one thing i always appreciated about part 6 is that despite the main character being a female Araki isn't afraid of putting her through the ringer, like she gets mangled as much if not more than other jojos which is something that frankly other mangakas probably wouldn't be brave enough to attempt. It really makes her feel equal to other protagonists and not just like "the girl one".

Many people have pointed out that out of all the Joestars that followed him, Jolyne is the most similar to Jonathan. And, like Jonathan, she isn’t the one to win her ultimate fight. She does before the evil can be defeated. But through her sacrificed, like how Jonathan’s sacrificed ultimately allowed for Dio to be defeated, Jolyne was able to get Emporio the victory.

Part 6 has one of my favorite lines in Jojo's. Father Pucci: "I respect the first person who ate a mushroom."

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Araki's decision to have Emporio be the one to finish off Pucci is _emblematic_ of what makes JoJo such a unique series. Any other mangaka would've had Jolyne be the one to deal the finishing blow. After all, she's the main character! Of course she should be the one to end the Brando-Joestar rivalry, right? But JoJo isn't about being the Main Character-est. It's about kindness and hope, and how these things affect the people around us. The decision to have a scared, defenseless child be the one to save the _entire universe_ thanks to the sacrifices of his friends is one that is brimming with hope - hope in humanity, and hope in the idea that anyone, no matter who they are, can do the impossible if they don't fight alone. And at the end of the day, what allows Jolyne and the gang to be victorious? It's not Jolyne being the smartest, or the fastest, or the strongest... it's her kindness. The selflessness, the compassion she shows in saving Emporio (despite only having met him a few days ago)... that is what gives Emporio the power to strike down a literal god. And I think that's wonderful. The heroes in JoJo aren't special because they're the best at punching people and using ghosts to fight - they're special because they bring out the best in others. That level of genuine kindheartedness is something that I rarely see in shonen, and it's the main reason why JoJo is my favorite anime of all time.

I was honestly not prepared for how hard Stone Ocean goes. Every part of Jojo has a certain level of brutality to them but the fights Jolyne gets into were next level. I honestly like that Araki was not treating Jolyne with kid gloves compared to the other Jojos. She IS a Joestar and makes her own mark for that name.

I love how when going through White Snakes' multiple separate abilities, John still forgot about that one time White snake was able to disguise himself as Weather Report for some reason

I love jolyne and jotaros relationship in part 6, I genuinely can't believe some people water it down to "haa jotaro loves dolphins/koichi more than his kid" like! He came out of Egypt traumatized with his one and only friend dead and immediately tried to have a normal life, resulting in having jolyne at around 21! During college!! I could honestly argue he may not of completely loved his wife having a kid this early but he cared enough to convolute his way into thinking 'I need to leave so they won't get hurt'. Jotaros just insanely emotionally and socially constipated so only 19 years after jolyne is born and he's literally on the ground dying does she realize he actually cares about her 🥲 and despite that she still cares about him and breaks her back trying to get his stand and memories back... it's so bittersweet I love talking about them

25:53 Just want to point out that the heavy motion-blurring applied to certain scenes is most likely for TV broadcast reasons (less flickering and flashing lights = less risk of causing seizures), not to hide quality issues. Part 5 also had the same heavy motion-blurring on similar high-action scenes in its TV broadcast version, which were removed in the Blu-Ray release

To go with the theme of memories, I think what makes Pucci's desire so powerful is that he is man trapped in the memory of his own failure. As we see in the characters, our memories shape who we become, and the recontextualization of our memories, or letting go, can often strengthen us (Jolyne recontextualizing her memories of her father from ones of abandonment to protection for example). But Pucci is incapable of this, and as such he seeks to create a world where everyone remembers everything from the moment of their birth to their deaths, basically allowing people to already know whats gonna happen to them. This I think is the antithesis to Foo Fighters statement of "being alive means making memories" because when you already remember everything, life goes from being a journey of discovery, to a sequence of calculated dodges of misfortune until you simply pass on from old age.

One thing I appreciated about Jolyne's visual theme is the butterfly and the web-like design over her outfit and her stand ability. This whole time, she was a butterfly caught in a spider's web, which I believe was a theme set to foreshadow her death at the hand of Pucci. Her tragic fate. That same fate, however, gave Emporio the inner strength he needed to prevail, ending the chain of tragedies that came before him. A wonderful theme overall.

