Q Reads JoJo part 4

[SSJ2]

Index:

Part 1: Page 1-3

Part 2: http://www.dbzeta.net/viewtopic.php?p=335904#p335904

 

[Pocket-Gog~]

God fucking speed with part 1. The only solace I'll give you is that it's short.

 

[SSJ2]

I will manage. Since all of you have seemed to have read Jojo, I figure I should go through it all.

 

[SSJ2]

https://mangadex.org/chapter/1602/1

 

[Pocket-Gog~]

How are you fairing so far?

 

[SSJ2]

I'm going to begin soon.

 

[Pocket-Gog~]

Letsa goooooooo.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

The only solace I'll give you is that it's short.

Wouldn't say that's the only decent thing about Part 1, since the thematic differences between JoJo and Dio were handled fairly well and the ending was a lot more solid than in some of the later parts. Other than that though, yeah, it's probably the blandest part of the series (though I wouldn't necessarily say the absolute worst).

 

[Pocket-Gog~]

The only solace I'll give you is that it's short.

Wouldn't say that's the only decent thing about Part 1, since the thematic differences between JoJo and Dio were handled fairly well and the ending was a lot more solid than in some of the later parts. Other than that though, yeah, it's probably the blandest part of the series (though I wouldn't necessarily say the absolute worst).

However, I would argue that the thematic differences between Dio and Jonathan was ultimately just a simple story of the classical tale of light V dark, good V evil, meaning that a lot of the conflicts afterwards were far more interesting. And I'd actually argue otherwise on the ending, it was a bit drawn out, and part 3 retcons it in the end.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

That is true, though the differences were given enough focus to be shown right down to their aesthetics of ice and fire, which both fit well with their personalities. Nothing too grand in the big scheme of things, but still more attention than most Shonen tend to offer.

I'd still say the ending was far better than the alternative of it concluding on Dio's castle, since it was a decent twist rather than the typical case of a conflict ending with the climactic duel, offered some level of catharsis to both characters and made it so that needlessly continuing a character's story wouldn't be the case as it is in most Shonen after a protagonist has done all they needed (eg. Dragon Ball). I'd say Part 3 retconning certain pieces of information is more of a flaw to Part 3's writing than to Part 1's ending.

 

[Pocket-Gog~]

Part 3's existence changes the ending of part 1, even if it wasn't the original idea intended at the time. I view it in the same vein as I would with Togashi's fuckery post Chimera Ant Arc, effectively trivialising a ton of the plot elements which made the arc good.

 

[Warmmedown]

Did you finish yet? You gonna start dressing like ROTNS now?

 

[SSJ2]

I'm 5 chapters in. Quite enjoying the interactions between Dio and Jojo so far. About to read more.

 

[SSJ2]

23 chapters in. Quite enjoying it so far. Zeppeli appearing at the mansion after Jojo beat Dio feels too convenient.

 

[ahill1]

Did you know that the name Zeppeli was inspired by the band Led Zeppelin?

 

[SSJ2]

No, but I see it now.

I'm enjoying this so far, why were y'all trying to convince me to skip part 1?

 

[SSJ2]

So Dio can fly? Foh lol

 

[Papasmurf]

It's just the most generic of all the parts

 

[Pocket-Gog~]

I'm glad you're enjoying Jojo so far.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

So Dio can fly? Foh lol

Just wait till the end of Part 3 when a superpowered yet still human character suddenly gains DBZ-esque flight out of nowhere.