Could Young Joseph beat Dio?
I'll be going over the idea of Joseph against both Part 1 and 3 Dio.
Off the top of my head, he should get clapped in Part 3, but we'll see.
So, let's look at Young Joseph Joestar.
At face value, I know he can't shoot with Dio.
He's not in the same league, the same weight class.
Hell, he can't even run in the same race as him.
It's not possible, and it's not happening.
What we have with Joseph Joestar is intellect.
So, the question is, can Joseph either BS Dio so hard he wins, or can he just genuinely
outsmart him.
The difference between these two things is how Kars got smoked.
Joseph Joestar is a genius, and there's nothing for me to debate there.
As he was modeled as a Sherlock Holmes type of character, it's going to make a lot of
sense as to why he'd be this smart.
He takes apart situations and people down to a science.
His examination is some of the best in the universe, and his problem-solving and planning
make you think there's no way you're beating this guy.
For example, Young Joseph Joestar defeated Esidisi.
To some, Esidisi was the Pillar Man that was just there.
Even if that is the case, Esidisi was a master tactician of his time.
Before 3,000 and 50 B.C., Esidisi found himself in China on his search for the Red Stone of
Aja with the other Pillar Men.
He had familiarized himself with the Art of War by Sun Tzu and potentially more, considering
he was roaming for a long time.
Pillar Men were already extremely intelligent in comparison to humans.
The last four we saw were the smartest ones, and Joseph had defeated them all.
Including Kars in his Ultimate form, who had an IQ of 400, unreasonable biological adaptability
and regeneration, and was just all-around one of the strongest characters to touch JoJo.
You may be thinking, "Well, if that's the case, Joseph should be able to defeat Dio
with no difficulty."
And on paper, it should be true, but I think the biggest thing that matters here is the
environment where the battle is taking place and what Joseph has on his person.
Joseph beat Ultimate Kars, right?
But if you give Joseph the tools that he has typically, the battle is a lot different.
For example, the Red Stone of Aja is not common to Joseph, which was the only reason he won.
So, if you were to give Joseph the same fight without the stone, he'd die.
That's the problem here, because against Dio, what is he about to do?
Let's visualize this.
We have a Young Joseph Joestar from the end of Battle Tendency and a Dio with his body
from the end of Phantom Blood.
Of course, he's not supposed to have it, but for the scenario and fairness, let's say he
does.
At a distance, Dio can use his eye lasers, and Joseph has his clacker volley.
If either were to lunge at the other, we know that Dio can counteract a Hamon strike with
his freezing ability.
Now the question is, what can Joseph do?
They're comparable in strength and speed, and they're both willing to play dirty compared
to those they have fought.
I also think that neither character would fall for something that had defeated them
before.
If Joseph finds a way to start a small fire to set his fists ablaze to punch Dio, Dio
would most likely not even try to contest it.
Honestly, I can imagine a JoJo situation where Dio lasers Joseph's clacker volley, but then
Joseph does something with the remains to use it as a diversion to lock down the kill.
But that's disregarding Dio's intellect for the sake of the plot.
So I'm honestly puzzled about the situation.
Joseph is a genius, but so is Dio.
In his time underwater, there hasn't been a modern vampire brain on par with Dio in
terms of tactical execution and innovation with the vampire ability.
Straizo knew that he couldn't rival the mind of Dio; he tried but failed.
Along with that, a battle against Joseph is one where you must acknowledge the environment
and the potential randomness that his character has.
But if the territory isn't special, and you're both on equal footing, the battle is then
about who has what and can use it better.
Joseph is sort of like Batman.
He can most likely fair well against the enemy when he has his prep.
Without it, you have Joseph vs. Wamuu when they had first met, and Joseph Vs. Ultimate
Kars, both times where he definitely should've died.
So when we have a similar scenario, and we've essentially removed his get out of jail free
cards by putting his opponent Dio on equal footing, he's most likely screwed.
I don't think he's got it, but I don't think the win is by a large margin.
There's an argument to favor Joseph's intellect by highballing it a bit more, but I believe
that Joseph always needs a bit more to contest certain characters.
Oil and fire against Wamuu, a Red Stone against Kars, what's next man.
We're going to hear him say "flame on" and then punch right through Dio?
It just seems impractical.
But that's just me, feel free to leave your comments on the fight.
Hopefully, I'll see you all in the next one.
Until then, peace out and God speed.