before i carry on, remember that this is my personal opinion and you are free to disagree with anything i say.
Phantom Blood-
To describe it in one word-disaster. absolutely sucked, and i was tempted to stop right at episode 3. but i carried on, and it only got worse from there. the characters were bland and boring as all hell. i don't get why Dio gets so much praise, he just murders a dog because "haha look at me do the evil". i liked his goal at the beginning being that he wanted the Joestar fortune, because it makes sense once we see the conditions he lives in with his abusive father. but it quickly stops being that, and he just regresses into a big bad for the sake of being a big bad, which undermines his initial coldness and skills of manipulation and make him into a loud, spoiled brat. Then there's Speedwagon. I get that he's only talked about for the memes, but can we be real here, what has this fucker done in this part apart from giving a play-by-play of every single action taken? the other characters are so boring and one dimensional, they don't even deserve a mention, especially Jonathan's dad, whose death was so drawn out, it made it seem more hilarious than impactful and sad.
And then there's Jonathan Joestar. Words don't describe how much i hated his character, and he is the definition of Mary Sue. He's not funny or badass, or clever, he's got no personality at all, his relationship with Erina felt rushed and forced, and his lack of any negative emotions (remember, he still forgives Dio in the end like the Mary Sue he is) made him more shallow than he already is.
Battle Tendancy-
It's a shame that I'm forced to lump this is with Phantom Blood, because this part actually does things better than part 1, probably because it mostly just expands concepts we are already familiar with. The main reason I hate this part the least of them all is because of Joseph. He is funny as hell and does the "I usually act like an idiot but I'm actually smart" cliche well, even if it sometimes comes off as an asspull. Everyone else isn't awful, but aren't outstanding either. Cesear was an alright rival, didn't like Lisa Lisa that much, Smokey is an average comic relief who doesn't add that much. I will say though, Speedwagon was treated better in this part as he doesn't just do some useless narrating, as well as coming off as a father figure to Joseph.
As for this part's villains, they're mediocre at best. Wamuu was the only one I liked, Eisidisi was just...there... and Kars was nothing special, just your good old run-of-the-mill god complex baddie.
