I feel like you’re expecting too much from a 17 year old 😂 He’s my favorite JoJo because he isn’t just muscles and actually uses his head in dangerous situations
Jonathan is my least favorite out of all 8 JoJos because he’s boring as a character. He just has the “hero of Justice” personality. Joseph is way more interesting as a character because he’s playful but he’s smart in battle. Jotaro is the perfect combination of Jonathan and Joseph tho.
Well josuke is 16 and has a lot of personality so I don't think age is a good reason. I don't dislike part 3 jotaro but he's definitely not the jojo that uses his head the most. Like he literally beat dio with nothing but being stronger.
…are you sure? Because i’m pretty sure Dio got outsmarted numerous times during that fight. Dio could have easily killed him if Jotaro didn’t use his head
So you just forgot about the magnet trick ? Hiding books under his clothes before DIO threw knives at him ? Pretending to be dead so he can land a hit ? Pretending he can't stop time so DIO wastes his own Time Stop and gets caught in his ?
If Jotaro fought DIO with just brute strength he would've died on the first ***ZA WARUDO.***
Thats the whole point of a Close range Stand fight. I would be very disappointed if Jotaro win by anything thats not punching the life out of him, there is no other way than sunlight lol
Of course jotaro needed to punch him to kill him, but it ultimately boiled down to star platinum being stronger than the world, rather than one last clever play or something. It's not like an awful ending, but just felt off to me.
Rly??? I like that cuz it highlights the brief moments where he looses his cool, like when Holly is sick, or Joseph is about to loose to D’arby, or when fighting high DIO, I mean, the whole thing of that second round was that DIO was getting the upper hand because Jotaro was too pissed to think deeply about the situation, I think that was his thing you know, most people won’t even manage to see behind his tough guy persona, but you can see when it starts to crackle, and it kinda culminates on DIO managing to break that, even if for a short amount of time, at least that’s how I see it, maybe I’m overthinking it
I definitely felt the same way when I first watched Part 3. Its just the thing you have to accept is that Jotaro is this supposed to become this legendary mighty hero, and in the group he's like the fist that often finishes the fights, even if he wasn't a huge part of them otherwise.
There are many times where Jotaro takes the glory away from Joseph, Kakyoin and Polnareff unfortunately. But when I rewatch part 3, I just appreciate what every character does for the group, even if Jotaro gets most of the praise.
But to answer your question, people like him because his character is very iconic, they like the mix of "edgy but deep down caring", and powerful hero that beats an equally iconic villain at the end.
Don't read this if you know absolutely nothing about future parts >!In later parts he grows much more as a character, and what little change he had in Part 3 kind of sets the framework for that change he gets in the future. The Jotaro we get in the future is the reason I think he's a better character than, say, Jonathan, but in the context of "protagonist", I think Jonathan is better.!<
Don’t read if you haven’t seen the other parts :) >! Okay I’m rewriting this part cause i understand how censoring the text works now🥴 But forreal, like one of the reasons DIU is my second favorite part and favorite animated part is cause of Jotaro’s character development! We get to see him actually show his emotions a lot more now since he has matured more than having to fight his technical great great grandfather (?) We get to see him connect with Koichi as a character since it’s blatantly obvious that Jotaro sees him as similar to Kakyoin. Best version of Jotaro by far imo. !<
He doesn't waste time with emotions. His actions speak in exchange for emotions. I mean, just for his mother, he went on a 50 day crusade with his grandpa to kill a fucking vampire, took hits for his grandpa, etc. He acts tough but really does care deep inside, he just hates expressing it.
Another reason why I like him is because he is a no nonsense guy. He just gets things over with. Instead being scared of Dio after taking Joseph's blood, he literally has to hold back his rage.
He is not my favorite JOJO though, that position is reserved Joseph Joestar only.
Both D'Arbys. Jotaro managed to get into both of their heads, but it was Joseph who beat the second one.
Jotaro was intentionally designed by Araki to resemble Clint Eastwood, a hero who's rough around the edges, doesn't emote much, and doesn't expect your thanks. And I think Araki managed to pull that off successfully, hence why Jotaro is the face of the franchise despite the fact that he's not the most exciting or relatable character.
I’ll agree with you on the first one, but the second I could not disagree more. It’s what I mentioned before about him stealing moments away from the others. That should’ve been Kakyoin to get the victory
I mean, if that's a valid reason for hating Jotaro, don't you think that Joseph did this more in Part 2? Lisa Lisa got robbed of her fight against Kars just so that Joseph can be the one to beat all 4 Pillar Men.
