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7	* CallBack: ''[=JoJolion=]'' has several. The Higashikata family calls back to the Higashikatas of Part 4 (and our hero's tentative name ''is'' "Josuke Higashikata," although it's spelled differently in Japanese). Our hero's hat was made by a company called ''Steel Ball Run''. Finally, our hero is [[spoiler:''half''-Yoshikage Kira]].
8	** ''Stardust Crusaders'' also has a CallBack during the Empress fight. Before Joseph finishes off Empress for good, he predicts that she will say "don't do this!", referencing his old trick of predicting his enemy's statement before they say it back in ''Battle Tendency''.
9	** At the start of ''Golden Wind'', when Giorno is talking about how he hates having to repeat himself, he rants that it's "useless, useless, useless" or in the original Japanese, "muda, muda, muda."
10	** Similarly, in ''Steel Ball Run'', Gyro says one after the other "muda, muda" and "yare yare daze".
11	** A self-contained one in ''Diamond is Unbreakable''. Okuyasu's first fight has him accidentally knock himself out with a potted plant with The Hand's ability by dragging it to him. Okuyasu's last fight has him [[spoiler: completely incapacitate Stray Cat, a plant, by dragging it to him.]]
12	** In the very last volumes of ''Steel Ball Run'', Johnny's evolved Stand resorts to the classic RapidFireFisticuffs and ORA ORA battlecry the Kujos are known for. ''Steel Ball Run'''s lack of melee Stands makes this especially notable.
13	** In ''Steel Ball Run'', the last battle between Johnny and [[spoiler:Diego Brando]] is a call back to the final battle of ''Stardust Crusaders''. Just like then, it happens on the bridge, and [[spoiler:Diego]] damages his leg to defeat his opponent. [[spoiler:The only difference this time is that he succeeds]].
14	** The ending of ''Steel Ball Run'' mirrors the last arc of ''Phantom Blood'', but with a more upbeat ending. Johnny leaves America for Europe and is implied to meet his future wife on the cruise; a coffin is brought in with the ship's cargo, but inside it is [[spoiler:Gyro's body, prepped for burial in Italy]] as opposed to Dio and Wang Chan, out to kill Jonathan.
15	** The opening for ''Stardust Crusaders'' shows [[spoiler:Jonathan's death]] and Joseph's [[spoiler:resolve to kill Kars and the Pillar Men, after Caesar's death]].
16	** ''Stardust Crusaders''' opening has a direct call back to the first opening from the previous season when the lyrics mention [[spoiler:the century-long conflict between Dio and the Joestars. The scene from the original OP where Jonathan punches Dio while they descend in a blue-shaded stair themed area as they are cloaked in auras is mirrored with Jotaro and Star Platinum getting ready to punch DIO as they are both cloaked in auras as they ascend upwards in a red-themed Tower area. Both the Joestar auras match the color of their environment while Dio's contrasts]].
17	** During DIO's World, when [[spoiler:Kakyoin dies]], Joseph makes the same exact expression in the anime that he had when [[spoiler:Caesar died in Part 2]]. Syncing the two up, they are exactly the same besides the fact Joseph is now much older [[spoiler:and not sobbing]].
18	** In the first episode of ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'', a shot of Jotaro crossing his legs in the back of the car mirrors the way DIO was sitting when he got into Senator Phillips' car.
19	** In the second ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'' episode, Josuke is playing ''Oh! That's A Baseball '99'', the sequel to the game Jotaro played against D'Arby The Younger. He's playing the Jaguars, the same team Jotaro played, and his team is populated by Crazy Diamonds, like how Jotaro's was populated by Star Platinums.
20	** In ''Golden Wind'', Trish's Stand has this line:
21	-->'''Spice Girl:''' That which is soft is [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable more unbreakable than any diamond!]]
22	** During Doppio's debut, a fortune teller approaches him and offers to tell his future, using [[http://img.bato.to/comics/2016/09/20/j/read57e0afb09fd26/img000006.png the exact same tarot deck]] that Avdol used to name Jotaro's Star Platinum. The top card in the deck is even The Star.
23	** In the Shakedown Road arc from ''[=JoJolion=]'', Josuke and Joshu accidentally break a little girl's toy mirror. Said mirror is seen to be adorned with a plastic jewel that looks exactly like [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DR-5JCWXcAAMe8D.jpg Part 2's Red Stone of Aja.]]
24	** Chapter 78 of ''[=JoJolion=]'' informs us that Mitsuba Higashikata used to be a model in her teens, going by the pseudonym “Miss Cherry”. When she drops that information, she mouths "rero" (Japanese SFX for "lick"), in a clear reference to a famous scene during the Yellow Temperance arc in ''Stardust Crusaders'', where Kakyoin (and Rubber Soul disguised as him, before that) licks a cherry while saying "rero, rero, rero...".
25	* CallForward:
26	** In the OP of the 2012 anime of "Phantom Blood", you can see all the other [=JoJos=] up until Part 6 appearing on the manga pages.
27	** In the OP of the 2012 anime, as Jonathan runs up the stairs, there's a close-up on Jonathan's eyes which then show flames. Very briefly, the flames turn black. Much like the Dark Will of Jonathan's alternate, Johnny.
28	** When Dio heals his wounds by sucking on the life force of young women in ''Phantom Blood'', the 2012 anime made him shirtless and pose like how he spends most of his time in ''Stardust Crusaders''.
29	** The OP of the 2012 anime of ''Battle Tendency'' has a '''[[FreezeFrameBonus really]]''' subtle reference to ''Stardust Crusaders''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wDSFQFKSo0 At the 11 second mark]], briefly manifesting behind Joseph's silhouette are thorned purple vines, also known as [[spoiler:Hermit Purple.]]
30	** In the same opening, we see several shots of Caesar and Joseph posing, until Caesar appears to be yelling. People who know what happens in the story will note that Caesar was screaming [[spoiler:because he was dying, and used the last of his Hamon power to help Joseph.]] His pose even matches the exact panel of the manga.
