There was a quote out there along the lines of “The best achievements are born of the
greatest sacrifice” … Such a beautiful quote…
But you know if you just do a lot of illegal stuff it just removes the need of sacrifice
completely.
Immersion, right, sorry.
Sacrifice and the courage to make the decisions that others would never is a known Joseph
Joestar trait.
His confidence has always been a dominant attribute for what people know him for, but
that’s what usually puts his other notable attributes to the side.
The biggest thing I had going for Joseph was his development overtime.
From the beginning to the end of Battle Tendency, it’s two different Josephs, but when it’s
compared to beginning of Part 2 Joseph to Part 3 or end of Part 3 Joseph, you wouldn’t
even be able to tell it’s the same person.
While some say that he’s possibly missing the flare from his youth, he’s matured,
and personally I believe he’s still got it.
Joseph was originally a kid who lived in a world where the only people that truly matter
are family.
Some say that it’s selfish life but is it really when everyone carries different weight.
While he was like that at an even younger age than he primarily was in Battle Tendency,
he grew past that mindset unintentionally.
We learned about that in the fight between him and Straizo.
The fight was an introduction to the fate of having an obligation towards justice, but
it was also a wake-up call in general for Joseph.
His life was bound to the fate of being someone of fights for the world, and protecting the
young lady was the first step of it all.
With how that fight had gone, you notice that he hadn’t shown any sign of his character
cracking until another life was in danger or he was truly angry.
Originally, it was Joseph unleashing his wrath on Straizo for potentially killing Speedwagon
and that was signified by tears of anger and accomplishment.
And a side note to what that is, tears after defeating someone who you originally thought
was close enough family, it’s interesting.
A nice call back to Jonathan.
But on Joseph, he had kept composure well against Straizo and that’s where a lot of
his power had come from.
That’s usually where majority of Joseph’s wins come from, a kept composure and a well
enough mentality to think out how to get the win, but then there’s times to where his
composure shows cracks in it.
Those specific cracks being from forms of wrath and anger.
It’s great to draw from that, but to continuously draw from your anger and wrath wouldn’t
do you well enough when there’s higher stakes at hand.
Imagine all of the times to where Joseph had pushed his luck or thought he was ahead of
the game.
There’s the first interaction between him and Wamuu, him against Kars after Lisa Lisa
lost her first and only fight in Part 2, and what we mentioned earlier with the fight against
Straizo.
You could possibly count the fight between him and ACDC, but that was such a questionable
fight in general for me.
These fights where Joseph’s emotions got the best of him, and it didn’t help contribute,
but the problems are usually solved through other means.
It’s a lesson Joseph knows well and would probably do well with passing it down.
That’s for keeping your spirit at it’s strongest, but what about the other side of
it?
Joseph’s sacrifice throughout his life span would continuously grow stronger for what
it was in whichever respective part it’s going on in.
In Part 2, Joseph sacrifices the life he knew well to be the one of the few hamon warriors
fated to stop the Pillar Men.
At the end of it, he was going to legitimately sacrifice his life to stop Ultimate Kars.
All that built up in that part for it to end on that note was going to be insane, but even
with it being faked, it could’ve pulled off well and made sense for what happened.
But you know, we didn’t lose him.
Also, before I go on into Part 3, I know I’m going to get a comment or two on Caesar’s
sacrifice here.
So, what makes sense and what’s great to mention is that it was a sign to Joseph that
some must die for a better cause, but in terms of contribution I wouldn’t be sure to tell
you what happened.
Joseph got a sign and bandana, but Wamuu had looked perfectly fine for the most part, so
the damage of it all went in vain.
It was just more so the action of it, and it did more for Joseph there than Caesar really.
Especially since he’s only had about two notable moments for his character for the
short lifespan that we knew him for.
Now for his sacrifice and spirit in Part 3.
With growing the connections with all the characters, we see in Stardust Crusaders,
I would say it’s difficult to hate anyone in the group, but I would say it’s especially
hard to dislike the characters that bring the most energy to the group.
Those being Polnareff and Joseph.
Even with Kakyoin being the most reliable and primary source of knowledge and guidance,
Joseph was an amazing leader for the group.
It wasn’t just because the ability to keep the direction intact or something along the
lines of keeping everyone in line.
The Stardust Crusaders is a group of individuals sharing the same goal, and while Joseph was
a leader, he wasn’t trying to be too much like one, just more so the being the person
that you want to go to.
The group itself was place where the members have energy to bounce off one another to give
us the best interactions and enjoyment of the part.
Joseph just being the man who’s behind it all and being the one who organized it all.
With a comparison to his original self, you notice that the idea of giving Joseph a group
would sound out of the ordinary for who he was, especially since he does his best work
solo.
But he’s matured and grew to a point where doing stuff singlehandedly isn’t as easy
as it used to be, but he’s still got it from time to time!
“Toyu!”
“He's in boys, He did it, He said it!”
Such a lively character and a necessary part of the group, and…
Well now, there’s the sacrifice area of it.
I’m going to be honest with you, in terms of sad moments in the anime, this was probably
top 3 for me.
I think Okuyasu’s connection with his brother probably beats it all for me.
The death of Joseph in Stardust Crusaders was extremely painful and for what he said
when fading away, it sounded like it was the real deal.
And with him giving Jotaro the lesson on anger management, it was something I felt solidified
his end.
His character had come full circle, and it felt like the end of it.
It also didn’t help that we just lost Kakyoin after coming off of the loss of both Avdol
and Iggy, so this just had me sitting down watching the part hoping that they just don’t
go ahead and completely end Joseph or Polnareff.
But, when it did happen, it was fine.
Joseph said it the best.
He did what he had to do.
Though the thing with sacrifice, with enough of it, you’re bound to get some sort of
benefit in the future.
For Joseph, he got another chance at life.
And while the journey was over, his journey wasn’t.
Joseph and now the maturing Jotaro had continued their personal journeys of tying up any loose
ends and attempting to save whatever world we have left.
That’s where we go on into Diamond is Unbreakable.
In Part 4, Joseph doesn’t have as much of a strong role for the whole Part itself, but
he had a massive role for Josuke in specific.
With his absence and age, Josuke had not that much of a reason to listen to Joseph on anything
really.
It also didn’t help that Joseph was reasonably senile.
Joseph knew that Josuke didn’t have as much of a reason to listen so he had let his actions
do the talking.
Josuke was able to trust Joseph a lot more for his ability of taking care of Shizuka
and also thinking outside of the box to do what he did to save Shizuka too.
When Joseph done that thing with the blood in the water, Josuke saw a lot in him.
Josuke originally couldn’t see past Joseph’s old self, but after that situation he was
able to see smart man that knows dire situations the best.
Joseph Joestar was originally a headstrong kid with no real sense of direction that only
followed his own directions and he lived for no one besides his love ones.
By compare that with his older self and that last time that we see him, and he completely
contrasts what he was originally about.
It’s a reasonably strong development and one of the many reasons why I will always
like Old Joseph over Young Joseph.
But whether he’s young or old, sensible or senile, one thing will never change.
George Joestar never had a legitimate part or OVA and probably never will.
We live in a society.
Thank you all for watching, you know the same old, media in the description and all of that.
Rest in Peace Mr. Ishizuka, phenomenal voice actor and would
always play his part with power.
The reason why I even made this video honestly, especially since I had this video planned
for the further away future.
Hopefully, I’ll see you
all in
the next one.
Until then, peace out and God speed.