ZA WARUDOOOO!! | DIO'S WORLD!! || JJBA Part 3 Stardust Crusaders Episode 45,46+47 REACTION + REVIEW!

[@TGLReacts]

HERE WE GO DIOOOOOO!!! TGL GANG Can We Hit 1000 Likes?!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@adamharith782]

We have 2.1k likes now.

[@ghostedflame9756]

Ok heres my guess why did dio knowned a flight attendant or a cabin crew if he did not know aircraft exists huh???

[@nighpaw4651]

@@ghostedflame9756 why wouldn't he know aircrafts exist, he's been out of the coffin for like a year or 2 at this point, the thing about cars was just to remind us that he's literall 100 years old

[@ghostedflame9756]

@@nighpaw4651 i said its my guess

[@nighpaw4651]

@@ghostedflame9756 that's why I was correcting your guess, so in the future you can have more knowledge about it

[@artimo01x]

If he were human, spamming time stop would probably leave him exhausted and drained. But since he's a vampire he can do this with his constant regens

[@decepticonmaster7702]

Also add the fact that he can only stop time for 5 secs, his vamp powers and Joestar blood gave him the ability to increase the time stop like with spoilers: Like with Diego Brando's Za warudo time stop

[@e-xmile1044]

@@decepticonmaster7702 you could write it's part 7 spoiler.

[@Yap5dollar]

Can't wait to see the fight with alternative universe dio brando

[@blackcated5755]

That bass boosted sound of The World has become one if the most iconic attack sounds in anime. Right up there with the ki attacks in Dragon Ball.

[@TGLReacts]

It’s just so sick haha

[@Unknown-hb3id]

37:58 Yes. Actually, almost all the detailed frames and poses (which there are obviously tons and tons of) are straight out of the manga into the anime. The Jojo anime, as far as I know, is one of the most faithful adaptations from manga to anime.

[@TGLReacts]

Just so damn smooth and clean!

[@WojtekGoose]

So, just to inform you guys, the part where Jotaro starts "flying" is actually him using his stand to kick off from the ground. That detail got ommited from anime because it would kinda break the flow of the fight if you just saw them kicking off the ground every few minutes. Also, DIO's stand, The World is assumed to be based on Holy Diver (at least his design) a song by Dio, it's not confirmed or anything but The World has tanks on its back and that's pretty much it. One more fun fact, The World was actually first Stand created and designed by Araki, it was meant to contrast Star Platinum from the very beginning.

[@TGLReacts]

Ohhhhh that makes a lot more sense we legit thought our boy could fly now😂

[@rockectsciencesuckz]

@@TGLReacts factss

[@patientnr.0409]

Talking about things that were shown early you can see time slow down when Jotaro attacked N'Doul, so even that didn't come out of left field (at least in the anime). BTW the whole reason DIO is in egypt is because of the song Egypt by Dio so the Holy Diver thing is definitely true. Both songs are great btw.

[@nighpaw4651]

@@TGLReacts the tanks of the world back I think are also in reference to the fact DIO was trapped underwater for about 100 years, and his possible thalassophobia (intense fear of deep bodies of water), it's very theoretical but it would make sense since as I said, he was trapled underwater for so long

[@czektor2263]

They were staying in the air for so long to fit all of the text Dio and Jotaro needed to say

[@mayzerify5525]

the books were really bs but you can see jotaro hanging from a book store when dio goes through flying the shop window so it was hinted at, which i thought was a nice touch even if it is a bit of a stretch.

[@TGLReacts]

BS but smart bs😂

[@NFrk97]

Compared to the shit Joseph pulled in Part 2, the stuff Jotaro does is hardly as bad

[@DrunkenCoward1]

In the OVA, which changed a lot about specific fights (like the Younger D'Arby wasn't in the mention and it was Avdol who was opening DIOs casket, as opposed to Nukesaku), Jotaro is thrown out of DIOs mansion by DIO and is shown binding his wounds with comic books (or wooden planks in the OVA, I don't remember). Better set up there, but the set up was still there in the manga, so I'll let it fly. We know that Jotaro is quick on his feet, he knows DIO throws knives, so it's logical (or at least in the realm of possibilities) that he'd do something like that. It also explains why DIO had time to feed. Because Jotaro had to find books he didn't care about getting stabbed.

[@aokiji5888]

JJBA is the only manga/anime that can have so much bs and no one cares

[@dandelion5691]

He sees dio throwing a knife to joseph. Thats why he knew dio can do it again to him. So not really a bs.

[@Unknown-hb3id]

Now you can see the Jojo fan tradition - the opinions on DIO. Part 1: I hate him so much! Die already! Part 3: Ok, he's incredible! I love this guy!

[@patientnr.0409]

I already liked him in part one, he's so entertaining.

