I will write with and without spoilers, let's start with spoilers for all those who don't know whether to start watching Jojos with the first part.
Yes. Look at it. You may like it more or less, but it is essential to understand everything below, by and large it is the "first part", not to skip it only because the protagonist is a gentleman who does not act without logic or joke every five seconds and they do not have stands. .. their battles are equally epic.
(WITH SPOILERS)
As a fan that I am going to the day, I want to analyze carefully, sorry for the extension but it is necessary.
The truth is that there are many videos that discuss who is the true protagonist, even the fans themselves in the comments continue to search for that ideal.
Does Jojo really have it? I mean, it's quite a unique and bizarre manga itself, you can't deny it even if you don't like it.
Perhaps we are used to the typical protagonist (both in anime and in books, movies...) that we get scared (literally) when we see that something does not follow the pattern, the label helps us to know if it is good or bad.
I think that Araki is not so superficial as to determine and follow the same pattern as all (or most) anime, since he already broke with surprising, for this alone. Araki is very intelligent and I don't think he has portrayed the typical protagonist, in fact we don't have it and that's wrong?
I want to analyze Jonathan since he is one of the least liked.
Jonathan Joestar is an ideal model of the men who lived in his TIME. We know that Araki is a cultured writer, with a lot of audacity and intelligence, it is shown in the way he writes his battles, characters, even musical or general cult references, and I wouldn't be surprised if he knew information to create Jonathan in the historical context. of the.
Compared to the next protagonists, Jonathan is the most idealized and noble, why?
We have to travel back in time, England, 19th century, a Europe in which educated noblemen, with great manners, wise and strong, with a dignified sense of justice (as a good Christian) and gentleman (court of ladies) were the masculine ideal of that time.
Now, I don't think Jonathan has that character by chance, because he Dio aspires to be the same (at least, hiding his true intentions) and all men with some conscience try to follow those eager steps.
Jonathan, as a nobleman that he is, dreams of being that boy with formidable gifts, for example when the boys made fun of Erina, Jojo defended her without any love interest, they didn't even know each other, her only MOTIVATION for doing so was because she was a woman and all the girls must be helped.
So far we can see his personality, a child with a desire to be more, he is not satisfied with having the last name JOESTAR and all his requirements that he brings (wealth), he strives to fulfill those ideals.
Therefore, Jonathan is a man with excellent morals, he can FORGIVE as the judging God did (remember his time) and he behaved like this with his adoptive brother.
However, Jojo is a double edged character, many think that he is useless or too GOOD, and they are correct.
The downfall of this gentleman was his OWN MORALITY and CHARACTER, he did not dare to open his eyes and accept all the damage that Dio caused (he ruined his friendships, he grew up with a rude father and aware of favoritism towards him, even seeing the suffering of his beloved and the death of his father) And what did Jonathan do? He forgave him.
Ok... part 2 of my analysis.
His philosophy, without a doubt fogs his mind, ensures that SURRENDER exists (and we already know that Dio after that did not CHANGE).
Jonathan's weak point is his SENSITIVITY, he does not accept seeing the TRUTH, he knows that reality is cruel and he prefers to opt for second chances.
Without a doubt, he is very powerful, as previously said the MOTIVATION and DETERMINATION that he has, he can really withstand a lot of pressure, because this Joestar never GIVES UP. (He goes to London, comes back and spends all of Dio's action with his father, and automatically must learn and train Hamon to stop his BROTHER, because Jojo considers it so after all, that's ADMIRABLE).
Tood this so that in a short period of time, he does not have time to assimilate, his benevolence does not allow him to exceed the limit that he considers cruel and that is why he died.
In conclusion, we have a great character who fights through his own beliefs and sticks to them no matter the consequences (he literally sacrificed himself in the end) or how terrifying the other person has acted, a man trapped in that perfect ideal. of the society.
It is not necessary to have a rude and insensitive protagonist, sometimes someone weak in "thinking" also teaches us great things.
He did not die in vain, he died being the same: a gentleman.
