What is a "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"? (Part 1) (The Jojospective)

I like Jojo it's a good series and I think that you should read and watch it [Applause] why do you want booing me I'm right this video was sponsored by Ray Khan thanks ray Khan for helping support the channel I think JoJo's has gotten kind of a bad rep over the years due in part to its a special fanbase but that shouldn't detract from the actual quality of the content here Jojo is fun your mom is for my mother is a beautiful woman look it's not my fault that I'm here doing this okay I could have been making a video on one piece fooly cooly narudy or dragon booty and yet here I am talking about Jojo like I didn't choose this life it chose me picture this for a moment it's 2015 and I'm a senior in high school despite being so close to graduation I was still relatively immature I was edgy and still thought that this image of dj khaled was funny my main mode of social media at the time was tumblr since all my friends were using it I would scroll on my dashboard for hours on end looking at memes art and things tagged with some of my favorite media one day I came across this weird page oh wait no hold on ah there we go I found this strange post containing a gift from an anime I didn't recognize it pictured this guy with wavy red hair almost seductively licking a cherry it gave me a good laugh so I hid the reblog button in an effort to share with my friends and then proceeded to forget I saw it the next day I received a message from one of those said friends about the post it read something like this hey man I saw that clip you posted you watched Jojo - which I then responded what's a Jojo little did I know at the time but this question would cause me to spiral into making one of the worst decisions of my entire life the decision to watch JoJo's Bizarre Adventure [Music] like I said I love this series I think it's awesome but like God did it completely overtake my life after I started watching yeah I became one of those people the main reason behind me even wanting to make this video in the first place is because my friends are sick and tired of me recommending the show to them if I mentioned that I believe josuke higashikata to be the voice of a generation one more time I think I'll become the victim of numerous simultaneous homicides so yeah that's why I'm gonna do it in video form because you can't strangle a video I'm hoping to make this the first part in a series each tackling a major arc and Jojo but that all depends on how this video gels with my audience and if I'm lazy or not it's pretty uncommon for me to do a lot of video essay stuff like this so I don't know we'll see at the very least I'm hoping that this video will help new potential fans to finally take the plunge into the show as well as having old fans take a moment to reflect with me on the series as a whole the good the bad and the stupid and hey if you're a longtime fan like me welcome I see that you carry the mark of the devil as well if you don't know already I'm salty as in like that's my username people call me that very funny name haha yes and welcome to my in-depth Jojo spective a bizarre look back on JJ ba [Music] though before all that hey lads and laddies did you know that video essays are hard to make especially for someone missing a large portion of their brain cells like me wouldn't it be great if I had a sponsorship to help support the creation of videos like the one you're watching right now this video is sponsored by rake ha ha if you aren't familiar with them rake on specializes in producing wireless audio tech and in the case of this segment dang good ear buds they recently sent me over their latest model the everyday e 25 year buds and I gotta say like I just said they're dang good ear buds and they cost about half the price of other premium ear buds without sacrificing any of the quality they're pretty comfy too I spent the other day giving them a test run and legitimately forgot that they were in my ears and hey you can go to buy rake on Comm 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similarly to how I personally discovered Jojo while I'll try my best to avoid spoiling you too much on what the future holds as you watch or read through expect some basic spoilers for part one I mean like let's be real here how can I talk about part one without bringing up the story it's like having a sandwich without the bread but on the topic of spoilers from later story arcs I wouldn't worry all that much most of the time Jojo spoilers will make absolutely no sense out of context anyway and will more so fuel your interest in getting deeper and deeper into the series due to how weird some of these are like this panel what is this though before getting into the nitty-gritty of this video we have to first ask ourselves the same thing I regretfully asked that fateful day I took the plunge what is a Jojo well JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is an extremely successful Japanese manga and anime series created by hirohiko Araki if I had to describe it without giving too much away the main word I'd use is well bizarre just as the title may inform you it's a really weird series like get this you know how American media satirizes anime and Japanese television as like super crazy bombastic colorful and well funny for all the wrong reasons that's exactly what Jojo actually is but on ironically as much as it might not seem the case at some points yet even with the description like that against all odds' people still love it including myself for me