What is The Meaning of "JoJolion"?

Looking into the meaning of JoJolion's title, and the forces behind Josuke's creation.
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[@raccoononymous]

My favorite part of part 8 is when Yasuho went "What is this, some kind of Jojolion?"

[@neonayse8803]

I would say "she did not say that" but she kinda did

[@justajobro1266]

Hehe 69 likes

[@lukegarner6948]

Truly, they were- an Aqua Teen Hunger Jojolion

[@wonderofyou3467]

@@neonayse8803 when?

[@MrMnM-ed5ht]

Captain America: “I understood that reference.”

[@niiiiiko]

I’m convinced there are lions somewhere in the manga we just missed them

[@bruce.negative]

Rhe real lions are the friends we made along the way

[@pootispaghetti]

I mean tooru has a lot of demiurge symbolism which is just a lion-headed snake, that's the closest we'll probably get

[@TerminaBroTheFirst]

there's a SEA lion which is why the next one is jojoLANDS like jojoLAND lion

[@bruce.negative]

@@TerminaBroTheFirst yoshikage kira was a man of the sea so it makes sense

[@boom-CM]

Chapter 32 page 15 there is a lion

[@nahuel0909]

JoJolion is one of the best parts and possibly my favorite. I once said that Tooru's ability, a character obsessed with memories and legacies, was essential to manipulate a chain of events that starts in the past and then come to affect the present. If you think it this way, is very fitting for Josuke, the man with no past, to have an ability that lets him ignore the past itself (go beyond). After all, I think Joduke's personal story is about living the present, not letting the past define who you are. It almost feels as if Tooru and Joduke's characters have to be taken and considered as one. That's when they start to make a lot of sense.

[@Necokeniii]

I really like this take and it even ties into jobin saying everyone wants to get to "0", if we are trying our best to reach some form of perfection or "normal", we will be chasing something that is impossible to reach. Josuke had to live with no tie to this world and find his own meaning to life, I really like how the story ended for josuke.

[@TerminaBroTheFirst]

What I like about the story is that Josuke was already welcomed as a member of the Higashikata once he defeated Damo, before that fight, Josuke was treated like an outcast by his family even in the Damo fight, Norisuke outed Josuke out to Damo because of the lesser status he had but after that fight, Norisuke was willing to help Josuke and treated him like his son however the story still continues past Damo and this is what I really love about JoJolion, Josuke still feels like an outcast and has the need to pursue his identity, not realizing his identity has already been set in place and that idea took form in The Wonder of U arc, Josuke realizing pursuing is useless and after some talk with Holly decided to settle down which allowed him to beat WoU, he embraced who he was now which allowed him to tap into the potential of Go Beyond, basically coming in terms with his pasts

[@Necokeniii]

@@TerminaBroTheFirst I really like your train of thought, you can pursue your ideal self and suffer trying to make it happen. Or you embrace your present self and make the most of your current self. Family was a big theme and I felt Araki was saying family will embrace you as you are not as they expect you to be

[@TerminaBroTheFirst]

@@Necokeniii yeah and I love how there's no clear cut answer to that unlike previous part which had the "messing with fate is bad but embracing it is good" since Jobin and Kaato tried to find the ideal answer to the curse instead of accepting that it exists and making the most out of the curse like Norisuke which allowed the curse to be broken, both dying in process. Kaato's and Jobin's actions are tied to how much they love their family and while they are opposing both Norisuke's and Josuke's ideas, in the end they're still family

[@DuelistRL]

I've never been so excited for a finally with Jojo than this one. It's setting up part 9 pretty hard but still insanely gripping climax.

[@Limit02]

It’s crazy that I used to see milagro man as a filler arc

[@TerminaBroTheFirst]

When I saw that WoU was still alive even if the user is dead, Milagro Man literally popped into my mind and I realized that entire arc was foreshadowing The Wonder of U

[@cosminjohan1497]

Still great arc, one of my favorites in Jojo

[@mateusgreenwood1096]

It was, just like shakedown road.

[@Darth_Bateman]

I mean, Joshu's progression is definitely slow... But it's there.

[@mateusgreenwood1096]

@@Darth_Bateman wow, totally worth over a hundred chapters of bullshit

[@hilotakenaka]

In case people are curious why some depictions of the forbidden fruit was a fig; in olden times, any sort of fruit that grew on trees was called an apple. This is best shown in “pomme de Terre” - the French word for potato meaning “apple of the earth” The reason why figs, however, is because not only was it one of the native fruit where the garden is supposedly located, but also because they dressed themselves in fig leaves. Thus it makes sense for the fruit to come from the same tree

[@HayatoStarGod]

Potato = Blessing from the Earth confirmed

[@hilotakenaka]

@@HayatoStarGod Ironically, the "of the earth" part was meant to insinuate that potatoes were demonic

[@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384]

@@hilotakenaka Don’t tell the Irish.

