Moltrey posted:

April 2016 is the only date we got.

In hindsight, this is fitting, doesn't Part 4 open on Josuke's first day or week of high school? Which would be sometime in April/May?

ZenVulgarity posted:

Why do JoJo and DIO have such similar stands?

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

I didn't really notice it until someone pointed out to me that I wasn't seeing the Jotaro/DIO rivalry properly, but they have a lot of similar characteristics. These might not be the strongest examples since I haven't spent enough time thinking about this to write up a character essay or something, but it's just a few things I've noticed in hindsight.

I'll put some of this in spoiler tags to avoid spoiling the people who are still watching SC.

* Both start out as delinquents, to a degree. Jotaro gets into fights, skips out on bills, etc. Dio kicks dogs, uses ungentlemanly conduct during boxing, forces kisses onto Jonathan's girlfriend, etc.

* Both suffer from incredibly violent tempers that they often need to suppress in order to prevent their keen minds from being inhibited.

* Both of them start their journeys due to their what happens to their mothers. Dio kills his father and expresses disgust at him for working his mother to death, while Jotaro goes to fight Dio after seeing his mother affected by her Stand.

* Both also start becoming who they are due to Jonathan. DIO is obvious, but Araki mentions that Jotaro feels a lot of respect for Jonathan and is proud to take on his legacy, which is likely why he has all those lines towards him in Eyes of Heaven.

* Both of them are very merciless to their enemies, only rarely showing mercy to those whom they respect. Jotaro expresses sympathy for and buries N'doul, while DIO revives Vanilla Ice after seeing the depths of his devotion.

* Women are very attracted to the both of them due to charisma. Neither of them really seem to care too much about the opposite sex, though, even despite them both having children as major protagonists later down the line. We never see much of either of their wives.

* Both are very prone to deep introspection, particularly Jotaro. You can see during a number of encounters like Enya that he spends a lot of time really observing whom they meet, which is why he's the only one to spot her mistake. DIO, meanwhile, spends a lot of Stardust Crusaders talking about the nature of fear and transcending it.

* Both of them get their powers after seeing someone else use them and begin building on them with surprising instinct. Jotaro sees Magician's Red before beginning to use Star Platinum with a lot more effectiveness, and DIO turns a guy into a vampire and witnesses his strength before developing his own unique abilities like Dehydrating Freezing.

Of course there are differences between them, which, assuming Stand stats are directly related to personality, accounts for why Star Platinum and The World aren't exact mirrors of each other.

e X posted:

Also, does literally all Japanese media have references to JJBA?

alcharagia posted:

And... wait, poo poo, I've totally picked up the Stone Mask in these games before!

alcharagia posted:

and wait holy poo poo there was this dude in Order of Ecclesia who I am just realizing was basically a Stardust Crusader's fan character, he was this dude who had a giant pig monster that was his shadow and you could only hit it on the wall and it was really cool and his name was BLACKMORE like RITCHIE BLACKMORE

MonsterEnvy posted:

Blackmore is not until Part 7.

alcharagia posted: