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* HairContrastDuo: Jonathan Joestar (brunet) and his adoptive brother/enemy Dio Brando (blond) are strongly contrasted: Jonathan is a dorky NiceGuy AllLovingHero born in an [[SpoiledSweet aristocratic family]], while Dio is an [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious evil since birth]] CardCarryingVillain born to the lower class. Jonathan wants to be "the perfect gentleman" and is willing to risk himself for strangers; Dio seeks to exploit and manipulate everyone for his own goals, culminating in his plan to take over the Joestar household (who ''willingly adopted him'' when his father died). As Jonathan and Dio gain supernatural powers, Jonathan wields [[ThePowerOfTheSun Hamon]] to fight [[AnIcePerson vampire]] Dio. Their appearances are further contrasted: Jonathan has TaremeEyes and [[BlueIsHeroic a blue shirt]] and is built like a {{Juggernaut}}, while Dio has TsurimeEyes, [[RedOniBlueOni red clothing]] and, in the anime, is more slender than Jonathan.

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* HairContrastDuo: Jonathan Joestar (brunet) and his adoptive brother/enemy Dio Brando (blond) are strongly contrasted: Jonathan is a dorky NiceGuy AllLovingHero born in an [[SpoiledSweet aristocratic family]], while Dio is an [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious evil since birth]] CardCarryingVillain born to the lower class. Jonathan wants to be "the perfect gentleman" and is willing to risk himself for strangers; Dio seeks to exploit and manipulate everyone for his own goals, culminating in his plan to take over the Joestar household (who ''willingly adopted him'' when his father died). As Jonathan and Dio gain supernatural powers, Jonathan wields [[ThePowerOfTheSun Hamon]] to fight [[AnIcePerson vampire]] Dio. Their appearances are further contrasted: Jonathan has TaremeEyes and [[BlueIsHeroic a blue shirt]] and is built like a {{Juggernaut}}, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernaut]], while Dio has TsurimeEyes, [[RedOniBlueOni red clothing]] and, in the anime, is more slender than Jonathan.
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* TwelveEpisodeAnime: Though the first season of the 2012 anime was a standard 26 episodes, it adapted two parts at once, with ''Phantom Blood'' only comprising the first nine episodes.
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''Phantom Blood'' was adapted into a beat-'em-up UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game and a film, both titled ''[=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood'', in 2006 and 2007 respectively as part of the franchise's 20th anniversary. The film is notable for now being impossible to view, having never been given a home release; only some promotional material and the first 16 minutes of a workprint can be found online. This arc was also adapted into the first 9 episodes of the 2012 anime. The English dub of the anime premiered in 2016 on Creator/{{Toonami}}.

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''Phantom Blood'' was adapted into a beat-'em-up UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 game and a film, both titled ''[=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood'', in 2006 and 2007 respectively as part of the franchise's 20th anniversary. The film is notable for now being impossible to view, having never been given a home release; only some promotional material and the first 16 minutes of a workprint can be found online. This arc was also adapted into the first 9 episodes of the 2012 anime. The English dub of the anime premiered in 2016 on Creator/{{Toonami}}.
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Darker And Edgier is about a shift towards darkness compared to past installments. Since Phantom Blood is the first part, it's not Darker And Edgier; it's the other parts that are Lighter And Softer.


* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to later Parts, ''Phantom Blood'' is very grim and takes itself quite seriously, especially since Dio had a woman eat her own baby, and ends with [[spoiler:the death of Jonathan]].
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* CompactInfiltrator: When [[TheHero Jonathan]] is fighting [[TheBrute Tarkus]], his allies Speedwagon and Zeppeli are unable to assist him due to a gate blocking the way. The TagalongKid Poco, who is also a CowardlyLion, finally gets to show some courage by crawling through a small hole in order to reach the lever that'll open the gate.
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* ProductionThrowback: An early chapter has Dio reading a manga with the title ''Manga/GorgeousIrene'', the name of Araki's previous series, on the cover.

