Just finished the Justice arc, yeah that was. Yeah no. StarPlat, no. HOLY SHIT THE ATMOSPHERE THOUGH THAT WAS A CREEPY TOWN/GRAVEYARD. Like. Holy fuck! Also, please let Joseph's string of OHNOOOs and OHGOOOODs and OHSHIIIITs never end. They are singlehandedly my favorite thing in SDC so far.
Welcome to, in my opinion, the single most bullshit thing Star Platinum ever does. Fuck that ending. They last the whole of Part 3. You are in for a treat.
niiiice. Just finished The Lovers. HOLY FUCK THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A SCARY STAND. SURPASS ONE OBSTACLE AND GO STRAIGHT INTO ANOTHER. ((also totally called Star Platinum nabbing them in midair like that lol)) ((Everyone just keeps forgetting how fucking crafty Hierophant Green is, including myself. Holy shit!))
....oh. The Sun was certainly. A different thing. I definitely could relate to Joseph the entire fucking time, lol.
*backflips into thread* yes hello i am just at the start of vento aureo and i dont know what is going on but that's okay. and okuyasu and josuke are my wholesome sons whom I love very much. god my fav jojo is josuke, and my fav stand is probs crazy diamond because the ability to fix things and people is so great. Gold experience is pretty cool too. I love these stands whose powers dont seem to be primarily offensive. also a lot of the jojo fandom on tumblr is a bunch of filthy memers and I love it. god worst death for me Spoiler: part 3 spoilers (ish) was probably all the deaths in sdc. Like they leave to save family and become a band of brothers and then come out of it with most of them dead and not even in a way that was particularly foreshadowed or integral to the plot. That just made it so much more tragic for me. Also I loved them all so much. like iggy was great. Avdol was so cool and I feel like there was so much we didn't know about him and kakyoin was so young he was in high school. and we start to see more of him. Also mikitaka was so obviously autistic coded and I'm not sure how to feel about that, still kinda disappointed araki didn't do more with him and the alien thing.
Spoiler: late SDC I actually kinda hated Iggy right up until Vanilla Ice, like "Ugh, what a gross little dog, we don't need another comic relief character-- OH. GOOD JOB IGGY YOU ARE THE GOODEST DOG OF THEM ALL" Vento Aureo is a wild goddamn ride from start to finish, godspeed! Find the more recent scanlations if you can, a lot of characterization is lost with the older ones. I also like Gold Experience a lot because it is a cute shiny bug. I also wish Mikitaka hadn't just disappeared from the story after Superfly. He was so fun! And he was developing some good chemistry with Okuyasu. Thankfully there's plenty of fic out there exploring that. eta: whoops, that could be a spoiler
Spoiler: Ep 19: Death 13 part 1. Apparently an actual liveblog this time Lol, even the dogs in dreams die. Let me guess, Kakyoin is still dreaming? Oh, so it's a Freddy Krueger type of thing, this Stand goes into your dreams and hurts you there? This does not bode well. Oh. Fuck. The dog in Kakyoin's dream? The... crying baby? What is going on? What the fuck?? Ok so the baby is the Stand and they're dreaming is my guess? Because there's no way the user is nearby throughout the entire plane ride. Wait what? EVERYONE is being influenced by the baby? The Stands can't come out in dreams, huh? Fuck, how are they gonna wake up. Oh good, the Jojos to the rescue. ...omfg, really. Diapers. WHOA the baby is the user!? so they aren't asleep then? Or maybe they are? fuuuuckfuckfuckfuck...oh whew. ...WHOOPS. lol, I guess that woke him up. HOLY SHIT KAKYOIN YOU GENIUS, "Baby Stand" that was amazing. Now, how will he prove it, both to himself and others? Spoiler: Death 13 Part 2 Jotaro, you're smarter than this, figure it out. PFFFFF baby food... yeah tbh that sounds delicious lol Jojo, come on... Dammit, everyone's asleep. Let me guess, everyone but Kakyoin? Yeah, good. They'll have someone to wake them up. Oh, or not. He's passed out. Fuck. (unless he was faking? But that sounds too weird to do tbh) Summoning your stand before falling asleep? KAKYOIN DID THAT YES! FUCK YES! ...oh. Fuck. ...wait what? OH NICE!! Take that, baby! Omfg, he's acting like nothing happened I love it. And he's softly threatening the baby lol. ....UGHHHH THAT'S DISGUSTING OMG NO And with that, we have finally reached Egypt! ...or not. Oh well, this can wait.
