Josuke is a Cloudcuckoolander with strange behaviors and personality traits such as being obsessed with measurements and sleeping under the mattress. His lack of common sense due to being an Amnesiac Hero often makes him come across as goofy in a cute way.
Yasuho Hirose has a number of moments that shows she's just as goofy as Josuke, such as her realization that she can lick her own elbow.
Arc Fatigue: The final fight with Wonder of U was notorious among the fans for feeling dragged out. Due to the manga's monthly release schedule and Wonder of U's ability to send Calamity upon anyone who so much as thinks of attacking him, the fight seemed like mostly Josuke and Rai literally sitting around doing nothing, and waiting for the boss to make a move first. All the while, Wonder of U throws ever-new Rock Insects at them, dragging the battle out even more (even though there were only two Rock Insects). The hiatuses inbetween the chapters did not help either, nor did the many pages reiterating information that was already well-established.
Joshu Higashikata is often hated for his ugly appearance and perverted, possessive behavior (especially towards Yasuho), which many readers find cringe-inducing at best and outright disturbing at worst. Despite this, he also has plenty of defenders, who either Love to Hate, or just plain love him, and find his Jerkass antics entertaining rather than annoying.
The Big Bad was a huge mystery for most of JoJolion's run, so the revelation of their identity was far from universally beloved. Many people didn't like Toru as the main villain with complaints such as him being introduced too late, his much less menacing design compared to other main villains, and that he is such a major Hero Killer who offs so many beloved characters before they really have a chance to shine and thus being the character most responsible for a lot of this part's They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character reactions. However, there are also some who like him precisely because of his mysterious background and motivation and his exceptionally memorable, dangerous Stand.
After the Doobie Wah! fight, Yasuho and Josuke go for a walk by the sea. The latter is asked by the former to sing, at which point Josuke starts singing about liking fries and disliking fried chicken.
Chapter 89 continues Josuke and Rai's chase of Satoru Akefu, starting with the two hiding while they lick their wounds... in a Lamborghini that's just inexplicably up on a tree in Morioh's suburbs. Adding to the strangeness is the fact that a public custodian prepares to start pruning the branches of the tree they're in, at which point Rai asks him to postpone it, thus revealing that he's an associate of Rai and regularly delivers to him his wife's peaches. None of these details appear to be receiving any further explanations anytime soon.
Once Toru's been killed and the Higashikata disease has been cured, Norisuke is found to be still alive, and the paramedics are called. A (relatively) happy ending! Except suddenly, the Wonder of U emerges from Norisuke's body and worsens his wounds, despite its user having been already killed; this is accompanied by ominous statements about how the Stand is the embodiment of the Law of Calamity itself and how a Calamity can never be destroyed. Except then Josuke arrives out of nowhere and kills it once and for all, and the Calamity is stated to be over.
Broken Base: The "Wonder of U" arc, the finale of the story: the climactic battle with the aforementioned Stand is considered by some as one of the best final arcs in the whole series for its thrilling nature and the creative and threatening ability of the Stand, but others find the main villain and the Stand's user, Toru, to be one of the weakest villains in the series, negating some of the arc's thrills. Many think the battle drags on way too long, pointlessly kills beloved characters such as Jobin and Kei, and ends very anticlimactically.
Captain Obvious Reveal: Given his sudden debut late into the story combined with it being mentioned he worked at the hospital, basically no one in the fandom was surprised when Chapter 97 revealed Toru was working for the Head Doctor. What was a little more surprising when it was revealed not long after that Toru actually was the Head Doctor (or rather, that "Satoru Akefu" was actually Toru's Stand, Wonder of U), but even this had been predicted somewhat in advance.
Damo is responsible for the tragedies of the Higashikata family, including the deaths of Kira and Josefumi. It's thus satisfying to see him get his comeuppance, with him getting skewered by Hato, the girl he manipulated sweetening the deal, and having his face caved in by Josuke when he tried to negotiate.