Foo Fighters has been one of my favorite additions to Jojos in all I've seen so far. Their entire arc and journey across stone ocean was such a good watch 🤌 their fight with White Snake trying to get the disc back to Jolyne hit me incredibly hard when I watched it. Also, if you couldn't tell by my pronoun choice, the referal to FF as "they" made me feel seen and so happy

When I watched Part 6's ending, I had just finished Umineko, so I was able to appreciate it even more how the ending encapsulated every theme of JoJo's. Everything the series has build up until that point was expressed in such a small amount of time. It was so good it made me cry. It was definitely the best ending to any Part of the first 6.

I'm glad someone else appreciates how good Jolyne VS. Westwood is, it's one of the most uniquely violent and dynamic fights in the series on top having great moments for Jolyne's character arc.

I think you missed the best part of part 6. In the final battle, when Jotaro stops time and tries to attack Pucci and seeing Pucci threw knives at Jolyne, it isn't about "saving Jolyne or defening himself". The dilema is between saving Jolyne and saving the world (by defeating Pucci). Pucci himself stated that Jotaro was "two steps late" in hitting Pucci. Jotaro chose his daughter over the entire world after stating that he has to get to Pucci while time is stopped or they'll be finished. The knives weren't thrown at Jotaro, only at Jolyne. Oh, and the theme of "gravity" which is a topic that is talked about a lot (mainly by Dio and Pucci) in part 6, and is linked to fate and the Joestar bloodline

42:08 I'm really glad you talked about the significance behind Pucci's definition of "heaven", because it never made sense to me when I first watched the anime adaptation. Maybe I missed something while hating his character's guts, I'm not sure, but I didn't make the connection between mourning for Perla's death & achieving heaven by letting people know their fates... and yet, this makes a whole lot of sense. If it's not his obsession with trying to know the odds before they happen, and avoiding taking risks that defines Pucci, I think it's narcissism. Any choice he makes, especially after meeting DIO, is made around what HE wants, what HE thinks is best for the world at large, regardless of what other people believe. He's so convinced of the success of his definition of "heaven" that he'll use anyone & everyone who proves an asset, in the misguided sense that they won't remember it anyway once he achieves heaven on Earth... and somehow, that makes him an even more terrifying threat than DIO himself.

I love Rikiel so much. His stand is literally based off of an optical phenomenon that doesn't even exist.

I’ve always been a part 6 defender and big fan of Pucci as a character. Jojo is a series that looses its magic when you try to rank or rate its characters, so I’ve always been content with the idea of not having characters try to be particularly better or cooler than any that came before. Pucci is a character whose motivations and philosophy makes enough sense to be sympathetic, and that’s what makes him work well for me.

What I absolutely loved about Pucci was his fighting. Throughout the entire part, he hadn't made a single mistake, he always kept his composure, didn't get tricked or baited into anything that could have lost him a fight unlike DIO getting too arrogant and losing because of that. Watching Pucci fight was an absolute delight. His backstory was fantastic and his connection to Weather Report made me appreciate all the effort Araki put into crafting part 6's story since until then, each Jojo part's story was pretty simple and straight-forward. The finale was one of the hypest things I've ever seen I absolutely loved Stone Ocean even despite its production flaws.