[@sebshifter]

Also in italian, figa refers to the fruit AND is a vulgar way to say vagina... but it's probably not related is it ?

[@hilotakenaka]

@@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384 Didn't hibernophobic English MPs also use the Irish's potato consumption to say that the blight was a "divine retribution" or something?

[@pootispaghetti]

I would love to see a video about the religious symbolism in jojolion. there's so many things I've noticed from Christianity, gnosticism, Islam, and especially daoism, like with the flow and the idea of instant enlightenment with go beyond.

[@Guest-qo5nl]

Sandsm baoll

[@godlyguts4483]

I'm sorry if i have fish Memory, but where is the islam and daoism parts? I'm very interested in them btw i would Be happy if you replied :)

[@a_not_so_amazingperson9900]

Part 7 is definitely Christian because Jesus is deadass in it 😭

[@narancia7577]

Facts.

[@pootispaghetti]

@@a_not_so_amazingperson9900 yeah lmao part 7 has a ton, a lot of jojolions is symbolism and themes, and then sbr just has actual jesus

[@KenjiVision]

The best explanation i heard was that Araki is referencing a sort of holy/miracle existence, that being Josuke. And Jojolion because the -lion part comes from word like evangelion and stuff, more holy symbolism Its amazingly subtle the whole deal about the calamity and the good flow thing.

[@DaxSports1]

Amazingly subtle, or poorly written? Don't get me wrong I liked part 8 but some of the plot points made it seem like Araki was "distracted". Especially when you compare it to Part 7 even though that had some holes, Part 8 seemed to have moreso.

[@Insouciant_Lyfê]

@@DaxSports1 Could you give some examples of these plotholes? Also most jojolion plot points that were never explained aren't that impactful on the plot anyway.

[@thesimpostor6251]

@@DaxSports1 yeah if you're gonna reference an Araki Forgot like Karera, I don't think it should be counted as a plothole since there hasn't been any buildup to her return and the story doesn't suffer story-wise from her absence

[@basketcaseface813]

@@thesimpostor6251 yeah I just see her as an enemy that popped up then went away.

[@HonerableG]

It’s actually from Pygmalion

[@controversialcommenter5748]

“If you have a topic you’d like me to see me talk about leave it down bel-“ Araki Forgot Part 8.

[@thesimpostor6251]

he knows what we want

I don't want to seem it like an Araki Forgot, but what ever happened to Soft & Wet's ability to steal aspects? Just wasn't needed anymore?

[@thesimpostor6251]

@ probably cut for balancing reasons. there really weren't any limits set on plunder since officially it simply has the ability to take an aspect of something, from tangible things like eyeballs or intangible things like friction from a floor. every fight would kinda be underwhelming if in every close to mid range fight Josuke just said "Soft and Wet, steal his intelligence!" or "steal his lungs!". on the other hand, he could've just forgot about it or Josuke decided that they wouldn't be useful in any of his fights

[@ya-ba-daba-dooya-ba-daba-d8067]

not happening lol, he wont swallow his pride

[@joshgroban5291]

@@thesimpostor6251 soft and wet steal his ability to cum

[@Crow_Rising]

Something I find really interesting is that in the universe of parts 1-6, all of the main antagonist's stand powers are time related. Stop time, Rewind time, Skip time, Speed up time. Then starting with the new universe in part 7 and 8, there seems to be a new trend of main antagonists who's stand powers are or end up being related to this "flow" concept. D4C: Love Train focusing on positive flow, and Endless Calamity focusing on negative flow. I wonder if Part 9 will continue this trend, or if something different will happen?

[@humblemememumbles]

I personally thought it was that the new universe’s antagonists had stand powers relating to space or something. But this flow stuff also seems about right.

[@someguywithadog3239]

I belive the main villain of part 9 will be much powerful than wonder of u and d4c lovetrain IT could have a ability of somewhat like deatnotes ability. I mean like if someone tries to attack the user the enemy will die. I just mix the ability of love train and wou Thats my theory

[@Crow_Rising]

@@someguywithadog3239 "If you attack the user you will die" is literally just Wonder of U's Endless Calamity. I doubt Araki would use the same exact ability again. Endless Calamity works based on your intentions. If you intend on following the stand or it's user, it will cause things to happen to impede your progress. If you are outright making yourself an enemy, it will cause things to happen to harm you. If you have intent to kill, then in turn it will cause things to happen that prove fatal. It's basically a power over coincidences. It attracts more and more negative flow towards those with more and more dire intentions towards it. Basically, increasingly bad luck. The only way to beat it is to use an ability that exists outside of the natural flow of events entirely.

