@@hariman7727 I'm sure Sora from NGNL could pull it off but he cheated in the only poker game in that entire show instead because he wanted to test the limits of the eighth pledge. Incidentally, after that he and Shiro were basically the only ones who _didn't_ cheat.
Ah I see now, it's a pair of spambots, one pretends to be a rando and vouches for the other one. That second one doesn't work when you do it more than once.
@@skullythekidd0175 Our first introduction to him is him stabbing Narancia with fork just for getting a math problem wrong. Did he even watch part 5 or just saw official art from the anime and a few pages from the manga and generalized the entire part from that.
Yeah god forbid a character have a hard time showing emotions personally i like that once you get to know jotaro in the series he reveals more of his personality like a real person would
@@HighBarReviews hey now some times star platinum has a grin or even a full on smile like the time he beat up Dan. Plus we get hints that jotaro jokes around sometimes like the smoke trick and ya know he was having fun messing with d'arby older. :) and his reaction when he looked at his shit hand at end....food for thought.
My favorite fight is Buccellati vs king Crimson, because they both lose and they both win. Bucellati wins in the sense that he saves Trish and tells everyone how King Crimson works, but loses in the sense that he dies in the process. Diavolo wins in the sense that he killed Buccellati, but loses to his own cowardice when he's unable to bring himself to reveal his face despite the fact he could've killed them all in that moment.
The episode was also a big plot twist because up until then Bruno's gang had risked their lives to deliver Trish to her father but everything changed in a single moment when Bruno realised that his only task was to keep Trish alive so that the Boss could kill her himself . To Bruno , there was nothing more sacred than family and that's why he protected Trish , the daughter of the same man who destroyed Bruno's own family , so that at least she could live happily . But after realising how easily Diavolo was planning to get rid of his own daughter , something inside him snapped . Years of pent up frustration of being unable to stop the drug trade because he had to protect his father , blew up and caused Bruno to act rashly which led to his death . But he was brought back to life by Giorno , the boy who gave him courage to stand up against the boss and the corruption in the mafia . Bruno had already accepted his fate in his battle with King Crimson and saw the rest of his life as just a second chance given to him to help the boy , Giorno , achieve his dream . So when he saw a chance during the Battle for the Arrow , he repaid his debt by giving up his life and ascended to heaven , gently floating through the air , guided by the Golden Wind . This fight was the biggest character developing moment for Bruno
I liked how Star platinum moved so fast to light a cigarette and a to get Jotaro a drink. Must of really freaked out older Darby since he knows that Dio can stop time.
While Jotaro vs DIO is the quintessential Stand battle, Jotaro vs Daniel J. D'Arby shows just how much of a role mind games will have in Stand battles going forward. It's the best Part 3 has to offer that isn't just memes.
Now that you've mention it I did sometimes forget that the manga is actually over 30 years old at this point and some parts (in some aspects) are a reflection of its time.
@@guilhermefranco2930 I was open to hearing a different opinion on jojo but he obviously wasn't paying any attention. The most ridiculous(/stupid) is him thinking fugo has a calm personality..i'm sorry, what? It seems like he made the video half-assedly and more of a response to jojo fans that annoys him rather than the actual show.
@@NaNa-wy2tk yes. How other videos tend to be scripted and funny but I don't know what happened with this one. He said it himself it was going to be an unscripted rant but Jesus. But his tiger videos are good, I swear
@@guilhermefranco2930 His prequel video was really terrible as well, either he just rehashed the points Plinkett made without substantiating and all of his own points were absolute nonsense
The two things they have in common is that they aren’t the typical stand battles (and in fact, Tonio’s story is not even a battle) but they are just as exciting as if they were strategic stand battles.
I’ll admit, while the D’Arby arc isn’t my favorite fight to come from SDC (that’d be Iggy and Polnareff vs. Vanilla Ice), it’s still an amazing fight due to being a very atypical shounen fight by not even having any fistfighting or brawling. Instead, it’s just a battle of wits in order to see which character can outsmart the other, and truly shows just how smart and badass Jotaro can truly be at times. Even if part 3 has its issues, it’s arcs like this (along with the aforementioned Vanilla Ice fight, the fight with N’Doul and Geb, and especially the finale, Dio’s World) that further cement why it’s my favorite Jojo part (at least if we’re only counting the animated parts. If we venture into the manga, it’d of course be part 7, if my pfp didn’t already give that away.)
I think the weirdest thing Cosmonaut said in his video was that "Character arcs simply do not exist in this series" Like, I understand not finding the character arcs interesting, but saying they don't exist is silly lol. As for the D'Arby fight, yeah I agree with the points. I have a personal preference towards a lot of the fights in part 5, but D'Arby is still a great fight (if that's the right term) either way.
I actually dislike the D'arby fight because it felt incredibly lame to me, but I do agree that character arcs exist in jojo. (My favorite being Josuke 8's)
OH HECK YES. That episode is such a stand-out, even among Jojo’s fights. It perfectly conveys what makes these fights good in that yes, not a single punch is thrown. It’s all about mind games. Not to mention, the fight also gets to show off how each character involved thinks, as well as how much of a freaking cool guy Jotaro is. It also builds up D’Arby really well, making him seem so intimidating while, again, he poses no _physical_ threat to our main characters. He would definitely lose in a straight-up brawl, but because he catches Polnareff off guard he’s able to shift the battle into one more in his favor.
i actually agree how jojos is one of the best when it comes to timing their music,,, just look at how viral giorno's music has gotten,, it always plays at the right moment which hypes up the scene so much,,, I've consumed à fair share of shows where scenes couldve been better if the music was just timed right
One of the best examples is in part 5 with Bruno vs Secco where during the chase there is no music playing but once Bruno got what he needed to beat Secco Giornos theme started to play
I mean, so did Boingo's episodes and the Stardust Crusaders didn't even have to do anything to win because Tohth completely sabotaged Oingo and Hol Horse...
