Dio is actually THE WORST! | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode One

[@gekikudo]

To answer the question on why the butler didn't open the incinerator immediately. In the manga he did. And a burning doggo came out. But that was too much for TV so they censored it by having him leave the door closed.

[@jasmine9581]

Holy shit

[@jasmine9581]

I just got a "like" notification and wait a dang second They could've just cut it Like just show a close up on his hand gripping or starting to open it, close up of his horrified widening eyes- Next scene Bc now he just comes off as not too smart, I think. I would...have to read the actual panel, when I've worked up to it emotionally-- but this doesn't seem like the best way (Then again I came out episode 1 with Dio and...Erina? Elaine? being the ones I disliked the least, so maybe I'm just weird and overthinking it)

[@ZAWARUDO1335]

I also feel like the HOT METAL would SCALD HIS HANDS

[@crimsontheworld772]

​@ZAWARUDO1335 I was gonna say that. Also, who designed that furnace without an insulator for a handle

[@The_Observer619]

Fun fact: Araki doesn't hate dogs, he thinks if a person kills a dog, it makes them more villainous. And he was right

[@Celestia282]

Araki took the "kick the dog" trope literally.

[@ChronoTriggerHappy]

@@Celestia282 at least iggy got a W before his end, rest in peace little buddy, ya did good.

[@ArlanKels]

By the end of episode 1 he cements himself as The Villain. Danny :(

[@carltasticdrew9633]

What makes a villain love to hate, according to Araki: 1. Hurt animals 2. Hurt the children

[@The_Observer619]

@@carltasticdrew9633 when dio made the lady eat her baby

[@anudeep8238]

"What, is he like 14? Is he 13? That is the only way I can see that rationale making sense." Funny you mention that, since he is actually only 12. I guess guys start taking steroids really early on in the JoJo universe.

[@owlcat9644]

George: "How dare you spill your drink? You are a disgrace of a son. I wish Dio was my son instead" Alicia: "That's fair" I'm so excited for this series, it's long but I hope you enjoy the ride!

[@chrisc.5911]

To be fair, wine stains are hellish to get out. Especially back in those days with no detergent and washing machines.

[@mistman_161]

Here's the most important thing to keep in mind while watching JoJo: "Talking is a free action."

[@ALJ9000]

My favorite part of this series

[@georgerobins4110]

So is thinking lmaooooo

[@ChronoTriggerHappy]

and there is no word limit either, 30 second monologues in 1 second

[@speedy01247]

@@ChronoTriggerHappy it even defies the laws of time and space, oh this event happens within 3 seconds, time for a 20 second monologue.

[@zacglover3345]

Unless you're German

[@tennoyamamoto1800]

I love how they present Dio at the beginning of the episode as a sympathetic character, showing his sh!ty life and all that, then they turn a 180 and spend the rest of the episode showing why he's just the worst He's so over-the-top evil it's actually entertaining

[@cookiedestroyer2801]

I feel like they want to show that sometimes people just stop caring after a life time of hardship. Dio did have some humanity in the beginning but he voluntarily let that all go.

[@ryanm.8720]

Humorously, 'Ranking of Kings' did the exact opposite; with how they initially presented Queen Hiling as a villainous stepmother who hates (or at least prefers Prince Daida over him) Prince Bojji. And then she jumps out of a tall tower without hesitation to protect Bojji, and suddenly, the audience's perspective of her is completely flipped. Compare that to Dio, who was more than happy to incinerate Jonathan's dog out of disproportionate retribution.

[@emblemblade9245]

@@cookiedestroyer2801 you could say he rejected his humanity JOJOOOOOOOO

[@victormagoco9752]

@@cookiedestroyer2801that’s what I think too, most people with a life like Dio’s would become a twisted mess(he’s particularly over the top, but that’s mostly because he’s a JoJo character, none of them are normal people), his past isn’t meant to justify his evil, just explain how a monster like him is born

[@D_YellowMadness]

Either that or he was already evil & Johnathan's just unlucky that Dio's tragic life made him & his loved ones the first targets. Even an evil person can be motivated by a genuinely unfair past.

