(CR) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind [Fall 2018]

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Chosen_Hero

^Well, we know that Trish most likely won't die since the mission is to protect her from her father, Bucciaratti is pretty much just a zombie living on way too much borrowed time, Polnareff is a turtle and Mista dies every other episode (man, try explaining any of this to someone that hasn't seen the show before)... So probably Giorno (so far the only Jojo to die at the end of their arc was Jonathan), Trish and maybe Mista (if the number 4 doesn't come back to bite him in the ass or something, I am still waiting for it) will be the ones to be alive by the end.

Can I just say how much I actually like Polnareff as a turtle? It just...really works for me for some reason .

[Sheba]

About Doppio/Diavolo, there was a very interesting fan theory: Diavolo was actually a Chimera. It makes sense when you considers the strings of bizarre happenings before and after his birth. In other words, Diavolo is not just 2 minds inhabiting 1 body, but literally 2 bodies AND 2 minds fused into 1 individual. That could explain his bizarre body change when he switches from Doppio to Diavolo and vice-versa. And his Stand may be a mirror of his human chimera status.

[Chosen_Hero]

^That is probably the most likely explanation.

[Mad Pierrot]

So Dioppo is dead for sure right? Also, considering this latest beat up I wonder what we'll have with the last two episodes to end the story. The first half was pretty good but the second one felt like padding as if saw Diavolo planning strategies like a Yugioh character.

[Kanon]

Yes, Doppio is dead.

We've known Bucciarati would die for quite some time now (unless some people thought he'd be saved?), but his death was still sad. His parting words to Giorno were nice.

The most OP stand in all of Jojo with one of the most broken ability in all fiction finally makes its appearance. Quite the mindfuck for Diavolo.

[serenade_beta]

Seriously, 3 weeks from now? *facepalm*

[Mad Pierrot]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Seriously, 3 weeks from now? *facepalm*

I guess this happened because the recaps made them lose their timeslot.

[FlareKnight]

Well that was weird. Gold Experience Requiem is indeed broken. And it is broken in such a way that I'm not exactly sure what it is doing .

Oh well. Checkmate on Diavolo. He's definitely done for.

[Wandering Soul]

After seeing it so frequently on battle boards, I guess now I'm seeing first hand why GER is such a broken ability.

[Frontier]

Why did they feel the need to add all those noises to the Opening? Did it really improve it at all or add anything? I found it fairly distracting. The only moments it worked for me was the King Crimson sequence .

Diavolo is reminding me a lot of Dio at this point. They even talk similarly and have similar villainous breakdowns. I guess this might be the closest Giorno will get to meeting somebody like his dad, more or less .

Man, are we sure Bruno isn't distantly related to the Zeppeli's? Because that was such a Zeppeli death. Going out in an awesome way with one last move, inspiring their JoJo with some words of wisdom, and leaving with the knowledge that JoJo will be able to win the day and avenge them. It was sad seeing Bruno go but I can't say he didn't die well .

And, for all his efforts to redeem the organization, save Trish, and stop the Boss, it seems Bruno managed to earn his way into Heaven .

So, uh...is Polnareff dead now? They kind of left the subject of the turtle unaddressed after everyone switched back to their bodies .

Considering all the insect imagery associated with Giorno and Gold Experience, it was fitting that it's evolution would evoke a butterfly hatching out of it's cocoon .

"Gold Experience Requiem," kind of a mouthful .

Well, Giorno is now the most overpowered JoJo. Been a while since I've seen a JoJo dominate their respective main villain this thoroughly .

I was kind of surprised they didn't update the Ending with Gold Experience Requiem's design.

[Aogami]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Well that was weird. Gold Experience Requiem is indeed broken. And it is broken in such a way that I'm not exactly sure what it is doing .

Oh well. Checkmate on Diavolo. He's definitely done for.

There's some very frightening aspects of GER that are left to be explained and won't spoil since it will be shown in the finale, but basically to explain what was shown this episode in the most simplest way: It's the power to revert reality itself, It doesn't matter how powerful an ability you have, whether it be to erase time, stop time, or raw power that can destroy a planet instantly, if you attempt to use that power you will simply end up back at point zero.

Even you think you did take an action you never really did, and you never will do said action. All the while GER can still move to finish you off as you're simply stuck unable to do anything as any and all actions you do will simply be meaningless since they will never even occur to begin with.

