The funny thing is that this arc shapes up to be great at first. Both stances are completely accurate, to be fair, and Honey’s Anime does not aim to discredit smart themes in manga, but to make those themes compelling to the reader, the narrative that communicates them must first be interesting and Stone Ocean doesn’t do as good a job there as most parts of the series do. Some say it’s a train wreck that was derailed by too many changes in direction for one story others say it’s an artistic masterpiece with some of the most interesting philosophical musings in popular fiction. For those that didn’t like this part the first time around, we strongly recommend revisiting it after catching up to the rest of the series so as to experience it in a whole new light.Īnd here it is, easily the most divisive part of Jojo’s. Without spoiling too much, major events throughout the rest of the series are sometimes so closely tied to the events of Part 1 as to contextualize the entire saga, adding layers of depth to what initially seemed like a mostly straightforward good-vs-evil narrative. And yet, the strengths it does have are bolstered by the ripple effect (pun intended) the arc has throughout the rest of the story. For every cool character, there’s another with no personality for every memorable drawing, there’s another that’s comically awkward and for every creative and inventive fight, there’s another where the good guys win by doing nothing more than walking up to the bad guy and punching them really hard.
To be clear, Phantom Blood is Jojo's Bizarre Adventure in its least polished form, by a longshot. It may come as a shock then that it’s actually a lot better than many may remember. Despite kickstarting the international phenomenon that is JoJo’s, the introductory saga is the one fans spend a lot of time telling their friends to just push through to get to the good stuff.
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