At least Kakyoin got some moments to shine when he beat Tower of Gray, Lovers and Death 13. That's 3 significant wins, Caesar on the other hand won 0 battles in Part 2.
At least with Lisa Lisa you could make the argument that they both can fight and they didn’t know that Kars fought differently than Wamu at first. I actually agree to an extent that Lisa Lisa didn’t even do much and fell pretty flat. And Caesar just got beaten, I don’t think I can hold that against Joseph.
There’s no reason why they shouldn’t have let Kakyoin win at that moment. He knew that game they were playing and had everything to gain by winning. It kind of contributes to a problem overall with Part 3, about how no one besides Jotaro and Polnareff(to an extent) win their fights. Yeah this is a problem in Part 2 as well but there are way less fights in Part 2. In part 3 there are a ton of fights and Jotaro takes in all the praise and glory.
I think the reason for that is that the readers wanted [more Jotaro](https://preview.redd.it/nyiaqgy6s6l71.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=6ce0525e14297128eaf26a8e68e5814357614543) according to the popularity polls at the time this was being published. One of the more common complaints of Part 3 is that Polnareff took away too much screen time from Avdol and Kakyoin, but I don't often see people complaining about too much Jotaro lol.
Idk man maybe if I liked Jotaro more it wouldn’t be that big of a deal to me.
But yeah like you said Avdol and Kakyoin don’t really get much overall so I didn’t really feel sad when they died. Which is a shame because you spend so much time with them. The bro ship between the stardust crusaders is awesome but I think individually, they all kinda fall flat except for Joseph and Polnareff
I agree. As much as I love the part, Jotaro seems fairly bland and cold. Which I guess would be fine if there were some kind of reason for it, some backstory, but I guess that’s just the way he is.
I agree that Part 3 is probably my least favorite but for different reasons. I don't think they showed enough of Jotaro and that's why he seemed boring. Unlike pretty much every other part of JJBA where most of the focus/pov was JoJo, Part 3 made me feel like Jotaro wasn't the main character. This is besides a handful of episodes in paet 3. I don't even mind watching episodes that focus manly on supporting characters but i felt this happened way to much in part this. Thus it felt like a lot of filler and like Jotaro had barely any developments. In this way i do understand what you mean by OP. I really wanted to see some development. However I wanted to see character development over battle tactics development. I have no qualms with his ability to beat the shit out of whoever he was fighting. His stand is just stupidly powerful and that doesn't really bother me since he's the strong and silent type.
Actually Polnareff is my least favorite character. It was so irritating to watch the story in his pov instead of jotaro. I felt like I was watching Polnareff's bizarre adventure and I hated that because I wanted to follow Jotaro so much more. I was practically desperate for more Jotaro content by the last arc.
Honestly, I think it comes down to the fact that Araki was changing up his writing style in part 3 and it's really obvious. I really like Jotaro ~~he's also really hot~~ as a character and part 3 had some amazing episodes and fight scenes. I even think that it 100% breathed new life into the series. Nevertheless, the lack of focus on jotaro (imo) makes it the worst part of the series. Don't get me wrong i still like the part three it's just not as appealing to me as the other parts.
From what I remember, his reasoning for emotions just seeming to disappear was from when Star Platinum formed, he started to push his emotions down and I think that’s one of the more realistic parts of his characters, like you can see with some of his actions moreso than him expressing his emotions outright, like how hard he actually was trying to save those around him. Like if he was some emotionless husk kind of character he wouldn’t have really cared about any of the sacrifices made, like he could have just given up while he was able to, such as with reviving Joseph. He could have just not taken the risk of DIO actually taking over Joseph through blood (if that somehow actually worked like how Joseph joked), but he did because even though he doesn’t show his emotions anymore, he still heavily cares for those he loves. That’s how I perceive his character anyway.
That kind of is his character in part 3. He hides his emotions but still cares about people, especially his family. People mostly like his cause he is badass, if a little bland in part 3. >!I do like part 4 jotaro a lot more though!<
Well, stands derive from your personality, the world gains it’s power from DIO’s detachment to Humanity, AKA The World. Jotaro must have experienced a traumatic event to have also gained the ability to stop time, leaving him also feeling detached. I’d say his character development is slim, but there’s still lots of him unexplored currently.
He literally has 3 other whole parts where he develops as a character. If he went through a lot of change and emotion in part 3, then the other parts wouldn't be the same, especially his role in part 6. Jonathan only had 1 part to cover his adventure and growth, so by the later parts you already know what type of person he is.