After about twenty chapters of being an Invincible Villain and ten chapters of him being a Smug Snake, it's incredibly satisfying to see Wonder of U get a chunk of his skull ripped out thanks to Kei. In Chapter 106, it feels so good finally seeing Josuke's bubble score a direct hit on Toru twice that completely mangles the latter's body and leaving him a bleeding mess. It all culminates in 107-108 shortly afterward where he's unwittingly used by Kaato in an Equivalent Exchange to heal Tsurugi, leaving him to die undignified as he begs pitifully to Yasuho to save him to no avail, and his Stand remaining posthumously after his death being demolished by Josuke.
Common Knowledge: It's often claimed that the flashforward at the start of the final arc showing Tsurugi dragging Norisuke's seemingly dead body off in a body-bag is one of the multiple forgotten or changed plot threads present throughout the series. This is not true however, as the scene actually leads into the climax where Toru attacks him, with the reader even able to see the body-bag in the scene. The reason for the confusion is that the Higashikata siblings are shown happily conversing together during the flashforward, when this is actually at a different point in time, something indicating by the use of a white fade used in other places to indicate the passage of time.
Toru is the true mastermind of the Locacaca Organization and Rock Humans of Morioh. An improbably old entity who has cultivated the Locacaca fruit and used it to experiment on and profit off of hapless victims for decades, Toru would stalk and groom Yasuho since childhood for the purposes of both using her Stand, and disturbingly seducing her for fun. Using his organization and a nightmarish guardrail creature to murder dozens of people who stumble onto his operation over the years while coldly disposing of or abandoning his own allies when it suits him, Toru uses his Stand, Wonder of U, to murder the parents of Rai Mamezuku, a reporter investigating him, and plenty of unsuspecting bystanders who get caught up in its effects. When confronted by the heroes, Toruorchestrates the deaths of Rai, Kei, and Jobin while endangering the entire Higashikata family, and tries to sacrifice Yasuho to save his own life. Toru plans to flood the Black Market with Locacaca and sit back as its effects throw the world into chaos, leaving only himself to rise above the ashes of upheaval as a supreme being, caring only for his power base and belief that his memories will be all that is left of humanity when he is through.
Tamaki Damo is a Rock Human and the head of the Locacaca Organization's smuggling branch, standing out as the most sadistic member of the group. The primary source of the fruit being brought into Japan and sold under false pretenses to people unaware of the danger, Damo enjoys using his Stand, Vitamin C, to liquefy his opponents, then take his time horribly torturing and mutilating them. Subjecting Yoshikage Kira and his friend Josefumi to this fate after they stole from Damo, Damo sadistically goads them into betraying each other, claiming he'll spare the first one who turns snitch while truthfully intending to kill them both. Later assaulting the Higashikata home by making Hato fall for him, Damo horribly tortures Norisuke by letting fish swim through his organs and lighting him on fire; plans to vivisect and murder his entire family in front of him; and pathetically tries to prey on Hato's love for him to give him time to betray and murder her.
Contested Sequel: JoJoLion is probably one of the most divisive parts in the series, giving even Stone Ocean a run for its money. Many appreciate it for its general sense of mystery and intrigue, and having some of the most praised characters in the series such as Yasuho and Jobin, potentially even considering it one of the best JoJo parts. However, others have criticized it for its length, slow pacing, and reliance on mystery-box storytelling, with many of these mystery boxes such as "Flashback Man", "Beach Baby", and even Holly's conditionnever getting resolved by the story's end.
Die for Our Ship: Toru got hit with this hard, due to trying to go after Yasuho; violating the fan-favorite ship between Josuke and her. And unlike Joshu, he's taken completely seriously by the story. This hate later became justified by The Reveal that he's the Big Bad of the part, though at that point, any chance he had with Yasuho completely evaporated, and the Die for Our Ship sentiment was replaced by the standard hate every villain gets.
Draco in Leather Pants: Joshu is a divisive character, with some hating him for being an asshole and some loving him for the same reason, but a small subset of fans defend his actions due to him being the The Un-Favourite and Butt-Monkey of the family and his occasional heroic actions. However, these defenders will sometimes ignore his selfish motivations and awful actions like his creepy behavior towards Yasuho, instead understanding him as misunderstood.
