Imagine Connor approaching to his toilet and that toilet has actually a pig inside.

I mean, if I had the money. The door to my room is gonna be a Sticky Fingers' zipper

Conner: “if the suits looked terrible I wouldn’t buy them.” He says with a closet full of costumes. Lol

That’s like asking if garnt is too obsessed with anime girls

Honestly connor is the reason i tried watching jojo and man Im glad i did

I mean, I can't blame Connor. I just started Jojo and it just grabs you and won't let you go.

"Is Connor TOO Obsessed with JoJo?" Maybe...

Garnt is right. With a lot of people it is something just so happens to make them happy in their darkest times and they start to use it as a crutch to be happy and eventually associate it with their happiness itself. It happened to me in what was my darkest year up to that point, for reference I found out my fiance cheated on me and kicked me out then my mom died only months later. I became literally obsessed with a few things and it genuinely started to rule my life. Those things being Vocaloid, VRChat and drinking. One vocaloid stood out to me. The Chinese vocaloid Zhiyu Moke released only months after my mom passed and I became obsessed him to a concerning degree. I still enjoye thoss things massively still, but it doesnt dictate my happiness anymore. Using things that make you happy as a bit of a crutch for a while is okay, but when it gets to the point of controlling your life it becomes an issue.

To answer your question Connor about how people get to that point, it's common in people with ADHD to have hyperfixactions(aka being addicted or obsessed). Getting attach to any series,activity,life style, etc can also be used as a coping skill, like you said people find this stuff at the right time and it helps them get through life.

You cannot be TOO obsessed with jojo...its jojo 😉

Nah he isn't too obsessed with it just yet.... until he resorts to plastic surgery and turns himself into Giorno. 👀

There’s no such thing as being to obsessed with JoJo

I feel personally attacked, Jojos is an art form, a miracle

If there was a JoJo bidet, you bet Connor would preorder that so fast

"17 minutes" There's your answer

I don't think Connor is the literal definition of "obsessed" with Jojo. He's still pretty young, and has a little more disposable income than the average 25 year old. It's not that strange for him to decorate a room with merch from an anime he really likes. It def takes a unique mix of things to become like the Barbie girl, and memeing on the guy aside, Connor and Jojo is not that, and will never be that.

I like how they pointed out the reason there’s a lot of niche cool stuff in Japan is because people have to express their interest due to the pressure to conform to society. Does that mean if it was anymore different, Japan won’t be the fascinating place we’d love to visit?

It also depends on whether or not someone has ADHD, Autism, or another type of mental health attribute. Because while I can only speak for myself as a Tomboy ADHD chick I can tell you that special interests can be random and last for random amounts of time sometimes lasting from one day to ten years. But when someone has a hyperfixation it's something that they're truly passionate about on a personal level because it's something they can always go back to for comfort after hard days or work towards as a career. But even our hyperfixation can be stalled if we're not in the right state of mind or have enough stimulation in our minds to truly get motivated. That's why stimulants work different for people with ADHD and Autism compared to someone who doesn't have either.

Sometimes i smother myself in melted cheese and slide around my house pretending to be a slug

Seeing as how his new room has out-of-print, expensive JoJo posters as soundproofing... yeah, I'd say so.

Is Connor obsessed with jojo? : yes yes Yes Yes yes

It comes in waves for me. However, once i have gone trough an obsessive phase with a topic it WILL interest me forever.

Garnt and Joey: Cafe’s never to be found Kaho: Wait y’all aren’t finding those cafes? I’m actually a regular in them

Its not being obsessed, its a lifestyle.

About the idol stuff, it's sad that not everyone is as honorable as Shinpachi.

“Is Connor too obsessed with JoJo?” “Is the pope cath’lick, you cheeky tart?”

jojo deserves the obsession tho

I mean I kinda agree with conner on the whole "dedicating your entire life to just one certain thing"

i love that the video about his jojo obsession is the longest of their clips

I blame Connor for getting me into Jojo... now Im getting the Joestar Birthmark as a tattoo

Joey and Garnt telling Connor is obsessed with JoJo… Connor’s mind: Yare yare!

I remember seeing something about how collecting a ton of information about something, and being a bit obsessed with it isn’t always just being a fan, sometimes it can be an anxiety response. So to answer Connor’s question, maybe what predisposes you is if this type of behavior is a part of your individual anxiety or trauma response to something in your life or childhood

Yo, this is very informative and helpful. Honestly, I can understand why some people develop obsessions or addictions. Like you guys said, someone could've had a childhood where it was all work and no play and now they collect plush toys or something like that as an adult. It can be very different for a lot of people. But, I definitely understand the points. My dad had a terrible childhood. He retired at an early age and now he can do all the fun things he missed out on when he was a kid. Playing video games, collecting figures, etc. I'm so happy that he's happier now

Connor is not obsessed with jojo’s everyone is when they watch it or read it and technically joey is kind of like Connor with his jojo collocations because joey has all 128 volumes of the Japanese volumes all of them!!!!!!! God damm I think everyone is obsessed with jojos.