The thing about Pucci is that he is the complete form of all previous villains before him when it comes to the overarching theme of FATE in JoJo. DIO feeling like peace of mind is true happiness and then finding out in part 6 he wished to control fate to achieve that. Kira wanting to get away with everything within the constraints of fate, staying in Morioh and defying it with an ability to reverse time. Diavolo wanting to skip fate entirely and be the one in control of his own, erasing his existence and being immune to its effects. But all of them suffered for it, because as JoJo puts it, fate sides with justice. Fate always corrects itself to side with the just. And Pucci is a concentrated form of all those previous villains. Inspired by the first one, DIO, to go as far as possible to control fate, by making it entirely obsolete, with attaining Heaven leading to everyone knowing their fates. For a series marked by the theme of destiny and the protagonists being on the right side of it, you have a villain who does everything right to dismantle it and eventually succeedings in basically destroying the very concept of fate. And in doing so, the protagonist is killed and defeated. But in the new universe, who else is left but Emporio, to defeat Pucci. And he does so with the memory of Jolyne by his side and the aide of Weather Report, the original sin in Pucci's backstory that's put him on this path of attaining Heaven. As infinitely close as he got, Pucci didn't yet have his perfect Heaven, and he couldn't, because through that unimaginably small keyhole remaining, Fate got through. Pucci was punished in the most fitting way possible, Weather finally getting his revenge. All previous villains got defeated in a poetic way, the message of the story being delivered to them. For Pucci, who defied fate so intensely he nearly completely eradicated it, was beaten in a way where all his efforts since the beginning of the story now no longer exist, as there's a new universe where all those ever hurt by him are living happy, prosperous lives. This is all quite unstructured rambling, but I think it's important to note how Araki peaked in his "fate/gravity/destiny" thematic writing with part 6. Part 7 and 8 would go on to have new concepts and themes that resemble that, but part 6 is where the original timeline culminates and it does so with a beautiful end.

part 6 has always been my favorite, as a young girl i loved jolyne. it broke my heart to see the amount of sexism that was rampant online in jjba discussion. i’m so happy to see this video celebrating part 6, thank you!

I completely understand why someone could dislike that ending, but I found it so impactful and the more time I've allowed to think on it, the more I love it. Also, MAN do I hope Steel Ball Run's anime adaptation is giving more love than Stone Ocean's.

Hearing John talk about his favourite media always brightens my day! Keep doing your thing,Wolf

Jolyne Cujoh is honestly a masterpiece of character design.

Something to note about the anime is that the Chief Director of Part 5 who also had a hand in directing all previous parts, Naokatsu Tsuda, didn't work on Part 6. This is strange because he has previously talked about wanting to adapt all future parts. I hope we see him back in Part 7, because I really do think he played a key role in making the Part 5 adaptation as good as it was.

I'd say a different theme of Part 6 is love for another, fueled by our memories of them. This is how Anasui can be tied into the cast, by his love of Jolyne and her determination. Jolyne's seiyuu Fairouz Ai even says that Jolyne's source of her strength and determination is her love: of her father, of her mother, of her friends, and of her life to come. She wants to see the stars, after all. We see everyone's love crystallized in memories and discs, but Jolyne uses her love to keep going and inspires everyone to do the same. Jolyne's love for Emporio gave him the courage to fight back. While he can never see her again, he'll always have the memories of her love, and maybe he can still feel it in Irene.

I feel like you really undersold the final fight with Pucci. Emporio didn't just "flood his blood with oxygen" and "beat him with some clouds." It was a perfect meld between Emporio's ability and Weather Forecast's, using the sealed pocket dimension's nature means he could control the weather in a literal vacuum, and he used Pucci's time ability against him to make the room flood with pure oxygen quicker. He used that exact same ingenuity that you praised Jolyne for using during some of her best fights, and ironically used Weather Forecast's ability more faithfully to the original idea than Weather Forecast himself with that weird out of left field snail shit. Emporio's way of ending Pucci was hype as hell and I refuse to agree with thinking it's bullshit. Josuke didn't get the final blow against his big bad either. The only difference is Jotaro is a cool strong man and Emporio is a smart kid. If that's not the perfectly fitting ending for everything that Part 6 stood for, I don't know what would have been.

The issue with Gold Experience is less so abilities just randomly being given to it(Besides the reflecting, they’re all in line with giving *life),* but the fact that it was just broken and that Giorno was too goddamned smart. Stone Free’s always been my favorite in terms of ability and design, but I just love Josuke.

As much as I love Gold Experience's healing and biology manipulation, _yeah it was a litttleeeee inconsistent and batshit_ Stone Free though is absolutely beautiful, because relating all tricks to a _physical_ trait makes inginuity feel deserved and understood

Seeing them end part 6 with Roundabout montage of all 6 parts just made me so happy and emotional and tied it all together so wonderfully. Even if they don't get to adapting part 7 anytime soon Part 6 was just a great end to the Joestar saga, where the Joestars can maybe find a modicum of peace and not have to fight their whole lives anymore

The adaption of the finale vs Pucci's Made in Heaven was one of the best things in anime ever period. The sound design as Pucci moves with his unperceivable speed alone is enough to make me rewatch the second to last episode until I can speak the Japanese dub fluently lmao. The last stand of Jotaro and then Jolyne before the universe reset is so fantastically done too. Just wonderful.