I LOVED THAT ARC. Kak's isolation as the only person who knew what was going on and nobody believing him was weirdly poignant for me. Weird Nerd Defeats Baby, His Friends Will Never Know That He Saved Their Lives
Kakyoin best nerd. Absolutely. Spoiler: Ep 21: Judgment Part 1 huh, someone important? From India? ...Yeah he does kind of look like him... Maybe it's Avdol's brother or something? Or father. And no, he's right, they do NOT come with good news. Oof, I'm sorry Polnareff :( A magic lamp you're kidding me. That's gotta be a Stand, right? Yep, that is definitely a Stand. Oh Oh wow That's... one weird Stand power. ....WHAT THE FUCK POLNAREFF A MANGA ARTIST WHAT WHY POLNAREFFLAND OMG ...what the hell? Ok, so that wish is gonna be "granted"... what's the catch? ....ok that's not actually her I imagine. ....WHAT THE FUCK WHAT IS SHE?? Oh... oh fuck. Ok, so he makes wishes out of dirt to reflect people's desires? But in an evil twisted way. Ok, got it. ...he made his third wish, which means there's an Avdol running around as well. Welp. Spoiler: Ep 22: Judgment Part 2 Welp, he fucked up. oh fuck, I'm.... really not seeing a way out. "it's not so bad being defeated by them" oh my god Polnareff you still blame yourself don't you. wtf, a second Avdol? Is he hallucinating or something? I mean clearly there's a second person but who? WHAT THE FUCK? HE'S ALIVE?! WHAT?! The bullet... Why did he pretend to be dead? ...Okay "Hell 2 U" was pretty badass, ngl. ...good. Accepting his sister's death, good. Avdol, let's see if you can use his own powers against him. Oooorrr you could just be a badass. That works too lol. So he couldn't stand? That would explain it. But why make Polnareff think he was dead? Oh my god, he's underground lol that's hilarious. NO EWW PEEING IN THE BREATHTUBE NO NO WHY "your personality changed, Avdol" - should I be worried? Dude. They were the ones who told you they buried him. They know he's not dead. Oh. It's because he has a big mouth. Lol. ...WTF? THAT WAS HIM WHAT THE HELL Dude. Joseph. That was really harsh actually. Holy shit, they're riding a submarine? Why? ....hold on. 4U? GAH I'm always suspicious of too many details I need to learn to be less so. Anyway, next time.
@Mads has a headcanon that Abdul got a concussion that caused his personality to change. You can never quite be certain if a detail's gonna come back or not. Sometimes they do, but sometimes Araki forgets shit and plot threads get dropped. Also YEAH, SUMBARINE TIME! I like to think the submarine showed up because Araki had read a book about them or something and so he was just... really excited about submarines at the time.
Season (not section) Finale! Spoiler: Ep 23: The High Priestess Part 1 not much is happening. That's good. Suzie? Wait she wasn't told anything? Why? Oh here we go. Oh, or it's just gonna be sneaky. WaitOH FUCK Shit, how did they not see what it turned into? Phone. Phone? Oh. Okay then. Suzie must've felt really confused wow Ok so it's moving. Oh shit it's the door wheel Good, Star Platinum is faster. Oh FUCK that was clever Oh shit, Jojo's planning on being a badass Aaaand to be continued. Welp. Spoiler: Ep 24: The High Priestess Part 2 ok so they're scuba diving. Yes he's right you know? Panicking is the single worst thing you can do. If you panic and swim up without breathing you risk tearing your lungs bc the air inside expands as the water pressure drops. Anyway. ....oh. he just explained it himself lol. LOL GOOD POINT AVDOL Stands would be better. .... .... Polnareff, Kakyoin, you're such dorks I love you. OH FUCK THE REGULATOR SHIT Strings! Get in his throat! Ok good that was close. ...that does not look like a natural tunnel that looks like a nose. Shit. Fuck. Oh fuck, they're flirting and it's working goddammit. HOLYSHIIITTT lol Oww, burnt tongue, that's painful. Hmm, how'd he get out though? OH WOW THAT IS ONE STRONG PUNCH. Ok, she's down. Finally in Egypt. Lol "what dream, Kakyoin?" And with that, we have finished the first season of SDC! Next up, Egypt Arc!
