Come Back, Fugo

Chainsaw_Derp said:
Araki wrote him out not cuz Purple Haze was too uncontrollable but because it was too strong and would have solved too many of their problems

Bellana2003 said:
the reason why Araki wrote Fugo out of the story is that he originally planned for Fugo to betray Giorno and the others, in his own words: like Judas betrayed Jesus. He planned for Fugo to be a traitor in Bucciarati's team, following orders from The Boss. But Araki was going through some depression at the time and felt like it was too much and decided to make him leave the group pacifically instead.

He said:"My state of mind was so dark that the stories I wrote were becoming more and more evil, but in my heart I was starting to hate this behavior as time passed. Also my heart just broke thinking about how Bucciarati would feel. I absolutely can't understand betrayal from a trusted friend and this is why just thinking about it physically hurt me. I would have accepted any criticism saying that I 'hadn't had the guts to do it' an author, but I assure you I couldn't write that episode no matter what.
Maybe Giorno would have had to kill Fugo then and I'm sure this would have given a really bad impression to my youngest readers"

It's truly a shame that we saw so little about Fugo in the Part, but that's how things are. But you can read the light novel Purple Haze Feedback.

there you can learn more about Fugo's story and what happens to him after the end of Part 5. Unfortunately, the light novel is not 100% canon, since it was not written by Araki himself. But he drew the illustration for the story and also contributed ideas to the plot. I highly recommend the light novel to any Jojo fan.

Rayan_W said:
[Spoilers for the first half of Golden Wind, just in case]

Is it for the best that Is there something I’m missing?

I’ve only recently watched this part and I’m an anime-only as of now, so I imagine this discussion has been had before but, like, come on. This is a pretty sharp turn for the story to take.

Chainsaw_Derp said:
Araki wrote him out not cuz Purple Haze was too uncontrollable but because it was too strong and would have solved too many of their problems

Rayan_W said:
[Spoilers for the first half of Golden Wind, just in case]

Is it for the best that Is there something I’m missing?

I’ve only recently watched this part and I’m an anime-only as of now, so I imagine this discussion has been had before but, like, come on. This is a pretty sharp turn for the story to take.

Bellana2003 said:
the reason why Araki wrote Fugo out of the story is that he originally planned for Fugo to betray Giorno and the others, in his own words: like Judas betrayed Jesus. He planned for Fugo to be a traitor in Bucciarati's team, following orders from The Boss. But Araki was going through some depression at the time and felt like it was too much and decided to make him leave the group pacifically instead.

He said:"My state of mind was so dark that the stories I wrote were becoming more and more evil, but in my heart I was starting to hate this behavior as time passed. Also my heart just broke thinking about how Bucciarati would feel. I absolutely can't understand betrayal from a trusted friend and this is why just thinking about it physically hurt me. I would have accepted any criticism saying that I 'hadn't had the guts to do it' an author, but I assure you I couldn't write that episode no matter what.
Maybe Giorno would have had to kill Fugo then and I'm sure this would have given a really bad impression to my youngest readers"

It's truly a shame that we saw so little about Fugo in the Part, but that's how things are. But you can read the light novel Purple Haze Feedback.

there you can learn more about Fugo's story and what happens to him after the end of Part 5. Unfortunately, the light novel is not 100% canon, since it was not written by Araki himself. But he drew the illustration for the story and also contributed ideas to the plot. I highly recommend the light novel to any Jojo fan.