. Things starting out at more standard level makes Joseph shooting people with coke bottles and everything else insane gives off more of a  feeling then if things were always like that.
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mr. stefan posted:I still think "Nazi cyborg with abs made of guns vs. Aztec dubstep vampire with chainsaw hands" is my favorite "welcome to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" primer on what to expect. You can do this with so many things, it's great. "Italian cowboy/executioner and paraplegic that shoots fingernails vs. the President of the United States armed with the corpse of Jesus Christ"
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Feb 5, 2014 04:12
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Jojo is a series that gets better with each part, if only in their own specific ways. Even part 5, what's considered one of the weaker parts, has pieces in it that I think are better than part 4. Mostly the fights not involving Gold Experience.
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Feb 5, 2014 04:13
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MachuPikacchu posted:You can do this with so many things, it's great. A guy in a pompadour summons his partially nude, pink fighting spirit to punch his friend's spaghetti because he doesn't trust the Italian chef.
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Feb 5, 2014 05:22
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Fiend Computer posted:Jojo is a series that gets better with each part, if only in their own specific ways. Even part 5, what's considered one of the weaker parts, has pieces in it that I think are better than part 4. Mostly the fights not involving Gold Experience. The fight with white album ruled. 
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Feb 5, 2014 05:41
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You can even do it with Part 1. "A kid in Victorian England learns how to turn his body into the same wavelength as sun and uses this power to punch a vampirized Jack the Ripper in the head through a subway wall while not spilling a glass of wine."
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Feb 5, 2014 05:57
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Fiend Computer posted:Jojo is a series that gets better with each part, if only in their own specific ways. Even part 5, what's considered one of the weaker parts, has pieces in it that I think are better than part 4. Mostly the fights not involving Gold Experience. The only REAL reason to be down on part 5 is because the translation is the most anti fun thing in the universe . Part 5 is all about static characters doing cool things and getting into cool fights in cool backgrounds and it currently has a babelfish level translation and poor scans as the only english option for roughly 80% of it.It ain't perfect, but the bile it gets is ether strictly this or from stupid parts becoming x1000 dumberer because of it. or just people having opinions on things I guess 
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Feb 5, 2014 07:27
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darealkooky posted:Part 5 is all about static characters doing cool things and getting into cool fights in cool backgrounds.  Mind you this was done in public transport.
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Feb 5, 2014 09:52
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To be honest something like that wouldn't be terribly out of place on the New York subway.
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Feb 5, 2014 09:57
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That's right after "syke, I put an eyeball in your hand" and right before "I also put severed fingers in your mouth and then unzipped your face"
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Feb 5, 2014 10:14
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dudermcbrohan posted:The fight with white album ruled. The thing that gets me about part 5 is that almost all of the fights are really good. I just can't remember the names of any of the stand users not in the main party because they don't have much else going for them outside of being stand users and assassins. It's happened in all the other parts to some extent but Part 5 suffers the worse. Momomo posted:A guy in a pompadour summons his partially nude, pink fighting spirit to punch his friend's spaghetti because he doesn't trust the Italian chef. I wish Tonio got more screen time because Him and Pearl Jam is one of my favorite moments in Part 4.
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Feb 5, 2014 10:31
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Brought To You By posted:The thing that gets me about part 5 is that almost all of the fights are really good. I just can't remember the names of any of the stand users not in the main party because they don't have much else going for them outside of being stand users and assassins. It's happened in all the other parts to some extent but Part 5 suffers the worse. There's a story in Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan that revolves around Tonio, but it doesn't have his stand much.
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Feb 5, 2014 11:50
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The Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan one-offs (and Rohan at the Louvre) are pretty amazing and well worth reading. (Light novel side story spoilers for those who care) As far as the other side material is concerned, One of the Part 5 light novels also features his brother (though I think it's just implied rather than any explicit relation), who has a stand that is basically 'what if Pearl Jam was used in an offensive manner'. So messing with peoples body chemistry to produce all kinds of dangerous effects.
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Feb 5, 2014 12:56
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Are any of the light novels canon? I think I heard the Purple Haze Distortion one was.
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While on the subject of spinoffs, Deadman's Questions owns all the bones and you should read it.
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Feb 5, 2014 13:33
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Parts of it were featured in All Star Battle, though whether or not it really counts as 'Canon' would be largely academic at this point '<' (also hey it was translated fully recently?!?!?!)
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Feb 5, 2014 13:37
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Momomo posted:Yeah, I felt like Part 1 was an incredible slog after the first half or so and I really wanted to just quit. Then Joseph was on screen for about two minutes and already completely redeemed the series. It took me ages to work through Part 1. It's been a day and I'm already up to episode 19, in part 2. Holy poo poo this is the best thing. Joseph's shenanigans, and the constant gay innuendo "I can't be married to two men, bigamy's illegal!"
