When writing a story that will eventually
have a 1-on-1 finale, there is so much building to be done that will bring out the characters'
fullest potential. Let ideals clash, show different approaches
towards life because that is what makes some of the best work possible. Duality. Duality is everything. Our days are dealing with the intricacies
in the middle. Art has gone about showing us the many beautiful
examples of it, and here we will be going over an animated one. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is chockfull of this,
but you've already seen the title. Giorno Giovanna and Diavolo have this excellent
execution that sets them up to have a great 1-on-1 in terms of ideals. That leads them to have high contrast in multiple
areas. The first example is one of their approaches
towards the evolution of their character. There are multiple ways to go about bettering
flaws and problems with life itself. However, these two have approaches that directly
oppose each other. Giorno's philosophy is one of growing. Each experience he goes through is one that'll
contribute towards his development as a person. Even if he had failed in areas due to human
error, he takes the means of learning from these mistakes to better himself. To him, growing is not about going back to
mistakes to try to clear the errors of the past. It is the errors of the past that contributes
towards growth. For example, look to the White Album fight. Giorno had messed up multiple times. It was because of Mista guiding him with his
resolve that he had realized the stance he was taking on trying to hold control that
he does not have, does not need to happen. With the help of Mista, he was able to move
forth. Progress. As for Diavolo, he believes that his past
is something to be destroyed. He believes the past is something that can
come back to haunt the future if the person has not gone about destroying it. Rather than outright confronting his problems,
he has worked in an extremely secretive fashion to go about covering it up. He thought that being this secretive would
give less room for error, but there was always a path for error to follow through. By being as secretive as he was, he had given
his enemies initiative and a direction to go about to defeat him, which they did. By trying to avoid his problems and living
in fear of them, his problems had come to take care of him directly. Every one of them. Next is how the characters function in battles
and against enemies in general. To preface this with a comparison, Giorno
in battle is an actual fighter. He contests with intelligence and strength. Diavolo is more of an ambush predator. He waits for his win condition. He takes it when he can, and flies when he's
unable to. Either approach usually is ok, but how they
act towards battles is what is vital in closing it out. Giorno goes about his battles in somewhat
of an honorable way as he tries to break down his opponents and tries to find where he can
win. Diavolo hides out and waits for his area to
strike, and when he gets it, be sure to expect some monologuing. Diavolo talks down to his enemies regardless
of his position in the battle as opposed to how Giorno does it. For example, Giorno Vs. Cioccolata. Giorno had not said anything towards Cioccolata
about anything until his win condition was in the works. Cioccolata had spent the whole battle talking
down to Giorno and trying to catch his fear and despair on camera. It wasn't until Giorno securing his win that
he said something about how much he detests Cioccolata. With Diavolo's case, his fight versus Bruno
is a great example. His "respect" that he had for Bruno had dissipated
because of the decision Bruno made with defending Trish. So, throughout the battle, he spent his time
talking down to Bruno. Notice how his prideful demeanor cracks when
Bruno shows his ability to read his attacks. Even when he had got exposed when Bruno had
made the read using the stairs, Diavolo had cracked and then tried to put himself back
on top of the fight. Then, Bruno makes that final read and annihilates
Diavolo's mental fortitude. Diavolo is both figuratively and literally
left standing. Broken, like the broken man he is. Also, to support the idea that Diavolo fights
similarly to a Hyena, we can refer to the Risotto fight. He had got outclassed so bad; he had resorted
to using his enemies as a secret weapon. He even talks about how desperate that is
as an attack but did it because a win is a win to him. Consider that, and that he tries to both talk
down to Risotto and bargain with him. "How humiliating would it be for your life
to flicker away in front of the men who killed so many of your subordinates?" That is such a disrespectful sentence, by
such a disrespectful man. I love this example because it transcends
battle. Diavolo already doesn’t believe in respecting
people that aren’t directly working for him, and that respect isn’t exactly respect
in the first place. The relationship is one slight disagreement
away from the other person potentially dying. Meanwhile Giorno gives everyone a well amount
of respect until they give a valid reason for him not to. A third example, repetition. Both Giorno and Diavolo have a stance on repetition
that actively impacts their life and the decisions they make. Giorno is vocally against repetition when
it comes to conversations. If he has to repeat himself more than once,
it annoys him. Why? Well, when we look to Giorno's character how
much communication matters in his life, it makes sense. Having to repeat yourself means that the conversation
is not progressing. It's stagnating. That goes past conversations. For example, look at when Giorno was trying
to warn Mista about Sale. Imagined if he had continued to try to get
to Mista by yelling rather than think about a different way to get to him. He would be stagnating the mission and effectively
failing it all together. Repetition is a lack of progress in ways like
this. That is why Giorno has such a distaste for
it. If you're continuing to do something that
is not working, it's best to change your methods. Otherwise, it's insanity. Or in Giorno's words, stupidity. Diavolo, on the other hand, is an unintentional
advocate for repetition. By destroying his past, he is unable to learn
from his past mistakes. Which, in turn, creates repetition for the
problems that he faces because he has not learned how to defeat them. Diavolo's methods toward problems in his life
are his ever-stone. It's the reason he has this inability to evolve. To add another example to this, look to when
Diavolo had chosen not to run away. When this happened, he was praising himself
and his decision because it looked like it had paid off. He had said, "It was a good thing I didn't
run away" three times. This scene describes Diavolo and his life
experiences with the slightest of ease. When it looks like everything has worked out
for Diavolo, he praises himself and then goes on about his life. If it looked like it worked for him, that's
enough to get it done. If it looks like it has failed, and it tries
to combat him immediately, then he can potentially King Crimson it. That is what happened with Bruno, that is
what happened with Polnareff, and here it happened with Giorno. And guess what? It didn't work out in any of them! Except for Risotto. It worked against him. He has repetitive methods that do not work
all the time. It's like a gimmick in a fighting game. Works on those that can't combat it and doesn't
work on those that can. In conclusion, the way these two differ has
such an engaging and developed execution. It's an opinion, but I believe that the evidence
I've provided should at least give a ground for this to stand on. Giorno and Diavolo have such a good hero and
villain dynamic going that has labbed with to have the intricacies that it does. I hope to go over more of it in a later video. I expect it'll be more in the symbolism department
than character. Thank you all for watching. People told me they miss those character analysis
videos that I do, and I didn't really understand how long it's been. I feel like that's one of those creator and
viewer disconnects because something that I thought wasn't that long ago was 5 months
ago. So, I'll try to do more in general. Be sure to tell me if you liked the video,
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