34:56 That's true but in the anime they didn't understood how Whitesnake illusions work. During the Visitor Arc fight in the manga Jolyne noticed that the illusion she was trapped in, has begun after inhaling the smoke of the cigarette on the table of the room. Then consider how EVERY occasion in which Whitesnake uses its illusion power it's explicitly stated and shown there's a some type of fog. 1--> cigarette's smoke in the visitor arc 2--> Weather Report's fog during the Jolyne vs Pucci fight used to let F.F. escape from the priest 3--> The dust kicked up by the car accident Jolyne, Ermes and Versus were involved in that let Pucci defeat Weather

Part 1: Discovering your Style Part 2: Growing your Ability Part 3: Creating your Power Part 4: Attaching your Story Part 5: Building your Momentum Part 6: Developing your Hero and Enemy Part 7: Excepting your Changes Part 8: Continuing your Journey Part 9: Perfecting your World That's what Hiroki Araki learn Across the Jojo Verse

I mean... Jolyne's still taller and stronger than most women, especially Japanese women, but that actually works in her favor because it marks her as a deviation from both the norms of the Joestar clan and Japanese femininity at large, being smaller and more feminine than her Joestar predecessors, but broader and stronger than a woman is expected to be. She's an underdog and an outsider, and her design highlights this, since her unusual height and musculature for a woman (and the fact that she's a woman in a series largely headed by men) would make her an outlier among Shonen Jump protagonists, much like how she's the odd woman out in the Joestar lineage and Green Dolphin penitentiary. Araki is a genius character designer.

I really liked how Jolyne beat Jail House Rock by writing "if someone keeps looking at your hand just start swinging "

Any time Josh's voice gradually raises in pitch as he explains something long-winded and bizarre, my soul swells and life is made better

Stone Ocean is a great arc. Araki really knows how to surpass his limits with each new iteration of the jojos verse.

Congratulations for your wedding, bro!! Out of all JoJos, I do find Giorno & Jolyne to be the most interesting and it's no surprise that I'm liking Jodio from Part 9 as well. They are all thoughtful and virtuous (depending on their respective upbringing) and are being put through uncomfortable situations (mafia, prison, drugs)

Part 6 is simply amazing, it's where Araki changed his style again and took the first steps of what would eventually become his more "mature" and even "philosophical" style of writing in the new universe, and watching this transition unfolds is what makes part 6 my favorite

God, this video expressed so many thoughts that I’ve held about Stone Ocean for so long, and have never heard anyone talk about before. - The themes surrounding memories - F.F. being the most interesting supporting character, despite her relative lack of screen time - Planet Waves being possibly the most underrated stand battle in all of Jojo’s It feels good to know that those ideas are out there, cuz I’m sure as hell not equipped to put them out there myself.

I'm surprised there was no mention of SO being animated at least partially during the height of covid. I really do think that played a big part in the quality drop of part 6

The "motion blur" during stand rushes is not a deliberate choice and was removed from the Blu-Ray version. It's for epilepsy protection.

43:30 the stands name is Made in Heaven. It’s not a localization, it’s a Queen song.

I'm surprised you didn't touch on the absolute terror Emporio had when he encountered the alternate versions of The Gang. With all the memories of how they died back in his own timeline, he sees them here, not knowing who he is nor what happened to them, the poor kid just screams in absolute terror

Honestly, by following up the part 6 ending with part 7 and committing to the bit, Araki made an incredibly courageous decision and carried it off.