Tamaki Damo has been seen as one of the greatest minor villains in the series (second only to/on par with Ringo, depending who you ask) and one of the greatest examples of a Climax Boss, in no small part to his cold and twisted personality and the sheer genius of his Stand. A number of people are even disappointed he wasn't the Big Bad.
Kei Nijimura has a small fanbase for herself due to her cool design and Stand. Most of her fans are disappointed by her now minor role in the story, but rejoiced at her return in Chapter 102 before reacting with sadness and anger at her sudden death the next chapter.
Ojiro's brief return led to the long-forgotten Starter Villain being absolutely adored for how much he Took a Level in Badass, more or less catching up with half the manga's plotline from doing basic research, and having a surprisingly legitimate loving relationship where it seemed at first to be a Gold Digger situation.
Yoshikage Kira is one of the most popular characters in the part despite being a Posthumous Character. He is seen as a badass character that combines the well-loved aspects of Jotaro and the original Kira.
Epileptic Trees: JoJolion is notorious for giving rise to multitudes of theories due to its numerous mysteries, many of which don't receive an explicit answer by the story's conclusion. Some of the theories include out-there guesses to longstanding questions as to who the main/final villain will be, when certain key characters will return, which members of the cast were secret Rock Humans all along, fervent speculation on the identities of the "Flashback Man" or "Beach Baby", or even believing Johnny Joestar became a Saint that blessed the town of Morioh. The part's nature as a breeding ground for crackpot theories has become one of its most iconic and memetic traits, and subject to a lot of joking and mockery.
Estrogen Brigade: The larger female cast in this part makes it one of the more popular parts among female fans despite the series' mostly male fanbase. It helps that Yasuho is a deuteragonist in the story and is one of the most multi-dimensional female characters in the series.
Evil Is Cool: Several of the Rock Humans manage to be dangerous adversaries with unique powers to make them threatening and competent. Additionally, there are other people that not Rock Humans in the part that manage to be just as menacing.
Tamaki Damo has a seemingly harmless yet lethally effective Stand that he uses to effortlessly disable not only the entire Higashikata household, but No-Sellthe part's iteration of Killer Queen, which had been nigh-unstoppable in its Part 4 predecessor's debut with relative ease. Additionally, he has a charismatic mix of no-nonsense professionalism and gleeful sadism, and nothing of his Gonk appearance detracts from his threat. It got to the point where they wished he and not Toru was the actual Big Bad of the part.
Ojiro Sasame initially averted this by being laughably incompetent once the nature of his powers were revealed, given that both Josuke and half of his previous incarnation, Yoshikage Kira manage to humiliate him with ease. However, when he returned, he proved not so inept by cornering Jobin with ease with his powers proving to be much more versatile than initially assumed with a much confident demeanor, being aware of the current situation of the story, and being in a loving relationship that was initially assumed to be a simple Gold Digger scenario. Fans were disappointed that Jobin managed to kill him almost immediately after his comeback once he managed to outsmart him.
Jobin Higashikata is an Anti-Villain that is at odds with Josuke and his family due to his desire to make the family stay on top due to his dealings with the Rock Humans, while also having the sympathetic goal of curing his son of the family curse and having genuine love for his wife/family in spite of his actions. He manages to be silly one moment, intimidating the next, possessing a seemingly harmless, but inventively deadly power within his Stand, and a ruthlessness to achieve his. Fans were again disappointed that he was easily killed off by Wonder of U just when he was about to take more drastic measures with his plan- wishing he was the Big Bad instead.
While Toru himself is a very polarising figure, his Stand, Wonder of U, in spite of his late debut, once the true nature of his powers are revealed, proves to be one of the tensest final battles of the entire series for managing to kill several characters at once effortlessly, possessing a far cooler demeanour compared to the previously hammy main villains, being a No-Nonsense Nemesis that prepares traps in the case he's cornered in spite of his awesome power, and manages to make wearing a bowler hat and suit while normally under the guise of an 89 year old man look incredibly intimidating.