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Feb 5, 2014 13:38
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MachuPikacchu posted:You can do this with so many things, it's great. "Juri from Street Fighter is in prison where she gets the ability to turn into string, fights other prisoners, teams up with a crossdresser, a man who can turn people into snails with rainbows, A woman who can duplicate objects by "kissing" them, and living plankton to fight a black Italian catholic priest bent on recreating the world with the power of CDs and a Green Baby"
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Feb 5, 2014 20:26
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"The biggest threat to a man who can literally rewrite reality: a kid that's good at rock paper scissors"
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Feb 5, 2014 20:50
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The biggest threat to a man who can destroy and create the universe in his image: A kid who knows how oxygen works.
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Feb 5, 2014 22:00
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This sailor's got four balls and zero idea who he is! Edit: That kinda sounds like the setup for a porno, actually.
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Apollove posted:"Juri from Street Fighter is in prison where she gets the ability to turn into string, fights other prisoners, teams up with a crossdresser, a man who can turn people into snails with rainbows, A woman who can duplicate objects by "kissing" them, and living plankton to fight a black Italian catholic priest bent on recreating the world with the power of CDs and a Green Baby" Black Italian is redundant but otherwise a pretty good summary of part 6.
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Feb 5, 2014 22:05
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Apollove posted:"Juri from Street Fighter is in prison where she gets the ability to turn into string, fights other prisoners, teams up with a crossdresser, a man who can turn people into snails with rainbows, A woman who can duplicate objects by "kissing" them, and living plankton to fight a black Italian catholic priest bent on recreating the world with the power of CDs and a Green Baby" Rhinoceros Beetles are the key to controlling gravity. Also, out-of-context jojo images are the best thing.
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Feb 5, 2014 22:15
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 Alas for this cold and joyless world where we probably won't see/hear this explained in detail in the anime. 
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Feb 5, 2014 22:28
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Star Platinum posted:
Anything can happen.
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Star Platinum posted:
My favorite part of this is all the in depth and elaborate backstory for all the parts except the tremolo, which is just a two sentence "it does a thing" description.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Rhinoceros Beetles are the key to controlling gravity. Yes they are  EDIT: No wait, this one's better. Part 6 has some great parts. 
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Feb 6, 2014 03:31
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I realise this is the manga thread, but with the anime thread down, does anyone have any information about when the next series starts airing?
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April 5th, 12:30 a.m. Japan time
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As someone who has only seen the anime, should I just wait for Stardust Crusaders to get animated or just dive into the manga? If I do read the manga can I just start there or do I need to go back and actually read Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency because of anime compression and such.
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I'd personally start the manga, and you can start from Stardust if you've watched the anime. Some stuff was compressed, but all the important/good stuff is retained.
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Feb 11, 2014 05:58
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I started with the anime and then went through the entire manga post Battle Tendency. You'll get caught up a hell of a lot faster then waiting on the anime.
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:As someone who has only seen the anime, should I just wait for Stardust Crusaders to get animated or just dive into the manga? If I do read the manga can I just start there or do I need to go back and actually read Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency because of anime compression and such. No, you don't need to read the manga version of Part 1 and 2. Hell, you probably don't even need to watch the anime version. Part 3 isn't really a complicated plot and introduces many new characters and brings back only 2, so you can just drive right into it when it comes out. Speaking of which, just read Part 3 of the manga. I recommend it highly.
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I ended up skipping part 3 because part 4 was a dates favorite part, and I had kinda already told her I was halfway through it a week before I started. Now it feels so close to the anime starting that I'm avoiding it so I won't be burnt out on it by the time the anime starts.
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ArcadePark posted:No, you don't need to read the manga version of Part 1 and 2. Hell, you probably don't even need to watch the anime version. Part 3 isn't really a complicated plot and introduces many new characters and brings back only 2, so you can just drive right into it when it comes out. As said many times before, you're terrible.  Parts 1 and 2 of the manga should not be skipped because they're there to establish the setting and especially part 2 should not be skipped because it's much better than part 3. And to be on topic just watch the anime for part 3 cause the scans suck and the tl is dodgy.
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Uznare posted:As said many times before, you're terrible. I still stand by my opinions, because there is very little connectivity. Part 3 is still enjoyable without reading about vampires and pillarmen. And Part 3 is still a blast to read. The anime shouldn't discourage anybody.
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Feb 11, 2014 07:22
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Exactly. What kind of heretic suggests not experiencing Jojo Part 2, the greatest work of art known to humankind?
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Feb 11, 2014 07:24
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ArcadePark posted:I still stand by my opinions, because there is very little connectivity. Part 3 is still enjoyable without reading about vampires and pillarmen. And Part 3 is still a blast to read. The anime shouldn't discourage anybody. You are entitled to your opinion but do not mislead people just because of it, especially when all of jojo is fantastic. You are doing everyone in here a disservice and it makes you look bad.
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ArcadePark posted:I still stand by my opinions, because there is very little connectivity. Part 3 is still enjoyable without reading about vampires and pillarmen. And Part 3 is still a blast to read. The anime shouldn't discourage anybody. Part 2, taken alone, is probably the best and most complete part in the series except maybe 7. It's nonstandard to the other ones and has probably the best Jojo. Who cares about connectivity when the part itself is great. Appreciate them on their own too, not just as part of the series.
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At least read the final battle of part 2 so you can experience the full glory of SEX: USELESS.
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