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* ProductionThrowback: An early chapter has Dio reading a manga novel with the title ''Manga/GorgeousIrene'', the name of Araki's previous series, on the cover.
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* ProductionThrowback: An early chapter has Dio reading a manga with the title ''Manga/GorgeousIrene'', the name of Araki's previous series, on the cover.
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* TheDulcineaEffect: In the very first chapters of this manga, Jonathan is introduced as getting into a fight over a bullied little girl, while shouting, "I don't know who she is, but I'll fight for her!" That said, Jonathan said he did it do to being a gentleman and didn't care who she was. On the contrast, it was Irina who approached him when he was being bullied by Dio afterwards.

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* TheDulcineaEffect: In the very first chapters of this manga, Jonathan is introduced as getting into a fight over a bullied little girl, while shouting, "I don't know who she is, but I'll fight for her!" That said, Jonathan said he did it do due to being a gentleman and didn't care who she was. On the By contrast, it was Irina Erina who approached him when he was being bullied by Dio afterwards.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Jonathan notably grows from somewhat of an underdog to a guy strong enough to easily overpower Dio or drag several people across a rugby field. Then he learns how to fight vampires.

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* TookALevelInBadass: Jonathan Jonathan's potential is said to explode in times of great pressure. He notably grows from somewhat of an underdog a pampered kid to a guy strong enough to easily overpower Dio or drag several people across a rugby field. Then he learns how to fight vampires.
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* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: As a child, Dio kills his father with poison from a mysterious man, then years later, attempts to kill George Joestar with the same poison; this probably would have worked if Dio didn’t keep the letter that his father sent to George, in which, DIO’s father lists the symptoms of his "sickness" that George is now suffering through, allowing Jonathan to piece Dio's plan together.

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* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: As a child, Dio kills his father with poison from a mysterious man, Asia, then years later, attempts to kill George Joestar with the same poison; this probably would have worked if Dio didn’t keep the letter that his father sent to George, in which, DIO’s father lists the symptoms of his "sickness" that George is now suffering through, allowing Jonathan to piece Dio's plan together.



* ThePowerOfLove: During the first part of the story, Jonathan is a honorable and good-natured child who is unable to get an upper hand on his ruthless adoptive brother. After Dio steals Erina's first kiss, Jonathan finally finds the strength to give him a well-deserved beatdown by fighting for her honor.

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* ThePowerOfLove: During the first part of the story, Jonathan is a honorable meek, honorable, and good-natured child who is unable to get an upper hand on his ruthless adoptive brother. After Dio steals Erina's first kiss, Jonathan finally finds the strength to give him a well-deserved beatdown by fighting for her honor.
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* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: As a child, Dio kills his father with poison from a mysterious Asian man, then years later, attempts to kill George Joestar with the same poison; this probably would have worked if Dio didn’t keep the letter that his father sent to George, in which, DIO’s father lists the symptoms of his "sickness" that George is now suffering through, allowing Jonathan to piece Dio's plan together.

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* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: As a child, Dio kills his father with poison from a mysterious Asian man, then years later, attempts to kill George Joestar with the same poison; this probably would have worked if Dio didn’t keep the letter that his father sent to George, in which, DIO’s father lists the symptoms of his "sickness" that George is now suffering through, allowing Jonathan to piece Dio's plan together.



* ThePowerOfLove: During the first part of the story, Jonathan is a meek, honorable, and good-natured child who is unable to get an upper hand on his ruthless adoptive brother. After Dio steals Erina's first kiss, Jonathan finally finds the strength to give him a well-deserved beatdown by fighting for her honor.

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* ThePowerOfLove: During the first part of the story, Jonathan is a meek, honorable, honorable and good-natured child who is unable to get an upper hand on his ruthless adoptive brother. After Dio steals Erina's first kiss, Jonathan finally finds the strength to give him a well-deserved beatdown by fighting for her honor.
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* TheDulcineaEffect: In the very first chapters of this manga, Jonathan is introduced as getting into a fight over a bullied little girl, while shouting, "I don't know who she is, but I'll fight for her!"

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* TheDulcineaEffect: In the very first chapters of this manga, Jonathan is introduced as getting into a fight over a bullied little girl, while shouting, "I don't know who she is, but I'll fight for her!"her!" That said, Jonathan said he did it do to being a gentleman and didn't care who she was. On the contrast, it was Irina who approached him when he was being bullied by Dio afterwards.