getting into JoJo's is a lot like smoking you try it for the first time and you gag a little bit it's gross you don't get why people like it but out of sheer morbid curiosity you try it again and again and again and again and bam you're a chain-smoker or in this case an anime fan which depending on your point of view is a whole lot worse JoJo's is by far not iraqís first work he had plenty of previous experience in the manga industry before Jojo was even a blip on the radar authoring lesser-known stories such as outlaw man gorgeous Irene and Bao that being said though the creation of Jojo is what skyrocketed him into legend status with it not only being his most successful series but the longest-running one having been started over 30 years ago and still ongoing to this very day my man's has been at this for a while and you can tell he loves working on it as much as the fans loved reading and watching it speaking of the latter it was only until fairly recently that Jojo was even given an anime adaptation despite its popularity and age being similar to that of other long-running shonan's of the time it only became greenlit for the small screen back in 2012 animated by David Productions which I can only hope his own by a guy named David the anime became an absolute smash hit and to this day is preferred in many cases over the original manga it's based on by its fans in fact it was only because of the anime that the West was even properly exposed to JoJo's at least in any official capacity in the first place previously despite its popularity english-speaking countries got limited access to Jojo related media with the only notable entries being the part three OVA series and their first fighting game heritage for the future both of which are some solid pieces of Jojo content but aren't substitutions for the main series in an extreme example it's kind of like if the only Mario content we got in the US was an off-brand coloring book and the super mario bros Super Show it's just sort of not the same as getting the actual thing so why couldn't Jojo make the crusade across the globe sooner you might be asking or maybe you aren't asking that I just assume that you are well it has to do with a little something called copyright a lot and I mean a lot of characters abilities and locations in the manga are named after music specifically western music and many have come to believe that this is why it's taken so long you know how english-speaking people obsessed with anime and Japanese culture are labeled as RIA booze well turns out Japan has their own terminology for the opposite of that Westy booze people obsessed with Western culture and JoJo's creator hirohiko Araki is one of those people he has a very obvious love for western music and likes to portray that through his stories in Japan copyright law is a lot more relaxed so Araki wanted to pay tribute to his favorite music while working on the series what started as a few simple references here and there became a staple of Jojo with nearly every character having some sort of association with music for God's sake he even references [ __ ] Snoop Dogg at one point you know funny haha weed guy people have theorized that many publishers were probably afraid to risk an illegal action through so many blatant references to names of artists bands and songs as any form of lawsuit could [ __ ] them financially in one infamous example a video game covering its fifth story arc golden wind was set to release in North America sometime around 2003 in the game one character's ability was named gold experience a direct reference to the prince album named the gold experience while it isn't confirmed many fans speculate that prince and their legal team really didn't like the blatant references to their work and actively prevented the game from being released outside of Japan meaning that for a long time the only real way to play this thing was to learn Japanese fly to Japan buy the game and buy a japanese ps2 because that [ __ ] is region-locked thanks Sony Jojo media for English speakers just wasn't properly accessible fan translations of the manga started to pop up online for a while but many of these translations were initially kind of crappy and they only really gained major attention after the anime got popular to remedy these copyright issues when the anime began streaming on subscription services like Hulu and crunchyroll groups tasked with subtitling the Japanese dialogue made the decision to change each musical reference to something more ambiguous to what it was referencing for example we got some minor name changes like Black Sabbath to shadow Sabbath you know stuff that doesn't really stand out but still sounds cool but then we got more of two same changes like sticky fingers to zipper man [ __ ] zipper man these sorts of name changes were later incorporated into the English dub of the show but we'll get to all that later I guess the main point here is that Sonic had a hard time transitioning into 3d I mean ock damnit Jojo had a hard time getting localized in the West damn 20 and slips so with all that preliminary info out of the way what is Jojo about or more specifically what is part 1 of Jojo about Liverpool England 1868 a couple stumbles upon the wreckage of a recently destroyed carriage as they happen to be walking on a road nearby this husband and wife are scavengers and see it as a clear chance to steal anything valuable from the presumably dead family that had fallen to an ill fate the woman hears something stir from the carriage softly as they approach with her discovering that a lone child had