So, the time from when I had finished Battle Tendency to now has been a reasonably long
amount of time.
I’ve had opinions change, I’ve had time to look deeper into everything, and I’ve
had time to realize a lot about characters, setting, and plot.
One opinion I had after I finished Stone Ocean was, “Hey, Joseph Joestar was actually a
pretty cool guy”.
While it looks like it doesn’t relate at all, take in mind that time that I finished
Stone Ocean, I was still pretty fresh off of the older parts, so I would consistently
look back and forth.
I had multiple discussions with a lot of people that even to this day still like Joseph the
same way that they did from when they had first seen him and those that view him the
same way that I do now.
Here’s what I came up with as a final product.
I would think that a majority of those that got into Jojo started with Phantom Blood.
Now you could have any opinion you want on Jonathan, but his character is his character.
Gentleman, noble, compassionate, and all around a good guy protagonist.
You saw what being a good guy got him and now you sit down on looking at the screen
like, “Well what now.”
You go on to the next part, and you’re introduced to this guy.
[Joseph punches cop.
Joseph chugs soda.
Joseph telling his name.
Joseph shooting gun.
Joseph runs away.
Tequila Joseph.
Happy birthday.
Hand trick.
Bird joseph.
Pose with Caesar.
Joseph hitting his head with his own technique.]
Joseph isn’t like Jonathan in a lot of ways.
He mainly acts on feelings, he’s quirky, when compared to the other characters he’s
unorthodox, he’s…
Cool and crazy.
Like, with how we were shown Hamon, I believed that he would come through with some technique
and destroy Straizo.
No, he just filled him up with metal rain and laid him out.
Coming from Phantom Blood, you could see Battle Tendency as Jojo with some Cajun seasoning,
and then you dip it in buffalo sauce just because you can.
Along with part two being the part with a lot more pop, people had got onto that specific
wave of Battle Tendency.
Pizzazz, posing, pillar men, plotting, and … Uh…
(Joseph turns around.)
I don’t have another.
Now, the second reason I had found that exists for some reason, is that he’s always around.
A lot of people coming from Battle Tendency had felt great to see Joseph in Stardust Crusaders,
and then seeing him again in Diamond is Unbreakable.
Though I know how people felt seeing Joseph and the other Jojo’s.
There’s people that didn’t like Jotaro right off the bat, and it’s understandable.
You see Battle Tendency and you enjoy this buddy-buddy guy Joseph, but then you see Jotaro
disrespecting him.
Even I was like, “Hey this guy saved the world, show some respect”, when I first
watched Stardust Crusaders.
Though that’s when you’re just surface level with Jotaro, and everything you think
of him is what you get at face value.
Then you also see old Joseph with Josuke being treated differently, but Josuke has multiple
reasons on why.
Joseph is now some type of retired legend.
While sometimes it looks like he’s fallen off, he still has his moments.
Seeing Joseph could be like how some people see a Stan Lee cameo, like “Hey, I know
you.
You did a lot of everyone.
Cool.”
Now, you could have other reasons why you like him, feel free to tell me why.
I had another reason where it would how some people relate to his character, but I feel
like that goes with how they like his character to being with.
Because you usually like things you hold some sort of connection with personally.
So, comment what you think, I’d like anymore insight on this subject and that’s going
to be it.
The next video around this subject?
Probably why people hate Joseph, and I can easily tell you that I personally have some
words to say about Joseph and part two as a whole, but I’ll see you guys in the next
one.
Until then, peace out and god speed.