Whilst they were initially described as being fairly incompatible with humans, yet with their own beliefs, bonds and desires, later descriptions and depictions of the Rock Humans described the entire race as villainous and morally bankrupt eco-warriors who are incapable of friendship and despise humanity at best. Asides from it ruling out the possibility of a Rock Human ally, many people felt it also completely ignored previous interactions we have seen Rock Humans perform, such as Yotsuyu comforting Aisho after his girlfriend cheated on him, and Dolomite sacrificing his health to save his blind girlfriend from danger.
The initial explanation for Wonder of U's ability was relatively straightforward: if you try to pursue the head doctor, you will collide with an object and be injured. However, later explanations of the ability were much more complicated and confusing, with many fans preferring how the stand was originally portrayed.
Fandom-Specific Plot: Kira and Josefumi both being alive and raising Josuke as their child.
Fumi's Stand is called Hermit Purple by fans despite it being unnamed. That's because Fumi is the new universe's incarnation of Joeseph Joestar.
The unnamed man Josuke sees in an unexplained vision has been dubbed "Flashback Man" by fans.
The mysterious baby who washes up on a beach covered in jewelry has been nicknamed "Beach Baby" or "Bling Bling Baby".
The "Every Day is a Summer Vacation" arc is usually called "Beetle Tendency" by fans, a pun on Battle Tendency and the fact that it's about stag beetle fights.
Fashion-Victim Villain: Aishou Dainenjiyama looks like he doesn't know how to wear clothes, with him wearing a sweater on his head among other things.
Araki's known predilection for Writing by the Seat of Your Pants is famous enough for the fandom to turn "Araki forgot" into a meme. But whereas it was usually considered a frustrating but ultimately minor and forgivable issue in other parts, in the case of JoJolion, many feel that it ends up negatively affecting the story in a much more severe fashion this time. This is because this particular story is proper Mystery Fiction, a.k.a. a genre more reliant on pre-planned story elements like Chekhov's Gun and The Law of Conservation of Detail, and the fact that there are so many ultimately unresolved plotlines and wasted characters is harder for many fans to stomach.
Automatic Stands (i.e. Stands that could work independently of their user along having a massive range) are one of many Stand types seen throughout JoJo. Because of their inherent power, they're used sparingly in each part, only making up a small percentage of the various Stands seen. Over half of JoJolion Stands are automatic however; including main character Yasuho's Paisley Park and even the Big Bad's Wonder of U. Automatic Stand encounters also tend to be incredibly formulaic: deal with Stand long enough to find their User, and eliminate them instead. This happens several times in JoJolion; even the lengthy final arc itself is a long drawn-out version of this exact formula. As such, many grew tired of automatic Stands over the course of Part 8's run, and is a primary reason behind the final arc's Arc Fatigue and fan derision.
Multiple parts have had the protagonist defeat the seemingly unstoppable main villain by suddenly developing an even more powerful 11th-Hour Superpower. This has drawn some criticism from fans in the past, but these new abilities are usually earnednote like the final stretch of Golden Wind being dedicated to pursuing the Requiem Arrow to stand a chance against the boss and don't automatically win the fightnote Jotaro learning how to stop time didn't instantly kill Dio; he had to outsmart him with his newfound ability still. Soft and Wet: Go Beyond is the most derided example because it only had minor foreshadowing and anticlimactically defeated Wonder of U after a long arc. Rai previously implied that Josuke could use the spin, but unlike Johnny, there's no extensive training between that initial appearance of the spin and the use of Go Beyond. This new ability just happened to be able to defeat the unstoppable Calamity. At this point, fans were tired of Araki using this trope and just wanted to see the antagonist be defeated using existing stand powers.
I Knew It!: Many correctly assumed that Fumi was the new continuity's version of Joseph Joestar.
JoJolion seems to have a conscious aversion to forgetting its older characters, unlike many previous parts like Diamond is Unbreakable and Golden Wind. When the focus of the story shifts from Josuke's Quest for Identity to Josuke trying to save Holly, many of the characters introduced early on seemingly drop out of the narrative completely. Later chapters bring many of characters back in a major way, at the very least giving some closure on their whereabouts.