[@nighpaw4651]

Nah bro Part 1: he's epic Part 2: he's epic

[@PrixtoTNT]

Part 1 was a love hate relationship with Dio, since it focused more on show you how much of an awful person he was. In Part 3 they go straight to the kind of villain you can't hate

[@oimate6357]

@@nighpaw4651 part 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 He’s in all of them and he’s epic in all of them Even if it’s just a flashback or a small cameo

[@nighpaw4651]

@@oimate6357 I heard he wasn't in part 8, I'm currently reading it so no spoilers, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is

[@buntafujiwara6740]

the part where Jotaro stuffed his clothes with magazines actually makes alot of sense, since Jotaro at the start of the part, was in prison, and it is a common trick there to use magazines as an "armor" so you can survive getting stabbed or something like that. So despite being bizzare and BS it actually makes sense

[@TGLReacts]

Dammit...just when I thought I could call them out on something lol

[@FamousCoozie]

Plus, he landed on that bookstore sign so he had access to magazines and knew Dio would throw stuff at him.

[@DrunkenCoward1]

To be fair, it wasn't prison, it was a holding cell. And I doubt he had much of a socratic dialouge about shielding yourself from shivings with his fellow inmates. They were busy being scared shitless.

[@ichiruki.forever]

fact: jotaro is just buffed because of books

[@ZeallustImmortal]

This is a stretch

[@TrinexxSlayer]

so assuming you already watched the last episode, here's a fun fact. the second ending of this part is called "last train home", and you can see joseph only has 3 tickets on hand

[@SlothfulAmer]

and kakioyn is reading a book named ( GOLDEN WIND ) these small details are crazy

[@TGLReacts]

Ouch it’s the subtle hints that hurt the most

[@matiaspereyra9392]

if I could describe dio with a word it'd be "cat" he hates dogs, he was clearly afraid of danny, he likes to play with his food, and when the enemy has a shot of killing he quite literally behaves like a scared cat, it happened with the roses jonathan threw at him after dire injured him with a hammon rose, it happened when jonathan used his final hammon; dio told wang chan to back of as soon as jojo even assumed a stance, he also did it like twice against jotaro, 44:27 is prime example

[@suctioncupman2100]

I dont think he was scared of danny, i think he actually has a hatred for dogs, like he says

[@matiaspereyra9392]

fear leads to anger anger leads to hate hate leads to suffering young @@suctioncupman2100 No, But he says something like "just so you know I DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF DOGS, I JUST HATE THEM" That just sounds like a 12 y/o trying to not seem weak by trying to act cool

[@misschieflolz1301]

The part with Polnareff on the stairs. DIO is stopping time and physically moving Polnareff back to where he was. Same with the Senator. DIO literally decides to prank people in order to make them experience fear. I'm glad you actually thought about that. Just one thing to remember going forward: Always keep DIO in the back of your mind =)

[@GodZefir]

I just love the thought of Dio running up and down the stairs carrying Polnareff. Sure, the stand probably lifted him, but I choose to believe Dio did it himself.

[@TGLReacts]

It seemed so ridiculous at first but it’s actually true😭

[@SwiftJustice]

​@@GodZefirEven if The World lifted Polnareff, he was more than two meters away, so Dio had to take a couple steps down then rush back to try to match his old pose every time. The real Dio is the Dio crying on the Joestar mansion floor. Every other Dio is him masking his massive insecutity with fake majesty.

[@nighpaw4651]

In the the hanged man fight Polnareff went off on his own out of stupidity and overconfidence, in the DIO fight he wanted to go after DIO then out of righteousness and to save the people he loves and properly get revenge, at first glance it seems the same, and that's what I love about Polnareff, he's clearly the same person but he's grown so much, at first he was the embodiment of the reverse chariot card, and now he's the normal chariot card

[@TGLReacts]

Polnareff the real MC of Part 3

[@Umicron_]

It's not directly said in the anime but basically the reason you can't just spam time stops is because it puts immense strain on your heart, dio however being a vampire can heal most of this damage and even build up a tolerance to this strain over time which is why he's able to push his limit and why fully claiming his body would allow him to exponentially increase his time limit on za warudo

[@TGLReacts]

Ahhhh that’s a good fact to know!

[@justinperez977]

That’s really cool to know. Makes a lot more sense now as to why Jotaro’s isn’t as powerfully lengthy as DIO’s is.

[@_lynxninja_4783]

Maybe because the air also stop moving? Cause you need air to function your heart.

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

Jojo fans at max iq :​@@_lynxninja_4783

[@dr.kujojotaro]

I like how he immediately figured out DIO is stopping time after Nimrod(lol) opened the coffin just to be inside the coffin himself.

[@nighpaw4651]

I genuinely agree with DIO's whole thing on peace of mind, though DIO is using it to manipulate, it gets expanded on in the future

[@asukabruxinha1301]

i'm grateful someone commented about this

[@TheHermesLP]

37:14 "Nice, Dio Backstory... Finally!" I actually spit my drink just there. XD You said it so serious and I was like "... You mean Part 1?"

[@TGLReacts]

😂😂 you know what I meant lol backstory in regards to his stand

[@abe-kun]

Love that people would still be puzzled by how Jotaro can suddenly "fly", when it's actually just him using Star Platinum to kick the ground and the air really fast Also, The World's time stop is actually universal, but the Stand itself has a small effective range. This applies to every power related to time from now on.

[@Sneakysneaky88]

This entire mansion arc-end sequence is the reason why people insist "Don't skip the first half of the first season, its very important". The set-up, the characters, the everything. Honestly JJBA is one of a kind madness. Your reactions are just... chefs kiss.