** Stealing Erina's SacredFirstKiss from Jonathan.

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** Stealing Erina's SacredFirstKiss from Jonathan.against her will.



* TookALevelInBadass: Jonathan's potential is said to explode in times of great pressure. He notably grows from a pampered kid to a guy strong enough to easily overpower Dio or drag several people across a rugby field. Then he learns how to fight vampires.

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* TookALevelInBadass: Jonathan's potential is said to explode in times of great pressure. He Jonathan notably grows from a pampered kid somewhat of an underdog to a guy strong enough to easily overpower Dio or drag several people across a rugby field. Then he learns how to fight vampires.
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** This isn't the first time Creator/MarcDiraison has played [[LightNovel/FateZero a well-meaning but horribly inept and unwittingly abusive father who played favourites with his children]].

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** This isn't the first time Creator/MarcDiraison has played [[LightNovel/FateZero [[Literature/FateZero a well-meaning but horribly inept and unwittingly abusive father who played favourites with his children]].
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* SatelliteFamilyMember: Dio and Jonathan's parents. While both of their mothers were a case of DeceasedParentsAreTheBest, Dio's father Dario was an AssholeVictim {{Jerkass}} [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] who contributed to Dio becoming evil, and Jonathan's father Geroge turned Jonathan in the man he is. George adopted Dio after mistakenly thinking Dario saved his life is what kickstarts the plot.

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* SatelliteFamilyMember: Dio and Jonathan's parents. While both of their mothers were a case cases of DeceasedParentsAreTheBest, Dio's father Dario was an AssholeVictim {{Jerkass}} [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] who contributed to Dio becoming evil, and Jonathan's father Geroge George turned Jonathan in into the man he is. George adopted adopting Dio after mistakenly thinking Dario saved his life is what kickstarts the plot.
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* AllMonksKnowKungFu: Hamon and its associated martial art, Sendo, are mainly practiced by Tibetan monks. However, Zeppeli tells that the first Hamon user he's met was a healer.
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* SatelliteFamilyMember: Dio and Jonathan's parents. While both of their mothers were a case of DeceasedParentsAreTheBest, Dio's father Dario was an AssholeVictim {{Jerkass}} [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] who contributed to Dio becoming evil, and Jonathan's father Geroge turned Jonathan in the man he is. George adopted Dio after mistakenly thinking Dario saved his life is what kickstarts the plot.

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Dio's freezing is done through either a grab, or instantly as a Counter Attack when the opponent touches him, rather than an actual Elemental Punch.


** The anime removes the scene in the beginning of the manga where an Aztec man is offering a woman as a sacrifice for the Stone Mask to effectively {{Retcon}} the Pillar Men into being the mask's creators. {{Justified}} in that the Pillar Men did create the Stone Masks, meaning the anime simply removed it to keep the mystery around it.

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** The anime removes the scene in the beginning of the manga where an Aztec man is offering a woman as a sacrifice for the Stone Mask to effectively {{Retcon}} the Pillar Men into being the mask's creators. {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} in that the Pillar Men did create the Stone Masks, meaning the anime simply removed it to keep the mystery around it.



* AllMonksKnowKungFu: The Ripple and its associated martial art, the Way of the Hermit, are mainly practiced by Tibetan monks. However, Zeppeli tells that the first Ripple user he's met was a healer.

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* AllMonksKnowKungFu: The Ripple Hamon and its associated martial art, the Way of the Hermit, Sendo, are mainly practiced by Tibetan monks. However, Zeppeli tells that the first Ripple Hamon user he's met was a healer.



* ChainedHeat: Jonathan and Tarkus are momentarily chained together by the neck, putting Jonathan at an obvious disadvantage since he needs to properly breathe in order to properly use the Ripple. It takes Zeppeli sacrificing himself to power up Jonathan with the Ripple so he can break the collar.

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* ChainedHeat: Jonathan and Tarkus are momentarily chained together by the neck, putting Jonathan at an obvious disadvantage since he needs to properly breathe in order to properly use the Ripple. Hamon. It takes Zeppeli sacrificing himself to power up Jonathan with the Ripple Hamon so he can break the collar.



