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* Toonami's edit of "Traitor Requiem" adds in King Crimson's Time Skip sound when Diavolo is revealed, just where the song is cut for time.
* The Golden Wind refers to the wind that carries Bucciarati's soul to heaven. Fate ordained that Bucciarati would be sanctified for his aid to Giorno, and for being a decent father figure to both Giorno and Trish.
* Giorno's story, and that of the Passione group, is of breaking away from their fate (Trish especially, who is Diavolo’s daughter) to achieve their dream of taking over the Italian mafia. So it’s understandable (if disappointing) that Giorno stays within his arc and doesn't appear any further, as he and his remaining friends are where they want to be.
* DIO, despite sucking young women dry back in his youthful vampire days, doesn't go and kill the women who would bear his sons. This may seem like an oddity, but recall how his StartOfDarkness [[MissingMom began]]...
** Not to mention that Dio ''hates'' the thought of being anything like his father, who he believes was responsible for his mother's death.
* A sort of fridge irony; the first real enemy Giorno faces is Polpo's Black Sabbath Stand. Which he defeats by ''forcing it into the sun''. The same way one would kill a vampire...
* Why is the #5 Sex Pistol the one who's the ButtMonkey in Guido's Stand? Because, due to Guido's complex about the number four, the numbering sequence is 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7... which makes Sex Pistol #5 the fourth one in the group. Even if they've skipped the number, #5 will always be the fourth Sex Pistol, hence why bad things keep happening to #5 and why the other Sex Pistols bully it.
* Looking at the basic power of Gold Experience in Part 5 makes you realize there is a significant contrast between Giorno and Dio. Dio sought power even at the price of his humanity, to the point that he willingly and happily embraced undeath. Giorno's most basic power is to give things life.
* For the most part, every arc of ''Vento Aureo'' takes place during the morning. However, Giorno’s only solo fight (against Babyface), the famous seven-page "MUDA MUDA MUDA" against Cioccolata, and unlocking his Stand's Requiem form all occurred at night. Don't forget, he is still half-vampire; his power is most likely weakened during the day.
* Giorno's chosen name makes a lot of sense when you consider he's technically descended from both Dio and Jonathan. It's like what would happen if you took Jojo and Dio and merged them together (Jo+Dio=Jio, or Gio).
** "Giorno" means "day" in Italian, very fitting considering how opposite Giorno's morality is to his ''vampire'' dad's.
** One possible spelling/reading of the "Haru" in his birth name, Haruno, means "spring". Spring is the season in which new life is born, and Giorno's power is to create life.
* Giorno's Stand is named after a {{Music/Prince}} album while Diavolo's Stand is named Music/KingCrimson. Giorno wants to become the leader of the mafia while Diavolo is the current kingpin. In a way, this frames Giorno's journey as being the "prince" who dethrones the "king".
* Diovolo's defeat mirrors his personality perfectly. As someone who wanted to eliminate all traces of himself out of [[TheParanoiac paranoia]], in the end, he's rendered perfectly invisible and unhearable like he always wanted to be, along with being eternally paranoid of what will kill him next.
* Diavolo means "devil", and it's pretty fitting for his backstory, considering that Italy is a mostly Christian nation. He was raised by a priest who loved him very much, but betrayed him, like the mythos about Lucifier being the most radiant angel before betraying God. Speaking of God, as mentioned in the Character section, in Italian it's "Dio". Giorno, the son of Dio, defeats Diavolo to effectively redeem people.
* In ''Purple Haze Feedback'', it's revealed that Mista was actually the first person in the gang to decide to follow Bucciarati and betray the boss. The reason he didn't speak up first was because he [[FourIsDeath didn't want to be the fourth person to get on the boat]] (Bucciarati, Giorno, and Trish were already there). Instead, Abbacchio was the fourth person on the boat. Abbacchio was also the first person to die on the journey. It seems Mista isn't completely crazy for fearing the number four. This is further cemented by the gang's introductory scene. While Mista was ranting about being served four slices of cake and saying it's considered bad luck to choose from four, Abbachio is the first person to take the first slice, sealing his fate.
* Polpo gives the exact same test to every potential entrant into his controlled territory within Passione; the Test of the Lighter. Either you keep the lighter lit for 24 hours, you fail the test because you let it get extinguished and admit it to Polpo, or [[TakeAThirdOption you relight the lighter and take the true test with Black Sabbath]], by either dying to its Stand Arrow or by developing a Stand. Now, consider Leaky-Eye Luca. He was in the Gang under Polpo, meaning that he would have had to take the test himself. And since there's no evidence that he has a Stand ability, this means that he was somehow able to keep the lighter lit for 24 hours, making him a BadassNormal when compared to the other Stand users under Polpo's command.
* More of a Fridge Irony, but, it's funny how Polnareff, the man with a Stand based solely around speed, is now stuck in the body of a turtle.
* Giorno’s name not starting with a J like the other [=JoJos=] makes sense when you realize that the letter J doesn’t exist in the Italian language.
* The Requiem is used to address a Stand with abilities beyond average. Normally, the term would be used in connection with a deceased person who has left the world. But that's the point: a Requiem Stand keeps going even after its user has died, in comparison with a normal Stand which ends its existence with the death of its user (and vice versa).
** A requiem is music used for holy rites, so it's a high-class title for a high-class Stand. This means a lot in a world of fighting spirits that all have the names of musicians/music bands/songs.
** Additionally, it means that Carne's Stand Notorious B.I.G. was a Requiem-class Stand, since it activated after his death. And with Giorno, he gets a Requiem Stand for being part undead, as his father was a vampire.
* The reason why Mista believes that the [[FourIsDeath number 4 is bad luck]] and how his predictions harm others around him? It's the work of [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Sex Pistol #4]]!
* In general, the odd choice of portraying TheMafia as a group of {{Agent Peacock}}s in fabulous outfits may seem pretty {{Narm}}ish and typical of Araki, [[AluminumChristmasTrees until you learn]] that feudal Japan used to have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabukimono gangs of eccentric, flamboyantly-dressed samurai]] prowling the streets in real life, too.
* Giorno's Stand Gold Experience can make people live longer after death, pretty much turning them in zombies (as seen with Bucciarati). This may be a reference to how Dio in ''Phantom Blood'' could turn people into zombies.
* Given that Kars created the stone mask, he is, in a metaphorical sense, Giorno's "grandfather" of sorts, and he gains the ability to create life, similar to how Kars did!
* Why did Cioccolata receive such a brutal beatdown from Giorno, even for the franchise's standard? A few reasons:
** As established, Giorno can get pretty ruthless, and Cioccolata's Stand embodies two of Bucciarati's group's Stand powers. Green Day's mold is very similar to Purple Haze's virus, and Cioccolata applying it to separate and reattach his body parts is similar to how Bucciarati uses his zippers to disassemble himself. Not to mention, his relationship with Secco can be seen as a dark, twisted version of Fugo's relationship with Narancia. In Giorno's eyes, Cioccolata is a ''very'' evil version of Bucciarati and Fugo combined. No wonder he went berserk.
** Giorno's personal BerserkButton is carelessly harming innocent people, particularly if you're a member of the Mafia. By this point, Cioccolata, a high ranking member of the mafia, has just carelessly and ''enthusiastically'' harmed every single person in Rome that isn't in a helicopter. Even if some of Rome's citizens avoided disintegrating due to Green Day's spores, practically no-one has avoided losing family and friends in the massacre. Giorno decided to be a proper Don and give Cioccolata a seven page/thirty seconds-long ethics lesson.
** Cioccolata makes prior villains J. Geil, Angelo as well as Yoshikage Kira seem like typical thugs if you compare their sadism to him, and he stands alongside, or even ''exceeds'' DIO as having the highest kill count in the series, counting in his massacre in Rome.
* Which Stand manages to evolve into a Requiem Stand after '''Silver''' Chariot? Why, '''Gold''' Experience, of course!
* One of Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s most (in)famous songs is "Dude Looks Like a Lady". And which character has a Stand named after Aerosmith? Narancia, a character who has caused much ViewerGenderConfusion among casual fans of the series!
* In Part 3, despite the Stands' theme naming of tarot symbol and colors, we never got a Stand with "gold" in the name despite The World being golden. Come Part 5, DIO's son has a Stand with "gold" in its name.
* Some people might complain that Giorno does not seem to have inherited any vampiric traits from Dio. But it makes sense that vampirism wouldn't be a genetic condition: in Part 1, it's stated that vampirism is caused by stimulating pressure points in the brain, indicating that all humans have the potential to use vampire abilities and they only need the Stone Mask to unlock them. Having your brain poked shouldn't rewrite your DNA in a way that would be passed down to your children.
* The second ending for the anime adaptation is "Modern Crusaders" by Enigma. The title of the song itself is very convenient considering that ''Vento Aureo'' shares many traits with ''Stardust Crusaders''.
** The song has some lyrics that have some pretty fitting words for this part:
---> They have no mission, they have no ''passion''
---> But they dare to tell us what's bad and what's good
---> ''Stand'' up, join us, modern crusaders alive
* Pesci (using Beach Boy, a fishing pole that can hook into people and rip out internals/drag them along) being partnered with Prosciutto (using The Grateful Dead, a Stand that can make people grow older in a certain radius around himself) seems weird at first. One of the most famous songs Music/{{The Beach Boys}} have in their ''Music/{{Pet Sounds}}'' album is "Wouldn't It Be Nice". What was its first line?
-->Wouldn't it be nice if '''we were older?'''
* In later episodes of ''Vento Aureo'', we see that Diavolo is using his Stand to handle things like portraits, computers and whatnot. Wouldn't it be easier to do it himself? Well, considering his obsession with not leaving behind any evidence that he exists, which in his paranoia can go up to and include leaving fingerprints on ANYTHING, it makes more sense since Stands don't leave behind much physical evidence if used correctly.
** This also explains why Diavolo uses his Stand as a mouthpiece so often. Since non-Stand users can't see or hear Stands, it ensures most people won't be able to overhear him and his voice won't be recorded by security systems. The only ones who can hear him are either his "loyal" enforcers, or enemy Stand users who are typically not long for this world.
* The "Fighting Gold" opening actually has a brilliant piece of symbolism regarding each member of Bucciarati's team's DarkAndTroubledPast, as well as their current situation, right after a bunch of chains shoot into the air from blood splatter, and before the TitleDrop.
** Giorno is standing still, holding his hand to his chest. His CleavageWindow on his shirt is colored blue, despite the rest of him being yellow. The reason his chest is colored different? Look at the shape; it's a ''heart''. Not only was DIO fond of the imagery, creating a GenerationXerox in fashion sense, but also how Giorno is driven by his heart and his dream.
*** Another connotation one can draw is the heart's color: ''blue''. Whose body was DIO using to concieve Giorno? ''Jonathan's!'' It also reflects how while Giorno is outwardly DIO's son, his heart and dream is ultimately derived from the ideals and purity of Jonathan Joestar.
** Mista runs around before being surrounded by chains that he aims at with his revolver. His backstory revolved around him moving entirely on instinct, and shooting at the rapists without understanding how. The chains are the rapists, and he's running up to them and shooting them.
*** Alternatively, as the chains alternate between steel bars, they can represent his past as a convicted felon and him running away from the chains represents his desire to break free from fate.
** Trish is falling downwards, surrounded by chains. This symbolizes her DamselInDistress status, as she has no choice but to move with "gravity", or the will of the gang members, and she has no real control over her situation ([[TookALevelInBadass at least for now]]).
*** Trish' chains are also shaped like a DNA strand, signifying how she's related to the Boss, her fate controlled by blood.
** Abbacchio's segment is a bit more obvious; it's an hourglass, with the sand moving through his hands. It's both a clue to his Stand ability, and how he's caught up in his guilt over his past. Additionally, Abbacchio enters the scene when a sand bust of his fallen partner shatters onto the ground, and he is seen holding running sand between his palms.
** Narancia is repeatedly covered by chains before being revealed with a different eye being highlighted. This relates to his mother and himself getting infections in their eyes from physical abuse. When the segment is about to transition, there's a FreezeFrameBonus where Narancia has his back to the camera; he's moved past that dark time and is trying to make a new future for himself.
*** And of course, the wind that blows in front of him is supposed to be the [[TitleDrop Golden Wind]] that carries him to the afterlife.
** Fugo has ink blots in his background. Ink blots are commonly used in psychological analysis, of which he is [[ThereAreNoTherapists in dire need of]]. There's also two Fugo's, back to back, representing how he represses half of his personality and the HairTriggerTemper he has.
** Bucciarati has the most subtle of them all; he walks down a hallway with a light behind him, with a cold expression on his face. In his backstory, he killed gangsters who were beating his father, all with the [[TranquilFury exact same expression]]. The light being behind him also represents how that action [[IveComeTooFar locked him into the path of a gangster]].
** In the final shot before the end, the gang are walking forward together, symbolizing their resolve. Finally, the chains that Giorno turned into vines rot and shatter behind them, showing that they are free from their chains and their fates that bind them.
* There's a subtle possibility that Vinegar Doppio was the original personality, as Trish resembles Doppio more than Diavolo, down to hairstyle and freckles, and the fact that they were taken by a kindly priest, who would definitely ''not'' name his child after ''The Devil''.
* "Fighting Gold" contains hints as to who lives to finish the mission:
** Before Coda starts the chorus, the characters who flash from silhouette to revealed will either die or leave early (Abbacchio, Narancia, Fugo, Bucciarati, in that order).
** Also in the verse previous when the characters change from detailed drawings to colored shapes, the bodies of the surviving characters turn dark colors, while the bodies of the characters who die turn black.
** As the screen pans upward at the end showing the character's faces, the characters who die in the part (Abbacchio, Narancia, Bucciarati, from top to bottom and in order of death) are placed on the right while the survivors (Giorno, Mista, and Fugo) are placed on the left. A similar effect happens in the "End of the World" OP in ''Stardust Crusaders'' on the stairs and its corresponding ED "Last Train Home" with the river.
* The Stand pillar in the second ending is pretty much a representation of the entire story.
** The villains' Stands are at the bottom half of the pillar, while the heroes (with one exception) are at the top, representing who the gang had to overcome to get to the top of Passione. The villains are also all in agony (like Black Sabbath) or lying in defeat (like White Album).
** The Stands are ordered by their chronological "exit", as in, they are placed relative to the others by when they leave or are defeated. This is why King Crimson is the only enemy Stand at the top of the pillar and above Purple Haze, Moody Blues, Aerosmith, and Sticky Fingers. However, he is ''not'' above Sex Pistols, Spice Girl, or Gold Experience. It shows King Crimson's dominance over most of Passione. Additionally, Rolling Stones is at the very bottom of the pillar as its arc not only preceded all other events in the manga, but practically set the story in motion. The only exceptions to this theme are Purple Haze, who is placed above the villains but below the gang, and Coco Jumbo who for some reason is lumped between Beach Boy and the Grateful Dead.
** Additionally, King Crimson and Sticky Fingers are fighting, as if their struggle is immortalized in stone. When Spice Girl is introduced, King Crimson is holding her, indicating their relation.
** Finally, the one who sits at the very top of the pillar is Gold Experience, shining like gold, and in the same pose as Giorno's in the iconic Vol. 62 cover, as well as the pose David takes in the "Fighting Gold" opening. This represents the end game of the story, Giorno becoming boss of Passione, as well as his ascension into Gold Experience Requiem.
** As the [[SmallRoleBigImpact one that unknowingly started]] this chain of events and predicted the protagonists' deaths, Rolling Stone is revealed to be the ball at the very bottom. It is also the rock behind the statue in the opening seconds of "Fighting Gold".
* Silver Chariot's base appearance is a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy stereotypical 11-13th century European knight]]. Logically, its Requiem "evolution", Chariot Requiem, visibly demonstrates its advancement by transforming into the silhouette of a ~14th century Spanish Conquistador.
** Adding onto this, Gold Experience has a ladybug-like pattern on its head. GER has an open, crown-like formation, which resembles a beetle's wings opened up mid-flight.
* Diavolo's eternity of experiencing different deaths without knowing how the next death will arrive is a fitting punishment for him. Epitaph allowed him to predict the future, but in this state, he will spend an eternity never knowing it again. King Crimson allowed him to overpower his enemies as well as to choose his destiny within a period of time, but here he's stuck dying over and over and powerless to do anything about it. He'll live in eternal fear of how his death shall arrive next, and for a person as paranoid as Diavolo, this would be nothing less than a [[IronicHell personal Hell]].