31	** The 2012 anime subtly shows off both Jonathan and Joseph's Joestar birthmarks, though no attention is called to them since they are not yet a plot device at this point. In the original manga, the family birthmark does not even appear once until ''Stardust Crusaders'', where it first becomes significant.
32	** In the first ED of ''Stardust Crusaders'', a clock hand becomes a racing silhouette of the Arrow that gives people their Stands, first established in Part 4, and using the design last seen in Part 5.
33	** Also in the ED, there is a reference to [[spoiler: DIO's stand, The World. Right as it begins, there is a clock covered in purple vines, hinting at DIO's power over time, as well as Jonathan's own Hermit Purple-like stand which he also controls.]]
34	** In the ''Stardust Crusaders'' anime's first OP, there's a moment with five shooting stars flying over the world. In the very last moment, you can see a ''sixth'' star on the far right, representing Iggy's later recruitment into the group.
35	** The same opening also mentions "paving your own road", [[spoiler:a nod to DIO's use of a steamroller.]]
36	** In episode 5 of ''Stardust Crusaders'', during Polnareff's recollection of his meeting with DIO, there's once again a bird on DIO's shoulder. Only this time, instead of the manga's one-time parrot, the bird is Pet Shop.
37	** In the second half of ''Stardust Crusaders'', during the beginning of the Egypt Arc, a photograph is taken of the group with the newly added Iggy. Besides showing up in the ED, it is [[spoiler: the cherished photograph of his friends that Jotaro would keep framed on his desk in Part 5. When he says it'll make for a good memory, it's a bittersweet call forward to when he looks at the photo with great melancholy while recalling their adventure to defeat DIO.]]
38	** During the first episode of the Anubis two-parter, while Polnareff is getting his shave and haircut, Jotaro is seen reading a magazine on sea life, referencing him becoming a marine biologist in Part 4.
39	** When Vanilla Ice is talking to DIO about the Crusaders breaking into the mansion, you can see in DIO's room that he has the Bow and Arrow from Part 4 hanging on his wall.
40	* CallingTheOldManOut: After yet one demonstration of Jotaro's aloofness, Jolyne angrily calls him out of it since it's as if Jolyne doesn't count for him. Jotaro doesn't understand, sadly.
41	* CallingYourAttacks: Common in the earlier parts, but once the Stands were introduced, this mostly disappeared — characters usually just call out their Stand's name rather than a specific attack name.
42	* {{Camp}}: The whole series is fond of this, as seen by its [[WorldOfHam perpetually hammy dialogue]], increasingly outlandish fashion sense for hero and villain alike, and especially the characters' [[AssKickingPose poses]].
43	* CanineConfusion: This manga has a few cases of dogs eating things that would be poisonous to them in real life:
44	** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', Erina leaves Jonathan a basket of grapes to thank him for rescuing her from bullies; Jonathan then proceeds to share them with his BigFriendlyDog Danny. Grapes are extremely toxic to dogs and can cause kidney failure even in small quantities.
45	** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', the TrademarkFavoriteFood of Iggy the Boston Terrier is coffee-flavored gum; prior to his CharacterDevelopment, it's the one thing that lets the heroes keep him under control. Chewing gum contains xylitol, which is so dangerous to dogs that a single piece of gum can cause seizures and liver damage.
46	* CaptainCrash: Every Joestar so far. The vehicle they happen to be in at any moment is likely to be destroyed by a Stand user attacking them, or they are using it as a weapon, or it just plain crashes due to bad luck.
47	* TheCasanova: Dio. He's got four sons, all from different mothers. There's also Hol Horse, who charms women so that he can use them easily.
48	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Parts 5 and 7 have casts that are 90% composed of attractive young men. As a whole, due to Araki's interest in the aesthetics of the human body, many characters are pretty boys.
49	* CastOfSnowflakes: While character faces, at times, [[OnlySixFaces look practically the same]], the Stands in the series are easy to differentiate from one another.
50	* CastingGag:
51	** In ASB, [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff Polnareff]] is voiced by Creator/HiroakiHirata, who also voiced Sanji Vinsmoke, another ButtMonkey, CasanovaWannabe [[GratuitousFrench French speaker]] and JerkWithAHeartOfGold in the adaptation of [[Manga/OnePiece another popular Shonen manga]]. Also, it's not the [[Film/DarkShadows first time]] [[Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter he deals]] [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} with vampires]], voice-acting wise.
52	** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Kakyoin]] is voiced by Creator/DaisukeHirakawa, who plays [[VisualNovel/SchoolDays Makoto Itou]], [[spoiler:who also ends up killed by Sekai]]. In ''All-Star Battle'', he's voiced by Creator/KojiYusa, aka [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog]] (cue the Emerald motif), which becomes hilarious with Silver the Hedgehog being voiced by Creator/DaisukeOno.
53	*** Creator/DaisukeHirakawa and Creator/KojiYusa were both starred in a BL Visual Novel, VisualNovel/KichikuMegane. And it's possible to [[ScrewYourself get them together and have sex]]...
54	** In the TV series, [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Erina Pendleton's]] [[Creator/AyakoKawasumi voice actress]] voiced [[Anime/QueensBlade Leina]], whose name is an anagram of ''Erina'' using the Japanese spelling, and also the name of Leina's younger sister in that series.
55	** In regards to ''VideoGame/Persona4'', both Creator/RomiPark and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa have respectively voiced Giorno in the [=PS2=] game and in ''All-Star Battle'' onwards; cue ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' where both characters Park and Namikawa voice happen to voice characters who fight with similar avatar/FightingSpirit-summoning mechanics ''just like in the [=JoJo=] fighting games''. Not helping matters is that there's also Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo (as Yosuke and Akira Otoishi), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (as Dio and [[Anime/PersonaTrinitySoul Ryo Kanzato]]), Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (Jolyne and Elizabeth/Chidori/Jun Kanzato) and several other VA's in the mix between both ''[=JoJo=]'' and ''Persona'' in general.
56	** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Bucciarati's]] [[Creator/NoriakiSugiyama voice actor in ASB]] is infamous for voicing [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou Emiya]], another character who [[spoiler:doesn't die when killed]].
