Ever since the part 4 anime was announced, I have been rereading the part before the anime comes out. This way, the media is fresh in my mind and I can more easily find differences between the manga and the anime, such as what the anime cuts out or what they decide to add that the manga chose not to. One of the more prominent examples of this is from part 5, where the manga chose to go more in depth with some of the backstory of the protagonists of Team Buccellati. If you would like to, you can also do this read along with me and a couple friends who are doing this with me. We will be reading ten chapters per week, come together to talk about it and then afterwards I will write up my thoughts combined with some of their thoughts in this blog. Due to this being a read along, I won't be going over everything that happens in the chapters, as I assume you the reader have also read the chapters recently; I will just be going over the important parts, my thoughts on them a...

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...

JoJo's part 5 has concluded. We have mulled over and thought about the ending of this great anime for a few days now. The fans have a lot left to think about. A large focal point in this particular part is fate; fate is something that has a grasp on everyone and it shapes all lives. Diavolo believed in this wholeheartedly and even up until the end believed that he was the one that was destined to wield the powerful stand arrow and unlock the true power of King Crimson. However this was not the case and fate was actually smiling upon the main protagonist: Giorno. Giorno was the one that was able to unlock Gold Experience Requiem and was able to defeat Diavolo by sending him into a never-ending loop of almost dying but then being thrown into a completely different scenario and almost dying again and so on and so forth. Giorno was also rightfully placed and the boss of Passione, successfully completing the dream he and Buccellati shared: to wipe drugs out from the streets of Italy....

We pick up where we left off from the previous episode where Formaggio survived the Aerosmith attack by returning to his original size. Narancia has also become so small, his stand does little damage to larger threats. Narancia chooses to hide in a bottle until he can think of a way to beat Formaggio, but Formaggio corners him and traps him under his foot. Formaggio decides to torture Narancia until he tells him where Trish is. We briefly flash back to Narancia's past, where we learn that his mother died when Narancia was at a young age and his dad was cold-hearted and distant. Narancia joined a group of kids where he idolized the leader, which he called "Bro". He even dyed his hair the same color as Bro's (which is blonde) when Bro told him that he would look good with blonde hair. The next day, Narancia was arrested for breaking into an elderly woman's house. He was not the perpetrator, but the crime was pinned on him. Bro actually did the crime and set up the w...

Narancia has noticed that he is shrinking at an alarming rate due to Little Feet's ability. Back at the house where Buccellati's team is hiding Trish, they are staring to get worried, especially Fugo. Giorno points out that Narancia is taking a long time to get back. Trish is also getting impatient, wanting the shopping items she asked for. Narancia realizes that he needs to call Buccellati and tell them about this stand user and his ability to shrink people. The automatic door to a shop will not open due to how small Narancia has become. Shattering the door with Aerosmith, he tries to call Buccallati. Formaggio cuts the phone lines, making sure Narancia cannot call Buccellati. He knows that if the team knows that he has attacked Narancia, they will move Trish. Narancia's stand finds Formaggio hiding in his back pocket. Formaggio escapes by using the force of unshrinking a pen, but Aerosmith finds him quickly and shoots at him, wounding his leg. Formaggio hides in a sewage ...

A quick note about this blog post: this post will be talking about the part 5 Jojo's manga, so if you are either reading part 5 and not quite finished or if you are an anime watcher only, please do not read this if you do not want to be spoiled. This post contains a LARGE amount of spoilers for the part 5 manga. You have been warned. White Album Now onto the actual discussion. This mini-series of blog posts will be random thoughts and discussion points about Golden Wind's manga. To start things off, I was always interested in how Araki chose to really branch out with his stand ideas with this part. Sure, we had unique stands before, such as autonomous stands, a stand that was a tower, stands that shape shift and stands that stop/reverse time. All of these are very interesting stands, but part 5 blew it out of the water when it comes to unique stands. There are two stands that are basically suits for the users (Oasis and White Album), other autonomous stands (Green Day), ...

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...

The first Jojo Friday of the new season and come and past, and ample time has been given to watch and digest this masterpiece, so now we discuss! A quick note, I won't be going over most of the plot (maybe just a general summary sometimes) since I assume all who are reading this blog post have seen the first episode. With that being said, David Production went all out on this episode, making all the scenes look phenomenal. You can tell the art design is still Jojo-esque, but still feels like it is evolving. For example, Koichi still looks and feels like the Koichi we know from part 4, and yet feel more matured, perhaps even a tad older thanks to his character development and the changing art style from David Production. I'll post a couple pictures to help emphasize my point, but damn does it look nice. As for the plot, it seemed to cover the first four-ish chapters of Golden Wind, and the pacing felt very smooth and not forced. We meet the new Jojo - Giorn...

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!