[@TGLReacts]

Why would anyone skip the first half that’s just dumb😂

[@jongoe5484]

When you realize that D'Arby the player was defeated because he thought that Jotaro had the same power as Dio ("when did he lit the cigarette?") and stopped time to switch the cards...

[@SpedRockt]

U mean D'Arby the gambler? Yes, that was probably his reaction.

[@Sonia_xoxo]

Dio is literally the best antagonist in the entire jjba series! I’ve been waiting for these reactions, we reached the climax.

[@crow1460]

Kira and Funny Valentine disagree

[@Sonia_xoxo]

@@crow1460 they are also really good!

[@openaardvark419]

Dio only wins due to the effects his plan has on the plot. Otherwise, Kira and Valentine win

[@المراقبالليبي-ش1ج]

😭😔I love this anime forever.

[@oimate6357]

@@crow1460 they’re better written but DIO is the most important pure evil most entertaining villain in all of jojo

[@abulebissleepy]

The time has come! Dio vs Jotaro the most iconic fight in the series! The World is the last Tarot Card with the number 21 In the coloured version of manga , The World is completely yellow , but in the anime it has little shades of grey. and also hearts shaped thingies on his head and knees and other joints. In the second version of opening where DIO stops time , you can see very small details indicating the appearances of DIO , like polnareff climbing the stairs , DIO killing kakyoin , DIO throwing the knife on joseph , and also star platinum deflecting all the knives The World has two diving Oxygen cylinders on its back and kind of looks like a diver , i think that is as DIO was in ocean for 100 years and his stand resembles that. DIO can stop time because its speed surpasses the speed of light (idk if it is true) I am so hyped for the amazing reactions coming ahead! (also i just love DIO's Muda Muda) Prez and Kelvin - How many time has he stopped time!? DIO - how many breads have you eaten in your entire life? (this was a bad joke , i just wanted to be funny ok) btw i think you guys know this but Jotaro's voice actor voices Erwin in Attack on Titan and Dio's voice actor voices Zeke. See you guys in the final episode!

[@TGLReacts]

Now I’m imagining Zeke screaming ZE WARUDOOO in the final season of AoT🤣😭

[@SarahExpereinceRequiem]

The initial set of stands (headcanon: which were all named by two professional fortune tellers, Enyaba and Abdul) are all named after major arcana from the tarot deck. In addition to being a deck for playing card games and fortune telling the tarot also tells a kind of metaphorical story of a person's life. Every person begins life as The Fool, before moving on through the arcana to reach The World, where the traveler becomes a complete human being... I like to think that the World is actually the stand of Jonathan's body - the pinnacle of what a 19th c strongman could be ( :P) and the only person that Dio ever respected. Canonically according to an interview any Hamon user who developed a stand would get one that can conduct Hamon for them (so something like hermit purple)

[@frogb00ts]

I'm pretty sure Jonathan's stand is one that's similar to Hermit Purple, in the start of the part Dio shown using a stand that's almost identical to hermit purple and I don't know if it's implied or outright confirmed to be Jonathan's. It's how he's able to track the crusaders.

[@kdevelopergw]

Jonathan already has a stand though, the other hermit purple that dio used Every hamon user gets hermit purple

[@SarahExpereinceRequiem]

@@kdevelopergw Yes.

[@rinzen4896]

@@kdevelopergw if im correct its called The Passion

[@oimate6357]

@@rinzen4896 that name isn’t official but you could call it that

[@GuiReno]

Araki said on a interview that if characters could travel in time, they would see Hermit Purple around young Joseph. Thats because it's the stand any Harmon users could obtain with intense Hamon training. That's why in the end of an episode at the beginning we see Dio using hermit purple too, which is Jonathan Stand.

[@hohohoaaa2262]

But I still don't get how DIO can use a hamon stand considering stands is the physical representation of the spiritual energy. DIO doesn't have jonathan's spiritual energy, and he shouldn't be able to control it. Maybe Jonathan's spiritual energy was still present in his body and he "used" his stand on purpose to lure DIO towards his descendants for his descendants to avenge him.

[@GuiReno]

@@hohohoaaa2262 He can use Jonathan Stand without it being charged with Hamon. Probably it can only be used for spirit photographs.

[@ChamChamRealSmooth]

@@GuiReno Yep, that's how he's able to send his minions to stop the Crusaders. Also, remember the episode where Joseph was using a TV to film DIO, but it backfired? Heavily implied that it was DIO fighting back against Joseph's Hermit Purple by using Jonathan's Hermit Purple.

[@SwiftJustice]

*FALSE. STOP SPREADING THIS.* The World's power is copying the stand powers that Johnathan's stand awakens. That's why they both have Hermit Purple powers, that's why Onaji Stando. Even Dio didn't know because of his _ego._

[@togroglog2457]

"What if this fight disappoints?" I think you're gonna be okay 😂

[@TGLReacts]

Yep...we were absolutely fine😂

[@solarguard7301]

One thing I did want to mention about Dio, you might remember that he used hermit purple in episode 3 to use spirit photography, stand users can have the same stand, and that hermit purple was Johnathan’s stand, Dio’s head has the world and Johnathan’s body has hermit purple

[@czektor2263]

Btw the reason why magnet was moving in stopped time is bc natural things like gravity work in stopped time

[@stonefree5136]

One thing I really like about Jojo is the part format allows us to get perspectives on characters from previous parts in a different light. I really like Dio’s character development from part 1 to the end of the series. And how it gets added onto a little bit more in each part.