57	** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Smokey's]] voice actor already voiced a TokenBlackFriend role before as Pete Ross in the Japanese dub of ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
58	** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Wamuu]] is played by Creator/AkioOtsuka, who already voiced [[Videogame/StreetFighterIV Seth]], who can use wind-based attacks at his will, and [[Literature/FateZero Rider]], another badass chariot driver.
59	** Takuya Kirimoto, who voices [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders J. Geil]] in the TV series, is also the Japanese dub voice of ''Series/{{Dexter}} Morgan'', another SerialKiller, except J. Geil is '''everything''' [[SerialKillerKiller Dexter]] hates and [[PayingEvilUntoEvil fights against it]] at daily basis.
60	** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Iggy]] in the TV series. It's not the first time Creator/MisatoFukuen has voiced a character related with dogs, having voiced [[Anime/StrikeWitches Yoshika Miyafuji]] before.
61	** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Red Hot Chili Pepper]] wouldn't be the first time Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo voiced a character with an electric power, having voiced [[Manga/GetBackers Ginji Amano]] before. Refer back to ''Persona 4'' up above, and Morikubo also basically voices [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Giorno's partner]] in that series.
62	** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Shizuka]] is also not the first time Creator/TaekoKawata voiced a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons baby]].
63	** Rohan Kishibe and Yoshikage Kira's voice actors in the anime both played [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Griffith]]. They are also [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud and Sephiroth]], making their interactions (which are very little) funnier.
64	*** [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai Rohan's anime voice actor]] also previously voiced Bucciarati in the Part 5 [=PS2=] game; which apparently can easily be fitting in that both Rohan and Bucciarati have fought against their arc's respective protagonists at one time (with rather serious intent) while also ending up as one of their closest allies down the line. [[spoiler:Both of them have also technically died at least once]].
65	* CatchPhrase: Tons, from Dio's "Toki yo, tomare! (Time, stop!)" (which is parodied as often as his "Wryyyyyy") to the generation-spanning catchphrase of Jotaro's "Yare yare daze" (Gimme a break!) (and his daughter's "Yare yare dawa"). Joseph is fond of making random English exclamations when things go south for him (OH. MY. GOOOOOOOODD!), and of informing you that, depending on the way you answer his questions, he "may have to kick your ass."
66	** Also, Joseph enjoys predicting what people are going to say ''out loud'' by saying "Your next words will be ''x''."
67	*** He tends to shout "OH NO!" in his younger years.
68	** Josuke would like you to know that he thinks this is "Great!"
69	* CelebrityParadox:
70	** Araki's love of foreign pop culture bleeds over to his characters too; Joseph listens to ''Music/TheBeatles'' on his walkman, Josuke's favorite musician is ''Music/{{Prince}}'' and Yukako uses ''Prince'' as well, and Akira says he desires to reach ''Music/JimiHendrix'''s level of fame. These musicians all have Stands named after their works, though, so that begs the question of if the Stands and the in-universe [=albums/songs=] are connected somehow.
71	** Lucky Land Communications, the manga studio that Araki owns, makes [[LogoJoke infrequent appearances]] throughout the series, perhaps the most prominent example being Jotaro's signature hand badge as an almost identical copy of the original logo. If Lucky Land exists in [=JoJo=], did they create the [=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure series in there too?
72	* CensorShadow: The broadcast anime does this to a lot of the heavier gore. The DVD/Blu-ray releases remove this for the most part.
73	** Jotaro's face is always in shadow whenever he smokes in the anime, since he is underage, believe it or not. This is uncensored in the dub and the DVD/Blu-ray.
74	* CentralTheme: Hirohiko Araki states that [=JoJo's=] Bizarre Adventure is an ode to humanity, celebrating its potential. Around this theme revolve the problems of morality, the nature of happiness, and also the contradiction between this potential and YouCantFightFate.
75	* ChangingOfTheGuard: A new part means a whole new set of characters with maybe one or two old characters returning.
76	* CharacterTitle: The series is obviously named after '''Jo'''nathan '''Jo'''estar, the first protagonist of the series. By extension, since all the protagonists could be nicknamed "Jojo", the series is also named after them. On a smaller scale, individual chapters get their name changed after the magazine and in the tankobons, are gathered into a same arc, all titled after the Stand currently in the spotlight, usually resulting in an AntagonistTitle with the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Enemy Stand Of The Week]] plus some numbering.
77	* ChaseScene:
78	** In ''Stardust Crusaders'', DIO briefly chases Joseph and Kakyoin before resorting to [[GrievousHarmWithABody throwing his unlucky chauffeur at Joseph's truck]] to make it crash.
79	** A good chunk of the penultimate fight in ''Steel Ball Run'' is based on Gyro and Johnny pursuing Valentine's train.
80	* ChekhovsGun: Jotaro's Star Platinum had been mainly used to beat the crap out of anyone with his diamond-hard fists and also to [[spoiler:freeze time]]. In the beginning, it was used to make things appear out of nowhere, and eventually his jail cell was filled with a lot of stuff, ranging from books, clothes, radios, RC cars, and weights. Jotaro used this ability again to throw off Daniel D'Arby in order to win a rigged poker game against him.
81	* ChekhovsSkill: In Part 7, one of the first effects of the Spin was to trigger leg reflexes.[[spoiler: 23 volumes later, Johnny would use this exact application on his horse to gather the Super Spin and unleash it on Valentine.]]
82	** In Part 3, Star Platinum's ability to catch bullets was brought up fairly frequently early on, despite the action in question occurring only once, in the first chapter. [[spoiler: Then the final battle with DIO comes along, and Jotaro uses that very ability when DIO steals a gun and shoots him to make sure he's dead- Jotaro stops the bullet just after it penetrates his skin to create the illusion it hit its target]]
83	* ChickMagnet: Could almost be considered a bloodline trait amongst the Joestars, considering that Joseph was ''still'' a player when he was well into his golden years. Polnareff, Kakyoin, and several other sidekicks are also good with the ladies.
84	** Weather Report is better than all of them in terms of getting chicks. In terms of ''keeping'' them, however... not so much. Kinda hard to score when all the ladies around you are snails.
85	* CityOfAdventure: Both versions of the town of Morioh. Many chapters in ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'' would even end with little notes detailing local folklore or landmarks in town relating to the events of said chapter. In ''[=JoJolion=]'', Morioh features among others a strange earthen wall separating it from the coast, is inhabited by many quirky Stand users and even a strange race of humans able to turn into rocks.
86	* CiviliansAreIrrelevant: Particularly in ''Stardust Crusaders'', anyone who accompanies the heroes and is not a Stand user or [[ImprobableInfantSurvival a child]] is likely to die to the hands of the VillainOfTheWeek. In most cases, they have nothing to do with the conflict except for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or worse, coming to the aid of the heroes. Though it makes sense for the heroes to be more concerned with defeating the villains, as stopping to help the victims will likely get them immediately targeted, after it's over, they have a tendency to simply move on and forget anything ever happened. Part 4's Josuke Higashikata is notable for being an aversion; as a NiceGuy, his fighting style involves taking every effort to avoid any collateral damage to anybody, even if he harms himself in the process.
87	* CloudCuckooLand: The world of [=JoJo=] is this; characters here are either quirky, outright demented, or somewhere in between. Jotaro Kujo [[OnlySaneMan is one of the few exceptions]].
88	* ClueOfFewWords: In Part 3, when Kakyoin encounters Death 13 in his dream world he realizes that anything that happens to him also happens to his body in the waking world. So to help him remember that the infant child is actually Death's user, he takes a pocketknife and carves the words "BABY STAND" into his forearm. However, revealing this to the rest of the crew doesn't do him much good in convincing them that he isn't insane.
89	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The 25th anniversary "[=JoJonium=]" hardcover omnibus collections. Each Part is individually renumbered at #1, so "Phantom Blood" #1-3 uses green accents on the cover, "Battle Tendency" #1-4 uses red, and "Stardust Crusaders" uses blue.
90	* CombatCommentator: Any character describing a fight from afar becomes this as every move will be described lengthily.
91	** Speedwagon is the first and foremost example in the series, so much that he is famous for being this.
92	** Lisa Lisa and Kars comment in great detail what is happening during Joseph and Wamuu's fight, offering insights about what they plan to do or describe one particular successful move.
93	** Koichi also has the habit of doing this during the first volumes of Part 4 as his weak Stand doesn't allow him to fight directly.
94	* CombatPragmatist: From the get go, everyone foregoes fighting fairly. Trapping the opponent, ganging up on him, sneak attacks, cheating at games, exploiting your opponent's emotions or beliefs, the only difference between heroes and villains is that villains are willing to involve civilians. Also Joseph. It's stated by many people that his tendency to resort to trickery is what makes him such a good fighter.
95	** Every [=JoJo=] is this to varying extents save for Jonathan, who believes in fighting honorably.
96	* CompositeCharacter: Characters from ''Steel Ball Run'' and ''[=JoJolion=]'' can be considered a mix of older characters, most notably:
97	** Gyro Zeppeli is a mix between Will A and Caesar in his interaction with Johnny.
98	** Josuke Higashikata (from [=JoJolion=]): is a composite of Josuke and Jotaro, while ''literally'' being [[spoiler: a mix between Yoshikage Kira and Josefumi Kujo]].
99	** Joshu Higashikata is a mix between Okuyasu's dumbness and Yukako's unhealthy romantic feelings for another Hirose.
100	** Kei Nijimura has the last name of the Nijimura brothers, but resembles Jotaro much more. Her color palette is similar to his; they both have an apparently [[TheStoic stoic personality]] [[NotSoStoic that is actually a decoy]]; they're both [[spoiler:direct descendants of their universes' versions of Holy Joestar]]; and they fight to protect their family.
101	* CompressedAdaptation: There was a OVA based off the third part made, but it started near the last third of the story (when the party runs into D'Arby) then went into Iggy's introduction before jumping into the final battle with Dio.
102	** Another set of [=OVAs=] were later made that started from the beginning of the third part, ending back to where the old OVA's starts.
103	** Each episode of the 2012 anime has adapted five or six chapters of the manga. It's rather understandable, considering that [[{{Understatement}} this series is kinda long]].
104	* ConspicuousGloves:
105	** After Polnareff is saved from the flesh bud in his head, he asks Joseph about whether or not he has two right hands because he'd noted that Joseph never once took off his gloves. Joseph reveals that [[CallBack he just has a prosthetic hand from his adventures]]. He also reveals the antagonist he's looking for here.
106	** When the team enter a hotel, they find the manager as a little old lady who bandaged her left hand because of a burn. [[spoiler:It's really a cover-up and the covered hand is also a right hand, revealing her as also the mother of the man Polnareff was looking for and killed before this incident.]]
107	* ContagiousPowers: When someone acquires a Stand, those of the same bloodline gain one as well.
108	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Whether coincidental or an intentional design choice, each protagonist of each part tends to have an opposing temperament to their predecessor.
109	** To put it simply, Jonathan is a NiceGuy {{Determinator}} bound by the honor of a gentleman and never giving up. His grandson, Joseph is a GuileHero JerkWithAHeartOfGold who uses his wits to win against an enemy. Jotaro is an [[TranquilFury unforgiving]] PerpetualFrowner who varies from pummeling to cunning depending on his opponent. Josuke is [[HonorBeforeReason honorable]] and [[ThouShallNotKill doesn't kill his enemies]], but is also a [[TheGamblingAddict gambling addict]] who's got a BerserkButton with his hair. Giorno has a [[JustLikeRobinHood Robin Hood]] streak and [[GoodIsNotSoft isn't afraid to fight ruthlessly with his enemies]]. Jolyne is a flighty, irresponsible [[TheHedonist hedonist]] looking for a thrill. Johnny is a stubborn and strong-willed cripple with a major InferioritySuperiorityComplex. Finally, "Josuke" is a dork with some brooding moments.
