Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 2 (parts 3 and 4)
Sep. 6th, 2006 02:41 amI totally overestimated my ability to blow through this series in a hurry. ^^ Just finished Part Four. IT IS MY FAVORITE PART SO FAR. What does it mean that the 'normal' arc is my favorite? I don't know, maybe it only means that Araki is getting better and better.
I mean. Three was mostly about delivering beatdowns in exotic locales -- very straightforward -- but sometimes the attack set-up would mimic a horror movie, right? And when this happened it never made sense, except according to horror-movie logic. A stand in the shape of a ship, controlled by an orangutan? Only makes sense as a set-up for creepy haunted ship shenanigans (with underaged girl fanservice...-_-;). ( [Spoiler] ) was just part of the horror-movie background, to which the reader is not suppsed to apply normal shounen logic. So it's weird to see it applied in the next scene, and the whole arc oscillates back and forth between these two modes.
Part Four, on the other hand, is horror. ALL THE TIME. And yet (almost) no one dies! That's why it's awesome. Also because it fills in gaps left by part Three, like where stand users come from. And it takes Jotaro and his Godlike power and puts him in a normal setting XD. A whole arc devoted to proving how awesome(ly powerful) he is, and then, BAMN, small town hijinx. It's only when you have constructed a character with an unassailable reputation as a TOTAL BADASS that you can mess with him like this. (Next up, watch Batman change a diaper! HILARITY.)
But enough about Jotaro, the real best part of this arc is Josuke AND HIS GOOFY SPACED-OUT EXPRESSIONS. ♡ easy-going, unprepossessing teenage males with healing powers and gangster haircuts. Josuke, don't listen to those people, your hair is awesome! (The way he flipped out about this was...good for a strong first impression, but not a very interesting character trait. So I was glad when Araki gradually phased it out.) Also, maybe because he's had his stand for most of his life (since he was five!), he really knows how to use it. He's definitely the best stand user in this arc.
Josuke is just cool okay.
From here on out is spoilers. These are from the notes I kept as I was reading, so some (okay, a lot) are just dumb fangirl squeal.
( end of part three )
( part four )
Gonna start Part Five later this week, but probably not for a few days, I mean I do have school. ^^; Speaking of, I may not be around much for the next few months, and I'm going to have to go back to reading the flist on a filter/maaaaaybe catching up on the weekends. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
I mean. Three was mostly about delivering beatdowns in exotic locales -- very straightforward -- but sometimes the attack set-up would mimic a horror movie, right? And when this happened it never made sense, except according to horror-movie logic. A stand in the shape of a ship, controlled by an orangutan? Only makes sense as a set-up for creepy haunted ship shenanigans (with underaged girl fanservice...-_-;). ( [Spoiler] ) was just part of the horror-movie background, to which the reader is not suppsed to apply normal shounen logic. So it's weird to see it applied in the next scene, and the whole arc oscillates back and forth between these two modes.
Part Four, on the other hand, is horror. ALL THE TIME. And yet (almost) no one dies! That's why it's awesome. Also because it fills in gaps left by part Three, like where stand users come from. And it takes Jotaro and his Godlike power and puts him in a normal setting XD. A whole arc devoted to proving how awesome(ly powerful) he is, and then, BAMN, small town hijinx. It's only when you have constructed a character with an unassailable reputation as a TOTAL BADASS that you can mess with him like this. (Next up, watch Batman change a diaper! HILARITY.)
But enough about Jotaro, the real best part of this arc is Josuke AND HIS GOOFY SPACED-OUT EXPRESSIONS. ♡ easy-going, unprepossessing teenage males with healing powers and gangster haircuts. Josuke, don't listen to those people, your hair is awesome! (The way he flipped out about this was...good for a strong first impression, but not a very interesting character trait. So I was glad when Araki gradually phased it out.) Also, maybe because he's had his stand for most of his life (since he was five!), he really knows how to use it. He's definitely the best stand user in this arc.
Josuke is just cool okay.
From here on out is spoilers. These are from the notes I kept as I was reading, so some (okay, a lot) are just dumb fangirl squeal.
( end of part three )
( part four )
Gonna start Part Five later this week, but probably not for a few days, I mean I do have school. ^^; Speaking of, I may not be around much for the next few months, and I'm going to have to go back to reading the flist on a filter/maaaaaybe catching up on the weekends. Sorry, that's just the way it is.