[@artimo01x]

I believe he stops all of space time not just an area. To nerf this he can't travel super far because of the time limit so that's the nerf

[@ATinyWaffle]

*Them speculating Dio's stand* "The concept of life, maybe?"👀👀👀 IYKYK

[@lopezroilans.8384]

Too soon

[@mrhubert1462]

The idea of polnareff being outside the range of time stop wouln't work cause dio time stops is universal

[@TGLReacts]

Gotchaaa

[@alexsuarez9556]

Two men just standing, facing each other with shockwaves and wind coming out of nowhere - Non-Stand Users.

[@spawnofcthulhu313]

9:46 flashbacks to Caesar

[@24Arrian]

My favorite part about the jotaro vs dio fight is how dio getting mad was ultimately the reason he lost, just like how him getting angry is how he ruined his original plan to inherit the Joestar fortune in part 4

[@williamsonlavioser8042]

I think you meant Part 1

[@24Arrian]

@@williamsonlavioser8042 yeah my bad

[@fragile4408]

15:20 he would know after all. He got decked by Star Platinum

[@Apaep12]

43:56 how would he cut of the head with a rapier. Second, even if he did dio a vampire he woukd still regen or get back to his body.

[@TheWeapon33]

Yo don't hate on my boy Polnareff too much, he just had his thigh, toes and fingers chopped off, can't be easy for him to be so mobile especially since his Stand can't do spider man bullshit like the rest of the cast is doing

[@panjamysy]

The deaths in Part 3 just hit SO hard, I mean I was sad about Jonathan and Baron Zeppeli and Caesar...but these? They tore my heart out, Kakyoin was my original favorite character in all of JoJo's (I started on Part 3, at the request of my friend ). Joseph is my favorite JoJo. Part 3 hurts, man.

[@megapoo2274]

ZA WARUDO!Now we do be waiting for the last Episode 48

[@24Arrian]

Imagine being polnereff when he saw jotaro stabbed with knives from his perspective it probably looked like very one was dead but he still tried to fight dio

[@jelmervanriet790]

Ah man, the final that 3 parts have been leading up to. DIO is just so delightfully evil, its great. Loved the reactions lads.

[@shingaka]

Star Platinum's true ability: stealing other stands ability by saying "So it's the same stand as Star Platinum" 😂

[@cml613]

The fight everyone's been waiting for is finally here! This is my favorite fight from Jojo. There are just so many things that make it good lol. The first half of this fight is brilliant in adding tension and higher stakes with Kakyoin figuring out Dio's stand ability but dying brutally and then Joseph dying in front of his grandson not being able to warn him about Dio's power. All of this leads to and builds up the inevitable clash between Dio and Jotaro. From the point Dio and Jotaro start throwing hands that's when this fight just becomes totally bonkers and insane. It's just two men doing anything they can to kill each other and it's fantastic. This fight is incredibly iconic and has been referenced in so many different media and has been memed to death. It's insane to think about the impact it's made. The majority of Jojo fans I've talked to always say this fight is their favorite. It's truly a masterpiece I really can't put into words how much I adore this fight it's so good!!

[@rockectsciencesuckz]

Get ready for another big comment thread for a big JoJo fight. At long last one of the oldschool manga fights that changed anime/manga history is here in animated form for Prez and Kelvin to witness. It's quite hard to overstate how important DIO and this fight was from its publication. Part 3 DIO is a simple villain, though he is still so iconic, especially back in the day he blew things up with the Stardust Crusaders finale. There are many oldschool series to thank for the innovation of creative and exciting concepts. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is just one of those examples. To appreciate DIO's massive influence on inspiring many creators in manga after this monumental fight.. I've compiled a stack of small DIO facts. -Dio's name is derived from the Italian word for "God", befitting his megalomaniac personality -The style of Dio's name in Part 1 is written normally, whereas DIO's name in Part 3 onward is written in English and completely capitalized. This is because DIO disowns his birthname is spite of his father. -The trick DIO used on Hol Horse by instantly going through spider webs without damaging them is likely a reference to Bela Lugosi's first scenes in Dracula (1931). -Out of coincidence, Dio shares two of his Japanese voice actors and his English anime voice actor with the CastlevaniaW version of DraculaW, those being Hikaru MidorikawaW in the OVA and the PS2 game, Norio WakamotoW in the Audio Drama, and Patrick Seitz in the anime. Midorikawa voices Dracula's reincarnation in the series, Soma Cruz, while Wakamoto and Seitz voice Dracula himself. -In Araki's top Ten Favourite Characters in 2000, DIO ranked as 10th, being the third main villain in the countdown. -One reason Jonathan's body would reject Dio's head would be transplant rejection. Transplant rejection occurs when the recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted organ or tissue. The immune response protects the body against potentially harmful substances ("antigens") such as microorganisms, toxins and cancer cells. The immune system distinguishes "proper" from "strange" and reacts against substances it considers "foreign". In other words, that meant Jonathan's body was still fighting Dio's head. -Araki considers Dio to be 'the true protagonist' of Phantom Blood. Araki developed Dio's character design before Jonathan. Dio also makes his debut first before Jonathan. Araki pondered in deciding what would be the scariest factor, and decided that "evil from the past" coming to get the present descendant would be the most frightening thing. Dio was developed with this in mind. After him, Jonathan Joestar of 'light' was designed to counter Dio's 'darkness' -In a spring 2018 interview with Shueisha's Kotoba magazine, Araki describes how Blade RunnerW had influenced his work back when it premiered. He mentions Dio's blond hair and muscular build in particular as being influenced by the Blade Runner character, Roy Batty. --------------------------------- Ending this segment of the thread there is more I can list from various sources regarding the amount of references made to Dio. Simply put, if I were to try compiling how many shows, anime, manga, games referenced DIO.. it would be TOO LONG and frankly almost impossible after viewing the now obsolete written lists I know of that exist online. Here for the rest of this thread in the replies I'll give you three special interviews Araki's thoughts on writing: DIO, Kakyoin, and Enyaba Take care folks, see you guys on the finale to this adventure

