JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze

"Kono Giorno Giovanna Niwa Yume Ga Aru" -Giorno Giovanna JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze, the 5th part of Hirohiko Araki's hit manga series, and the highest rated part of the JoJo anime, but is golden wind really that good? After the amazingly successful part 4, how does part 5 improve? Does it improve? Well, JoJo part 5 Golden wind is absolutely brilliant. [story-8/10] Golden Wind takes us to Italy, and who's that? Well shit its ma boi Koichi from DiU, Koichi is looking for Haruno Shiobana, Koichi meets Haruno at the airport, but Haruno, no longer is called Haruno Shiobana, but instead Giorno Giovanna, here we learn of Giorno's dream, to become a "Gang Star" and stop "The Boss". JoJo part 5 is interesting, if you thought that part 4 was unrelated to the other parts, then part 5 is a whole new beast, part 5 almost has nothing to do with the over arching story, and thats one of its best parts, its a self contained story that ultimately doesn't lead to any new threads in the extended JoJo universe, it hits every single story beat, good pacing and overall good story writing, It's a good self contained story, the whole "Giorno's the son of Dio" thing is just Araki making a tiny thread to connect it to prior and future parts. The story is reminiscent of the classic cult film from 1995 named "The Usual Suspects", The boss is basically Keyser Söze but if Keyser Söze had a Prince song that could erase time. [Art-10/10] Art was absolutely brilliant, such an improvement from part 4's often janky art and animation, It looked so much more polished and refined, of course, Araki himself had great art and if there's one thing JoJo part 5 is amazing at, its good character design, shifting to a more effeminate art style made for a nice change, and the character designs were great, from Giorno's eloquent pink suit, or Narancia's child like skirt. The art is outstanding. [Sound-9/10] The JoJo part 5 Ost is unconventional done right, the themes feel like they come from all over the place you have classical pieces like "Incursion" and more modern pieces such as "Giorno's theme" Golden winds Ost is one of the best in the series to date. [Character-10/10] Golden Wind has some of the strongest character writing of any Jojo part, the characters are all used to there fullest and are both immensely enjoyable and pulls you into the world of Golden Wind, Giorno is a fantastic protagonist, and the contrast of being both Dio's and Jonathans son is intriguing, He's virtuous, Kind and confident like Jonathan but violent and unforgiving like Dio. The rest of Bruno's team is great, they act like a family and is a central theme of part 5, Mista is one of may favourite characters of all-time, and the rest of the gang have interesting dynamics and relationships which make for a strong main cast. Diavolo and Doppio are fantastic villains, not as brilliant as Kira Yoshikage but certainly fantastic villains, Doppio when calling the boss is interesting and quirky. The random villains they face from the hitman team and so on are also great, characters such as Pesci and Prosciutto, or Cioccolata and secco, the villains feel more like people than cartoonishly generic villains, they attend each others funerals, the mourn there comrades deaths, they feel compassion, they are just trying to meet the ends by what they deem necessary, fantastic characters. [Stands-10/10] The stands are fucking amazing, Araki in part 5, to me, achieved peek creativity with stands, there all unique and make for extremely interesting fights, Stands like Golden Experience and King Crimson have become synonymies with JoJo, stands like Sex pistols and Grateful Dead are classics among the fans, the villains when they fight in pairs are very interesting, seeing them utilise each others battle style and abilities to make good strategies are always fun, take for Example Tiziano and Squalo, one makes it so they say the opposite of what they mean, and one has a deadly fish come out of any liquid, seeing them utilise each others stand to try overcome bruno's gang was fun, and seeing them fail to do so is satisfying. [Enjoyment-9/10] Golden Wind is fun, exciting, interesting and was overall one of the most unique anime experiences of all time. [Overall-9/10] while not necessary to the over all plot of jojo, it is certainly worth a watch, especially if you want to get into the JoJo series, its a good introduction and needs the least amount of background knowledge to enjoy it.

This Anime hit me out of nowhere after I had finished the Manga a year prior and tought it was pretty good, but not better than its previous Part. But once I got to watched this adaptation I was like, "How did I not see how good this is before" I freshend myself up a bit in hearing other peoples oppinions and here is what I tought: The thing that made me enjoy this so much more is the voice acting, music and added content. The main character, supporting cast and villains where some of the best and most enjoyable I had ever gotten the pleasure of *expierencing* and the themes and feels hit me harder than most of the shows I have watched. (and it wasnt some "you feel like crying" emotion when deaths happend and more varied emotions that I dont feel very often) The writing was also some of the best Araki has to offer at the time. The main villain stood out to me as the most interresting and mysterious characters. A few people (and a certain one person) dont seem to think this good all I'll have to say is that they probably just dont get this type of emotional that they are used to. Overall I'd say the thing that made me love this so much is the emotional story beats that made this a masterpiece for me. PS: Also why does Aleczandxr hate JoJo's?!?

Frankly, this is my favorite Jojo adventure so far as an anime-only consumer. Araki's art style is mind-blowing as far as how creative he is in expressing each character's personality through their designs, and the story might be the most thrilling for me, with the show really leaning into its psychological thriller and horror components. The characters themselves, while Giorno can be a little bland at times, were all people that you can both love and hate, with their strengths and weaknesses never failing to be conveyed in the show. In my opinion, there really isn't a great amount of individual character development besides their individual expositions, but growth is found through the way GioGio and the gang interact with each other. Relating to action, each stand fight feels more creative than the last, and Araki still does a great job making the viewer feel as if Jojo and the gang are truly trapped. The music is amazing, and the animation, while it took me some getting used to transitioning from part 4 to part 5, I think was more detailed than part 4. If I had any gripes with the show, it might be that as the stand battles get more and more bizarre, some people may not appreciate how outlandish some situations are. Without spoiling anything, you never know when someone truly dies in Golden Wind, but for me, this uncertainty greatly contributed to a personal curiosity for trying to get to know the world better and whatever bendable rules Araki may have put in this world. For me, most stand battles were gripping, and before I knew it, I had binged all 39 episodes within 3 days. And while each individual battle was great, the overall story was thematically tight, discussing themes of fate and what it means to challenge it. If you are a Jojo fan, you're gonna watch this. If you're new to the series, this is a great place to start! - MSYN

