[Introduction] I hadn’t originally planned to do this,
because it was originally going to be Ultimate Kars Vs. Meruem.
The only thing I can do with that is make a video on how that wouldn’t work, but it
made me think of Jojo Vs. Hunter in general.
I saw similarities in Stands and Nen, and I had originally wanted to make Hamon Vs.
Nen but anyone that’s watched both Hunter and Jojo should know where that goes.
So, I wanted to match Stands and Nen up and see how it fairs.
We’re going to be going over both individually, match them up, show reasons on why one is
better than the other, and then finish it off with a final verdict.
[Stands Explanation] Let’s start this off with Jojo, since “Hey,
I already post a lot of Jojo video so might as well.”
Stands are phenomena in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.
Stands are a physical manifestation of a Stand users fighting spirit.
It can be summoned and returned, and primarily based on the user’s mental strength.
Stands cannot be seen by non-stand users, and they also cannot be touched by anything
besides stands.
So the only way to fight a stand is with another one.
Stands are different for every user for the most part, and what the stand is like is usually
dependent on how the person who obtains the stand is.
There’s a stand chart, but I see the charts as individual tracking since you can’t really
compare stats.
It’s possible the chart will really only matter when in the specific part of Jojo.
But there’s more evidence that the chart measures each stand individually.
The stands measure Strength, Speed, Range, Durability, Precision, and developmental potential.
Potential shows if your stand has room to grow or it peaked.
The stats of a stand can go down if the user gets older, because that’s just the user
getting older.
Now stands have special abilities and that’s also different when it comes to each stand.
There will be some similar stand abilities, or abilities that are exactly the same.
You can’t train a stand to make them stronger, and you also can’t create new abilities.
You work with what you have when you have a stand.
Now it’s possible to learn things you didn’t know you could do, but that’s all in the
range of the stand.
If you have a fire stand, you’re not going to learn how to manipulate water.
But you could possible learn many ways on how to use the fire you can manipulate.
And to get a stand you have to be born with it, have a passed down through your bloodline
somehow, or be stabbed by the stand arrow which is an arrow that can give stands that
was crafted from a meteorite.
Yeah, I know it’s pretty bizarre.
Oh, and the only way to destroy a stand is with another stand.
If you destroy the stand then you most likely kill the user, and vice versa.
Now there are very specific stands where some of the stuff I had said doesn’t apply to
them, some directly apply to them, and some have things that I’m not going to address
because it would just be too much to go in depth with each individual odd stand.
Now to finish it off, there are types of stands.
Stands fit into 1 of 5 types, some maybe mixed with types.
The categories don’t really affect the stands too much, but you can pretty much tell what
stand category does what when you see the stands in there.
The most common stand type would be the Natural Humanoid, these are your Star Platinum’s,
Crazy Diamond’s, and all of your Ora Ora stuff.
Other stands can make sounds too, these are just usually the ones to be the most physical.
Now we’re finished Stands, because everything I went over is really all you’re going to
need for an explanation.
[Nen Explanation] Getting on into Nen, because finally a different
franchise.
It’s been so long, and I want to talk about something else.
Nen is a technique, this technique let’s you use and manipulate your life energy or
aura.
It being life energy means that everyone has the ability to learn nen.
The thing with it being your life energy means that overusing to the point of depletion would
most likely kill you.
So, there’s a limit with Nen, but that limit can be extended pretty far with training.
Another thing to take note on is that Nen can be trained.
You can train it to strength it and create abilities.
Now while Nen is something everyone can learn, there’s six types of aura that you can be
born with.
The type of aura you have will define what ways you’ll be able to incorporate your
aura into your abilities.
The types are Enhancer, Transmuter, Conjurer, Emitter, Manipulator, and Specialists.
There are also principles and advanced techniques you learn before you make your own ability,
so there’s a lot going in to learning, crafting, and mastering nen.
Without getting into specific nen abilities, that’s really it for the information when
getting into this.
[Nen Vs. Stands] Now this is where we can match up the two
off of bullet points I had made.