[@rockectsciencesuckz]

When asked about his thoughts on writing DIO Araki said: "DIO-the archenemy of the Joestar family. Given that I was bringing back a character who had been at the bottom of the sea for a century, naturally he would have changed during the time he was down there-his malice ever growing. I wanted to make DIO feel like a final boss, and given that readers were really looking forward to his reintroduction, in order not to let them down, I not only put a lot of thought into his appearance, but his mind-set and thought process as well-in particular, how DIO would view his relationship to the Joestar family and the destiny they shared as an evolution from what it was in Part 1. What is the destiny that DIO has to face? It's not to face off with Jotaro, the descendant of Jonathan. It's something invisible to the eye that lies behind their bloodline. It's what gives the Joestars their allies, the Hamon, Stands, and their uncanny luck... that's what I define as the Joestars' "destiny," and instead, what DIO is destined to do is to quash that and surpass it. As such, he doesn't view Jotaro himself as his archenemy-rather, DIO only views him as an obstacle to overcome in order to fulfill his destiny after his hundred-year slumber. In the end, DIO wasn't able to achieve his goal, but it's fun to imagine what things would have been like if he had been able to defeat Jotaro. I'm sure he would have beaten down anyone who he thought had the potential to challenge his position at the top of the food chain. Even after defeating Jotaro, perhaps someone else would inherit his will. After all, DIO had already experienced that once before. However, DIO is more of the reactionary type, so he probably would have continued to take root in Egypt and wait for his prey to come to him. I had been working with DIO's character since Part 1, so I would often try and put myself in his shoes and imagine myself as a vampire. Those who put on the stone mask have to take the lives of others in order to keep on living. During the part where DIO is chasing after Joseph and Kakyoin, I wrote a scene where he takes a moment to marvel at the sight of cars. One would have to be an immortal vampire to experience something like that, so I actually found myself feeling a bit envious of him. If you slept long enough, for example, you could see a country instantly change from a monarchy into a democratic society-experiences that the average person could never have. As long as you had humans to feed on and you remained in good health, I think it would be pretty fun. Do vampires even get sick to begin with? (laughs) Speaking of DIO, I'll never forget how my editor suddenly ended up in the hospital right when DIO and Jotaro were in the midst of their final battle. I remember panicking because Part 3 was rapidiy approaching its end, and it's not like I could stop and wait for him! He would always give me really good specific feedback on things like Stand designs. "This one is too similar to something you've already done, so try and differentiate their silhouettes a bit more." It was tough working without him. What's that? Did he give feedback on the design for DIO's The World? Hmm... I'm not sure about that one (laughs wryly)." Interviewer asks, "You already drew DIO naked for Part 1. Why did you do it again?" Araki responds, "It makes him seem more like a Greek or Roman god. In Parts 1 through 3, besides DIO, there are other examples of me drawing characters like this, such as the Pillar Men. However I stopped doing it as much after I changed the setting to be a bit closer to home for Part 4 onward."