Like I expected Jojo keep innovating every season, this time a totally different story in a totally different place. I see people saying this part almost feels like filler but that take is a complete lie. Story: Tbh this was kinda the weakest point of this part, I liked the idea but the story just get super interesting near the end, that's why I give a 7/10 to this subject. Art: Its jojo i don't need to explain. 10/10 Sound: Its amazing, the voice lines are very expressive like every JOJO part, the ost imo is not the best in the series but have some amazing musics that you can vibe with. 8/10 Characters: Tbh I gotta say some characters are indeed impressive but most of them are just in there and you will never remember them. The ones that are good like I said, they have personality and a nice back story. 7/10 Enjoyment: I never got bored, I had hype in some episodes so I will say that I had a lot of fun with it. 9/10 overall: 9/10

This part feels like an evolution of Stardust Crusaders in a way. It's a more well thought out journey, with twists and turns that completely change it's direction. It feels nothing like Diamond is Unbreakable, while that part was basically half slice of life and half battle shounen, this part feels fully like an adventure/battle shounen like part 3. And I really enjoyed it. Story (8/10) As i said, i love the adventure like approach. This is JoJo's Bizarre ADVENTURE after all, i really loved the format. It feels much more focused like part 3, which I love because that was one of my main complaints with part 4. It's got some of the best stuff i've seen in JoJo's, but also some really weird shit. I'm not gonna go into spoilers here, but i think the story of this part feels much more cohesive overall than part 4. Art (8/10) I'm gonna admit, I don't love the new character designs. They just look very very out of place, like in parts 3 & 4 they had regular clothing for the most part, but here it's very extra. Mista in particular looks like he wants to die from a heatstroke. Even if part of his upper body is exposed, it looks like he's wearing something like a sweater and a damn trapper hat. Trish is the complete inverse, she has way too much exposed skin, does this 15 year old girl want her asscheeks out for civilians to gaze upon? The rest were fine, some actually looked really nice. I liked Giorno's, Bucciarati's and especially Narancia's outfits. The villains sometimes looked super fucking weird (looking at you Pesci), sometimes awesome. The stands were also a mixed bag, i really like Purple Haze and Moody Blues' design, but there are some like Beach Boy and Notorious B.I.G. that were underwhelming. And BOY did they do the crusaders dirty. Like, what the fuck am i looking at? https://imgur.com/a/TH3CcUr Other than the character design being hit or miss, the overall animation is very strong. The effects, the environments, the battles look amazing. Sound (9/10) The openings both slap hard. First time i can say that about a part so that's cool. I also love what they did with Uragirimonono Requiem, but that's spoiler territory. The endings didn't really stick with me though. The sound effects are good, the flurry of punches thrown by Giorno and Bucciarati are a neat change compared to the absolute beatdown that Jotaro and Josuke offered their enemies. Wouldn't say they're as good, but it's a nice subversion. Giorno's theme, il vento d'oro is amazing, the other themes are solid. Character (9/10) I love every single character from the main gang. Giorno, while not in the focus a whole lot, really brings it when he is. Bruno is the best JoBro, don't even try to debate me on this. Mista and Narancia are hilarious, Abbacchio is a really great more responsible and serious figure, and Fugo deserved better. Trish is probably the only exception, as she didn't realy have a character for a good portion of the part, she was just a walking talking MacGuffin. But once she actually had one, she was good. I really like the backstories each character is given, and how that ties into their stand. In particular Fugo and Abbacchio being the real standouts. The minor villains are clearly a step up from part 4, and better than most of part 3. I feel like I'm gonna remember Cioccolata, Prosciutto, Risotto and even Pesci much more than the rock paper scissors kid and the pylon guy whose names I can't bother looking up. They certainly aren't as entertaining to watch as Hol Horse, the D'Arbys, Oingo & Boingo, Anubis, Pet Shop and such, they are definitely more layered. Most of the Part 3 villains are just henchmen, even if they are terrifically entertaining henchmen. La Squadra actually has a motivation, which is GREAT. The big bad Diavolo was solid, he definitely serves his role as a villain more effectively than Kira, he's more like Dio which I like. He is very threatening too, King Cimson is terrifying. I fucking love how King Crimson is the one that appears to be speaking, it really helps with this anonymous aspect of the boss. The stands are also probably my favourite from any JoJo part. Even though i have a softspot for part 3, the stands aren't really that innovative. Star Platinum is just ORAORAORA, Magician's Red is just fire and stuff, Emperor is just a gun and so on and so forth. These stands feel creative. Sex Pistols is infinitely more entertaining to watch than Emperor, even though it's kind of the same thing. My favourite is definitely Gold Experience, even though it's very similar to Crazy Diamond it feels unique, and it's powers are also well utilised. Enjoyment (8/10) I really enjoyed this part. There isn't much I can say about this to be honest. It was funny, it was heartfelt, it was tense and such. Overall (8/10) Very good. Would recommend checking this out, but i would recommend checking out all of JoJo's if you haven't started, or if you have and enjoyed previous parts.

I do the same thing every time I watch a new part of Jojo. Watch the first few episodes, like it, put it down for half a year AND THEN binge thirty episodes in less then a week! This part was enjoyable, and let me explain with the anime basics. Story; In the city of Italy, the descendant of the Joestar family Giorno Giovanna is enjoying life while contemplating whats happening to his home. People of all ages around him have been sucked into the life of drugs, so his wish is to take over the current Mafia scene and turn himself and a few other interesting people into "Gang Stars". Along the way Giorno becomes apart of Bucciarati's gang, and are tasked with the difficult job of watching over the Capo's only family member. Travel around Italy with the gang, learn about all the new Stands, who the Capo is and why he suddenly wants to see this mysterious family member he knew nothing about until recently. Art; 10/10, love the style of the clothing, the feel of the characters and I'm not sure if the scenery is accurate buuuttt it made me want to visit Italy! Sound; The OST is what my boyfriend would call a "Banger". Character; The cast for this part of jojo felt a little different than usual. The characters act like they're all closer in age, follow their hearts a little more and seem to have "young ambitions" (going back to school, wanting to take a girl home, getting rid of drugs for a healthier life, etc.). I ended up loving Narancia... of course I loved him... Overall, I really enjoyed yet another part of Jojo. I'll be bingeing Part 6 that way I can decide on my current favourite part out of all of them. Diamond Unbreakable is still leaving a dead impression on me and I don't know why.