[@someguywithadog3239]

@@Crow_Rising agree I belive so From love train to wou Which if you attack the stand or the user Some bad things will happen

[@neoonewingedren1836]

@@someguywithadog3239 i think that will be a neutral flow The stand don't let anybody attack the villain but the villain can't also attack anyone, the villain could be just an normal guy with this stand but he would be smart as hell and while nobody can do shit against him he would pursue his plan while the main cast try to stop him The problem is that following this the next part will end with another power who exists beyond reality thing

[@TuskyBaby]

This was incredible. Genuinely made me appreciate certain things about the part more.

[@thesimpostor6251]

video: 59 minutes ago this comment: 49 minutes ago this video: 20 minutes of analysis 🤨

[@TuskyBaby]

@@thesimpostor6251 Imagine being this petty

[@thesimpostor6251]

@@TuskyBaby wdym petty? you just lied about the watching the whole vid, unless you skipped parts of it, which means that it obviously wasn't as good a watch that you claim it to be...

[@TuskyBaby]

@@thesimpostor6251 idk what it said on your end, because I did watch it. I honestly dont need to prove that. The fact that you're going around looking for that is incredibly petty. Like there's people here with comments that are older than mine, idk why you take issue with me.

[@joshgroban5291]

@@thesimpostor6251 let's assume he didn't finish the video. How exactly does this change his comment? He could've still found it incredible while he was halfway through and appreciate the part more.

[@denimator05]

I finished part 8 just over a week ago, and I'm so glad I can finally watch Jojolion content without being spoiled

[@chinmayhejmadi7902]

Truly such a beautiful feeling.

[@RedLogicYT]

Hamon Beat: *18 minute explanation of what Jojolion means* Araki: *Hehe Epic Name*

[@raccoononymous]

This video gives me a new perspective on the nature of fate, curses, and Calamity. Curses are a force of exchange; something is always given and something is always taken (sometimes equivalent, often not). By this definition, the Locacaca would be considered a curse, but as Lucy said a curse may be considered a blessing, indicating their status as a force on the border of positive and negative. Fate doesn't exchange, it often takes only in response to people attempting to defy it (every Jojo villain, basically) and is generally about giving. Calamity is simply a taking force, with Love Train granting protection from that taking via redirection.

[@WakeUpUniverse66]

This is the best video you made so far. I love the deep dive on stuff like this.

[@johnx140]

15:40 that take on fate correcting itself and ultimately leading itself to fail was amazing... jesus christ this show is the best

[@kirablackstar6130]

I would like to see a video about Tooru in general, as I feel he is a much deeper villain than most JoJotubers give him credit for

[@jayhero8811]

I made one

[@orthodoxjimmy]

Nah

[@spXter]

Here from discord and finished JoJolion recently. Such an amazing Part!

[@nine-toedsloth7168]

Its second only to SBR in my opinion, but by such a tiny fracture. Araki really just becomes a better writer with every passing moment. The Saga from part 1 to 8 is such a beautiful journey and I am so glad I stopped being an anime only and manned up to read the whole bloody thing back to front. Jojo will always be one of my favourite artistic endeavors and Mr Hamon Beat just fleshes out things that I only begin to ponder. Much love

[@infinitepasta]

Glad to have you back man, been waiting on your return

[@thedimondminerz9049]

I love these videos because it makes me love jojo even more

[@korrok9434]

18:17 "Now that part 8 is over, I can PURSUE more JoJolion related videos" *Sweats nervously in Wonder of U*

[@epicwaba6424]

Could you do a video discussing Soft & Wet: Go Beyond? To me it felt like a retread of the ending of part 7 or 5 with even less of a setup. But if you see something I don't I'd love to hear a different perspective.

[@TerminaBroTheFirst]

yeah same, my perspective with Go Beyond has shifted from The Wall Eyes being wacky to Josuke, to Pucci and Josuke being eerily similar, sharing mechanic with their stand when it comes to how they got their ultimate ability, Pucci fusing with the Green Baby, keeping his original abilities and has the ability to bend reality using gravity while Josefumi fused with Kira, keeping their original abilities and have the ability to bend reality using spin and both of them have a similar ephiphany when it comes to realizing the true potential of their stand.

[@karera1856]

Agreed

[@HollowPurple-if2co]

It's also fits thematically with Josuke. To the world he doesn't exist, he's invisible but he is resolute to make his mark on it. Go Beyond is an embodiment of that, it doesn't exist in our world and is invisible but will can affect or "leave its mark" the physical one.