[@rockectsciencesuckz]

When asked about his thoughts on writing Kakyoin Araki said: "I thought up all five of the Joestar troupe - Kakyoin, Jotaro, Joseph, Avdol, and Polnareff - as a set. I decided on the right balance from the start so that their appearance, personality, fashion and Stands did not overlap. For me, it was very important for their silhouettes to be recognizable. Still, my editor at the time told me, “From this silhouette, no one has a round shaped head so everyone must be pretty straightforward”. I thought to make Kakyoin the thin, somewhat sensitive one of the group. Even though Kakyoin is the only Japanese in Part 3 besides Jotaro, I wasn’t specifically particular about his nationality. What was most of note was his name. I always think of both the first and last names together as a set. His last name, "Kakyoin", I took from a place in my hometown of Sendai. It’s a place that I always passed through on my way to Sendai Station so it’s a name of a place very dear to me. And so, I made 典明 (Note: Kakyoin’s first name which can be read as either Noriaki or Tenmei) the first name to go along with Kakyoin as a last name. Officially, it has become "Noriaki", but I’ve always called him "Tenmei". Actually, I left this reading of his name as a signature in Enya’s hotel guest book. I made the main character’s name 'Kujo Jotaro’ so I gave Kakyoin his name after I pondered how it will sound and the proper balance of the characters in his name but… my editor made "Noriaki" go off on a journey with the Joestar troupe. When I saw that his name was different in the comics, I was a little surprised, but I guess this is like when a kid gets his friends to call him "Noriaki" even though his parents named him 'Tenmei.' Although I wasn’t particular about the fact that Kakyoin is Japanese, I purposely made him the foil to Jotaro. The reason why I made Kakyoin Jotaro’s first actual opponent in a Stand vs. Stand battle is because I wanted to convey to the readers the concept of a long range and short range Stand. As a long range Stand, I decided to depict Kakyoin’s 'Hierophant Green’ stretching out in strands so that both Jotaro and Kakyoin’s differences can be easily comprehended when compared to 'Star Platinum.’ I had many ideas of how to depict long range attacks, but in order to not have it turn into anything goes right from the start, I was careful to emphasize that Stands equal manifests and stands next to the user. I didn’t really have a chance to draw it in the comic, but Kakyoin is a high school student that goes to the same school that Jotaro does. During this journey, you can sense that although they become friends, there is still a sense of distance. But I wonder how it would’ve been like if they didn’t have their Stand abilities as common ground...Considering their personality types, they probably would not have become friends (Laughs)." Interviewer asks, "Did you consider not giving Kakyoin a gakuran to make him contrast more with the main character?" Araki responds "Since Kakyoin is an honor student type, I gave him a prim and proper gakuran. Jotaro is a hoodlum so his gakuran is hanging open. Having them both wear the same outfit differently makes the differences in character more pronounced. I think I also distinguished them by giving Jotaro accessories."

[@rockectsciencesuckz]

When asked about his thoughts on writing Enya Araki said: "Who taught DIO about Stands? That question is how I came up with Enyaba. I drew Stand names from Tarot card names, and I had this vague image of a witch-esque fortuneteller in my mind. And if I was to make that character an enemy, then I wanted her to be a scary old woman. Horror movies, which I consider my teachers and textbooks, always have scary old women in them, after all. Just like how vampires appeared in Part 1, JoJo is always deeply connected to horror movies, and this influence is especially apparent in the villains. I'm pretty sure I put all the standard elements of horror movies' scary old women into Enyaba. She waits to ambush them with a blade hidden in her hand, and despite how frail she looks, she can somehow run really fast. (Laughs) They're running with all their might, yet when they look back, they see her standing right behind them. That's really scary! The same is true for her Stand, Justice. There are many horror movies that deal with an unknown virus that comes to attack the human race. Justice is based on that type of idea, in that it's a Stand that spreads out through the town, which was expressed through its mist. Incidentally, I think that Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, and the Mummy are the three most important designs from the horror world. Just look at the Mummy's wrappings. Why is he all wrapped up so meticulously? It's so charming, and I sense a type of romance when I see it. Her son J. Geil's Stand, Hanged Man, is based on the Mummy with a little Merman essence mixed in. They're both straight out of the world of horror. Looking back, I can remember that I really enjoyed drawing Enyaba, precisely because she was filled with the horror elements that I love. But I'm not sure if she was a fitting enemy for a shonen manga. Making a shonen manga main character go up against an old woman is very risky, and I didn't feel like Enyaba would be popular among the readers. (Laughs) Despite how much I personally liked her, the essence of her character was all about drawing the horrors and strength she possessed as not only a female, but an old woman. And there's no doubt that she became a fitting player in the JoJo world, which centers around Stand battles. Like I explained in Volume 5 when talking about Lisa Lisa, I realized that by adding the idea of supernatural abilities into my battles, it wouldn't matter if the fighters were women or children who may not necessarily look physically strong. Stands were a level above Ripple in terms of that idea. Enyaba is an old woman, yet she has a Stand that can take over an entire town... Including her own visual appearance, Enyaba is a very important character in terms of expressing the spirit of Stands to the reader. Lastly, I think that Enyaba is as mentally strong as anyone who can stop time, considering how she was mentally powerful enough to control a town's worth of corpses." Interviewer asks, "Why did you give her "Justice" even though she's an enemy?" Araki responds, "I thought the gap between her character and her Stand would be interesting. Like, "THIS person is Justice?""

[@abulebissleepy]

thanks for the information!

[@lachstar1236]

I found this channel about a week ago and have loved the reactions, but also these comments! I'm a long time fan of jjba, and am nearly caught up with part 8, but every time you manage to find a little bit of trivia which I've never heard about before. I hope you're doing well (I remember you said something about surgery a while back), and I can't wait to see more comments in the future :)

[@snipsnip8785]

I'd like to imagine the reason dio can "fly" in stop time is because gravity becomes very weak in stop time kinda like jumping on the moon you can see after killing kakyoin he puts his foot on kakyoin to push off him when tile resumes

[@just0_]

i have one thing to say about these episodes: ZA WARUDO!!!