I have very mixed feelings about part 5 of jojo, and deciding on a rating and comparing it to other parts is definitely a tough one for me, especially when this part, very weirdly, has the highest rating of all the other parts here on MAL. Maybe a reason for the unreasonably high rating is the fact that most people give their ratings early on, before they get to see how the anime ends. Another one is that manga readers would base their rating on how well this part was adapted, and not on the quality of the story itself. In any case, I’ll explain why this part was not bad, but definitely not as good as any of its predecessors. First what this part got right, if you’re a fan of jojo you know David production always goes the extra mile to make sure they not only adapt the manga well, but even improve on it in many aspects. Animation, sound design and soundtracks are great. The story being set in an Italian mafia gang is great, because it avoids many of the self-righteous themes about justice and morality. Different parties have specific objectives, and they’d do whatever brutal methods it takes to achieve them. In that sense it’s better that the sort of cartoonish tone that some parts of part 3 had. It also had basically no filler arcs, unlike parts 3 and 4, where you could basically take out a lot of arcs in them, and the story wouldn’t be impacted at all. We follow the piss-drinking Muda-yelling Giorno Giovanna, on his dream to become a gangster. For his motivation we have the very generic “drugs are bad” reason, in that aspect Bruno was a better main character than him. As for his character, it’s pretty much non-existent, he’s just perfect in every way, every time he opens his mouth or does anything, everyone is amazed at how right and perceptive he is, to the point where he basically becomes a plot device instead of a character. His backstory, like many others in this part, feels irrelevant since it’s never explored or connects with anything back in the story. Hell, we don’t even know how he came into existence since Dio supposedly never cared about children and viewed the human race as his subjects. And finally his stand has the power to grant life to objects, which later means he can heal injuries and regenerate body parts. Yeah. Remember in part 4 when Josuke had the restriction that he can heal everyone except himself, because that would make him too OP? Apparently Araki changed his mind for this part, which very unsurprisingly meant there was very low tension in a lot of fights. It got to a point where they would basically lose limbs and receive near fatal wounds every single fight after that, and it always meant nothing to us. ------Spoiler warning here (discussing the main villain and the ending)--------- Following the trend of severe lack of characterization in this part, Diavolo definitely suffered from this as well, he was intimidating and had an OP stand as usual, but other than that there was nothing interesting about him. Sure the dynamic between him and Doppio was interesting, but that amounted to nothing at the end, Doppio died the lamest and most pointless death I’ve ever seen, and their backstory wasn’t explored again ever. I know the joke “Araki forgot” exists, but that was just ridiculous, it was like he literally forgot all about that weird backstory he gave them, and never explained anything again. Who was his father? Why did he torture his mother? Why did he keep her alive? When did he develop his second personality? Nothing answered. The most disappointing aspect of this part was its lackluster ending. Araki always struggles with this, where he gives the villain a ridiculously overpowered ability, and then has to do an ass pull to figure out a way to beat it. In part 2 kars lost even after becoming a god because a detached hand impaled him into outer space. In part 3 we discover out of nowhere that jotaro could also stop time. In part 4 kira has to undo bites the dust and eventually lose basically because he literally always thinks out loud so josuke heard him say his name (that was hilarious). Noticing a trend here? It was always so ridiculous, it never made any sense, but we never cared, because the final fights always managed to deliver, they were always so damn entertaining. This is jojo’s after all, a show where cyborg Nazis fight liquefied vampires. But that was sadly not the case for the finale of part 5, it wasn’t even a fight. It was a confusing mess, where they were chasing an arrow after a rogue stand took it and kept walking like a zombie. Random rules were made up on the spot, and after the arrow inevitably falls into Giorno’s hands, it’s all over. Diavolo dies infinitely (why??), Bruno finally dies after destroying the little sun behind his head (what??), and Polnareff is now a turtle…… Definitely the worst ending of any previous part. ----------------------------------Spoilers end here----------------------------------- This part is definitely overrated, and by overrated I don’t mean bad. I was really enjoying it, and maybe up to 4 or 5 episodes before the ending, I was sure it would be one of my favorite parts for me, but sadly the ending of a series either makes or breaks it, and unfortunately the ending disappoints. Art 7/10 Sound 8/10 Plot 6/10 Characters 4/10 Enjoyment 9/10 Overall 7/10

<<My review might include some spoilers be wary>> Why did I like this JoJo more than the others? simply: 1) Passione: The group in this part was far more superior than Stardust Crusaders and Diamond is Unbreakable, as the story shown clearly how the group took liking to Giorno and their amazing loyalty to Bucciarati made us love this deuteragonist more than the protagonist. 2) Opening: The animation of the second opening on the last two episodes was the most mind-blowing animation I have seen in the anime world. I loved the Giorno-Dio parallel in the last version of the opening AND HE DEFEATED THE MAIN VILLAIN IN THE DAMN OPENING WTF. 3) Animation/music: The details of Italy and the background was simply beautiful. The series didn't introduce the best and most interesting Jojo, but It definitely showed the most interesting group.

This season of Jojo was awesome in many ways. The amazing fights, art, sound, characters, EVERYTHING. Story- The story was kinda basic but at the same time awesome because it told us the background of each character in the gang and how they joined the gang. The rest was literally they defending Trish and trying to find the Boss and defeat him. Art- The art as allways, explendid with many colors and really well animated even though I saw some fails with really ugly animated parts for a couple of seconds I still liked it a lot even if they kinda rushed it sometimes. Sound- The openings and endings were nothing special but good, the osts were the part about the sound that I liked the most, they made me excited from just hearing to them. Character- I liked almost everyone in the Bucciarati gang except for some annoying and dumb characters that don't understand when something bad is happening lmao. The villains were very different in their way which is why I enjoyed them too. Giorno and Bucciarati were the best characters in my opinion with very smart and strong decisions. Enjoyment- I really enjoyed this season, the fights were so awesome that I couldn't take my eyes of the tv. RATES Story- 8/10 Art- 9/10 Sound- 9/10 Character- 8/10 Enjoyment- 10/10 Overall- 9/10