Same with me and Naruto. It's been 13 years since I fell in love with that series. When the show ended I was crying like a little children.

there’s no problem being obsessed jojo 🤣😤👏

im autistic and a big part of it to a lot of autistic people is special interest (often shortened to a spec). Its hard to explain it but for a lot of autistic people those special interest become a cornerstone of their personality to an extent. I personally see nothing wrong with it as long as they aren't hurting anyone and it is healthy. (i also have adhd, which has something similar called a hyperfixation)

well yeah conner can't bash on those people because he'd be shitting on himself

Memeing aside, I sort of get what Connor is getting at. Like you can have a lot of things in your room of a specific thing and although (for good reason) it makes you seem obsessed with it, you can simply go on and off it when you want. I have anime figures, posters of my favourite anime but on a daily basis my mind wanders between different things that's not anime.

The talk about crime reminded me about the kyoani fire.

as someone who you could argue is proper obsessed with bts it just makes me happy. i was going through a horrible time back in 2018 and someone told me about them. i knew who they were because my sister liked them a few years back so i decided to give them a chance. this might sound a bit cliche or weird but when i listen to them, watch their shows, tune into their livestreams, etc, i feel better. the boys portraying a positive message while encouraging us fans to not give up, no matter how hard life gets, it made my days worth it. i would say i was definitely depressed for about 2 years and i haven't been feeling depressed for that long since i became a fan. i don't have money to spend on them but if i did, i definitely would. i don't wake up for them anymore, i wake up for myself. i would say im similar to connor with this. i talk about them lots, i own merch, i make fan art and fan content, but i also have other interests and a life outside of them. sorry if this doesn't make sense lol

Would love to watch that idol documentary mentioned if anyone can find it. Working on a horror anthology comic, and that sounds like a really good source of inspiration.

Connor isn't obsessed with jojo, he wants to BE a jojo

Well if crazy huge spending = Obsession, then I'll never be obsessed with anything. I'll have you know I only own 1 piece of Trigun merch, and only some anime stuff... For now at least

Imagine being obsessed with Jojo lmao

thank you connor for introducing me to jojo it is incredible

15:51, what's this?! Connor is complimenting Americans?!

Can someone link that idol documentary Connor was talking about.

Is this the longest highlight and it's about JoJo obsession

Last year at work (I work it retail) I had a customer attending court while buying some stuff.

"heres my jojo toilet" literally a hole in the ground

Same boat for hoarders is it an addiction, obsession or mental break

just this highlight being 17 minutes long is all we need to know

Obsession in psychology is defined as an intrusive unshakeable thought that lingers around and the person are unable to control it, so by this definition yes when you’re watching jojo, and you are really into the show sure, it’s normal. However, like most people we watch other anime as well, and we crave for new shows right. But if only Jojo sticks in your mind and affect your daily lives for a period of time then it may eventually becomes unhealthy. And buying or collecting stuff it’s just a compulsive behaviour of that thought so in shows like what Connor says, basically it’s a form of OCD.

Yh and I'm tired of pretending JoJo isn't the best manga ever

"Is Connor TOO Obsessed with JoJo?" over 17 minutes long video...

8:35 - The process of addiction is quite hard to explain, even more so when i don't specialise in it, but the best way to sum it up is - its all about dopamine and serotonin. People get addicted based on their body wanting more and more, by process making the 'individual' crave more of the thing(s) that give it that extra bit of dopamine//serotonin. You can see it with everyday mundane things such as: coffee, fatty foods, meat, SUGAR - there was a study on sugar if i remember correctly, that looked at how people would pick sugary things rather than more nutritious things, based only on the feeling of satisfaction they will get after eating that piece of candy. There's other factors, but this is the base of it. -Psychology Student

Anyone got a link to the doc that Connor talked about ?? I found a BBC one but I don’t really know if that’s what he meant

1:06 it's a toilet that plays Polnareff screaming every time you sit on it

15:20 if it's a work call I'll remain quiet and do some work until the meeting starts tbh

"...Only in Japan..." Did somebody mentioned John Daub?

It's when you admit you have a problem. Then you know you haven't gone too far and it's a good thing.

It's so funny when they were talking about J walking, here in Brazil we do it all the time, lol!

For the love of god will somebody please fix that Lapras plush that fell behind Joey

I miss these days!

I would suggest maybe talking to people that play yugioh or magic the gathering on how they get addicted,I loved the feeling of opening new packs and that hooked me

yare yare daze

one of the most beautiful things you will ever achieve in life is learning to not care what anyone thinks of you and do whatever you like you know without hurting anyone or breaking any laws of course but that still gives you plenty of breathing room if you ask me

Special interest is the word.

1:11 Why connor just turned into a 12 year old flirty girl it's so fu**ing funny🤣

I’d venture to guess that the reason Japan has so little yet such fucked up crime is likely due to a lower rate of poverty therefore less crimes committed out of financial desperation. I could be way off base and I’m not very informed but that would be my best guess based off of crime patterns in my country.