[@canteloupe3254]

If you ever get bored in the future, the 1993 OVA of Stardust Crusaders is a cool watch

[@xenoyy3]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE REACTION WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! Almost 1 hour of reactions thank you TGL, this is gonna be sick!

[@TGLReacts]

It’s finally here enjoy!🤙🏼

[@coraline2770]

All these Giga brain moments in this episode

[@TGLReacts]

Giga brain overload

[@Random-dj7uu]

Time on anime be like: Jojo 5 seconds = 5 minutes Hunter X Hunter 2 minutes = 2 episodes

[@TGLReacts]

Hunter x Hunter doesn’t mess around😂

[@nanojump338]

Dragon ball 20 minutes 20 episodes

[@alazyguy2172]

,fun fact jotaros meaning in Japanese is "man who successfully conquered the world" which damn

[@czektor2263]

By the way. Jotaro and Dio can't fly. These are stand jumps. Same thing jotaro used in fight with N'doul when he grabbed iggy. It just looks like that in anime bc jotaro and Dio needed to be in the air for so long to fit all of the text there was in the manga

[@iamthedoctor8094]

actually dio doesn't stop time in a specific area it's the whole universe's time that stops he can't go as far away from where he activated because of the time limit that is 5 seconds

[@adityaanurag05]

I have waited 4- no 5000 years for this!!

[@temporal_paradox]

47:16 cigarettes are actually completely incapable of igniting gasoline, even while taking a drag. Lighters on the other hand...

[@railenherman6482]

I’ve finished all 5 parts, read Part 6, and this is still one of my favorite fights. We’re seeing Dio show true fear. Jotaro is the first opponent Dio actually feared. RIP Kakyoin 17 years of loneliness, 50 days of friendship.

[@memesfact1552]

Part 7 and 8?

[@railenherman6482]

vnen Haven’t read those yet.

[@SpinelessJohn]

Some people think star platinum is like the soul of Johnathan (just a theory) and since Dio has the body of Johnathan that could be a reason why the star platinum and the world are “the same type of stand”

[@shingaka]

Man i was so hyped up for this that I watched the whole video walking across my room

[@المراقبالليبي-ش1ج]

،😭I watch this part every month, And I don't get bored. Because I love all the characters.❤️❤️

[@Aziruf]

Rewatching these last episodes of Stardust Crusaders after not watching jojo for a while gives me so many goose bumps

[@BeanbonVG]

“There’s plenty of sidewalk to drive on” is such a gigachad line

[@toxikarp2063]

bruh thanks to the universe for you guys uploading this right when I needed it at 2 in the morning

[@TGLReacts]

3am sounds like a better time to sleep than 2am lol

[@Umicron_]

The whole star platinum and the world being the same type of stand was actually foreshadowed by the d'arby brothers because that showed relatives can have similar stands and obviously Dio has Jonathon's body so he's sorta related to jotaro

[@Umicron_]

This is if you ignore the fact Jonathon's body DOES in fact have a stand called the passion and it's like hermit purple but I won't get on that tangent and just assume both are true

[@liamneeson5860]

Ultra big brain? That's some hermit purple tier divination!

[@juliopetry9010]

The world range is 2 meters, when he's out of this range, his power decreases.

[@PuffyKumaTenshi]

I'm really curious what you'll think of the Jojo in the next part, he's my favourite one :D felt like a blend of what I liked about the first three. Just commenting to feed the algorithm gods

[@TGLReacts]

To give a little hint...confused is a good way to put it

[@PuffyKumaTenshi]

@@TGLReacts hahaha, well that'll be fun to watch. He has a strange introduction compared to the others for sure

[@elitezararus286]

Ugh, can't wait for the Finale. haha

[@TGLReacts]

Just 1 more week and part 3 is over

[@youssefblahcen3766]

5 days ago wthhh

[@josuetapia1940]

30:55 Way to quick for an actual jojo to die? Well my guy...

[@josuetapia1940]

Cries in "what a wonderful world"

[@user-nq7yh5zh5k]

fun fact in both of the deaths in part 2 and three that joseph witnessed a cross was part of it, like the rock that fell on Caesar and the way Kakyoin landed

[@oceanman9643]

You guys got through part 3 pretty quick

[@TGLReacts]

Ngl it felt really quick😂

[@adamharith782]

We are finally here. Im glad to be here from the beginning. Tbh, the OVA Dio is way evil. Because he rarely use his stand in his fight against Jotaro. And theres no sound effect for time stop and thats make him scarier.

[@K00300]

“Destroy the whole damn building” swear I was saying that the entire time

[@nighpaw4651]

Something this makes me think about is, what if there was a stand that could teleport anyone and anything, as if like stopping time but not actually

[@kakyoin5862]

FINALLY. this has taken forever but its worth it.

