Review of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

(First of all, I'm brazillian, so sorry about the grammar mistakes) Jojo No Kimyou Na Bouken:Ougon No Kaze(known in the western as Jojo's Bizarre Adventure:Vento Aureo/Golden Wind) is the fifth part of the series, originally published as a mangá by Hirohiko Araki between 1995 and 1999, later in 2018 David Productions made an anime adaptation. A whole lot of fans would agree to say that Vento Aureo is the worst part of the series, with a bad protagonist, a story not connected to the major plot, questionable character designs and just being plain bad in general. I couldn't disagree more, and I am proud to saythat Golden Wind is actually my favorite story arc in the whole series(when talking about anime adaptations).

Story(8/10):Differently from other parts, such as Diamond Is Unbreakable and Stone Ocean, Golden Wind is not connected to the main plot of the series, it wouldn't be totally wrong to say that rather than a story arc, this part could be described as a distinct story from the same universe(an example is the anime "Gun Gale Online", a different story from the same universe as "Sword Art Online"), have in mind that this doesn't mean that Vento Aureo is bad. This Jojo story arc starts by being just a italian mafia kind of story, with our protagonist Giorno Giovanna trying to stop the drug dealing on his city with the help of Bruno Buccellati and eventually become the organization's boss. In some point of the series the main cast changes their objective, and it leads the plot to another path. Eventually it became a tale about betrayal and trust, in order to save a friend from a horrible fate, the gang fights in a battle agaist time to discover the bosse's identity and eventually kill him. And just like all the other part from Jojo, there are a lot of plotholes.
~The Fights~(FEW SPOILERS AHEAD)
Since Phantom Blood, Jojo have always had next level fights, with characters using their own intelligence in the combat to find incredibly clever solutions. Vento Aureo is not an exception, in fact ALL fights in this part were absolutely stunning. I'm exaggerating? Maybe... But let me explain what I'm saying, for an example let's take a fight from a totally different anime:DanMachi with the second fight between Bell Cranel and Hyakinthos. The fight is not natural, in their first clash Hyakinthos overpowered Bell by any means possible, he was built as a strong opponent and a very skilled warrior. But Bell still managed to deafeat him on their second combat just landing a few hits, all beacause he trained for five days...pretty ridiculous right? Coming back to Jojo let's use another example, this time one of the best fights of all time:Risotto Nero vs Doppio. While Doppio just appeared in the series and Risotto had very little screen time, nobody expected anything from them. Through the fight we watch the stand users trying to learn each other abilities while they were being attacked, and also it is impressing al least to see how they manage to use their knowledge and powers in the most clever way possible to avoid or hit attacks, resulting in unexpected plot twists, especially on the very end. It can't be described by words, you need to watch it to understand.

Art(9/10) and Sound(10/10):David productions used a different art style on the fifth part, and I absolutely loved it. The animation was smooth and well made, the characters and background were well detailed and the CGI added a nice touch to the scenes. Personally i think the sound was incredible. Just like the other parts, all the voice actor did a nice job on giving life to the characters, each sound effect was very cool and matched what they represent(for example the effect of the stands being summoned, the sound of Gold Experience's ability or even just gunshots), also the musics that played on the background were so aweasome and they made the fighting scenes more badass, like in the scene where Il Vento D'Oro starts playing when Giorno and Mista were fighting Ghiaccio.

Characters(10/10):If someone asked me, I would probably say that Vento Aureo have one of the best, if not THE BEST character cast of all anime that I've watched(even with their... questionable fashion sense). The main character Giorno Giovanna may be described by many people as a person with no personality at all, but this is wrong, Kirito from Sword Art Online have no personality. Our Jojo here is stoic, he doesn't show a lot his feelings, but he is a very complex character. Because of the Joestar blood in his veins he became a very kind person, caring for the others, at the same time he shows his disgust towards nasty people, not feeling a slight bit of hesitation to kill someone like Ciocolatta, who used his stand power on a whole city, killing and causing chaos among the civillians. Also Giorno is the protagonist with most knowledge of the series, making a lot of different uses to his ability. The second protagonist of the part is my favorite Jojo character Bruno Buccelatti. He was sent by the boss to interrogate Giorno, but after their fight he acknoledged and decided to help him. As the story passes we got to know more about his personality. Bruno is even kinder and empathetic than our MC, all the members of his team were saved somehow by Buccelatti, who served as a father figure for the gang,who by themselves all have great personalities. We even get to see the character development of the villains, and what are their motivations and sometimes how they have grown.
~STANDS~
This mechanic introduced in Stardust Crusaders really was something new, but the stands in part 3 were pretty simple, there were fire,swords,punchy boi, stop time,etc. But part 5 turned this into something more interesting:there was the ability to give life to objects,an airplane with unlimited ammo, ability to deflect bullets,ability to make things soft, a friggin killer virus,THE ABILITY OF OPEN FRICKEN ZIPPERS ON OBEJECTS! The powers were used in the most clever way possible, and how stand users dealt with each other was a great thing to see. Worth mentioning that each stand have a unique and very awesome design.

Enjoyement(10/10) and Overall(9/10):Jojo's Bizarre Adventure:Golden Wind is one of my favorite anime in general, the character cast was simply incredible, overflowing with charisma, the art and sound were exceptional, every single fight was brilliant and entertaining, the story started pretty simple, but gradually evolved and was truly a masterpiece(but of course I'm overexaggerating). Even if the end was pretty confusing, i don't think anyone would regret watching Vento Aureo.

Anyway, that was just my thoughts about Vento Aureo, which I think that is the most underrated story arc of Jojo. Thanks for reading.