110	** It's such a prominent feature in this series that even the enemies are opposite of each other. Dio is a {{Narcissist}} megalomaniac [[TheCasanova casanova]] with various KickTheDog moments, notably literally kicking a dog as his EstablishingCharacterMoment [[spoiler:and later incinerating it alive]], and is never seen without a [[SmugSmiler smirk]]. He is also favorable to humans that are nice to him, though he will dispose of them once they serve no use callously. Kars is a [[TheStoic stoic]] super vampire with a single-minded goal of achieving perfection as the UltimateLifeForm, but notably cares more about wildlife than humans. He also cared more about his colleagues than Dio did. Kira, on the other hand, has significantly humbler ambitions than his predecessors, preferring to live a life without distractions and fixing his socks. He also has a sick obsession with women's hands. Diavolo is an [[LackOfEmpathy apathetic]] man with no love for anyone but himself, and [[spoiler:not even his own split personality's death]] brings any emotional response. He is obsessed with killing his own daughter, and has an even more extreme paranoia of being discovered by others than Kira. Pucci has UndyingLoyalty to Dio, [[AmbiguouslyGay with some questionable undertones for a priest]], is [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], and is an [[ObliviouslyEvil "evil that didn't know he was evil"]] kind of villain. Finally, Funny Valentine is a [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]] patriot whose reasons for his actions are the love for his country and to honor the memory of his father, going so far as to commit morally wrong acts to attain eternal happiness and prosperity for his country.
111	** Even [[TheLancer the so-called "JoBros"]] contrast immensely between themselves, as well. Speedwagon is a LargeHam who doesn't engage in any fights (except for his introduction arc) throughout the series, praises Jonathan's actions all the time and is mostly a CombatCommentator; Caesar is a hot-blooded [[TheCasanova casanova]] and a skilled Hamon fighter that has a FriendlyRivalry with Joseph; Kakyoin is sensitive, quiet and [[spoiler:[[FriendlessBackground had been lonely for most of his life]] until meeting the Crusaders]], as well as being a skilled strategist; Okuyasu is an outright ButtMonkey who dives headfirst into combat without even thinking, and has such a deep bond with Josuke that they can even ''telepathically communicate''; Mista is a superstitious, hot-headed [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] who's faithful to Giorno; Ermes is a somewhat aloof BigBrotherMentor to Jolyne, and is mainly focused on getting revenge for her sister's murder; Gyro is a condescending, though caring BigBrotherMentor to Johnny who ends up being more heroic than TheHero himself; and Yasuho is a love interest to "Josuke", showing herself to be [[BadassNormal a very useful ally even before acknowledging her Stand]].
112	* ContrivedCoincidence: The plot runs sometimes on this. Although they are justified by the common BecauseDestinySaysSo, it eventually becomes a plot point that Destiny itself is manipulating the lives of the characters.
113	** George Joestar, a wealthy businessman living in Liverpool, and Dario Brando, a Londonian petty thief, fatefully meet at the bottom of a cliff on the side of a road where George's carriage plunged into. This one fateful meeting eventually results in Jonathan and Dio meeting, living together and fighting each other to the death, to the point that Dio points out that their destinies seem to be tied together.
114	** In ''Battle Tendency'', Speedwagon and Joseph discover and become involved with the Pillar Men just as they wake up from their centuries-long slumber.
115	** The protagonists of ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' only get wind of Yoshikage Kira's murders because Rohan happens to stumble upon an invisible ghost alley. Later, while the heroes have at large dismissed Kira as a cold case, Kira is forced to interact with them because a dog stole Shigechi's lunch, and Shigechi happens to have bought the same lunch from Kira, seen and taken the bag while Kira was distracted, went back to school only for Kira to kill him near Josuke, who picked up a clue to Kira's identity.
116	** Enrico Pucci's backstory is full of unlikely coincidences. They are by order of apparition: Pucci's twin brother is swapped with another stillborn baby; Pucci happens to meet DIO while he is cleaning up a church, make DIO interested in him so that he gives him an Arrow; Pucci happens to hear the confession of the mother who swapped the babies, being mistaken for a priest while cleaning a confession booth; Pucci's twin brother Wes and his little sister Perla fall in love; Pucci hires a private eye to scare Wes away from Perla, only for the detective to mistake Wes for a mixed-blood, and lynch Wes because he's part of TheKlan; at the moment, Pucci sees the body of Perla, he remembers DIO and travels to meet him.
117	* CoolOldGuy: Joseph Joestar is pushing 70 when Part 3 takes place, but is still as strong as he was in Part 2 (if not stronger, thanks to his new Stand).
118	%%** Norisuke I and IV are two other cool guys in ''Steel Ball Run'' and ''[=JoJolion=]'' respectively.
119	* CoupDeGrace: The series' RapidFireFisticuffs are often used as this, as the omnipresent combat pragmatism means no one wants to face a Stand head-on.
120	* CoveredWithScars: Joseph Joestar after his training, and Funny Valentine has the most patriotic scars ever, shaped as the American flag.
121	* CrackFic: The ''Jorge Joestar'' novel at this point could be considered ''officially sanctioned'' crackfic. Although written and published for the 25th anniversary celebration of the franchise, it's not considered canonical by any means. It's also [[UnderStatement completely insane]], which is an impressive feat given the franchise. See SerialEscalation for a ''hint'' of the craziness involved.
122	* CrapsaccharineWorld: Italy is about as beautiful as Tonio describes it in Part 4, brimming with delicious food as well as gorgeous locales and fashions. It is also rife with crime. Even after [[spoiler:Giorno]] tidies it a bit by the time he gets there, Rohan still winds up getting swindled of his possessions (by his ''translator/guide'' no less!) when he visits the country.
123	* CrazyEnoughToWork: The series live on this trope. Almost every major character would have thought of some plan requiring temporary loss of limbs, several layers of BatmanGambit, incredible luck, and so on.
124	** One of the most glorious example would be Joseph stopping his fall in a crevasse by sticking stalactites to each other with Hamon, making a makeshift rope, while knowing the stalactites at his disposition wouldn't be enough but that his best friend Caesar would know that he would pull such a silly plan and thus make the rest of the rope with the stalactites near him.