* Both Requiem Stands were directly made to grant an intense desire or wish that their users had, albeit an extremely twisted and metaphorical way to achieve it.
** Polnareff was wheelchair-bound and horrendously damaged by Diavolo, a shadow of his former self. Naturally, his desire was to keep the Arrow from Diavolo, but he may also have had a desire to give himself a new, stronger body. Chariot Requiem prevents any Stand users from touching the Arrow, as well as put anyone it wants into a [[FreakyFridayFlip new body]] that [[BodyHorror constantly changes]] and [[EvolutionaryLevels grows stronger]].
** Giorno had just lost three of his new friends to Diavolo, as well as had the rest of his gang be tortured by him over the course of the story. Diavolo also represents everything he has grown to hate as a gangster; a drug-peddling psychopath. In that one moment, Giorno wanted to utterly crush Diavolo in every possible way. Gold Experience Requiem can [[NoSell cancel anything Diavolo does]] and force him to take damage instead of avoiding it like he usually does. Naturally, when someone is as [[GameBreaker overpowered as Diavolo]], you have to create an [[StoryBreakerPower even more overpowered ability]]. The infinite death loop states from Giorno's desire that Diavolo ''never'' returns to complete his vengeance against the new Passione, when punishing him for dealing drugs to kids, attempting to kill his own daughter ''twice'', the massacre of Rome (although Diavolo was disgusted to send Cioccolata and Secco, the order still came from him), and the murders of Abbacchio, Narancia and Bucciarati by subjecting him to an IronicHell where he can't use Epitaph and King Crimson, whose abilities made Diavolo virtually untouchable.
* It seems pretty much like a form of irony when Dio's son has to face off against the final boss whose Stand is able to effectively stop time much like The World. Even more ironic when his Requiem Stand is able to ''rewind'' time, similar to how Yoshikage Kira's Stand evolved, right down to how both the arrows embed themselves into the arm. In short, the final battle of Part 5 is between the Villain Stands of Parts 3 & 4.
* Metallica's powerset is focused entirely around magnetism and controlling iron -- forming sharp objects out of iron, reattaching limbs with iron staples, redirecting light with iron like a mirror to make himself invisible -- with exception to the peculiarity of being able to control other Stands if Risotto gets his blood on them. If one thinks about this, though, it's still part of his iron manipulation ability; the only Stand he controls is Aerosmith, which is a tiny airplane made of metal.
* The abilities and powers of King Crimson are based off two songs from Music/{{King Crimson}}, namely, In The Court Of The Crimson King, and Epitaph. The first two lines of of Epitaph are "The wall on which the prophets wrote, is cracking at the seams". Guess how King Crimson's ability starts? By ''cracking open all the walls, floors and ceilings around it.''
* King Crimson's abilities at a glance seem like a massive screw you to the usual theme of the unchangeability of fate that is recurrent in the series. But Gold Experience Requiem's little speech shows how things actually are: King Crimson doesn't see fate, it just sees the actions those around him will perform, and then "locks them" in place when he erases time. Which is why GER works, by reverting those actions to zero, thereby making them not happen. Perhaps, if Giorno's fate were to die at Diavolo's hands (for example: if Rolling Stone predicted his death), presumably not even GER could have saved him. The only person who managed to screw fate was Bucciarati, by virtue of still going on for a while after his fated death happened. Although perhaps that leads to another fridge brilliance moment in itself, since Scolippi thinks that Bucciarati might have been chosen by destiny to fulfill a greater purpose, and Pucci in Part 6 states that even one changing one's fate might be predestined.
** King Crimson doesn't see fate. Epitaph does.
* Considering the themes of fate in this part, how King Crimson can "lock" someone's action in erased time and thus sealing their fate, it's rather appropriate that in the second opening, the lyric that says "hell no!" is accompanied by a shot of the Requiem Arrow (and later, Golden Experience Requiem). Both of them are key to countering King Crimson's ability, and thus undoing fate.
* Mista's bullets tend to hit him because he's sure that they'll hit ''someone'', to the point he doesn't even consider if the bullet will miss or not. In other words, when Mista misses his target, he pays for it.
* How fitting it is that Polnareff who keeps running into the BigBad at staircases, but at the same he meets God (a.k.a. Dio in Italian) who is standing at the top, while meeting the Devil (a.k.a. Diavolo in Italian) standing at the bottom of the stairs.
* In the anime adaption, the infamous "7 Page Muda" consists of seven shots.
* Why does Giorno have a dream? The first syllable of his name sounds like that in Georgia - the birth state of the original man to have a dream, UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr.
* Why did Giorno subject Diavolo to an infinite death loop despite his seemingly minimal villainy compared to past Jojo villains? Not only because he's the leader of the biggest gang in Italy who deals drugs, but also because he's ''directly'' responsible for all of the deaths in Bucciarati's gang. Contrast that to the deaths of the past main gangs directly caused by past main villains:
** In Part 1, the only notable characters Dio killed are George Joestar and Dire, while Zeppeli died in Tarkus' hands. While it's true that Dio also killed Jonathan at the end, it's his only notable kill that involves a main character.
** In Part 2, for how threatening he is, Kars didn't manage to kill anyone notable in the gang. Caesar died fighting Wamuu, and Lisa Lisa survived his stabbing.
** In Part 3, while DIO managed to kill Kakyoin and Joseph, the latter got revived anyways, while Avdol and Iggy died by Vanilla Ice's hands.
** In Part 4, only Shigekiyo, Aya, and Yoshihiro are notable enough in Kira's kill list, and one of them is a villain. Reimi already died before the show starts, and we don't see Kosaku's death (only the aftermath). The gang's death via Bites the Dust is also canceled along with the ability.
** Contrast those against Part 5, where none of the minor villains managed to score a kill against the gang. However, once he gets directly involved, Diavolo managed to kill Bucciarati (though his death is extremely prolonged), Abacchio, and Narancia.
* Narancia's death in the final confrontation with Diavolo seemed sudden, rushed, and played no purpose in the narrative. They never build up his desire to go back home and go to school after it's all over until the scene right before he dies. But it was important from multiple story angles. First, it was to demonstrate that Diavolo was nearby and ready to attack, even though they thought Diavolo was in Bucciarati's body. Second, as mentioned in the story, Narancia was the group's radar, and could detect any suspicious movements. His goal was to gain control of Trish's soul to get the arrow, so any suspicious movements could be picked up on by Narancia. But the final and most important part is that Narancia dying freed up Giorno's body so Giorno's soul could swap back into it. When Bucciarati sacrificed himself to destroy Silver Chariot Requiem so Giorno could get the Arrow, the only reason why Giorno was able to take the arrow was because he didn't have to swap back with his body like everyone else. If he had to swap back with Narancia, then everyone would've returned to normal at the same time, and it would be a race to see who could react fast enough to grab the Arrow. Narancia's death was a part of fate that allowed Giorno to take the arrow and ascend Gold Experience, finally ending the boss's tyrannical reign over Italy.
* Dio famously means "God" in Italian. Diavolo means "Devil". Giorno is Dio's son... essentially making the son of "god" be the one to take down the "devil" that is Diavolo.
** Taking a page out the Bible, the whole situation can be described as this:
--->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYHp7nu-nXk&lc=Ugzt43ZYZFFEKqWYi094AaABAg Nuke Teller]]:''' When the Son (Giorno) of God (DIO) pierced by the Spear (Arrow) on its chest, he died but Reborned (Requiem), in order to defeat the Devil (Diavolo) with the power of Truth (GER), and then resurrection of Life (Bucciarati) came in.
** Bucciarati even explicitly mentions that he was slowly dying by falling further into the depths of the mafia's underworld. Giorno hasn't revived Bucciarati after his first confrontation with Diavolo - he had already saved his soul by convincing him to rebel against him in the first place.
* When Abbacchio sees his partner in the afterlife and asks why he would bother looking for fingerprints on glass shards when the criminal can just get away through a lawyer, his partner says (paraphrased) "when all that matters to you is the result you begin taking shortcuts and lose sight of the truth". This is why Diavolo loses, he believes that all that matters is the result, with his Stand reflecting this philosophy with its power to erase time (and the actions that happen within it) leaving only the result of them (meaning he's essentially taking a shortcut). And what is it that Gold Experience Requiem famously tells Diavolo?
--> GER: ''You will never reach the truth.''
* Some Fridge Hope for Diavolo: A Reddit user pointed out that Pucci's resetting of the universe could be the one thing that can save Diavolo.
* As [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_BDGYG3NMw this comic]] lampshades, Diavolo wears fishnet shirts because they fit both him and Doppio.
* Carne getting gunned down easily in order to deploy Notorious B.I.G. seems like a standard ThanatosGambit until you recall Music/TheNotoriousBIG's studio albums in life: Carne was Music/{{ready to die}} for the mission, and his Stand is his Music/{{life after death}}.
* It’s a small wonder why Diavolo’s attempt to kill his daughter would be the last straw for Bucciarati; Most people would turn on someone they respected even without already having wavering loyalty. That sort of betrayal by a father would be enraging for Bucciarati, who killed two men at age 12 to protect his own father.
* King Crimson and Gold Experience Requiem, while completely different from The World and Killer Queen's Bites The Dust, have similar behavior. Whenever we see King Crimson activated from Diavolo's perspective, he moves around in frozen time much like The World, and often uses it to kill his opponents. Meanwhile, when we see GER's ability, we see that it rewinds every action back to a certain point, much like how Bites the Dust resets everything back an hour prior to the explosion. It also doesn't help that part of GER's powers involve someone dying over and over again, much like how Bites the Dust works if activated over and over again, as we see with Rohan's many explosions.
* Black Sabbath, an Arrow-wielding Stand that lurks in the shadows, has a weak point: if exposed to light, he can be destroyed. [[BookEnds Near the end of the Part]], Silver Chariot Requiem not only has a bizarre trait regarding shadows (they move perpendicular to the observer) and a vulnerability to light (in its case, the inner light that's behind everyone's soul), but it ''also'' carries an arrow as well. Given how Black Sabbath's user, Polpo, was a Capo that recruited new members, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Diavolo knows how Black Sabbath worked and compared it to SCR, thus being able to figure out how to beat it rather quickly.
* King Crimson being localized as Emperor Crimson might be see as TheyChangedItNowItSucks, but it actually manages to fit the Italian theme more than the original name. In ancient times, Rome, Italy had a leader called an Emperor whom they treated as being equal, if not directly descended from the gods. Diavolo being essentially the shadowy leader of Italy having this name for his Stand perfectly illustrates how much of a delusional GodhoodSeeker he is, seeing himself as a man chosen by God while also retaining the Italian motif like other characters in the Part.
* Narancia always seems to be the first one in Bucciarati's team to get hit by an enemy Stand. Of course he is--he's the smallest and looks (and sounds) like he's the youngest, so he's regularly mistaken for an easy target.
* Aerosmith, Narancia's Stand, is perfectly suited for tracking and killing targets, so why wasn't he made to join La Squadra after passing the lighter test? There are multiple possible reasons for this.
** Aerosmith is a tiny murder machine, but it's also highly destructive, causes a lot of collateral damage, and is ''very loud,'' which is not something you want when trying to pull off an assassination quietly and discreetly. By the end of Narancia's fight with Formaggio, half the street and several cars were on fire. There's a reason Diavolo didn't send [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cioccolata]] after Bucciarati's team until he was almost out of options.
** Narancia may have asked specifically to join Bucciarati's team. We know that Polpo likes Bucciarati and approves of him, so he saw it as doing Bucciarati a favor by giving him another team member.
** Even if Polpo has no problem with letting teenagers join Passione, it's possible that he didn't like the idea of putting a then-15-year-old on a gangster squad whose purpose is specifically to kill the boss's enemies.
* To raise the juniors created by his Stand, Melone has to raise and teach them to do the job they were made for. Perhaps it's only fitting that he unintentionally taught Giorno to get creative with Gold Experience, transforming inanimate objects into body parts and organs to heal others.
* "Resolve" (or "kakugo" in Japanese) is the ArcWord of the part, referring to the determination and self-sacrifice needed to achieve one's goals. Mainly it refers to the physical strength needed to survive brutal battles, but more subtly, it may also refer to mental and emotional fortitude. When Bucciarati was only 12, he had to join the mafia to keep himself and his father safe from the drug dealers that would want revenge on them. He had to grow up in the brutal, dog-eat-dog world of organized crime, having to become a hardened gangster to stay alive...but his moral compass remained intact throughout. He did not succumb to cynicism, or develop an "every man for themselves" philosophy, or stop caring about the welfare of others, because he had the determination to keep believing that things like justice and selflessness were worth pursuing.
* Although it's not specifically brought up, there's a good reason for Prosciutto and Ghiaccio to be on the same team. Prosciutto's The Grateful Dead ages people rapidly, but its effect can be slowed or stopped by cold objects like ice. Ghiaccio, with White Album's ability to produce ice, can protect his teammates from the effect of The Grateful Dead if they're in the vicinity while Prosciutto is taking someone out.
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* How was Polpo's massive, decomposing corpse removed from the prison cell? Did they have to wait for him to rot to a skeleton? Or perhaps sliced him up like a roast pig to have the pieces fit through the door, as Formaggio claimed?
* Failing Polpo's lighter test. Black Sabbath attacking you with the arrow is bad enough, but it also goes after anyone who '''witnessed the lighter being re-lit'''. Giorno was lucky the other students at his school had gone home for the day, or the old janitor wouldn't have been the only casualty.
** It gets worse. Polpo's Stand is automatic, it's only following preset commands. Polpo has been doing the lighter test for years, meaning Black Sabbath could have attacked and killed hundreds of innocent bystanders, all because they accidentally witnessed the lighter being re-lit. It's no wonder Giorno tricked him into shooting himself.
** Even worse? What if some of those bystanders ''did'' have Stand potential. At best, they think they're crazy. At worst? They are locked up because people can't see the glowing manifestation, or they lose control and go AxCrazy. Or even worse? They can't control it. PowerIncontinence.
* As bad and as deadly as Cioccolata's Stand is, supplementary material would reveal that the Stand's Developmental potential is A. This means that slaughtering nearly an entire city's population is NOT the full extent of the power. He could also control his separated sections of his body without dying. Does that mean he could potentially make zombies of his victims?
* Half FridgeHorror, half SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Cioccolata's 7-page/30 seconds beatdown is already one of the most brutal (and satisfying) in the whole series, but it gets even more brutal when you remember that being punched by Gold Experience speeds up your senses so that each punch feels like several minutes of intense pain. Just one hit was enough to nearly break Bucciarati's mind, and Cioccolata probably takes thousands of them. Depending on whether the time-slowing effect stacks, we might even be entering into AndIMustScream territory. Good thing it happened to a CompleteMonster so we don't have to feel too bad for him.
** According to one [=YouTube=] account named Speedweed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiLkG0avYo he did a math]] about Gold Experience's life-giving punch. Gold Experience hits 26 times in 3.5 seconds, meaning that each punch lasts for about 0.1346 seconds. When Bucciarati's senses went out of control during his first encounter with Giorno, he received a single punch for 21 seconds, which means he felt everything ''156 times slower''. If this number is multiplied by 30 seconds beatdown of Cioccolata in the anime, the total amount is 4680 seconds. This means Cioccolata felt at least '''''1 hour and 18 minutes''''' of pure, excruciating pain. And that's if the slowdown effect doesn't stack with multiple hits: if it does, it could potentially feel like ''exponentially longer than the age of the universe''! Oh, and either way, he was conscious the whole time, since in the anime, you can hear him screaming in pain at the end of the beatdown.
* Narancia's backstory involves his mother Mela dying from an eye disease and his father abandoning him. The anime shows that his relationship with his father was already tenuous, he was greatly distant even when his wife was on her death bed, and he refused to answer Narancia's questions about her eye disease before leaving him. When Narancia is later hit in the eye by his interrogators and thrown into juvenile hall without treatment, his eye is similarly infected and he begins to believe he inherited the disease. It's heavily implied that Mela didn't have an "eye disease", and instead died from an infection [[DomesticAbuse after being abused by her husband]].
* Fugo had mentioned that he would opt to investigate on Leaky Eyed Luca's disappearance instead of Bucciarati. Even though Bucciarati ultimately did the deed that led to the events of Vento Aureo, imagine how screwed Giorno would be if he got attacked by a virus Stand when he did. Giorno wouldn't have survived, and it's likely the gang would still be operating obediently under Diavolo.
