You know, with the positive reception that Golden Wind received, it would be great to
go over the many great things that it had done!
But I'm not going to be doing that in this video.
I've been on a Part 5 kick, so it's about time I change it up here.
It's the breakdown.
Setting!
Setting contributes a large amount of support for any fictional work.
We have our part take place in the small town of Morioh.
Diamond is Unbreakable is the first time you see a JoJo part take place in a consistent
setting, like a town.
Consistency is helpful in this regard because you're able to go about the many places of
the small crazy area.
Plus, with this a scooby-doo plot, having it all in one town lets us explore this mad
world of stand users and the intricacies it has without having us go on a world wide journey.
Time!
Diamond is Unbreakable, takes place in the year of 1999, serialized from 1992 to 1995,
and adapted into an anime in 2016.
Manga-wise, it was a great time.
There was that 90's effect going on with many of JoJo's contemporaries taking different
approaches with similarities across them all, which was great because of the anime that
we had.
Then, you have JoJo having the JoJo take it has on everything, mixing in the anime and
movie era of that time.
Then, when the adaptation came out in 2016, it was a long enough time to give that 90's
feeling of reminiscing that it has.
And, people that enjoyed that era of time for anime can get that feeling again with
Part 4.
That gives the explanation to people that are like, “Hey, I like Sailor Moon, Yu Yu
Hakusho and Part 4 a lot, I wonder why?”
You like the 90’s dawg, it’s time to pop in some Bell Biv DeVoe, enjoy that beautiful
animation, and do the running man.
Openings!
Diamond is Unbreakable has no bad opening songs.
If you think "Chase" is terrible, I don't know what to tell you.
It's a great song!
It gets this weird flack for not "feeling" like JoJo, and I'm like...
Look, if it didn't feel like JoJo, it wouldn't be in there.
Plus, consider the type of rock that was out around the time of Part 4's serialization,
and then look back to "Chase."
It's good.
I think the best thing about the openings of Part 4 is that coordinated with the arcs.
Color!
The tone of Diamond is Unbreakable is one of its time and similar to its contemporaries.
When compared to the previous parts, colors are usually more gritty because of their location,
and sometimes washed out because of the same reason.
Diamond is Unbreakable has a much smoother and generous take on color, and I love it.
Family Ties!
Being able to have your main characters hang out with family gives us a more grounded view
if that's the word for it?
Something about having Josuke interact with Tomoko and just living life is a pleasant
diversion from the crazy world of stand users.
And then there's Okuyasu with Keicho and Father Nijimura, and that was both sad to watch what
they went through but great to see what the relationship ended up as.
Well, except for Keicho.
He didn't get the chance.
A great cast!
Part 4 has introduced some of the best characters in the franchise.
Rohan Kishibe alone is so amazing that Araki gave him his line of "one-shot" manga.
You also have a bunch of minor characters that we see even after their battle.
Yuya Fugami?
An icon.
Tamami Kobayashi?
Terrible person, but I love how Araki uses him.
Sometimes people need to get beat just cause.
Tonio?
I'm happy I saw more of him even after Part 4, he's excellent!
You also have our main characters, who are some of the most enjoyable side characters
we have in JoJo.
Koichi is a blessing, and Okuyasu is a national treasure that needs guarding to keep Nicholas
Cage out.
Music!
"Diamond is Unbreakable" has a great soundtrack, and for how they use it?
Phenomenal.
For example, use any scene with Yoshikage where his theme is playing.
There's that feeling, knowing that Yoshikage is this oddity, and suspense is lurking on
every corner.
The use of orchestral instruments is just amazing.
Their bass?
Their electric guitar usage?
Beautiful.
It's like, they have this idea of the music already.
The music matching the time it's in, but then adding to that, they have this sort of elegance
used for these characters because of how arty they are.
Then, when needed, they have that strength in the soundtrack that matches how explosive
these characters can get.
The "day in the life" tracks are also beautiful.
Diamond is Unbreakable has some of the best casual music in the franchise for me, even
with us only have five parts animated at the moment.
We'll see where it ranks when we've finished.
And finally, Morioh & the life of Josuke.
I wanted to go about separating this into the slice of life attributes, DIU's journey
being a day in the life, and the many moments of it, but...
That's just the life of Josuke and his friends.
That's amazing.
As a content creator that makes a lot of content on JoJo's Bizarre Adventures, I've seen a
lot of comments everywhere.
One of the things that's commented a lot is that people wish to have seen Josuke and his
friends just live.
Do you know that the final scene where Josuke, Okuyasu, and Koichi are hanging out?
That scene did so much for everyone because of how fulfilling it is, but it's like, "Wow,
I wish it could go on forever, and I could just see the situations they come across.
" I think that I'm not the only person that believes that the cast of Part 4 could have
their own Detective Conan type of show thing going on.
They're just so enjoyable, and Morioh is just this crazy, noisy, bizarre town where so much
goes on.
It's beautiful!
I know that Part 4 has multiple spin-offs, even one where they do continue the journey
as we would want, but it doesn't have that type of focus now.
The interest is there, and the audience is there, it's just about going about it.
At this point, I'd like to work on my writing in general, so that I can get the green light
by Araki so I could help to do that.
Or, an already established mangaka could do the same, that'd be cool too.
In conclusion, what's the appeal of Diamond is Unbreakable?
A lot, like we just spent how much time going over the many great things about it like,
what else do you want?
A fighting game?
Me too, we should do something about that.
Thank you all for watching!
I'm not sure when this video is coming out, but I do know that I'll probably be streaming
Animal Crossing every day.
If you ever wanted to hit me up about JoJo stuff, or stuff in general and wanted to get
my thoughts on anything, you could catch me on Twitch.
tv/kalebia.
Stay safe, take care of yourselves, and
remember always to try.
Hopefully, I'll see you in the next video.
Until then, peace out, and God speed.