@@Scalesthelizardwizard That, and Polnareff made it abundantly clear that whoever could use the power of the Requiem Arrow would have the power to rule the world. It being the ultimate power was set up well in advance, the exact opposite of a deus ex machina.
@@Scalesthelizardwizard not really he lost 2 before the arrow was even established and Naratcha was a random death that had nothing to do with getting the arrow
@@choueriito2548 it was not well established at all it literally showed up in the middle of the part conveniently when the group ran inti a dead end it was w dues ex machena and that's ok that doesn't make it bad just like Jotaro getting time stop was a deus ex machina
Funny. I actually guessed your favorite episode before you revealed it. The reason why I guessed it is quite simple. It was the most memorabe episode for me too.
Well to be perfectly honest my favorite fight would be the Civil War Fight in part 7 but unfortunately that won't be animated until years from now so as far as anime goes it has to be Metallica vs. King Crimson
I feel pretty alone on this earth when I say I hate Risotto vs Doppio. It seems like such a cool fight at first, but then you think about it for 5 seconds and realize how contrived it is that Risotto did not insta-kill Doppio the moment the fight started. Fixing the fight in my mind would require laying more restrictions on how Metallica works, because as it is, Risotto could just form a spike in Doppio's brain and be done with it. Or in his heart. No reason is given why he can't do this, so he only loses because he's too much of an idiot to use his ability to its fullest. It's not a well written fight at all. Metallica was so powerful that the only way Araki could make the fight work was to have Risotto just not use it intelligently.
A great choice for a favorite fight, It's one of my personal favorites, but I perfer ringo roadagain and talking head and clash over it. Still an amazing fight and a great video, good job.
Mama Mia. O thought they were gonna do a twist when he enters the kitchen and everyone laughs things off, but they didn’t, and then they show a dog frocking have its organs explode... then they did the twist. They tricked me when I expected the twist to happen but then didn’t but then actually did happeb
My favourite episode was Wamuu vs Joseph, because it really did show how Wamuu is a fair fighter, even killing people of his own army just to make the fair fighter
Darby the Gambler is absolutely one of my favorite episodes. Huge agree that it's one of the best fights in the entire series. Though I think there are a few fights that are on its level or surpass it for different reasons. Stuff like Metallica vs King Crimson or the entire Bites the Dust arc
The best fight in jojo to me is Doppio vs Risotto for obvious reasons. High tension, good back and forth, and my favorite characters with cool ass powers.
@@moderncrusader1150 The train stuff was pretty good, but honestly during the second half of The Man in the Mirror I got confused and kinda burnt out. I also find the Giacco fight less than memorable and I keep forgetting Melone in general
Wow to think before I just knew D’arby as the guy that said “Mr JoeSter” in engrish. This was really fascinating and fun to watch. Great job :) I do believe this is pushing me closer to becoming a jojo fan lol
16:56 It also helped that Capcom released arcade game which spawned one of the oldest western Jojo's memes of all time, the Za Warudo/Knifes/Road Roller Da WRRRRRRYYYYY combo which I'm sure I'm not alone in that being my first exposure to the franchise.
My favorite in the series was always True Man’s World (reason why I have Ringo as my pfp) simply due to that mix of action and tactics involved, and how much of an impact it had on the Steel Ball Run Duo. Some great character development, a damn good antagonist, and beautiful philosophy on the nature of life. And yeah, Cosmo’s video gave me a headache like no tomorrow. JoJo isn’t perfect, yeah (granted, most complaints people have are explained in-universe), but his criticisms were disingenuous and flat out incorrect at times. You can’t just fall back on, “It’s just my/his opinion” when the opinion has very inaccurate information and poor generalizations. Like seriously, if you just watch the show, you’d know that not everyone character in JoJo is the “cowardly badass” (and the fact he used Polnareff and Narancia there pissed me off; both are some of the bravest dudes in JoJo despite being goofballs!) or “stoic badass” archetype ; that there are character arcs; that the deaths aren’t for “shock value” when there is in-universe reasons for them happening that make sense. Criticize the show for facts, not false information. Great video, Kamen! Jotaro Hate is real dumb, especially when the whole point of this journey is that he’s growing more attached to the group, that he’s very emotional despite his stoic demeanor, and that he almost does screw himself over multiple times due to his anger (like how he was straight up going to ram his fist through Steely Dan “so fast that the Stand won’t activate”; or during the DIO fight; or him being an ass just to everyone).
@@luianderson7360 in the manga, Jotaro named Josuke's stand as Crazy Diamond. Yes it's a song reference, like all stands, but I was referring to what Jotaro said.
[happy fancy shuffling] A Mental Battle almost destroying Persons of Mass Destruction That is the kind of 3Dimensional character interaction I live for! [draws three] -The Quantum Croupier
Hey, D'Arby is my favourite "fight", too! Glad to see another man of culture. I would actually go further and call Star Dust Crusader either my favourite or second favourite part. Not because of necessarily being the most well written, but because I enjoy the globe-trotting adventure aspect, and not the way Battle Tendency did it, I mean that it had this faraway goal that was defined at the beginning and the chartacters worked to get to. It's good that not every part is like this, and I really appreciated the change of pace that was DiU, but the only pther part that could replicate SC's journey-feel for me was, well, you already know exactly which one it was. So for me SC is definitely top 2.
I actually really like his videos. He shares most of the same opinions as me. However, I didn't agree with his take on jojo. And I don't think he hates jojo. It was just for the title. He loves parts 1,2 and 4. Hates part 5. Is neutral towards part 6. Likes some stuff of part 3.
My favorite fight without any consideration on the quality and just how much I enjoyed it is Hol Horse and Boingo. Even though it wasn't really a fight. Best fight in terms of "objectivity" in my opinion is Vanilla Ice VS PolPol and Iggy. and Dio VS Jotaro.