* It's fortunate that Notorious B.I.G. attacked Team Bucciarati while the plane was over water. Would it have stopped after killing Team Bucciarati? If not, then had it landed on land instead of in the water, it would have destroyed all of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
* Remember Scolippi, user of Rolling Stones? Mista shot him in both hands, meaning he'll likely never sculpt again, assuming he's not crippled. All because of a Stand he has no control over and no context for its use.
* On average, 1.80 people die every second. King Crimson's time erasure is universal. That means if he erases 10 seconds of time, on average, 18 people die during that time. 18 people who would never know how they truly died.
* Sorbet's death courtesy of Cioccolata becomes far worse when you remember he knows exactly how to dismember body parts without the person dying.
* The 4th letter of Mista's first name is the 4th letter of the alphabet.
** Incursion Intensifies
* Passione allows teenagers and even children to join their ranks, as Bucciarati did at the tender age of 12. Think of all the horror that comes with the idea of children being involved in the mafia. It's entirely possible that there have been other children who tried to join (out of desperation or other reasons), but failed the lighter test and died after being stabbed by the Stand Arrow. And if they do survive, they're entering a life of crime that will likely be very short. Not to mention all the gangsters and Stand users inside and outside Passione who have no problem with attacking or killing children and teenagers who get in their way. Throughout the events of ''Vento Aureo'', no enemy has any reservations about attacking Bucciarati's team, even though three of them are only teenagers (Giorno is 15, Fugo is 16, and Narancia is 17). The horror is slightly mitigated by them being more than able to fight back with their own Stands, but it's still disturbing to think about.
* Rolling Stones works by predicting death, but given the opportunity to predict Mista's - doesn't. Mista is pretty much immortal during the Part because Rolling Stones effectively ''refuses'' to let him die - which plays out as MadeOfIron, or his iron-ness lasting until Giorno can heal him. This gives him [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Chirico]] levels of PlotArmor, and is just as much a form of cruel fate.
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* Since Diavolo is now in an infinite death loop, he now knows of his ultimate "fate"... Doesn't that mean he has technically achieved "Heaven", by Pucci's standards?
** Pucci's definition of heaven included the idea that you know ''everything'' about your fate, not just the results. If anything, Diavolo's fate is the reverse: he knows the end result of each loop (death) but doesn't know the cause until it happens. Like he said himself, [[IronicHell all that remains are the results]].
* Even though he's never addressed by his given name, Abbacchio's name is Leone. Leone Abbacchio. "Leone" means "lion" in Italian, while "abbacchio" is a type of lamb. "Leone", or the "lion" may represent his past self as an idealistic young policeman, back when he was driven by seeking truth and justice. "Abbacchio", or the "sheep", on the other hand, represents his present self as a gangster, and how he feels at ease simply by following (Bucciarati's) orders.
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* Toonami's edit of "Traitor Requiem" adds in King Crimson's Time Skip sound when Diavolo is revealed, just where the song is cut for time.
* The Golden Wind refers to the wind that carries Bucciarati's soul to heaven. Fate ordained that Bucciarati would be sanctified for his aid to Giorno, and for being a decent father figure to both Giorno and Trish.
* Giorno's story, and that of the Passione group, is of breaking away from their fate (Trish especially, who is Diavolo’s daughter) to achieve their dream of taking over the Italian mafia. So it’s understandable (if disappointing) that Giorno stays within his arc and doesn't appear any further, as he and his remaining friends are where they want to be.
* DIO, despite sucking young women dry back in his youthful vampire days, doesn't go and kill the women who would bear his sons. This may seem like an oddity, but recall how his StartOfDarkness [[MissingMom began]]...
** Not to mention that Dio ''hates'' the thought of being anything like his father, who he believes was responsible for his mother's death.
* A sort of fridge irony; the first real enemy Giorno faces is Polpo's Black Sabbath Stand. Which he defeats by ''forcing it into the sun''. The same way one would kill a vampire...
* Why is the #5 Sex Pistol the one who's the ButtMonkey in Guido's Stand? Because, due to Guido's complex about the number four, the numbering sequence is 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7... which makes Sex Pistol #5 the fourth one in the group. Even if they've skipped the number, #5 will always be the fourth Sex Pistol, hence why bad things keep happening to #5 and why the other Sex Pistols bully it.
* Looking at the basic power of Gold Experience in Part 5 makes you realize there is a significant contrast between Giorno and Dio. Dio sought power even at the price of his humanity, to the point that he willingly and happily embraced undeath. Giorno's most basic power is to give things life.
* For the most part, every arc of ''Vento Aureo'' takes place during the morning. However, Giorno’s only solo fight (against Babyface), the famous seven-page "MUDA MUDA MUDA" against Cioccolata, and unlocking his Stand's Requiem form all occurred at night. Don't forget, he is still half-vampire; his power is most likely weakened during the day.
* Giorno's chosen name makes a lot of sense when you consider he's technically descended from both Dio and Jonathan. It's like what would happen if you took Jojo and Dio and merged them together (Jo+Dio=Jio, or Gio).
** "Giorno" means "day" in Italian, very fitting considering how opposite Giorno's morality is to his ''vampire'' dad's.
** One possible spelling/reading of the "Haru" in his birth name, Haruno, means "spring". Spring is the season in which new life is born, and Giorno's power is to create life.
* Giorno's Stand is named after a {{Music/Prince}} album while Diavolo's Stand is named Music/KingCrimson. Giorno wants to become the leader of the mafia while Diavolo is the current kingpin. In a way, this frames Giorno's journey as being the "prince" who dethrones the "king".
* Diovolo's defeat mirrors his personality perfectly. As someone who wanted to eliminate all traces of himself out of [[TheParanoiac paranoia]], in the end, he's rendered perfectly invisible and unhearable like he always wanted to be, along with being eternally paranoid of what will kill him next.
* Diavolo means "devil", and it's pretty fitting for his backstory, considering that Italy is a mostly Christian nation. He was raised by a priest who loved him very much, but betrayed him, like the mythos about Lucifier being the most radiant angel before betraying God. Speaking of God, as mentioned in the Character section, in Italian it's "Dio". Giorno, the son of Dio, defeats Diavolo to effectively redeem people.
* In ''Purple Haze Feedback'', it's revealed that Mista was actually the first person in the gang to decide to follow Bucciarati and betray the boss. The reason he didn't speak up first was because he [[FourIsDeath didn't want to be the fourth person to get on the boat]] (Bucciarati, Giorno, and Trish were already there). Instead, Abbacchio was the fourth person on the boat. Abbacchio was also the first person to die on the journey. It seems Mista isn't completely crazy for fearing the number four. This is further cemented by the gang's introductory scene. While Mista was ranting about being served four slices of cake and saying it's considered bad luck to choose from four, Abbachio is the first person to take the first slice, sealing his fate.
* Polpo gives the exact same test to every potential entrant into his controlled territory within Passione; the Test of the Lighter. Either you keep the lighter lit for 24 hours, you fail the test because you let it get extinguished and admit it to Polpo, or [[TakeAThirdOption you relight the lighter and take the true test with Black Sabbath]], by either dying to its Stand Arrow or by developing a Stand. Now, consider Leaky-Eye Luca. He was in the Gang under Polpo, meaning that he would have had to take the test himself. And since there's no evidence that he has a Stand ability, this means that he was somehow able to keep the lighter lit for 24 hours, making him a BadassNormal when compared to the other Stand users under Polpo's command.
* More of a Fridge Irony, but, it's funny how Polnareff, the man with a Stand based solely around speed, is now stuck in the body of a turtle.
* Giorno’s name not starting with a J like the other [=JoJos=] makes sense when you realize that the letter J doesn’t exist in the Italian language.
* The Requiem is used to address a Stand with abilities beyond average. Normally, the term would be used in connection with a deceased person who has left the world. But that's the point: a Requiem Stand keeps going even after its user has died, in comparison with a normal Stand which ends its existence with the death of its user (and vice versa).
** A requiem is music used for holy rites, so it's a high-class title for a high-class Stand. This means a lot in a world of fighting spirits that all have the names of musicians/music bands/songs.
** Additionally, it means that Carne's Stand Notorious B.I.G. was a Requiem-class Stand, since it activated after his death. And with Giorno, he gets a Requiem Stand for being part undead, as his father was a vampire.
* The reason why Mista believes that the [[FourIsDeath number 4 is bad luck]] and how his predictions harm others around him? It's the work of [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Sex Pistol #4]]!
* In general, the odd choice of portraying TheMafia as a group of {{Agent Peacock}}s in fabulous outfits may seem pretty {{Narm}}ish and typical of Araki, [[AluminumChristmasTrees until you learn]] that feudal Japan used to have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabukimono gangs of eccentric, flamboyantly-dressed samurai]] prowling the streets in real life, too.
* Giorno's Stand Gold Experience can make people live longer after death, pretty much turning them in zombies (as seen with Bucciarati). This may be a reference to how Dio in ''Phantom Blood'' could turn people into zombies.
* Given that Kars created the stone mask, he is, in a metaphorical sense, Giorno's "grandfather" of sorts, and he gains the ability to create life, similar to how Kars did!
* Why did Cioccolata receive such a brutal beatdown from Giorno, even for the franchise's standard? A few reasons:
** As established, Giorno can get pretty ruthless, and Cioccolata's Stand embodies two of Bucciarati's group's Stand powers. Green Day's mold is very similar to Purple Haze's virus, and Cioccolata applying it to separate and reattach his body parts is similar to how Bucciarati uses his zippers to disassemble himself. Not to mention, his relationship with Secco can be seen as a dark, twisted version of Fugo's relationship with Narancia. In Giorno's eyes, Cioccolata is a ''very'' evil version of Bucciarati and Fugo combined. No wonder he went berserk.
** Giorno's personal BerserkButton is carelessly harming innocent people, particularly if you're a member of the Mafia. By this point, Cioccolata, a high ranking member of the mafia, has just carelessly and ''enthusiastically'' harmed every single person in Rome that isn't in a helicopter. Even if some of Rome's citizens avoided disintegrating due to Green Day's spores, practically no-one has avoided losing family and friends in the massacre. Giorno decided to be a proper Don and give Cioccolata a seven page/thirty seconds-long ethics lesson.
** Cioccolata makes prior villains J. Geil, Angelo as well as Yoshikage Kira seem like typical thugs if you compare their sadism to him, and he stands alongside, or even ''exceeds'' DIO as having the highest kill count in the series, counting in his massacre in Rome.
* Which Stand manages to evolve into a Requiem Stand after '''Silver''' Chariot? Why, '''Gold''' Experience, of course!
* One of Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s most (in)famous songs is "Dude Looks Like a Lady". And which character has a Stand named after Aerosmith? Narancia, a character who has caused much ViewerGenderConfusion among casual fans of the series!
* In Part 3, despite the Stands' theme naming of tarot symbol and colors, we never got a Stand with "gold" in the name despite The World being golden. Come Part 5, DIO's son has a Stand with "gold" in its name.
* Some people might complain that Giorno does not seem to have inherited any vampiric traits from Dio. But it makes sense that vampirism wouldn't be a genetic condition: in Part 1, it's stated that vampirism is caused by stimulating pressure points in the brain, indicating that all humans have the potential to use vampire abilities and they only need the Stone Mask to unlock them. Having your brain poked shouldn't rewrite your DNA in a way that would be passed down to your children.
* The second ending for the anime adaptation is "Modern Crusaders" by Enigma. The title of the song itself is very convenient considering that ''Vento Aureo'' shares many traits with ''Stardust Crusaders''.
** The song has some lyrics that have some pretty fitting words for this part:
---> They have no mission, they have no ''passion''
---> But they dare to tell us what's bad and what's good
---> ''Stand'' up, join us, modern crusaders alive
* Pesci (using Beach Boy, a fishing pole that can hook into people and rip out internals/drag them along) being partnered with Prosciutto (using The Grateful Dead, a Stand that can make people grow older in a certain radius around himself) seems weird at first. One of the most famous songs Music/{{The Beach Boys}} have in their ''Music/{{Pet Sounds}}'' album is "Wouldn't It Be Nice". What was its first line?
-->Wouldn't it be nice if '''we were older?'''
* In later episodes of ''Vento Aureo'', we see that Diavolo is using his Stand to handle things like portraits, computers and whatnot. Wouldn't it be easier to do it himself? Well, considering his obsession with not leaving behind any evidence that he exists, which in his paranoia can go up to and include leaving fingerprints on ANYTHING, it makes more sense since Stands don't leave behind much physical evidence if used correctly.
** This also explains why Diavolo uses his Stand as a mouthpiece so often. Since non-Stand users can't see or hear Stands, it ensures most people won't be able to overhear him and his voice won't be recorded by security systems. The only ones who can hear him are either his "loyal" enforcers, or enemy Stand users who are typically not long for this world.
* The "Fighting Gold" opening actually has a brilliant piece of symbolism regarding each member of Bucciarati's team's DarkAndTroubledPast, as well as their current situation, right after a bunch of chains shoot into the air from blood splatter, and before the TitleDrop.
** Giorno is standing still, holding his hand to his chest. His CleavageWindow on his shirt is colored blue, despite the rest of him being yellow. The reason his chest is colored different? Look at the shape; it's a ''heart''. Not only was DIO fond of the imagery, creating a GenerationXerox in fashion sense, but also how Giorno is driven by his heart and his dream.
*** Another connotation one can draw is the heart's color: ''blue''. Whose body was DIO using to concieve Giorno? ''Jonathan's!'' It also reflects how while Giorno is outwardly DIO's son, his heart and dream is ultimately derived from the ideals and purity of Jonathan Joestar.
** Mista runs around before being surrounded by chains that he aims at with his revolver. His backstory revolved around him moving entirely on instinct, and shooting at the rapists without understanding how. The chains are the rapists, and he's running up to them and shooting them.
*** Alternatively, as the chains alternate between steel bars, they can represent his past as a convicted felon and him running away from the chains represents his desire to break free from fate.
** Trish is falling downwards, surrounded by chains. This symbolizes her DamselInDistress status, as she has no choice but to move with "gravity", or the will of the gang members, and she has no real control over her situation ([[TookALevelInBadass at least for now]]).
*** Trish' chains are also shaped like a DNA strand, signifying how she's related to the Boss, her fate controlled by blood.
** Abbacchio's segment is a bit more obvious; it's an hourglass, with the sand moving through his hands. It's both a clue to his Stand ability, and how he's caught up in his guilt over his past. Additionally, Abbacchio enters the scene when a sand bust of his fallen partner shatters onto the ground, and he is seen holding running sand between his palms.
** Narancia is repeatedly covered by chains before being revealed with a different eye being highlighted. This relates to his mother and himself getting infections in their eyes from physical abuse. When the segment is about to transition, there's a FreezeFrameBonus where Narancia has his back to the camera; he's moved past that dark time and is trying to make a new future for himself.
*** And of course, the wind that blows in front of him is supposed to be the [[TitleDrop Golden Wind]] that carries him to the afterlife.
** Fugo has ink blots in his background. Ink blots are commonly used in psychological analysis, of which he is [[ThereAreNoTherapists in dire need of]]. There's also two Fugo's, back to back, representing how he represses half of his personality and the HairTriggerTemper he has.
** Bucciarati has the most subtle of them all; he walks down a hallway with a light behind him, with a cold expression on his face. In his backstory, he killed gangsters who were beating his father, all with the [[TranquilFury exact same expression]]. The light being behind him also represents how that action [[IveComeTooFar locked him into the path of a gangster]].
** In the final shot before the end, the gang are walking forward together, symbolizing their resolve. Finally, the chains that Giorno turned into vines rot and shatter behind them, showing that they are free from their chains and their fates that bind them.
* There's a subtle possibility that Vinegar Doppio was the original personality, as Trish resembles Doppio more than Diavolo, down to hairstyle and freckles, and the fact that they were taken by a kindly priest, who would definitely ''not'' name his child after ''The Devil''.
* "Fighting Gold" contains hints as to who lives to finish the mission:
** Before Coda starts the chorus, the characters who flash from silhouette to revealed will either die or leave early (Abbacchio, Narancia, Fugo, Bucciarati, in that order).
** Also in the verse previous when the characters change from detailed drawings to colored shapes, the bodies of the surviving characters turn dark colors, while the bodies of the characters who die turn black.
** As the screen pans upward at the end showing the character's faces, the characters who die in the part (Abbacchio, Narancia, Bucciarati, from top to bottom and in order of death) are placed on the right while the survivors (Giorno, Mista, and Fugo) are placed on the left. A similar effect happens in the "End of the World" OP in ''Stardust Crusaders'' on the stairs and its corresponding ED "Last Train Home" with the river.
* The Stand pillar in the second ending is pretty much a representation of the entire story.
