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one thing im confused about is why johnny wouldnt be more famous before the race i mean he won the kentucky derby thats a p big deal ----------------
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Zyla posted:one thing im confused about is why johnny wouldnt be more famous before the race Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 09:58 on Aug 13, 2019 |
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Aug 13, 2019 09:55
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BaDandy posted:I love how so much happens in just the first volume alone that we have completely glossed over the Tiny Horses. When he said miniature horses, I was expecting ponies. Not MINIATURE horses.
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Aug 13, 2019 12:56
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Okay finished volume 1. I hope Johnny gets that leg looked at, and I hope Avdol's camel is okay.
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Aug 13, 2019 16:39
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Guys, guys, guys...wait for it...wait for it... Spin is stored in the balls.
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Aug 13, 2019 17:43
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:When he said miniature horses, I was expecting ponies. Rereading this has made those horses haunt me. It's definitely one of those one-off things that sets the tone, like SBR is a period piece but it's also not quite set in the same reality as ours, but like. Are they toys? Or are they specially bred to be very very tiny horses? It doesn't really matter...but I want one so bad.
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Aug 13, 2019 17:49
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BaDandy posted:Rereading this has made those horses haunt me. It's definitely one of those one-off things that sets the tone, like SBR is a period piece but it's also not quite set in the same reality as ours, but like. Are they toys? Or are they specially bred to be very very tiny horses? It doesn't really matter...but I want one so bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iXshc_gfk4
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Aug 13, 2019 18:12
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Yes but are they THIS tiny???
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Aug 13, 2019 18:20
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BaDandy posted:Yes but are they THIS tiny??? 
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Aug 13, 2019 18:21
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the stand user E. John used his stand, 「TINY DANCER」 on those horses
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Aug 13, 2019 18:22
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lmao i forgot one dude was into autoerotic asphyxiation.
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Aug 13, 2019 18:32
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 My baby don't mess around 'Cause she loves me so This I know fo sho!
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Aug 13, 2019 18:36
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would you believe me if i told you that's not even the gayest volume cover between johnny and gyro there's one that's notorious and drew negative attention because of it, iirc
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Aug 13, 2019 18:39
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Johnny Joestar posted:would you believe me if i told you that's not even the gayest volume cover between johnny and gyro 
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Aug 13, 2019 18:40
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would there be an interest in collating together the various music references araki has used at least for the major players/stand battles? i figure some folks here might not have the galaxy brain for music i do and miss some of it
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Aug 13, 2019 18:42
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i don't think anyone would be against it, just keep in mind that things like youtube videos of songs/whatever will have a decent chance of having jojo nerds in the comments saying poo poo if anyone plans to link any of those. it's a good idea not to read comments and to maybe avoid looking at related videos.
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Aug 13, 2019 18:52
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Gyro's design and everything he says and does expresses this kind of strength, bravado, like he's just going to wing it or do take the road everyone thinks is a bad idea because he has the strength to take whatever his decisions bring him up against. And with the extremely versatile power of the spin, he seems to have no weaknesses. Does he even know fear? Johnny's face and his outfit just radiate this kind of vulnerability - not fragility, vulnerability - that is unusual in a male character. It's not just the pastels they're usually drawn with, but the material. But Johnny he is unquestionably strong both physically and in will. We have already seen Johnny go through heartbreak but he's still fighting. It's interesting that the two are bonding so early. Gyro's really gung ho about finishing this race and he could just see Johnny as a liability. Johnny is a competitor in this race, another person to protect if he sticks around, does not have the spin, is a paraplegic and cannot really defend himself yet. We know why Johnny needs Gyro, but it really does seem like Gyro just is letting Johnny follow him because he likes him.
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Hemingway To Go! posted:Gyro's design and everything he says and does expresses this kind of strength, bravado, like he's just going to wing it or do take the road everyone thinks is a bad idea because he has the strength to take whatever his decisions bring him up against. And with the extremely versatile power of the spin, he seems to have no weaknesses. Does he even know fear? johnny is really, really hot tho
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Hemingway To Go! posted:Gyro's design and everything he says and does expresses this kind of strength, bravado, like he's just going to wing it or do take the road everyone thinks is a bad idea because he has the strength to take whatever his decisions bring him up against. And with the extremely versatile power of the spin, he seems to have no weaknesses. Does he even know fear? Gyro’s character development over the course of the part is A+, and leads to arguably one of the best stand battles in all of Jojo’s
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Still reading this week's section, but I'm very interested in what people think of our leads so far. There's obviously an element of mentor/mentee, but also the way they talk to each other is very dumb and casual.  I also love the part where Johnny does the "Go on without me!" bit, only for Gyro to go "Yeah, I'll go on my own.....right in the direction of the enemy!!!!' dancingbears posted:Could someone explain how Mrs Robinson gets taken down to me? It seems that Gyro's steel balls attack the ground, and then somehow the force hits Mrs Robinson without damaging his horse? I think? Is it just a part of the spin, that it can 'spin around' targets? Is it a reference to Will Zeppeli punching a frog? I'm not sure I understand how Mrs Robinson is "synced with the vibrations of the revolutions", or even what exactly happens to him. It looks like he was hit by a bunch of cactus needles, maybe? Or did the steel balls hit him a bunch? You can see here that Mrs. Robinson hit the balls to drop them in front of them, and then it looks like they've spun around and circled behind him and so every cholla near Robinson goes off, like how Robinson themself uses projectiles to get the chollas to fire where he wants them too.   Mrs. Robinson is a weird, weird fight
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Aug 13, 2019 23:22
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Yeah, that makes more sense than my initial takes. Thank you for your insight! 
