JoJo's premiered in Weekly Sh ō nen Jump back in 1987 and ran in that popular magazine until 2004 which is about when part 6 ended. Part 7 and onward is now running in the monthly magazine Ultra Jump. This leads many people to believe that JoJo's is a cross between a sh ō nen (meant for younger male audience) manga and a seinen (meant for younger adult males) manga. With that being said, JoJo's is an anime and manga that has done things that many others cannot do or replicate even if they try: combine many genres and thematics all into one great storyline. Let's tackle these one at a time and have it all come together at the end. Typical of sh ō nen manga and sh ō nen anime, JoJo's has many fights that occur within the series. Some of the most memorable fight in all of anime happen in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Who hasn't heard of the fast-paced, hard-hitting fight between Jotaro and DIO? However, JoJo's is not just a battle anime, which i...

In the fourth episode of Jojo's part 5 anime, we pick up where we left off with Black Sabbath attacking Giorno and Black Sabbath pulling Giorno's soul (it shows Gold Experience being pulled from Giorno's body) and Giorno then gets serious. Giorno attacks Polpo's stand, but it disappears. The fight goes on a little longer before Giorno discovers Black Sabbath's weakness: the sun. He then notices that Black Sabbath can only move within the shadows. Koichi enters the scene, thinking Giorno attacked the old man that Black Sabbath killed. Koichi is attacked by Black Sabbath, but Giorno saves him. Koichi notices the stand arrow, baffled as to why it is in Italy. Giorno convinces Koichi that his actions are right and that he is on the right path. Revealing that Black Sabbath is a long range stand type, they hatch a plan to trap Black Sabbath in a shadow that the object making the shadow can be destroyed, thus defeating Polpo's stand. The plan backfires when Black Sabba...

In the newest episode, episode 2, of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind, we learn of Giorno's past and what lead him towards eventually wanting to become a gangster. Giorno's father, whom his mother married when Giorno was young, was rather abusive, paving the way for Giorno to look up towards a mob member whose life Giorno had saved. The mob member looked after Giorno from afar, serving as a guardian and as an influence to young Giorno. With that flashback, we now know what drives Giorno. Giorno and Buccellati continue their fight inside the train and eventually outside it, with the fight ending by Giorno about to punch Buccellati, but drawing back at the last second, stating Buccellati is a good person. Giorno then tells Buccellati his plan to reform the mob syndicate that Buccellati is affiliated with by infiltrating it. His first step is killing the boss. After telling Buccellati this, Giorno asks him to join him in this endeavor, realizing that both of them know the...

As an up and coming English major and anime watcher, I have been in love with Jojo's for as long as I can remember, and I want to share the experience of part 5 with the rest of the Araki-loving world! New episodes of Jojo's will be coming out on Fridays, so I would like to create blog posts a couple days after so people have ample time to watch the newest episode and digest it. Also, waiting a couple days to create a post will have hype remain in the early and middle parts of the week, even though Jojo Friday seems so far away! I hope you all enjoy this blog. Critiques are welcome and discussion is appreciated!