** The villains' Stands are at the bottom half of the pillar, while the heroes (with one exception) are at the top, representing who the gang had to overcome to get to the top of Passione. The villains are also all in agony (like Black Sabbath) or lying in defeat (like White Album).
** The Stands are ordered by their chronological "exit", as in, they are placed relative to the others by when they leave or are defeated. This is why King Crimson is the only enemy Stand at the top of the pillar and above Purple Haze, Moody Blues, Aerosmith, and Sticky Fingers. However, he is ''not'' above Sex Pistols, Spice Girl, or Gold Experience. It shows King Crimson's dominance over most of Passione. Additionally, Rolling Stones is at the very bottom of the pillar as its arc not only preceded all other events in the manga, but practically set the story in motion. The only exceptions to this theme are Purple Haze, who is placed above the villains but below the gang, and Coco Jumbo who for some reason is lumped between Beach Boy and the Grateful Dead.
** Additionally, King Crimson and Sticky Fingers are fighting, as if their struggle is immortalized in stone. When Spice Girl is introduced, King Crimson is holding her, indicating their relation.
** Finally, the one who sits at the very top of the pillar is Gold Experience, shining like gold, and in the same pose as Giorno's in the iconic Vol. 62 cover, as well as the pose David takes in the "Fighting Gold" opening. This represents the end game of the story, Giorno becoming boss of Passione, as well as his ascension into Gold Experience Requiem.
** As the [[SmallRoleBigImpact one that unknowingly started]] this chain of events and predicted the protagonists' deaths, Rolling Stone is revealed to be the ball at the very bottom. It is also the rock behind the statue in the opening seconds of "Fighting Gold".
* Silver Chariot's base appearance is a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy stereotypical 11-13th century European knight]]. Logically, its Requiem "evolution", Chariot Requiem, visibly demonstrates its advancement by transforming into the silhouette of a ~14th century Spanish Conquistador.
** Adding onto this, Gold Experience has a ladybug-like pattern on its head. GER has an open, crown-like formation, which resembles a beetle's wings opened up mid-flight.
* Diavolo's eternity of experiencing different deaths without knowing how the next death will arrive is a fitting punishment for him. Epitaph allowed him to predict the future, but in this state, he will spend an eternity never knowing it again. King Crimson allowed him to overpower his enemies as well as to choose his destiny within a period of time, but here he's stuck dying over and over and powerless to do anything about it. He'll live in eternal fear of how his death shall arrive next, and for a person as paranoid as Diavolo, this would be nothing less than a [[IronicHell personal Hell]].
* Both Requiem Stands were directly made to grant an intense desire or wish that their users had, albeit an extremely twisted and metaphorical way to achieve it.
** Polnareff was wheelchair-bound and horrendously damaged by Diavolo, a shadow of his former self. Naturally, his desire was to keep the Arrow from Diavolo, but he may also have had a desire to give himself a new, stronger body. Chariot Requiem prevents any Stand users from touching the Arrow, as well as put anyone it wants into a [[FreakyFridayFlip new body]] that [[BodyHorror constantly changes]] and [[EvolutionaryLevels grows stronger]].
** Giorno had just lost three of his new friends to Diavolo, as well as had the rest of his gang be tortured by him over the course of the story. Diavolo also represents everything he has grown to hate as a gangster; a drug-peddling psychopath. In that one moment, Giorno wanted to utterly crush Diavolo in every possible way. Gold Experience Requiem can [[NoSell cancel anything Diavolo does]] and force him to take damage instead of avoiding it like he usually does. Naturally, when someone is as [[GameBreaker overpowered as Diavolo]], you have to create an [[StoryBreakerPower even more overpowered ability]]. The infinite death loop states from Giorno's desire that Diavolo ''never'' returns to complete his vengeance against the new Passione, when punishing him for dealing drugs to kids, attempting to kill his own daughter ''twice'', the massacre of Rome (although Diavolo was disgusted to send Cioccolata and Secco, the order still came from him), and the murders of Abbacchio, Narancia and Bucciarati by subjecting him to an IronicHell where he can't use Epitaph and King Crimson, whose abilities made Diavolo virtually untouchable.
* It seems pretty much like a form of irony when Dio's son has to face off against the final boss whose Stand is able to effectively stop time much like The World. Even more ironic when his Requiem Stand is able to ''rewind'' time, similar to how Yoshikage Kira's Stand evolved, right down to how both the arrows embed themselves into the arm. In short, the final battle of Part 5 is between the Villain Stands of Parts 3 & 4.
* Metallica's powerset is focused entirely around magnetism and controlling iron -- forming sharp objects out of iron, reattaching limbs with iron staples, redirecting light with iron like a mirror to make himself invisible -- with exception to the peculiarity of being able to control other Stands if Risotto gets his blood on them. If one thinks about this, though, it's still part of his iron manipulation ability; the only Stand he controls is Aerosmith, which is a tiny airplane made of metal.
* The abilities and powers of King Crimson are based off two songs from Music/{{King Crimson}}, namely, In The Court Of The Crimson King, and Epitaph. The first two lines of of Epitaph are "The wall on which the prophets wrote, is cracking at the seams". Guess how King Crimson's ability starts? By ''cracking open all the walls, floors and ceilings around it.''
* King Crimson's abilities at a glance seem like a massive screw you to the usual theme of the unchangeability of fate that is recurrent in the series. But Gold Experience Requiem's little speech shows how things actually are: King Crimson doesn't see fate, it just sees the actions those around him will perform, and then "locks them" in place when he erases time. Which is why GER works, by reverting those actions to zero, thereby making them not happen. Perhaps, if Giorno's fate were to die at Diavolo's hands (for example: if Rolling Stone predicted his death), presumably not even GER could have saved him. The only person who managed to screw fate was Bucciarati, by virtue of still going on for a while after his fated death happened. Although perhaps that leads to another fridge brilliance moment in itself, since Scolippi thinks that Bucciarati might have been chosen by destiny to fulfill a greater purpose, and Pucci in Part 6 states that even one changing one's fate might be predestined.
** King Crimson doesn't see fate. Epitaph does.
* Considering the themes of fate in this part, how King Crimson can "lock" someone's action in erased time and thus sealing their fate, it's rather appropriate that in the second opening, the lyric that says "hell no!" is accompanied by a shot of the Requiem Arrow (and later, Golden Experience Requiem). Both of them are key to countering King Crimson's ability, and thus undoing fate.
* Mista's bullets tend to hit him because he's sure that they'll hit ''someone'', to the point he doesn't even consider if the bullet will miss or not. In other words, when Mista misses his target, he pays for it.
* How fitting it is that Polnareff who keeps running into the BigBad at staircases, but at the same he meets God (a.k.a. Dio in Italian) who is standing at the top, while meeting the Devil (a.k.a. Diavolo in Italian) standing at the bottom of the stairs.
* In the anime adaption, the infamous "7 Page Muda" consists of seven shots.
* Why does Giorno have a dream? The first syllable of his name sounds like that in Georgia - the birth state of the original man to have a dream, UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr.
* Why did Giorno subject Diavolo to an infinite death loop despite his seemingly minimal villainy compared to past Jojo villains? Not only because he's the leader of the biggest gang in Italy who deals drugs, but also because he's ''directly'' responsible for all of the deaths in Bucciarati's gang. Contrast that to the deaths of the past main gangs directly caused by past main villains:
** In Part 1, the only notable characters Dio killed are George Joestar and Dire, while Zeppeli died in Tarkus' hands. While it's true that Dio also killed Jonathan at the end, it's his only notable kill that involves a main character.
** In Part 2, for how threatening he is, Kars didn't manage to kill anyone notable in the gang. Caesar died fighting Wamuu, and Lisa Lisa survived his stabbing.
** In Part 3, while DIO managed to kill Kakyoin and Joseph, the latter got revived anyways, while Avdol and Iggy died by Vanilla Ice's hands.
** In Part 4, only Shigekiyo, Aya, and Yoshihiro are notable enough in Kira's kill list, and one of them is a villain. Reimi already died before the show starts, and we don't see Kosaku's death (only the aftermath). The gang's death via Bites the Dust is also canceled along with the ability.
** Contrast those against Part 5, where none of the minor villains managed to score a kill against the gang. However, once he gets directly involved, Diavolo managed to kill Bucciarati (though his death is extremely prolonged), Abacchio, and Narancia.
* Narancia's death in the final confrontation with Diavolo seemed sudden, rushed, and played no purpose in the narrative. They never build up his desire to go back home and go to school after it's all over until the scene right before he dies. But it was important from multiple story angles. First, it was to demonstrate that Diavolo was nearby and ready to attack, even though they thought Diavolo was in Bucciarati's body. Second, as mentioned in the story, Narancia was the group's radar, and could detect any suspicious movements. His goal was to gain control of Trish's soul to get the arrow, so any suspicious movements could be picked up on by Narancia. But the final and most important part is that Narancia dying freed up Giorno's body so Giorno's soul could swap back into it. When Bucciarati sacrificed himself to destroy Silver Chariot Requiem so Giorno could get the Arrow, the only reason why Giorno was able to take the arrow was because he didn't have to swap back with his body like everyone else. If he had to swap back with Narancia, then everyone would've returned to normal at the same time, and it would be a race to see who could react fast enough to grab the Arrow. Narancia's death was a part of fate that allowed Giorno to take the arrow and ascend Gold Experience, finally ending the boss's tyrannical reign over Italy.
* Dio famously means "God" in Italian. Diavolo means "Devil". Giorno is Dio's son... essentially making the son of "god" be the one to take down the "devil" that is Diavolo.
** Taking a page out the Bible, the whole situation can be described as this:
--->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYHp7nu-nXk&lc=Ugzt43ZYZFFEKqWYi094AaABAg Nuke Teller]]:''' When the Son (Giorno) of God (DIO) pierced by the Spear (Arrow) on its chest, he died but Reborned (Requiem), in order to defeat the Devil (Diavolo) with the power of Truth (GER), and then resurrection of Life (Bucciarati) came in.
** Bucciarati even explicitly mentions that he was slowly dying by falling further into the depths of the mafia's underworld. Giorno hasn't revived Bucciarati after his first confrontation with Diavolo - he had already saved his soul by convincing him to rebel against him in the first place.
* When Abbacchio sees his partner in the afterlife and asks why he would bother looking for fingerprints on glass shards when the criminal can just get away through a lawyer, his partner says (paraphrased) "when all that matters to you is the result you begin taking shortcuts and lose sight of the truth". This is why Diavolo loses, he believes that all that matters is the result, with his Stand reflecting this philosophy with its power to erase time (and the actions that happen within it) leaving only the result of them (meaning he's essentially taking a shortcut). And what is it that Gold Experience Requiem famously tells Diavolo?
--> GER: ''You will never reach the truth.''
* Some Fridge Hope for Diavolo: A Reddit user pointed out that Pucci's resetting of the universe could be the one thing that can save Diavolo.
* As [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_BDGYG3NMw this comic]] lampshades, Diavolo wears fishnet shirts because they fit both him and Doppio.
* Carne getting gunned down easily in order to deploy Notorious B.I.G. seems like a standard ThanatosGambit until you recall Music/TheNotoriousBIG's studio albums in life: Carne was Music/{{ready to die}} for the mission, and his Stand is his Music/{{life after death}}.
* It’s a small wonder why Diavolo’s attempt to kill his daughter would be the last straw for Bucciarati; Most people would turn on someone they respected even without already having wavering loyalty. That sort of betrayal by a father would be enraging for Bucciarati, who killed two men at age 12 to protect his own father.
* King Crimson and Gold Experience Requiem, while completely different from The World and Killer Queen's Bites The Dust, have similar behavior. Whenever we see King Crimson activated from Diavolo's perspective, he moves around in frozen time much like The World, and often uses it to kill his opponents. Meanwhile, when we see GER's ability, we see that it rewinds every action back to a certain point, much like how Bites the Dust resets everything back an hour prior to the explosion. It also doesn't help that part of GER's powers involve someone dying over and over again, much like how Bites the Dust works if activated over and over again, as we see with Rohan's many explosions.
* Black Sabbath, an Arrow-wielding Stand that lurks in the shadows, has a weak point: if exposed to light, he can be destroyed. [[BookEnds Near the end of the Part]], Silver Chariot Requiem not only has a bizarre trait regarding shadows (they move perpendicular to the observer) and a vulnerability to light (in its case, the inner light that's behind everyone's soul), but it ''also'' carries an arrow as well. Given how Black Sabbath's user, Polpo, was a Capo that recruited new members, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Diavolo knows how Black Sabbath worked and compared it to SCR, thus being able to figure out how to beat it rather quickly.
* King Crimson being localized as Emperor Crimson might be see as TheyChangedItNowItSucks, but it actually manages to fit the Italian theme more than the original name. In ancient times, Rome, Italy had a leader called an Emperor whom they treated as being equal, if not directly descended from the gods. Diavolo being essentially the shadowy leader of Italy having this name for his Stand perfectly illustrates how much of a delusional GodhoodSeeker he is, seeing himself as a man chosen by God while also retaining the Italian motif like other characters in the Part.
* Narancia always seems to be the first one in Bucciarati's team to get hit by an enemy Stand. Of course he is--he's the smallest and looks (and sounds) like he's the youngest, so he's regularly mistaken for an easy target.
* Aerosmith, Narancia's Stand, is perfectly suited for tracking and killing targets, so why wasn't he made to join La Squadra after passing the lighter test? There are multiple possible reasons for this.
** Aerosmith is a tiny murder machine, but it's also highly destructive, causes a lot of collateral damage, and is ''very loud,'' which is not something you want when trying to pull off an assassination quietly and discreetly. By the end of Narancia's fight with Formaggio, half the street and several cars were on fire. There's a reason Diavolo didn't send [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cioccolata]] after Bucciarati's team until he was almost out of options.
** Narancia may have asked specifically to join Bucciarati's team. We know that Polpo likes Bucciarati and approves of him, so he saw it as doing Bucciarati a favor by giving him another team member.
** Even if Polpo has no problem with letting teenagers join Passione, it's possible that he didn't like the idea of putting a then-15-year-old on a gangster squad whose purpose is specifically to kill the boss's enemies.
* To raise the juniors created by his Stand, Melone has to raise and teach them to do the job they were made for. Perhaps it's only fitting that he unintentionally taught Giorno to get creative with Gold Experience, transforming inanimate objects into body parts and organs to heal others.
* "Resolve" (or "kakugo" in Japanese) is the ArcWord of the part, referring to the determination and self-sacrifice needed to achieve one's goals. Mainly it refers to the physical strength needed to survive brutal battles, but more subtly, it may also refer to mental and emotional fortitude. When Bucciarati was only 12, he had to join the mafia to keep himself and his father safe from the drug dealers that would want revenge on them. He had to grow up in the brutal, dog-eat-dog world of organized crime, having to become a hardened gangster to stay alive...but his moral compass remained intact throughout. He did not succumb to cynicism, or develop an "every man for themselves" philosophy, or stop caring about the welfare of others, because he had the determination to keep believing that things like justice and selflessness were worth pursuing.
* Although it's not specifically brought up, there's a good reason for Prosciutto and Ghiaccio to be on the same team. Prosciutto's The Grateful Dead ages people rapidly, but its effect can be slowed or stopped by cold objects like ice. Ghiaccio, with White Album's ability to produce ice, can protect his teammates from the effect of The Grateful Dead if they're in the vicinity while Prosciutto is taking someone out.
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* How was Polpo's massive, decomposing corpse removed from the prison cell? Did they have to wait for him to rot to a skeleton? Or perhaps sliced him up like a roast pig to have the pieces fit through the door, as Formaggio claimed?
* Failing Polpo's lighter test. Black Sabbath attacking you with the arrow is bad enough, but it also goes after anyone who '''witnessed the lighter being re-lit'''. Giorno was lucky the other students at his school had gone home for the day, or the old janitor wouldn't have been the only casualty.
** It gets worse. Polpo's Stand is automatic, it's only following preset commands. Polpo has been doing the lighter test for years, meaning Black Sabbath could have attacked and killed hundreds of innocent bystanders, all because they accidentally witnessed the lighter being re-lit. It's no wonder Giorno tricked him into shooting himself.
** Even worse? What if some of those bystanders ''did'' have Stand potential. At best, they think they're crazy. At worst? They are locked up because people can't see the glowing manifestation, or they lose control and go AxCrazy. Or even worse? They can't control it. PowerIncontinence.
