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Chapter 141. Our Joestar Family Has Beelemen feions
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Should we really not worry about Jotaro?
Hmm, Akiyuki Shinbo decided to ignore Pucci's ent about needing to worry about DIO aally tossed it into the back of his mind. After all, from every angle, Jotaro was the oo be ed about!
It's a simple issue.
There's o eborate on DIO's appeal as a charismatic vilin from the past. And the return of Joseph, the previous protagonist, will iably draw the audience's attention to him, rather than the new protagonist, Jotaro.
Especially sihe viewers had just finished watg the finale of "Battle Tendency", and the terror and despair brought by the Ultimate Life Form were still fresh in their minds. Most importantly, they hadn't fotten Joseph's incredible feat that, like sunlight dispelling the darkness, wiped away that fear and despair with his final blow against the Ultimate Life Form, banishing him from the p!
You could say that the terror and despair Kars brought to the audience were equally matched by the ce and hope Joseph inspired by defeating him.
This was great for "Battle Tendency", but not so ideal for "Stardust Crusaders". While it could initially ride the wave of "Battle Tendency"'s popurity and gain higher viewership, were the viewers more ied in seeing Joseph's performance as the former JoJo or Jotaro's as the new one?
Moreover, with DIO as the final boss, wouldn't viewers iably pare Jotaro to Jonathan?
And that leads us back to the core question: viewers really accept that DIO, who Jonathan had to sacrifice himself to defeat, will be beaten by Jotaro more easily?
Akiyuki Shinbo, who already khe answer, couldn't help but feel even more anxious after hearing Pucci's reassurances. Sure, with DIO and Joseph joining the story, the early viewership of "Stardust Crusaders" was safe. But what about the ter episodes?
If the protagonist isn't well-developed, "Stardust Crusaders" even be sidered a plete work?
It's like "Kamen Rider Zi-O", mogly referred to as "Kamen Rider Decade" Part 2. undam SEED DESTINY", where the ge in protagonist halfway through turhe inal hero into a vilin to highlight the previous protagonist, causing the plot to colpse.
These prets are still fresh in everyone's minds.
After all, Jotaro's performan this first episode wasn't that impressive...
" you do that again?"
"Do what again?"
"That! Hurry up!"
"Our Joestar family has beelemen feions!"
"Hahaha! Are y to kill me with ughter so you i my at?!"
"When Jonathan said this, it was so powerful. Both he and his father, Gee, lived by this creed, but… why… why did their desdants turn out this way?"
"Joseph starts by pung a cop, Jotaro begins in jail… I already imagine what future JoJos will be like."
"I'd love to see Jonathan's rea if he knew his desdants turned out this way. That expression would be priceless!"
"..."
Looking at the ents aions.
On the surface, it seemed like the viewers were quite ied in Jotaro as the new JoJo. But if you think about it for a bit, you'll realize that their i wasn't in Jotaro's personality, but rather the trast between the deep impressio by Jonathan and the current plot.
In other words, they were drawn by the "gap moe".
Of course, as creators, they could take advantage of this "gap moe" and use it to shape the audience's first impression of Jotaro.
But...
"There's DIO and Joseph."
Flipping through more ents, most of them were dominated by anticipation for DIO and Joseph's showdown. Akiyuki Shinbo sighed deeply.
Clearly, the already established DIO and Joseph were far more captivating to viewers tha-to-be-developed Jotaro.
And as the Stand power system tio unfold with the progressing plot, the audience's attention was drawirely to this new cept. They excitedly debated, trying to uand what Stands really were.
But while the audience pohe es between Stands and the Ripple, Akiyuki Shinbo was more focused on Jotaro's battle with Avdol.
Siaro was the oo introduce Stands to the audience, his role in expining and demonstrating the new power system was crucial. This was another ce to reestablish Jotaro as the main character.
But…
"Stop! Why are you turning your bae? Face me!"
Jotaro, suddenly halting his Stand's movements, angrily shouted at Avdol, who had decided to stop fighting aurn to his seat without engaging further.
Ign Jotaro's fusion, Avdol calmly sat down aed to Joseph, "Mr. Joestar, as you see, I've mao get him out of the cell."
"!?"
Looking down at his body, now outside the cell, Jotaro, who hadn't fotten Joseph's request to Avdol to get him out, remained silent for a moment. Finally, he grudgingly walked over to them and said, "Did you pn all of this?"
Watg this battle, in which Jotaro had shown some promising traits but was mostly led by Joseph and Avdol, Akiyuki Shinbo couldn't help but feel uneasy.
If even he, who was trying to find something positive about Jotaro, felt this way, what about the other viewers who were just here to see Joseph shine?
It really looked like Jotaro was struggling to carry the weight of the protagonist role.
Could it be...
"This is doomed?"
"Yeah, this feels like it's heading towards failure!"
Meanwhile, Cujoh Jolyne, who had been dozing off, suddenly perked up with excitement as she saw the se unfold. She excimed, "With Pucci by my side, it's like a fish in water!"
