So, along with the list of scenario videos I have thought up, I was extremely interested
in the idea of Josuke in Part 5.
The concept of the scenario adds the idea of mixing in a Joestar from a previous part,
and that’s always nice because you get to see how that character has developed and what
they’ve become after the events of their part.
As to how it came to fruition, I feel like the idea of mixing 4 and 5 had always begged
the question or if it was to happen the other way around.
There’s also the fact that Koichi was in Part 5, so you could ask yourself, “Well,
what if it was someone else, like Josuke?”
Adding to that, you also have the fact that Josuke and Giorno are both the healers of
their group, so to me, that makes me wonder what it would be like if they were to double
up.
People are different though, I know many think of it as a reason to put the two up against
each other, but that’s just not the video today.
Now establishing the foundation.
So, let’s say that Josuke has taken the role of Koichi rather than Koichi being the
one to go to Italy.
Rohan had done the same thing that he would’ve done for Koichi, but instead for Josuke.
As to how that happened, it probably required Koichi’s help anyways, but that’s not
as important, that’s just Rohan being petty.
Now it’s about the Giorno and Josuke first interactions.
First, Josuke is most likely one not to get swindled as easily as Koichi, but everything
would most likely run in the same way.
Second, rather than stopping the car the way that Act 3, Josuke can turn something as simple
as a coin or rock into a projectile stronger than a bullet, and then take the car out that
way.
As to what he would do when coming across the frog, I could say that Josuke should be
grown enough to where something like a frog shouldn’t terrify him, but it’s definitely
in character that Josuke would react worse than Koichi.
If he restored the frog, it could take him to Giorno, but that’s just thinking in a
more positive light for Josuke.
So, we end up in the same position as before.
So, after Leaky Eye Luca, Giorno and Josuke meet up again.
The difference is now, instead of trying to subdue him like Koichi, Josuke can just full-on
try to knock Giorno out.
Since this is a sculpted Josuke versus a Giorno that hasn’t had time to learn the extent
of his abilities, he could get blitzed and pieced up quick.
After that, say that Josuke compares the photo he has to the beat-up Giorno and comes to
the realization that he’s the same guy.
He heals him and tells him he wants to have a talk with him; maybe he shows his birthmark
to Giorno, and Giorno recognizes Josuke’s character and, most likely, his strength that
he’s holding back on him, and then they become comfortable with talking.
Say they come together and chill on the bus together where Bruno is supposed to meet him,
now Bruno could try his hand at the situation, but it’s a 2v1 situation no matter how you
pull, and neither of these two looks like a Pesci archetype.
So, he’d most likely just chill off on the side, maybe track Giorno to where he’s alone
because Josuke isn’t going to spend all his time there, he has to report to Jotaro
with what information has gone through.
So, Josuke leaves so that Giorno and Bruno can have their fight and join forces, or else
Josuke and Giorno just destroy Bruno.
I was thinking about implying that it would be hard for Josuke to hear out a gang member
like Bruno, but Josuke has heard a lot of people out throughout Part 4, so I definitely
think that they’d be cool after the fight.
I believe that you could have everyone on good neutral ground, it would probably be
a process of explaining the sorts rather than letting fighting speak for them.
Because Giorno was able to distinguish how good Bruno’s character was in their fight,
and you wouldn’t have that type of fight between the three of them, so they would definitely
have to do some talking.
So, in either route, Bruno and Giorno are going to join forces, and for Josuke’s character,
he’d really not get himself mixed up into all of that.
I believe that Josuke would definitely be the one to go home and help Jotaro in a different
way which could bring him back to Italy once again, maybe with Okuyasu and Koichi and they
could link up back with Giorno, but with this scenario we want Josuke to join Passione,
or at least back Giorno and keep some research going on for Jotaro.
So, Josuke is joining and if not joining but helping with any support needed while staying
around them.
I learned this term leashing, or leash from League, and I think maybe that’d work.
Now on how Josuke would work in terms of the story…
He makes the story a lot easier.
Like the combination of Josuke’s restoration ability added on with someone like Giorno
or Narancia can find anything, and if it’s in a difficult spot, you Bruno to zip right
through.
Plus, two healers are better than one.
He also has a lot of veteran information to give from what he’s learned from his time
in Part 4 and everything Jotaro has told him.
Adding to that, he’s the son of Joseph, so I don’t see him dying.
It is just extremely hard for death to take Joseph out, so I think that Josuke should
be blessed with as much.
Side note on that, with the two of these Joestars working together, it’s like the second coming
of Jonathan and Joseph working together… with some Dio in the mix, but he’s always
there.
On how he can contribute to the fights, I’ll use some examples that’ll generalize his
position in them.
Prefacing an example with the Black Sabbath fight, we already have their relationship
established, and it’s all about coordinating in this fight, no extra dialogue to go about
building on trying to make these two equals since they’re already cool.
Now, Josuke has dealt with a lot stands where he has to adapt to their strengths rather
than overpower them outright.
Yoshikage, Yuya, Akira, and the experiences he’s lived in have contributed to his development
as a fighter.
For example, the Yoshihiro fight contributed to Josuke’s future composure.
And now we have all that here.
So, as to how the fight would go down, the areas where you saw Koichi being caught off
guard or flustered, you’ll see Josuke with a stronger resolve.
He can be caught off guard, and most likely would be, and scream Nani like how he always
does, but bouncing back from being caught off guard is a staple to Josuke by the end
of Part 4, so you’ll definitely see it here.
And with Giorno telling Josuke about how Black Sabbath works, plus Josuke’s deduction skills
alone would be able to combat Black Sabbath a lot faster than how the fight had gone.
Next example, The Grateful Dead.
Continuously restoring ice from it’s melting state.
These are big healer moves, true clerics only.
Prosciutto?
More like Prosciutto Cotto, cause that man is going to get COOKED.
For the last example, let’s have the White Album fight.
With vision and coordination with the help of Mista, Josuke could do something along
the lines of punching the ice armor that Ghiaccio has, reverting it into a gaseous form since
Ghiaccio can use White Album from the moisture in the air alone.
Restoring it and then having Mista shoot immediately right after, or during with the use of Sex
Pistols, and then “boom,” the fight is over.
It’s as simple as that.
Now, see, while adding Josuke to the part, could add a lot more interesting character
interactions and a potential boost to the friendly comedic tone that some of the characters
go for at times, but in an overall sense, it would just make everything a lot easier.
Which would be great for the cast of part 5, it wouldn’t be the best thing for the
audience or the development of the characters.
It is a fun idea, though.
If we had some sort of side-manga or ova of some sort where we can see scenarios like
this played out, I feel like that’s the only way that’d work.
As to how that would work, that’s a whole different video.
As a small concept to mention here, it would most likely have to be a 40 min to hour type
of episodic series where every concept is gone over in the span of an episode and the
episode itself only contains the major changes with the small bits sprinkled throughout the
entirety of it.
I’d like to make a chapter or more of something like
this
in the future, but that’s the future.
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