i have gotten around to rereading part 4 for the duwang, and i am giggling uncontrollably at this wreck of a trainslation
Ok so I haven't been posting much, mainly because most of my anime watching has been done on a plane ride but I'm currently on episode 38, the one with Horuss and the bird idk how it's called. I actually have not been spoiled on The World/Za Warudo's powers! Well, actually I have, twice, but I forgot! So I'll go into it blind! My theory is that it's like what they do in some animes/videogames where the Big Bad creates a dark world the protagonists need to go through, my immediate thought was Subspace and/or the Great Maze from Super Smash Bros Brawl... also picturing a Digimon thing for some reason? Oh, and Kirby, of course. Spoiler: Ep 38, the one with Horuss idk how it's called, Part 1 I fucking knew Iggy wouldn't let the kid die. That was one badass kick, too! ....shit, every dog so far has died. Is Iggy gonna.... ...ohhhh shit. Bird's even more powerful than we thought. Nice abscond, though! JESUS CHRIST THAT'S A FUCKING ICE MISSILE MACHINE GUN ....HOLY SHIT I DID NOT THINK THE BIRD WOULD FIND HIM IN THE SEWERS OH SHIT HE....psyche? Sand illusion? NICE!! "So Horus, you show your true form!" oh... ......shit. I mean, he's probably not dead but still. Fuck. Oh, right, the bird is called Pet Shop. Because this is JJBA and why the fuck not. Spoiler: Ep 39, the one with Horuss idk how it's called, Part 2 HOLY FUCK HE TORE HIS OWN LEG OFF "gnawing off your leg, (quiet, quiet) limping through the sewers, (quiet, quiet) now you're underwater... sitting above, Horus LaBird!" Artificial mechanical dog legs. What is this, FMA? (jk, jk) oh. shit. Damn, that bird is good. NICE GOING, IGGY!! PUNCH THOSE TORPEDOES! oh fuck wait he's digging his way out? He's a fast digger... aaaaand the fucking bird already anticipated that. Pet Shop is fucking terrifying, holy shit. DAMN, that was fucking clever! Is he dead? ....he's totally alive isn't he? Oh fuuuuckkk noo don't die like that... please tell me that's just for drama. It's just for drama right? oh my god thank god holy shit I thought it would actually go through with it for a moment Oh thank god. The bird is dead. KAKYOIN IS BACK!! shit, the air is getting cold I think I know what that means and it isn't good Nope, just regular Dio Aura (I thought the coldness was Horuss BUT IT WAS HIM, DIO!) So, gonna enter Dio's mansion. Final step of the journey is up ahead. And now, to face... the butler? Anyway, to be continued.
Oooohhhh, that weird (non)butler is gonna take our heroes on a wild fucking ride so strap in! Plus what imo is some of the best Kakyoin content in SDC.