[@Zanpakuto-vm9ix]

Don't know if anyone's commented it but for these 2 to be able to stop time they would have to freeze EVERYTHING like literally everything because if it were only a small area it would throw the earth outta whack like if it was just a city for example when time resumes it would probably throw everyone within range like the speed of sound in 1 direction so sp/tw would have to stop every piece of matter all at once which is pretty crazy

[@tribucapotribu5491]

"Joseph is not gonna be it" 0.25

[@artimo01x]

The main reason I watched the Crunchyrole version of JoJo is because they call it Hamon instead of the Ripple

[@skttrbrain2513]

Holy fuck… we’re finally here. Goddamn, feels like just yesterday you watched episode 1. I’m so ready for 50 minutes of content PogU boys EDIT: God I’m so hype to see you react to the ending, fuck I love the end of Part 3 Jesus fucking Christ. Also just so you know, they weren’t flying, they were pushing themselves off the ground with their sounds. Is much less clear in the anime though.

[@TGLReacts]

One long journey is coming near the end!

[@chloechan8909]

Yes! Yes! Yes! We are finally here! I started watching you guys since you guys start part 3, and we are finally near the end🤩

[@TGLReacts]

Long ass journey but worth every moment!

[@kaatohigashikata4229]

can't wait for part 4 it has to be the biggest change in art and story format between parts

[@TGLReacts]

Oh we can’t wait to bring Part 4 to you guys either!

[@sayo_draws5879]

U boys prediction is strong I guess watching jojo makes u predict shit

[@nighpaw4651]

The first scene/post credits scene last episode is s o hype

[@ForgeofAule]

Once he stopped time the first time and cut off DIO’s leg he went to the bookstore that was there while DIO got his leg back

[@speepin]

Hey guys. Holy crap you made it. One of the sickest fights in the show, and how climactic, right? As someone learning Japanese, I also appreciate his pronunciation. Technically they are speaking english when they say the stand names, but they do it using sounds already used in Japanese, using symbols known as Katakana. So we have Suta Purachinamu (Star Platinum) Hairofanto Gurin (Heirophant Green) and of course Za Warudo (The World)

[@RayAkuma]

Funfact: Dio and Jotaro flying is actually not how it went in the Manga. In the Manga they use Star Platinum and the World to Push themselves around in the air. But because there were so many panels of dialogue between each time they moved the Animators made it easier for themselves to keep the pace of the fight. That's at least what I heard in a Video about debunking inconsistencies in the Anime.

[@poggers9133]

can't wait for these guys react to part 4

[@altabalder]

Jotaro is a Joestar, just like Jonathan. Thus why I think this is one reason for Star Platinum being similar to The World

[@TheConnoisseur17]

Been waiting for this one 😼

[@loisrabies8713]

When you saw the stats and said it was similar to Star Platinum lolllll 🔥

[@guts5398]

no way back to back bangers

[@thatweirdodaniel]

im sorry but episode 46 is just so serious but i cant help but piss myself laughing every time i see the "oh? you're approaching me?"

[@idnyftw]

Wilson Philips is an all-girl vocal group :P

[@chez36]

jotaro: i punch you in leg dio: no you need to split me in half jonathan: luck and pluck

[@mouad8179]

Za warudoooooooo!!!

[@akaiyukihana]

Interesting how they never think of joseph dying and so sure that polnareff would

[@GodZefir]

Aww yeah, this is what I needed right now

[@PrixtoTNT]

Remember when someone told you "talking is a free action in JoJo" in one of your Part 1 videos? Well, with The World and it's "5 seconds" we really mean it!

[@kakyoin5862]

its so sad when jotaro was playing dead… polnareff thought he was the last crusader. he watched jotaro “die” right in front of him after every single crusader die within a short amount of time

[@Qgappy]

YESSSS IT'S HERE OMG

[@HaohmaruHL]

"Oh my days" Great days

[@ken-14san94]

Damn those episodes although they are breath taking... part 4 last 10 episodes are more crazy and part 5 is just madness. Amazing reaction guys.

[@TGLReacts]

We just started part 4 and though it’s already pretty breath taking😅

[@ken-14san94]

@@TGLReacts Part 4 is amazing just wait for Kira 😁

[@ZeallustImmortal]

14:46 "That makes Star Platinum useless unless he uses Star Finger" I've never once in my life thought of it, but it would have been absolute peak fiction is Jotaro ended up beating DIO with a Star Finger attack from just barely out his range. Im actually surprised you guys didnt forget about Star Finger. Canonically speaking Star Platinum DOES have like 5x the range of The World. Though i think this was more the way Araki wrote it down than the actual useful range. Star Platinum has 10 metres and The World has 2. But they are both "effective ranges" and not actual limits, and considering they are basically the same stand, this kinda just sounds like a writing hicup.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

My head canon is that the reason Star Platinum and The World have different effective ranges isn't because of the stands, but the way the users are, and the way theyve trained their stands. Jotaro can't stop time for 5 seconds, but he CAN use his ability at a slightly farther range. Which is better? Who knows. It's willpower in the end. But the fact DIO trained the time stop, and Jotaro trained the battle and survival, makes sense that they'd have different skills in the same set. It's like putting 2 people that main the same character in a game against eachother, they have the same abilities but likely excel in different ways.