DrManiac posted:Jojo is going to loving murder this guy so hard. 
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I envy the folks in the other thread 
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Jul 18, 2014 23:30
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A Meat posted:Man, I had totally forgotten the "Stands can change size" plot point from The Lovers, I don't remember it being ever brought up again, except for maybe Little Feet and Goo Goo Dolls, but I'm not sure that counts if it's a different stand power causing it. It's kind of a plot hole; I'm pretty sure Araki completely forgot about Stands being able to do that. It is noted that it takes a lot of mental exertion to keep them shrunk, and it took an intuitive leap for Kakyoin to figure out that it could be done, but it's still a bit odd that no one ever does it again. Why didn't Kakyoin tell Jotaro it was possible, Jotaro tell Josuke, etc.?
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Jul 18, 2014 23:30
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what benefit would shrinking them have in any other situation?
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Jul 18, 2014 23:41
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A Meat posted:Man, I had totally forgotten the "Stands can change size" plot point from The Lovers, I don't remember it being ever brought up again, except for maybe Little Feet and Goo Goo Dolls, but I'm not sure that counts if it's a different stand power causing it. And Killer Queen, I guess.
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Jul 18, 2014 23:42
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darealkooky posted:what benefit would shrinking them have in any other situation? The obvious use is stealth.
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Jul 19, 2014 01:25
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I skipped Stardust Crusaders for a ton of reasons, but it's impressive how quickly Araki got into the swing of things with stands. We've only seen like 12, and all the mis-steps were trying to make Star Platinum more interesting.
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Jul 19, 2014 06:54
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A Meat posted:Man, I had totally forgotten the "Stands can change size" plot point from The Lovers, I don't remember it being ever brought up again, except for maybe Little Feet and Goo Goo Dolls, but I'm not sure that counts if it's a different stand power causing it. Polnareff does say it takes a lot of "stand energy" to make them this size, I guess there's no other fights where it's worth making your stand tiny.
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Jul 19, 2014 07:07
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Kurtofan posted:Polnareff does say it takes a lot of "stand energy" to make them this size, I guess there's no other fights where it's worth making your stand tiny. I mean some of them are tiny on their own.
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Jul 19, 2014 07:25
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Pomp posted:I skipped Stardust Crusaders for a ton of reasons like?
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Jul 19, 2014 08:32
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I cannot imagine ANY good reason to skip Part 3. Part 5, maybe, but only because of the shoddy translation. But Part 3? That does sort of boggle me.
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Jul 19, 2014 09:29
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I'm torn between what's bigger bullshit: them shrinking their stands or hermit purple going through glass somehow.
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Jul 19, 2014 09:42
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Back in the day, you used to hear about people skipping 1 and 2 and just starting with 3. (Which is also a shame, but understandable.)
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Jul 19, 2014 09:42
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No part of JoJo deserves to be skipped. They're all great.
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Jul 19, 2014 10:12
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So do Polnareff and Kakyoin see through their stands or are they relying on Joseph's television to navigate? I mean, Star Platinum sees things that Jotaro doesn't, apparently. Inconsistency!
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Jul 19, 2014 11:02
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Agent Interrobang posted:I cannot imagine ANY good reason to skip Part 3. Part 5, maybe, but only because of the shoddy translation. But Part 3? That does sort of boggle me.
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Jul 19, 2014 11:15
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For all the flaws of the old OAV of Stardust Crusaders, there are some pretty fantastic parts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqumqsEEB0U This is actually pretty close to how I imagine a live-action depiction of Star Platinum's powers might be staged. I think it was okay overall though - meanwhile the Phantom Blood movie by the same company sucked mainly because one of the producers (or director or someone else - I forget) died and the film lost most of its budget money as a result.
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Jul 19, 2014 12:07
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Soulcleaver posted:Part 3 has crappy yellow scans and the official English release is out of print, at least last time I checked. Not anymore. It's being released digitally.
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Jul 19, 2014 12:17
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Waffleman_ posted:Not anymore. It's being released digitally. Where at? Crunchyroll? Really want to 'vote with my dollars' for quality official manga releases online.
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Jul 19, 2014 12:30
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Viz is releasing part 3 starting now, Phantom Blood in September, and Battle Tendency slightly later. I forget exactly when. Plus PB and BT will get print editions next year.