Time for another one! Is this guy the last one? Let's see... looking through the episode titles... Geb, Khnum and Thoth, Anubis, Bastet, Set, whatever D'arby's stand was, and Horus. That's 8. D'Arby? And his Stand has something to do with cards? ...oh, it's his brother. Spoiler: D'Arby the Player, Part 1 Yeah, the one who's fooled and loses the battle is at fault. Which is another way of saying they are about to be fooled in a big way. Atum. "my first opponent" ah, so a duel-type thing? Wait, a wager? Oh wait, what? He lost on purpose? And 3 of them are dragged in. I'm gonna just sit back and enjoy the ride for a bit. This looks like it's gonna be wild. Wait a moment! D'ARBY JUNIOR is the one who gets the "my world" thing? Huh! Dude. It's not that difficult. He knew what your move was because he wagered you'd throw a left punch. Wait, I'm confused. The illusion is his Stand but not his Stand's power? ........is that a translation error or is that the twist, that they are inside his Stand? He won't lie, that's interesting. I like it! I have a feeling I'm gonna need to remember a fuckton of details for this. So, he threw a card, the Queen of Hearts. He loses wagers to predict moves. Works the psychological angle. Oh, so he stores souls as dolls? ...oh wow that's creepy. FUCK that's REALLY creepy. A videogame, huh? Kakyoin goes first. This should be interesting! F-Mega? Is that, like, F-Zero: Jojo Edition? lol yes. Yes it is. Ooh, niiiice! I love superpower-assisted videogame play This is so cool! Man, you weren't kidding, Bash! DAMN, THIS IS INTENSE! whoa, so D'Arby came out on top. ...but is the race over? Spoiler: D'Arby the Player, part 2 NO IT IS NOT! SPINNNATTAAAACKKKKK Omfg "I PLANNED FOR YOU TO PLAN TO MAKE ME LOSE POWER AND KNOCK ME OFF COURSE THINKING YOU HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF OUTPLANNING ME" this is straight-up meme-level "just as planned". HE FUCKING TRICKED KAKYOIN INTO ALLOWING HIM TO PULL OFF A SPEEDRUN STRAT THAT IS BRILLIANT. ...And Kakyoin admitted defeat. Jotaro's turn, then. "Oh! That's a baseball!" Lol what a name. Pfftt, "Jaggrs!" and "Red Dragrns!" You can draw in your characters? For an old-school cartridge-based game, that's surprisingly advanced! He really likes using his birthday, doesn't he? OH MY GOD YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED A BASEBALL GAME BEFORE ((or you're doing it so D'Arby will get overconfident?)) "I've pretty much learned how to bat now" heh, so let me guess, now he's figured out all the precise timing? NICE! Damn, so he's got a strategy. Let's hope it doesn't blow up in Jojo's face. Fuck, mind games. So he expected the bal to drop, huh? And that's data for D'Arby. Let's just hope it's also data for Jojo. Ohhhh, I thought it was just psychological tricks but no, it's actual mind-reading. Cool! ...Or is it? Hmmm, now Jojo's the one who's calling his pitch. Third part, huh? "The Miasma of the Void, Cool Ice Part One" Hang on, what? We're doing 2 bad guys in the same episode? Ok, I'll post them in different spoilers. Spoiler: D'Arby the Player: Part 2.5 Yep, it is in fact mind-reading. Let's see how Jojo deals with it. Ooh!!! I like this! I have no idea what he's doing but I like it! Pffhahaha, what did he rig? He's getting so desperate and it's glorious! You haven't admitted defeat out loud, sure... but you definitely have in your soul. OMFG That is brilliant "YES YES YES YES YES" "will you forgive me?" "NO NO NO NO" Why is this so funny JOSEPH IS SO FUCKING DONE OH MY GOD I loved everything about this. Actually, you know what? I'll leave the remainder of the episode for some other time.
So, I realize "Don't worry about it, guys... I play video games" was a much more notable character trait back in the 80s when that scene got written, but the fact remains that in 2017 it sounds absurd and tbh I can't get over it.