One thing I will say for the cast of part 6, as a group, is that they are all survivors. A major part of part 6, at least for myself, is watching 'othered' people grow to survive. I also love Jolene's growth as a badass, but she needed to do it for her survival, her family, and those around her. In turn this haphazard group grows with her, and that's inspiring to me. It's easier in my mind for a community, gang, or a group of friends to learn to fight together against one single evil, than it is for othered people to fight major systems (manmade institutions, human cruelty, nature, weather, or even conceptual things like memory or time). In that respect, I love the part 6 group. And yeah, I'll admit I'm swayed by seeing female characters goof off and bond while also kicking ass in a shonen title. Jolene is wrongfully convicted (by a male dominated system, and done so by the man she loved at the time) and she goes from happy teenager to simply convict with a number. Hermes lived in poverty and the one person that helped her was her sister, and once again the system failed her when she discovers her sisters murder survived. Emporio is a ghost child with no chance of growing into an adult with his own new life, only memories before the adventure. Weather Report is suffering from amnesia, it makes him different from the other convicts and can even be looked at as his othering from other members that recall exactly who they are (he doesn't have a basis to relate to the other convicts with). Anasui is fascinating, not only non gender conforming but also his intense mental acuity makes him very obsessive and, in a turn, non neurotypical. FF literally comes from something humans would consider a lesser lifeform. Plus, I do find it fascinating that Father Pucci finds safety in his position, inside a religious institution. It makes a great foil to the rest of the cast. Part 6, is messy, but it had a lot of thought thrown into it. That makes it endlessly fun to pick apart to me, so I really appreciate your video spotlighting both it and the rest of the Jojo's!

The ending is extremely bittersweet. With the theme of memory, having to go to an alternate universe with people without them, kinda meams they effectively died. Hopefully, Emporio builds new memories with his friends.

For part 6 I think David Productions were in a tough place as far as production schedules, and the release dates. They also had other shows to produce like the newly releases Yatsura Urusai. Looking at Part 5 we know David Productions can throw down on animation, I think the conditions were unideal this round. Hopefully the blu-ray release they will be able to tidy things up they wanted too originally. They did the best they could all things considered.

I actually loved the ending. It made me so sad yet happy to see that everything they went through ended in them having the lives they deserved to start with.

Glad to see Part 6 getting love after Netflix did it dirty, it was one of the most hard-hitting parts in the series, and it definitely deserved the same hype as Part 5

The ending to Part 6 is one of my favorite stories I have ever experienced particularly because I see a lot of myself in Emporio - dependent, nervous, but desperate to be helpful to others - and a lot of my real life sister in Jolyne - strong, kind, and kind of a badass. Seeing Emporio have to say goodbye to Jolyne, who he has genuinely begun to consider a sister-figure, made me really emotional, thinking about how one day I may have to do the same while also reminding me of how I felt when she left home for college for the first time. It let me instantly connect to the story and put myself in the shoes of this character put in the toughest circumstances and yet managing to move forward anyways.

Part 6 reminds me most of Part 2. Both protagonists aren't really the strongest, they're not ndcessarily weak, but you can really see that their strengths are really in their cunning and creativity.

That end credits to the final episode of stone ocean is another reason it's worth watching, that was actually beautiful.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, for me, is a masterpiece, especially after Part 6. It has become the third greatest anime I have ever seen. JoJo is just a completely different anime from all the other anime in the world.

The production value in Part 6 not being the best is due to change in leadership and direction at David Productions. The anime was handled by lesser experienced employees while the more veteran ones where working on the Studios other projects. 2021-2022 was the bussiest time for David Productions (so far) which might be an additional reason to why the production dipped in quality.

Yeah, Stone Ocean really blew my mind. Genuinely felt incredibly sad watching it unfold, as it made me feel like the end of an era was happening right there and then. this feeling was even more amplified because my son got into JoJo and I watched a lot of it with him, including watching Part 6 together, our journeys with these stories meeting at the end. I love stone Ocean and even though it's not my favorite, I'll always treasure the memory of watching and experiencing it with my son.

While I think it's a real shame how David Productions didn't get the same amount of talent for the Part 6 anime they got for previous parts, I do want to give a shoutouts to Stone Ocean's soundtrack, because that often hit really well.

I could happily listen to John talk about anything for hours. As long as it's a subject he is passionate about, it's ALWAYS a great use of my time!

I think the setting was the best idea for the entire series. Having a prison full of nightmare monsters with super powers was such an interesting angle.

