The discourse between the Hamon enjoyers and stand fans has been going on for a while now.
I usually watch from the spectator seat as I find this stuff hilarious, but today I chose
violence.
So, let's "really" look at this.
Hamon versus Stands.
Now there are multiple reasons why the Hamon fans want to see it again.
It's possible that they feel that Hamon was slighted and got smoked in the grand scheme
of JoJo.
It could be that it was another exciting life energy ability, and they wanted to see its
use continue throughout the franchise.
Regardless of the reason, we'll try to have a fair comparison of the two, and you can
make your conclusion off that.
What elements of Hamon would I put over stands?
Well, for one, I think that since we've seen people train their Hamon, there's that respect
given for your strength is a product of your efforts.
With Stands, there aren't too many times you see someone work with their stand for future
battles.
Josuke has been one of our only examples as he trained with Jotaro for a bit.
But, I wouldn't exactly call this a win against Stands because you see how smart a character
can be in challenging situations when they're using their "Stand."
One thing I'll give it is the fact that it's energy from the sun, and I think that's cool
because realistically, that's the true-life energy.
Everything we do goes back to the sun, so it's like this ancient connection between
humanity and life itself.
There's also its applicability that lets you do certain things that you can't do with a
stand unless it's an ability.
Walking on water, hypnosis, life magnetism (like that's wild alone), afterimages, or
even using your hair as an attack.
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Now, on "Stands."
Well, for one, the scope of abilities for a "stand" user is significantly larger than
Hamon.
Yeah, sure, there's the stuff that I've mentioned before with Hamon, but let's really look at
"stand" abilities.
The ability to attack someone's reflection to attack them, erasing anything from existence,
fire manipulation, water manipulation, freezing, shadows, zippers, making people old, making
people young, filling people with life, and making them infinitely experience death.
There's stopping time, erasing time, rewinding time, fishing, cooking, gun, gun, and gun.
We're working with a lot.
Plus, stands and their abilities are usually some reflection of the character, and that's
fantastic writing.
The difference in creativity goes further, with "stands" and their design entirely.
There's the namesake, design, weaknesses, and more.
Stands are also a lot more applicable for what the stand users have to fight.
Yeah, sure, you'd be able to defend yourself better than the average joe by having a stand,
but a true stand user has to have the brain handle a thing like this, usually.
Now, here's the thing.
Since the introduction of "stands," I have yet to see a threat as saucy as Kars, and
that's a threat made in the Hamon era.
But!
There was no Yoshikage Kira in the Hamon era either.
This part is where I say "hmm" because damn, that is an argument.
But really, I don't see where I'm supposed to take the side of the Hamon team.
I believe that Araki levels up as time goes on.
If it was incorporated as a side ability that a stand user could pursue, but that would've
involved incorporating Hamon buddy to the team, and we ended that in Part 2.
To keep those ties to ancient JoJo just because of a specific ability would seem insincere.
That's why we have Dio for that job, because we can slap him in anything.
Would I like to have seen more of Hamon?
Me?
Not really, I think Kars showing the extent that it could go at its max potential was
cool, but I think we wouldn't be working with anything after that.
Kars could carry Hamon and show all the possible things he could do, and it would be more than
any other user that's lived, and he's...
Well unavailable.
As JoJo is with Part 3 and then on, I liked our fights and everything a lot more.
How I see it, Hamon is like Joseph in Part 4.
It had its time, It was pretty cool when it was up and around a bit longer after its heyday,
but your time is over, and the future is now, old man.
Thank you all for watching!
Hopefully, I’ll see you all in the next one.
Until then, peace out, and godspeed.