Relating to the above, JoJolion has the highest density of female main characters since Stone Ocean. This includes Yasuho, who manages to be just as badass as the rest of the protagonists while having a Stand that isn't even suited for combat.
The Rock Human Aisho. Despite the fact that he was part of a smuggling ring and Would Hurt a Child, life was far from kind to him at that point. His girlfriend, after learning of his need for month-long hibernation periods, takes advantage of said period to cheat on him and even sold off his property. By the time he woke up, his home and girlfriend were gone, and fellow Rock Human Yotsuyu had to break the news that he was duped and abandoned.
Jobin Higashikata is probably the most sympathetic villain since Part 6's Enrico Pucci. Bullied as a child for his condition and forced to procure illicit pictures of his own mother, he ends up killing his bully in self-defense. His key goal was simply to save his family, including his son, from the curse that had plagued their family even if he has to kill in order to do so. When he's driven to incapacitate Norisuke via Speed King, you'll either want to kick him in the balls, or give him a hug as he tears up realizing what he had done. Fans were heartbroken at his death via Wonder of U.
Magnificent Bastard: Kaato Higashikata is the matriarch of the current genration of the Higashikata Family, and a vital part of developing the ambitious Jobin Higashikata. Having covered up and later taking the fall for Jobin's Accidental Murder of his own bully when he was a kid, she teached him into taking priority of his family over everything, which would lead him up into being involved with the Locacaca conspiracy to cure the family's curse, which involved the eldest son always being killed by a mysterious illness. Having served her time in jail, she makes it clear that she plans to take her reward for sacrificing so much for her family, often giving Jobin guidance with his plans. In the final battle, after her son Jobin was killed, she steps up into the fight between Tooru and the heroes by calmly bypassing the immaculately powerful "Wonder of U", holds him down, and uses the new version of the Locacaca to bypass the family's curse unto Tooru, killing him once and for all. Although she ends up killed by Tooru's power, she acknowledges it, and ends up being successful on carrying out her son's mission.
Narm: Radio Gaga, the mysterious guard rail (possibly a Rock Animal) in the epilogue who's been luring and devouring people near the Higashikata orchard is an incredibly surreal and terrifying foe, but as it tries to slurp in Lucy, who stares back at it, it reveals its eyes and does a strange, flirty expression, and then the "slurp" onomatopoeia it makes is punctuated by a little heart at the end, all of which somewhat lessens the tension of the scene.
Rai Mamekuzu's Stand is named Doggy Style. Doggy Style.JJBA is no stranger to ridiculous Stand names, so it doesn't really kill any drama, but a lot of fans in the West were either baffled, giggling, or both when they first found out.
Mamezuku: Do you know what I'm trying to do with my Doggy Style...? Josuke knows.
Dododo de Dadada. The insect was meant to be a curveball to spice up the fight between Josuke and Akefu, but between its name, design, and having one of (if not the) most ridiculous powers in a part already infamous for them, it's on its way to becoming iconic for all the wrong reasons. The fact that it played a major part in Rai's Dark and Troubled Past has not helped its case in the slightest.
Never Live It Down: Some people believe that Joshu would be willing to rape Yasuho if he got the chance. This is based on an out-of-context scene in Chapter 25 where he appears to be forcing himself onto her, until she retaliates by hitting him on the head with a toilet tank lid. In context, it's all a misunderstanding, as she thought Joshu was Josuke (she was under the effects of a sense-confusing Stand), he was misinterpreting Yasuho's actions and words as her asking for sex, and he paused as soon as he figured out she was confusing him with Josuke. After the chapter ends, he never tries to sexually assault Yasuho in any way. This misconception likely originated in between the release of the raw chapter and the fan translation, due to English-speaking fans seeing the images but not being able to understand the dialogue, causing the scene to look like Attempted Rape.
