In this week’s episode of JoJo Part 5, episode 22, we were introduced to our brand-new opening,
Traitor’s Requiem.
I didn’t do this for Fighting Gold, so might as well give my interpretation on this opening
here.
This is going to have a lot of spoilers from chapters ahead of the episode we’re in so
if you aren’t a fan of spoilers then I suggest you’d click off and potentially come back
when it’s all over.
The first couple of opening shots take us back to our last page of part 5 when Giorno
is being positioned in being the new boss and is doing boss-like things like getting
his hand kissed by people that want stuff from him.
Next, we got a shot of the island of San Giorgio Maggiore where the events of “The Mystery
of King Crimson” had taken place.
I thought this could potentially be the Boss and his room, but with the outside having
the same scenery I’m thinking this is more so going to be based around the last page.
Also, for the future of this, it makes a lot of sense.
Since what they usually do for the openings when ending the part is incorporate the new
ability of the villain, it’ll be different here since the boss doesn’t win.
Instead, we’re going to potentially have Gold Experience Requiem!
So, when the opening is set back to 0, it ends with this beginning shot.
That would be amazing especially since if we were to view this as Diavolo now, it resetting
back to zero to turn into Giorno instead would be amazing.
Also, this is could be a Godfather 2 reference.
Next, we get a couple of fast shots of all the members of La Squadra that have been taken
out, the fights they were in, and a shot of Polpo because this a line of minor antagonists
to our group.
Next, we have Bruno being unzipped to see this red and green haired Bruno going up the
elevator following up with his reaction to Diavolo’s plans for Trish and the action
of taking her away leaving only a hand.
Now because of the shot that had followed up after the Bruno being unzipped, I’m interpreting
that as Bruno removing his composed demeanor and instead showing his extremely passionate
colors to us and the boss since he was filled with an extreme hate towards the boss for
what he had done.
Plus, everything the boss was doing was everything that Bruno is against so you can see why Bruno
would have reason to be this mad.
Then there’s an outer shot to where Bruno is.
It could also just be King Crimson’s ability taking place there.
Next, we have a shot of everyone here walking, but you notice that Fugo doesn’t.
This referencing our recent separation from Fugo.
Now we have a bunch of shots of each member left.
It begins with Bruno instead of having him at the end like how Fighting Gold did.
Bruno poses with Sticky Fingers like how he posed with himself in “Bruno’s Childhood”.
He does a 360 and moves left.
Keep track of the moving left because usually those that move left follow Bruno without
question.
Now by starting off with Bruno it leads me to believe that the 360 to left movement could
either be him leading the group into an entirely new direction or it’s him getting his second
chance at life because what Giorno had done.
Giorno gets a shot with his Gold Experience referencing this pose from Part 3 of the Babyface
arc and then moves left to the same direction as Bruno.
We get Abbacchio’s partner, he’s shot and then Abbacchio comes out behind him and
then transforms into Moody Blues.
This is potential symbolism in Abbacchio’s constant dwelling on his partner or the “Feels
like the sky could come down on us at any minute” chapter.
We will see a shot that could potentially confirm both of those things to be true here.
It’s also interesting that Moody Blues isn’t doing anything that the other stands are doing,
but instead acting as Abbacchio’s partner.
So, I’d think that supports my dwelling claim potentially.
The pose itself is a reference to “Moody Blues Retaliates!
Part 1” The next shot is Narancia and I believe this
one is a reference to our Little Feet fight.
Specifically, when Narancia had got the idea to make the flames in the area bigger.
Narancia moves to the right separate from the group, and I don’t know if that’s
because the shot itself here has to move to the right because of the direction he’s
pointing and it would be odd for him to be sent over to the left, or it could be him
being unsure about his decision on moving with the group so that’s why he doesn’t
directly follow them.
This ends with Narancia recalling Aerosmith in that iconic pose.
The shot here with Mista looks like the one where he had shot Sale through the window,
but it could be a different part.
Trish starts boxing out with Spice Girl and since it transitions to this anime recreation
of art from part 5 of Notorious BIG, I’ll say the entire shot is a reference to her
in that arc.
A
thing to notice here is the shot zooming into her eye and transitioning into the art of
the group in the sky because of what takes place right after.
We have a shot of Doppio using Epitaph and we see Risotto in his hair.
This is referencing the Metallica vs. King Crimson fight, and the confusion we see Doppio
show is probably going about the whole split personality problem he faces constantly.
He gets a call from the boss, and then some of “My Name is Doppio Part 1” is re-enacted
here.
You can see Doppio’s reaction to getting hit and that’s most likely a reference from
when the taxi driver was giving him a hard time.
It zooms into a distraught Doppio, but I think this is because they want to make Doppio the
focus here and it could be him in his own head because Diavolo takes over when this
happens.
You also have the same effect from the background that had happened when Doppio was in pain.
So, this is probably what it looks like when Doppio isn’t in charge anymore.
Then, just like Trish, we get a transition through Doppio’s eye.
Next, we get a shot of some of the environment of Sardegna where Volume 12 and 13 take place.
Focusing more so on Volume 13 because the shot is doing exactly what the name says.
“Feels like the sky could come down on us at any moment” and that’s what the shot
does by flipping the way that it did.
Comparing Trish’s eye transition to Doppio’s, Trish found herself better, stronger, and
surrounded with her group.
When it’s Doppio it’s the Sardegna being flipped which is potential reference to Doppio’s
history with his life completely flipped over in Sardegna.
Bringing back my Abbacchio point from earlier, the shot here is potentially not only for
Doppio, but Abbacchio because the turn itself looks like a reference to when Abbacchio was
found dead.
Also, the shot could also be for the group too because this is the first death of a main
member of our group.
Everyone’s world has been flipped upside down because of this event.
I believe so much for this shot because the Volume being named after a single chapter
shows significance, and this shot being on that whole ordeal means a lot to the grand
scheme of part 5 too.
Also, side note I think that this could be a potential Epitaph reference in the grander
scheme of things because we go from Sardegna into the final fight here.
It could be that they just wanted to prioritize that, but I’m not one to say.
The blood droplets most likely referencing “Diavolo Emerges Part 2” when the group
was trying to figure out who Diavolo was hiding in.
The background leads me to believe that way more than this being Polnareff in the colosseum.
It also transitions into the fight with Diavolo and Giorno so it would make way more sense
that it’s Diavolo Emerges here.
Diavolo and Giorno fight and the arrow flies across the screen.
Since this is the fight for the arrow, I’m guessing that these clouds potentially symbolize
all of the souls that were everywhere because of Silver Chariot’s ability including the
souls of our group.
Giorno stabs himself with the arrow, arrow in turtle, cards, opening over.
Now in this card here with the clouds, with the lines involved, I was thinking that this
set of clouds could potentially be the clouds that we had seen Narancia, Bruno, and Abbacchio
inside of in Gold Experience Requiem Part 4, but I’m not sure.