[@HollowPurple-if2co]

It's also set up 30 ish chapters before in the urban guerilla fight

[@karera1856]

@@HollowPurple-if2co can He beat GER or SP

[@NikkusNam]

Jojo + Evangelion = Jojolion

[@justajobro1266]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ime6eoh8j6Z9jpo Enjoy (This is not self promotion)

[@akabetenryuu]

But what does Jojo has to do with eva

[@NikkusNam]

@@akabetenryuu the word evangelion not the anime

[@crystalalumina]

It comes from Pygmalion actually

[@NikkusNam]

Evangelion refers to the gospel in Christianity, translated from the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, Latin: evangelium) meaning "Good News". Evangelion may also refer to: ... In Manichaeism, a major text known as the Evangelion (Classical Syriac: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ‎), also known as the Gospel of Mani.

[@Minleytrash]

I fr thought when I first heard the name that Josuke’s true name would be Jolion 💀

[@mechamedoquevinherasuament157]

Man, i really love your videos, thanks for the video

[@CrazyDiamond13332]

Finally a new video, welcome back

[@italokauan1873]

Another banger, keep it up. Hype on jojolands💪

[@niiiiiko]

Bro the video was posted 2 minutes ago how can you judge it to be a banger

[@TheCullenHarkins]

I would love to see an analysis of Gappy's character and design

[@SylentVoidkeeper]

So what Emporio said in the previous universe is still true: Much like how fate will always favor and support justice, the flow will always support the side of good in the end.

[@franciscorui]

Technically Flow and Fate are the same thing.

[@stevieie2837]

Tooru is pretty unpopular in the community or viewed as being less impactful than other previous villain/protagonist relationships. However, Josuke and Tooru both say a lot of interesting things about their own relationships with Yasuho, memories, their relationship with the earth, and how they think of themselves that would make for a good video about how Tooru and Gappy are Foils, I think

[@franciscorui]

Bland villian, Amazing Stand.

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@franciscorui people really think being a lowkey antagonist is 'bland'?

[@EclipseBloodVR]

Hamon beat: *uploaded* Me: oh boy he uploaded the final musical reference in jojolion :D *what is a jojolion?* Also me: where musical reference

[@Ikarusu]

Make a video discussing about Tooru since there's some people that say he was introduced and gone too quickly compared to other villains, you could make a video talking about his writing and themes to the story, which could also be compared to previous villains.

[@jayhero8811]

I already did

[@paveesfox375]

@@jayhero8811 kind of pathetic to lurk in other people's videos trying to sell your snake oil.

[@Itsthegirlyouloveyall]

@@paveesfox375what hes telling him a video already exists of it

[@gappyspins]

I want a video discussing all the " Final Arc Powerups " for the Villains and often the protagonists, it'll be very fun. ❤️

[@sebasfv5705]

Great idea

[@МагжанЖаксылык-м1с]

Ultimate kars ,star platinum:the world, bytes the dust , GER , made in heaven, tusk act 4, D4C love train , S&W Go Beyond

[@Faith_Pride]

@@МагжанЖаксылык-м1с Greatest High DIO

[@gappyspins]

@@МагжанЖаксылык-м1с true that's what I want, I see many others want them too

[@justajobro1266]

Dio vampire, Jonathan body dio, ultimate kars, Joseph blood dio (or as we like to call it saiko ni high dio), kawajiri kosaku, bites the dust, cmoon, made in heaven, d4c love Train, d4c love train (aged). For the protagonists Jonathan after hamon training, Joseph after hamon training, jotaro after time stop, gold experience requiem, tusk act 4, go beyond Are all the power ups and transformation the protagonist and antagonists got

[@crackmaniak1]

Really interresting video, with lot of deep topic. I think also Jojolion is the symbolism of the Natural disaster of 2011. The title is referring to bless, but the first scene that we see is the destruction made by this disaster. In the last volume, Araki say that Calamity is one of the biggest power in the World. It is more important when know that the familly house of Araki was destroyed during the eartquake of 2011. This was reported by a local newspapper Kohaku Shimpo. This event had a big influence on Araki work, like we can see in the destruction of Higashikata's house. Finally, we in Jojolion Calamity and bless are the two faces of the flow. This is represented with the equivalent echange, the curse of milagro or Higashikata curse. For me of the message of Jojolion is that calamity are here, imprectible, terrible... We need to live with.... But when he is coming ... We need to go beyond, and start a New begining. This is the real bless of a Calamity...

[@CeceliaIsAWeeb]

The more I think of Jojolion, the more I realize how amazingly crafted and masterful it is.