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Jul 19, 2014 14:33
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gently caress trophy 2k14 posted:I'm torn between what's bigger bullshit: them shrinking their stands or hermit purple going through glass somehow. I've always sort of worked off the idea that Stands are a visual metaphor for psychic combat to make it more exciting and visually dynamic. Kakyoin and Polnareff can shrink down inside Joseph's brain because both their Stands are good at fine manipulation and precision. They're stuff in the series that contradicts this, but hey, Araki.
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Jul 19, 2014 15:38
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I'm honestly kind of happy this is a thing that was retconned, because I prefer size-manipulation to be something only certain stands can do. But yeah, the answer seems to be Araki forgot.
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Jul 19, 2014 16:04
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Suleman posted:So do Polnareff and Kakyoin see through their stands or are they relying on Joseph's television to navigate? I mean, Star Platinum sees things that Jotaro doesn't, apparently. Nah. Devo mentions that some Stands like Ebony Devil can let their user see through them. Considering how Star Platinum just gets every convenient power imaginable in the early parts of SC, it might just be able to work much like Ebony Devil in that regard.
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Jul 19, 2014 16:18
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Spacedad posted:Where at? Crunchyroll? You can buy it on a kindle or an Ipad. Just go to Viz's website look up JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and they'll tell you what all you can buy it on there.
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Jul 19, 2014 16:21
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Viz has the 1st 4 volumes digital right now, and I believe they're releasing 2 volumes every week. Also, they did a reprint of all the physical part 3 volumes very recently as well.
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Jul 19, 2014 16:39
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:Nah. Devo mentions that some Stands like Ebony Devil can let their user see through them. Considering how Star Platinum just gets every convenient power imaginable in the early parts of SC, it might just be able to work much like Ebony Devil in that regard. In the same encounter Polnareff couldn't see through Silver Chariot's eyes and needed to use mirror shards to see above the bed and counter attack.
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Jul 19, 2014 16:39
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Polnareff is using the television to see where to send Silver Chariot this time, though.
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Jul 19, 2014 16:53
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Soulcleaver posted:Part 3 has crappy yellow scans and the official English release is out of print, at least last time I checked. It hasn't been out of print since the start of the year, you can get all 16 volumes on Amazon for around 8 bucks each. Bulletproof Tiger posted:Viz has the 1st 4 volumes digital right now, and I believe they're releasing 2 volumes every week. Also, they did a reprint of all the physical part 3 volumes very recently as well.
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Jul 19, 2014 17:55
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Broseph Brostar posted:In the same encounter Polnareff couldn't see through Silver Chariot's eyes and needed to use mirror shards to see above the bed and counter attack. Yeah, but somebody specifically calls Polnareff out earlier as the type of stand user who can't see through his stand's eyes. It's not a universal rule either way.
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Jul 19, 2014 18:01
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What's the deal with the colored Jojo manga? Do all but the most current part have entirely colored volumes available?
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Jul 19, 2014 22:06
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Clockwork Rocktapus posted:What's the deal with the colored Jojo manga? Do all but the most current part have entirely colored volumes available? Yes but they don't look too good and are also only available digitally in Japan.
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Jul 19, 2014 22:30
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Is the colored Jojo project from a different source then? I saw some while finishing part 4 and they looked a lot crisper than the black and white chapters.
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Jul 19, 2014 22:35
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Clockwork Rocktapus posted:Is the colored Jojo project from a different source then? I saw some while finishing part 4 and they looked a lot crisper than the black and white chapters. No. You misunderstand, the colored scans that popped up for vols 46 and 47 were from the colored release. However I don't think the coloring works that well is what I meant. The older scans are from public raws and will be inferior "quality" to the colored ones simply because those were ripped directly from the official release.
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Jul 19, 2014 23:45
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I liked Lovers because it shows that even physically weak stands can cause a whole lot of harm if their users have the wits to make it work. Makes me pity some other stand users like Okuyasa.
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Uznare posted:It hasn't been out of print since the start of the year, you can get all 16 volumes on Amazon for around 8 bucks each.
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Jul 20, 2014 03:50
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Dan of Steel Was that (and the other name changes, for that matter) a copyright/trademark thing or a mistranslation? You can hear him say "Steely Dan" over the subtitles. Not that "Dan of Steel" isn't a pretty great play on words.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Dan of Steel Copyright I'd imagine. Just like J Geil was changed to Centerfold, even though it's been pronounced J Geil when spoken.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Dan of Steel Uhhh yeah. Just like j giel is called centerfold in the subtitles. Edit:god bless this mess
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 Oh my god:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4VR86Os4wo Also, gotta say that Josuke's big cinematic combo is the coolest in the game. The setup of him talking to the DORAORAORAORAORA punching is pretty badass.
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