Stone ocean is considered pretty low in terms of ranking Jojo parts. Not the worst, but certainly not the best. I tend to conclude its a very poor plot with some great characters (Jolyne is top tier jojo) that unfortunately doesn't really raise it above an overall meh story.
Steel Ocean at least until very recently ago had the title of "Least Liked Part". People complain about many things, theres the usual Araki Forgots and nonsense powers, but also the "retconning" of Dio's character and the claim that the main cast is weak and forgettable. Being a fan of it myself, Jolyne being top 3 JoJos in my book, I cant only play devils advocate here.
I really like Pucci. He got so hung up on that vampire dick he dedicated 20+ years of his life to the stupid Heaven Plan and made it work. It may be my memory acting up or my rose tinted glasses, but Id say hes one of the smartest Jojo villains, framing Jolyne for murder just so he can get her ass to prison as Jotaro bait, taking care of him straight away so he doesnt mess up with the plans this time. Using his prison powers to try and get rid of people and also power up the dio baby bone. He also doesnt take any fucking chances during that final battle, nigga is just throwing shit and running away for cover, unlike Dio who stops to talk everytime. Dude's dedicated you gotta give him that, motherfucker fuses himself with a demon baby to get gravity power and thats only the halfway point of his plan.
Bruno will always be the main character of part 5 in my head. Hes the one with the backstory and the motivation. Giorno wants to be a gang star for the lulz of it and because hes got a good heart and what not, get that Angel Dust off the streets Black Dynamite style.
No Stands, Araki still finding out how he works best with serial stories, Jonathan, Dio and Speedwagon are the only memorable characters and Jonathan's lack of moral edge compared to the other Jojos can make him "boring."
One of the things I laughed out loud at was FF's "healing". I know the reason for it - you want to up the ante and decapitate people or whatever but at the same time have a get out of jail free card. It worked with Josuke's ability and to a lesser extent Giorno but FF was just ridiculous. Oh yeh bro let me just plug up your wounds with plankton.
Jolyne stitching shit together made a bit more sense.Might be controversial then but Part 4 might be my favourite so far (though I've only just started Steel Ball Run). The characters can be a bit hit and miss and Josuke probably isn't top tier JoJo waifu but I just really like the smaller Morioh setting, the stands were pretty creative and interesting and Kira was straight pimp. Dude just wants to live a quiet life, clip his nails and occasionally choke bitches. Can't hate on that.
I think in some ways its even more ridiculous in 7. Gyro's feet is straight up gone and he puts it back together with the Zombie Horse, and it seens that every other chapter theyre getting shot in the head multiple times. Creamstarter is supposed to be made of meat only, always bugged me how the fuck they heal bones and other tissues so fast. Its way harder for me to maintain my suspension of disbelief when the healing isnt done by a straight up "healer Stand" like Crazy Diamond.One of the things I laughed out loud at was FF's "healing". I know the reason for it - you want to up the ante and decapitate people or whatever but at the same time have a get out of jail free card. It worked with Josuke's ability and to a lesser extent Giorno but FF was just ridiculous. Oh yeh bro let me just plug up your wounds with plankton.
Kira does a lot to elevate Part 4 IMO. Hes the perfect answer to Dio. You go from a villain who wants Heaven to a villain who just wants to be left the fuck alone with his hands. Id say the part itself is pretty good overall. The slice of life stuff works and there are many great characters, its just that Kira wraps up all the stories and themes very well.
Part 4 is definitely my favorite, but it’s going to hinge entirely on whether you like or hate the slow slice of life stuff that make up the first half of the story. Objectively, the pacing IS very slow, especially before Kira shows up (and it’s pretty slow even after they start chasing him). Whether or not this bothers you, and if so to what degree, is gonna be up to personal taste, because personally I loved it but I can understand why it wouldn’t be to everyone’s taste.One of the things I laughed out loud at was FF's "healing". I know the reason for it - you want to up the ante and decapitate people or whatever but at the same time have a get out of jail free card. It worked with Josuke's ability and to a lesser extent Giorno but FF was just ridiculous. Oh yeh bro let me just plug up your wounds with plankton.
Might be controversial then but Part 4 might be my favourite so far (though I've only just started Steel Ball Run). The characters can be a bit hit and miss and Josuke probably isn't top tier JoJo waifu but I just really like the smaller Morioh setting, the stands were pretty creative and interesting and Kira was straight pimp. Dude just wants to live a quiet life, clip his nails and occasionally choke bitches. Can't hate on that.
I mean....your taste in media just might be shit.
Part 6 used to be looked at poorly but it's more divisive since some people rank it more highly (myself included) while others dislike it. It doesn't help there is a sizeable portion of people who read Part 6 that just wanted to get to Part 7 more quickly.