* As bad and as deadly as Cioccolata's Stand is, supplementary material would reveal that the Stand's Developmental potential is A. This means that slaughtering nearly an entire city's population is NOT the full extent of the power. He could also control his separated sections of his body without dying. Does that mean he could potentially make zombies of his victims?
* Half FridgeHorror, half SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Cioccolata's 7-page/30 seconds beatdown is already one of the most brutal (and satisfying) in the whole series, but it gets even more brutal when you remember that being punched by Gold Experience speeds up your senses so that each punch feels like several minutes of intense pain. Just one hit was enough to nearly break Bucciarati's mind, and Cioccolata probably takes thousands of them. Depending on whether the time-slowing effect stacks, we might even be entering into AndIMustScream territory. Good thing it happened to a CompleteMonster so we don't have to feel too bad for him.
** According to one [=YouTube=] account named Speedweed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiLkG0avYo he did a math]] about Gold Experience's life-giving punch. Gold Experience hits 26 times in 3.5 seconds, meaning that each punch lasts for about 0.1346 seconds. When Bucciarati's senses went out of control during his first encounter with Giorno, he received a single punch for 21 seconds, which means he felt everything ''156 times slower''. If this number is multiplied by 30 seconds beatdown of Cioccolata in the anime, the total amount is 4680 seconds. This means Cioccolata felt at least '''''1 hour and 18 minutes''''' of pure, excruciating pain. And that's if the slowdown effect doesn't stack with multiple hits: if it does, it could potentially feel like ''exponentially longer than the age of the universe''! Oh, and either way, he was conscious the whole time, since in the anime, you can hear him screaming in pain at the end of the beatdown.
* Narancia's backstory involves his mother Mela dying from an eye disease and his father abandoning him. The anime shows that his relationship with his father was already tenuous, he was greatly distant even when his wife was on her death bed, and he refused to answer Narancia's questions about her eye disease before leaving him. When Narancia is later hit in the eye by his interrogators and thrown into juvenile hall without treatment, his eye is similarly infected and he begins to believe he inherited the disease. It's heavily implied that Mela didn't have an "eye disease", and instead died from an infection [[DomesticAbuse after being abused by her husband]].
* Fugo had mentioned that he would opt to investigate on Leaky Eyed Luca's disappearance instead of Bucciarati. Even though Bucciarati ultimately did the deed that led to the events of Vento Aureo, imagine how screwed Giorno would be if he got attacked by a virus Stand when he did. Giorno wouldn't have survived, and it's likely the gang would still be operating obediently under Diavolo.
* It's fortunate that Notorious B.I.G. attacked Team Bucciarati while the plane was over water. Would it have stopped after killing Team Bucciarati? If not, then had it landed on land instead of in the water, it would have destroyed all of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
* Remember Scolippi, user of Rolling Stones? Mista shot him in both hands, meaning he'll likely never sculpt again, assuming he's not crippled. All because of a Stand he has no control over and no context for its use.
* On average, 1.80 people die every second. King Crimson's time erasure is universal. That means if he erases 10 seconds of time, on average, 18 people die during that time. 18 people who would never know how they truly died.
* Sorbet's death courtesy of Cioccolata becomes far worse when you remember he knows exactly how to dismember body parts without the person dying.
* The 4th letter of Mista's first name is the 4th letter of the alphabet.
** Incursion Intensifies
* Passione allows teenagers and even children to join their ranks, as Bucciarati did at the tender age of 12. Think of all the horror that comes with the idea of children being involved in the mafia. It's entirely possible that there have been other children who tried to join (out of desperation or other reasons), but failed the lighter test and died after being stabbed by the Stand Arrow. And if they do survive, they're entering a life of crime that will likely be very short. Not to mention all the gangsters and Stand users inside and outside Passione who have no problem with attacking or killing children and teenagers who get in their way. Throughout the events of ''Vento Aureo'', no enemy has any reservations about attacking Bucciarati's team, even though three of them are only teenagers (Giorno is 15, Fugo is 16, and Narancia is 17). The horror is slightly mitigated by them being more than able to fight back with their own Stands, but it's still disturbing to think about.
* Rolling Stones works by predicting death, but given the opportunity to predict Mista's - doesn't. Mista is pretty much immortal during the Part because Rolling Stones effectively ''refuses'' to let him die - which plays out as MadeOfIron, or his iron-ness lasting until Giorno can heal him. This gives him [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Chirico]] levels of PlotArmor, and is just as much a form of cruel fate.
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* Since Diavolo is now in an infinite death loop, he now knows of his ultimate "fate"... Doesn't that mean he has technically achieved "Heaven", by Pucci's standards?
** Pucci's definition of heaven included the idea that you know ''everything'' about your fate, not just the results. If anything, Diavolo's fate is the reverse: he knows the end result of each loop (death) but doesn't know the cause until it happens. Like he said himself, [[IronicHell all that remains are the results]].
* Even though he's never addressed by his given name, Abbacchio's name is Leone. Leone Abbacchio. "Leone" means "lion" in Italian, while "abbacchio" is a type of lamb. "Leone", or the "lion" may represent his past self as an idealistic young policeman, back when he was driven by seeking truth and justice. "Abbacchio", or the "sheep", on the other hand, represents his present self as a gangster, and how he feels at ease simply by following (Bucciarati's) orders.
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* Toonami's edit of "Traitor Requiem" adds in King Crimson's Time Skip sound when Diavolo is revealed, just where the song is cut for time.
* The Golden Wind refers to the wind that carries Bucciarati's soul to heaven. Fate ordained that Bucciarati would be sanctified for his aid to Giorno, and for being a decent father figure to both Giorno and Trish.
* Giorno's story, and that of the Passione group, is of breaking away from their fate (Trish especially, who is Diavolo’s daughter) to achieve their dream of taking over the Italian mafia. So it’s understandable (if disappointing) that Giorno stays within his arc and doesn't appear any further, as he and his remaining friends are where they want to be.
* DIO, despite sucking young women dry back in his youthful vampire days, doesn't go and kill the women who would bear his sons. This may seem like an oddity, but recall how his StartOfDarkness [[MissingMom began]]...
** Not to mention that Dio ''hates'' the thought of being anything like his father, who he believes was responsible for his mother's death.
* A sort of fridge irony; the first real enemy Giorno faces is Polpo's Black Sabbath Stand. Which he defeats by ''forcing it into the sun''. The same way one would kill a vampire...
* Why is the #5 Sex Pistol the one who's the ButtMonkey in Guido's Stand? Because, due to Guido's complex about the number four, the numbering sequence is 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7... which makes Sex Pistol #5 the fourth one in the group. Even if they've skipped the number, #5 will always be the fourth Sex Pistol, hence why bad things keep happening to #5 and why the other Sex Pistols bully it.
* Looking at the basic power of Gold Experience in Part 5 makes you realize there is a significant contrast between Giorno and Dio. Dio sought power even at the price of his humanity, to the point that he willingly and happily embraced undeath. Giorno's most basic power is to give things life.
* For the most part, every arc of ''Vento Aureo'' takes place during the morning. However, Giorno’s only solo fight (against Babyface), the famous seven-page "MUDA MUDA MUDA" against Cioccolata, and unlocking his Stand's Requiem form all occurred at night. Don't forget, he is still half-vampire; his power is most likely weakened during the day.
* Giorno's chosen name makes a lot of sense when you consider he's technically descended from both Dio and Jonathan. It's like what would happen if you took Jojo and Dio and merged them together (Jo+Dio=Jio, or Gio).
** "Giorno" means "day" in Italian, very fitting considering how opposite Giorno's morality is to his ''vampire'' dad's.
** One possible spelling/reading of the "Haru" in his birth name, Haruno, means "spring". Spring is the season in which new life is born, and Giorno's power is to create life.
* Giorno's Stand is named after a {{Music/Prince}} album while Diavolo's Stand is named Music/KingCrimson. Giorno wants to become the leader of the mafia while Diavolo is the current kingpin. In a way, this frames Giorno's journey as being the "prince" who dethrones the "king".
* Diovolo's defeat mirrors his personality perfectly. As someone who wanted to eliminate all traces of himself out of [[TheParanoiac paranoia]], in the end, he's rendered perfectly invisible and unhearable like he always wanted to be, along with being eternally paranoid of what will kill him next.
* Diavolo means "devil", and it's pretty fitting for his backstory, considering that Italy is a mostly Christian nation. He was raised by a priest who loved him very much, but betrayed him, like the mythos about Lucifier being the most radiant angel before betraying God. Speaking of God, as mentioned in the Character section, in Italian it's "Dio". Giorno, the son of Dio, defeats Diavolo to effectively redeem people.
* In ''Purple Haze Feedback'', it's revealed that Mista was actually the first person in the gang to decide to follow Bucciarati and betray the boss. The reason he didn't speak up first was because he [[FourIsDeath didn't want to be the fourth person to get on the boat]] (Bucciarati, Giorno, and Trish were already there). Instead, Abbacchio was the fourth person on the boat. Abbacchio was also the first person to die on the journey. It seems Mista isn't completely crazy for fearing the number four. This is further cemented by the gang's introductory scene. While Mista was ranting about being served four slices of cake and saying it's considered bad luck to choose from four, Abbachio is the first person to take the first slice, sealing his fate.
* Polpo gives the exact same test to every potential entrant into his controlled territory within Passione; the Test of the Lighter. Either you keep the lighter lit for 24 hours, you fail the test because you let it get extinguished and admit it to Polpo, or [[TakeAThirdOption you relight the lighter and take the true test with Black Sabbath]], by either dying to its Stand Arrow or by developing a Stand. Now, consider Leaky-Eye Luca. He was in the Gang under Polpo, meaning that he would have had to take the test himself. And since there's no evidence that he has a Stand ability, this means that he was somehow able to keep the lighter lit for 24 hours, making him a BadassNormal when compared to the other Stand users under Polpo's command.
* More of a Fridge Irony, but, it's funny how Polnareff, the man with a Stand based solely around speed, is now stuck in the body of a turtle.
* Giorno’s name not starting with a J like the other [=JoJos=] makes sense when you realize that the letter J doesn’t exist in the Italian language.
* The Requiem is used to address a Stand with abilities beyond average. Normally, the term would be used in connection with a deceased person who has left the world. But that's the point: a Requiem Stand keeps going even after its user has died, in comparison with a normal Stand which ends its existence with the death of its user (and vice versa).
** A requiem is music used for holy rites, so it's a high-class title for a high-class Stand. This means a lot in a world of fighting spirits that all have the names of musicians/music bands/songs.
** Additionally, it means that Carne's Stand Notorious B.I.G. was a Requiem-class Stand, since it activated after his death. And with Giorno, he gets a Requiem Stand for being part undead, as his father was a vampire.
* The reason why Mista believes that the [[FourIsDeath number 4 is bad luck]] and how his predictions harm others around him? It's the work of [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Sex Pistol #4]]!
* In general, the odd choice of portraying TheMafia as a group of {{Agent Peacock}}s in fabulous outfits may seem pretty {{Narm}}ish and typical of Araki, [[AluminumChristmasTrees until you learn]] that feudal Japan used to have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabukimono gangs of eccentric, flamboyantly-dressed samurai]] prowling the streets in real life, too.
* Giorno's Stand Gold Experience can make people live longer after death, pretty much turning them in zombies (as seen with Bucciarati). This may be a reference to how Dio in ''Phantom Blood'' could turn people into zombies.
* Given that Kars created the stone mask, he is, in a metaphorical sense, Giorno's "grandfather" of sorts, and he gains the ability to create life, similar to how Kars did!
* Why did Cioccolata receive such a brutal beatdown from Giorno, even for the franchise's standard? A few reasons:
** As established, Giorno can get pretty ruthless, and Cioccolata's Stand embodies two of Bucciarati's group's Stand powers. Green Day's mold is very similar to Purple Haze's virus, and Cioccolata applying it to separate and reattach his body parts is similar to how Bucciarati uses his zippers to disassemble himself. Not to mention, his relationship with Secco can be seen as a dark, twisted version of Fugo's relationship with Narancia. In Giorno's eyes, Cioccolata is a ''very'' evil version of Bucciarati and Fugo combined. No wonder he went berserk.
** Giorno's personal BerserkButton is carelessly harming innocent people, particularly if you're a member of the Mafia. By this point, Cioccolata, a high ranking member of the mafia, has just carelessly and ''enthusiastically'' harmed every single person in Rome that isn't in a helicopter. Even if some of Rome's citizens avoided disintegrating due to Green Day's spores, practically no-one has avoided losing family and friends in the massacre. Giorno decided to be a proper Don and give Cioccolata a seven page/thirty seconds-long ethics lesson.
** Cioccolata makes prior villains J. Geil, Angelo as well as Yoshikage Kira seem like typical thugs if you compare their sadism to him, and he stands alongside, or even ''exceeds'' DIO as having the highest kill count in the series, counting in his massacre in Rome.
* Which Stand manages to evolve into a Requiem Stand after '''Silver''' Chariot? Why, '''Gold''' Experience, of course!
* One of Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s most (in)famous songs is "Dude Looks Like a Lady". And which character has a Stand named after Aerosmith? Narancia, a character who has caused much ViewerGenderConfusion among casual fans of the series!
* In Part 3, despite the Stands' theme naming of tarot symbol and colors, we never got a Stand with "gold" in the name despite The World being golden. Come Part 5, DIO's son has a Stand with "gold" in its name.
* Some people might complain that Giorno does not seem to have inherited any vampiric traits from Dio. But it makes sense that vampirism wouldn't be a genetic condition: in Part 1, it's stated that vampirism is caused by stimulating pressure points in the brain, indicating that all humans have the potential to use vampire abilities and they only need the Stone Mask to unlock them. Having your brain poked shouldn't rewrite your DNA in a way that would be passed down to your children.
* The second ending for the anime adaptation is "Modern Crusaders" by Enigma. The title of the song itself is very convenient considering that ''Vento Aureo'' shares many traits with ''Stardust Crusaders''.
** The song has some lyrics that have some pretty fitting words for this part:
---> They have no mission, they have no ''passion''
---> But they dare to tell us what's bad and what's good
---> ''Stand'' up, join us, modern crusaders alive
* Pesci (using Beach Boy, a fishing pole that can hook into people and rip out internals/drag them along) being partnered with Prosciutto (using The Grateful Dead, a Stand that can make people grow older in a certain radius around himself) seems weird at first. One of the most famous songs Music/{{The Beach Boys}} have in their ''Music/{{Pet Sounds}}'' album is "Wouldn't It Be Nice". What was its first line?
-->Wouldn't it be nice if '''we were older?'''
* In later episodes of ''Vento Aureo'', we see that Diavolo is using his Stand to handle things like portraits, computers and whatnot. Wouldn't it be easier to do it himself? Well, considering his obsession with not leaving behind any evidence that he exists, which in his paranoia can go up to and include leaving fingerprints on ANYTHING, it makes more sense since Stands don't leave behind much physical evidence if used correctly.
** This also explains why Diavolo uses his Stand as a mouthpiece so often. Since non-Stand users can't see or hear Stands, it ensures most people won't be able to overhear him and his voice won't be recorded by security systems. The only ones who can hear him are either his "loyal" enforcers, or enemy Stand users who are typically not long for this world.
* The "Fighting Gold" opening actually has a brilliant piece of symbolism regarding each member of Bucciarati's team's DarkAndTroubledPast, as well as their current situation, right after a bunch of chains shoot into the air from blood splatter, and before the TitleDrop.
** Giorno is standing still, holding his hand to his chest. His CleavageWindow on his shirt is colored blue, despite the rest of him being yellow. The reason his chest is colored different? Look at the shape; it's a ''heart''. Not only was DIO fond of the imagery, creating a GenerationXerox in fashion sense, but also how Giorno is driven by his heart and his dream.
*** Another connotation one can draw is the heart's color: ''blue''. Whose body was DIO using to concieve Giorno? ''Jonathan's!'' It also reflects how while Giorno is outwardly DIO's son, his heart and dream is ultimately derived from the ideals and purity of Jonathan Joestar.
** Mista runs around before being surrounded by chains that he aims at with his revolver. His backstory revolved around him moving entirely on instinct, and shooting at the rapists without understanding how. The chains are the rapists, and he's running up to them and shooting them.
*** Alternatively, as the chains alternate between steel bars, they can represent his past as a convicted felon and him running away from the chains represents his desire to break free from fate.
** Trish is falling downwards, surrounded by chains. This symbolizes her DamselInDistress status, as she has no choice but to move with "gravity", or the will of the gang members, and she has no real control over her situation ([[TookALevelInBadass at least for now]]).