[@BWingCommander]

“He’s a gaslighting, gatekeeping Girl Boss” is the single best description of Dio Brando ever.😂

[@supershadic530]

Dio is legitimately my favorite character in this entire franchise. He's obscenely over the top, absurdly flamboyant, insanely evil, and to top it all off, he looks good doing it.

[@happystar2058]

Same plus his Gio's dad

[@RenSugiura]

Well the guy have the whole "I am god" ego complex, everything else is worthless in his eyes. Pure psychopath.

[@Keyromadina]

Speedwagon

[@diamondrhino64]

@@happystar2058 people like you are why people don't read their comments

[@Hoshiguru]

Bro he killed his dad, step dad, innocent people, a dog, made a mom eat his baby, and some other stuff that would be a huge spoiler

[@sans5466]

Omg its happening, she bout to experience heaven

[@quanduong2754]

This anime is really made in heaven

[@wheatbread4465]

I can C what you did there

[@bruhmoment3478]

@@wheatbread4465 The moon sure is bright tonight

[@theagitator4164]

@@bruhmoment3478 it really is white and bright tonight

[@fanatomic24]

@@theagitator4164 white as a vanilla ice

[@bleh2433]

Since this is the start of the journey, I'll try to reference the many music and other references araki put in his story writing (mostly music) for each of the episodes you watched ^_^ Dio's name partially comes from the heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, founder of the supergroup "Dio" Erina Pendleton's name is possibly a reference to the Clive Nolan band Pendragon The concept designs of Jonathan and Dio came from Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose films were popular at the time. Jonathan is vaguely influenced by Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star. Dios surname is possibly named after the actor Marlon Brando. The name Jonathan came from a local restaurant called Jonathan's that Araki used to visit frequently.

[@SaviTheGamer]

oh and Dio means "God" in Italian, lol, but that might be just a coincidence.

[@a442]

Erina's first name is a reference to the song Eleanor Rigby from The Beatles Also Jonathan's name doesn't come from the restaurant as Araki said in an interview from the book JoJoveller Q: You chose the name "Jonathan Joestar" because your meetings were held at the family restaurant "Jonathan's", right? Araki: What? Jonathan's? (Laughs) Kabashima: Didn't you want to make the name "JoJo"? Araki: I wanted to have an alliterative name like Steven Spielberg, so the acronym would look like J.J. or S.S. But the family restaurant we had our first meeting at was Denny's. It wasn't until later that we started going to Jonathan's. Q: No no, you've mentioned it was Jonathan's elsewhere (laughs). You stated, "Because it was at Jonathan's." Araki: Ohh, that was more of a "Sure, Let's go with that" type of answer. (laughs) Kabashima: It's better for these things to be interesting, right? (laughs). Araki-san likes legends. He thinks it's better for it to be interesting than for it be a fact. That's likely the root of this. Araki: Legends are a requirement for the horror genre. Q: Then the name "Jonathan" is...? Araki: It was just to make the J.J. alliteration. I didn't really take it from anywhere in particular. Kabashima: It seems the origin of Jonathan has also become something like an urban legend, but it was definitely a Denny's at first, and then we switched to having meetings at Jonathan's somewhere during the middle of serialization. It was convenient because it was close to Araki-san's workplace at the time.

[@ezzyshian]

@@SaviTheGamer SPOILER: DIO is already considered a god in later parts, sort of. Specifically part 3 and 6

[@SaviTheGamer]

@@ezzyshian I mean it also makes sense since SPOILERS his son Giorno fights Diavolo, which literally means Devil, soooo

[@ezzyshian]

@@SaviTheGamer precisely

[@DoctorT144]

The reason Jonathan snapped at the girl after his attempt to save her in the beginning was because he was embarrassed at losing so badly to those punks. He was more mad at himself at that moment than anything else.

[@killercross9929]

“How can you be a fan of Dio!?” MUST RESIST URGE TO EXPLAIN LORE

[@13feedo]

uh... bread

[@soybajo-kira8585]

I don’t know, it just feels like the world is compelling me to like Dio

[@ALJ9000]

@@soybajo-kira8585 I see what you did there

[@l0sts0ul89]

Well i think it's cause Dio is SUCH a ASSHOLE, he does it so well and everyone loves it.

