My thoughts on part 5 now that Iām deep in (like 20 eps in):
- holy shit Giorno is a cold as mf sometimes and I love that for him
- on the opposite side of things, the amount of times people weāre rooting for are like genuinely on the verge of dying is stressful
- my fave of the crew so far is Narancia, which surprised my friends who figured Iād pick Fugo (I do like Fugo). I also think Mista is really fucking cool (because he is). But I love a silly character who can lock the fuck in. Also Aerosmith is so cool.
- I still think we are going to see my good personal friend Jean Pierre. Listen, I got spoiled by some fanart and know he returns in *a* part, and in my opinion it makes sense for it to happen in the part that takes place in Europe.
- the stand battles have been so nutty in this part too. They really have gotten super creative and I love that. The difference in battles Jojos has compared to other Shonen shows (esp ones focused on battle) always keeps me coming back.
- I still find it very funny that since we got stands, regardless of actual power the stand has, the main character stand has to be good at punching real fast.
- also, back to protagonists, I really enjoy how Giorno is written. Both in the way that some things are really cool, and some are kinda silly. You can really tell heās got like, a Joestar spirit with the soul of Dio (if this sounds like it makes zero sense, it probably does make zero sense, my meds do weird shit to my head before they kick in). The magical change to blond hair deeply amused me also. Sure. That can happen. Who knows what bros genes look like. I also found it very funny that he just naturally adopted a philosophy that allows him to have the same punching shout as Dio. But I love how his personality has him on a quest thatās honorable with a level of steely determination that means he will execute it as directly as possible and with total elimination of all obstacles.
- also Iāve just been sitting here a lil surprised that Giorno exists bc Iām ngl Iāve just been kinda running on the assumption Dio was just killing everyone he got with if he wasnāt adding them to his thrall. Curious to know how much of an anomaly Giornoās mother was bc like if thereās others thatās like a non zero chance thereās more ppl like Giorno out there. I donāt think plot wise that would happen but like thatās definitely someoneās really cliche OC for sure and itās actually plausible.
- for all of the characters in general, Iām really liking them, but I am so scared. Idc if part four had a pretty good run and we left that with our Jobro alive, part three having half the squad wiped was traumatic and I know it can happen again. I literally said āidk if I should get attached to them I know theyāre gonna dieā and my friends got mad at me for that cold detachment. I was joking mostly and ended up getting attached enough to scream in horror when I was 100% certain they just iced out Mista during a mid-part fight. I know someone dying though. It would be too easy if they all lived.
- also the opening is a banger, but I know I also ought to be reading into the visuals and all I gotta say is hashtag watdatmean
- kinda pleasantly surprised with Trish. Jojos has been pretty inconsistent with women thus far. She was kinda set up to be a living macguffin/potential love interest (at least in my eyes bc so many female Jojos characters either are love interests or mothers) but theyāre giving her a little more it seems. Iām curious where things go w her mystery stand. Still lowk think sheās gonna end up with Giorno solely based on the fact we need more Jojos, and thus far I know Jotaro has a kid (thank you hot topic t shirt wall for that) and Iām of the opinion that Josuke isnāt having kids. Thereās no way in hell we arenāt getting two lines now for more wacky shit to happen to. Also they are all (minus Fugo) are putting their asses on the line for her. Sheās going to be mad important
- also. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH IM SO FUCKING SCARED