What made part 7 so great?
What made part 7 so great?
Aaron Parker
Liam Mitchell
Relatively phenomenal main cast, outside of the main villain. Decent thematic exploration throughout the part, artfully woven into the intricate pseudo-science that Araki is infamous for incorporating into his works. On that note, the pseudo-science actually makes relative sense here, mostly because there isn't much that is contradicted by anything else in this part (at least, with regards to the core driving plot device: the "Spin"), which marks it in stark contrast with most, if not all, of Araki's previous works. The story is tightly written, with each character being relatively believable even if most of them are completely uninteresting or unnecessary (similar to LOGH, or what I've seen of it at least, in which most of the cast seems to be expendable, but each member is also decently explored), and few plot points being unnecessary or contradictory.
This isn't always the case, especially since this is Araki we're talking about. I can name a ton of idiotic plot holes and inconsistencies, the most irritating of which (to me, at least) being everything regarding Scary Monsters, but he does relatively well with this part. The world and lore, what little of each actually exist or are shown to us, are fairly fleshed out. Not to any amazing degree, but well enough to put it up to typical JoJo world building standards. Plus, as Araki seems to have proven himself quite capable of doing even in previous parts as well, he's managed to add some surprisingly nice catharsis towards the end of each major plot point and the end of the story as a whole. This is something that he does well, even in the worst of parts (3 and 6), but in SBR and VA, it's taken to a bit of a new level, as its intertwined with the theme of the story itself in a rather intriguing or artful manner.
The fights were total fucking garbage, though. All aside from the Gyro/Johnny v Valentine fight, which is by far my favorite in the entire series. The rest were terribly forgettable.
Elijah Taylor
The fact that Gyro dies made it 10/10
Caleb Wright
Nothing. The first half was shit like any other jojo part and the only good part was the ending.
Leo White
Bros, I don't understand how spin works.
Why doesn't Gyro just use a gun?
Juan Jones
A gun could have never reached Valentine unlike spin.
Kevin Mitchell
Tl;dr lol
Alexander Morris
>This is something that he does well, even in the worst of parts (3 and 6), but in SBR and VA
You had me till there.
James Walker
>Bros, I don't understand how spin works.
Physics.
Henry Lopez
Hmmmm let's see here
>best jojo
>best jobro
>best villain
>best setting
>high quality stands
>protag has a stand that evolves while he grows as a character
>successfully combined the portions of JJBA that focused on hamon and on stands into one package
>soft reboot
>art is better here than in all its predecessors
>perfect mix of both drama and levity