Vento Aureo is a great opportunity for any JoJo fan to observe how Araki has improved and managed to incorporate elements of his preceeding parts into yet another interesting and entertaining part. As it follows a similar structure to Stardust Crusaders with some of what I deem as significant improvements due to what Araki has learned from Diamond is Unbreakable, I believe most fans of the previous parts can enjoy watching Vento Aureo at the very least, while at best enjoy it on the same level as either of the previous parts that incorporate stands. However, considering that it has relatively low stakes compared to every previous part, most fans could deem this story's events as not significant, and not be as involved with Vento Aureo causing them to lose interest, since it is the one part that you could skip and lose nothing of value. I additionally do not recommend anyone interested in JoJo to start with Vento Aureo, as I deem it to be one of the most experimental parts in regards to fights and has relatively low stakes compared to the prior ones. It is definitely interesting, but I believe it requires you to have experienced JoJo and cannot be properly enjoyed on its own. If you insist on watching out of order, do not start with Vento Aureo. Experience: Vento Aureo is very similar to its predecessors, as it has certain elements in execution from all of them, but the one it bears most similarities with in execution and story as well as the way it presents characters and entertains the viewers is Stardust Crusaders. Araki seems to have taken what he’s learned from Diamond is Unbreakable and has incorporated some of it into Vento Aureo while trying to breathe life again into an around the world journey style of adventure. If you have had enjoyed Stardust Crusaders, Vento Aureo has a better execution of most elements present in that part, but with lower stakes for the Joestar bloodline and the world at large, which is definitely not a bad thing. It follows a story route that has loose similarities to that of Stardust Crusaders. The protagonist, Giorno Giovanna seeks to overthrow capo of the gang, Passione, so that he could no longer harm the lives of innocent people for the own selfish interests of the capo. This capo grants his subordinates Stand powers so that they can serve him and uses them to control Italy. Giorno’s journey is different from Jotaro's because he has to carry his goal on a journey he starts by himself, by joining the organization with the sole intent of betraying it once he’s received all of the information he needs. He gets a group of allies but his real goal does not align to theirs. While the story of Stardust Crusaders was a simple defeat the big bad story, Vento Aureo is not as simple and is better thought out in that regard. Still, the roots of Stardust Crusaders are there, where a group of people march towards defeating the mysterious villain and his unknown power for the betterment of the world at large. It also has a similar structure to Part 3, where the literal gang this time, has to travel across Italy in order to achieve their goal, while they have to fend off any stand users that might attack them on the way. The differences here are that while in Stardust Crusaders they had a clear destination they had to reach, neither the party of the protagonist’s or the opponents they have an exact idea of where they have to end up in Vento Aureo. It is an ongoing investigation and adventure where these hints get revealed as the story progresses by the boss of the organization. This element was entirely absent from Stardust Crusaders as the end goal and what the content of the journey will be was clear from the get-go with very few actual surprises. The entertainment value is mostly derived from the Stand Battles and the appeal each character brings through their abilities and quirks. This part is still very centrally focused on Stand Battles and characters confronting each other, just like the previous two parts. While the characters do not have as much identity as those of Diamond is Unbreakable, due to the sheer nature of the journey of Vento Aureo, it still manages to outperform Stardust Crusaders in that regard, since the goals of the characters is not going to be singularly “Dio-sama”. Some of them might seek to defeat the boss as well, some might seek to protect him due to their loyalty, and some are there for their interests because the organization benefits them. They are a lot more memorable than the villains of Part 3, and the fact that the motivations of the organization’s members can vary so wildly only show how the capo’s secrecy serves him so well since these characters are forced to fight another simply because their true goals being revealed could compromise what they are trying to accomplish. Unlike the previous parts, the fights also keep track of more than just the combatants it has but also of the environment present as well as tries to incorporate as many characters and abilities into each fight as possible. Appeal & Execution: While Diamond is Unbreakable is one of my favorite JoJo parts, one of the largest appeals of JoJo is the journey the characters have to take in order to achieve their goals, which in Diamond is Unbreakable was not a needed element due to its setting, and it relied mostly presenting different threats to the otherwise calm life of the town of Morioh and Josuke’s antourage. While I did enjoy how well executed that part was within that setting and how it tried to add elements of mystery to make due for what it has replaced, it lacked a hero’s journey that has been prevalent in all of the JoJo parts so far. But what I think Araki has learned from not having a hero’s journey pays off within Vento Aureo. The way Vento Aureo executed its journey feels more significant than it has so far because the characters presented have an identity and motivations of their own, and they don’t strictly circle around the antagonist, but rather, the antagonist is an influential factor that is either an obstacle or a benefactor for the characters on a case by case basis. At the same time, Araki has learned in the prior part to use mystery in its story, and the main villain’s biggest strength in this part that he shrouds himself in it. Nothing is known about him and as such this part combines the investigative elements of Part 4 as well as the hero’s journey of Part 3. Elements that appealed to both sides of the JoJo fans have not been forgotten in Vento Aureo. As the journey unfolds, the characters learn more about the man that leads their organization and that perfectly integrates two elements that enthusiasts of the previous parts have enjoyed. However, this might undercut something that Part 3 enthusiasts have enjoyed, which is the high stakes of the journey. Dio was a threat not only to the entire world, but he has personal history with their entire bloodline. I don’t necessarily think that a villain that has direct personal ties with the protagonist is a good thing, nor do I need the stakes to keep getting higher, but some fans might need the significance presented by each part in order to continue feeling involved with the story presented. If this was one of the reasons Diamond is Unbreakable was not as impactful for you, this is not going to change in Vento Aureo Entertainment Value & Characterization: The Stand Battles have gotten more interesting than prior seasons, as Araki tried to incorporate more characters into the fights, as well as try to display how some abilities that seem to have a very specific use can be used in broader more open ended ways, as well as the vice versa of that. He doesn’t necessarily execute every fight of this season well, but they are more ambitious than they have had been so far and some of them are truly memorable, with only a few that I could say that are actually forgettable. Even if the execution of each fight is not always memorable, the ideas presen…

Vento Aureo is a part i kinda both love and hate: the fact that its location is my home country Italy, and the complex stands and fights made me absolutely love it, however i also hate it because thanks to it jojo had a popularity spike so big it became mainstream, and with that the fanbase became the worst thing ever, comparable to shitholes like undertale and mha fanbases. however this hasnt anything to do with the product itself, so the rating of it is unchanged by it. Story 8: part five is in a special place, being the most "isolated" part among the first six, isolated as it doesnt have any real big connection with the others, and i think this is why the plot of it was so good: since it has almost no impact on the future parts, the story wasnt bound much, and by being free of doing basically what he wanted with it, Araki made a great story, which has its faults, but is ultimately good. art 9: nothing much to say, part 5 is peak jojo art for the anime atm, and will be surpassed only when and if part 7 and 8 will be adapted. sound 8: both openings are amazing, they wont get out of your head for many many months, their visuals have a lot of well done symbolism too, making those OPs the best of the anime so far. The osts are all well done too, and we all know that the main theme is everywhere and you cant escape it. characters 7: they arent peak characterization, but they arent bad by any means. the only fault i can find is that some got less screentime that they should have had. Enjoyment 8: i love this franchise, and even though i despise its fanbase, my enjoyment of the show was not hurt much by it. overall 8: everyone that claims this is a masterpiece is delusional. it is indeed peak jojo anime atm, but this is no masterpiece and there will never be a jojo anime that deserve to be called that until part 7 comes out