One True Pairing: In contrast to previous parts where fans preferred to ship the protagonists with their JoBros or rivals over their canonical Love Interests, Josuke/Yasuho is the most popular pairing of this part. This is because while previous protagonists did not have enough screentime with their canonical love interests to sell their relationship, Josuke and Yasuho have a lot of moments together that made their relationship both believable and endearing to readers. It also helps that Josuke's "JoBro" Rai Mamezuku is much older than Josuke (being in his early 30s) while his "rival" Joshu is, well, Joshu.
Born This Way, at least until Josuke figure out how it works. It just keeps showing up out of nowhere!
Wonder of U activates whenever you're pursuing the Head Doctor by having random things violently attack you — including just the thought or intent of that action! Not helped by the fact that it sends illusory images to keep that effect ongoing!
The Qing Dynasty Hair Clip and Radio Gaga provide a more psychologically disturbing side of Rock Creatures. While most Rock Humans are a case of Spot the Imposter, and most Rock Animals are abstractly designed, the Hair Clip and Radio Gaga are completely unassuming at a first glance, looking to be a normal hair clip and guardrail respectively, but the former implants Mind Rape chemicals into your brain that will drive you to suicide, and the latter will devour you whole starting with your clothes. Even normal, everyday objects could be a Rock Creature in disguise.
Recurring Fanon Character: Haruno Higashikata is an original character based off of what would have happened if the other half of the Kira/Josefumi exchange survived. He became incredibly prolific, with people claiming that he had always existed, editing him into shots and claiming that if you didn't know him you were faking even reading Part 8 in the first place.
Still manages to pull this off even though this part is more drama-focused than previous ones. Really kicks in when it's revealed that Josuke is a fusion of Josefumi and Kira.
After Chapter 93 and 94 seems to build up for Yasuho to get Killed Off for Real before ending with a two-month hiatus, Chapter 95 reveals that it's not Yasuho who gets killed off. It's Norisuke. And then Chapter 96 reveals that Norisuke is Not Quite Dead, only for Chapter 97 to have the Head Doctor seemingly kill Jobin.
Chapter 99 brings out a revelation no one would have expected with the appearance of the Stone Mask AND the StandArrows, alongside Lucy Steel mentioning the Devil Palms and the Ground of Morioh, implying all hold similar power considering they are all related to stone or earth in some way.
Signature Series Arc: The most memorable story arc in this part is "Every Day is a Summer Vacation", better known by its Fan Nickname of "Beetle Tendency", due to its wildly out-there premise of fighting indirectly by betting on stag beetle fights.
In order to distract a police officer outside his hospital room, Josuke uses Soft & Wet to rob her of her bodily fluids in order to make her thirsty, which results in the police officer having her body filled with holes that cause her body water to profusely gush out.
When Joshu points out that Hato has lost weight, he points out that she's raising a pet tapeworm inside of her.
The scene where Joshu sexually harasses his mother has grossed out many fans, though some fans defend this as him intentionally trying to scare Kaato from rejoining the family.
Toru's relationship with Yasuho becomes this retroactively as it became clear Toru has not only been alive since the 1940s without physically aging due to being a Rock Human, but he had known Yasuho herself since she was a child while he himself not visibly aging a day, and implied to Toru's had a physical relationship with her once she was in her teens. It becomes especially disgusting when he briefly mentions that she used to get "soaking wet because of [his] fingers".
Take That, Scrappy!: After being a creep to Yasuho for the entire story, Joshu gets his arm stolen to heal Yasuho after she eats the New Locacaca.
Many of the supporting cast members have only been plot-relevant in their formal introduction arc, and many fans were wishing for them to become relevant again. This reaction later diminished as seemingly forgotten characters have returned in later chapters, though a few of them ended up having A Death in the Limelight instead which still brought about the feelings of them being wasted once more (See Too Cool to Live below for more information).