* ElementalPunch: As a vampire, Dio counters the Ripple by evaporating the water on and around his limbs at high speed, causing a drop of temperature great enough to freeze people when he punches or kicks them.



* TheShangriLa: We briefly see the Tibetan temple in which monks train in the art of the Ripple in the heart of the Himalaya.

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* TheShangriLa: We briefly see the Tibetan temple in which monks train in the art of the Ripple Hamon in the heart of the Himalaya.
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In the late 1880s, [[LonelyRichKid rich kid]] [[TheHero Jonathan Joestar]] (a.k.a. [=JoJo=]) is introduced to a [[SelfMadeOrphan newly orphaned youth]] named [[BigBad Dio]] [[DevilInPlainSight Brando]]. Jonathan's wealthy father George takes the boy in and raises him as his own to return the favor for Dio's late father, who accidentally saved George and Jonathan after a buggy crash that killed George's wife and Jonathan's mother, Mary. However, Dio is secretly scheming to take Jonathan's place as the favored son and heir to the Joestar family fortune. He torments Jonathan throughout their childhood in an attempt to break him, from [[KickTheDog kneeing Jonathan's dog in the jaw]] for no reason to [[SacredFirstKiss stealing his girlfriend's first kiss]]. When Jonathan's resolve seems insurmountable, however, Dio takes a new approach: building up a bond between them over many years while poisoning George. Things become complicated when Jonathan learns of these plans and confronts Dio, only for Dio to become a ''{{vampire}}'' using an ancient stone mask that Jonathan had been researching. After a [[BattleAmongstTheFlames fiery battle]], Jonathan is informed by a man named [[MentorArchetype William A. Zeppeli]] that Dio is still alive and plans to TakeOverTheWorld. He sets out on an adventure to train in the ways of [[PowerOfTheSun Hamon]] and destroy his undying foe for good.

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In the late 1880s, [[LonelyRichKid rich kid]] [[TheHero Jonathan Joestar]] (a.k.a. [=JoJo=]) is introduced to a [[SelfMadeOrphan newly orphaned youth]] named [[BigBad Dio]] [[DevilInPlainSight Brando]]. Jonathan's wealthy father George takes the boy in and raises him as his own to return the favor for Dio's late father, who accidentally saved George and Jonathan after a buggy crash that killed George's wife and Jonathan's mother, Mary. However, Dio is secretly scheming to take Jonathan's place as the favored son and heir to the Joestar family fortune. He torments Jonathan throughout their childhood in an attempt to break him, from [[KickTheDog kneeing Jonathan's dog in the jaw]] for no reason to [[SacredFirstKiss stealing his girlfriend's first kiss]]. When Jonathan's resolve seems insurmountable, however, Dio takes a new approach: building up a bond between them over many years while poisoning George. Things become complicated when Jonathan learns of these plans and confronts Dio, only for Dio to become a ''{{vampire}}'' ''[[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]]'' using an ancient stone mask that Jonathan had been researching. After a [[BattleAmongstTheFlames fiery battle]], Jonathan is informed by a man named [[MentorArchetype William A. Zeppeli]] that Dio is still alive and plans to TakeOverTheWorld. He sets out on an adventure to train in the ways of [[PowerOfTheSun Hamon]] and destroy his undying foe for good.

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* OffModel: The initial TV broadcast often had animation errors, such as shading being wrong or a character's face not matching their established facial structure. These were largely fixed in DVD releases.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: [[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shares a page with the rest of the franchise]].



* DubNameChange: Many official translations change around some of the character names to be able to be pronounced using Japanese phonetics. Particular examples include Straits into Straizo, Bruford into Blueford, and Tarkus into Tarukus.

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* DubNameChange: Many official translations change around some [[DubNameChange/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shares a page with the rest of the character names to be able to be pronounced using Japanese phonetics. Particular examples include Straits into Straizo, Bruford into Blueford, and Tarkus into Tarukus.franchise]].



* HateSink: [[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shares a page with the rest of the franchise]].
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shares a page with the rest of the franchise]].



* {{Jerkass}}: [[Jerkass/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shares a page with the rest of the franchise]].



