Review of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
This was by far the worst JoJo season I've seen and I just finished part 1 of season 6, which was 10x better compared to this one. JoJo is a side character in this one. Story - There's essentially no story. It's literally about taking down the "Boss" of the mafia. There's nothing else. The crew and especially JoJo have no solid justifications for going after him. The only one being "drugs are bad, mmkay". The "Boss" was keeping his identity a secret and would kill anyone who would try to find out his true identity. That's it. The world wasn't in danger. No one important was being targeted, wellother than the obnoxious female character, but she's not even really vital to the story.
Characters
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Speaking of characters, the female one was fine for the most part. But she's just not interesting in any way.
I absolutely hate the character known as Mista. He is the dumbest JoJo character I have seen and is a self-righteous douche. He literally never learns from his actions and mistakes. Honestly, this character has T H I C C plot armor, the thickest I've seen in JoJo. He should have died MULTIPLE times. But what really angers me is he's actually braindead. I'm not exaggerating. He's actually really that dumb.
The entire anime revolves around a power called a "Stand", which is unpredictable and can attack at any point. Mista is no stranger to this and has encountered surprise enemy attacks numerous times. And yet, some 20+ episodes into the anime, his 1 anorexic braincell still couldn't make the connection that strange things happening = potential enemy stand.
Seriously, halfway into the anime JoJo suspects something strange is happening on a plane they're riding in and he informs Mista of this. What does Mista do? He goes "HUUUUUH?" and questions JoJo's sanity.
The other characters at least have a brain, but they're still just not interesting. Also, one of them is a complete donkey for seemingly no reason. I mean, he literally peed into a tea kettle and poured a glass for JoJo to drink. And throughout the anime, he's always irritated by JoJo. Like just kiss already.
Bucciarati was actually interesting and felt like an actual mafia member.
Powers
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"Hey can I copy your homework?"
"Sure, but just change it a little"
A lot of the stand powers in this season are taken from the older ones, but changed a little. I can't get into it more without spoilers, but if you've seen the past seasons of JoJo then there will be times when you think "Hey wait, isn't this that one character's ability? Oh, it's slightly different"
Animation
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The artwork and animation in general is decent, but nothing special. Though, at one point we see a clip from the Dio and Jotaro arc, and for whatever reason the characters are so much skinnier than they were in the original season. Just why?
Also, if there's anything Bizarre about this season it's the character design. I don't understand the male character design. They have the weirdest clothes, odd color palettes, and strange hair styles. And there was even a still image of all the main characters posing in a very sus manner.
Sound
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The music and sound were alright, but again nothing special.
Though, the ending song is actually bizarre and isn't even related to the anime in any way. It's like a joke, only it's not funny.
Enjoyment
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4.
There were some funny parts, I'll give it that. And a few nice scenes, mostly involving Bucciarati.
There's just no tension and no real story. Even the fights pale in comparison to the previous seasons.
Also, one of the characters makes a dooooooroorooroorrr ring tone with his voice that's extremely annoying. And it especially doesn't make sense given the character wants to stay out of the spotlight.
Overall
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Not worth watching.