125	*** Most of Joseph's actions boil down to CrazyEnoughToWork with a heavy dose of IndyPloy and GuileHero, so much so that Kars believes him when he claims [[spoiler:an exploding volcano blasting Kars into space was part of his plan all along]].
126	* CreatureHunterOrganization: The Speedwagon Foundation who doesn't specifically hunts creatures, but secures artefacts and arrests criminal Stand users.
127	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: See [[CruelAndUnusualDeath/JoJosBizarreAdventure here]].
128	* CrypticConversation: [=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure=] is full of downright confusing dialogs and narration, because Araki has his own flow of thought, is fond of MixedMetaphor, and the word he uses do not have the same meaning to him that they have in the dictionary.
129	** Funny Valentine explains his philosophy about the nature of political power (meaning that the ones in power have to be respected first) with a convoluted metaphor about table etiquette and linking it to gathering the corpse of Jesus Christ.
130	** Valentine's own power [=D4C=], which allows the existence of parallel universes, is explained by the use of the puzzling imagery of overlapping sponges.
131	** In ''Stone Ocean'', the reader is presented the concept of "Gravity", which means the fated meeting between two or more people, somehow. Likewise when the characters are discussing "Heaven", they do not mean a theoretical place but a state of the world in which happiness is attained permanently.
132	** Gyro Zeppeli's jokes which make as much sense in context that out of context.
133	** Diavolo's Stand King Crimson is said to be able to erase time. However, Araki didn't think it was necessary to explain in further detail the mechanism of this Stand, leading to the meme about King Crimson: "IT JUST WORKS!".
134	** Many a character like to make strange comparisons:
135	-->'''Joseph Joestar''': It's as inevitable as burping after drinking cola in one go!
136	-->'''Norisuke Higashikata IV''': Your Stand is like your asshole, you don't go showing it off to everyone!
137	-->'''Okuyasu Nijimura''':[after drinking high-class water] This is the kind of water a princess from the Alps would drink while playing her harp!
138	** After a particularly powerful declaration, villains like to repeat it with a single, confusing statement.
139	-->'''Funny Valentine''': I have taken the first napkin! [shortand for being blessed by Jesus]
140	** These same characters are also likely to indulge in DescriptionPorn to convey irrelevant facts, such as Jotaro describing brown rats in great detail and the essence of hunting in the middle of a Stand battle.
141	** Likewise, SeinfeldianConversation is prevalent throughout the series.
142	** One might want to look for examples of InsaneTrollLogic in the appropriate page for further examples of Araki's own brand of dialog.
143	* CurbStompBattle: Lisa Lisa vs Wired Beck. The fight ends before the vampire even realizes it.
144	** [[spoiler: Kakyoin vs DIO. Kakyoin can't do anything and DIO takes him out with ease]].
145	** Jotaro vs Steely Dan. When Jotaro and Steely Dan finally fight, he gets his arms and legs broken and gets stabbed and also gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Star Platinum.
146	** [[spoiler: Jotaro vs DIO. Zigzagged. The fight clearly sets up that DIO is much stronger than Jotaro, and plays it as if it was a somewhat even fight (if somethat in DIO's favor), but Jotaro repeatedly manipulates DIO into unfavorable positions. Over the course of the fight, DIO has a hole punched through his torso, one of his legs sliced off, half of his skull caved in, his kneecaps shattered, and eventually he himself is literally shattered. This doesn't even include Jotaro's major beatdown for him where it looks like he shredded DIO. Meanwhile, Jotaro's only injuries were minor lacerations and a few broken ribs.]]
147	* CueTheSun: Done several times during the manga, to symbolize the heroes' victory.
148	* CulturalCrossReference: With character names like Robert E.O. (or REO) Speedwagon, Tonpetty (Tom Petty), and Dire and Straizo (Dire Straits), it's obvious that Hirohiko Araki LOVES 1980s rock. The 70s also get several references, and as he started to run out of 80s names to use, 90s-music-based names started to become more prominent.
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152	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Several characters had a very dark childhood.
153	** Bruno's father was almost killed by drug dealers, and Bruno committed his first murder at age twelve to protect him. He then had to enlist into Passione for protection.
154	** Diego Brando lived in poverty, witnessed his mother dying for his sake, and everyone around him [[BystanderSyndrome watching and not giving a damn]]. This led him to become a MisanthropeSupreme.
155	* DarkerAndEdgier: If the manga was already pretty gory and mature since his beginning, the tone still shifts toward darker region. In Part 5, Giorno Giovanna wants to become a mob boss to enforce his idea of Justice and is prepared to kill anyone in his path. Part 7 is the first part whose protagonist has truly morally questionable goals and methods, due to its shift into Seinen.
156	** The two OVA adaptations based on Stardust ''Crusaders'' are considered this compared to the anime series and original manga.
157	* DeathByFlashback: Kakyoin, Bruno, and Caesar's deaths are preceded by one flashback narrating their lives.
158	* DeathIsDramatic: Very dramatic. And if the death of a certain character is not dramatic by itself, be assured that his companions will have very dramatic reactions.
159	* DecoyProtagonist: Jonathan Joestar, the original [=JoJo=], is seemingly set up to be the hero of the entire storyline, as indicated by the title of the manga being possessive of his name and ''Phantom Blood'' originally being called ''Jonathan Joestar: His Youth''. However, [[spoiler:he dies at the end of ''Phantom Blood'']], and is succeeded by a number of characters that inherit his nickname.
160	** In ''Stone Ocean'' [[spoiler:(the last arc in the series' original timeline), after the arc's protagonist Jolyne commits a HeroicSacrifice, what's left of the arc and to an extent the series' original timeline follows Emporio, who then defeats the BigBad Pucci with Weather Report's help before crossing into a new timeline.]]
161	* DebutQueue: ''Stardust Crusaders'' takes the time to introduce the party members one by one in subsequent arcs.
162	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Speedwagon, Bruford, Wamuu, Kakyoin, Polnareff, and more.
163	** Gets ''really'' crazy in ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'': At least 6 of the people Josuke and Koichi fight wind up as friends.