Pre-Edit: I didn't liveblog as thoroughly because, well, there wasn't much to say other than HOLY SHIT THIS GUY IS SCARY, and also I was liveblogging at Paintcat directly. I accidentally all the way up through The World Part One Spoiler: The Miasma of the Void: Vanill-er, I mean, Cool Ice (LONG) Well that was a short-lived labyrinth trip I do want to know, when did it stop being the "9 Egyptian gods" and start being a fuckton more? And why does nobody question it? oh wait hang on oh shit Wait what the fuck is happening is ...I think... Avdol's dead? How you know when things are Very Fucked: Iggy is in shock. Fucking Iggy. I swear, each Stand manages to outdo the last in terms of scaryness. Ok no sorry, Pet Shop was scarier than D'Arby but that is the only exception (and, to be fair, that was bc Iggy was alone) No Joseph, noo, don't say "Avdol and the others" gdi this is gonna be sad isn't it OMFG fake DIO that's brilliant! JESUS CHRIST Ok so Vanilla Ice is now kicking Iggy for making him punch an image of DIO And like he is PISSED SO FUCKING PISSED HOLY FUCK HE'S NOT STOPPING This is the most gruesome "kick the dog" scene in the history of media tropes or something Vanilla: "you're a dog! You don't have human resolve, or a soul, or anything like that!" Iggy: *farts* I love him. FUCK he's not dead cause for some fucking reason, stabbing him through the head doesn't kill him Is Polnareff dead too? damn, hang on NO YOU DON'T PULL A TO BE CONTINUED THEN CUT TO JOJO AND CO oh whew Polnareff's not dead... yet ....welp it was bound to happen Iggy's a dog. This is JJBA. the two can't last very long together so yeah, summary: -Vanilla kicked Iggy to near-death, to the point where if he exerted himself one more time he'd die -Vanilla was just about to kill Polnareff -Iggy used his Stand to save Polnareff, dying, and putting him in a place where he had an advantage... which Polnareff used to kill Vanilla by thrusting his sword into the skull and using it as leverage to twist his neck until it broke(edited) that was one hell of a fight WAIT SHIT HE'S STILL ALIVE?! oh ok so yeah he's a vampire and didn't know it. Polnareff used sunlight to cut off his hand and leg and now he's probably gonna die for real yep lol, Silver Chariot just gently nudged him and he tripped into the sunlight wait, Joseph's wife is in Japan? When did that happen? so apparently she's been told Holly has pneumonia and is gonna get better soon pfff, so she was videotaping all the "new things" she was finding in Japan, which included some random bypasser who was a big muscly guy and he basically told her to fuck off and Rosas made him fly off with a kick ...oh, so yeah she figured it out. PFFFFHAHAHA OMG Nukesaku's scene, holy shit they met a guy whose ability was disguising himself as a damsel in distress and they were all like "we'll help you, we're friends..." and Jojo just fucking PUNCHED HIM and yeah none of them were fooled aaaaand I do believe that counts as DIO's Grand Entrance with light behind him and everything Spoiler: DIO's World, Part 1 wait what the fuck? that was actually pretty funny, ngl. Teleporting Polnareff into making him walk downstairs what omg this is fucking me up a bit the coffin thing Nukesaku opened DIO's coffin and the one inside it was himself and they all just got so terrified they actually fled "if we had stayed there we'd have all been killed" Lol @ the poor senator DIO just turned into his driver The whole teleportation thing is just the right combination of weird, intimidating, and hilarious. I love it. (Sorry, didn't liveblog through the whole "2 retreating, 2 attacking" bit) Spoiler ANYWAY, NEXT TIME The end of SDC!!!
