To say nothing of Iggy. I fucking love dogs, man, but dont make him goddamn fart in Polnareffs face in every fucking interaction with him! It is not funny! It is not entertaining! It is just lazy, shitty writing. Fuck you, iggy. You probably die somewhere down the line, and I'll still be sad because dogs are great. But even so, fuck you.
On top of that, why in the absolute fuck did they get rid of hamon? That shit was fine! Stands are bullshit! Where did they come from? Why did they not exist before and now are fucking ubiquitous? Why do they have such bullshit fluid rules about what they are and what they can do?
On top of THAT, why is this show now a 100% 'enemy of the week' type format? Who thought that would be a good idea for 50 fucking episodes? On top of THAT, Fuck you, I'm upset that this show that I really enjoyed seems to have become such a shitshow. On top of THAT, fuck you too, guy or girl who is reading this. Just because. My dissappointment and polnareff loathing knows no bounds. Honest question, how can you like Jonathan better than Joseph? To me Jonathan suffers from the same problem as Jotaro in SC in which he is just too perfect. Jonathan is that perfect gentleman who is incredibly strong and manages to master Hamon much quicker than his teacher. Not to say that he doesn't develop really, Although I might argue that most of his development is when he is depicted as a kid, he seems to be pretty firm in his character as an adult.
But to me, Joseph in Battle Tendency was just fucking amazing. I loved Joseph's imperfections. I loved how, clearly he was a strong dude given his build, but he was definitely not stronger than most of the enemies he faced, and he managed to use his wit to defeat them. Personally I'm a sucker for David vs Goliath type battles and Part 2 was just full of them. Also his character just seemed much more entertaining. Jonathan Joestar is such a standard anime character to me, he's your average superman, the most basic of the heroes. Joseph is wacky and perverted but also serious and caring. I just feel like I can relate to him so much more.
Enemy of the week got so tiring, I agree. It's the reason SDC is my least favorite part so far; 1 and 2 felt like a single story, and each week we saw some progression and it was good. But with p3, it felt like it lied about being a single story, instead becoming super episodic until pretty late on.
The first few episodes weren't too bad; after all, they were just introducing the characters, so it's fine if the plot doesn't move too fast. But then progression just, stopped. If I'd known it'd be like this, and approached it like Cowboy Bebop, simply looking for highs within the episodes plot, I think SDC would've been a lot more enjoyable for me.
With anime, episodic shows only seem to be a problem when people expect them to be serial. In comparison with part 3, DiU has also been episodic, but no one expected anything else. For that (and many other reasons) part 4 seems to've been better received; at least, I've loved it completely so far.
I can totally see why someone would not enjoy Stardust Crusaders. It has a radically different style from parts 1 and 2, it follows a very generic monster of the week formula, and many of the fights tend to be very forgettable.
Jotaro was meant to be a "Clint Eastwood-esque character" but I had a hard time liking him because each episode with him basically boiled down to:
Part 1 of the arc: Villain talks mad shit to Jotaro
Part 2 of the arc: Jotaro beats the ever loving shit out of them.
I just don't feel like he lives up to the Jojo name as well as the previous ones, and honestly I feel like a lot of his popularity comes from his awesome design. He's Part 4 Spoilers In essence, he's a fun character, but tends to suck out any tension in the series. I found I had far more fun when the arc was following Polnareff/Avdol/Joseph than him, and that's kind of lame.
I'd actually have to disagree with you on Polnareff. He's easily my favorite character from part 3, because he's not perfect, and he's a goofball. His stand is interesting, all his fights are neat, and he goes through a broad array of emotions unlike some of the other characters. He has a great character arc throughout the series, and honestly he's just a fun dude.
Look SDC isnt really that good. IT has boring stand users, slow as hell plot and a weak MC jojo for most of its time. it really doesnt become good until the group reaches a certain city where the bad guy is. Up until then the show feels like it is just stalling for time. This couldve been like 10 episodes shorter and have a much more fast pacing. instead the anime wanted to adapt basically everything in the manga and we are left with a really slow progression.
jotaro as i said is not a interesting MC. He isnt as honorable as jonothen or as clever as Joseph which doesnt necessary make him bad but what does is is mary stu tendancies. For all intense and purposed hes perfect, perfect stand, perfect physique, perfect personality that everyone else wants to have, and a really high intelligence. He honestly doesnt seem like he needs the others as they seem to be causing more harm then good. But thats just my opinion I do like jotaro just not as a MC as a side character hes actaully pretty enjoyable.
Agreed on the hamon though I do see why he would change it as ahaki wanted to create his own thing the fact hes just flat out ignored it entirely is kinda bad IMO. Like he couldve made hamon and stands have a similar relationship to magic and science in a certain magical index. Nope the last of the hamonians are gonna die with a certain person.
Personally I actually agree with you on every single point. Stardust crusaders to me actually felt like literary garbage. The show is mostly Polnareff's retarded adventures, because they made Jotaro such a perfect infallible character that if he had most of the screen time there would be little to no suspense in the series at all. It feels so cheap and easy that the series uses Polnareff's idiocy to make things seem suspenseful. Adding to this, why the fuck are they always splitting up. It literally makes no sense. I understand if they ever split up to search for something and cover more ground, but they constantly act like this search for Dio is some sort of vacation in which they can constantly just be splitting up for the smallest and dumbest of reasons. Even though they must clearly be aware that Dio is constantly sending stand users to them. It actually drives me insane.
And then let's not gloss over what I said about Jotaro being this infallible monster of an MC that literally never falters, wavers, or displays any possible chance of failure. It's actually crazy to me how much he manages to accomplish with no explanation to his great ability other than him being the main character of Part 3. It was such a bummer to see Joseph Joestar in Part 2, using his wit to cleverly take down his foes in a David vs Goliath type situation, and then switch to Part 3 where Jotaro is basically Goliath with David's intelligence.
Fuck man I hate it too it took me forever to wade through the garbage that was part 3. But I'll be honest with you, the show is very good in a week by week format. I had to watch the first season of SC when the episodes were all out and I hated it. But for the second season I actually was watching it week by week and it was pretty fun to watch because of the format. Although it was not any less bullshit.
Part 4 is noticeably better in my opinion, especially because the main character is not the perfect snowflake that Jotaro is, and Jotaro makes a bunch better mentor than a main character. But to be honest I am starting to enjoy part 4 less and less. I'm sure people here are gonna get your hopes up about it but I'll be honest, we are 14 episodes in now and there's still no real story yet. Maybe it gets one later but there is actually no goal right now for the main character and his friends. It's basically just watching them on a day by day basis seeing what other stand users they will encounter that day.
Aaaaanyways, fuck part 3. It's a sack of bullshit and I want you to watch the final fight with Dio and then come back here and make another post because I'm sure that shit will make you complain too. I still get into arguments with my friend about that fight because of how much it frustrates me.
