Art: The art style is very unique with eccentric poses and framing, overly muscular characters and a futuristic fashion sense. I love the art style, but it does suffer a bit from the smudginess of 80’s manga art. I feel there wasn’t much crosshatching at that time for darker areas and the darker areas looked a bit muddy. Some of the fast paced action scenes were a bit muddy too, but that happens almost in every manga I’ve read so far.
Story/Characters: Some may say the story here is a bit simplistic, but this manga wasn’t about having a complicated main plot. It’s more about having dozens of complicated sub plots. Each villain presented within the manga is perfect with his own set of unique powers called “Stands”. I’ve always been at the edge of my chair whenever watching or reading part three because of the unique powers and the secret of breaking it down the main characters had to face. Talking about the main characters, each of the four main characters have their unique traits: Jotaro's cool, Joseph’s silliness, Avdol’s insightfulness, Kakyoin’s kindness and Polnareff’s air headedness. The characters are exciting with each having a slightly emotional back story and a huge amount of comic relief which is mostly well balanced.
My favorite villains and showdowns were probably Darby and his poker game and Dio’s final battle. I could feel the intensity seeping out of the manga pages when Jotaro and Dio started walking towards each other for a showdown.
The journey through different countries was pretty epic as well, I loved how the author showed views of the culture that the local people follow. Especially India, it’s like the author had a personal grudge against the country. No offense to my Indian bros, love you from across the border.
Overall, I think this was a great journey and I felt like I was a part of the journey because of the intense psychological fights and beautiful scenery. Definitely the peak of the franchise.