Ight, time to see if your opinions are right or if I have to hit you with a "Ding dong, your opinion is wrong" Edit: yeah, your opinion is very valid, I loved that fight
One of my personal favorite "fights" gotta be Jobin and Tsurugui vs Ojirou from part 8 Granted, not much fighting happened but it really showed why Speed King is a really badass stand
A cool thing that I saw in the comments section of another video. D'Arby the Gambler was immune to cheating, so you had to bluff him. D'Arby the Gamer was immune to bluffing, so you had to cheat him
I haven't watched Jojo, outside of the legendary Dio vs Jotaro and Road Roller scene, but this fight does seem like a welcome change of pace since this as you say, this is an enemy that Jotaro over here can't simply "ORA ORA ORA ORA" the hell out of to solve the problem.
Nice video! It's hard for me to choose one favourite episode or fight but this one is definitely one of my favourites. It's nice to see other people appreciating it as well.
When I saw the title and I saw the thumbnail from part 3, I knew exactly which episode you were talking about! I didn't care about Jojo's really untill that episode. That was the only episode thus far where I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Currently watching part 4. Even though I like it a lot more than parts 1-3, still that episode was just great
Some of Cosmos content isn’t bad and I relatively like some of it. However he can be overly pretentious and downright condescending which kinda overall ruins most his reviews for me. The JoJo one was especially an extremely weak video by him. He kinda contradicted himself saying how much he loved 1,2 and 4. AND enjoyed the Dio vs Jotaro fight.
I’ve always been confused by his quality check. Sometimes, it’s above and beyond and is a superb video, and then there’s this. And this isn’t the first time. It’s happened many times so o wonder wether he just can’t be asked or rushes some of them
I'm actually a cosmonaut fan that got your videos on him recommended, and I gotta say. Great videos bro you have earned a sub. As a jojos fan too I couldn't agree with you more.
Considering part 4 was you favourite (I think) i thought this would be on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' fight or the final one but honestly 100% agree with your pick this is one of or my favourite episodes
Time to put my own input in the comments of a 2 year old video: Battle tendency’s 2nd battle against wamuu is my favourite as it just nails everything. The stakes are high as the entire series led up to this showdown and it really feels like the end of the story character-wise, and kars is just there to be there, and it also completes joeseph’s arc of learning to respect people. It just works.
Hot take: "Let's go eat some Italian food" is far and away the best episode of the series purely based on the fact that it perfectly capitalises the comedy of JoJo,is incredibly wholesome and also has one of the best twists in the series. You spend the entire episode thinking Tonio is an evil prick only to find out he's just this really happy guy who only wants to heal people by cooking for them
My Favourite Fight in the series is gyro vs ringo roadagain in part 7 because its a battle of challenging Gyros resolve to participate in the race and him hardening his resolve. Add some amazing panelling and great strategies and you got the best battle in Jojo's. Darby is a close second tho.
giorno is fine by me, a bit of a gary stu but he is like a paragon of dreams in his part like a static character, where unfortunately is the center of most growth within their group, i think of him as an plot device rather much of a character, he is that to the Bruno gang,
I think giorno is the best jojo so far. Because he seems more like a actual human. Capable of kindness and in the face of what he think is wrong, merciless. And about cosmonaut, i honestly don't think his opinions in jojo are a big deal. Maybe if he actually came back to the series, either the anime or the manga, he would change his mind. Sometimes we just have a wrong perception of stuffs.
I didn't expect Cosmonaut to get dunked on in the first 30 seconds. A welcome surprise to be sure. I like JoJo a lot, with Parts 2 and 5 being my favourite of the anime. I thought Parts 3 and 4 were bloated, 40 episodes each that could've been condensed to 20 without losing anything of value. This was one of the highlights of Part 3 though, definitely a good choice for a favourite.
A fight, even a fist fight, is always about the mind. Win the mental war and you won, this episode showed it perfectly and IS my favorite Jojo episode of Part 3
Hold up this isn't Let's go eat some Italian food! Jokes aside (though I love that arc) my favourite animated arcs of JoJo are from Bites the Dust to the ending of part 4, though I'll say that this arc you discussed is one of the best from part 3. If I was talking about the manga up to where I am (chapter 24 of part 7) then I'd similarly say that the arcs from C-moon to part 6's end are also brilliant. Super tense, emotional, and big brain use of stands.
oh hey i love this episode!! a lot actually!! its easily one of my favourite eps in stardust and jjba as a whole the emotion, the tricks, the humour all of it works really well and i love it
The D’arby Elder versus Jotaro fight is probably one of my favorite fights of all time, and is, in my opinion, one of the greatest fights in all media, purely because it’s a battle of wits. D’arby is completely psyched out by Jotaro’s lack of emotion, his supposed indifference to sacrificing the souls of his friends, himself, and even his own mother, and how he uses Star Platinum sparingly, only using it to get himself a drink and to light his cigarette, all to make D’arby think he swapped out the cards. And it’s even better when you realize that D’arby not only knows the true power of The World, but might even think Jotaro is capable of this power. Even though the deck was stacked against Jotaro, with D’arby paying the boy who shuffled the deck to give him a winning hand that could only be beaten by 3 hands, and Jotaro being given garbage cards, he still caves under the pressure. But the cherry on top is the performances and animation. In both the original and the English dub, the performances by everyone involved was damn near perfect. Just look up Jotaro versus D’arby dub in the RUclips search bar to see what I mean. They truly sell the idea of a stone-faced teenager, the genuine fear in D’arby’s voice and face, and seeing D’arby age in graphic detail just at the thought of calling Jotaro’s bluff, the hyperventilating of everyone in the room, starkly contrasted by Jotaro’s calm demeanor, and the tension, knowing what’s at stake, and having the main protagonist be completely defenseless makes a borderline masterpiece. And they actually teach you a bit of Poker in the process, so kudos to Araki for that! I thank you for making this video. It’s really well done, and I thought I’d chime in.
