The super-burning comics of the late 80s
In 1989, Japanese manga artist Hiroohiko Araki began to serialize the third "Stardust Fighter" of "JOJO Wonderful Adventure", from the third part, Jojo manga became very exciting, the story plot, characters became full of charm and rich in detail, Seitarō Kujo and his grandfather Joseph, Abdel, Hanagyoin Norimitsu and later Porunayev, the original purpose of overthrowing DIO was not to maintain world peace, but to save Kujo Seintaro's mother and save his mother.
Maintaining peace has become a cliché that has been used too much, and at that time, Japan was entering the era of bubble economy, life had become difficult, and if even its own survival became a problem, it did not matter how the world became.
However, if the mother encountered danger, even if she was in danger, she would try her best to work hard for the mother, and people at that time were trying to live hard with such a mood.
This "JOJO" has become very beautiful, but there are also some puzzling places in the story, becoming unsolved mysteries and listening to the story.
1. Abd al-Abu's tarot divination
The first appearance of tarot cards in "Stardust Fighter" is when the DIMO controls the sarcoma of Hana Kyoin, and before the 4 people are about to leave for Egypt and set off, Muhammad Abdell names the ripples for everyone, so that everyone does not look at the pattern, and draws one at will, he said that this is a playing card representing fate - the tarot card, which can both hint at your fate and the ability of the ripples.
But before Abdal used the Tarot card to name his stand-in messenger, in fact, Hana Kyoin Noriaki already knew and said the name of his stand-in," the "Green Emperor", including Porunayev, who appeared later, and more detailed than Abudel's "silver chariot", which could split the vacuum.
So, Abuder's tarot card is really just a premonition of the name and ability of the stand-in? So why did all the stand-in messengers at that time happen to be only these two dozen or so who just happened to have a tarot card? Is this a coincidence?
2. The true face of the "Gray Tower"
The first stand-in messenger sent by the DIO side is the "Grey Tower", according to Abdel's interpretation, the "Grey Tower" represents destruction and disaster, and it is rumored that he is the Ripple Killer used by DIO to create accident disasters, and finally the "Grey Tower" is defeated by the "Green Emperor" of Hana Kyoin.
Everyone did not find the bud of DIO controlling The Flower Kyoin Canon from the "Grey Tower", Abudel explained that this "Grey Tower" is a greedy guy, often causing accidents to steal the victim's money, how can such a greedy person be equated with bravery?
But the truth is that the "Gray Tower" killed the pilot of the plane, wanted to die with Shotaro and the others at the beginning, and used all his strength in the last moments of his life to praise dio and curse the 4 people who went to Egypt to die. The emergence of the "gray tower" released a signal that DIO has an extraordinary personality charm.
3, humans can get rid of the control of DIO granulation?
From the appearance of the first Hana Kyoin-in Cannibal who was controlled by DIO, everyone knows that the "granulation bud" - the granulation bud grown by DIO cells can penetrate deep into the human brain and control people's mental state, but who can get rid of the control of the "granulation"?
When everyone arrived in southeast Asia, there appeared a "two-handed male" warrior who fought for the DIO and searched for the murderer of his sister, the "silver chariot" Porunayev.
Porunayev explained his tarot stand-in messenger, the "silver chariot", which represented invasion and victory, and he also indirectly said the tarot card meaning of the "red magician" Abdal: a magician who has the ability to manipulate the flame of the beginning, the world was surrounded by flames at the beginning.
However, although Porunayev, like Hana kyoin Norimitsu, was manipulated by dio with granulation, after Abdul defeated Porunayev, the chivalry of the "Silver Chariot" defeated DIO's orders and threw away the dagger that was ready to be thrown at Abdal.
Can humans get rid of mental control that goes deep into the brain?
4. Evil spirits? Guardian Spirits?
Everyone, including Joseph Josda, Shotaro, and Abdel, believes that the Ghost Ripple Stand-in Messenger is an "evil spirit", and Joseph even says that this is the curse of dio, but still relies on this "curse" to overcome danger again and again when danger comes.
On the other hand, on the DIO side, Enya's mother-in-law who awakened the DIO substitute believed at the beginning that the substitute messenger is the guardian spirit, and everyone's guardian spirit power is different, and the ripples that can awaken the guardian spirit affect everyone's life, why is the DIO side ideologically higher than the Seitaro side in terms of ideology of the substitute messenger, but finally failed?
5. About "Fear"
On their way from the Mekong to Singapore, they encounter the "Blue Dark Moon" disguised as the captain, heralding the troubles under the water, lies, fear, and fear of the unknown world.
The appearance of the "Dark Moon of The Blue" is not accidental, because dio, who is far away in Egypt, is discussing the meaning of human existence with Enya's mother-in-law at this time, "Why do people live?" Grandma Enya believes that people live to "take what they want for themselves." ”
DIO laughed it off, he believes that overcoming fear is the meaning of human "survival", and the more fearless people are, the farther they can go. The tarot card, reminiscent of the "Dark Moon of The Green Moon," suggests that it is so difficult that most people do the same thing day after day, is it really because of the "fear of the unknown world"?
The ending of the defeat of "Aoi No Dark Moon" is very allegorical, Shotaro seems to be completely restrained in the water, but in the end he only moved his finger to defeat the other party, is Araki Sensei's meaning: as long as you want, you can?
6. Joseph's Revelation
After defeating the "Grey Tower" by plane, due to the delay in the trip, everyone was worried about whether they could reach Egypt in 50 days to defeat dio, at this time, In order to strengthen everyone's belief, Joseph gave an example - "Around the World in Eighty Days", an adventure novel written by the French novelist Jules Verne in 1873.
The protagonist of the novel, Fogg, bet 70 days to travel the world in 1872, and after traveling the road, he had missed the last day when he reached the end, but in the end they found that the time was wrong, and the transnational international day was changed and got another precious day, which took exactly 70 days.
The walking route of Joseph and others is roughly the same as that of "Around the World in Eighty Days", and in the end it is also facing the test of time - dio's stand-in messenger, the "world" that can stop time, is this a hint given by Araki Hiruhiko through Joseph?
7. The terrifying awakening of the shining
Araki Hirohiko implanted more than once in the manga a clip from the 1980 horror film The Shining, and both were protagonists of the "Silver Chariot" Porunayev, the first time when he confronted the stand-in messenger "Demon", and the second time was against the messenger "Seth God", who could make people smaller.
The horror of "The Shining" lies in the fact that he scares himself, which leads to the protagonist's final insanity, Polonaev initially works for DIO, the granulation is not very important to him, he can control his will, that is to say, the original "silver chariot" is to recognize the personal charm of DIO.
However, after joining Shotaro's gang, he challenged dio, and in the final showdown at the big house, Porunayev saw DIO again.
But at this time, he is like the protagonist in "The Shining", although he wants to fight in his heart, his feet do not listen to the call, and the fear in his heart begins to slowly prevail.
What is Araki constantly implanting The Shining clips for? Why is It that Porunayev is the protagonist again and again? He joined Seitaro's clan to avenge his sister, but after revenge, in order to fight dio? What exactly does The Shining imply?
In the end, the ending of the third part ended in the final battle with dio, but many mysteries have not been fully solved, and this comic that has been 30 years old has left us with many details worth thinking about.