It's a basic story. Part 1 of JoJo is very different from this one. The focus is mostly on it's main character, instead of it's villain. The cast of characters revolve around Joseph and the story, unlike part 1, where it seem everything was about Dio and his evil scheme. Making Jonathan feel weak as a character from a writting stand point. Add to that he was already a "boring" archtype to begin with, and he was screwed from the start. Here however, we go a full 180. Joseph catches your attention from the word go, and his schemes, guts and memes (yes), will notlet go until....well never really. He is still my favorite JoJo for a reason. Part 2 is a MUST READ.