My favorite episode from each part 1-4 Phantom Blood: 9 (The Final Ripple!) Battle Tendency: 11 (Young Caesar) Stardust Crusaders: 46 or 48 (Dio's World, Part 2 or Long Journey Farwell, My Friends) Diamond is Unbreakable: 35 (Bites the Dust, Part 1)
What I love about Jotaro is that he doesn’t need much development and any done is much more hidden. Any development are the seen in the small details rather than “THROUGHOUT THE DAYS, I’VE GROWN FOND OF MY OLD MAN. WHAT DID HE USED TO SAY?”. Part 3, as it’s purpose was to be an adventure, as in spending time with the characters, learning more. Kakyoin and Polnareef develop because it’s part of their character as we know it. Every reason they both act the way they do to the lads and villains is because of their past and purpose. Jotaro needs less development as he himself like Jonathon has already grown, and that’s fine as it just means we get to spend more time with the crusaders as they are at basically their prime.
I think something that really helped with likely Jotaro was a simple authors not in the first few chapters of the manga, where Araki states that Jotaro just assumes people can tell what ges feeling and thus doesn't waste energy to express them.
I love how towards the end, Jotaro just goes “But I didn’t know I had such a worthless hand.Good grief, If I had known, I would have freaked out.”
Fully agree
Aye laughed my ass off the first time
@@hariman7727 I'm sure Sora from NGNL could pull it off but he cheated in the only poker game in that entire show instead because he wanted to test the limits of the eighth pledge. Incidentally, after that he and Shiro were basically the only ones who _didn't_ cheat.
Least we know what he got from Joseph
Ah I see now, it's a pair of spambots, one pretends to be a rando and vouches for the other one.
That second one doesn't work when you do it more than once.
I love how , jotaro beat a cheater by convincing him that he was cheating. but really wasnt.
Then he later beat his brother by making him think he was playing by the rules.
@@GhettoFabulousLorch well cant use the same tatic twice
The he called Polnareff the "funny coward" I knew it was going to go downhill from there. He even labeled Fugo as thr "calm cool guy" like WHAT!!
Just shows he didn't pay attention
Good thing I don't watch the guy, sounds like he's got no idea about anything
Fugo.... The "calm n cool" guy? FUGO?! CALM?! THAT GUY'S SO WOUND UP HE COULD PRODUCE DIAMONDS OUT OF SPHINCTER!!
@@skullythekidd0175 Our first introduction to him is him stabbing Narancia with fork just for getting a math problem wrong. Did he even watch part 5 or just saw official art from the anime and a few pages from the manga and generalized the entire part from that.
@@Mangakamen I think he just read the manga super fast
So in short: Kamen likes the part where Jotaro uses his big brain
Close 2nd for me.
Do these people who say he has no emotion ever look at his stand? His stand shows his real emotion. Plus as u said the manga
Yeah god forbid a character have a hard time showing emotions personally i like that once you get to know jotaro in the series he reveals more of his personality like a real person would
In other words *ANGERY!*
@@HighBarReviews hey now some times star platinum has a grin or even a full on smile like the time he beat up Dan. Plus we get hints that jotaro jokes around sometimes like the smoke trick and ya know he was having fun messing with d'arby older. :) and his reaction when he looked at his shit hand at end....food for thought.
@@HighBarReviews there was one part where he dunked on araki for not knowing how explosions work while not knowing how explosions work himself
@@blindedjourneyman just making a small joke about how Star platinum looks angry most of the time... FoOd FoR tHoUgHt
My favorite fight is Buccellati vs king Crimson, because they both lose and they both win. Bucellati wins in the sense that he saves Trish and tells everyone how King Crimson works, but loses in the sense that he dies in the process. Diavolo wins in the sense that he killed Buccellati, but loses to his own cowardice when he's unable to bring himself to reveal his face despite the fact he could've killed them all in that moment.
The episode was also a big plot twist because up until then Bruno's gang had risked their lives to deliver Trish to her father but everything changed in a single moment when Bruno realised that his only task was to keep Trish alive so that the Boss could kill her himself . To Bruno , there was nothing more sacred than family and that's why he protected Trish , the daughter of the same man who destroyed Bruno's own family , so that at least she could live happily . But after realising how easily Diavolo was planning to get rid of his own daughter , something inside him snapped . Years of pent up frustration of being unable to stop the drug trade because he had to protect his father , blew up and caused Bruno to act rashly which led to his death . But he was brought back to life by Giorno , the boy who gave him courage to stand up against the boss and the corruption in the mafia . Bruno had already accepted his fate in his battle with King Crimson and saw the rest of his life as just a second chance given to him to help the boy , Giorno , achieve his dream . So when he saw a chance during the Battle for the Arrow , he repaid his debt by giving up his life and ascended to heaven , gently floating through the air , guided by the Golden Wind . This fight was the biggest character developing moment for Bruno
I liked how Star platinum moved so fast to light a cigarette and a to get Jotaro a drink. Must of really freaked out older Darby since he knows that Dio can stop time.
The best fight in JoJo, resolves around a game of cards..... are we sure this isn't Yu-Gi-Oh.
Bonus points for also taking place in Egypt
Yu-Gi-Oh was actually inspired by this fight
Yu-Ji-Joh
While Jotaro vs DIO is the quintessential Stand battle, Jotaro vs Daniel J. D'Arby shows just how much of a role mind games will have in Stand battles going forward. It's the best Part 3 has to offer that isn't just memes.
And also is one of the most most high stakes battle that has basically no plot holes compared to every other battle having a plot hole or 2
@@pian-0g445 What fights?
Yes but it’s the adult version, Yugi is still like 3 but everyone else is adults get acts like children half the time
Now that you've mention it I did sometimes forget that the manga is actually over 30 years old at this point and some parts (in some aspects) are a reflection of its time.
"...because while Dio has a clear power advantage over Jotaro"
*So it's the same type of stand as Star Platinum*
That meme doesn't really disprove Dio's power advantage from vampirism and longer time stop
I just realized how much Osiris looks like handsome Squidward
Oh my fucking god
Lol, that was the first thing I thought when I first watched it last year
*Sees Cosmonaut*
"Oh no, not him again..."