One character that doesn't die who fans feel was wasted is Holly Joestar-Kira. Revealed to be the kickass mom of Yoshikage Kira and Kei Nijimura, her backstory of being inflicted with a coma-inducing Rock Curse from Rock Human scientists is what sets into motion the plot of JoJolion, with Josuke setting out to finish what Kira and Josefumi started. The story is initially advertised about freeing her from her Rock Curse, but by the end, these Arc Words are twisted to reflect Tsurugi's Rock Curse instead, and while it's implied there may be a cure, Holly's fate is left completely unknown, with Kei dead and Kira (now as Josuke) living a new life among the Higashikatas.
Another notable contender of this trope is Kaato Hagashikata. Many people think that she had great potential to be the focus of a major reveal (Most commonly that she was secretly a Rock Human), and even be the Big Bad, or at least a Post-Final Boss. However, she is killed unceremoniously by Toru after her one major addition to the story, facilitating Tsurugi's Equivalent Exchange.
The Rock Humans in general are rather unexplored. Aside from their bizarre societal behaviors and their connection to both Rock Diseases and the Locacaca, there's nothing about the Rock Humans that makes them all too different from regular humans. Some fans also have wondered where the Rock Humans originate from, since they're nowhere to be seen during the events of Steel Ball Run and have seemingly existed since at least the 1940s via Toru's appearance in a flashback, but even this question never got answered, leaving fans wanting to learn more about the Rock Humans besides what Araki has provided on the surface.
Daiya and Hato, despite receiving focus in early arcs and being interesting characters, played virtually no role in the rest of the plot and felt like background characters for the majority of the story.
Many were disappointed that Toru's backstory and motivations weren’t given more focus. Every other main villain in the series has their motivations explored in detail and a flashback scene showing more of their backstory. Meanwhile, all we get of Toru's backstory is a scene showing him being born and eventually growing to adult size. Fans wished that the part's Big Bad had a more detailed motivation. Others miss his bizarre, assholish personality his character originally had before he showed his true colors and began acting like a serious, more generic villain.
Hell, there are many who believe Joshu was completely wasted, having multiple opportunities and indications that he was going to undergo a major character arc and mature into a responsible adult, but every time it felt like his character was progressing, he would somehow one-up his worst deed.
This part reveals that Johnny from Steel Ball Rundied ten years after the events of that part in order to save his dying child. Continuing the tradition of every lead Joestar aside from Joseph not being able to catch a guaranteed break.
A good version of Yoshikage Kira with Killer Queen, plus some upgraded abilities and Jotaro's personality? No way that will last.
The newand improvedOjiro Sasame comes back, kicks the ass of Jobin and Tsurugi so hard that all they can do to win is fake being more bloodied than they were, and then is unfortunately killed after making an extremely strong second impression.
Kei Nijimura, an Ensemble Dark Horse and eventually revealed to technically be Josuke's sister and therefore part of the Joestar bloodline, spends a long stretch of the part MIA before finally coming back for the final fight against Wonder of U, where they get killed off very suddenly and anticlimactically.
Rai Mamezuku, while being much more prevalent throughout the story, is just as much of an Ensemble Dark Horse for their quirky, yet level-headed personality, and in the same arc where the above dies, they die just as anticlimactically.
Jobin Higashitaka, serious Big Bad contender, grey morality extraordinaire and with an amazing Stand, dies from Toru's actions as well.
And, finally, and at the hands of the same character, Kaato Higashitaka, a mysterious figure and a very unusual portrayal of a mother in anime (and with a surprisingly powerful Stand, to boot) dies at the hands of Wonder of U's last throes.
Unexpected Character: No one expected the penultimate issue to focus around not any of the main cast, but to rather be a flashback focusing around Lucy Steel, who up to that point only appeared in a few brief scenes implying that she had become a U.S. government agent. In addition, the deuteragonist for that part is a young man only named "Fumi-Kun", who turns out to be the JoJolion verse of Joseph Joestar with his own version of Hermit Purple, making him Yoshikage Kira/Josuke's grandfather.
What the Hell, Costuming Department?: Contains some of the strangest outfits in the entire series thus far, such as Yotsuyu's spiky bodysuit and Toru, the leader of the Rock Humans and therefore one of the most important villains in the Part, wearing teddy bears on his sleeves.