[@themandalorian9613]

But still they are weaker than Goku - The random bozo who sent me death threats on discord

[@kaydage6814]

Babe wake up new Hamon Beat video just dropped 😩

[@shinarupu3545]

another god video. Not sure i agree with all your points about which elements among stands/spin/golden ratio represent divine blessings/curses/flow as a whole, but your work in putting all these elements into an overarching concept together is impressive.

[@nicholassremac-saari494]

Once you've finished making more Jojolion videos (like maybe about go beyond or the wall eyes), could you make a video about Tooru and part 9? I feel like there were ideas thrown around in Jojolion that maybe Tooru had some big "final plan" that he didn't get to complete (kind of like DIO and his heaven plan) and I wanted to know your general thoughts and opinions about his character as a whole.

[@leetri]

@@ebox147 It's easy to figure out on your own though. The rock humans had access to a fruit that could cure anything, that's an immense amount of power to have. You could sell the fruit for millions upon millions of dollars to people in power, or ask for criminal or political favours.

[@godlyguts4483]

@@ebox147 please delete this comment. you're going to get alot of hate, as supposed to. maybe you have Not so good English language experience or you were drunk / sleepy and you wrote that comment. i understand that. but please delete that i don't want you to get hated. Because the comment you sent is pretty stupid ( no offense )

[@mishapgamer]

@@godlyguts4483 yikes bruh chill

[@byjordi2185]

Well imo Valentine tried abusing the way to good flow of the world and Tooru the way to bad flow.. so imo both aspects could come up again, a clash between them with new characters or even a clash that happened between it with Fumi and Lucy^^

[@buckocity2249]

Hold on babe, Hamon Beat dropped a video

[@TerminaBroTheFirst]

JoJolion is my favorite part and I do agree with the problems it has (however my personal gripes comes from The Blue Hawaii arc, while introducing important concepts, you can easily separate the concepts to other arcs like the idea of holy lands and the idea of rock creatures that aren't rock human otherwise the arc feels pretty underwhelming in the grand scheme of things and the whole rock hair clip animal was just an excuse for Yasuho to not be in the Ozon Baby fight because it would be ez mode for the JoGang, kind of bothered me ) But overall Gappy is someone I relate to a lot and his journey is my favorite out of the other JoJo's

[@justajobro1266]

Agreed I really felt it went slightly downhill from blue Hawaii, its more of it just being boring compared to something like the highway star arc, and seeing how every arc before blue Hawaii, doremifasolatido and urban gorilla and ozon baby where so amazing those three arcs felt kind of underwhelming, even the yasuho clip thing wasn’t that good but it was interesting

[@TerminaBroTheFirst]

@@justajobro1266 I actually think Ozon Baby arc was pretty good because we never had a really goofy one time bad guy, usually very serious or the scenario they're in are weird when it comes the villains, so it's nice to see Poor Tom carrying the legacy of weird random villain and the arc has one of the few battle royale fights in the series which I wish there were more because the idea is very cool but everything else yeah I agree

[@justajobro1266]

@@TerminaBroTheFirst I also kinda agree with you there maybe I didn't enjoy it as much becusse I was really really looking forward to the wonder of u, actually now I think of it I really enjoyed it

[@mrRPGamers]

How would Paisley Park make the Ozon Baby fight easier?

[@mattb.7079]

Honestly I think the problem people have with those arcs was only due to the monthly release, I read them in a row and I had zero problem with them. The Blue Hawaii arc was really solid and quite thrilling imo, and I found Yasuho's flashback to be very emotional and structural to understand her character and her relationship with Josuke

[@kylonbell123]

It's about time I been waiting for this

[@machberet4884]

Rokakaka resembling figs I think is a reference to how fig fruits are made - a wasp gets trapped inside a flower, then it is slowly turned into fruit

[@OnmyoKrow]

A video discussing Tsurugi's journey and development would be interesting. Considering Jobin's misguided view of the "right path" influencing his behaviour leading up to the onset of the rock disease in the climax.

[@tristandaries1129]

I’ve never even considered the fact that Johnny could be a saint, but it makes perfect sense

[@amibofarmer5854]

I feel like the flow is a sorta of conduit for the idea of fortune and misfortune as each main villain in the new universe manipulates some aspect of fortune.

[@shumanbeans]

Another example of Calamity leading to Tooru's defeat is Mamezuku's death. He could only figure out GB after being hit by one of S&W bubbles.

[@Jay85273]

Maybe a video about the interpersonal relationships of Josuke? Like, his thoughts on each household member and which of them he actually trusts if at all by the end.

