History Manga / JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo

** Mista has a deep fear of the number four, associating it with misfortune. [[spoiler: Bruno dying at the hands of The Boss and then rebelling against him]] takes place on the fourth day Giorno joins the team.

* KillEmAll: Compared to the idealistic ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' this is much darker story with every Stand battle being a fight to the death. [[spoiler:Bruno, Abbacchio, and Narancia all die. Fugo leaves which means the gang is reduced to just Giorno and Mista. Returning hero Polnareff physically dies but his spirit lives on inside Coco Jumbo. Risotto's gang is wiped out completely by Bruno's. Every other named Passione member is killed, with the exception of Zucchero and depending on canon he dies as well in the ''Purple Haze Feedback'' spinoff.]]

* BodyHorror: Risotto Nero's Metallica does this in spades. [[spoiler: Not only did he use Doppio's own iron to attack him, but also Doppio turned yellow due to lack of iron in his body, ''making him unable to breathe'', with even Risotto spelling Doppio isn't for long. If Diavolo didn't trick Narancia into shooting Risotto, the Boss and Doppio would have died a gruesome death]].

* ArtShift: In the anime, Jotaro's photograph of the Crusaders is done in Part 3's style, since the Part 3 anime features the scene of the picture being taken. [[spoiler:Polnareff's flashback to the group visiting the Giza Pyramids is also done in a similar way; though not as evident, the Crusaders have the clearly defined musculature of Part 3's artstyle.]]

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Bruno's flesh began to melt as Secco's stand ability is to turn everything to mud. It got to the point where his fingers bent so hard it broke when he touched his face and we can see the bone of his finger.]]

** In Episode 35 [[spoiler: right after Narancis's death, Fugo is seen returning to Naples and wandering near their restaurant, only to stop and look further, as if sensing Narancia's passing]].

* OliveGarden: Like in ''Battle Tendency'', Rome and Venice are still the most prominent cities shown in the series, with ''Vento Aureo's'' greatest plot twists occurring there, but Araki made an effort to feature other places such as Pompeii, Naples or Capri, Sardegna, Naples being his favorite Italian city. The countryside is also featured at one point.

* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler: Diavolo]], who was TheFaceless for the entirety of ''Vento Aureo'', finally and climactically drops the mask of [[spoiler: Doppio in front of Polnareff in the Coliseum of Rome.]]

* ElsewhereFic: Bears less relation to the overall MythArc than the other stories of the first six parts, focusing on its own characters within its own setting. The only real relation aside from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Jotaro and Koichi's]] presence at the beginning is that Part 5 [[spoiler:reveals more about the arrows]] and [[spoiler:features a very prominent appearance by [[JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Polnareff]]]]. Even the most obvious connection between ''Vento Aureo'' and the actions of DIO, that Giorno is DIO's bastard son, is never properly followed up on and serves more as a [[CentralTheme thematic]] than a narrative device.

* ManlyTears: Much like other parts in the franchise, there are times the manly heroes simply cannot stop themselves from crying. Notable examples are when Abbacchio sheds tears [[spoiler:upon meeting his former partner in the afterlife]], and when both Giorno and Mista cry over [[spoiler:the death of Narancia.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: If it isn't enough that [[spoiler: Diavolo]] is the main villain of this part, he also indirectly caused the events of ''Stardust Crusaders'', ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', and ''Stone Ocean''. His discovery of the Stand Arrows is what led DIO to awaken to "The World" and create his army of Stand using minions among everything listed under this trope on the ''Stardust Crusaders'' page. This is all ironic seeing as how he doesn't have much physical presence in this part itself, only being the center of influence with how the story goes.

* CarnivalOfKillers: Diavolo's Guard Squad tasked with killing traitors of Passione is one of them. There's also the members of La Squadra who the protagonists encounter in the first half of the story.

* TheChosenOne: Diavolo fancies himself being chosen and favoured by Fate itself, claiming it is his right to lord over everyone and take the Arrow for himself.

* ConflictingLoyalty: Bruno Bucciarati is conflicted between his disgust of drugs and his duty towards Passione, who is dealing them in the streets. When Diavolo [[spoiler:attempts to murder his daughter, Trish, who the gang had spent most of the part protecting]], he chooses his side and revolts against the Boss.

** Diavolo for the entire part sans the final battle. His first fight against Bruno features him as a man fully hidden in the dark.

* FingerInTheMail: Diavolo mailed the body parts of Sorbet framed in containers full of formaldehyde to La Squadra Esecuzioni as a grim warning to everyone who dares try looking into his past.

* TheGhost: Diavolo is an InUniverse example, as he has erased any evidence and information related to his person, and issues orders through varying layers of proxies. No one knows anything about him, they just know he exists and is the Boss of Italy's most powerful crime syndicate.

