History Headscratchers / JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood

** He was just that determined not to die yet. Besides, talking doesn't seem to take time in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure unless it is combined with some other action, so he probably didn't last as long in-universe as he did onscreen.

** A little of column a, a little of column b. Dio tends to have a bad habit of underestimating Jonathan and his resolve, which is why he lost to Jonathan at the Mansion. He was probably playing on Jonathan’s compassion, in addition to panicking at how badly his plan had gone by that point. Lastly, there was also a degree of respect involved: Jonathan was the only human being who Dio never crushed, neither physically nor mentally. Maybe he really would’ve saved Jonathan (albeit as a zombie or vampire. He did seem a little upset when he realized Jonathan was dead.

* How do the stone masks work? Not in terms of turning people into vampires, but what kind of mechanism is supposed to be able to detect blood on the mask? Thermal based triggers don't make much sense, primarily because blood is only a few degrees warmer then ambient weather on a hot day, particularly in the area they supposedly originated from (Central/South America), and the Pillar Men sure as hell probably didn't have spectrography, much less on the scale needed for a mask.

** Extremely simplified, it's the power of life. It allows for manipulation of organic objects (plants, hair strand, people, etc), and it can transmit through inorganic ones like metal. Ripple users are able to weaken/damage vampires/pillar men with it. It is also able to numb pain and even harm normal people in its stronger versions. However, it depends the ripple user's breathing to work.

[[folder: Coffin used by Erina being used by Dio]]

[[folder: What is the ripple and what can it do?]]

[[folder: Why didn't Dio die after being cut in half?]]

** It also doesnt make any sense why Dio is waiting inside that coffin for 100 years for no reason. It's locked from the inside so he could just go out anytime he wants and swim to safety during nighttime. I'd find it hard to believe as a vampire he couldnt pull that off. So why stay for 100 years in there for no reason? Makes no sense whatsoever.
** http://ls57tiger.freepgs.com/jojo/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1534 This forum thread offers several opinions on the subject. The most plausible {{Watsonian}} explanation is that "After another ship came to rescue Erina, the coffin sank, Dionathan jumped in." By the way, in the future, please place new queries at the bottom on the page.

** Dios coffin had two compartments, one for him and one for Wang Chan. So with a little retconing it could be possible that Dio could have dragged JoJos body into the coffin in the last second.

[[folder: How do the stone masks work?]]

** Blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, protein, etc. Take your pick.

* How do the stone masks work? Not in terms of turning people into vampires, but what kind of mechanism is supposed to be able to detect blood on the mask? Thermal based triggers don't make much sense, primarily because blood is only a few degrees warmer then ambient weather on a hot day, particularly in the area they supposedly originated from (Central/South America), and the [[spoiler: Pillar Men]] sure as hell probably didn't have spectrography, much less on the scale needed for a mask.

* How come Dio Brando didn't die the moment Jonathan sliced him in half with the Ripple sword? That thing went right through his brain, and Ripple and brain destruction are the two main weaknesses of stone mask vampires.

** The easiest way to explain it is that just as ripples travel through a liquid in the form of waves, so too does energy travel in the form of waves - waves that can move through all physical matter, including water, air and the Hamon user's body (with viscous liquids being the best conductors). Because the human body's respiratory and circulatory systems already work by creating waves and sending them through the bloodstream ([[ArtisticLicenseBiology as far as Araki is concerned, that is]]), Hamon users were able to reverse engineer the wave associated with a very specific type of energy - sunlight - and manifest it in their bodies via a disciplined breathing method which causes energy waves identical to those of the sun to distribute through the bloodstream. These waves can then travel to whatever target the Hamon user intends, with the sunlight energy being an effective form of therapy as well as fighting the undead.

** Maybe he does... and then heals himself. You know, due to having complete control over every part of his body.

** Dios coffin had two compartments, one for him and one for Wang Chan. So with a little retconing it could be possible that Dio could have dragged JoJos body into the coffin in the last second.