[@zemorph42]

​@@soybajo-kira8585 not "Za'Worldo!"

[@budman9027]

You know characters who go from 0-10 on being evil? Dio STARTS at 10 and goes up from there. just LOOK at the dude he LOVES being evil.

[@carltasticdrew9633]

Because *SOCIETY* .Not sure even if he was treated right by his parents, he would still be evil anyways for no reason at all. Not defending Dio’s evil but that’s what i observed at least.

[@killminewin4733]

Well, Speedwagon does say that Dio was born evil, so it was likely that he always would've been a prick, but his upbringing simply amplified it

[@FacelessPorcelain]

Have you heard of the "kick the dog" trope? Where the author makes the villain do something ridiculously evil to make the audience dislike them? Well, here you go ^^

[@fullmetalpotato1258]

Instead of seasons, the story is divided into Parts. Each part has a new story, protagonist, location and even genre. It's how the author kept the series fresh over the years. You are currently watching part 1 phantom blood. I'm so glad you are finally watching this series!!!

[@justaperson9444]

Well this certainly wasn't something i expected, I honestly thought she'd watch "ranking of kings" and or "Mob psycho 100" first before she'd go do stuff out of her comfort zone, we stan an open minded queen 👑

[@doppelsotria4620]

I mean… She's already going outside her comfort zone by watching CSM and AoT

[@diamondrhino64]

I look forwards to mob psycho this is kinda rough to watch

[@yungchapalot2655]

I wish It woulda been Mob though. Season 3 has been phenomenal so far

[@yungchapalot2655]

@@dracocrusher Calling Mob ehh is a huge understatement but I do agree juggling a lot can be hard. Hence why I “wish” she would have start Mob.

[@yungchapalot2655]

@@dracocrusher Your first words where “Ehh it’s fine”. I get what your saying and I said I agree. I simply stated I’d rather her had started Mob than Jojos.

[@nikkHere]

Jonathan: *Screams at Erina to not thank him* Dio: *Kicks Dog, Slanders JoJo around town, SA Erina* 20:07 Alice: Yeah, they are both terrible Still quite a unique and bizarre reaction to the first episode, I'm looking forward to this.

[@greenrevolver30]

If she thinks Jonathan is "bad." Wait until Jotaro.

[@nikkHere]

@@greenrevolver30 fr 😂

[@yoshmorita6860]

Jonathan is literally the most kinder JoJo lol

[@necro819]

Interesting thing with how Araki wrote Dio for this first part of JoJo's, childhood trauma and abuse has been shown to link towards sociopathic, narcissistic, and anger management issues later on in life. You may hate how Dio is acting, and for good reason, but while exaggerated, this is a pretty realistic outcome for someone suffering from childhood abuse and is unable to get the help needed. And since this takes place in the 1880s, mental health treatment was non-existent.

[@guillehdz]

19:49 You gotta just love how he jumped over the fountain lmao

[@rainbowprism6242]

Manga has some additional details shortened/censored out of anime. 1. When Jo saved Erina, he intentionally pulled out a handkerchief with his name on it so that kids would switch target instead of moving onto her after they beat him, since they mentioned they hated posh snobs. Erina recognized that sacrifice he made. 2. Danny part was more graphic. Hatch was opened and he jumped out, writhing outside as he burned alive.

[@Thefootqueen]

To let you know the first season this is NOT representative of the whole show. It’s more of an origin story to the rest of the seasons, though still very essential to get a proper viewing experience, as references and how it relates to previous seasons will go over your head. The first season though does have some good moments, and you will come to appreciate it further on as you watch JoJo more. It’s hard to explain properly why this show is so great without spoilers unfortunately, but I hope that gives you an open-mind a little.