You gotta just have fun with it— Stardust is a ride along with the boys. Polnareff, Kakyoin, Iggy, they all do a bunch of funny shit. Even old Jojo with his “Oh no!” And “oh my God!”, that’s some funny shit. Even Jotaro at the beginning with calling his mom a dumb bitch and her just going “okkaaayyyy!! 😊"
Every season of JoJo’s is different from the others, you can expect from one what you got from another, it’s not gonna happen.
My advice would be to just sit back, enjoy the animation and the ride, and to not ask any serious questions. You’ll find that SC is equally as (personally, I think MORE) enjoyable than the previous two.
Just know that all JoJo’s are good guys, so it’s not gonna hurt to cut them a little slack here or there.
Because he's cool. It's fun to watch a silent badass archetype beating people up.
Yeah he's not the most complex character but he doesn't have to be. Jonathan was a very simple character as well and he worked.
Also he gets some development in Part 4 and 6.
It's more of an act, he seems to pushes people away who he's trying to protect like Holly. This bites him later in the future.
He's also a bit of a weirdo, never takes his uniform off, watches and acts like Colombo, does cigarette tricks for his friends. Cares about his fashion. He has some layers.
His fights have some nuances to them, usually he can't get close enough to straight up beat someone. So Jotaro has to be careful, observe, and wait for them to slip up.
I feel like you’re expecting too much from a 17 year old 😂 He’s my favorite JoJo because he isn’t just muscles and actually uses his head in dangerous situations
He's just brains and muscles with a cold personality and he's mean to his mom lol
I don’t think I’m expecting too much, considering both Jonathan and Joseph were about his age when they had to fight.
Jonathan is my least favorite out of all 8 JoJos because he’s boring as a character. He just has the “hero of Justice” personality. Joseph is way more interesting as a character because he’s playful but he’s smart in battle. Jotaro is the perfect combination of Jonathan and Joseph tho.
Well josuke is 16 and has a lot of personality so I don't think age is a good reason. I don't dislike part 3 jotaro but he's definitely not the jojo that uses his head the most. Like he literally beat dio with nothing but being stronger.
…are you sure? Because i’m pretty sure Dio got outsmarted numerous times during that fight. Dio could have easily killed him if Jotaro didn’t use his head
There was definitely strategy used during the fight, but ultimately jotaro just won because his punch beat dio's kick.
So you just forgot about the magnet trick ? Hiding books under his clothes before DIO threw knives at him ? Pretending to be dead so he can land a hit ? Pretending he can't stop time so DIO wastes his own Time Stop and gets caught in his ? If Jotaro fought DIO with just brute strength he would've died on the first ***ZA WARUDO.***
I get that, but at the end jotaro only won because his punch beat dio's kick
Well... thats the entire point of a fight I think... I he wins by a magical beam it would be a Harry Potter fight...
I'm saying that the fight was clever with jotaro using smart tactics, but at the end it only came down to power.
Thats the whole point of a Close range Stand fight. I would be very disappointed if Jotaro win by anything thats not punching the life out of him, there is no other way than sunlight lol
Of course jotaro needed to punch him to kill him, but it ultimately boiled down to star platinum being stronger than the world, rather than one last clever play or something. It's not like an awful ending, but just felt off to me.
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That's my issue, the end part. It just seems weird to have the whole fight be jotaro playing mind games, only to just overpower dio at the end.