I actually really like his videos. He shares most of the same opinions as me. However, I didn't agree with his take on jojo.
@@guilhermefranco2930 I was open to hearing a different opinion on jojo but he obviously wasn't paying any attention. The most ridiculous(/stupid) is him thinking fugo has a calm personality..i'm sorry, what? It seems like he made the video half-assedly and more of a response to jojo fans that annoys him rather than the actual show.
@@NaNa-wy2tk yes. How other videos tend to be scripted and funny but I don't know what happened with this one. He said it himself it was going to be an unscripted rant but Jesus.
But his tiger videos are good, I swear
I've stopped watching him s long time ago.
@@guilhermefranco2930 His prequel video was really terrible as well, either he just rehashed the points Plinkett made without substantiating and all of his own points were absolute nonsense
This better be about "Let's go eat some Italian food"
Nah, just edgy teenager bullying an old man with gambling addiction
@Gaming_Master - no the other one
Thats actually my favourite episode of Part 4 lol, I love Tonio
The two things they have in common is that they aren’t the typical stand battles (and in fact, Tonio’s story is not even a battle) but they are just as exciting as if they were strategic stand battles.
Who’s gonna tell him
I’ll admit, while the D’Arby arc isn’t my favorite fight to come from SDC (that’d be Iggy and Polnareff vs. Vanilla Ice), it’s still an amazing fight due to being a very atypical shounen fight by not even having any fistfighting or brawling. Instead, it’s just a battle of wits in order to see which character can outsmart the other, and truly shows just how smart and badass Jotaro can truly be at times.
Even if part 3 has its issues, it’s arcs like this (along with the aforementioned Vanilla Ice fight, the fight with N’Doul and Geb, and especially the finale, Dio’s World) that further cement why it’s my favorite Jojo part (at least if we’re only counting the animated parts. If we venture into the manga, it’d of course be part 7, if my pfp didn’t already give that away.)
A Mental Battle almost destroying Persons of Mass Destruction
That is the kind of 3Dimensional character interaction I live for!
Yo Vanilla Ice hit so different than any villain in part 3
I think the weirdest thing Cosmonaut said in his video was that "Character arcs simply do not exist in this series"
Like, I understand not finding the character arcs interesting, but saying they don't exist is silly lol.
As for the D'Arby fight, yeah I agree with the points. I have a personal preference towards a lot of the fights in part 5, but D'Arby is still a great fight (if that's the right term) either way.
@AT Productions While people can have their opinions, I do think a number Cosmo's opinion on JoJo are either outright false or misinterpreted.
He wasn't talking about part 3 exclusively was he? Because Echos' entire thing was evolving based on Koichi's character development.
@@mattwo7 I think he was talking about the entire series. I don't recall if he was clear on that, but from what I recall it was the whole thing.
I actually dislike the D'arby fight because it felt incredibly lame to me, but I do agree that character arcs exist in jojo. (My favorite being Josuke 8's)
I agree, I like his vids but didn't agree with that video at all, he just slandered part 5 really hard
OH HECK YES. That episode is such a stand-out, even among Jojo’s fights. It perfectly conveys what makes these fights good in that yes, not a single punch is thrown. It’s all about mind games. Not to mention, the fight also gets to show off how each character involved thinks, as well as how much of a freaking cool guy Jotaro is. It also builds up D’Arby really well, making him seem so intimidating while, again, he poses no _physical_ threat to our main characters. He would definitely lose in a straight-up brawl, but because he catches Polnareff off guard he’s able to shift the battle into one more in his favor.
"Barely any character development"
Jotaro who basically devolved and is forever cursed with ptsd:
And deflated.
i actually agree how jojos is one of the best when it comes to timing their music,,, just look at how viral giorno's music has gotten,, it always plays at the right moment which hypes up the scene so much,,, I've consumed à fair share of shows where scenes couldve been better if the music was just timed right
One of the best examples is in part 5 with Bruno vs Secco where during the chase there is no music playing but once Bruno got what he needed to beat Secco Giornos theme started to play
This episode was so good it even got its own outro
I mean, so did Boingo's episodes and the Stardust Crusaders didn't even have to do anything to win because Tohth completely sabotaged Oingo and Hol Horse...
it did?
@@dimitriwarchief301 yes look up the oingo boingo brothers outro
@@easiestcc6451 ...but this isn't the oingo boingo episode
@@easiestcc6451 reply ^
Kamen: *Makes Jojo Video*
Me: YES! YES! YES! Oh my god...
I see Kamen’s a stand user of culture. He appreciates the D’Arby episode as well.
The 80s(?) OVA made sure I was aware of JoJo
Even read manga!
It was incredible in both new anime and the OVA
I like to describe Cosmonaut as the "oof" of RUclips. Mainly cause his takes on a lot of media just give you the urge to let out one big "oof".
Marcus: *calls GER a Deus Ex Machina*
Me: "I'm gonna stop you right there"
Giorno lost 3 friends trying to get I say he earned it
@@Scalesthelizardwizard That, and Polnareff made it abundantly clear that whoever could use the power of the Requiem Arrow would have the power to rule the world. It being the ultimate power was set up well in advance, the exact opposite of a deus ex machina.
It was a dues ex machina it literally exists to give giorno a W against devalio that was literally it's only purpose
@@Scalesthelizardwizard not really he lost 2 before the arrow was even established and Naratcha was a random death that had nothing to do with getting the arrow
@@choueriito2548 it was not well established at all it literally showed up in the middle of the part conveniently when the group ran inti a dead end it was w dues ex machena and that's ok that doesn't make it bad just like Jotaro getting time stop was a deus ex machina
I agree so hard, it was the most intense and hype episode I've seen in any anime and it's just dudes playing poker
Funny. I actually guessed your favorite episode before you revealed it. The reason why I guessed it is quite simple. It was the most memorabe episode for me too.
I just love the fact that Jotaro bluffs so hard that D'Arby had a heart attack.
Remember his name D'arby which I would love to spell out D-A-R-B-Y.