[@sarafontanini7051]

I love how Alicia's like "dio's pretty justified" and then she sees Dio kick the dog AND everything he does with Erina. At least she gave him her own "fuck you" with the mud thing. JoJo starts off kinda....not the best, but as you've seen in the second episode now (judging from your description) he gets a HUGE glow up in both character and build. And yeah, if there's one thing about JoJo that can be divisive, it's its lack of subtlety most of the time. At least in terms of villains. But as long as you don't let it bother ya, it can be VERY cathartic seeing the heroes beat the shit out of the absolute scumbags that exist in this series. also, something removed from the manga: the butler DOES open the oven....allowing the viewers to SEE danny's burning body as it jumps out of the oven. That's probably why they removed it. Dio is popular mainly BECAUSE he's such an over the top, unsubtle BASTARD. Like people find him to be entrtaining because he's just so OUT THERE in terms of jsut how NASTY he is, while somehow remaining kinda charismatic in spite of that. He looks down on EVERYONE because he wants to be better than literally EVERYONE WHO EXISTS and so he sees their lives as trash to be sacrificed in his name, to prove that he IS better and he doesn't care WHAT he does to get there, no matter how vile and petty. He's jsut a classic, classic ASSHOLE who exists to get punched in the shnozz. Also in the flashback I belevie Dio and JoJo are like....12? or something?

[@PrixtoTNT]

He doesen't really open it, Danny jumps out

[@PrixtoTNT]

Flashback?

[@ch1dd]

It's always funny to me when reactors give a first judgement a little too early based on what the show set up and what they've already experienced in other shows, and all I can think of is "hold that thought" knowing in the next minutes they'll have to take it back

[@UberWraith]

@@PrixtoTNT yes, and it had its snout wrapped in BARBWIRE. Dio is just a sick bastard.

[@UberWraith]

About the lack of subtlety of villains... this is the reason why my favorite one is the main villain of Part 4. He is a monster like the others, yes - but he has his unique style and he wants to BLEND among ordinary people in order to have a quiet life. That's what makes him so scary.

[@soybajo-kira8585]

Now that you’ve finished the show: Dio is my favorite villain because of the impact he has on the rest of the series, he never goes away, his presence is felt everywhere

[@10buy10]

THE DAY AFTER!? Normally it takes around 2-4 weeks for reactors to start watching an anime after reacting to the openings! You have just started an insane journey, one might even call it bizarre. (yes, I only wrote that last part for that bad joke)

[@PrixtoTNT]

Yeah she said she already saw episode 1 at the end of the openings reaction

[@induleing]

Jojo started being written in 1987, I find it very cool how we can see the progress of time in how narratives are presented with the series. What tropes have we moved past from, and what is still there. Both in storytelling as a whole and contained within this series.

[@ritzexists2201]

"HE'S A GASLIGHTING, GATEKEEPING, GIRLBOSS" I'M FUCKING DEAD

[@Ze_N00B]

This, is beautiful. Ant's observation of them all being JoJo is also cool because its exactly what makes it so special. Other franchises with the MC's name in the title of course treat them with extra care but with JoJo, since its about a family and not the one character, you can focus on multiple characters, letting you end one character's story and start a new one. TL:DR they're doing Boruto correctly.

[@sarafontanini7051]

plus the main villains are pretty awesome. even the ones I don't really like that much still have a grandiose quality to them and can be pretty cool in their own ways.

[@SaviTheGamer]

The "To Be Continued" song changes every season, and they're songs that the Author listened whilst writing each part, so be careful not to get copyright strike'd... That song at the end is Roundabout by Yes, and it will also be the ed song for part 2. If you now watch the OP again, a ton of stuff will make a ton more sense. Hope you and Ant will have fun with this!

[@ch1dd]

To explain how George doesn't start with Jo to be called JoJo. Japanese being a phonetic language, Geo and Jo are written the same way in japanese because they sound similar.

[@niravathu7353]

"Danny, you'll be my friend no matter what Dio does." "At least you still got your dog, homie." SO UH... ABOUT THAT...

[@Sorgh_um]

The show gets A LOT better after episode 8. Hold on and keep watching please.

[@samuelclayhills3298]

You tought this first episode was going to be Jojos but it was mine DIOs !!!!!!! Also Dio stole Erinas first kiss just to be an asshole and as a middel finger to Jojo not because he is even slightly attracted to her.

[@Prince_Xingqiu]

Prepare to have a Gold Experience

[@hako5833]

"atleast you still got your dog homie" *FLASHBACKS* aw hell nah

[@theheromans]

I haven't ever meet a villain who thought he was HIM from birth until I met Dio.