Can we talk about the fact that Jolyne becoming Irene and no longer being a Jojo is so subtle but cool? And to double down on this, all of the protags from the first 6 parts that directly deal with Dio or Dio's legacy, Jonathan, Joeseph, Jotaro, and Jolyne, all have direct "JoJo" first last name combinations. Josuke Higashikata, can be misread as a JoJo, but his dealings with Dio are more coincidental than anything. Giorno deals with Dio's legacy in a very different way, given it is he himself that is that legacy, but he isn't quite a JoJo, instead a GioGio, a combination of a proper Jojo but a little different (G) and Dio (io).

I've always had a soft spot for Part 6 and love the risks Araki took to make the stand battles and the ending absolutely bonkers. It was such a treat to see over the story Jolyne growing into a badass and coming up with incredibly creative ways to use her stand. Pucci might just be the best villian so far since he is very fleshed out with his backstory and personality which come with a lot of subtle nuances. My only real criticism is that the supporting characters aren't as fleshed out and don't have the same sense of unity as in Part 5 where this was at its strongest in the series (although I like the Part 6 cast overall better individually). Part 5 did an amazing job making us care about each character which had a bigger impact when they were finally killed off.

Stone Ocean is underated as a a Jojo Arc. But I guess that we are just too anxious for Stell Ball Run's adaptation.

Jolyn went through so much, it’s crazy, part 6 is my fav part as well

i dont know if this was mentioned but one of my favorite part of Stone Ocean is the reality of it, the fact that Jolyne is as human as everyone else. Even if she's beating the crap out of someone, her theme gets cut off because there was an angle she didn't realize. We got so used to a Stand Rush meaning the end of the fight that the cut-off of her theme and a surprise injury is so jarring and I love it

I'm so glad you went into exactly what I love about Pucci - his whole worldview stemming from that inability to accept the horrible mistake in his past. And re: the evolving nature of Stands and their relationships to their users throughout this part, one thing I always found really interesting is how Pucci and Whitesnake start out so different but then become more alike. Early on in the story, Pucci has quite a few moments where he seems doubtful about succeeding and has to collect himself with the prime numbers thing, whereas Whitesnake's dialog is almost always very arrogant. Using Whitesnake as a mouthpiece not only hides his identity, but comes off as him putting on a more confident front to the rest of the world (side note, I love characters who have false personas, which is why Kira is another one of my favorite Jojo villains). He has *exchanges of dialog* with his Stand - it's a part of himself, yet a part he kind of treats as separate at the same time. Then, once he makes contact with the Green Baby and leaves the prison to start the final stage of his plans, Pucci begins talking a lot more trash to the heroes, and Whitesnake's number of individual lines drops sharply (of course the 'villain's secret identity' thing didn't matter at this point, but still). It's like the two halves became more of a whole, reflecting Pucci's certainty that "Heaven" was not only going to be achieved, but that it was RIGHT for him to do so. In a way, it's like he goes through his own darker mirror of Jolyne's character arc, with very bad consequences...up until the end, because that increased conviction didn't change the fact that he was still a man living in denial. Oh my god, writing this is making me realize even more how ironic it is. Jolyne saw that she was in an unwinnable situation and accepted it, which is what Pucci claimed to have wanted for all humanity, but that still ended up leading to his defeat!

When SEW started talking about his gripes with the anime, I braced myself, having gotten all to used to people complaining about the excessive use of CGI just because it's CGI and ignoring the actual quality of it. It was pleasantly surprising when he instead presented an actual well-constructed criticism about the art direction and didn't mention the CG even once.

When I was in high school and in a rough spot, reading part 6 and Jolyne’s journey helped me a lot, and ever since part 6 has been my favorite manga and Jolyne one of my all time favorite characters ever.

F.F. was the character that made me cry for Part 6. I had no idea who she was from the start, (I had seen the ending of the part before.) And just her personality and her conclusion is amazing. And even knowing the ending in advance, it did still hit for me with all the context I had missing.

It's my favorite part too. I really love Jolyne and her growth, it's nice to see her become a badass. I wasn't prepared for that ending, everything was happening so fast, I couldn't process it until the day after. It was so impactful, sad, and hopeful at the same time. Man, I cry everytime What a wonderful world plays. And I remember her, and her sacrifice for the future and I feel proud for her.