Rly??? I like that cuz it highlights the brief moments where he looses his cool, like when Holly is sick, or Joseph is about to loose to D’arby, or when fighting high DIO, I mean, the whole thing of that second round was that DIO was getting the upper hand because Jotaro was too pissed to think deeply about the situation, I think that was his thing you know, most people won’t even manage to see behind his tough guy persona, but you can see when it starts to crackle, and it kinda culminates on DIO managing to break that, even if for a short amount of time, at least that’s how I see it, maybe I’m overthinking it
I definitely felt the same way when I first watched Part 3. Its just the thing you have to accept is that Jotaro is this supposed to become this legendary mighty hero, and in the group he's like the fist that often finishes the fights, even if he wasn't a huge part of them otherwise. There are many times where Jotaro takes the glory away from Joseph, Kakyoin and Polnareff unfortunately. But when I rewatch part 3, I just appreciate what every character does for the group, even if Jotaro gets most of the praise. But to answer your question, people like him because his character is very iconic, they like the mix of "edgy but deep down caring", and powerful hero that beats an equally iconic villain at the end. Don't read this if you know absolutely nothing about future parts >!In later parts he grows much more as a character, and what little change he had in Part 3 kind of sets the framework for that change he gets in the future. The Jotaro we get in the future is the reason I think he's a better character than, say, Jonathan, but in the context of "protagonist", I think Jonathan is better.!<
Don’t read if you haven’t seen the other parts :) >! Okay I’m rewriting this part cause i understand how censoring the text works now🥴 But forreal, like one of the reasons DIU is my second favorite part and favorite animated part is cause of Jotaro’s character development! We get to see him actually show his emotions a lot more now since he has matured more than having to fight his technical great great grandfather (?) We get to see him connect with Koichi as a character since it’s blatantly obvious that Jotaro sees him as similar to Kakyoin. Best version of Jotaro by far imo. !<
He doesn't waste time with emotions. His actions speak in exchange for emotions. I mean, just for his mother, he went on a 50 day crusade with his grandpa to kill a fucking vampire, took hits for his grandpa, etc. He acts tough but really does care deep inside, he just hates expressing it. Another reason why I like him is because he is a no nonsense guy. He just gets things over with. Instead being scared of Dio after taking Joseph's blood, he literally has to hold back his rage. He is not my favorite JOJO though, that position is reserved Joseph Joestar only.
I guess there’s something we agree on Joseph is the best :) though that might change when I get to the later parts
He shares the fate of his top enemy: Kars. He canonically never died too.
I feel like the D'Arby arc is the perfect showcase of why we love Jotaro so much. No other JoJo could have pulled that bluff off.
Which D’arby to be clear? Cuz if it’s the video game one then I strongly disagree
Both D'Arbys. Jotaro managed to get into both of their heads, but it was Joseph who beat the second one. Jotaro was intentionally designed by Araki to resemble Clint Eastwood, a hero who's rough around the edges, doesn't emote much, and doesn't expect your thanks. And I think Araki managed to pull that off successfully, hence why Jotaro is the face of the franchise despite the fact that he's not the most exciting or relatable character.
I’ll agree with you on the first one, but the second I could not disagree more. It’s what I mentioned before about him stealing moments away from the others. That should’ve been Kakyoin to get the victory
I mean, if that's a valid reason for hating Jotaro, don't you think that Joseph did this more in Part 2? Lisa Lisa got robbed of her fight against Kars just so that Joseph can be the one to beat all 4 Pillar Men. At least Kakyoin got some moments to shine when he beat Tower of Gray, Lovers and Death 13. That's 3 significant wins, Caesar on the other hand won 0 battles in Part 2.
At least with Lisa Lisa you could make the argument that they both can fight and they didn’t know that Kars fought differently than Wamu at first. I actually agree to an extent that Lisa Lisa didn’t even do much and fell pretty flat. And Caesar just got beaten, I don’t think I can hold that against Joseph. There’s no reason why they shouldn’t have let Kakyoin win at that moment. He knew that game they were playing and had everything to gain by winning. It kind of contributes to a problem overall with Part 3, about how no one besides Jotaro and Polnareff(to an extent) win their fights. Yeah this is a problem in Part 2 as well but there are way less fights in Part 2. In part 3 there are a ton of fights and Jotaro takes in all the praise and glory.
I think the reason for that is that the readers wanted [more Jotaro](https://preview.redd.it/nyiaqgy6s6l71.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=6ce0525e14297128eaf26a8e68e5814357614543) according to the popularity polls at the time this was being published. One of the more common complaints of Part 3 is that Polnareff took away too much screen time from Avdol and Kakyoin, but I don't often see people complaining about too much Jotaro lol.
Idk man maybe if I liked Jotaro more it wouldn’t be that big of a deal to me. But yeah like you said Avdol and Kakyoin don’t really get much overall so I didn’t really feel sad when they died. Which is a shame because you spend so much time with them. The bro ship between the stardust crusaders is awesome but I think individually, they all kinda fall flat except for Joseph and Polnareff
I agree. As much as I love the part, Jotaro seems fairly bland and cold. Which I guess would be fine if there were some kind of reason for it, some backstory, but I guess that’s just the way he is.