[@ChillyReaper]

Oh I'm looking forward to this. I've never watched it in Japanese, but I've heard it's got some funny Engrish dialogue. Edit: Oh by the way, you'll want to edit out the song at the end, as I'm pretty sure it's copyrighted. It's called Roundabout by Yes.

[@popump2617]

The dog kicking bit is basically just there to make people hate Dio off the bat, I also saw it as Dio attempting to get a rise out of Jojo.

[@josephkingman523]

Dio is the type of person who would 360 no scope you t bag your corpse and hit the griddy while laughing maniacally.

[@kinoko9113]

Yes yes yes !!! A New member of the Jojo fanbase !! Cant wait to see future Episodes ^^

[@mordirit8727]

I love them saying "you don't need to shove all Dio's evil in one episode" and I'm here thinking "that's the neat part, they didn't, not even close!"

[@GasBandit]

"12 years later..." "IS HE 14?"

[@tennoyamamoto1800]

6:02 he's 12 and it's the year 1881 23:39 he did in the manga, It wasn't pretty, they had to censor it in the anime 23:48 rule number 1 in JoJo: Talking is a free action, an entire monologue can take 0.3 seconds rule number 2: the dog dies the ending songs are all licenced

[@runbaa9285]

To put it into context, Dio is basically the Green Goblin. Man has a god complex the size of the sun and sees other people as pawns for his own success. He feels the world owes him for his suffering as a child and lashes out at everything and everyone around him. And when Dio/Green Goblin finally meets their adversary Jojo/Spider-Man, it's not just about power anymore. At some point, it starts to become a sick game of breaking the hero mentally and physically.

[@thespianmask]

>Dio beats up a kid that's sheltered so his definition of being nice is skewed. "Lol fuck Jonathan." >Dio kicks the dog. "I don't like how Dio treats the dog, but haha fuck Jonathan." >Dio kisses Erina purely to spite Jonathan, then backhands her for being insulted. "Aight this is where it crosses the line." Excuse me? It took the unwanted kissing, and hitting a girl to hate Dio, the person who has exclaimed his wish to take over the Joestar family fortune, make Jonathan's life miserable out of pure spite, and kicked a dog and felt no remorse for it? Really? Rooting for Dio's highly cruel behavior? Because he grew up poor he has a pass to beat up a kid, kick his dog, and humiliate him in front of every other kid in a fight? "I get it, he's evil. We been knowing that." I think all that cruelty was exactly necessary for EVERY viewer to hate him and not root for him at all, and it worked. Without it, I think you'd still be rooting for him.

[@punkypony5165]

Yeah ngl I love Alicia's reactions overall but listening to them defend Dio's actions was super uncomfortable for me.

[@JadeyedGrey]

24:20 yeah and to answer your question on why he didn’t open the door, it’s because in the manga immediately after he noticed the sound, Danny burst out of there on fire and didnt make any noise while burning because his mouth had been basically wired shut. 😔

[@that-one-otaku2687]

This series gon be long but it’ll be so worth it!!! And I’m so glad you went for the very beginning coz people usually skip this and then they don’t know ANYTHING

[@that-one-otaku2687]

Jojo’s is my favorite series

[@PrixtoTNT]

Fun fact: While still weird today, at the time this was written (late 80's) having the setting of a shonen manga to not be Japan or an invented place, and even more, having a foreigner main character, was a complete taboo

[@Mgauge]

Oh we haven't even begun to show how unnecessarily evil Dio is.

[@sarafontanini7051]

Dio don't care, dio don't give a shit. *dio proceeds to murder a dog because he got punched in the face once*

[@machineofthe6thriver430]

This show is full of exaggerated characters. And dio is exaggeratedly evil.

[@yoshmorita6860]

Imo Dio is more hateable and annoying in the early episodes

[@nothomebeans7279]

"At least you still got your dog" I will remember that.

[@estebanramirez1178]

In the manga, Danny manages to get out, but he is horribly burned and barely breathing before inevitably dying.

