
None of those make it into the animated version, and the whole thing is much more concise, with the 2000 half focusing entirely on plot-relevant opponents. On the upside, the original manga was very drawn-out and had a lot of enemies that weren't very interesting. As both halves of the anime combined add up to 13 episodes, it should be no surprise that A LOT of material was cut. Now, the original manga for the Stardust Crusaders arc ran for a whopping 16 volumes. What I really love is, no matter what Stand someone gets stuck with, they will always find a way to get the best out of it, no matter how crappy it may seem on paper.

The fights are all set up, or manipulated to be, based on how one can use one's power rather than how much power there is. Every battle in JJBA is as much a battle of wits as it is a battle of physical strength.
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Because of them, unlike most battle shonens, rather than on having the supporting cast hold out against the Big Bad until the big hero gets there, or upping the ante through a series of increasingly irrational and convoluted powerups, the fights of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure rely on one main feature: trickery. The best thing about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is definitely the stands. and along with Joseph's friend Abdul, and a pair of converted would-be assassins of Dio named Kakyoin and Polnareff, they journey to Egypt to bring an end to Dio. With the use of Joseph's stand, Hermit Purple (which allows him to take photos of distant places), they ascertain that Dio is in Egypt. it's also Jotaro's mother Holly, whose stand does not properly manifest and instead turns into an affliction, draining her energy. To make matters worse, it's not just Joseph and Jotaro who are affected. which has been revived, and attached to the head of the vampire Dio Brando, Jonathan's mortal enemy and the initial trigger for all the events of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In the case of both JoJos, it's because of a psychic connection to the body of (Joseph's grandfather and the first arc's protagonist) Jonathan Joestar's body. The attention of his grandfather, Joseph Joestar (the protagonist of the previous arc, Battle Tendency), who knows something about the spirit in question.Īs it turns out, the spirit is something called a "Stand" (named as such because they typically stand beside the user), a manifestation of the user's will, brought about in a variety of ways. He claims to be haunted by some kind of strange spirit.
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not by force, but of his own free will, and refusing to leave. This half starts with a young delinquent, Jotaro Kujo (the titular JoJo), in prison. Even though it came second, it's definitely a better idea to start with this one. While this half came out second, with the first coming out in 1993, this one is the first canonically, going from the beginning of the arc.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2000) is one of two halves of an adaptation to the 3rd arc of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, Stardust Crusaders.
