JoJo: A Bizarre Retrospective (All 9 Parts Reviewed)

I hope you enjoy this video! Let me know what your opinions are about The JoJolands or any other part!!

Horrible review he disrespected my glorious king Stroheim

I'll still never get over the fact i accidentally skipped the last episode of part 1 and didn't realize it until part 3

People always complain about jotaro "not having a character arch" and "being to mean at the start" but the whole point is that he's an edgy teen acting out and his arch is him slowly opening up as the audience sees that his not some pointlessly violent teen but a caring man willing to fight for those he loves even if it means being seen as the badguy. Also, I 100% agree with the part 1 ending thing, every other part ends with the mc fighting the villain when someone gets a power up and the mc wins

I absolutely love your point about Giorno. Good writing doesn’t necessitate a character undergoing a change, and it’s kinda weird that people think that characters have to undergo through some sort of profound reevaluation of life to make the writing good.

Rohan being the Japanese man was the funniest thing Araki has ever done.

Jodio doesn't have to be a direct copy of giorno Johnny is nearly the opposite of jonathan Joseph and fumi aren't similar Josuke and gappy are vastly different as well

the fact that golden wind is hated in the west is crazy to me

Phantom Blood was much better paced in the manga, similar to Stardust Crusaders. The Tarkus and Bruford section felt slow and boring in the anime, but I found it way more enjoyable in the manga since the pacing was consistent with the rest of the story, unlike the anime which had a faster pacing in the beginning due to skipping a lot of scenes early on which ended up making the middle feel slower than it actually is.

1:17- like the inversion- DIO who had to work hard to get where he is and Jonathan who had everything handed to him- reverse once DIO becomes a vampire- with the former becoming increasingly inactive and reliant on others to do his bidding unless he literally has no other choice while Jonathan trains and continues to refine his technique until the day he literally dies.

In my opinion I just felt like most of the stands in stone ocean except the main cast were just situational but the made in heaven fight was just gold

I like Part 2 a lot but one of my main criticisms is that it feels none of the characters are allowed to accomplish anything except Joseph. Like Caesar's fight with Wamuu is cool and everything but he doesn't serve much of a purpose in the story otherwise except to motivate Joseph. Lisa Lisa is hyped up to be this powerful Hamon master, but all she gets to do is kill one vampire and then is cheated out of a fight that she probably could have won. She doesn't even get to do anything as Joseph and Caesar's master aside from kicking them in a hole and then having two nothing characters train them in a training arc that they literally skip over.

The deaths in jojolion are hilarious because we'd often have to wait a whole month, sometimes more, just to see if the character is actually dead or if they did that jojo thing of shrugging off a bullet to the head like it's nothing

36:20 I believe Jodio is supposed to be a reimagining of Giorno. Despite his actions, thought process, and overall methods of pursuing his goal are significantly different compared to part 5 Giorno ; I'm completely convinced its a reimagining of Giorno. Not only that but Araki seems to have developed a strong pattern of having original continuity characters getting re-imagined as heroes/allies like Kira and Josuke from part 8. Despite Kira being part 3 villain, his story in part 8 parallels to him adopting a new identity as well as having to adapt to a new way of life with an entirely new family.

Phantom blood gets too much hate. While it lacks the insanity of later parts, the storytelling is excellent. Yes, it's formulaic, but in the best sort of way. It tells the classic hero's journey in a rather satisfying way. I often hear complaints that Jonathan and Dio are too one-dimensionally good and evil, but that's kind of the point. They're supposed to be the root of all good and evil in the following parts, giving them an almost godlike quality. Phantom Blood is pretty clearly a prequel for the story that Araki wanted to tell, whatever that was at the time. It definitely succeeds in this goal. We understand who the Joestars are and what Dio and the Stone mask are setting up. The story ultimately chose to pivot away from vampires and hamon, but Jonathan and Dio's legacy is felt well after this. The other big complaint I hear is that the arc is too short. Once again, this works to its benefit. Without stands to shake things up, it's best to just keep the story moving.

I don't get how Joseph cheating on his wife is out of character. This is Joseph we are talking about not someone like Jonathan.

oh thank lord someone actually understands giorno finally. I could also talk about the symbolism giorno has. yes it is under developed but it's stil exists and is something I enjoy and fugo as well!! he is my favourite character (although some of that does come from phf) and I also so agree about the requiem quietly plays no one ever seems to talk about that jojolion really does need to be read more it's underrated. my second favourite part also I don't know why but jodio makes me think of a mix of giorno, Jolyne and fugo to me 😭

This video was so friggin cool!! Thank you for making it!

We can't forget the BEST QUOTE in Part 7, no, in ALL of JoJo... DOJJYAAN~

I don't know why, but the anime made me actually love fights that I didn't care for in the manga in part 6