164	** Also happens once in ''Golden Wind'': Giorno defeats Bruno but spares his life, and when Bruno wants to know why, Giorno basically answers "Because I'd rather be friends with you."
165	* DeliberateInjuryGambit: DIO lets Jotaro violently pummel him with Star Platinum, propelling into the helpless, and full of Joestar blood, corpse of Joseph Joestar, enabling a full synchronization with his body.
166	** Narancia cuts off his own tongue and replaces it with a new one to throw off Qualo and Tiziano when he loudly announces he found them
167	** In the White Album arc, Mista deliberately lets Ghiaccio bounce his bullets back to him, so his HighPressureBlood can blind the armored assassin.
168	** Jolyne sets herself on fire to protect herself from heat-sucking creatures.
169	** In fact, it wouldn't be far off to say that the protagonists injure themselves as much as their enemies.
170	* {{Delinquents}}: Jotaro and Jolyne are both introduced having been locked up in jail, and having done their fair share of hell raising (the former got into fights, the latter boosted cars and bikes). [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Daughter]].
171	* DenserAndWackier:
172	** Each succeeding part is considerably stranger than the last, going from a Victorian powerhouse beating vampires to death with the power of the sun and only gets better from there.
173	** The ''Jorge Joestar'' novel is this. See SerialEscalation and CrackFic for a vague idea of the insanity contained within.
174	* DerangedAnimation:
175	** The TV anime often engages in this with its use of lurid colors and animated manga sound effects. Overall, it does an excellent job capturing Araki's style.
176	** The Oingo Boingo Brothers Ending in the Anime is this, looking like Boingo's manga which has a very weird and deranged art style itself.
177	* DescriptionPorn: There are many example. In ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', Araki interrupts the climatic battle between Josuke and Akira Otoishi to describe very precisely the latter's guitar.
178	* DeterminedExpression: All characters in a fight situation have this by default. Big exception includes Joseph and DIO's constant smirks.
179	* DeusExMachina: Due to the fact that Araki really likes to see the villains get what they were after, they generally become too powerful to beat normally and become defeated through this.
180	** ''Battle Tendency'': [[spoiler:Everything that happens in the Kars fight after he becomes immortal is essentially this, and it works perfectly.]]
181	** ''Stardust Crusaders'': [[spoiler:Jotaro's time-freeze resistance evolving into the ability to stop time himself, though the D'Arby fight hinted at it.]]
182	** ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'': [[spoiler:Echoes Act 3 and the ambulance.]]
183	** ''Golden Wind'': [[spoiler:Gold Experience being hit with the Arrow and transforming into [[StoryBreakerPower Gold Experience Requiem]]. [[NoSell Nuff said.]]]]
184	** ''Stone Ocean'': [[spoiler:Emporio getting Heavy Weather's disk pushed into him, and it being compatible to boot.]]
185	** ''Steel Ball Run'': [[spoiler:Lucy showing up with Diego's head.]] To be fair, [[spoiler:Diego allows himself to be consumed with rage and tries to kill Lucy instead of running away]].
186	*** The Spin is the Deus Ex Machina, not so much the trope as the concept. It is a reference to the logic of a 13th century priest, who stated that if a sphere spins, it can do so to infinity. [[ShownTheirWork He called this a "Deus ex Machina"]].
187	** Interestingly, ''Phantom Blood'' actually ends on a '''DiabolusExMachina'''. [[spoiler:Dio and Wang Chen pull a surprise attack on the ocean liner that Jonathan is on, and end up getting everybody except for Erina, her unborn son, and an orphaned little girl killed.]]
188	* {{Determinator}}[=/=]ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: All the [=JoJos=] are able to win because they either believe they can or they have too much to lose to fail (or, according to Jotaro, "Because [they] pissed him off").
189	* {{Deuteragonist}}:
190	** Gyro is both the Spin master, and best friend to Johnny, the [=JoJo=] of ''Steel Ball Run''.
191	** Likewise, Bruno Bucciarati drives the plot of ''Golden Wind'' as much as Giorno, if not more.
192	** Polnareff is undeniably Part 3's deuteragonist, to the point that if it wasn't for the focus on Jotaro in the final fight with DIO, he'd arguably be the true main character. With a majority of fights against DIO's assassins, a large amount of episodes/chapters dedicated solely to his fights, and two separate character arcs (finding his sister's rapist and avenging her, and coming to accept his responsibilities after almost getting Avdol killed, leading to his climactic fight with Vanilla Ice to avenge Iggy and Avdol), as well as being the only non-Joestar to survive through the final fight, Polnareff clearly has the focus for a majority of the part.
193	** Much like Polnareff in Part 3, Koichi in Part 4 has a large amount of time and story dedicated to him. He also gets the most character development, becoming confident in himself and his abilities, and his relationship with Yukako has more of a focus than Jotaro's interactions with Josuke.
194	* DirtForcefield: Characters can roll in the mud and still look clean one page after.
195	* DisabilitySuperpower: Somehow, blind characters develop SuperSenses to alleviate their blindness: N'Doul can hear footsteps from 4km away and read vibration in the ground whereas Jongalli A. can read air currents.
196	* DisappearedDad: A missing father is prevalent in the series:
197	** Joseph's father George [=II=] died when Joseph was one year old, killed by a zombie.
198	** Joseph himself didn't meet his bastard son Josuke until the latter was 16 years old, and regrets this.
199	** Jotaro neglected his daughter Jolyne, causing her to become a delinquent.
200	** DIO fathered several sons then shooed away the women he impregnated. Dying made meeting his offspring impossible anyway (''Eyes of Heaven'' briefly has fun with this, as DIO and Giorno have a special Dual Heat Attack together; in the story itself, [[spoiler:Heaven Ascension]] DIO just beats Giorno up like the other [=JoJos=]).
201	** Funny Valentine talks about his dead father, whom he tried to meet in parallel universes.
202	** In a minor example, Jotaro's father Sadao is never seen in canon, as his job as a jazz musician keeps him away from home on tour.