With regards to the motion blur on stand rush barrages, it's always been a problem with the TV footage in every part, they always fix it in the blu rays.

I've been in a stable relationship for the past 10 years, but we decided to break up recently and my life is upside down right now. I hit reset and everything changed a lot, even how I view things in general. And that has been ultra scary. And that's also why I teared up at the end of this video. Thank you for helping me get that message from Part 6 and making me love this part even more. And also for helping me get through this chaos.

When Roundabout came in at the end I just cried, mate. Like that harmonic note in the beginning rippled through my soul like I was a frog getting hit by hamon. My mind went right back to when I watched part 1 for the first time a decade ago. These stories just have so much damn heart. And foril, I need more love for the music. When the stone ocean theme comes in when she beats westwood, ya boi was out of his mind. And I shat myself every time I heard Pucci's theme. Jojo is best. To anyone saying otherwise I say Daga Kotowaru.

It makes sense Emporio delivers the final blow to Pucci. Jolyne knew she had no chance defeating Pucci after gaining Made in Heaven(Maiden Heaven) and gave Emporio Weather Report(Weather Forecast) to use to defeat Pucci. As crazy Jojo Bizarre Adventures is, making a support character be the one defeating the main villain is genius for Araki.

It's ABOUT DAMN TIME somebody gave Stone Ocean the praise it deserves. It is absolutely my favorite as well.

Wolf casually coming back after 3 months puts a smile on my face, spectacular commentary, thank you for your service

bro you always have me tearing up by the end of your videos, so pumped for life and filled with emotion for its highs and lows. thank you for sharing your thoughts with the rest of the world.

At 25:16 , they appear to be going for the same effect with the bisection lines on the arm on stone free. The thing is, they changed the angle completely for ease of animation. In the manga, the fist was seen dead on from the other side of the fence. In the anime it was just shown from the side, Robbing it of impact and context.

I only got into JoJo about 6 months ago after a couple of failed attempts at reading the manga a few years ago. On a whim I decided to try watching the anime and when I started I failed to realize that I’d started, not at the beginning, but at part 6. Jolyne managed to do what no other JoJo I’d encountered could. She captured my attention and got me invested instantly. Needless to say I fell down the rabbit hole and have been suffering from JoJo brain rot ever since. Jolyne’s story is incredibly powerful and she’ll always hold a special place in my heart for being the catalyst that got me interested in this series. I recently found your channel and was really looking forward to this video! Amazing work as always.

Loved your videos as always! But you left out one of the most important things about the ending. The fact that Pucci wanted to recreate a universe without the Joestars. And after he lost, the universe resets in a reality where Dio's Curse does not affect them, so Jolyne/Irene had a happy relationship with his dad and still is forming bonds with the cast of part 6 in a happy way. That's it's part of the sour beauty of the Stone Ocean's ending

39:44 The mom is shown alive in the manga while Jolyne is being arrested, she’s alive. Not to mention the prequel story is so absurd that it is obvious between the already dead part 5 characters and the unicorn thing that it is in fact not canon. Also, Pucci’s final stand is named Made In Heaven, not Stairway To Heaven, that was just the original name during serialization until it was changed in the final chapters and in the volume releases. Aside from that, really good video. I appreciate that you noticed the memory motif, for some reason I’ve seen many people not picking it up.

This was a fantastic video and was a great break down. But the speech at the end. That was something I REALLY needed man. After a tragic lost in my family I've been so paranoid about losing those close to me or dying myself. Scared to do anything because I could be gone any day now. So, having such a meaningful breakdown of life and memory is really something that I needed to hear. Thank you!

Reading stone ocean years ago was one of the most surreal experiences I've had in manga. The ending left me speechless as I cried. Araki concluded the Joestar story perfectly. I read it as part 5 finished airing and everyone complained about part 6. It was amazing, I've read parts 7 and 8 since. Jolyne is one of my favorites Joestars, I'm still digesting the conclusion of part 8 before I make a decision on what my favorite Joestars is, but I'm going to say it. Jolyne Kujo beats Joseph by a landslide. Can't wait to hear you talk about Jojolion, that one ripped my heart apart. Filled me with suspense and anxiety as the story kept going. Might be my favorite part actually, JoJo truly lives up and stands side by side Berserk, Vindland Saga, and Monster

YESSSS!!! Im so happy to hear someone else show some love for Jolyne vs Westwood! It's my favorite as well but its so rare to hear anyone talk about it.

