Review of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

The best JoJo part to be animated and one of the best shonen stories of all time. I won't plot recap, and only give you the specific reasons why this is such a masterpiece of action media. 1. The characters can best be described as 'simple, yet flawlessly executed'. The backgrounds of the characters actually provide insightful, interesting information. This information tells you important details about everything about their interpersonal relationships, their stand abilities, and their approaches to fights. What's amazing about this is that it not only applies to the main characters, but the villains as well. I would not be able to recite toyou every stand from parts 3 and 4, but I can definitely do it for part 5. Each stand is unique, and the relationship between the stands and their characters make every stand fight memorable.

2. Purposeful action. Each stand battle is both a fascinating practical fight and a test of a characteristic against the other stand user. Whether it's the resolve to face pain/self sacrifice, the willingness to face the truth, or the determination to find your objective, the stand battles are all compelling battles that pit hardened yet still enjoyable cartoonish gangsters against each other. Despite this, the sheer ridiculousness of each fight keeps the tone light hearted in the face of these high stakes fights between teenage murderers.

3. Pacing. Part 5 is BALLS TO THE WALLS. NEVER STOPS HIGH PACE JOJO ACTION. Part 5 is aware that it's greatest strength llies in introducing new villains and having them square off against our heroes, so the moments inbetween stand fights are direct, concise, and purposeful. In general, group the season into two-episode chucks and you can break up each chunk by about 15-20% exposition or plot transition, 80-85% stand fights. But the show continues to push it's character arcs and main plot even in the middle of these fights. This versatility allows for a surprisingly compelling narrative to come from a show that's mostly psychic ghosts punching each other. This is proven by the show's replayability - in a 39 episode show I'm gonna skip a total of 4 episodes even though I'm watching this season for a 5th time. I don't know what your anime watching habits are, but for me that's a LOT of rewatching with VERY LITTLE skipping.