*** Trish' chains are also shaped like a DNA strand, signifying how she's related to the Boss, her fate controlled by blood.
** Abbacchio's segment is a bit more obvious; it's an hourglass, with the sand moving through his hands. It's both a clue to his Stand ability, and how he's caught up in his guilt over his past. Additionally, Abbacchio enters the scene when a sand bust of his fallen partner shatters onto the ground, and he is seen holding running sand between his palms.
** Narancia is repeatedly covered by chains before being revealed with a different eye being highlighted. This relates to his mother and himself getting infections in their eyes from physical abuse. When the segment is about to transition, there's a FreezeFrameBonus where Narancia has his back to the camera; he's moved past that dark time and is trying to make a new future for himself.
*** And of course, the wind that blows in front of him is supposed to be the [[TitleDrop Golden Wind]] that carries him to the afterlife.
** Fugo has ink blots in his background. Ink blots are commonly used in psychological analysis, of which he is [[ThereAreNoTherapists in dire need of]]. There's also two Fugo's, back to back, representing how he represses half of his personality and the HairTriggerTemper he has.
** Bucciarati has the most subtle of them all; he walks down a hallway with a light behind him, with a cold expression on his face. In his backstory, he killed gangsters who were beating his father, all with the [[TranquilFury exact same expression]]. The light being behind him also represents how that action [[IveComeTooFar locked him into the path of a gangster]].
** In the final shot before the end, the gang are walking forward together, symbolizing their resolve. Finally, the chains that Giorno turned into vines rot and shatter behind them, showing that they are free from their chains and their fates that bind them.
* There's a subtle possibility that Vinegar Doppio was the original personality, as Trish resembles Doppio more than Diavolo, down to hairstyle and freckles, and the fact that they were taken by a kindly priest, who would definitely ''not'' name his child after ''The Devil''.
* "Fighting Gold" contains hints as to who lives to finish the mission:
** Before Coda starts the chorus, the characters who flash from silhouette to revealed will either die or leave early (Abbacchio, Narancia, Fugo, Bucciarati, in that order).
** Also in the verse previous when the characters change from detailed drawings to colored shapes, the bodies of the surviving characters turn dark colors, while the bodies of the characters who die turn black.
** As the screen pans upward at the end showing the character's faces, the characters who die in the part (Abbacchio, Narancia, Bucciarati, from top to bottom and in order of death) are placed on the right while the survivors (Giorno, Mista, and Fugo) are placed on the left. A similar effect happens in the "End of the World" OP in ''Stardust Crusaders'' on the stairs and its corresponding ED "Last Train Home" with the river.
* The Stand pillar in the second ending is pretty much a representation of the entire story.
** The villains' Stands are at the bottom half of the pillar, while the heroes (with one exception) are at the top, representing who the gang had to overcome to get to the top of Passione. The villains are also all in agony (like Black Sabbath) or lying in defeat (like White Album).
** The Stands are ordered by their chronological "exit", as in, they are placed relative to the others by when they leave or are defeated. This is why King Crimson is the only enemy Stand at the top of the pillar and above Purple Haze, Moody Blues, Aerosmith, and Sticky Fingers. However, he is ''not'' above Sex Pistols, Spice Girl, or Gold Experience. It shows King Crimson's dominance over most of Passione. Additionally, Rolling Stones is at the very bottom of the pillar as its arc not only preceded all other events in the manga, but practically set the story in motion. The only exceptions to this theme are Purple Haze, who is placed above the villains but below the gang, and Coco Jumbo who for some reason is lumped between Beach Boy and the Grateful Dead.
** Additionally, King Crimson and Sticky Fingers are fighting, as if their struggle is immortalized in stone. When Spice Girl is introduced, King Crimson is holding her, indicating their relation.
** Finally, the one who sits at the very top of the pillar is Gold Experience, shining like gold, and in the same pose as Giorno's in the iconic Vol. 62 cover, as well as the pose David takes in the "Fighting Gold" opening. This represents the end game of the story, Giorno becoming boss of Passione, as well as his ascension into Gold Experience Requiem.
** As the [[SmallRoleBigImpact one that unknowingly started]] this chain of events and predicted the protagonists' deaths, Rolling Stone is revealed to be the ball at the very bottom. It is also the rock behind the statue in the opening seconds of "Fighting Gold".
* Silver Chariot's base appearance is a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy stereotypical 11-13th century European knight]]. Logically, its Requiem "evolution", Chariot Requiem, visibly demonstrates its advancement by transforming into the silhouette of a ~14th century Spanish Conquistador.
** Adding onto this, Gold Experience has a ladybug-like pattern on its head. GER has an open, crown-like formation, which resembles a beetle's wings opened up mid-flight.
* Diavolo's eternity of experiencing different deaths without knowing how the next death will arrive is a fitting punishment for him. Epitaph allowed him to predict the future, but in this state, he will spend an eternity never knowing it again. King Crimson allowed him to overpower his enemies as well as to choose his destiny within a period of time, but here he's stuck dying over and over and powerless to do anything about it. He'll live in eternal fear of how his death shall arrive next, and for a person as paranoid as Diavolo, this would be nothing less than a [[IronicHell personal Hell]].
* Both Requiem Stands were directly made to grant an intense desire or wish that their users had, albeit an extremely twisted and metaphorical way to achieve it.
** Polnareff was wheelchair-bound and horrendously damaged by Diavolo, a shadow of his former self. Naturally, his desire was to keep the Arrow from Diavolo, but he may also have had a desire to give himself a new, stronger body. Chariot Requiem prevents any Stand users from touching the Arrow, as well as put anyone it wants into a [[FreakyFridayFlip new body]] that [[BodyHorror constantly changes]] and [[EvolutionaryLevels grows stronger]].
** Giorno had just lost three of his new friends to Diavolo, as well as had the rest of his gang be tortured by him over the course of the story. Diavolo also represents everything he has grown to hate as a gangster; a drug-peddling psychopath. In that one moment, Giorno wanted to utterly crush Diavolo in every possible way. Gold Experience Requiem can [[NoSell cancel anything Diavolo does]] and force him to take damage instead of avoiding it like he usually does. Naturally, when someone is as [[GameBreaker overpowered as Diavolo]], you have to create an [[StoryBreakerPower even more overpowered ability]]. The infinite death loop states from Giorno's desire that Diavolo ''never'' returns to complete his vengeance against the new Passione, when punishing him for dealing drugs to kids, attempting to kill his own daughter ''twice'', the massacre of Rome (although Diavolo was disgusted to send Cioccolata and Secco, the order still came from him), and the murders of Abbacchio, Narancia and Bucciarati by subjecting him to an IronicHell where he can't use Epitaph and King Crimson, whose abilities made Diavolo virtually untouchable.
* It seems pretty much like a form of irony when Dio's son has to face off against the final boss whose Stand is able to effectively stop time much like The World. Even more ironic when his Requiem Stand is able to ''rewind'' time, similar to how Yoshikage Kira's Stand evolved, right down to how both the arrows embed themselves into the arm. In short, the final battle of Part 5 is between the Villain Stands of Parts 3 & 4.
* Metallica's powerset is focused entirely around magnetism and controlling iron -- forming sharp objects out of iron, reattaching limbs with iron staples, redirecting light with iron like a mirror to make himself invisible -- with exception to the peculiarity of being able to control other Stands if Risotto gets his blood on them. If one thinks about this, though, it's still part of his iron manipulation ability; the only Stand he controls is Aerosmith, which is a tiny airplane made of metal.
* The abilities and powers of King Crimson are based off two songs from Music/{{King Crimson}}, namely, In The Court Of The Crimson King, and Epitaph. The first two lines of of Epitaph are "The wall on which the prophets wrote, is cracking at the seams". Guess how King Crimson's ability starts? By ''cracking open all the walls, floors and ceilings around it.''
* King Crimson's abilities at a glance seem like a massive screw you to the usual theme of the unchangeability of fate that is recurrent in the series. But Gold Experience Requiem's little speech shows how things actually are: King Crimson doesn't see fate, it just sees the actions those around him will perform, and then "locks them" in place when he erases time. Which is why GER works, by reverting those actions to zero, thereby making them not happen. Perhaps, if Giorno's fate were to die at Diavolo's hands (for example: if Rolling Stone predicted his death), presumably not even GER could have saved him. The only person who managed to screw fate was Bucciarati, by virtue of still going on for a while after his fated death happened. Although perhaps that leads to another fridge brilliance moment in itself, since Scolippi thinks that Bucciarati might have been chosen by destiny to fulfill a greater purpose, and Pucci in Part 6 states that even one changing one's fate might be predestined.
** King Crimson doesn't see fate. Epitaph does.
* Considering the themes of fate in this part, how King Crimson can "lock" someone's action in erased time and thus sealing their fate, it's rather appropriate that in the second opening, the lyric that says "hell no!" is accompanied by a shot of the Requiem Arrow (and later, Golden Experience Requiem). Both of them are key to countering King Crimson's ability, and thus undoing fate.
* Mista's bullets tend to hit him because he's sure that they'll hit ''someone'', to the point he doesn't even consider if the bullet will miss or not. In other words, when Mista misses his target, he pays for it.
* How fitting it is that Polnareff who keeps running into the BigBad at staircases, but at the same he meets God (a.k.a. Dio in Italian) who is standing at the top, while meeting the Devil (a.k.a. Diavolo in Italian) standing at the bottom of the stairs.
* In the anime adaption, the infamous "7 Page Muda" consists of seven shots.
* Why does Giorno have a dream? The first syllable of his name sounds like that in Georgia - the birth state of the original man to have a dream, UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr.
* Why did Giorno subject Diavolo to an infinite death loop despite his seemingly minimal villainy compared to past Jojo villains? Not only because he's the leader of the biggest gang in Italy who deals drugs, but also because he's ''directly'' responsible for all of the deaths in Bucciarati's gang. Contrast that to the deaths of the past main gangs directly caused by past main villains:
** In Part 1, the only notable characters Dio killed are George Joestar and Dire, while Zeppeli died in Tarkus' hands. While it's true that Dio also killed Jonathan at the end, it's his only notable kill that involves a main character.
** In Part 2, for how threatening he is, Kars didn't manage to kill anyone notable in the gang. Caesar died fighting Wamuu, and Lisa Lisa survived his stabbing.
** In Part 3, while DIO managed to kill Kakyoin and Joseph, the latter got revived anyways, while Avdol and Iggy died by Vanilla Ice's hands.
** In Part 4, only Shigekiyo, Aya, and Yoshihiro are notable enough in Kira's kill list, and one of them is a villain. Reimi already died before the show starts, and we don't see Kosaku's death (only the aftermath). The gang's death via Bites the Dust is also canceled along with the ability.
** Contrast those against Part 5, where none of the minor villains managed to score a kill against the gang. However, once he gets directly involved, Diavolo managed to kill Bucciarati (though his death is extremely prolonged), Abacchio, and Narancia.
* Narancia's death in the final confrontation with Diavolo seemed sudden, rushed, and played no purpose in the narrative. They never build up his desire to go back home and go to school after it's all over until the scene right before he dies. But it was important from multiple story angles. First, it was to demonstrate that Diavolo was nearby and ready to attack, even though they thought Diavolo was in Bucciarati's body. Second, as mentioned in the story, Narancia was the group's radar, and could detect any suspicious movements. His goal was to gain control of Trish's soul to get the arrow, so any suspicious movements could be picked up on by Narancia. But the final and most important part is that Narancia dying freed up Giorno's body so Giorno's soul could swap back into it. When Bucciarati sacrificed himself to destroy Silver Chariot Requiem so Giorno could get the Arrow, the only reason why Giorno was able to take the arrow was because he didn't have to swap back with his body like everyone else. If he had to swap back with Narancia, then everyone would've returned to normal at the same time, and it would be a race to see who could react fast enough to grab the Arrow. Narancia's death was a part of fate that allowed Giorno to take the arrow and ascend Gold Experience, finally ending the boss's tyrannical reign over Italy.
* Dio famously means "God" in Italian. Diavolo means "Devil". Giorno is Dio's son... essentially making the son of "god" be the one to take down the "devil" that is Diavolo.
** Taking a page out the Bible, the whole situation can be described as this:
--->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYHp7nu-nXk&lc=Ugzt43ZYZFFEKqWYi094AaABAg Nuke Teller]]:''' When the Son (Giorno) of God (DIO) pierced by the Spear (Arrow) on its chest, he died but Reborned (Requiem), in order to defeat the Devil (Diavolo) with the power of Truth (GER), and then resurrection of Life (Bucciarati) came in.
** Bucciarati even explicitly mentions that he was slowly dying by falling further into the depths of the mafia's underworld. Giorno hasn't revived Bucciarati after his first confrontation with Diavolo - he had already saved his soul by convincing him to rebel against him in the first place.
* When Abbacchio sees his partner in the afterlife and asks why he would bother looking for fingerprints on glass shards when the criminal can just get away through a lawyer, his partner says (paraphrased) "when all that matters to you is the result you begin taking shortcuts and lose sight of the truth". This is why Diavolo loses, he believes that all that matters is the result, with his Stand reflecting this philosophy with its power to erase time (and the actions that happen within it) leaving only the result of them (meaning he's essentially taking a shortcut). And what is it that Gold Experience Requiem famously tells Diavolo?
--> GER: ''You will never reach the truth.''
* Some Fridge Hope for Diavolo: A Reddit user pointed out that Pucci's resetting of the universe could be the one thing that can save Diavolo.
* As [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_BDGYG3NMw this comic]] lampshades, Diavolo wears fishnet shirts because they fit both him and Doppio.
* Carne getting gunned down easily in order to deploy Notorious B.I.G. seems like a standard ThanatosGambit until you recall Music/TheNotoriousBIG's studio albums in life: Carne was Music/{{ready to die}} for the mission, and his Stand is his Music/{{life after death}}.
* It’s a small wonder why Diavolo’s attempt to kill his daughter would be the last straw for Bucciarati; Most people would turn on someone they respected even without already having wavering loyalty. That sort of betrayal by a father would be enraging for Bucciarati, who killed two men at age 12 to protect his own father.
* King Crimson and Gold Experience Requiem, while completely different from The World and Killer Queen's Bites The Dust, have similar behavior. Whenever we see King Crimson activated from Diavolo's perspective, he moves around in frozen time much like The World, and often uses it to kill his opponents. Meanwhile, when we see GER's ability, we see that it rewinds every action back to a certain point, much like how Bites the Dust resets everything back an hour prior to the explosion. It also doesn't help that part of GER's powers involve someone dying over and over again, much like how Bites the Dust works if activated over and over again, as we see with Rohan's many explosions.
* Black Sabbath, an Arrow-wielding Stand that lurks in the shadows, has a weak point: if exposed to light, he can be destroyed. [[BookEnds Near the end of the Part]], Silver Chariot Requiem not only has a bizarre trait regarding shadows (they move perpendicular to the observer) and a vulnerability to light (in its case, the inner light that's behind everyone's soul), but it ''also'' carries an arrow as well. Given how Black Sabbath's user, Polpo, was a Capo that recruited new members, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Diavolo knows how Black Sabbath worked and compared it to SCR, thus being able to figure out how to beat it rather quickly.
* King Crimson being localized as Emperor Crimson might be see as TheyChangedItNowItSucks, but it actually manages to fit the Italian theme more than the original name. In ancient times, Rome, Italy had a leader called an Emperor whom they treated as being equal, if not directly descended from the gods. Diavolo being essentially the shadowy leader of Italy having this name for his Stand perfectly illustrates how much of a delusional GodhoodSeeker he is, seeing himself as a man chosen by God while also retaining the Italian motif like other characters in the Part.
* Narancia always seems to be the first one in Bucciarati's team to get hit by an enemy Stand. Of course he is--he's the smallest and looks (and sounds) like he's the youngest, so he's regularly mistaken for an easy target.
* Aerosmith, Narancia's Stand, is perfectly suited for tracking and killing targets, so why wasn't he made to join La Squadra after passing the lighter test? There are multiple possible reasons for this.
** Aerosmith is a tiny murder machine, but it's also highly destructive, causes a lot of collateral damage, and is ''very loud,'' which is not something you want when trying to pull off an assassination quietly and discreetly. By the end of Narancia's fight with Formaggio, half the street and several cars were on fire. There's a reason Diavolo didn't send [[PersonOfMassDestruction Cioccolata]] after Bucciarati's team until he was almost out of options.
** Narancia may have asked specifically to join Bucciarati's team. We know that Polpo likes Bucciarati and approves of him, so he saw it as doing Bucciarati a favor by giving him another team member.