[@stevengucum]

There are a couple of things you should just accept to enjoy the show: 1. Everything is over exaggerated. Everything. Villains, heroes, "normal" people. 2. Long monologues. Sometimes 1 minute monologue is equivalent to 1 real time second. But they are not plain boring like in Demon Slayer, they are so exaggerated that you can't help, but laugh about it! 3. Asspulls. There will be a qute of them. But if you get past them, you will enjoy some of the fight resolutions! Also, the first part is the most boring one. First episodes and the last one are very good though

[@sarafontanini7051]

I wouldn't say its the msot boring, jsut the fastest paced and wthout much of the...quirkyness the rest of JoJo exemplifies.

[@jimwatson1013]

Its anime, all of that is what anime was and is.

[@stevengucum]

@@jimwatson1013 first of all, It's not always the case/ Sacondly, JoJo is Bizzare (sorry) even by anime standarts

[@loisrabies8713]

It’s just the middle few episodes that are like that. I mean how is episode 3 not good?

[@Alex_the_Copper]

Yeah, jojo is one of those shows that legit gets better every season. First season is kind of plain but once you push past that you will see some of the most obsurdly spectacular writing I've seen in cinema. And it just keeps topping itself over time.

[@formercanvas8237]

The manga actually has a panel of the dog burning alive. It’s so sad

[@zenmastermtl]

Dio is an example that not all villains are complex and sympathetic. Some are just 100% pieces of shit with zero redeeming qualities.

[@sarafontanini7051]

GOD I am so sick of "complex" villains. I LOVE me a vilalin who is jsut an asshole with no sad reason for being an asshole. Dio is amazing as a villain, definitely my third fave in jojo.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

25:18 dio is one of those people that will steal 10 coins from you in Mario party and then when you steal your 10 coins back he's like "you owe me 10 coins"

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

Welcome to Jojo, aka, Dog Brutality Central. Trust me, it happens a lot. And I should say, Araki (the creator of Jojo) doesn’t hate dogs, he just uses them to make you hate the villain. I don’t think that’s the best tactic to make a villain unlikeable, but it does definitively work.

[@ero-senninsama1734]

Nice reaction! A few things to note. A few things from the manga were omitted and/or censored. (Probably due to having to do everything in very little episodes. Idk maybe they thought a show from the 80s that just now got an anime would probably flop) One of the things that got censored was that the butler actually opened the furnace when he heard the banging quite fast actually, but what happened next was very graphic so they just made the butler freeze up and leave it at that. Jojo can get very graphic, but its also very cool, not just to keep you on your toes and do stuff that we know as anime tropes now, but it was actually a first timer in many things way back in the 80s, when it first started. The endings are actually real songs that are part of the author's playlist (Name is Hirohiko Araki) I know you want to see the flamboyant stuff, but just give it time. It takes a bit of time, but you will for sure notices the show slowly get "gayer and gayer", lol. The people who make the "fanart" *wink wink, nudge nudge* know that. And well, yeah Dio is very over the top, but hey, even if its exaggerated, Im sure you know that you dont even have to know some people for them to want to tear down your life, for the silliest reasons.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Yeah one of the Mangaka's favorite ways to paint how evil someone is is cruelty to animals, also never feed grapes to dogs, they are poisonous to them. Dio is a villain that you love to hate and is so over the top that it is more satisfying if they get defeated. You are now over the biggest hurdle, things get better from here!!!!

[@josh_miester_x511]

"He yelled at you, don't like him". It works for Jotaro. Also Dio has no reason for his evil. He just simply is evil. The creator himself wanted Dio to be as hated as possible as a villain. That's why he kicks dogs, fights dirty, assaults women, etc. Ain't no Steven Universe song gonna fix this villain. People are fans of Dio because he is a villain amongst villains. Dude makes Frieza look sane amd merciful.

[@bleh2433]

Ah wanted to also comment an early 'rule' of jojo's your going to have to get used to with the series. "Talking is a free action". Basically in Jojos, no matter if say a bomb is gonna explode in 3 seconds, a character still has time to think out his thoughts to monologue for 2 mins before the bomb will blow. Usually when this happens in other series it can be off putting, but in Jojo's it is the only series i watched that can get away of it because of out out of pocket the series already is and bizarre. Its my favourite anime and cant wait for you guys to slowly fall in love with it as well. As some people have said already, Part 1 is considered the 'worst' the the series, but this doesnt mean it is bad. Its story writing is very 'old' but sets a solid base for the story of this series to push off against. Most of the tropes you may see from other animes you will see in this show was actually originally invented/originated from Jojo's. It is a grandfather to anime basically, just like how Dragon Ball is a grandfather to most shonen action series like Bleach, Naruto and One Piece. Also alot of memes will be recogniseable form Jojo's, such as the "To be continued" you recognised at the end lol. Jojo is a bank of memes that you will sure find out how surprising how many jojo memes you recognise. Also reason why a common phrase from jojo fans is "Is that a Jojo's reference?" to ALOT of things.

