Josuke - A Jojo Done Dirty

Yo! Angelo

Rest in peace Billy. You were our crazy Shining Diamond.

Josuke will always be my favorite Jojo due to how much of a chill/friendly guy. Like Araki said he’s the kinda guy you’d wanna be friends with. I don’t mind the way Part 4 handled having several main characters bc it helped with the Town Setting but I can agree that letting Joarto get the last hit on Kira was kinda disappointing but He did have a great fight against Kira. Also Rip to the legend Billy Kametz for his Great voice As Josuke in the English Dub

I think it's perfect that Kira doesn't die to Josuke, it's in character. Josuke would rather leave someone to rot in an object prison then face the idea of killing them.

Josuke being underutilized when compared to previous JoJo’s felt more like a concession with Araki’s ever evolving writing. As you go through each part of JoJo numerically, you start to see the protagonists have less time in the spotlight than the one before them. That’s because they had to share it more with that part’s cast of characters. Part 4 felt like an experiment in this style.

By far one of the most creative JoJo's in terms of how they use their abilities. Shine on you crazy diamond.

When discussing Kira's actual death, you forgot to mention the fact that he wanted to stay unnoticed by the people around him, and ended up dying because the ambulance driver didn't notice him.

I feel like most of the problems related to josuke are related to how part 4 is structured, he is not the only main character in his part, and while he does grow, his growth happens in the early chapters to make way for the other main characters. It's less about josuke being done dirty, and more about part 4 being really different compared to the other main universe parts.

If you were to talk about Yukako Yamagishi's redemption, I do have a positive to say: She at least makes the change to put Koichi's wants and needs before her own, respects his space and boundaries, and doesn't force things. Before she was the total opposite. She realized what didn't work and made the conscious decision to change for the better. Now, I will agree that Koichi shouldn't have gotten with her because of what she did to him.

I wish Josuke had a cameo with Koishi in Golden Wind, it’s a shame we never saw him again after Part 4.

“No matter how careful you try to be or how successful you think you are, there will always be an ambulance to kill you” is gonna be my yearbook quote. Thank you for that

I love Josuke because he has the second most fun personality of the Jojos(behind his dad) and has by several miles the best MC stand. He comes off as a badass while also feeling like a teenager, something Jotaro and Giorno failed at.

We all know if Josuke and crew were in Part 6, they would've fixed everything.

Part 4, it was a group effort to bring down Kira. Josuke had to work with Hiyato and Okuyasu to lure out Kira from the shadows so others could help apprehend him.

I think the problem applies even more to Giorno, it's just highlighted by how much he's built up at the very start and then instantly fades once he joins passione. Very much on the side until the very end, and even then, spoiler Bruno and Polnereff play a much bigger role in the final battle until the very last moment

I think people do forget that the fight with Kira was a team effort. Every major character contributed, weakening him one by one until the end. It just so happened that Jotaro dealt the final blow. I'm not defending this, but I think people do fixate a little too much on that aspect instead of the bigger picture. The main players in the city of Morioh coming together to defeat the major threat is thematically appropriate for the kind of story part 4 was going for and I do like it when the main character isn't the one to defeat the villain People also forget that, before part 6, it's usually not the main character in Jojo that gets the most development. Part 1 had very little development for any character except Speedwagon I guess... Part 2 had Caesar, it was Polnareff in 3, Rohan/Koichi in 4 and Part 5 focused more on character exploration (I haven't read parts 7 or 8 yet)

To me, the lack of focus on Josuke's character kinda ties into the whole underlying message of P4: it's not Josuke that fights the bad guy, but the entire town trying to get rid of the disease that is Yoshikage Kira. Josuke being a JoJo only name-wise and not mc-wise is a good way of showing that, too. It's also very in character for him to not be in the spotlight, since as a down to earth normal teenager all he really wants in life is yummy food and fun videogames. Not saying that was intentional, but it works perfectly in my book

In regards to Josuke's hair thing going away after Rohan, I feel that's because the whole flashback was essentially a Cerebus Retcon-initially, the hair thing could tend to be a gag here and there early on, cause look at this bozo with his ridiculous pompadour, but once you really get into how and why he's so protective of his signature hairdo and why he flies off the handle when it's insulted, it can kinda be hard to see it made fun of. In regards to Yukako, I expect her to be in that redemption video since yeah, she practically got zilch in the grand scheme of things.

I definitely see why this is a valid take away, I don't think he's in the part enough, but I almost think its in Araki's style of making group centered stories that makes it so the main character is only every a piece of the group and nit centre stage, which I think works well. I think about part 3 and 5 especially to this degree as both have their jojo not be in the spotlight as much to compensate for the unit. Jotaro and Giorno are usally in the background unless during key fights while characters like Joseph and Bruno are at the helm, with the same if not more motivation for the Jojo of the part. In short, I think Josuke's lack of screentime is just a symptom of the writing focusing on more than one player. Koichi is definitely as much a protagonist as Josuke and there's argument to say Rohan also becomes a main protagonist because of his focus and motivation post Kira introduction and is ther with Jotaro to do the heavy lifting. This all culminates during Bites The Dust, when Rohan is at the centre directly trying to find Kira, Josuke takes what he learned from Jotaro to fight Kira, and through Koichi's developed ability over the full part, only then is the stage set for Kira's demise. I think that for what was trying to be done he fufilled his role as a key character but he wasn't the sole main character

Oh my god, that Billy Kametz tribute... Rest in piece Billy. We will never forget you. Interesting video btw. I loved it.