** Even if Polpo has no problem with letting teenagers join Passione, it's possible that he didn't like the idea of putting a then-15-year-old on a gangster squad whose purpose is specifically to kill the boss's enemies.
* To raise the juniors created by his Stand, Melone has to raise and teach them to do the job they were made for. Perhaps it's only fitting that he unintentionally taught Giorno to get creative with Gold Experience, transforming inanimate objects into body parts and organs to heal others.
* "Resolve" (or "kakugo" in Japanese) is the ArcWord of the part, referring to the determination and self-sacrifice needed to achieve one's goals. Mainly it refers to the physical strength needed to survive brutal battles, but more subtly, it may also refer to mental and emotional fortitude. When Bucciarati was only 12, he had to join the mafia to keep himself and his father safe from the drug dealers that would want revenge on them. He had to grow up in the brutal, dog-eat-dog world of organized crime, having to become a hardened gangster to stay alive...but his moral compass remained intact throughout. He did not succumb to cynicism, or develop an "every man for themselves" philosophy, or stop caring about the welfare of others, because he had the determination to keep believing that things like justice and selflessness were worth pursuing.
* Although it's not specifically brought up, there's a good reason for Prosciutto and Ghiaccio to be on the same team. Prosciutto's The Grateful Dead ages people rapidly, but its effect can be slowed or stopped by cold objects like ice. Ghiaccio, with White Album's ability to produce ice, can protect his teammates from the effect of The Grateful Dead if they're in the vicinity while Prosciutto is taking someone out.
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* How was Polpo's massive, decomposing corpse removed from the prison cell? Did they have to wait for him to rot to a skeleton? Or perhaps sliced him up like a roast pig to have the pieces fit through the door, as Formaggio claimed?
* Failing Polpo's lighter test. Black Sabbath attacking you with the arrow is bad enough, but it also goes after anyone who '''witnessed the lighter being re-lit'''. Giorno was lucky the other students at his school had gone home for the day, or the old janitor wouldn't have been the only casualty.
** It gets worse. Polpo's Stand is automatic, it's only following preset commands. Polpo has been doing the lighter test for years, meaning Black Sabbath could have attacked and killed hundreds of innocent bystanders, all because they accidentally witnessed the lighter being re-lit. It's no wonder Giorno tricked him into shooting himself.
** Even worse? What if some of those bystanders ''did'' have Stand potential. At best, they think they're crazy. At worst? They are locked up because people can't see the glowing manifestation, or they lose control and go AxCrazy. Or even worse? They can't control it. PowerIncontinence.
* As bad and as deadly as Cioccolata's Stand is, supplementary material would reveal that the Stand's Developmental potential is A. This means that slaughtering nearly an entire city's population is NOT the full extent of the power. He could also control his separated sections of his body without dying. Does that mean he could potentially make zombies of his victims?
* Half FridgeHorror, half SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Cioccolata's 7-page/30 seconds beatdown is already one of the most brutal (and satisfying) in the whole series, but it gets even more brutal when you remember that being punched by Gold Experience speeds up your senses so that each punch feels like several minutes of intense pain. Just one hit was enough to nearly break Bucciarati's mind, and Cioccolata probably takes thousands of them. Depending on whether the time-slowing effect stacks, we might even be entering into AndIMustScream territory. Good thing it happened to a CompleteMonster so we don't have to feel too bad for him.
** According to one [=YouTube=] account named Speedweed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiLkG0avYo he did a math]] about Gold Experience's life-giving punch. Gold Experience hits 26 times in 3.5 seconds, meaning that each punch lasts for about 0.1346 seconds. When Bucciarati's senses went out of control during his first encounter with Giorno, he received a single punch for 21 seconds, which means he felt everything ''156 times slower''. If this number is multiplied by 30 seconds beatdown of Cioccolata in the anime, the total amount is 4680 seconds. This means Cioccolata felt at least '''''1 hour and 18 minutes''''' of pure, excruciating pain. And that's if the slowdown effect doesn't stack with multiple hits: if it does, it could potentially feel like ''exponentially longer than the age of the universe''! Oh, and either way, he was conscious the whole time, since in the anime, you can hear him screaming in pain at the end of the beatdown.
* Narancia's backstory involves his mother Mela dying from an eye disease and his father abandoning him. The anime shows that his relationship with his father was already tenuous, he was greatly distant even when his wife was on her death bed, and he refused to answer Narancia's questions about her eye disease before leaving him. When Narancia is later hit in the eye by his interrogators and thrown into juvenile hall without treatment, his eye is similarly infected and he begins to believe he inherited the disease. It's heavily implied that Mela didn't have an "eye disease", and instead died from an infection [[DomesticAbuse after being abused by her husband]].
* Fugo had mentioned that he would opt to investigate on Leaky Eyed Luca's disappearance instead of Bucciarati. Even though Bucciarati ultimately did the deed that led to the events of Vento Aureo, imagine how screwed Giorno would be if he got attacked by a virus Stand when he did. Giorno wouldn't have survived, and it's likely the gang would still be operating obediently under Diavolo.
* It's fortunate that Notorious B.I.G. attacked Team Bucciarati while the plane was over water. Would it have stopped after killing Team Bucciarati? If not, then had it landed on land instead of in the water, it would have destroyed all of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
* Remember Scolippi, user of Rolling Stones? Mista shot him in both hands, meaning he'll likely never sculpt again, assuming he's not crippled. All because of a Stand he has no control over and no context for its use.
* On average, 1.80 people die every second. King Crimson's time erasure is universal. That means if he erases 10 seconds of time, on average, 18 people die during that time. 18 people who would never know how they truly died.
* Sorbet's death courtesy of Cioccolata becomes far worse when you remember he knows exactly how to dismember body parts without the person dying.
* The 4th letter of Mista's first name is the 4th letter of the alphabet.
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* Passione allows teenagers and even children to join their ranks, as Bucciarati did at the tender age of 12. Think of all the horror that comes with the idea of children being involved in the mafia. It's entirely possible that there have been other children who tried to join (out of desperation or other reasons), but failed the lighter test and died after being stabbed by the Stand Arrow. And if they do survive, they're entering a life of crime that will likely be very short. Not to mention all the gangsters and Stand users inside and outside Passione who have no problem with attacking or killing children and teenagers who get in their way. Throughout the events of ''Vento Aureo'', no enemy has any reservations about attacking Bucciarati's team, even though three of them are only teenagers (Giorno is 15, Fugo is 16, and Narancia is 17). The horror is slightly mitigated by them being more than able to fight back with their own Stands, but it's still disturbing to think about.
* Rolling Stones works by predicting death, but given the opportunity to predict Mista's - doesn't. Mista is pretty much immortal during the Part because Rolling Stones effectively ''refuses'' to let him die - which plays out as MadeOfIron, or his iron-ness lasting until Giorno can heal him. This gives him [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Chirico]] levels of PlotArmor, and is just as much a form of cruel fate.
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* Since Diavolo is now in an infinite death loop, he now knows of his ultimate "fate"... Doesn't that mean he has technically achieved "Heaven", by Pucci's standards?
** Pucci's definition of heaven included the idea that you know ''everything'' about your fate, not just the results. If anything, Diavolo's fate is the reverse: he knows the end result of each loop (death) but doesn't know the cause until it happens. Like he said himself, [[IronicHell all that remains are the results]].
* Even though he's never addressed by his given name, Abbacchio's name is Leone. Leone Abbacchio. "Leone" means "lion" in Italian, while "abbacchio" is a type of lamb. "Leone", or the "lion" may represent his past self as an idealistic young policeman, back when he was driven by seeking truth and justice. "Abbacchio", or the "sheep", on the other hand, represents his present self as a gangster, and how he feels at ease simply by following (Bucciarati's) orders.
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* "Resolve" (or "kakugo" in Japanese) is the ArcWord of the part, referring to the determination and self-sacrifice needed to achieve one's goals. Mainly it refers to the physical strength needed to survive brutal battles, but more subtly, it may also refer to mental and emotional fortitude. When Bucciarati was only 12, he had to join the mafia to keep himself and his father safe from the drug dealers that would want revenge on them. He had to grow up in the brutal, dog-eat-dog world of organized crime, having to become a hardened gangster to stay alive...but his moral compass remained intact throughout. He did not succumb to cynicism, or develop an "every man for themselves" philosophy, or stop caring about the welfare of others. Because he had the determination to keep believing that things like justice and selflessness were worth pursuing.
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* "Resolve" (or "kakugo" in Japanese) is the ArcWord of the part, referring to the determination and self-sacrifice needed to achieve one's goals. Mainly it refers to the physical strength needed to survive brutal battles, but more subtly, it may also refer to mental and emotional fortitude. When Bucciarati was only 12, he had to join the mafia to keep himself and his father safe from the drug dealers that would want revenge on them. He had to grow up in the brutal, dog-eat-dog world of organized crime, having to become a hardened gangster to stay alive...but his moral compass remained intact throughout. He did not succumb to cynicism, or develop an "every man for themselves" philosophy, or stop caring about the welfare of others. Because others, because he had the determination to keep believing that things like justice and selflessness were worth pursuing. pursuing.
* Although it's not specifically brought up, there's a good reason for Prosciutto and Ghiaccio to be on the same team. Prosciutto's The Grateful Dead ages people rapidly, but its effect can be slowed or stopped by cold objects like ice. Ghiaccio, with White Album's ability to produce ice, can protect his teammates from the effect of The Grateful Dead if they're in the vicinity while Prosciutto is taking someone out.
* Although it's not specifically brought up, there's a good reason for Prosciutto and Ghiaccio to be on the same team. Prosciutto's The Grateful Dead ages people rapidly, but its effect can be slowed or stopped by cold objects like ice. Ghiaccio, with White Album's ability to produce ice, can protect his teammates from the effect of The Grateful Dead if they're in the vicinity while Prosciutto is taking someone out.
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** According to one [=YouTube=] account named Speedweed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiLkG0avYo he did a math]] about Gold Experience's life-giving punch. Gold Experience hits 26 times in 3.5 seconds, meaning that each punch lasts for about 0.1346 seconds. When Bucciarati's senses went out of control during his first encounter with Giorno, he received a single punch for 21 seconds, which means he felt everything ''156 times slower''. If this number is multiplied by 30 seconds beatdown of Cioccolata in the anime, the total amount is 4680 seconds. This means Cioccolata felt at least '''''1 hour and 18 minutes''''' of pure, excruciating pain. And that's if the slowdown effect doesn't stack with multiple hits, in which case it could potentially feel like ''longer than the age of the universe''!
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** According to one [=YouTube=] account named Speedweed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiLkG0avYo he did a math]] about Gold Experience's life-giving punch. Gold Experience hits 26 times in 3.5 seconds, meaning that each punch lasts for about 0.1346 seconds. When Bucciarati's senses went out of control during his first encounter with Giorno, he received a single punch for 21 seconds, which means he felt everything ''156 times slower''. If this number is multiplied by 30 seconds beatdown of Cioccolata in the anime, the total amount is 4680 seconds. This means Cioccolata felt at least '''''1 hour and 18 minutes''''' of pure, excruciating pain. And that's if the slowdown effect doesn't stack with multiple hits, in which case hits: if it does, it could potentially feel like ''longer ''exponentially longer than the age of the universe''!universe''! Oh, and either way, he was conscious the whole time, since in the anime, you can hear him screaming in pain at the end of the beatdown.
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* "Resolve" (or "kakugo" in Japanese) is the ArcWord of the part, referring to the determination and self-sacrifice needed to achieve one's goals. Mainly it refers to the physical and mental fortitude needed to survive brutal battles, but more subtly, it may also refer to mental and emotional fortitude. When Bucciarati was only 12, he had to join the mafia to keep himself and his father safe from the drug dealers that would want revenge on them. He had to grow up in the brutal, dog-eat-dog world of organized crime, having to become a hardened gangster to stay alive...but his moral compass remained intact throughout. He did not succumb to cynicism, or develop an "every man for themselves" philosophy, or stop caring about the welfare of others. Because he had the determination and the resolve to keep believing in kindness and justice, even when no one taught him otherwise.
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* "Resolve" (or "kakugo" in Japanese) is the ArcWord of the part, referring to the determination and self-sacrifice needed to achieve one's goals. Mainly it refers to the physical and mental fortitude strength needed to survive brutal battles, but more subtly, it may also refer to mental and emotional fortitude. When Bucciarati was only 12, he had to join the mafia to keep himself and his father safe from the drug dealers that would want revenge on them. He had to grow up in the brutal, dog-eat-dog world of organized crime, having to become a hardened gangster to stay alive...but his moral compass remained intact throughout. He did not succumb to cynicism, or develop an "every man for themselves" philosophy, or stop caring about the welfare of others. Because he had the determination and the resolve to keep believing in kindness that things like justice and justice, even when no one taught him otherwise.selflessness were worth pursuing.
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* "Resolve" (or "kakugo" in Japanese) is the ArcWord of the part, referring to the determination and self-sacrifice needed to achieve one's goals. Mainly it refers to the physical and mental fortitude needed to survive brutal battles, but more subtly, it may also refer to mental and emotional fortitude. When Bucciarati was only 12, he had to join the mafia to keep himself and his father safe from the drug dealers that would want revenge on them. He had to grow up in the brutal, dog-eat-dog world of organized crime, having to become a hardened gangster to stay alive...but his moral compass remained intact throughout. He did not succumb to cynicism, or develop an "every man for themselves" philosophy, or stop caring about the welfare of others. Because he had the determination and the resolve to keep believing in kindness and justice, even when no one taught him otherwise.
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** According to one [=YouTube=] account named Speedweed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiLkG0avYo he did a math]] about Gold Experience's life-giving punch. Gold Experience hits 26 times in 3.5 seconds, meaning that each punch lasts for about 0.1346 seconds. When Bucciarati's senses went out of control during his first encounter with Giorno, he received a single punch for 21 seconds, which means he felt everything ''156 times slower''. If this number is multiplied by 30 seconds beatdown of Cioccolata in the anime, the total amount is 4680 seconds. This means Cioccolata felt at least '''''1 hour and 18 minutes''''' of pure, excruciating pain.
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** According to one [=YouTube=] account named Speedweed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiLkG0avYo he did a math]] about Gold Experience's life-giving punch. Gold Experience hits 26 times in 3.5 seconds, meaning that each punch lasts for about 0.1346 seconds. When Bucciarati's senses went out of control during his first encounter with Giorno, he received a single punch for 21 seconds, which means he felt everything ''156 times slower''. If this number is multiplied by 30 seconds beatdown of Cioccolata in the anime, the total amount is 4680 seconds. This means Cioccolata felt at least '''''1 hour and 18 minutes''''' of pure, excruciating pain. And that's if the slowdown effect doesn't stack with multiple hits, in which case it could potentially feel like ''longer than the age of the universe''!
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* To raise the juniors created by his Stand, Melone has to raise and teach them to do the job they were made for. Perhaps it's only fitting that he unintentionally taught Giorno to get creative with Gold Experience, transforming inanimate objects into body parts and organs to heal others.
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* Diovolo's defeat mirrors his personality perfectly. As someone who wanted to eliminate all traces of himself out of [[TheParanoiac paranoia]], in the end, he's rendered eternally paranoid of what will kill him next.
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* Diovolo's defeat mirrors his personality perfectly. As someone who wanted to eliminate all traces of himself out of [[TheParanoiac paranoia]], in the end, he's rendered perfectly invisible and unhearable like he always wanted to be, along with being eternally paranoid of what will kill him next.
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** This also explains why Diavolo uses his Stand as a mouthpiece so often. Since non-Stand users can't see or hear Stands, it ensures most people won't be able to overhear him. The only ones who can hear him are either his "loyal" enforcers, or enemy Stand users who are typically not long for this world.
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** This also explains why Diavolo uses his Stand as a mouthpiece so often. Since non-Stand users can't see or hear Stands, it ensures most people won't be able to overhear him.him and his voice won't be recorded by security systems. The only ones who can hear him are either his "loyal" enforcers, or enemy Stand users who are typically not long for this world.
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* Toonami's edit of Traitor Requiem adds in King Crimson's Time Skip sound when Diavolo is revealed, just where the song is cut for time.
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* Dio, despite sucking young women dry back in his youthful vampire days, doesn't go and kill the women who would bear his sons. This may seem like an oddity, but recall how his StartOfDarkness [[MissingMom began]]...
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* A sort of fridge irony; the first enemy Giorno faces is Polpo's Black Sabbath Stand. Which he defeats by ''forcing it into the sun''. The same way one would kill a vampire...