[@sarafontanini7051]

the rules of JoJo: -everyone monologues even if its stupid -dogs are not safe here -every villain is lemons

[@alwest4472]

9:51 “they’re just making him unnecessarily evil” THATS DIO FOR YA!

[@Roach_Dogg_JR]

Liking dio as a character is a lot different than liking him as a person. Dio is a fun character because he is pure evil down to the bone. Other villains in the story have great and interesting motivations, but dio just fucking sucks.

[@engokaneki5674]

Fun fact, Erina Japanese voice actor voices Shenhe in Genshin Impact .

[@thoughtfulfreespace]

Coming from your 2nd channel after a few videos since you mentioned you do reactions on this one. Glad to watch your JoJo journey and other stuff. Very fun to listen to.

[@jonhpaul1907]

23:25 in the manga, the burning dog actually jumps out of the furnace after he said that. It was too graphic to be shown so they cut it.

[@StigmaCorps]

about Danny's death, in the manga the dog opens the door while he's on fire, still dies but it's way more graphic

[@Shinku_no_sanbun]

To be fair, the way people in this episode act is pretty true to the time period it takes place in. Almost everyone was an irredeemable idiot and/or an asshat at the time. I'm sure glad the plot grew out of that though. I almost stopped watching during the first two episode because they were just so jam-packed with HEY LOOK HOW EVIL HE IS to the point of annoyance.

[@aliciaxlife]

Yeah it for sure was weird but holy smokes the series grew on me after meeting zeppeli and speed wagon 💖 kinda has part 3 struggle where I’m not a fan in the first few episodes then end up having fun and loving it eventually

[@modvavet]

If it helps to contextualize why it's written the way it is, the original manga at this time was written in the '80s and the first part draws heavily on stuff like Fist of the North Star as well as Western action movies of the time. Araki was still very much trying to figure out who he was as a writer back then. The series very much reflects that evolution and doesn't take long to become a very different animal.

[@ElekiSerket]

Oh man, I just discovered you yesterday and you're already embarking on this wildass journey? Very hyped for this I love seeing people learn to hate the fuck outta Dio, that guy's the peak lord of spite, sass and pitiful assholery all wrapped up into the most neatly horrid present

[@temocred7400]

I don't think anyone actually likes Dio in the literal sense. Dude's an absolute villain in every sense of the word and he makes it very easy to root for Jojo when he beats his ass. At the very least that was my driving force to watching Jojo, just wanting to see Jonathan beating his ass and overcoming him. Lotta people say that part 1 is slow or bad but I think Dio carries part 1 because you just wanna see him eat it so bad.

[@sarafontanini7051]

I say Phantom Blood isn't BAD, jsut VERY fast paced to a fault and not featuring the best fights in the franchise, mainly because its way more...standard than later (but that'd be spoilers if I said too much)

[@temocred7400]

@@sarafontanini7051 STANDard huh?

[@ImmaLittlePip]

6:07 to answer your question he's 12 here And built like a brick house lmfao

[@lordsceptile6181]

I will say the dog in the incinerator was actually censored. In the manga the servant opens the incinerator and we she the flaming dog jump out.

[@RmnGnzlz]

Why does everyone miss the fact that they were 12? It literally says 12 years later... They complained about how immature JoJo was, he was 12 lol.

[@l0sts0ul89]

They are pretty big for 12 year olds, I mean what 12 year olds get into boxing?

[@RmnGnzlz]

@@l0sts0ul89 Back in those days, many, they didn't have videogames or TV. Also even today tou can't find a good boxer that didn't start at like 8.