[@pullupparker6110]

The best Jojo youtuber 🐐

[@tezeta1565]

I find it really neat that the equivalent exchange thing is even reflected in naming: namely, Kira kind of becoming a positive force after previously being a negative one.

[@alterperversersackkk]

you should do a video on tooru. so many jotubers are saying shit like "araki just didnt care" or"theres just nothing to discuss with tooru he doesnt even mirror jouske in any meaningful way"

[@OlleMoquist]

A video going into detail about Soft & wet's abilities would be great. I feel some of his ability was retconned early on in the story and maybe you got some insight into this. The Go Beyond ability and what parts of Josefumi's and Josuke's stands that are different would be interesting as well.

[@JBarG22]

Jojo is the main character and Lion is an animal

[@sui891]

Who else just screams "HAMON BEAT!!!" when the Joseph says it

[@epicjakman]

im high as hell and drawing so i didnt stop the video as he was doing his patreon read, so hearing him say walter white made me shit ny pants

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

It's a amazing story about the conflict between emotional and logical when creating a story, the rock human symbolise the concept of logic out come and abilities, while Josuke×Yasuho and all the Higashikata family create a chain of emotions that at the end, suppressed the mere existence of Logic itself

[@gokukakarot5246]

I would really love for you to cover the overall themes and story of jojolion, I feel that not enough people recognize it enough

[@Vissh720]

I’d love to see a Tooru video, most of the videos about him are calling him the weakest villain which is not true

[@ProwerAdmirer]

Not in terms of power, but in terms of build up

[@punusername3445]

@@ProwerAdmirer i like subversivess a lot, JoJo has made me appreciate it even more, looking back, Tooru is not the big villain that must be defeated in order for the story to end. He represents something that was there the entire time, the struggle, calamity, he *isn't* the thing that was there the entire time, and he wasn't the one meant to be defeated in order for it to end, he is however the physical manifestation of the end of Josukes Journey, much like everything in part 8, Tooru represents a part of your past that keeps you from freeing yourself, like the stories of both of the individuals who made you (Josuke pressuring himself to be Kira or Josefumi, and or following their stories before noticing he needed to choose the cake on his own) much like this example Tooru was always there, he is but a physical manifestation of the final step, defeating him doesn't mean defeating *him* it means breaking the curse or breaking free from your past that was holding you back on your own choices this entire time, having a build up to Tooru wouldn't fit his whole deal, as we would see him as the big bad guy that must be defeated at the end, instead of the real face behind your struggle this entire, your pursuit of following your own past to try and be like they were only brought you calamity, and you must go beyond than pursuing it to break free from it. That's my interpretation anyways

[@Itsthegirlyouloveyall]

i got a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ_KhWduZbqJhas

[@frikizone2.03]

Maybe the Jojolion were the friends we made along the way

[@franciscorui]

The Ripple is the control of internal energies The Spin is the control of external energies A Stand is the culmination of one's complete energy and fortune

[@gentlemanzgi3512]

Hey man I just finished reading art 8 and watched your video to finish part 8 off. Great video! One topic that is probably important, and I wanted to suggest to you to talk about is the symbolism of insects in part 8. I noticed how many times insects played a big role: Joubin and his insect collection, the plant appraiser uses insects to assist the fruits, and most notably the rock humans need insects to grow up as a baby. There is definitly something to it. The symbolism behind insects. What do you think?

[@GILGAMESG069]

Still didn't forget about that lion araki

[@gerharddamm5933]

Damn this is really well thought out

[@javiersilva4369]

The real lions in Jojolion are the friends we made in the trip

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

I thought this was going to be a treasure of the Sierra Madre type of story where there really isn't a main villain but the concept is what gets the better of everyone

[@rickslick4913]

I love Jojolion and this really helped me understand it a lot more. It was too intricate for me to immediately understand lol so thank you for making this video.

[@checkoffgames]

here several days late. Nice to see new content.

[@MilkJugA_]

There are good forces and bad forces that clash. One force doesn't fully prevail in the end - there is loss and sadness. I think thats the point of the family gathering at the end of Jojolion

[@lorenzodepaoli3642]

Maybe, the fact that Josuke is created with a basis of perfection as a vessel for 'good' could've given him the ability of using the golden rotation wich is an explanation for the go beyond bubbles being able to overcome the flow and the calamities

[@walemaa5631]

It's simple: In the book, Josuke searches for his identity and then he finds it! He realises that he's a lion -- a Jojo-Lion!

[@scan8501]

Would love you to do a video about the wall eyes or a speculation video about what part 9 could be about.