203	* DiscOneFinalBoss:
204	** The second series, ''Battle Tendency'', began with Joseph Joestar being attacked by [[spoiler:former Joestar ally Straizo]], who had become a vampire by the same means as the first part's Big Bad [[spoiler:as well as Big Bad of later series]] Dio Brando. But [[spoiler:Straizo's]] tenure as villain was cut short only a couple chapters later [[spoiler:when he killed himself]]. The real main villains of Part 2 were in fact the Pillar Men who eat vampires, and against whom Hamon is of limited effectiveness most of the time.
205	** In ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'', the story initially focuses on trying to get revenge on Red Hot Chili Pepper for killing [[TheBigGuy Okuyasu's]] older brother. But he turns out to be far too dim-witted and easily beaten for a [=JoJo=] BigBad. Say hello to [[SerialKiller Yoshikage Kira]] instead!
206	* DisproportionateRetribution: Diavolo's punishment for merely investigating him is a gruesome death, since it also invokes MakeAnExampleOfThem.
207	* DistantPrologue: ''Phantom Blood'' begins with an Aztec sacrifice during the 14th Century AC, then jumps to the 19th century. This is omitted in the anime.
208	* DistantSequel:
209	** The first three parts, ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'' (1888), ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' (1938), and ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' (1988) take place fifty years apart each.
210	** Part 7, ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'', takes place in 1890 of a new AlternateContinuity. The next part, ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', takes place in 2011, about 120 years later, and ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJoJoLands The JoJoLands]]'' takes place a decade after the latter.
211	* DistinctiveAppearances: For the party of ''Stardust Crusaders'', Araki confides in the Jojonium interviews that he designed the characters so that they would be easily distinguishable. Jotaro Kujo ended up so iconic that Araki designed all the following protagonists specifically to contrast Jotaro's outfit.
212	* DistractedByTheSexy: When the heroes try to get to the cockpit of the soon-to-crash airliner they're on, they are stopped by a couple of flight attendants... only for said flight attendants to immediately get distracted by [[ChickMagnet Jotaro]].
213	** Later, in ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', Jotaro has trouble getting Josuke's mom to answer his questions, as she's too busy EatingTheEyeCandy to pay attention to what he's saying.
214	* DoppelgangerAttack: Silver Chariot can create illusory clones which are really afterimages but Silver Chariot is so fast it can attack quasi-simultaneously from several angles anyway. Funny Valentine also invokes alternate selves in order to fight at his side, but being normal humans, they can only really hurt Stand users with guns.
215	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Yes. Yes it does. '''Constantly.''' Especially in ''Battle Tendency'', which features Joseph and Caesar climbing a tall, cylindrical tower that gushes oil out the top, as well as vampire who doesn't just use his boiling hot blood as a weapon, he "pours his boiling blood into all the openings he drilled in [Joseph's] body with those blood [[FlamboyantGay stiiiiiings]]", and much, ''much'' more. A bunch of attacks are based on bodily fluids, too, because supersonic aqueous humor is somewhat more plausible than eye beams.
216	** And of course, the fact that both Joseph in ''Battle Tendency'' and Gyro in ''Steel Ball Run'' have used a pair of balls to fight. One piece of official artwork even shows Gyro licking one of his balls.
217	*** "I must know the secret of the steel balls!"
218	*** Just look at the covers for ''Steel Ball Run''. They remind the audience of many things.
219	* {{Doing in the Wizard}}: Stands, introduced as a mystic power, are later explained as an alien virus infecting worthy people and granting them power. However, this for the most part only applies to Stands produced by the Arrow. [[spoiler: In the Steel Ball Run universe this is [[DoingInTheScientist inverted]], where Stands are almost exclusively tied to supernatural forces.]]
220	* DownerEnding: ''Phantom Blood'', where [[spoiler:Jonathan dies to save his wife and unborn child, taking Dio down to the bottom of the sea with him. It's a nasty way to go, for one of the more unambiguously heroic characters in the series.]]
221	* TheDragon: Vanilla Ice (yes, that's his real name) to DIO, Pucci to DIO, Wamuu to Kars, Kira's father to Kira.
222	** ''Golden Wind'' has a subversion. Vinegar Doppio appears to be the most trusted subordinate of [[BigBad Diavolo]], to the point that Diavolo has entrusted him with the power to use his Stand, King Crimson. [[spoiler:In reality, Doppio is Diavolo's split personality. The two are actually one and the same]].
223	* DressingAsTheEnemy: Joseph disguises himself as a German soldier to infiltrate a Nazi base. In ''Steel Ball Run'', Diego briefly infiltrates the Independence Hall disguised as one of the guards.
224	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Characters often unceremoniously die due to a sneak attack or being victim of a new power. Several examples of this being [[spoiler: Avdol, Aya, Abbacchio, Narancia, Ermes and Anasui, Wekapipo, Hot Pants or Aisho's deaths]].
225	* DubNameChange: With so many references to rock artists and songs, imports of the series often have Stand or Stand User names modified to resemble their original title (Yoshikage Kira's "Killer Queen" to "Deadly Queen") or something entirely different (Bruno Bucciarati's "Sticky Fingers" to "Zipperman).
226	* {{Dubstep}}: Used in scenes with the Pillar Men in the 2012 anime.
227	* DuelToTheDeath: Joseph and Wamuu's duel. Subverted with Lisa Lisa and Kars' duel, as Kars uses a body double for a sneak attack.
228	* TheDulcineaEffect: In the very first chapters of ''Phantom Blood'', Jonathan is introduced as getting into a fight over a bullied little girl, while shouting "I don't know who she is, but I'll fight for her!"
229	* DullSurprise: An unfortunate side effect of the series' ArtEvolution. The shift towards realism in art style and proportions has resulted in faces that are much less expressive as well. Although it can be argued that with a more realistic style, it is only normal for characters to abandon the more cartoonish reactions of the earlier parts, and characters are in fact as expressive as before, but now keep a neutral face most of the time to be realistic.
230	* DwindlingParty: Near the end of each arc, this trope comes into full effect as characters start to get killed before or during the last battle.
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