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* Looking at the basic power of Gold Experience in part 5 makes you realize there is a significant contrast between Giorno and Dio. Dio sought power even at the price of his humanity, to the point that he willingly and happily embraced undeath. Giorno's most basic power is to give things life.
* For the most part, every arc of Vento Aureo takes place during the morning. However, Giorno’s only solo fight (against Babyface), the famous seven-page "MUDA MUDA MUDA" Cioccolata, and unlocking his Stand's Requiem form all occurred at night. Don't forget, he is still half-vampire; his power is most likely weakened during the day.
* For the most part, every arc of Vento Aureo takes place during the morning. However, Giorno’s only solo fight (against Babyface), the famous seven-page "MUDA MUDA MUDA" Cioccolata, and unlocking his Stand's Requiem form all occurred at night. Don't forget, he is still half-vampire; his power is most likely weakened during the day.
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* Looking at the basic power of Gold Experience in part Part 5 makes you realize there is a significant contrast between Giorno and Dio. Dio sought power even at the price of his humanity, to the point that he willingly and happily embraced undeath. Giorno's most basic power is to give things life.
* For the most part, every arc ofVento Aureo ''Vento Aureo'' takes place during the morning. However, Giorno’s only solo fight (against Babyface), the famous seven-page "MUDA MUDA MUDA" against Cioccolata, and unlocking his Stand's Requiem form all occurred at night. Don't forget, he is still half-vampire; his power is most likely weakened during the day.
* For the most part, every arc of
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* Diovolo's defeat mirrors his personality perfectly. As someone who wanted to eliminate all traces of himself out of [[TheParanoiac paranoia]], in the end he's rendered eternally paranoid of what will kill him next.
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* In Purple Haze Feedback, it's revealed that Mista was actually the first person in the gang to decide to follow Bucciarati and betray the boss. The reason he didn't speak up first was because he [[FourIsDeath didn't want to be the fourth person to get on the boat]] (Bucciarati, Giorno, and Trish were already there). Instead, Abbacchio was the fourth person on the boat. Abbacchio was also the first person to die on the journey. It seems Mista isn't completely crazy for fearing the number four. This is further cemented by the gang's introductory scene. While Mista was ranting about being served four slices of cake and saying it's considered bad luck to choose from four, Abbachio is the first person to take the first slice, sealing his fate.
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* In Purple ''Purple Haze Feedback, Feedback'', it's revealed that Mista was actually the first person in the gang to decide to follow Bucciarati and betray the boss. The reason he didn't speak up first was because he [[FourIsDeath didn't want to be the fourth person to get on the boat]] (Bucciarati, Giorno, and Trish were already there). Instead, Abbacchio was the fourth person on the boat. Abbacchio was also the first person to die on the journey. It seems Mista isn't completely crazy for fearing the number four. This is further cemented by the gang's introductory scene. While Mista was ranting about being served four slices of cake and saying it's considered bad luck to choose from four, Abbachio is the first person to take the first slice, sealing his fate.
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* The Requiem is used to address a Stand with abilities beyond average. Normally, the term would be used in connection with a deceased person who has left the world. But that’s the point: a Requiem Stand keeps going even after its user has died, in comparison with a normal Stand which ends its existence with the death of its user (and vice versa).
** A requiem is music used for holy rites, so it’s a high-class title for a high-class Stand. This means a lot in a world of fighting spirits that all have the names of musicians/music bands/songs.
** A requiem is music used for holy rites, so it’s a high-class title for a high-class Stand. This means a lot in a world of fighting spirits that all have the names of musicians/music bands/songs.
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* The Requiem is used to address a Stand with abilities beyond average. Normally, the term would be used in connection with a deceased person who has left the world. But that’s that's the point: a Requiem Stand keeps going even after its user has died, in comparison with a normal Stand which ends its existence with the death of its user (and vice versa).
** A requiem is music used for holy rites, soit’s it's a high-class title for a high-class Stand. This means a lot in a world of fighting spirits that all have the names of musicians/music bands/songs.
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** Giorno's personal BerserkButton is carelessly harming innocent people, particularly if you're a member of the Mafia. By this point Cioccolata, a high ranking member of the mafia, has just carelessly and ''enthusiastically'' harmed every single person in Rome that isn't in a helicopter. Even if some of Rome's citizens avoided disintegrating due to Green Day's spores, practically no-one has avoided losing family and friends in the massacre. Giorno decided to be a proper Don and give Cioccolata a seven page/thirty seconds-long ethics lesson.
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** Giorno's personal BerserkButton is carelessly harming innocent people, particularly if you're a member of the Mafia. By this point point, Cioccolata, a high ranking member of the mafia, has just carelessly and ''enthusiastically'' harmed every single person in Rome that isn't in a helicopter. Even if some of Rome's citizens avoided disintegrating due to Green Day's spores, practically no-one has avoided losing family and friends in the massacre. Giorno decided to be a proper Don and give Cioccolata a seven page/thirty seconds-long ethics lesson.
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* The second ending for the anime adaptation is "Modern Crusaders" by Enigma. The title of the song itself is very convenient considering that Vento Aureo shares many traits with ''Stardust Crusaders''.
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** As the screen pans upward at the end showing the character's faces, the characters who die in the part (Abbacchio, Narancia, Bucciarati, from top to bottom and in order of death) are placed on the right while the survivors (Giorno, Mista, and Fugo) are placed on the left. A similar effect happens in the "End of the World" OP in ''Stardust Crusaders'' on the stairs.
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** As the screen pans upward at the end showing the character's faces, the characters who die in the part (Abbacchio, Narancia, Bucciarati, from top to bottom and in order of death) are placed on the right while the survivors (Giorno, Mista, and Fugo) are placed on the left. A similar effect happens in the "End of the World" OP in ''Stardust Crusaders'' on the stairs.stairs and its corresponding ED "Last Train Home" with the river.
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** Finally, the one who sits at the very top of the pillar is Gold Experience, shining like gold, and in the same pose as Giorno's in the iconic Vol. 62 cover, as well as the pose David takes in the Fighting Gold opening. This represents the end game of the story, Giorno becoming boss of Passione, as well as his ascension into Gold Experience Requiem.
** As the [[SmallRoleBigImpact one that unknowingly started]] this chain of events and predicted the protagonists' deaths, Rolling Stone is revealed to be the ball at the very bottom. It is also the rock behind the statue in the opening seconds of Fighting Gold.
* Silver Chariot's base appearance is a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy stereotypical 11-13th century European knight]]. Logically its Requiem "evolution", Chariot Requiem, visibly demonstrates its advancement by transforming into the silhouette of a ~14th century Spanish Conquistador.
** As the [[SmallRoleBigImpact one that unknowingly started]] this chain of events and predicted the protagonists' deaths, Rolling Stone is revealed to be the ball at the very bottom. It is also the rock behind the statue in the opening seconds of Fighting Gold.
* Silver Chariot's base appearance is a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy stereotypical 11-13th century European knight]]. Logically its Requiem "evolution", Chariot Requiem, visibly demonstrates its advancement by transforming into the silhouette of a ~14th century Spanish Conquistador.
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** Finally, the one who sits at the very top of the pillar is Gold Experience, shining like gold, and in the same pose as Giorno's in the iconic Vol. 62 cover, as well as the pose David takes in the Fighting Gold "Fighting Gold" opening. This represents the end game of the story, Giorno becoming boss of Passione, as well as his ascension into Gold Experience Requiem.
** As the [[SmallRoleBigImpact one that unknowingly started]] this chain of events and predicted the protagonists' deaths, Rolling Stone is revealed to be the ball at the very bottom. It is also the rock behind the statue in the opening seconds ofFighting Gold.
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* Silver Chariot's base appearance is a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy stereotypical 11-13th century European knight]].Logically Logically, its Requiem "evolution", Chariot Requiem, visibly demonstrates its advancement by transforming into the silhouette of a ~14th century Spanish Conquistador.
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* Silver Chariot's base appearance is a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy stereotypical 11-13th century European knight]].
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* It seems pretty much like a form of irony when the Dio's son has to face off against the final boss whose Stand is able to effectively stop time much like the World. Even more ironic when his Requiem Stand is able to ''rewind'' time, similar to how Yoshikage Kira's Stand evolved, right down to how both the arrows embed themselves into the arm. In short, the final battle of Part 5 is between the Villain Stands of Parts 3 & 4.
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* It seems pretty much like a form of irony when the Dio's son has to face off against the final boss whose Stand is able to effectively stop time much like the The World. Even more ironic when his Requiem Stand is able to ''rewind'' time, similar to how Yoshikage Kira's Stand evolved, right down to how both the arrows embed themselves into the arm. In short, the final battle of Part 5 is between the Villain Stands of Parts 3 & 4.
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* King Crimson's abilities at a glance seem like a massive screw you to the usual theme of the unchangeability of fate that is recurrent in the series. But Gold Experience Requiem's little speech shows how things actually are: King Crimson doesn't see fate, it just sees the actions those around him will perform, and then "locks them" in place when he erases time. Which is why GER works, by reverting those actions to zero, thereby making them not happen. Perhaps, if Giorno's fate were to die at Diavolo's hands (for example: if Rolling Stone predicted his death), presumably not even GER could have saved him. The only person who managed to screw fate was Buccellatti, by virtue of still going on for a while after his fated death happened. Although perhaps that leads to another fridge brilliance moment in itself, since Scolippi thinks that Buccellati might have been chosen by destiny to fulfill a greater purpose, and Pucci in Part 6 states that even one changing one's fate might be predestined.
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* King Crimson's abilities at a glance seem like a massive screw you to the usual theme of the unchangeability of fate that is recurrent in the series. But Gold Experience Requiem's little speech shows how things actually are: King Crimson doesn't see fate, it just sees the actions those around him will perform, and then "locks them" in place when he erases time. Which is why GER works, by reverting those actions to zero, thereby making them not happen. Perhaps, if Giorno's fate were to die at Diavolo's hands (for example: if Rolling Stone predicted his death), presumably not even GER could have saved him. The only person who managed to screw fate was Buccellatti, Bucciarati, by virtue of still going on for a while after his fated death happened. Although perhaps that leads to another fridge brilliance moment in itself, since Scolippi thinks that Buccellati Bucciarati might have been chosen by destiny to fulfill a greater purpose, and Pucci in Part 6 states that even one changing one's fate might be predestined.
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** In Part 3, while Dio managed to kill Kakyoin and Joseph, the latter got revived anyways, while Avdol and Iggy died by Vanilla Ice's hands.
** In Part 4, only Shigechi, Aya, and Yoshihiro are notable enough in Kira's kill list, and one of them is a villain. Reimi already died before the show starts, and we don't see Kosaku's death (only the aftermath). The gang's death via Bites the Dust is also canceled along with the ability.
** In Part 4, only Shigechi, Aya, and Yoshihiro are notable enough in Kira's kill list, and one of them is a villain. Reimi already died before the show starts, and we don't see Kosaku's death (only the aftermath). The gang's death via Bites the Dust is also canceled along with the ability.
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** In Part 3, while Dio DIO managed to kill Kakyoin and Joseph, the latter got revived anyways, while Avdol and Iggy died by Vanilla Ice's hands.
** In Part 4, onlyShigechi, Shigekiyo, Aya, and Yoshihiro are notable enough in Kira's kill list, and one of them is a villain. Reimi already died before the show starts, and we don't see Kosaku's death (only the aftermath). The gang's death via Bites the Dust is also canceled along with the ability.
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* Narancia's death in the final confrontation with Diavolo seemed sudden, rushed, and played no purpose in the narrative. They never build up his desire to go back home and go to school after it's all over until the scene right before he dies. But it was important from multiple story angles. First, it was to demonstrate that Diavolo was nearby and ready to attack, even though they thought Diavolo was in Buccellati's body. Second, as mentioned in the story, Narancia was the group's radar, and could detect any suspicious movements. His goal was to gain control of Trish's soul to get the arrow, so any suspicious movements could be picked up on by Narancia. But the final and most important part is that Narancia dying freed up Giorno's body so Giorno's soul could swap back into it. When Buccellati sacrificed himself to destroy Silver Chariot Requiem so Giorno could get the arrow, the only reason why Giorno was able to take the arrow was because he didn't have to swap back with his body like everyone else. If he had to swap back with Narancia, then everyone would've returned to normal at the same time, and it would be a race to see who could react fast enough to grab the arrow. Narancia's death was a part of fate that allowed Giorno to take the arrow and ascend Gold Experience, finally ending the boss's tyrannical reign over Italy.
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* Narancia's death in the final confrontation with Diavolo seemed sudden, rushed, and played no purpose in the narrative. They never build up his desire to go back home and go to school after it's all over until the scene right before he dies. But it was important from multiple story angles. First, it was to demonstrate that Diavolo was nearby and ready to attack, even though they thought Diavolo was in Buccellati's Bucciarati's body. Second, as mentioned in the story, Narancia was the group's radar, and could detect any suspicious movements. His goal was to gain control of Trish's soul to get the arrow, so any suspicious movements could be picked up on by Narancia. But the final and most important part is that Narancia dying freed up Giorno's body so Giorno's soul could swap back into it. When Buccellati Bucciarati sacrificed himself to destroy Silver Chariot Requiem so Giorno could get the arrow, Arrow, the only reason why Giorno was able to take the arrow was because he didn't have to swap back with his body like everyone else. If he had to swap back with Narancia, then everyone would've returned to normal at the same time, and it would be a race to see who could react fast enough to grab the arrow.Arrow. Narancia's death was a part of fate that allowed Giorno to take the arrow and ascend Gold Experience, finally ending the boss's tyrannical reign over Italy.
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* Remember Scolippi, user of the Rolling Stone? Mista shot him in both hands, meaning he'll likely never sculpt again, assuming he's not crippled. All because of a Stand he has no control over and no context for its use.
* On average, 1.80 people die every second. King Crimson's time erasure is universal. That means if he erases 10 seconds of time, on average 18 people die during that time. 18 people who would never know how they truly died.
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* Remember Scolippi, user of the Rolling Stone? Stones? Mista shot him in both hands, meaning he'll likely never sculpt again, assuming he's not crippled. All because of a Stand he has no control over and no context for its use.
* On average, 1.80 people die every second. King Crimson's time erasure is universal. That means if he erases 10 seconds of time, onaverage average, 18 people die during that time. 18 people who would never know how they truly died.
* On average, 1.80 people die every second. King Crimson's time erasure is universal. That means if he erases 10 seconds of time, on
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* Passione allows teenagers and even children to join their ranks, as Bucciarati did at the tender age of 12. Think of all the horror that comes with the idea of children being involved in the mafia. It's entirely possible that there have been other children who tried to join (out of desperation or other reasons), but failed the lighter test and died after being stabbed by the Stand Arrow. And if they do survive, they're entering a life of crime that will likely be very short. Not to mention all the gangsters and Stand users inside and outside Passione who have no problem with attacking or killing children and teenagers who get in their way. Throughout the events of ''Vento Aureo,'' no enemy has any reservations about attacking Bucciarati's team, even though three of them are only teenagers (Giorno is 15, Fugo is 16, and Narancia is 17). The horror is slightly mitigated by them being more than able to fight back with their own Stands, but it's still disturbing to think about.
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* Passione allows teenagers and even children to join their ranks, as Bucciarati did at the tender age of 12. Think of all the horror that comes with the idea of children being involved in the mafia. It's entirely possible that there have been other children who tried to join (out of desperation or other reasons), but failed the lighter test and died after being stabbed by the Stand Arrow. And if they do survive, they're entering a life of crime that will likely be very short. Not to mention all the gangsters and Stand users inside and outside Passione who have no problem with attacking or killing children and teenagers who get in their way. Throughout the events of ''Vento Aureo,'' Aureo'', no enemy has any reservations about attacking Bucciarati's team, even though three of them are only teenagers (Giorno is 15, Fugo is 16, and Narancia is 17). The horror is slightly mitigated by them being more than able to fight back with their own Stands, but it's still disturbing to think about.
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** Pucci's definition of heaven included the idea that you know ''everything'' about your fate, not just the results. If anything, Diavolo's fate is the reverse: he knows the end result of each loop (death)but doesn't know the cause until it happens. Like he said himself [[IronicHell all that remains are the results]].
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** Pucci's definition of heaven included the idea that you know ''everything'' about your fate, not just the results. If anything, Diavolo's fate is the reverse: he knows the end result of each loop (death)but (death) but doesn't know the cause until it happens. Like he said himself himself, [[IronicHell all that remains are the results]].