[@sandroserrano9186]

We need a grand unifying theory for JoJo's supernatural phenomenons

[@wheresprototype3507]

I liked jojolion but I had a few problems with it mainly with characters: Love love deluxes user saying she would return but never did, Kyo not returning till chapter 103 but dying the same or next chapter, Tooru should've appeared after the milagro man arc to build up his character and to have a better emotional impact in his death, I don't have a problem with flashback man I've excepted the fact that he's a scrapped idea

[@tgatt5759]

Tooru was just a problem in general in my opinion

[@TheWorldBelowDnD]

Jobin was so much cooler than Tooru- as a character, and as an overarching villain...

[@pootispaghetti]

I've kinda come to terms with the flashback man bc it seems like he was meant just as an early hope for josuke's memories to come back like every other amnesia story, but that didn't work out. josuke stating that his existence and memories started when he came out of the ground convinced me that fbm just isn't important.

[@wheresprototype3507]

@@pootispaghetti yeah I agree with you on that its just still annoying

[@Simpsonsfan1011]

@@tgatt5759 Yeah he has really weak motives. It says a lot that people try to make his motives more about money and power by constantly referring to Urban Guerilla to explain them as though they weren't his own motivations.

[@noxartorias6553]

Johnny being a saint which created the walleyes is a very very good theory I believe that 100%

[@DeadEye364]

Wait does that mean Love Train is the antithesis to Wonder of U? Wonder o U brings calamity but Love Train pushes calamity away. Since Lover train is a power gained from the Saint's corpse and Wonder of U was a stand of a rock person, so the rock people are literally forces of calamity.

[@luukderuijter1332]

Confirmed, the dinosaurs all died because they had no religion

[@masonhunsinger7496]

I honestly wonder what would happen if jouske learned the golden rotation

[@raccoononymous]

He would need a horse to unlock its full potential.

[@internetstranger4508]

@@raccoononymous There's a Reddit post about that (sadly I forgot the link) where he used kei's stand as a horse.

[@masonhunsinger7496]

Hold up at the man made objects imperfect replicas of the golden spin so I dunno if a motorcycle would work

[@masonhunsinger7496]

Are Sorry about that typo

[@GummKid]

So I was fated to watch this video based on the flow of your videos?

[@Namothy64]

Great video as always. I think a good video topic could involve a more indepth look at noriosuke the first and maybe the beach baby. Noriosuke has 2 navals. Similar to how josuke has 4 balls.

[@andrewluiz5908]

Your videos make me enjoy the series more.

[@TrulyOm]

I’ve been wondering this lol thanks Man U put a lot of work into ur vids face reveal?

[@Xman34washere]

The only thing I can think of is Neon Genesis Jojolion

[@KendrickXLamar--]

I'm pretty sure araki already explained the meaning of "jojolion"

[@YatogamiLuca]

I'm really exited for new JoJolion Videos

[@elbraymundo]

Jojo To be clear, -lion isn't a suffix. Evangelion comes from ancient Greek, and the word's roots are eu-, prefix for good/true, and angelos, meaning "messengers". Evangelion means "good news" which eventually became "Gospel". Araki, in a roundabout way, got to that original meaning. I think it's best to understand the name Jojolion as a portmanteau meaning "The Gospel of Jojo" which really captures what this part is about. It's a story of breaking a curse, mirroring an interpretation of the Gospels. Like the Gospels, it's a story about a Saint (arguably one of the first Jojos 😉). That may be the best way to interpret the title.

[@roman108]

15:00 “The *MIRACLE* of Your Love”

[@Xer405]

Jojolion's purpose is to set up Joseph Joestar for part 9 of course

[@KyngD469]

110 chapters just for one T H O R N Y B O I

[@yo5233]

I hope

[@nine-toedsloth7168]

I personally don't think that will be the case, but im happy no matter where Araki takes it. Maybe he could do something different, by having some chapters in the current day and some in the past, similar to the Radio Gaga arc coinciding with present Morioh, continue Josephs story for an arc and then go to the next Jojo (maybe even Josuke again IDK) exploring islands or some shit. Hype train regardless.

[@kodytiffany5686]

Also, I think this is also part of the result of Part 6's ending. A fate which was one way, as you stated, was "twisted" or spun, if you will, into the current set of parts. I wonder if Jojolands will have a definitive end or an open one. A fusion of Part 6's main antagonist (bad at remembering his name) and Carrs(?); for the main threat. I think Carrs is the perfect example of evolution's pinnacle (rock human) combined with the fanatism of Part 6's foe. I think it might be a good Cap. As always, I want another Female lead. Someone is instinctual, more so than genius.