* LogicalWeakness: [[LogicalWeakness/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shares a page with the rest of the franchise]].



* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: As a child, Dio kills his father with poison from a mysterious Asian man, then years later, attempts to kill George Joestar with the same poison; this probably would have worked if Dio didn’t keep the letter that his father sent to George, in which, DIO’s father lists the symptoms of his “sickness” that George is now suffering through, allowing Jonathan to piece Dio’s plan together.

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* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: As a child, Dio kills his father with poison from a mysterious Asian man, then years later, attempts to kill George Joestar with the same poison; this probably would have worked if Dio didn’t keep the letter that his father sent to George, in which, DIO’s father lists the symptoms of his “sickness” "sickness" that George is now suffering through, allowing Jonathan to piece Dio’s Dio's plan together.together.
* NiceGuy: [[NiceGuy/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shares a page with the rest of the franchise]].


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* StoryBreakerPower: [[StoryBreakerPower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shares a page with the rest of the franchise]].
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* NobodyLikesATattletale: Invoked by Dio. As part of his campaign to isolate Jonathan he publicly (and falsely) accused him of being a snitch, turning the other boys at school against him.

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* NobodyLikesATattletale: Invoked by Dio.Dio Brando. As part of his campaign to isolate Jonathan he publicly (and falsely) accused him of being a snitch, turning the other boys at school against him.

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* AllMonksKnowKungFu: The Ripple and its associated martial art, the Way of the Hermit, are mainly practitioned by Tibetan monks. However, Zeppeli tells that the first Ripple user he's met was a healer.

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** Out of all the Parts, Phantom Blood has the most material from the manga that was cut from the anime in order to make the 9-episode runtime (although most of the excised materials are pretty minor and just add detail to the story). Some examples include Jonathan and Danny's backstory[[note]]where they initially didn't get along until Danny saved Jonathan from drowning[[/note]], a bunch of other small scenes from Jonathan and Dio's childhood, and the explanation of Erina's absence in the 7-year timeskip and why she reappeared in the hospital Jonathan was brought to[[note]]Erina's father is a doctor, and soon after the incident with Dio in their childhood she moved with her family to India as part of her father's work. They only recently moved back and Erina was working as a nurse in the hospital her father owned, which Jonathan was brought to after his fight with the newly-vampirized Dio[[/note]].
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: The Ripple and its associated martial art, the Way of the Hermit, are mainly practitioned practiced by Tibetan monks. However, Zeppeli tells that the first Ripple user he's met was a healer.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to later Parts, ''Phantom Blood'' is very grim, especially since Dio had a woman eat her own baby, and ends with [[spoiler:the death of Jonathan]].

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to later Parts, ''Phantom Blood'' is very grim, grim and takes itself quite seriously, especially since Dio had a woman eat her own baby, and ends with [[spoiler:the death of Jonathan]].
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The "Blood" in ''Phantom Blood'' refers to both the Joestar bloodline, which remains [[GenerationalSaga a central theme of the entire series]], and to Dio becoming a blood-drinking vampire.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: It's implied that the only person Dio had any compassion for was his mother. One of the reasons why Dio loathes his father is that he worked his mother to death and gave no care for her belongings, forcing Dio to sell one of her dresses for booze money.
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* OneCastMemberPerCover: The ''[=JoJonium=]'' editions depict Jonathan, Zeppeli, and Dio on the covers of each of the three volumes, featuring new artwork by Creator/HirohikoAraki.

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* OneCastMemberPerCover: The ''[=JoJonium=]'' editions depict edition respectively depicts Jonathan, Zeppeli, and Dio on the covers of each of the three volumes, featuring new artwork by Creator/HirohikoAraki.
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* OneCastMemberPerCover: The ''[=JoJonium=]'' editions depict Jonathan, Zeppeli, and Dio on the covers of each of the three volumes, featuring new artwork by Creator/HirohikoAraki.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: It's not shown on-screen, but it's made very clear that Jonathan and Erina had sex on their wedding night, as Erina reveals in an InnerMonologue that she's pregnant with a child who would go on to be Joseph's father. Coupled with them being happy together before being attacked by Dio, it's apparent that it was a pleasant experience for the newlyweds.

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