Again, liveblogged at Bash (Paintcat). This time, while he was watching BNHA. I'll take out all of that stuff bc of spoilers and off-topicness. Spoiler: DIO's World end + Long Journey Farewell evilas starting off the episode with Spiderman Swinging, that is a good start to any episode omfg, so we're seeing a Kakyoin flashback to when he was in elementary school and he has the same hair Bash !!! baby kak small weird nerd evilas The hair, I love it, just look at this Bash who did this to him evilas baby Hierophant Baby Kak wow, damn that was a well-placed trap. Kak strung Hierophant's barrier to completely surround DIO for twice his range what the fuck What the hell? Is Kak gonna die too? Jesus whoawhoawait what? Time? Kak :( I know I say this every time but HOW THE FUCK ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BEAT THIS GUY He can stop time like Jesus Christ that's far more impressive than teleportation Bash indeed evilas :O JESUS CHRIST DIO just fucking obliterated a cat like Bash Oh dear. I don't remember this. evilas it was in midair and he just swiped it out of the way ...which caused it to explode Bash :( evilas wait hang on, Joseph's dead too?? No, he wasn't pronounced dead Bash You on the last episode? evilas no, not yet (also apparently there's one more episode after The World Part 3) Bash I thought just two episodes sounded short for the final battle with DIO :U evilas no, like there's 3 episodes and then there's a final episode after the battle Bash or rather, to wrap everything up evilas yeah right now I'm finishing up The World Part 2 Bash I remember you saying last night that you had two episode to go and I was like "Wait, Kak ain't even dead yet" evilas yeah, now I'm starting Part 3 (the two stands matching up OraOras) WAIT WTF DIO JUST FUCKING BROKE THE INTRO SONG I LOVE JJBA oh damn holy shit now Jojo's got the weird DBZ aura too! PFFFFFFF THE VIDEO FROZE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME STOPPING HOLY SHIT HANG ON The hand thing was a trick with a magnet... but also it was a double bluff and Jojo can control time too? Bash Oh yeah, stuff gets buckwild around the middle of this fight Very Weird evilas "since I don't know the full extent of your powers, I'm just gonna use a fuckton of knives" ???? welp, the knives plan worked ...but he had previously stuffed himself full of magazines?? What the fuck is going on in this fight ...goddammit, DIO grabbed a random sign which contained the numbers "6-12" and now I'm thinking of Homestuck DAMN, Jotaro's badass! He basically played dead and did not react to a bullet being shot at him ...oh, StarPlat grabbed it, nvm HE STOPPED HIS OWN FUCKING HEART? Bash I think Araki likes having heroes play dead. Winning after that feels like the ultimate comeback evilas ooh! Losing blood is making him lose control over Jonathan's body? or, you know, getting his skull bashed in one of the two :O He planned the whole thing to be shoved into Joseph's body? Bash (squint) I don't... think so? evilas DIO positioned himself so when Jojo tried to Oraora him he got flung into the place where Joseph was, that way he could get to Joseph's blood Bash Oh, yeah, the blood helps him use Jona's body better Joestar blood runs better on Joestar hardware(edited) Er... to mix a... metaphor? evilas pfff Bash Or rather, the Joestar bod works better when it's got fresh Joestar blood in it That's what I was trying to say. evilas Fuck, Joseph's dead too? ...OMFG THE INTRO WITH ALL THE CLOCKS WAS FORESHADOWING?? Bash HEH evilas Yeah, DIO's kicking Jojo's ass rn ....okay he just threw a truck down at him wtf Bash :D evilas Lol, nice going Jojo Also I love how they have conversations while no time passes Bash Yep! Steven Universe has parodied that with Jasper evilas Wow, damn, he just... yeah, so that just happened Bash Steamroller? evilas no, the steamroller came before Sorry, I called it a truck Jojo just fucking... shattered him with a punch Bash Oh! Yeah! People get confused by that, but if you can beat someone's Stand you've beat them evilas Oh, no, I understood that, it was just the "hang on now he's strong enough to do this thing?" that threw me off Sorry, I'm tired I really should go to sleep soon juuuuust as soon as they finish carrying the bodies in the Speedwagon ambulance Bash Story ain't finished yet 0w0 evilas oh damn, that is a good and weird idea Transfusing DIO's blood back into Joseph, and using Star Platinum to make his heart go oh shit Bash 0w0 evilas WTF?! Bash Joseph is a dickhead evilas Yes Yes he is Bash I was so mad at him evilas goddammit I just I fell for it 100% Bash it's just a prank broe evilas Using Hermit Purple for "evil ambience" was brilliant thank god, DIO's entire body is dead for good now Bash The evil has been vanquished evilas he will definitely never resurface again I mean, he shouldn't Bash We'll certainly never hear from any evil henchmen who still believe in his cause evilas heh Bash And most definitely no other evil forces that gained their power from him directly or indirectly I mean we may as well just end JJBA here cuz there ain't no more baddies to be had (seriously though I'm excited about you seeing part 4) (....later, cuz you need to go to bed) evilas they can finally travel by plane Anyway, I'm gonna go to bed Goodnight! Bash Good night!