[alex_drian]

I think Diavolo has taught us an important lesson: use a condom.

[Chosen_Hero]

How do you defeat a broken ability? You pit it against an even more broken ability.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for final thoughts:

I highly doubt the story will end in some extremely unexpected way and I doubt I will care to watch it one month later, so I'll go ahead and give my thoughts.

Just the usual good old Jojo, but the logic behind stuff happening during the story pushed it a little too hard at times, worse than before. It was getting to the Toaru-ish It-wouldn't-make-a-difference-if-the-author-came-out-and-said-just-because-I-said-so, but the story was interesting, so I guess it is more forgivable.
Oh, but the whole "We-change-OP-after-big-revelation" kinda got old. It didn't have the impact it did before, and frankly, it wasn't such a big amazing change in the first place.

...But I can't give it higher than an 8/10, because the staff failed at planning the anime. You have a set time to broadcast a story and you failed. And now you can't even air it for a month. I'd give it lower, but it was good enough aside from this.

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by Aogami

There's some very frightening aspects of GER that are left to be explained and won't spoil since it will be shown in the finale, but basically to explain what was shown this episode in the most simplest way: It's the power to revert reality itself, It doesn't matter how powerful an ability you have, whether it be to erase time, stop time, or raw power that can destroy a planet instantly, if you attempt to use that power you will simply end up back at point zero.

Even you think you did take an action you never really did, and you never will do said action. All the while GER can still move to finish you off as you're simply stuck unable to do anything as any and all actions you do will simply be meaningless since they will never even occur to begin with.

Wow, that's so broken it feels like an understatement to call it broken. We're in a show where a characters was essentially written out because his stand was too powerful and yet we end up here . Giorno was given a pure win button that he doesn't even need to consciously employ .

On a side note, I do wonder if the remaining episodes will tie back to his being Dio's child. It's weird that in a show about discovering the true identity of Trish's father...Giorno's just isn't tackled. He's the mystery child of a major villain. And yet if you just skipped the first couple episodes you wouldn't be that confused. Heck maybe the last episodes will touch back on Giorno's original desire to be a Gang Star.

Still, at least he comes out of this with the most broken stand possible. I'm not even sure if it is possible to create something more broken in a future season. Maybe a stand that prevents broken powers from interfering with other broken powers?

[erneiz_hyde]

King Crimson: it just works
GER: no it doesn't

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Originally Posted by FlareKnight

On a side note, I do wonder if the remaining episodes will tie back to his being Dio's child. It's weird that in a show about discovering the true identity of Trish's father...Giorno's just isn't tackled. He's the mystery child of a major villain. And yet if you just skipped the first couple episodes you wouldn't be that confused. Heck maybe the last episodes will touch back on Giorno's original desire to be a Gang Star.

At this point the Dio parentage seems to have only justified him being a JoJo (since he has Jonathan's blood) and his Stand cries.

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

King Crimson: it just works
GER: no it doesn't

Time hax versus basically God .

[Endscape]

Originally Posted by Frontier

At this point the Dio parentage seems to have only justified him being a JoJo (since he has Jonathan's blood) and his Stand cries.

There's also the Bucciarati zombie stuff as well.

[Vegard Aune]

Originally Posted by Frontier

Why did they feel the need to add all those noises to the Opening? Did it really improve it at all or add anything? I found it fairly distracting. The only moments it worked for me was the King Crimson sequence

I mean, that's basically a staple at this point; Every Part has had sound-effects in the opening for the final episode that actually features it. Though I agree. It's distracting.

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

King Crimson: it just works
GER: no it doesn't

I've been saying for a while, "It just works" is a far better description of Gold Experience than it is of King Crimson. Requiem only further emphasizes that... Or, maybe not. Gold Experience Requiem's power is actually exceedingly simple;
"No." Its power is "No."

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Originally Posted by Vegard Aune

I've been saying for a while, "It just works" is a far better description of Gold Experience than it is of King Crimson. Requiem only further emphasizes that... Or, maybe not. Gold Experience Requiem's power is actually exceedingly simple;
"No." Its power is "No."

Yeah, I think I basically get the logistics of King Crimson. It's just really overpowered.

Gold Experience Requiem is basically, well, God .