First one, you can’t see stands unless you have a stand.
That case stands with Nen also, because if you don’t use Nen then you can’t see Nen
either.
Stands are based off of your spirit, Nen is your life energy.
Nen is only controlled by the user, but a stand doesn’t require the user to do anything
really.
The fighting in Hunter focuses mainly on the person and how they use their abilities.
When it comes to Jojo and stand users, they kind of just stand there.
It’s mostly because these are just regular people with no enhancements or anything really
on them.
While that seems like a bad thing when going against active fighters, it really isn’t
that bad when it comes to main stands.
Like if you were to have Gon Vs. Jotaro & Star Platinum.
Gon can be very quick on getting around Jotaro, but he’s going to have to get in range of
him to hit him.
When in range he’s at risk of getting hit with invisible 300 mph boulder sized diamond
shattering punches.
At the same time, Jotaro is susceptible to getting speed blitzed if he’s not on his
A-game, and with one mistake Jotaro can be ended pretty bad.
Remove both Jotaro and Gon, the game of Stand User Vs. Nen user can be a pretty difficult
stamina game for the Nen user.
Using a stand is nowhere as taxing as being an active nen user because it only really
requires your mental strength.
If you can create an active competent thought, you can still make actions with your stand.
Now on to the topic of abilities.
Nen as a whole has better abilities when comparing all of Nen abilities to all of Stand abilities,
and that’s me averaging it.
While in a mass there are better Nen abilities, a top 10 or top 8 stand abilities wipe the
floor with any Nen ability.
The reason for that is because Stand abilities get into time manipulation, space manipulation,
and reality manipulation.
I did the math for it and 15% of stands are untouchable when it comes to these Stand Vs.
Nen fights.
Aside from that, I believe that Nen would reign pretty strong in the end.
That’s with removing the top 25 strongest stands and strongest nen abilities.
[Where Stands are better than Nen] Now this is where Stands are better than Nen.
You can’t destroy Stands unless you have one, and it’s also invisible to those that
don’t have them.
So, you can constantly have the barrier of defense around you if all you have to focus
on is your opponent.
Stands don’t require physical stamina, so if it’s a match on who’s lasting out then
the stand user can win most of the time.
At the same time, it really does matter what stand is fighting.
Now where I see stands are very strong is when the abilities are space or time related.
Those abilities really put the stand and the user ahead of the game when it comes to the
scenario fights.
[Where Nen is better than Stands] Now the is where Nen is better than Stands.
Nen being focused on making the user stronger is a strong factor.
Being able to train nen is also an amazing factor too.
You can widen your horizons for your abilities or you can train and sculpt one specific ability.
Everything on stands are usually capped and go down overtime.
You can’t train your stand to get stronger.
With enough nen training, you can become a destructive powerhouse.
The biggest example I could think of is Uvogin.
It’s a good thing that stands are the only things that can hit stands.
[Final Verdict] So, this is my final verdict on the Nen Vs.
Stands thoughts.
Nen being a life energy that can be sculpted and trained is great for the individual that
plans to be a threat.
Stands being left up to a person’s mental strength and fighting spirit is iffy if you
know that a person would not be made for something like that.
But this doesn’t mean Nen would be better in the case of a regular person.
To learn Nen you should already be qualified to be a hunter which is a very extensive and
difficult process for the regular man.
If you obtained a stand in any way possible, it’s a pretty easy process compared to following
the requirements to start learning Nen.
So, stands are better than nen for the regular people, because it can make anyone into a
possible threat without any training whatsoever.
So Nen is amazing and great for training when it comes to those that are qualified and made
for it, but if you’re an average Joe then you might as well try your luck with getting
a stand.
Stand abilities are busted too so that makes up for a lot when you want to actually put
certain characters against each other, but that’s only 15% of stands.
So, number wise it means that Nen wins overall in the end.
When it comes to full on fights then you
only need 1 stand to completely destroy all nen users, and that’s unfortunate.