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze Review Story (8/10) Very Good More Specifically (8.75/10) Very Good+ The story in JoJo's Part 5 is very good, particularly the beginning. We go from Part 4's Japan to Part 5's Italy. From Joseph's Son to Dio/Jonathon's son. I feel the overall plot was very good and this adaption by David Production was well done. When I read the manga I felt the pacing was a bit on the slow side and I gave it an 8.50/10. I feel the pacing was a bit better this time around in anime format although nothing really changed with the it, I guess a different format can do that. From a story stand point like I said in my manga written review of this, Part 5 revealing of the origin of Stands was welcomed since it had always been a lingering mystery of JoJo's since their introduction in Part 3, I know some people might not like the explanation behind it but I didn't find it that bad. But Araki still drops a certain story plot with a certain character that I still think to this day is unforgivable, I'll talk about that more in the character section. Everything else though from a story standpoint was very good. Art and Animation (8/10) Very Good More Specifically (8.75/10) Very Good+ The Art and Animation I thought were very good. Many cool character designs and stands. The animation was very good although I feel they did cut corners from time to time in both art and animation where certain drawn faces on stands (Like Gold ER) didn't look consistent and the whole colored slide show action scenes from time to time are thing I feel that hold it back from reaching a 9 to me, (especially if you are watching the currently airing Fire Fore by David Productions right now and saw what they are doing over there). Nonetheless it's still very good and does the manga which I thought was one of Araki's weaker drawn parts justice. Sound (10/10) Outstanding David Productions went all out when it came to the music of JoJo's Part 5. The first opening Fighting Gold is one of my new favorites I never wanted it to change. When it did change I didn't like it at first but it quickly grew onto me. And this is the first time as far as I know they changed the opening twice and music along with it, that was a double treat. The first outro music had the entire community on the floor in laughter by how out of place but ridiculously awesome it was at the same time and the second one was laid back and good enough after having such crazy episode on a weekly basis. The piano theme song for when Giorno is about to beat someone up is probably the best Joestar theme song now and all of the JP voice actors did phenomenal job with the character they were hired to play. Characters (8/10) Very Good {Spoilers} More Specifically (8.75/10) Very Good+ The Characters in JoJo's Part 5 although I feel they were very good. When I wrote my written review about the character section I initially gave a 9 saying that "majority of them have some of the best backstories I've read in any JoJo's part up to now" which now as a JoJo's veteran, sure from an anime standpoint this statement probably still holds up, but having knowledge of all of JoJo's all the way up to Part 8 has definitely changed my opinion a bit on the characters of Part 5 and felt I was a bit too generous with that 9. I do feel David Productions did a great job adapting the characters and bringing them to life and I feel with that it allowed me to understand them better and see they aren't as good as I thought from when I first read about them in the manga their interactions with each other are probably the best thing about them and individually they still hold up just not as much as I initially thought. My thoughts have changed a bit from when I first read them. Firstly Giorno Giovanna I think is actually a very good character now, when I completed the manga I said "he in my opinion just lack a unique personality enough for me to enjoy majority of anything about him from a personality stand point. You would think for who his father is he would have been a little more exciting to follow, but even Jotaro's laid back and dull personality was more enjoyable than Giorno's." I do not feel this way anymore, I feel that Giorno's personality from the start of the series where he was basically just a pretty boy punk looking out for himself and if you think about it that was Dio as a child also. Unlike Dio though he wouldn't do anything necessarily evil but he wasn't clean as a whistle either. Going with the crew quickly gave him into some very good character development and turned him into an ambitious leader, a gentlemen like his other father (the Jonathon side) and the most powerful mc in all of JoJo's. Sure he's not as entertaining as Joseph or Josuke. But I feel Araki wasn't going for that with Giorno so to compare him to those two characters I feel isn't quite fair. Giorno wasn't trying to make the reader/watcher laugh like those characters did. He's definitely a combination of Jonathan and Jotaro if anything and should be compared to those two and when you do that I feel it's better and deeper than both of them. Everything else about all the other characters I felt about the same way so I'll copy and paste what I said about them in my manga review here with some additions. Diavolo I have mixed feelings about because one part of me wants to like him and another just sees a villain with wasted potential, he was technically the only main villain so far that understood every detail about the ability his stand has but still felt like he came short AS a villain in comparison to previous JoJo main villains. After his full reveal his presence as a threat didn't last nearly as long as his predecessors. His stand was cool but Diavolo isn't, especially after he's fully revealed. His characterization when thinking about it can be seen as unique but that's from a character standpoint which is good since that's what this section is called, but is it that unique? No not that much, I feel he as a villain he was a bit one dimensional and kind of paranoid for no apparent reason just for the sake of the plot. His reasoning behind why he wanted to cut ties with anyone that knows about him made sense but it was also a bit too similar to the previous villain's Kira Yoshikage who also wanted to basically be invisible to society and do his dirty deeds in the shadows yet everyone I talk to feels that Kira Yoshikage was definitely a better villain. Either way I don't think Diavolo is horrible but as it stands now in my opinion he's not all that amazing coming off of Kars, Dio Brando and Kira Yoshikage, he's below them all. If there's one thing you can give him credit for is the fact that he more than any villain before him killed the most of the Joestar's crew coming in with 3 kills (Dio didn't kill Iggy that was Vanilla Ice, so Dio only killed 2, Kira and Kars 1). Speaking of character deaths when first read the manga I felt the character deaths felt out of no where and just a bit unnecessary. That's not the case anymore as if I give Diavolo credit on anything he stragetically took out each of his kills the smart way, separated and individually. Even at the very end when he was was outnumbered his first insticnt was to retreat know it that fighting them seperately is what had gotten him that far also, so at least the consistency in his character was well done to the very end if anything. The one specific character (Fugo) just pussied out on the crew 60% of the way through this Part I didn't think was very cool either and was wasted of potential. And it was because if you didn't know Araki intended on using that character in a far greater role. He intended on bringing Fugo back as an antagonist to fight against the crew, this is the reason why Fugo had anger issues and had such a deadly poisonous stand that was only shown once and was considered very powerful. It was all suppose to be setup for him when he came back to fig…