[@JohnDoe-rw5dx]

New universe has nothing to do with part 6’s ending

[@kodytiffany5686]

@@JohnDoe-rw5dx Thought it cannonically was a direct connection. As in the past of when Enrico went to. I thought it was the reason for the reboot in universe. Maybe it was some persons theory I misunderstood as fact.

[@theedgyhighschoolkid1328]

I would just like to comment on something you said in your debunking video for part 3, you said that stands can be read as ‘ghostly ripple’, and Joseph says ‘a stand is generated by ones life energy’, I’d say both make sense, having that in part 1, we can see Jonathan making a tree bloom by using hamon unconsciously in episode(volume) .

[@mechajay3358]

I always assumed the name would have meaning of lions involved.

[@totallynotdio1311]

I am once again asking for your personal, subjective review of jojolion. Also i would love to see updated deathcount and music references video. Also also video titled ,,all unfired chekof's gun in jojolion" would be an intresting video.

[@controversialcommenter5748]

Me too, honestly I thought Jojolion had so much going for it like it’s interesting premise, my personal favorite art design in the whole series, and some really interesting character but is structured so terribly: there is no meaningful down time. In every other part there’s at least a point where the characters mess around for just a few moments. Like in all of part 4 or like the crew going out to eat in part 5 or like the entire arc between annasui and Jolyene in part 6. There isn’t really any moments in this story that makes me ask why the characters care about each other besides the very beginning, josuke singing about how much he likes French fries to yasuho, or the crew eating that strawberry thing in Mamezuku’s house. Even in part 3 we’d see hilarious moments of the characters drinking ice tea together or doing funny handshakes or just talking to each other about things unrelated to the plot. I think you get the idea at this point though.

[@totallynotdio1311]

@@controversialcommenter5748 yeah i also believe jojolion has many problems, one of them being no breathing time for characters.

[@controversialcommenter5748]

Oh and I almost forgot about how throughout almost the entire story we’re misdirected to believe Jobin would be the final villain. And don’t say “aksually it was pretty obvious the rock humans as a whole we’re clearly the overarching villains” when like half of the rock human antagonists we meet are literally hired by Jobin.

[@totallynotdio1311]

@@controversialcommenter5748 honestly i would be okay if jobin was the risotto of part 8, but i think he never could even talk to tooru lol.

[@bluekawashima-9012]

@@controversialcommenter5748 Jobin has never "hired" a rock human from the organization to do something for him apart from Dolomite, who wasn't even a member of the locacaca organization. Just as dolomite said in chapter 63, Jobin is just a "gofer", a literal errand boy for the organization. Poor tom even instructed him to do something for him to get the branch. The relationship between Jobin and the organization is just borderline business associates. Yotsuyu promised to jobin that they'd help him have a part of their fruit cartel as long as he'd help them smuggle fruits outside the country since Jobin is the second highest ranking member in the higashikata fruit parlor. Jobin saw this as an opportunity to break the curse and make their family business even more succesful than ever, so he took the deal. It's a "I scratch your back you scratch mine" type of deal.

[@HayatoStarGod]

7:13 --> "You people have no idea how important this scene is" 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

[@dujhauni513]

Using Teen Wolf lore... Josuke is a Chimera.

[@thekerminator6521]

I’d like to hear your thoughts on Flashback man being Joseph

[@nahuel0909]

xd

[@totallynotdio1311]

Ohh i remember fake chapter 109 cover now lol.

[@nine-toedsloth7168]

@@totallynotdio1311 Dibo Brabbo

[@totallynotdio1311]

@@nine-toedsloth7168 *crying emoji

[@Pablo_Martin_aa]

@@nine-toedsloth7168 im crying

[@antitheist3206]

Phantom Blood - has vampires Battle Tendency - all action Stardust Crusaders - Star Platinum Diamond is Unbreakable - Crazy Diamond Golden Wind - Golden Experience Stone Ocean - Stone Free Steel Ball Run - horse race with Jesus JoJolion - holy hell this man has 4 testicles

[@guanglaikangyi6054]

It would be interesting to see a video with this part's callbacks to other parts, mainly part 4.

[@totallynotdio1311]

He alread6 did that vid lol

[@oddiunapologetic]

An analysis video on the milagro man. A video on how the rokaka and equivalent exchange could have saved jojolion characters like Kiyo and Kaato or jobin and mamazuku. The effects & drawbacks of such an exchange

[@iokhufu]

i cant watch this until jojolion is animated so ill give this vid a thumbs up for now

[@roaringthunder115]

The lions were the friends we made along the way

[@espio30]

And here I thought that flow scene with Norisuke was just for jokes

[@TheDigitalApple]

Still waiting for the Jojo lions.

[@karera1856]

Finally,new video!