Dee ae arr bee yei
ok Mr. Barbie
@@ayansaiyad6864 Whatever you say Obie
*Stardust Crusaders.*
Say it with me: *STAR. DUST. CRUSADERS.*
“Jostar Egyptian tour group” makes me irrationally angry
Well to be perfectly honest my favorite fight would be the Civil War Fight in part 7 but unfortunately that won't be animated until years from now so as far as anime goes it has to be Metallica vs. King Crimson
Where Risotto Nero almost beat The Boss, if it wasn’t for the fact that GioGio’s team was in the area.
Well look what we found here
@@poolturtle5772 Bruno vs grearfull dead and beach boy was dope
I feel pretty alone on this earth when I say I hate Risotto vs Doppio.
It seems like such a cool fight at first, but then you think about it for 5 seconds and realize how contrived it is that Risotto did not insta-kill Doppio the moment the fight started.
Fixing the fight in my mind would require laying more restrictions on how Metallica works, because as it is, Risotto could just form a spike in Doppio's brain and be done with it.
Or in his heart. No reason is given why he can't do this, so he only loses because he's too much of an idiot to use his ability to its fullest.
It's not a well written fight at all. Metallica was so powerful that the only way Araki could make the fight work was to have Risotto just not use it intelligently.
Having read up to near the latest chapter of JoJolion, the Greatful Dead/Beach Boy fight in Part 5 is still my personal favourite.
A great choice for a favorite fight, It's one of my personal favorites, but I perfer ringo roadagain and talking head and clash over it. Still an amazing fight and a great video, good job.
You seem to have confused "best episode" with "best fight." Rookie mistake. The best episode is where they got to the Italian restaurant in Part 4.
Mama Mia. O thought they were gonna do a twist when he enters the kitchen and everyone laughs things off, but they didn’t, and then they show a dog frocking have its organs explode... then they did the twist.
They tricked me when I expected the twist to happen but then didn’t but then actually did happeb
@@pian-0g445 sounds about right.
My favourite episode was Wamuu vs Joseph, because it really did show how Wamuu is a fair fighter, even killing people of his own army just to make the fair fighter
Imagine Yami Yugi, but he actually embraced the cheating
Darby the Gambler is absolutely one of my favorite episodes. Huge agree that it's one of the best fights in the entire series. Though I think there are a few fights that are on its level or surpass it for different reasons. Stuff like Metallica vs King Crimson or the entire Bites the Dust arc
The best fight in jojo to me is Doppio vs Risotto for obvious reasons. High tension, good back and forth, and my favorite characters with cool ass powers.
yep same, though the darpi fight was pretty fun
That was my favorite fight in Part 5. Everything just kinda felt "eh" to me after that one
@@Ultradragon16 What about the Bruno vs Prosciutto fight? It's generally agreed that Part 5 had the best fights
@@moderncrusader1150 The train stuff was pretty good, but honestly during the second half of The Man in the Mirror I got confused and kinda burnt out. I also find the Giacco fight less than memorable and I keep forgetting Melone in general
@@Ultradragon16 Yeah! Especially when Prosciutto shouts “Curse you, Bucciarati!”
Wow to think before I just knew D’arby as the guy that said “Mr JoeSter” in engrish.
This was really fascinating and fun to watch. Great job :)
I do believe this is pushing me closer to becoming a jojo fan lol
I will stop arguing with JoJo haters when they start actually knowing what they're talking about
My prediction for the video
MagnaKamen: “Jojo is the Worldo.” There will be a lot of jojo memes. Lol
Me: Yare... Yare... This will be fun.
what the f is yade yade its yare yare
@@Dragonheir___ Kk
This is basically Yugioh Season 0 in a nutshell and I love this episode for that!
16:56 It also helped that Capcom released arcade game which spawned one of the oldest western Jojo's memes of all time, the Za Warudo/Knifes/Road Roller Da WRRRRRRYYYYY combo which I'm sure I'm not alone in that being my first exposure to the franchise.
My favorite in the series was always True Man’s World (reason why I have Ringo as my pfp) simply due to that mix of action and tactics involved, and how much of an impact it had on the Steel Ball Run Duo. Some great character development, a damn good antagonist, and beautiful philosophy on the nature of life.
And yeah, Cosmo’s video gave me a headache like no tomorrow. JoJo isn’t perfect, yeah (granted, most complaints people have are explained in-universe), but his criticisms were disingenuous and flat out incorrect at times. You can’t just fall back on, “It’s just my/his opinion” when the opinion has very inaccurate information and poor generalizations. Like seriously, if you just watch the show, you’d know that not everyone character in JoJo is the “cowardly badass” (and the fact he used Polnareff and Narancia there pissed me off; both are some of the bravest dudes in JoJo despite being goofballs!) or “stoic badass” archetype ; that there are character arcs; that the deaths aren’t for “shock value” when there is in-universe reasons for them happening that make sense. Criticize the show for facts, not false information.
Great video, Kamen! Jotaro Hate is real dumb, especially when the whole point of this journey is that he’s growing more attached to the group, that he’s very emotional despite his stoic demeanor, and that he almost does screw himself over multiple times due to his anger (like how he was straight up going to ram his fist through Steely Dan “so fast that the Stand won’t activate”; or during the DIO fight; or him being an ass just to everyone).
Something tells me that you're going to do a debunking video about Cosmo's opinion on jojo aren't you?
this is kamen we're talking about
@@Mangakamen thank God I love you
To those who don't know. Josuke is a diamond in the rough who loses his cool when you make fun of his hair, ergo Crazy Diamond.
Nah, it’s yet another song reference. Pink floyds “shine on you crazy diamond”
@@luianderson7360 in the manga, Jotaro named Josuke's stand as Crazy Diamond. Yes it's a song reference, like all stands, but I was referring to what Jotaro said.
@@DaniG._.German ahhh I see, a reference with a meaning, that's awesome
[happy fancy shuffling]
A Mental Battle almost destroying Persons of Mass Destruction
That is the kind of 3Dimensional character interaction I live for!