Nothing is perfect but a good ending can make a journey feel perfect as it can make everything make sense in the grand scheme. A great ending can make the whole feel better than it's parts and that's how I feel about Golden Wind. The idea of fate and how everyone is a slave to it no matter what basically made everything in part 5 make sense. Giorno joining bucciartis gang and everything leading up to diavolos death was fated to happen from the beginning. The ones fated to die did die and the ones fated to survive carried on the will of the dead as it's their duty to do so. Diavolo tried to change his fate, he tried to run away from past believing he was special and had overcome fate bcz of his stand but in the end he was fated to encounter Giorno and die over and over eternally. Giorno bcz of golden resolve grasped his fate to it's fullest extent and became the boss he wanted to be and ridding the country of drugs thus carrying out buccaratis will. No one can change fate, all your actions are in accordance to what's been fated to happen and the last arc defines this. If u do try to change fate there will be repurcussions but thats not always a bad thing as mista prolonged bucciartis death by basically making it so abacchio and narncias died as well but they made the most of their fate by also taking down the boss. As compared to part 4, I'd say it has a better Jojo(GioGio), better and more impactful deaths, a slightly more satisfying ending and a great overarching theme of fate whereas part 4 had better side characters, a better vilain, more consistent animation (but I did watch the Blu-ray version so..) and a great combination of fun, mystery and dread in the town of Morio. Also a shout-out to Abbachios death for being truly incredible and my fav death in Jojo as it was completely unexpected and yet makes 100% sense for Diavolos perspective as he posed the biggest threat to revealing Diavolos indentity. Also the dance is single greatest scene in anime history (JK not really). So part 5 has some drawbacks like poor animation in a few eps in the middle and narncias death was slightly butchered at the last moment but the ending made up for everything. The satisfaction and simulataneous longing for more I felt as I watched the last scene was truely a golden experience... PS Animated part ranking 4>5>3>2>1

This was by far the worst JoJo season I've seen and I just finished part 1 of season 6, which was 10x better compared to this one. JoJo is a side character in this one. Story - There's essentially no story. It's literally about taking down the "Boss" of the mafia. There's nothing else. The crew and especially JoJo have no solid justifications for going after him. The only one being "drugs are bad, mmkay". The "Boss" was keeping his identity a secret and would kill anyone who would try to find out his true identity. That's it. The world wasn't in danger. No one important was being targeted, well other than the obnoxious female character, but she's not even really vital to the story. Characters - Speaking of characters, the female one was fine for the most part. But she's just not interesting in any way. I absolutely hate the character known as Mista. He is the dumbest JoJo character I have seen and is a self-righteous douche. He literally never learns from his actions and mistakes. Honestly, this character has T H I C C plot armor, the thickest I've seen in JoJo. He should have died MULTIPLE times. But what really angers me is he's actually braindead. I'm not exaggerating. He's actually really that dumb. The entire anime revolves around a power called a "Stand", which is unpredictable and can attack at any point. Mista is no stranger to this and has encountered surprise enemy attacks numerous times. And yet, some 20+ episodes into the anime, his 1 anorexic braincell still couldn't make the connection that strange things happening = potential enemy stand. Seriously, halfway into the anime JoJo suspects something strange is happening on a plane they're riding in and he informs Mista of this. What does Mista do? He goes "HUUUUUH?" and questions JoJo's sanity. The other characters at least have a brain, but they're still just not interesting. Also, one of them is a complete donkey for seemingly no reason. I mean, he literally peed into a tea kettle and poured a glass for JoJo to drink. And throughout the anime, he's always irritated by JoJo. Like just kiss already. Bucciarati was actually interesting and felt like an actual mafia member. Powers - "Hey can I copy your homework?" "Sure, but just change it a little" A lot of the stand powers in this season are taken from the older ones, but changed a little. I can't get into it more without spoilers, but if you've seen the past seasons of JoJo then there will be times when you think "Hey wait, isn't this that one character's ability? Oh, it's slightly different" Animation - The artwork and animation in general is decent, but nothing special. Though, at one point we see a clip from the Dio and Jotaro arc, and for whatever reason the characters are so much skinnier than they were in the original season. Just why? Also, if there's anything Bizarre about this season it's the character design. I don't understand the male character design. They have the weirdest clothes, odd color palettes, and strange hair styles. And there was even a still image of all the main characters posing in a very sus manner. Sound - The music and sound were alright, but again nothing special. Though, the ending song is actually bizarre and isn't even related to the anime in any way. It's like a joke, only it's not funny. Enjoyment - 4. There were some funny parts, I'll give it that. And a few nice scenes, mostly involving Bucciarati. There's just no tension and no real story. Even the fights pale in comparison to the previous seasons. Also, one of the characters makes a dooooooroorooroorrr ring tone with his voice that's extremely annoying. And it especially doesn't make sense given the character wants to stay out of the spotlight. Overall - Not worth watching.

- THIS IS MY FIRST REVIEW - Story-9 Art-10 Sound/Music-10 Characters-10 Overall-10 First of all, JoJo just keeps getting better. Every single part has exceeded my expectations even further than the last one, and this was no exception. This is definitely the best JoJo part so far, and I have no idea if stone ocean will be able to reach the high standard that this part has set. The stands were cool and unique, and as straight forward the story was, it was very enjoyable. Onto the music, of course Giornos theme is an absolute masterpiece, and the music made the fights so much more hyped up, fighting gold (the intro) was also one of the better ones in my opinion, and fits this part well. Overall its a great season with; epic fights, badass villains, incredible stands, funny moments, and great animation. It can pretty much be watched without having to watch the other parts too, so if you don't wanna have to watch the other parts (for whatever weird reason, all parts are great lol) you can just watch this without too much confusion. - ENDING (SPOILERS!!) - The ending was pretty good, but I feel like narancias death was rushed. It may have been done like that to have the shock of his quick death, but as a narancia fan, it would've been cooler if he had a better death, like Abbacchio's, which was (in my opinion) done perfectly. It would've also been cooler if we could've seen more of giorno and his epic black suit with what happened after he became the boss of passione, because we didn't really see much of it atall. Other than that the ending was done very nicely, and It's not bad in any kind of way. As I said, this is my first review, so sorry if it was really bad. I just wanted to tell everyone how good this show is. If you've seen this part, you're a man of culture, and if you haven't, get ready for this masterpiece of a season!