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Aug 13, 2019 23:33
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mrs. robinson is definitely sort of like an alternate take on the weird zombie/vampire fights in part 1, i feel. like you have weirdos such as jack the ripper or whoever who do some zany bullshit but otherwise don't have special powers. funnily enough given how the setting is slightly 'pared down' compared to parts 3-6 mrs. robinson still manages to be dangerous for a bit despite not having weird powers.
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Aug 13, 2019 23:38
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God if I didn't play All Star Battle, I would have no idea how to visualize Johnny getting on and off his horse, it's so weird I'm trying to see if Araki ever slips up and draw Johnny standing or somewhere he shouldn'tve been able to get to in a small amount of time
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Aug 13, 2019 23:41
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Expect My Mom posted:God if I didn't play All Star Battle, I would have no idea how to visualize Johnny getting on and off his horse, it's so weird i feel like this is the true biggest obstacle to a steel ball run anime
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Aug 13, 2019 23:44
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yeah animating johnny actually moving and also the literally three thousand horses make me completely understand if they decide not to animate this stuff
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Aug 13, 2019 23:49
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I'm not sure how I feel about Johnny right now. Him being alt-Jonathan had me expecting something in the same "noble and heroic" vein as Jonathan...but seeing as Johnny being a conceited prick is what got him hurt in the first place, I find it hard to be super sympathetic. There's even a later line where he says something like "I didn't even want to see that show anyway, and I got hurt in a stupid accident" that makes me think that he's got an issue with accepting responsibility for his fuckups. I'm hoping that leads to some character development for him
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Aug 13, 2019 23:50
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on the flipside we might get some hilarious low-budget animation for certain moves where it looks like they're just clicking and dragging a jpeg of johnny onto the horse
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jivjov posted:I'm not sure how I feel about Johnny right now. Him being alt-Jonathan had me expecting something in the same "noble and heroic" vein as Jonathan...but seeing as Johnny being a conceited prick is what got him hurt in the first place, I find it hard to be super sympathetic. There's even a later line where he says something like "I didn't even want to see that show anyway, and I got hurt in a stupid accident" that makes me think that he's got an issue with accepting responsibility for his fuckups. I'm hoping that leads to some character development for him would you believe me if i told you that johnny has some of the outright best character development in the series i mean i'm sure i look/sound biased here but i don't think many who have read part 7 would disagree with me independent of whether or not they enjoy him a lot as a whole
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Johnny Joestar posted:on the flipside we might get some hilarious low-budget animation for certain moves where it looks like they're just clicking and dragging a jpeg of johnny onto the horse
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jivjov posted:I'm not sure how I feel about Johnny right now. Him being alt-Jonathan had me expecting something in the same "noble and heroic" vein as Jonathan...but seeing as Johnny being a conceited prick is what got him hurt in the first place, I find it hard to be super sympathetic. There's even a later line where he says something like "I didn't even want to see that show anyway, and I got hurt in a stupid accident" that makes me think that he's got an issue with accepting responsibility for his fuckups. I'm hoping that leads to some character development for him Comparing Jonathan to Johnny just physically is amazing, this giant huge hero come to life, and then this tiny, frail pretty boy.
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Zyla posted:would there be an interest in collating together the various music references araki has used at least for the major players/stand battles? I’ve been lazy-making a Spotify playlist for SBR (in that I haven’t been very rigorous about it at all), so it’d be appreciated!
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Aug 14, 2019 00:03
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Johnny is filled with DETERMINATION.
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Aug 14, 2019 00:04
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It'll be a running gag where every time Johnny has to get on a horse, Gyro will be like 'look at this cool bug!' and the camera is distracted with insect facts.
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Aug 14, 2019 00:07
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Johnny and Gyro get proper, big satisfying character arcs through the entire part. Like, they become almost completely different people over the course of the race, and we get a lot of views into their inner workings, and how they view and relate to the world. You guys I loving love Steel Ball Run.
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Aug 14, 2019 00:08
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Mountain Tim is a cowboy, so he has short range abilities.
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Aug 14, 2019 00:12
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that's a cowboy fact!
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Aug 14, 2019 00:15
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Guns? Lasso? What is that.
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Aug 14, 2019 00:15
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Expect My Mom posted:
How much of this is Johnny being actually more svelte, and how much of it is the art style change since part 1? Cause seeing the flashback to Jotaro and Polnareff in Part 5 is hilarious due to how scrawny they are compared to their original art
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Aug 14, 2019 00:20
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at most johnny registers as a twunk. he's not physically impressive to a level you see with earlier jojos. he probably sits between twink and twunk on the scale. basically every depiction has him being one of the slimmer jojos in general.
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Johnny Joestar posted:would you believe me if i told you that's not even the gayest volume cover between johnny and gyro Negative attention? Where?! But yeah I like having this JoJo be very different from Jonathan instead of rebooting back to the same mold. And it's not even departing from the heroic ideal in the same way Joseph did, either. Johnny is a more realistic kind of an rear end in a top hat.
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