[draws three]
-The Quantum Croupier
Hey, D'Arby is my favourite "fight", too! Glad to see another man of culture.
I would actually go further and call Star Dust Crusader either my favourite or second favourite part. Not because of necessarily being the most well written, but because I enjoy the globe-trotting adventure aspect, and not the way Battle Tendency did it, I mean that it had this faraway goal that was defined at the beginning and the chartacters worked to get to. It's good that not every part is like this, and I really appreciated the change of pace that was DiU, but the only pther part that could replicate SC's journey-feel for me was, well, you already know exactly which one it was. So for me SC is definitely top 2.
When I read the title I thought the d'arby episode hands down and so when you also chose that episode it was like I gained a new friend.
I mean, this fight is what motivated certain person to create certain manga that created certain trading card game that I love, so...
Cosmonaut contradicts himself A LOT!
"I don't like JoJo", and later on the same video "I liked Part 4 a lot! It's my favorite part!"
?
Also Cosmonaut: Likes Pt 1 and Pt 2 a lot...
I don't think that he truly hates Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
I actually really like his videos. He shares most of the same opinions as me. However, I didn't agree with his take on jojo.
And I don't think he hates jojo. It was just for the title. He loves parts 1,2 and 4. Hates part 5. Is neutral towards part 6. Likes some stuff of part 3.
My favorite fight without any consideration on the quality and just how much I enjoyed it is Hol Horse and Boingo. Even though it wasn't really a fight.
Best fight in terms of "objectivity" in my opinion is Vanilla Ice VS PolPol and Iggy.
and Dio VS Jotaro.
13:06 Jotaro uses the N-word pass given to him by Avdol
Ight, time to see if your opinions are right or if I have to hit you with a "Ding dong, your opinion is wrong"
Edit: yeah, your opinion is very valid, I loved that fight
Yeah, only other "fight" that comes close that series was versus younger d'Arby. Though Iggy versus Pet Shop was another interesting one.
One of my personal favorite "fights" gotta be Jobin and Tsurugui vs Ojirou from part 8
Granted, not much fighting happened but it really showed why Speed King is a really badass stand
Gotta catch up with current JoJo...
Mine is the frog rain from jojo part 6
Tbh Part 8 has some really great fights that unfortunately go unnoticed by a majority of the fandom
@@eriksulin627
From the way things are going with this new chapter, the next fight will probably be top 5 material
@@vehemetipolygoniae2197 It's been dragging on for so long yet every month including this one has been nonstop greatness
Whenever I remember Jojo or just come back to watch it, this episode and italian restaurant in part 4 are what reminds me why I love this show so mucj
A cool thing that I saw in the comments section of another video.
D'Arby the Gambler was immune to cheating, so you had to bluff him.
D'Arby the Gamer was immune to bluffing, so you had to cheat him
I haven't watched Jojo, outside of the legendary Dio vs Jotaro and Road Roller scene, but this fight does seem like a welcome change of pace since this as you say, this is an enemy that Jotaro over here can't simply "ORA ORA ORA ORA" the hell out of to solve the problem.
This, D’Arby the Younger, and the Steely Dan fight are a good change of pace from the normal
Nice video! It's hard for me to choose one favourite episode or fight but this one is definitely one of my favourites. It's nice to see other people appreciating it as well.
I just watched the battle, and I already watched this video before hand. You weren't lying that this was the best jojo fight in the series
When I saw the title and I saw the thumbnail from part 3, I knew exactly which episode you were talking about! I didn't care about Jojo's really untill that episode. That was the only episode thus far where I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Currently watching part 4. Even though I like it a lot more than parts 1-3, still that episode was just great
Some of Cosmos content isn’t bad and I relatively like some of it. However he can be overly pretentious and downright condescending which kinda overall ruins most his reviews for me. The JoJo one was especially an extremely weak video by him. He kinda contradicted himself saying how much he loved 1,2 and 4. AND enjoyed the Dio vs Jotaro fight.
I’ve always been confused by his quality check. Sometimes, it’s above and beyond and is a superb video, and then there’s this. And this isn’t the first time. It’s happened many times so o wonder wether he just can’t be asked or rushes some of them
And furthermore his complaints reeked of a person burnt out on JoJo because he felt like he had to watch it, not because he didn’t like it.
I'm actually a cosmonaut fan that got your videos on him recommended, and I gotta say. Great videos bro you have earned a sub. As a jojos fan too I couldn't agree with you more.
Considering part 4 was you favourite (I think) i thought this would be on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' fight or the final one but honestly 100% agree with your pick this is one of or my favourite episodes
Time to put my own input in the comments of a 2 year old video:
Battle tendency’s 2nd battle against wamuu is my favourite as it just nails everything. The stakes are high as the entire series led up to this showdown and it really feels like the end of the story character-wise, and kars is just there to be there, and it also completes joeseph’s arc of learning to respect people. It just works.
Darby's stand is just handsome Squidward, I mean look at it.
Hot take: "Let's go eat some Italian food" is far and away the best episode of the series purely based on the fact that it perfectly capitalises the comedy of JoJo,is incredibly wholesome and also has one of the best twists in the series. You spend the entire episode thinking Tonio is an evil prick only to find out he's just this really happy guy who only wants to heal people by cooking for them
My Favourite Fight in the series is gyro vs ringo roadagain in part 7 because its a battle of challenging Gyros resolve to participate in the race and him hardening his resolve. Add some amazing panelling and great strategies and you got the best battle in Jojo's.
Darby is a close second tho.
This is also the reason why the tonio arc is so good. It perfectly built the suspense and then actually makes the tension killing funny.
I'm with mangakamen on this. During that bluff, I was breathing heavily too. Darby senior's whole sequence was my favorite portion HANDS DOWN.
My favorite Jojo episode is when the characters summons there Persona to defeat the enemy
... which one?