[@l0sts0ul89]

@@RmnGnzlz Wtf are you on about videogames and TV didn't even exist back then but other sports were still around as well as board games like chess, puzzles, plays, and toys, etc etc

[@drewpaupanekis4710]

@@l0sts0ul89only pussies play those games, real men actually play sports during that era.

[@ari_dexel4288]

“He’s ready to fight god.” You gotta know, DIO means God

[@thetower4th]

The ending songs for jojos are all songs that Araki liked and listened to while writing. For Parts 1 & 2 it's Roundabout by Yes.

[@Kortegard0341]

in the manga, the servant DID open up the furnace, and we got to see an on fire Danny running around.

[@coolman5242]

One thing about Jojo is how Dio hurting the dog is the author explaining that someone who hurts animals is truly heartless.

[@Maximilian_Blazkowicz]

It's funny to rewatch episode 1 reaction, when they hated everyone and wanted everyone dies, and look at them now: "I don't want anyone die" part 4 "bites the dust"

[@nepkolz]

23:33 this scene was actually censored in the anime. But in the manga is a lot more brutal, Danny bursts the door open while on fire.

[@fullmetalpotato1258]

JoJo's uses songs from the west for its endings instead of making new songs. It's because Araki, the mangaka, loved western culture so much that he names so many people, powers, etc. After songs and bands he likes.

[@12DAMDO]

"he's a gaslighting gatekeeping girlboss" lmao i can't 🤣🤣🤣

[@ThePunkina1]

Araki purposely shows villains beating up dogs because only someone truly evil would do that

[@ChadBenjamin]

Episode 3 has an after credits scene BTW don't miss it

[@Felixander30]

11:52 "he's spitefull of the world" he, hehe, he "the world"

[@l30nard03]

You could say this reaction is "Bizarre"... I'll see myself out Glad your going to react to JoJos is going to be wild 😜

[@ExicuteRocks]

Alicia: he’s gonna gaslight the whole world Me: lol you don’t even know

[@TheGlassMan]

"we're gonna look dumb on the other video" To be fair, you never saw the series so its understandable lmao

[@DioBrando-qp7yy]

In the Manga, they did open the furnace butnwas to graphic to show on T.V

[@guillehdz]

Jonathan Joestar is the greatest representation of the phrase "Fear the rage of a gentle man" 🎩❤‍🔥

[@JuicDorAnge]

Btw the reason why dio killed the dog is becouse araki aka the wrtiter likes dogs and he wanted to make the villains look more evil by killing dogs

[@reikolupus136]

Yeah, the author likes to make it very clear that a character is evil to the core by having them kill a dog. Since, for the author, there is no bigger expression of evil than hurting animals, especially dogs XD.

[@francesnicole0306]

OMG GORRL I can't believe you're watching MY FAV SERIES OF ALL TIME!!😭😭 please marry me Alicia!! And Stay cultured _queen_

[@thejas123rapperdude]

"My name is JOrge JOestar" ant: "wtf thats not a jojo"

[@aliciaxlife]

They spelt it like George in the subtitles so that’s on them LOLOL

[@sarafontanini7051]

@@aliciaxlife well yeah that's how it spelt, the importance is how it SOUNDS.

[@Jargonecius]

If it makes you feel any better about "Why didn't they open it?" They did in the manga, but the scene is so gruesome that David Production didn't want to animate it.

[@plaguegoose596]

5:42 did you say *ROUNDABOUT?*

[@PrixtoTNT]

Oh boy this is starting. Prepare for a long, fun, exciting, sad, hype, and bizarre, journey

[@georgesmith6218]

“I want everyone here to die.” xD

[@doppiodiavolo4327]

Since you're starting to watch Jojo now, prepare to see a lot of Dead Dogs...

[@Melkac]

I'll be honest, I'm not gonna watch every reaction but will definitely come back for the BIG moments. Subscribed. EDIT: Ok I'm sorry you're reacting to nothing but PEAK FICTION so I will definitely stay subscribed. Invincible, JoJo's and Avatar? DAMN.

[@Wavern0Too]

i cant wait for you to get into this show its honestly in my top 3 shows of all time

[@GasBandit]

The first thing you gotta know about JBA is, Talking is a Free Action - IE, you can assume that when someone's monologuing, time is not actually passing.