Review of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

I thought Stardust Crusaders was my favorite Jojo arc, but it wasn’t until I watched Golden Wind that I was completely swayed! I can’t decide what I liked about it the most: the storyline? The characters and their motivations? The clever new stands and creative ways they’re used? I couldn’t get enough of it! I felt such a deep connection to these characters and how much they meant to each other. Their convictions were so strong and their desire to see things all the way through was so endearing to me. When the group succeeded I was happy for them, when they failed or sufferedI felt so badly for them. The last time I wanted something so badly for a character was probably for Yuri on Yuri on Ice. The great desire and tenacity to see something through to the end is something that I admire in my anime characters. It doesn’t always need to be bloody and dramatic, but to see someone fight for a cause so noble really makes me swell with pride.

Pride was only one of the many emotions I felt in this arc. I was inspired, disgusted, angered, and torn apart. I cried so often and so deeply I had to get a hold of myself, especially when we started losing precious people. In certain anime, we can always assume that we’re going to lose some people along the way. But it’s just the way that it happens that tears me up inside. When you see the light go out in someone’s eyes and you hear their last thoughts. You want to reach through the screen and shake them. You don’t want it to be the end. And above all, you want good things for them. You don’t want their story to end or for them to die in vain or suffer needlessly. It really makes you think about your own life and wonder if there’s anything so great that you would put your life on the line or throw yourself into danger for.

That’s why I love the Jojo series. People who are brave and noble in spirit, people with conviction and resolve, tenacity and gumption. People that have stories to tell and full lives they wish to live, no matter how big or small. The show inspires you to want to live life out loud and make great friendships along the way. Friendships that are stretched by distance, but are always close at heart.