

Now that I completed most parts and anticipate Stone Ocean coming tomorrow, I feel occasioned to review some parts, starting with this, somewhat covering both seasons.
I've read many times that Jojo is love-or-hate. That's not the case, because if it were true everyone would rate it either extremely low or high, and it would probably have a much lower overall rating on any of its parts. But it does have some elements that might alienate many people, and also has writing issues that might annoy many others.
Part 3 is an adventure in a "monster of the week" format, where the heroes go from point x to point y and fight some new stand user, until they reach Egypt to fight the vampire Dio.
(+) The positives of the story are quite some varied if occasionally crude comedy, frequent scenery changes and quite some originality and variety concerning the heroes' adventures and misadventures in each new location and country they visited.
Part 3 is also highly self-aware of its nature as fiction, and frequently turns scenes that would be totally nonsense or even poor writing as part of its kooky charm.
(-) Its downsides are tied to the story getting too convenient and too inconsistent. From new abilities appearing out of nowhere (I'm looking at you Jotaro, and you Polnareff and Kakyoin), to characters being used, dropped, and reappearing, and being dropped again. Back and forth.
Also, scenes and incidents (e.g. several stand battles) that could be summarized (or even excluded) in half an episode are opened up and extended for one or two, making the series unnecessarily "stretched out" and at times, exhausting (especially in its second season).
Several have immense power, but using it unwisely they get defeated too easily. Others have extremely limited or weak powers, but wield them at the right time and place, even if they end up losing. I believe the last users tend to be the most memorable and fascinating.
I think audio is the biggest asset of this part's production, be it voice acting, choice of sound effects and delivery and timing of lines. The mostly hard rock music didn't leave me with too much of an impression, but often pumped me up for the action and insanity to follow.
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