I had a video that was the catalyst on this topic, a video called “Why People Love Joseph
Joestar”.
There I had a few reasons on why I thought people liked Joseph and this was information
compiled from other opinions and my personal experience.
Low and behold, my test was pretty much positive since the comments had matched up on the reasons
I found.
That was why people loved him, but let’s figure out why people hate him.
Now, hate is a strong word, I don’t see me using that word when it comes to Jojo because
there’s nothing I have a huge dislike for.
For the most part, this is a great all-around series, but there are things that I won’t
like and there are people to say the same.
Let’s go for the first large reason that isn’t even exactly hate.
Joseph being considered the worst Jojo, which is a very subjective statement.
In terms of writing, if we’re talking about young Joseph then to be honest with you I’d
probably agree.
I believe that every Jojo has their own couple of things that define themselves, and Joseph
sets ground for the future Jojos to come.
You have Jonathan with traits that correlate to nobility, courage, and gentleman like attributes,
but then you have Joseph that is more urban based, quick on his feet, sneaky, clever,
and under handed at sometimes.
Here’s the thing, Joseph has that and his pizazz, but every Jojo after him has what
he has and more.
For example, let’s have Josuke.
Josuke is a pure hearted guy, cares for his friends, and has great abilities, BUT he’s
also clever, manipulates people, acts on passion more than thought at moments, and pretty much
does what he wants since he has the power to do so.
He can also be cocky and stubborn at times too.
Does that sound like anyone to you?
And trust me, Josuke isn’t the only one who has attributes like this, it runs in the
family when it’s after Joseph.
The only serious ones with strong composition are Jotaro and Giorno, and if I had to pick
between 2 JoJos and Joseph was always one of those options, I’d probably pick the
other JoJo.
It’s not that Joseph is bad, it’s just that the other ones are pretty good.
Now, reminder that this one is subjective.
Obviously, if you don’t see what others see in characters like Giorno, Josuke, or
Jotaro, and you like Joseph, then you’re going to like Joseph more than them.
You might even say that Jonathan should be considered the least favorite Joestar, and
I’d reply as a student in Harvard University studying Jojology to tell you that Jonathan
is an acquired taste, only the best will know why he’s so great.
Now, on to the second reason why will be one of my own.
With Joseph and all of the moments you see of him in his fights or when he’s outwitting
someone, you have to look at him and think, wait why do you know anything about fighting.
Matter of fact, why are you so smart?
If you see Joseph in his youth, and even when he’s grown early in Battle Tendency, you
have reason to believe that he’s a pampered kid.
He lives with Erina, and he’s benefitting off the Speedwagon Foundations wealth.
So, I’d like to make the safe assumption that he had been homeschooled by Erina, or
had something done by possibly the Speedwagon foundation to where he wouldn’t be in schools
and they’re teaching him instead.
I can see that working to where Joseph is literate, and probably above the average student
at the time.
My gripe is that Joseph poses as a guy with massive amount of street smarts, but where
would he even get those?
Erina knows that Joseph likes to get himself in to trouble at times since he doesn’t
take anything from anyone that’s not his grandmother, but somehow plot lets him know
anything about the streets or fighting.
This argument can’t be used on any of the other Jojo’s since their use on their abilities
is off the stands and it’s sometimes just clever thinking.
Along with that, the rest of them had been raised averagely in comparison to Joseph who
was wealthy when he was born.
If I try to use this on Jonathan it doesn’t work at all.
Jonathan was someone who had studied hard under the hand of his father, and would participate
in boxing matches against the people of the town.
He was also the best boxer there until Dio came around.
Joseph just knows to know because it’s convenient for him, but then that connects into his signature
“Your next line will be”.
Has there been any feasible reason on why he should be able to do that?
The only reason that I came up with was this theory.
I had two videos going over this, but the second one is the one where you’ll get all
the information behind this and I suggest you watching after.
So, we know that in the future that Joseph gets his stand Hermit Purple, and that’s
a telepathic stand that has the ability to read minds.
Hermit Purple is also a concrete visualization of hamon, and Araki tells us that if the Stardust
Crusaders were to go back in time to Battle Tendency and saw Joseph, they would see Hermit
Purple wrapped all around him.
You realize this and think back to Tonpetty who was a master of hamon, and he didn’t
just read minds, he saw into the future and read the fate of William Zeppeli.
So, what am I trying to say here?
Joseph isn’t that smart; the most sensible thing is that it’s his ability that makes
him smart, which is basically cheating.
You already know how crazy Stands are against regular people, but if you can have a stand
that can read minds, you win every fight possible.
That means every fight possible, even one that puts you against on of the most busted
characters to have ever walked the planet in Jojo.
It’s also why you yourself can outsmart a being that had lived for thousands of years
and had experienced what you read about.
Now, for the next one which I see as a kill joy.
Not liking Joseph due to how his character is.
In my opinion, I like Joseph’s personality.
It distinguishes himself as a character, and even if he’s not as clever as he was shown
to be, he’s still entertaining.
Plus I can see myself sometimes acting like how he would in certain situations, but not
everyone will agree with me obviously.
Some people don’t like the funny guy, and that wouldn’t be the first time.
There are multiple anime where the protagonist has comical moments, but people won’t think
of them as funny.
For example, another voice of Joseph.
Gintoki from Gintama.
I love Gintoki, I think he’s hilarious, but there’s going to be people that don’t
like Gintoki which probably makes them not like Gintama since he’s the face of it all.
It’s why sometimes people will want to dislike Joseph and will try to dislike Jojo as a whole
without going further.
I always ending up just not trying to convince other and just start kissing my teeth like
Drake.
Now, here’s a reason that I think is fully just when it comes to Joseph.
Joseph has two things about him where it’s just…
No.
One of the problems was that he had a personal issue with the Japanese, and that’s something
on it’s own.
It’s probably due to his daughter being taken away from him in a sense, so he’s
probably not as bad as you think he is.
The problem is, he cheated on his wife with the same Japanese people he said he hated.
Which is way more messed up that what it appears to be.
Suzy Q was just this girl who got caught up in the mess of Pillar Men and could’ve died
on Joseph’s accord, yet he just disregards that in the future and meets up with a…
Ahem…
Well yeah, he shouldn’t have done that.
That’s a bad thing to do.
I understand that you saved the world by cheating and everything, but what you did there…
Not good.
Which is a common thing with Joseph, cheating.
Cheats in fights, cheats in life, and that’s how it goes in the life of Mr. 2.
Here’s one thing though, I believe that Old Joseph is better than young Joseph, there
might be only a few that also share that same opinion, but it’s one that I do have.
He’s not given the retired legend role which I do believe is a cliché, and so does Araki.
Old Joseph’s role is more of a man that is old but can still function and have some
moments that he had when he was younger.
And, now if he does outsmart people it’s because he’s a seasoned veteran in it all,
with a stand that we all know of now.
In the end of it all, I don’t hate Joseph, but there are people that do.
The thing is that there’s always going to be something where people don’t agree.
They also will have their reasoning on it.
If you want to have a conversation on your thoughts about it with those others, find
them because I want those that dislike Joseph for reasons to tell me why.
I had the comments tell me why they like Joseph, so it’s only fair to have it on disliking
him too.
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Until then, peace out and god speed.