Did you know Diamond is Unbreakable? Yeah shockers I know. Anyways, DiU taking place 10 years after Stardust Crusaders, a lot has changed like Jotaro is now a Marine Biologist (and likes dolphins), Joseph is an old man, turns out he had an illegitimate child called Josuke!? Man what else did we miss, definitely it can't get any more bizarre than that, right? ...right?

If you had read my SC review, you must have seen I wrote "In my future reviews I will say what DiU did right which SC did wrong", so here I am today to list you the things which DiU did better. But before that, let's start from scratch and go in order.

Story: Now this story is kind of different than the previous JJBAs, this time it's kind of like a Slice of life, Mystery kind of story which is really good. Their execution of that theme was really good. A serial killer roaming around Morioh attacking young woman because he has a hands fetish so our cast of casual school goers has to take him down? Heck yeah! The mystery theme really suited well among the slice of life and somewhat comedic nature of the show and the theme felt really fresh. Not to mention, the soul and spiritual concepts like Reimi being a ghost character and others, really fitted the theme of DiU.

Characters: The characters are some of the most lively characters similar to Battle Tendency. Each of the cast is very like-able and fun due to their diverse characteristics. Though however some may not like Shigechi due to his selfish act of money greed, due to which some or many people hate Shigechi and didn't really cared when he died but it's all upto your personal opinion. Joseph is another character which people started having mixed feelings due to him having cheated on Suzie Q. which I admit, even for me ruined the character a bit considering he is my favourite JoJo but he tries his best to make up for it so I guess it's alright. Mikitaka is a very fun and interesting character, he is meant to be a 'confusing' character about whether he is truly an alien or no, which is very fun concept for a character.

OST: Oh boy, this OST makes me wanna BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN. The OST is excellent in this part. Josuke's theme is my favourite character theme but Okuyasu, Kira, etc themes are also so good. Not to mention the OPs and ED is excellent too. I don't really get why Chase is over hated, it's one of the best OP of JoJo. Great Days is good but Kira version is Amazing. The OST really matches the environment very well.

Now I am going to talk about what Diamond is Unbreakable did right which Stardust Crusaders did wrong.

Antogonists: Unlike in SC, DiU antagonists ACTUALLY effect the story. For eg, in SC, all of the Stand Users served nothing but to essentially slow down the crusaders and lengthen the episodes. However in DiU, all the Stand Users have part in the story, remember Anjuro? Yeah he's a rock now. You can call him "yo Angelo". Remember Rohan? Yeah he becomes part of the Main Cast. Remember Keicho? Yeah he dies but becomes a important role model for Okuyasu. Heck even the italian cook from the corner of Morioh serves a minor part. This is what SC should have done, make the characters reappear, that's how we grow fond of them (eg: Hol' Horse, Oingo Boingo). Even if the characters make very small reappearance or subtle effect in the story, as long as they don't just serve as minor extend of episode, the antagonists are enjoyable.

Stand Fights: The Stand Fights were so much better in this part, they were so unique and had variety. I honestly didn't enjoy SC Stand Fights much and preferred Hamon but DiU changed my mind. Instead of the battles being who can throw the hardest punch, it felt like true battle of wits. Josuke using his Stand Ability to break stuff and fix it to trick/escape his opponents, Koichi using his Stand's 3 Acts in different situations for different variety, and a lot more made the battles very enjoying.

Episodes/Pacing: Sure the episodes are close to the number of SC, but the pacing was a lot better. First half of the season were spent introducing the side minor cast. The second half of the season was spent with main plot of the part, Kira Yoshikage. The episodes didn't feel tedious at all and felt like at every episode there was something new to learn about the story. I already talked above (Antagonists section) about how the first half didn't feel like as if they were doing it for sake of extending the episodes. The second half with Kira was very interesting. Kira is definitely one of the smartest villains and I like him a lot. The cast investigating Kira's hideout, taking him out in the final episodes felt very interesting and enjoyable. And unlike SC, I felt Kira fight's ending was very satisfying. The fight lasted 5 eps long unlike in SC which was only 4 due to which it felt very satisfying and more enjoyable.

Now I am definitely not saying this part didn't have any flaws or if it didn't have any plot holes (looks at ep 26) but overall this Part did a lot of things right and showed what could be the true potential that can be earned with Stands. And when you compare it with SC which was another Stand part, it was a HUGE improvement. This part showed (just like Part 2: Battle Tendency) that if an idea is executed well, it can be an excellent and fun idea.

Well now I hope you enjoyed this review but I am sad to say you won't be able to leave because... Killer Queen had already touched this review.
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