The motion blur thing was because of Japan's TV rules or something. Part 5 also had an ugly motion blur but they took it out in the blu ray. Part 6's blu ray also took out the motion blur

Brings joy to my heart knowing how incredibly well your merch is doing, congratulations!

I'm glad part 6 is getting the love it deserves. If only Netflix's release model wasn't so terrible, maybe it could have built a little more hype, but the reception was at least very positive.

Part 6 has the best ending in my opinion “ didn’t read part 7-8”, it left me with a void but also happiness and at the same time sadness, in other words mix feelings

I like how even after Weather's death, Pucchi's overconfidence to kill Emporio is what caused Weather's ability to ironically lead to his brother's defeat. Man did a whole ahh Ted Talk instead of accelerating time, and even when he did, his unnecessary use of accelerated time, is was led to his swift death to oxygen poisoning. Both of them set out to defeat each other, and they both inevitably did.

Thank you another great editorial video!

Survivor is really cool..I just always preferred the more "puzzle" fights, that leant more into horror and slow building tension.

I was starting to lose hope! Good to see you back Super Eyepatch!!!

Everytime I see you upload, no matter what topic, I know I’ll love it because I know you love it. No matter how insane or terrifying or emotional the topic, you speak with so much passion I can’t help but get swept up in it. Thank you for being you.

Part 6 is also my favorite and I definitely think you did a good job at articulating why this part stood out.

Stone Ocean, and in fact ALL of JoJos Bizzare Adventure has inspired me in so many ways. Many days i have felt like Jolyne; trapped, defeated and facing impossible odds, yet i still push through. I keep fighting against it all. I hope to one day meet araki and just thank him for inspiring me and creating the best piece of art of the modern day.

“Jotaro is a badass, Jolyne becomes one.” So true John, so true.

Didn't expect to see another Jojo video from Wolf. Great vid, hope to see more analysis on the other parts.

I wanted to say congratulations and wish you both the deepest of happiness in the years to come.

The OTHER reason the ending works is because it ends the curse of dio. Even after he died, his influence lived on and continued to plague the Joestars for years to come. With both Pucci and the green baby/Dios bone (giggity) erased from the timeline, the Joestar descendents can finally live happy lives.

This entire video i couldn't help but feel cathartic. The moment i saw the title, i couldn't help but feel cathartic. Someone has finally put my exact opinion on part 6 out there for everyone to see in a way i myself never could. And not just anyone, but Supereyepatchwulf himself. What a blessed day, i thought. And yet, it still felt bittersweet. Even you, who's managed time and time again to sell me on the sincere greatness of batshit crazy titles, wrestling and fucking Garfield for christs sake, who's managed it through sheer emotion and passion seeping through every line of your scripts; even you could not convince me, that my favourite Jojo part was actually good. I always felt like Stone Ocean was a huge step forward for Araki as a writer. Featuring his first ever non-static protagonist and tying together all of the loose... threads (get it?) and themes from previous parts - it really should have been the ultimate finale to the original timeline. I could go on an on about just how much i love the first couple of volumes, and how richly and vividly they portray Jolyne as a PERSON and not a stoic undefeatable mannequin. For the first time reading this series it felt REAL. If only it lasted. Sigh... All i will say is, fuck "The Visitor" and fuck "The Prisoner of Love" for God knows, if i go any fucking further into exactly how much Araki screws up to live up to his ambitions throughout this part, i will literally end up writing a review of my own, which i should rather do in my own video. It seems to have been just a little too much for him to handle. A little bit too drastic of a change. And the narrative just couldn't NOT suffer. And it did so like never before. And even despite how much i love the stands and the fights and the themes and just the whole grand scheme IDEA of it all, i will never be able to bring myself to say that Stone Ocean is an actually worth while cohesive piece of writing. And its just ever so sad that not even you could put it all into some sort of new perspective. I thank you deeply nonetheless

Once again your are phrasing words about a media that I helped me to get through life. Wonderfull and poetic like ever. Thank you for this video and every video you ever made.

Your videos are always something special.