I wasn't terribly impressed with Golden Wind, to be honest. The primary driver of this season was figuring out who the Boss was. But, once you find out who the Boss actually is, the anime is pretty much exposed. The primary problem is that the cast of characters this time around was pretty weak. The biggest problem with the cast was Giorno himself. Giorno was so overpowered it was ridiculous. You might not notice it, because the way he is overpowered isn't in the typical way an OP character works. Instead of just raw power, his Golden Wind ability sucks out 90% of the suspense of the threats in weird ways. Giorno is a guy who can heal any wound, heal (almost) any ally, turn any inanimate object into a creature, control time, has the IQ of Einstein and can out think any opponent. He created a feeling that "Nothing is going to stop this guy, ever. There's no real threat. He's just going to cruise to his goals and the antagonist is just going to be a speedbump on his way to becoming the Pirate King/Hokage." It also exposed the weakness of the rest of the crew, once the mystery of the Boss was solved. Trish was really more irritating than anything else through 80% of the anime, although she became less irritating at the end. Narancia was too childish to even be a believable gangster. I didn't care at all about Fugo. I didn't even like Abbacchio, nor did the anime give you any reason to like Abbacchio. The only likable characters for me were Buccarati and Mista. I will say that Buccarati was a pretty awesome character. He felt like a true gangster. The odd thing is that the plot itself kept jumping around. It seemed at first that it was going to be covering Giorno trying to rise through the ranks to become the leader of the mob. (Which I think would've been a much better story, watching him try to work his way through the ranks without anyone knowing his ultimate goal.) But, it suddenly switched into a find-the-boss mystery. Then, at the end, it was like they were just fighting Dio all over again. But, a far less interesting Dio. And really, Dio is what this anime needs. This series hasn't been truly great since Dio died. It hasn't been bad, but it hasn't been as stellar as it was when the Joestars were fighting Dio. But, probably the most shocking and disappointing aspect of this season, is that it was actually predictable. The ending was predictable. The deaths were predictable. The entire progression of the anime from the midpoint on was predictable. Nothing really swerved you, even when they tried to swerve you, because the swerves were predictable. I don't know if Jojo is going to have a season 6. But, if it does, they need to rethink the predictable formula. Jojo is supposed to be synonymous with "unpredictable", but this fell far from the mark. However, this season of Jojo did have one thing going for it: The battles. You can clearly tell that they put a lot of importance in thinking up the strangest abilities they can and putting a fight together with them. And in that regard, the battles, as usual, were crazy and entertaining. In fact, probably one of the best fights of the whole series happened in this season between two characters fighting on a cliff near the beach. That entire sequence was pretty awesome. Other than the fights, however, there just really wasn't much of the excellence I came to expect from previous seasons of Jojo. You can't win them all, I guess.

Story Jojo Part 5 : Vento Aureo The story of this Jojo Mafia-themed. This story was interesting. the story could be followed easily. The story begins when MC (Giorno) joins Passione with the aim of defeating Passione's boss. Art Very different from other anime visuals. Sound Jojo Part 5 Giorno Theme iwas so god to hear. Character Giorno Giovanna (Son of the Dio Brando) Rating : 10. Stand : Gold Experience Bruno Bucciarati Rating : 10. Stand : Sticky Fingers Leone Abbacchio Rating: 9. Stand : Moody Blues Guida Mista Rating : 9. Stand :Sex Pistol Narancia Ghirga Rating : 10. Stand : Aerosmith Pannacotta Fugo Rating : 10. Stand : Purple Haze Enyoyment enjoy it very much. Total 9 Star for Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken : Vento Aureo

Let me just start by saying this was far and away the worst part of jojo yet and I wasn't a huge fan of the first two parts. We’ve reached the end and I still don’t have a good understanding of what the characters goals were. Let’s just jump into the story and get this shit behind us and look forward to Jolyne. The story to this part was just terrible. Never before has the 2 episode, fight, arc, formula been so painful to get through. I think the reason this formula worked in part 4 was because half the time the “enemy” stand wasn’t even trying to kill the heroes. Also there’s nothing as outrageous as a ghost alley way or a tower stand in part 5. It’s all just dudes with stands (was there a single female enemy stand user? I don’t remember). I think the reason the formula worked in part 3 is because those heroes were a bit more fleshed out, comedy worked better, they had a clear goal and progression chart, and there was a set number of enemies we knew we were going to encounter. In part 5, it’s just a bunch of immediately forgettable enemies like fishing rod guy, or I-have-to-die-for-my-stand-to-even-activate guy. All of these enemy users blend together and there is no sense of achievement in the heroes beating them, because another dude just pops up. Also this is the first JoJo where the heroes are the ones that antagonize the villain. The boss isn’t doing anything notably evil except hiding his identity. He only starts sending people at them when they try to find out who he is. I’ll just lump the character category in here because there isn’t much talk about with them. I think Giogio wanted to become the mafia boss and zipper dude wanted to become the boss and get rid of drugs or something. I’ve spent 39 episodes with these characters and those are the only things I can tell you about two of the characters motivations. The other MC’s were just stupid mafia henchmen that happened to tag along with the two real MC’s. Most of the time these henchmen were useless and just got in the way. The art is a mixed bag. The character designs and stand designs are obviously fabulous. However, the background art at all times looks either bland or ugly. The stand sfx and ED’s are the only things really saving the sound category here. I didn’t like any of the OP’s and skipped them most of the time which used to be a sin for jojo. But these ops were boring and part 5s best never even touched part 4’s worst. Overall, I’m sure that if you like jojo you’ll watch this part anyway. I could not imagine having to binge this part and am glad that I only had to watch 1 episode at a time. Otherwise, it would have gotten very exhausting. I would never have dropped the show though. Even if I wanted to, I know I would have come back and finished it like I did for part 2. But in the grand scheme of anime, I would not recommend this part be watched.