* KlingonPromotion: Giorno eventually becomes the Boss of Passione by killing Diavolo.

* LonersAreFreaks: Diavolo is a schizophrenic man who is living alone and refuses to have relationships because he doesn't want anyone to learn anything about him.

** Both the hero and the villain have Stands that allude to royalty (Giorno with Golden Experience by ''Prince'' and Diavolo with ''King'' Crimson).

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Diavolo, who is Italian for ''Devil''. Not that anyone knows his name, though.

* NoOneSeesTheBoss: Apart from being full of Stand users, the gang Passione is unique by how secretive its Boss is. The Boss never directly interacts with his subordinates, sending proxies, using computers and leaving messages behind for his subordinates to read and obey, but otherwise no one knows what the Boss looks like. It's a very deliberate attempt from Diavolo's part to make himself be seen more as a concept or an omnipotent being rather than a man who could be killed. It worked rather well, until word of his daughter came out.

** How Diavolo deals with enemies, due in no small part to [[MegatonPunch King Crimson's strength]].
** The Requiem power unlocked by having someone stab the Arrow with their Stands is this. Gold Experience Requiem's power delves so much into metaphysics, even Diavolo's time erasure is outclassed completely.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[spoiler: Diavolo]] is only known as "The Boss" until [[spoiler: Polnareff reveals it to the gang.]]

* ResurrectionDeathLoop: [[spoiler: Diavolo is struck by this in the final fight of Part 5. After receiving a thorough CurbStompBattle by the newly awakened Gold Experience Requiem he also begins to be affected by Requiem's 'back to zero' effect, which in his case means he constantly dies over and over, always in a different way. Nobody else notices it, and he can't ever escape from it, making it both this and AFateWorseThanDeath.]]
* {{Retirony}}: Right before [[spoiler: Narancia]] dies they begin talking about everything they're going to do once Diavolo is defeated. [[spoiler: Wanting to get through highschool, being there for Trish, seeing Fugo again, eating some piping hot pizza and getting his life together]]. Unfortunately you seeing this trope here means that they couldn't do any of this.

* StealthPun: TheHero of Part 5 is Dio's bastard son, and the BigBad is named Diavolo. In other words, [[spoiler:[[BilingualBonus the son of God is fighting the Devil]]]].

* TransformationSequence: One happens when Doppio lets Diavolo take the reins of their shared body, which grows more muscular and the face changes completely alongside the hair.

->''"Arrivederci"''

* AnachronismStew: In the anime, during Mista's flashback (which is presumably set in the late '90s) a cinema is shown with posters of ''Film/TheMartian'' (2015), ''Film/WarHorse'' (2011) and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (2008).

->This [[TheStinger stinger]]... [[MemeticMutation it's that of a liar!]] [[SayMyName Giorno Giovanna]]!

** The oft-repeated {{Catchphrase}} of Giorno: "I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream that I know is just."

* CastingGag: The reason why Creator/KenshoOno was picked as Giorno for the TV Anime was because the previous two [=JoJos=] were voiced by Creator/DaisukeOno and Creator/YukiOno, both of which have the surname Ono.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Bruno is one to Giorno's {{Protagonist}} role. While the events of the part are seen from Giorno's perspective most of the time, Bruno is his closest ally, best friend, and the person he shares his vision with. In addition, Bruno plays a major role in several arcs and is often much more central to the fight than Giorno is, who himself usually takes a backseat supporting role due to his powers as TheMedic. Notably, it's not Giorno who first encounters The Boss's stand, but Bruno. Due to Giorno's own SupportingProtagonist status, in fact, some outright argue that Bruno really is ''the'' protagonist of the part.

** AscendedMeme:

* JerkassWoobie: Trish tries to hide her fear of being involved with the Mob by acting haughty.

* JerkassFacade: Trish tries to hide her fear of being involved with the Mob by acting haughty.

** This comes to a head at the Purple Haze Distortion epilogue, where Mista almost pulls his gun on Giorno for hiding that fact from him; it takes Giorno's explanation (that this was what Bruno wanted so as to not harm the team's resolve) to get him to calm down.

* MythologyGag: Plot threads from ''LightNovel/PurpleHazeFeedback'' are referenced in the anime, but not completely acknowledged:
** Fugo's backstory follows the same general trend as it does in the light novel; AbusiveParents that expected too much of him, and the assault with a textbook specifically outlined as part of his HairTriggerTemper instead of being implied. The latter, however, is changed from being provoked due to the death of Fugo's beloved grandmother, to being caused because the professor he assaulted was sexually harassing him.
** Pericolo's burned photograph being restored to explain how Ghiaccio tracked down Mista and Giorno is also alluded to; instead of Murolo restoring it for his own gain, it's an unnamed computer specialist who Risotto Nero coerces into working for him.