survived the crash unscathed the husband however pays no mind to this as he's too busy looting a nearby corpse that had fallen out of the wagon at least what he thought was a corpse as before a second's notice the body moves he's alive and his name is George Joestar George mistakenly comes to the conclusion that this man by his side was trying to save his life and not Rob his cold body blind this misunderstanding causes him to grant the man a spur-of-the-moment favor as a token of his gratitude this filthy looking man the thief is named Dario Brando and he single-handedly and unknowingly causes the entirety of the plot of Jojo to even happen so down the line as we get deeper into the story be sure to keep this dirty hobo in the back of your mind as it's all his fault even so this story isn't about him it's about the crying baby in the carriage it's about George's son Jonathan Joestar otherwise known by his nickname Jojo we flash forward to the Joestar estate nearly 12 years later learning that the joestars are a rich family owning huge acres of land as well as a mansion that towers over the property Jonathan is a big boy now and is shown outside playing with his dog Danny as we see a carriage approached the person inside is the one and only do Brando the son of the homeless man that quote/unquote saved JoJo's father's life deal had lived in poverty for practically his entire early years surviving only in part due to his incredible street smarts and cunning this way of life caused him to grow up and harboring a grudge against humanity for not giving him the proper chance and treating him like garbage the reason that do is arriving at the Joestar Manor is due to his remaining family having passed away leaving him to be orphaned and George taking it upon himself to adopt do and accept him into his family that's right the favor granted to his father ages ago was that once his filthy lookin ass dies deal would be raised by the joestars the first to meet our Jojo and do and much like what many newfound Step Brothers do when meeting for the first time do kicks Jonathan's dog in the face as hard as he can oh wait no that's that is animal abuse sorry I get that confused I get that confused with brotherly love this is a certified bra MoMA can we uh can we get a bra sound effect number two please bra thank you Jojo is obviously pretty peeved about this but decides to give do the benefit of the doubt surely he must have had a good reason to assault the family pets maybe he's a Scorpio that being said though deal makes it very clear that he kicked the dog for shits and giggles and tells Jonathan to know his place this is the start of the many conflicts between the two the pair always being opposite sides of the very same coin Jojo is the more earnest of the duo a true gentleman as he calls himself trying his very best to fight for justice while deal on the other hand is the adverse having grown up in the slums the last thing he ever wants to do is be a gentleman using underhanded tactics and his twisted mind Dio aims for one thing and one thing only sheer unadulterated power throughout his lifelong journey he craves the strength to assert his dominion over the world and authority to make even time itself kneel before him but as of now he simply lusts after the Joestar family fortune what he believes to be the very first step towards his limitless conquest as the story continues we see some more similar clashes to the one between him and Jonathan earlier do destroy Jojo in a boxing match Slate's his friends into hating him and even turns his own father against him surely at this point Jonathan would have had enough maybe he'd fight back show his newfound brother who's boss maybe find some neutral territory some peace and friendship but then Dio steals his girlfriend's first kiss smacks her upside the head and well up hashtag respect women after a beating like that despite what you might think do gives up he respects Jonathan for standing up for what he believes in and the two finds some much-needed common ground sike of course not he reacts in a much more reasonable way he burns Jonathan's dog to death in a furnace huh well that's not how you do it thus ends episode 1 yeah that's right everything I just summarized happened all in one episode most of them are like this actually packed to the brim with content and it's because of this that over time it shifts and changes so much episode 2 episode season 2 season more so in the first two parts but it still applies later - in my opinion judging by what you know so far you probably would have never guessed that this series features ancient vampires pasta that cures your constipation and Mickey Mouse but that's what's so great about this show you never know what you're gonna get like I said Joe Joe is constantly moving and evolving in more ways than one especially in writing style and design but we'll talk more about that when we get to part 2 onwards for now let's just keep focus on part one as you can probably tell by my quick summary of the introduction Joe Joe's part one is a period drama that focuses on the sibling rivalry of Joe Joe and do well that is of course until do comes in contact with a magical stone mask that turns him into an immortal vampire oh did I mention that that happens trust me you're gonna want to buckle in for these next couple of bits so a couple of years passed and Jonathan and do our rugby players now and more specifically rugby players who are graduating college or maybe it's high school I don't really know but come on man you cannot convince me these guys are high