It's like 0 or 100. As thy told to conform all their lives and once have their own lives do a complete 180 (their repressed feelings come out as a every person needs to express themselves one way or another.) As they want to feel something and experience life to their fullest or be hella passionate in a niche things/creativity as were always expected to do be like everyone else, just a number, not an outlier. Stand out n be who you want to be, just make sure that your aren't hurting anyone else while doing what you enjoy. Go HAM

Connor asking people in the chat like if he’s streaming 😂

Connor should go on Dr. K stream to talk about his Jojo obsession and just in general learn about addiction. It's not really an "addiction" unless it's negativity affecting you.

1:57 - What first comes to mind is the Attachment Types study. Especially the Type B attachment which is very prone to be possessive or obsessive. Of course the study's limitations is that it doesn't explain EVERYTHING and that for what Connor's referring to is more behaviour than personality, which doesnt fit with the study, because it's not focused on behaviour, but rather on personality. Even though it still holds in this instant. Possibly, it's due to the way people were raised and how they developed certain tendencies, for example: being more enabled to continue certain actions and form certain behaviour(s) such as the 'Barbie example', would be a main indicator for it. Everyone has preferences, likes, kinks, tastes, but the only thing that separates the obsessive tendencies from being realised is pursuing them AND when you have the money, power, ability to pursue it/them - THEN it becomes "problem" in question. -Psychology Student

I don't know, can someone be too obsessed with air

What documentary was Connor talking about? would love to watch it

Does anyone have the link to the video Connor was talking about?

Me too, Connor. Me too.

Happened to me, regret nothing.

These videos about Conor being obssesd with jojo kept me watching jojo part 3 almost finished it only 4 eps to go

The first step is acceptance, he'll get there one day

has conner talked about jojolion ending or did he not get to it I wonder what he though about it did he like it or it was just cool

I know I'm late for a comment, but, being a psychologist, I can tell you that there are many theories (scientific ones) to explain addiction. In order to simplify it, I can say that an addiction is something that takes you away the option to say "no" to a particular thing and that this thing is making your, and people around you, life worse. This particular mechanism is both physical (on chemical level) and psycho-social. Trying to explain it in more depth, but without being boring, we can say that most of it could be found (as for the theory I personally embrace) on the meaning people gives to things and the link that they create between the object of the addiction and something on their reality construction. For example, most of the smokers don't like the first cigarette, but they continue to smoke and eventually became addicted to this particular process. Smoking, as it is drinking alcohol, is both a social and a chemical experience, so, smoking starts "to be part of a group", "to be like someone I respect", "to look like I'm more mature", ... ... At the same time gives a chemical input to the brain and trigger some sensations. When a social meaning is given to something and this something have a deep relation with our reality than we havve the seeds of addiction, it turns in real addiction the moment the freedom to say "no" to the addicting objecto/sensation/emotion is taken away form us. So I can't have an hour long lession without taking a smoking pause. Which means that without a strong significance invested into the object and with the ability of saying "no" it's not strictly possible to speak about addiction. This to say that many addiction are treated changing the object of the addiction itself (heroine to methadone for example) because the chemical structure is similar, but one is medically controlled, this way people remains addicted but just to another thing while trying to work on the meanings that people gives to the object (while still using medical procedures) gives better results giving back the freedom to say no to the object itself because the way reality is constructed (for the single person being treated) is changed too within the significance given to the substance in this case. Well, sorry for the giga explanation, it's a super complex matter and would require to open many topics at once to be, even in the slightest , treated in a digestible way. 😅

Man, after avoiding jojo like the plague thanks to the annoying af fans that repeat the same 5 jokes over and over, Connor is the only one that made me give it a chance, and yeah it was fun, he's is definetly not obsessed and the best jojo fan out there, lol.

Thanos: Impossible

Speaking of style. Haven’t seen anyone wear jack wills since 2012

what is the idol documentary connor was talking about?

Japan needs teleworking, as many people do perish due to overworking (karoshi.) As they many often will sleep at the office since they are given piles and piles of work and are expected to do. And if the boss says they must stay and work, they shall because gotta respect the boss, as he has seniority and could fire them in a heartbeat. Also, man salary men hardly get to see their families as either working at office at late nights or arrive home but then have to sleep as they are tired. So, if more people employ teleworking, there will be less accounts of Karoshi, less stress, and time to see their family. That way their kids can spend time with their absent mother or father or both.

Jojo was my middle school obsession it was one of the first manga I started buying alongside soul eater

The boys should check out gundam fans, they surely are one of the most passionate fanbases. And I know since I'm one of them

I love how the title of the video says is he too addicted and the video is over 17 minutes long 😂 there's your answer!!!

Is Connor obsessed with Jojo well yes but actually yes

Yesterday I bought a huge bronze Aztec calendar uhhhn maybe I got the JOJO bite 😅 thanks Connor

Trash talk : addict tendecy

Yes yes he is

Short Answer: Yes Long Answer: *YESSS*

my mom will hit me if I'm spend my money on JoJo merchandise. she said don't wasted money

They deffo were denying the suits looked good lmfao

In regards to connors question, i think autism is a key factor for alot of these people too in the form of special interests/hyperfixations