@AT Productions “Evil Spirit” : Wrong game, bro...
while i dont personally find it the best, i do think its one of the better episodes, plus it has one of the best engrish moments in jojo
About Giorno, there's a video by Oceaniz's that explains Giorno's character better if you're interested.
That video is really bad. A channel called A List Exists debunked a lot of his bad arguments
giorno is fine by me,
a bit of a gary stu but he is like a paragon of dreams in his part like a static character,
where unfortunately is the center of most growth within their group,
i think of him as an plot device rather much of a character,
he is that to the Bruno gang,
D’Arby got so stressed he lost the illustration budget
This is the fight that made me like Jotaro
When Joseph is as fighting D’arby I thought he would use hamon too keep the drink from spilling
This actually isn't that much of an unpopular opinion. This is a lot of people's favourite fights/arcs in Part 3.
What do i see?
A jojo and persona fan, i see you are a man of culture as well, new sub :D
I think giorno is the best jojo so far. Because he seems more like a actual human. Capable of kindness and in the face of what he think is wrong, merciless. And about cosmonaut, i honestly don't think his opinions in jojo are a big deal. Maybe if he actually came back to the series, either the anime or the manga, he would change his mind. Sometimes we just have a wrong perception of stuffs.
I didn't expect Cosmonaut to get dunked on in the first 30 seconds. A welcome surprise to be sure.
I like JoJo a lot, with Parts 2 and 5 being my favourite of the anime. I thought Parts 3 and 4 were bloated, 40 episodes each that could've been condensed to 20 without losing anything of value.
This was one of the highlights of Part 3 though, definitely a good choice for a favourite.
Yea it was my favorite episode and that's why I love part 3 the most of all parts
A fight, even a fist fight, is always about the mind. Win the mental war and you won, this episode showed it perfectly and IS my favorite Jojo episode of Part 3
Best opening ever
Killer queen has already touched this comment
I wholeheartedly agree with this being the best episode(in the anime so far)
I only recently finished part 3 about a month ago, and Jotaro's fight against D'Arby had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
“Best episode of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure - Fight Me!”
Me: Nono, you have a point. I won’t.
Hold up this isn't Let's go eat some Italian food! Jokes aside (though I love that arc) my favourite animated arcs of JoJo are from Bites the Dust to the ending of part 4, though I'll say that this arc you discussed is one of the best from part 3. If I was talking about the manga up to where I am (chapter 24 of part 7) then I'd similarly say that the arcs from C-moon to part 6's end are also brilliant. Super tense, emotional, and big brain use of stands.
I FUCKING KNEW IT'D BE THE POKER MATCH
BEST FIGHT IN THE SERIES
A BATTLE OF PURE WITS
9:39 yo this transition clean af
Yes! Thank you!
These were my fav episodes just cause they were great lol
thanks for blasting my ears out at the start
My man, you have good taste in JoJo episodes. Funny enough, it’s this particular episode that wanted me to get into poker. XD
Watching Cosmonaut's video was painful lmao. I feel you
@@Mangakamen can’t wait for it
For the longest time this was my favourite fight in all of JoJo's. Then I got to the beetle fight in Part 8
oh hey i love this episode!! a lot actually!! its easily one of my favourite eps in stardust and jjba as a whole the emotion, the tricks, the humour all of it works really well and i love it
The D’arby Elder versus Jotaro fight is probably one of my favorite fights of all time, and is, in my opinion, one of the greatest fights in all media, purely because it’s a battle of wits. D’arby is completely psyched out by Jotaro’s lack of emotion, his supposed indifference to sacrificing the souls of his friends, himself, and even his own mother, and how he uses Star Platinum sparingly, only using it to get himself a drink and to light his cigarette, all to make D’arby think he swapped out the cards. And it’s even better when you realize that D’arby not only knows the true power of The World, but might even think Jotaro is capable of this power. Even though the deck was stacked against Jotaro, with D’arby paying the boy who shuffled the deck to give him a winning hand that could only be beaten by 3 hands, and Jotaro being given garbage cards, he still caves under the pressure.
But the cherry on top is the performances and animation. In both the original and the English dub, the performances by everyone involved was damn near perfect. Just look up Jotaro versus D’arby dub in the RUclips search bar to see what I mean. They truly sell the idea of a stone-faced teenager, the genuine fear in D’arby’s voice and face, and seeing D’arby age in graphic detail just at the thought of calling Jotaro’s bluff, the hyperventilating of everyone in the room, starkly contrasted by Jotaro’s calm demeanor, and the tension, knowing what’s at stake, and having the main protagonist be completely defenseless makes a borderline masterpiece. And they actually teach you a bit of Poker in the process, so kudos to Araki for that!
I thank you for making this video. It’s really well done, and I thought I’d chime in.
My favorite episode from each part 1-4
Phantom Blood: 9 (The Final Ripple!)
Battle Tendency: 11 (Young Caesar)
Stardust Crusaders: 46 or 48 (Dio's World, Part 2 or Long Journey Farwell, My Friends)
Diamond is Unbreakable: 35 (Bites the Dust, Part 1)
What I love about Jotaro is that he doesn’t need much development and any done is much more hidden. Any development are the seen in the small details rather than “THROUGHOUT THE DAYS, I’VE GROWN FOND OF MY OLD MAN. WHAT DID HE USED TO SAY?”.
Part 3, as it’s purpose was to be an adventure, as in spending time with the characters, learning more. Kakyoin and Polnareef develop because it’s part of their character as we know it. Every reason they both act the way they do to the lads and villains is because of their past and purpose.
Jotaro needs less development as he himself like Jonathon has already grown, and that’s fine as it just means we get to spend more time with the crusaders as they are at basically their prime.
Old D'arby's Stand looks like Handsome Squidward.
I don't even need to watch the video to know it's about the time Jotaro almost dies to the 2 rats with guns. Hands down best episode.
I think something that really helped with likely Jotaro was a simple authors not in the first few chapters of the manga, where Araki states that Jotaro just assumes people can tell what ges feeling and thus doesn't waste energy to express them.
Yes I finally found out someone with whom I can resonate