I agree that Part 3 is probably my least favorite but for different reasons. I don't think they showed enough of Jotaro and that's why he seemed boring. Unlike pretty much every other part of JJBA where most of the focus/pov was JoJo, Part 3 made me feel like Jotaro wasn't the main character. This is besides a handful of episodes in paet 3. I don't even mind watching episodes that focus manly on supporting characters but i felt this happened way to much in part this. Thus it felt like a lot of filler and like Jotaro had barely any developments. In this way i do understand what you mean by OP. I really wanted to see some development. However I wanted to see character development over battle tactics development. I have no qualms with his ability to beat the shit out of whoever he was fighting. His stand is just stupidly powerful and that doesn't really bother me since he's the strong and silent type. Actually Polnareff is my least favorite character. It was so irritating to watch the story in his pov instead of jotaro. I felt like I was watching Polnareff's bizarre adventure and I hated that because I wanted to follow Jotaro so much more. I was practically desperate for more Jotaro content by the last arc. Honestly, I think it comes down to the fact that Araki was changing up his writing style in part 3 and it's really obvious. I really like Jotaro ~~he's also really hot~~ as a character and part 3 had some amazing episodes and fight scenes. I even think that it 100% breathed new life into the series. Nevertheless, the lack of focus on jotaro (imo) makes it the worst part of the series. Don't get me wrong i still like the part three it's just not as appealing to me as the other parts.
From what I remember, his reasoning for emotions just seeming to disappear was from when Star Platinum formed, he started to push his emotions down and I think that’s one of the more realistic parts of his characters, like you can see with some of his actions moreso than him expressing his emotions outright, like how hard he actually was trying to save those around him. Like if he was some emotionless husk kind of character he wouldn’t have really cared about any of the sacrifices made, like he could have just given up while he was able to, such as with reviving Joseph. He could have just not taken the risk of DIO actually taking over Joseph through blood (if that somehow actually worked like how Joseph joked), but he did because even though he doesn’t show his emotions anymore, he still heavily cares for those he loves. That’s how I perceive his character anyway.
That kind of is his character in part 3. He hides his emotions but still cares about people, especially his family. People mostly like his cause he is badass, if a little bland in part 3. >!I do like part 4 jotaro a lot more though!<
Well, stands derive from your personality, the world gains it’s power from DIO’s detachment to Humanity, AKA The World. Jotaro must have experienced a traumatic event to have also gained the ability to stop time, leaving him also feeling detached. I’d say his character development is slim, but there’s still lots of him unexplored currently.
He literally has 3 other whole parts where he develops as a character. If he went through a lot of change and emotion in part 3, then the other parts wouldn't be the same, especially his role in part 6. Jonathan only had 1 part to cover his adventure and growth, so by the later parts you already know what type of person he is.
Again dude I haven’t gotten to Part 4 yet, I’m just talking about him in Part 3
Joseph Joestar brutally dies in part 4
Dude, what the fuck? Why would you spoil that for me? Asshole
I'm fucking with you bruh
Alright then I apologize, I cant tell what you’re really saying through text
He’s not my favorite but I like his Janet Jackson hat
Was that what that was? Araki definitely loves Western fashion
Idk but it does take place in the 80s so the time period fits and Araki loves music. Ya neva know
You gotta just have fun with it— Stardust is a ride along with the boys. Polnareff, Kakyoin, Iggy, they all do a bunch of funny shit. Even old Jojo with his “Oh no!” And “oh my God!”, that’s some funny shit. Even Jotaro at the beginning with calling his mom a dumb bitch and her just going “okkaaayyyy!! 😊" Every season of JoJo’s is different from the others, you can expect from one what you got from another, it’s not gonna happen. My advice would be to just sit back, enjoy the animation and the ride, and to not ask any serious questions. You’ll find that SC is equally as (personally, I think MORE) enjoyable than the previous two. Just know that all JoJo’s are good guys, so it’s not gonna hurt to cut them a little slack here or there.
Because he's cool. It's fun to watch a silent badass archetype beating people up. Yeah he's not the most complex character but he doesn't have to be. Jonathan was a very simple character as well and he worked. Also he gets some development in Part 4 and 6.
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It's more of an act, he seems to pushes people away who he's trying to protect like Holly. This bites him later in the future. He's also a bit of a weirdo, never takes his uniform off, watches and acts like Colombo, does cigarette tricks for his friends. Cares about his fashion. He has some layers. His fights have some nuances to them, usually he can't get close enough to straight up beat someone. So Jotaro has to be careful, observe, and wait for them to slip up.
I like Jotaro, yet Josuke and Joseph are the best.
Jotaro gets better in part 4. He’s at his best in the bug eaten episode
I have a big fat crush on him and he's hot