I liked the previous Jojo parts except for one - for the purpose of this review, this will not be revealed until I review said part. However, I have not been more baffled in a long time by a part of Jojo that was 'this' consistent in being badly executed, and I will explain why. The pacing of the story was decent, it was certainly even better than Part 4 and Part 3, but I found no enjoyment in the experience, I couldn't tell why at first. It even did the fights right, there was tension in each fight. But then it dawned on me, it clicked, why this part didn't work. Reason 1: The Failure of its Premise. The Premise was good in concept but so ridiculously bad in execution that it was hard to justify. For one, it is introduced as a Mafioso story in Italy, with Stands of course, and this Giorno Giovanna guy wants to take out “The Boss” of Passione (the most powerful crime syndicate in Italy) to stop the drug trade in his home country. While on the surface a neat idea, 'why doesn't it work?’ one might ask. Simply put, the main character has no reason to justify his position. I mean we are introduced to him through Koichi (from Part 4), and the first impression is that he is: a thief, his initial encounter with Leaky-Eye Luca and Polpo reveals that he is willing to murder to achieve his goals and has no remorse for his murders. So how does he take the high ground in the end when he defeats Diavalo? To establish a main character's philosophy is important for having any purpose to the story, and seemingly the story after shooting itself in the proverbial foot, in this manner, tries to redeem itself through its side characters, and somehow screws it up even here with an exception. While the introduction of Bruno Bucciarati is much needed as it keeps the plot moving forward and adds a layer of morality and specifically the philosophy of Bruno Bucciarati that allows the team and the cast to feel like, (and I mean this in the clearest terms: ‘feel like’ not actually the good guys in this story) it adds some much needed contrast in the difference of motivation between Bucciarati and Diavalo’s outlook on the criminal lifestyle. But this could only work, if Bucciarati was the main character because he mirrors the Boss in the duality of ‘supposed’ good and evil. We are given Giovanni’s half-baked backstory which is a rip-off of Goodfellas (from getting belted by his Step-father to entering the good-books of a Mafioso) that I suppose Araki saw the film while smoking his weed and listening to Rock bands, and it suddenly dawned on him to rip off this perfectly okay plot-point without understanding why this backstory worked for Henry Hill’s motivations to become a gangster, but meant that Giorno would have zero reasons why he should stop the drug trade. In this regard, Araki failed and had to fill this through Bucciarati’s backstory which perfectly explained his hatred of the drug trade and his philosophy of viewing his loved ones as more than just pawns in a game, rather as a family. The problem however arises when you realize, that we are only given this backstory mid-way through because by that point Araki must’ve realized how bland and stupid the motivations of his main “JoJo” are. This would’ve been fine had Bucciarati been the JoJo of this part but he’s not and hence the whole premise fails. You see Bucciarati never intended to “take down” the Boss, his only motivation was gaining influence in Passione, he decided eventually to betray ‘The Boss’ because he could not forgive his (Boss’s) attempt to murder his own daughter to secure his Identity. His nature and upbringing contradicted this, hence he decided to betray Passione, and this makes sense, Giorno wanting to betray Passione from day one just made Giorno look like an egotistical psycho as if he thought he was better than any of the rest of criminal scum just because of his refusal to peddle drugs. Yeah, very heroic! Reason 2: The Failure of its Side Characters. And the rest of the side characters except for Mista and Narancia are downright unlikeable. Trish is an awful excuse of a character for most of it, and Abbacchio’s backstory has some BS about justice and police corruption, granted, these are real problems, however it was so poorly executed, that I never for a second felt bad for the guy as if he had guilt or remorse for his actions. And his ____ scene was handled so poorly, like becoming a Mafioso was his way of seeking Justice when we all know that this is complete crap. Fugo was such a horrible character that he’s given a completely meaningless backstory, which doesn’t go anywhere and he was so awful apparently, that he was abandoned halfway through the plot and he doesn’t even come back as a villain nor does he get a death to perhaps amplify the stakes, he just disappears from the Plot. Lol. I know Araki wanted to do something with his betrayal but everything about him was so mediocre, that he must’ve realized it wouldn’t work, he could’ve at least made him die or something. The other traitors were okay, however they reminded me what this story could’ve focused on, a crew of criminals that gets slowly taken out by the Boss and is forced to go rogue, was kind of interesting until you realize that they got very little screen-time and were dehumanized for apparently no reason. And I don’t mean that they died horribly, no these guys died in VAIN! But our main crew doesn’t apparently, because Giorno becomes the Godfather by the end, how trite! Reason 3: The Incoherence of the End goal. Does becoming Godfather of Passione stop the drug-trade? Temporarily perhaps – It really depends, it could allow for decreasing it. Permanently, however? Absolutely freaking NOT! The problem is, as long as the corrupt Mafioso system is in charge of a country, anything really goes as long as it’s profitable. Who is to say the system doesn’t create another Diavalo, in fact, I think it’s 100% the case that it produces tons of people that find drugs to be profitable? Has Araki actually understood the movies that he’s paying homage to? In Godfather I & II, Michael Corleone opposes the drug trade but despite all his efforts is forced to become a silent observer in the matter. Henry Hill becomes a drug king-pin and has to snitch his way out of the situation to save his life. Tony Montana despite refusing to assassinate a man with his wife and kids there turns into the very thing he despises. This is the destiny of what it means to become a Gangster, there is no justice in that sort of lifestyle. However, this stupid story thematically justifies this end, which is a ridiculously horrible message. And if it wasn’t even bad enough, we get 2 prequel episodes at the end that justify the inevitability of fate arguing that to fight fate makes fate worse. What?? This is the most pessimistic garbage message that the writer could’ve decided to give the audience. But then he says it’s somehow worth it because of the journey? If so, why was it not worth it for the other traitors that died? And I will not buy the logic of them being evil, because everyone was evil in one way or another in this Show. Reason 4: The Weakest JoJo Villain upto now. (Spoilers - skip to Reason 5) I have not seen any parts following this one, so I am not sure if worse villains are yet to come. As a concept the Boss was menacing, for at least the first multiple episodes, but once they introduced the character I was shocked. And I don’t mean, the episode where he fights Bucciarati for the first time. No! I mean the episode where we see him in Sardinia. Once it is revealed, that the Boss has multiple personality disorder, I was confused. How in the F*** did this dude survive all these years with his passive naïve and stupid half as a part of him? I’m sure this could’ve been done well, as Diavalo was living double lives, but this would’ve made more sense, if his other personality wasn’t a bumbling idiot, I get that because of this no one suspected him, but t…

I have a simple heuristic regarding JoJo - a good part is followed by a bad part. Considering how much I liked Part 4 (my favourite, just above Battle Tendency), I had braced myself, but this one still fell flat. In my review of Part 4, I said how a simple change of genre and deletion of the "save-the-world" trope fixed everything that was wrong with Part 3 for me. That was a very creative solution but also a roundabout way of going around things. In Part 5, Araki is more direct because this is a very simple rehash of Part 3. Now, I think this is genuinely a much better version all things considered but it still isn't good enough for me. Primarily, I did not like the characters. First, the design just didn't work for me and as the series went on, I could not get invested in any of them which is a shame because quite a few of them actually got full character arcs (a rarity with Araki). Note that the design here is much different from previous JoJo parts, Part 4 seems to be somewhere in between the art style of 1-3 and 5-?. I liked the previous art style better and I'm sad that Araki does not draw the poses with the same flamboyance and frequency anymore (peaked in Part 2). On top of that, the character designs here come across as plain weird to me, I cannot take a stupid-looking character seriously. Can we stop with the open chest thingy please? One of the reasons I'm still looking forward to Part 6 despite vaguely knowing its negative perception is because a) The mc is a girl so goodbye open chest thingy b) The character designs overall look much better - much less weird while still being trademark JoJo level wacky Secondly, the protagonist Gio was the plainest JoJo we've had since Jonathan. It's incredible how he has Dio's blood but that part of him is never explored. Sticking to remnants of previous parts that are left hanging - where did Kouichi go? It's difficult to see how he would have fit into the whole mafia business but then why have him here at all? It just reeks of Araki wanting some connections to previous parts in what is a pretty blatant spin-off. The villain was good, at least the whole multiple-personality business was. Lastly, the final fight was not good. Final fights have been the high points of the previous parts but here it fell flat for me.