schoolers look at these thick ass [ __ ] you see in a strange twist of fate Dio discovers that one of the Joestar family heirlooms a stone Aztec mask shoots tendrils out of its back that pierced the brain of anyone who wears it when it comes in contact with blood upon learning about all this Dios plans of inheriting the Joestar fortune take a much darker turn as instead of waiting on his newfound stepfather to die so he can steal his money he plans to use the stone mass to kill him as it leaves behind zero evidence that could potentially linked him to the deed even so Jonathan is already hot on Tio's paper trail discovering his plans bit by bit and learning that Dios father didn't originally die due to natural causes but foul play poison the same poison that is keeping Jonathan's father George sick bedridden and defenseless it's also at this point that Jonathan meets and befriends a street thug by the name of Speedwagon the way he befriends him you ask by kicking his ass dude I want to become friends with my mugger what the hell speedwagon doesn't really contribute much to the plot besides being a commentator for some future fights but I just thought I'd mention him because I think he's neat and despite being pretty much useless he has a special place in my heart for being an absolute doofus here's to you Speedwagon you beautiful bastard wait what was I talking about oh yeah the story distraught by this whole situation Dio decides to go out drinking as he fears it may be his last night as a free man inebriated he ends up bumping into some rowdy old men who taunt him mercilessly calling him out on how much of a drunkard he is and ironically showing him how much he ended up becoming just like his failure of a father the realization of this pissing him off more and more until he snaps and decides to test his stone mask on a living being for the very first time on one of the older men who had made the mistake of heckling him once activated deal learns that the mask doesn't necessarily kill its wearer but instead inexplicably turns them into immortal vampires and after a close call near sunrise he heads home with a new scheme in mind before we keep going quick critique about this revelation that I want to come back to later in the anime there is barely any sort of foreshadowing that the mask does anything like this I mean sure the camera seems to linger on it a bit too long sometimes and it pops up more than once but there is no indication that it's magical at all the only thing we see it can do is shoot spikes out of its back when I first watched the show I definitely figured that it had some sort of significance but not like that this becomes a whole lot weirder of a narrative decision when you realize that the manga actually has a scene in its opening pages that super clearly shows that the mask has magical powers I'm unsure why this wasn't present in the anime whatsoever you could say that it was cut for time but like the scene is legit less than a couple of pages in the manga and works as a really good hook for the story then again without this scene the stone masks powers are a lot more surprising which is what I think they were trying to go for but I personally feel the show would have benefited more from adapting the scene so yeah the stone mask can turn people into vampires vampires when do arrives back at the Joestar Manor after all the shenanigans Jojo and company are waiting to ambush him with the police as he arrives do remaining cool-headed stabs Jonathan's father and uses the power of the stone mask on himself this ladies and gentlemen this is where the real plot begins now as a powerful immortal crime against humanity do no longer seeks the fortune he seeks the power I had brought up earlier the strength to claim his hold over the entire world eradicating those who may stand in his way speaking of people who stand in do his way Jonathan he stands in his way also all these police officers [ __ ] the police come straight foot on the ground oh but even with all that after a vicious fight Jonathan still finally defeats do but not without critically injuring himself in the process and sending fire to his childhood home oh my god Jonathan cannot get a break holy [ __ ] now with his house burned to a crisp and his father having passed on all he has left is Speedwagon but if we're being real here Speedwagon has a big enough heart to do the loving of like five families so Jonathan will probably be fine hey guys so uh this video took longer than expected so I'm gonna break it up into two parts to better pace things out I know how insane it must sound that I'm doing a two-parter video on phantom blood but I like to think of it like this this video is the introduction and the second video is the actual retrospective and review the second part of this video should be out by next week or if this is the future then it's out right now and linked at the end of the video but man my first two-parter I'm a big YouTube boy now I want to give a quick thank to my patrons you guys are rock stars you're the best sorry I just had to plug the patreon because my friends are like plug the patreon you stupid idiots but I'm all like no no I like my six patrons it's like a small little after-school Club okay I think that about wraps it up thank you again for watching and have a good day [Music]

Channel: Saltydkdan

Views: 227,008

Rating: 4.9534459 out of 5

Keywords: jojos bizarre adventure, review, retrospective, anime, manga, history, full review, part 1, phantom blood

Id: -L0DVt9o8Os

Length: 25min 12sec (1512 seconds)

Published: Sat May 30 2020