Throughout the annals of history, a war has been raging
for the better part of a century. Every
era marks a new chapter in this conflict without end and every era sees two
individuals partaking in it. One is Dio
Brando, a mad man who has sworn to rise above his lowborn status and see
humanity cower beneath him. The other is
a descendant of the Joestar Family, the family that once took Dio in and now he
wishes to destroy above all others. It
is the one name that can challenge Dio and give mankind a fighting chance at
survival. And that name, the name given
to every Joestar descendant…is JoJo.
While I feel like it’s fervor has died down a bit, I cant
help but think of a time when everyone was talking about the oddly named JoJo’s
Bizarre Adventure. My initial glimpses
of it made me think of a far more flashy Fist of the North Star, though maybe
with a lot less gore. I was also aware
of some of the Anime and Manga’s more wacky attributes. So I thought it was about time I take a look
at the first episode of this series and…yeah I can see why it’s hyped so much.
JoJo is an Anime about excess and overdramatization. From the way characters talk (especially in
the mid 1800’s England setting where the first arc takes place), the way fights
are staged, every moment is made to make the most maximum impact with hard hits
and plenty of overacting. And yes, there
are the random word effects that pop up randomly (without subtitles it was hard
to know what was being indicated but maybe that was on purpose?). It invokes memories of the 1960’s Adam West
Batman series. Seeing the word bubbles
appear just made me think of “BAMF” “BOOM”
“SLAP” and similar descriptions that would pop up whenever a bad guy
took a hit.
Speaking of excess, damn Dio is one terrible bad guy. I don’t mean he’s a badly written character,
he’s just a nasty piece of work. Most of
the first episode is him worming his way into JoJo’s household and making the
titular would be heroes life as much a living hell as possible. It’s downright disheartening and you do feel
bad for poor JoJo. It was almost to the
point where it felt cruel to keep watching if Dio didn’t get one upped at some
point. Well, thankfully that moment of
“F YEAH!!!” did arrive during Jojo and Dio’s climactic duel. Surely this sets the stage for a blood feud
that will span across all of the Anime’s multiple era storylines and
generations.
While I am curious to see how other seasons of the show
begin and how the JoJo bloodline handles threats like Dio and others across
history, I’m not sure I’ll proceed with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure unless it just
happens to come on and I’ve got time to kill.
This Anime is still mega popular in the community but it’s a hype I
never caught hold of and probably never will.
I’m glad I saw it sure…and at least I got to see a smart ass like Dio
get the beatdown he sorely needed…maybe I will continue with this show after
all to see if he gets worse cause it’s been a while since ive seen an Anime
villain so despicable I cant wait to see him get whats coming to him.
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