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PaperclipPerfector  5mo ago (text post)   3551 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for July 25, 2025

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You're talking about Kamina right? I really couldn't stand him I'm afraid. Given that he's dead, I don't suppose he could change my impression of him later on in the series.

Since about 3 of you guys spoke up enthusiastically in favor of TTGL, I'm going to try and finish it regardless. At least you've primed me to expect some ground-shaking changes down the line.

Well... for what it's worth I really enjoyed part 1, enjoyed part 2 to a lesser extent, and then really disliked parts 3 and 4 (stopped watching after that). But, in accordance with my newfound realization of how opposite our tastes run, that probably would mean you'd enjoy it? In any case, the British setting lasts only for part 1 (which is also by far the shortest part) so don't let that put you off the show by itself.

My backlog is rather long at this point! But I'll give it a go. Something about the way the (19th century?) British lifestyle was depicted hit me with an incredible sense of uncanny valley. Hearing Japanese VAs mangle English names didn't help either. (I usually prefer subs over dubs)

Your spoiler tags are broken. Two vertical bars each side, not just one. But yeah that is who I meant. By far my favorite character and honestly the only thing I enjoyed about the show. His antics never failed to make me laugh.

Thanks, fixed that.

Well, there's just no accounting for taste!

The uncanny valley depiction of foreign cultures is one of the funniest things in Jojo. Wait till you get to the second half of Part 1 (set just before WWII, plenty of wacky Nazis) and to Part 4 (set in a Japanese tourist's dream of Italy). Generally JJBA takes all the things that make shounenslop unwatchable - incredibly long fights, painstaking descriptions of each attack, powerscaling, ridiculous poses, flat characterization, corny villains, etc. - and dials it up so far it becomes amazing even if you normally hate that stuff.

I really want to like Jojo, believe me. I think I've tried watching the first episode at least thrice and bounced off it. Maybe that's just on me, since the reviews are raving. I do intent to give it a fairer examination at some point.

Jojo really finds it's footing in the 3rd arc. Don't get me wrong the first part was good but it's not very bizarre until later.

How many episodes or seasons in is that?

Part 2 (Battle Tendency is where it starts getting pretty bizzare) but it goes up like a hockey stick in part 3. Part 3 was definitely my favorite arc of the show.

The first episode (and the first arc) of Jojo are really far from what people usually like about it.

It changes a lot in between parts, in terms of artstyle, storytelling, setting, powers, etc. The first 10 episodes of part 1 (i.e. Part 1 of the original manga) in particular is pretty rough compared to the others, and the action only really kicks off in episode 3, but it certainly kicks off.

I mean, I think Jojo sucks lol. So it could just be that it isn't for you. But it is fairly popular, so it's probably worth giving a shot up through part 3. That is where the show undergoes a significant transformation in formula, and becomes more or less what it will be for the rest of the series.

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