Astra's Opinions

1 - Gold Experience: 6/10 | Interesting story-wise, but this episode did NOT make me want to root for Giorno. I can see the glimmerings of a more developed character, but for now he just looks like an asshole and a bit of a hypocrite.

2 - Bucciarati is Coming: 6/10 | As much as I like Bruno, Giorno is still not interesting enough for me to really be engaged, and coming straight off of Josuke, he feels a little underwhelming. That said, I do quite like a lot of the concepts at play here, and I'm interested to see where this goes.

3 - Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall: 6/10 | Starting to build some interesting characters, and the potential for mystery here is fascinating. Still doesn't develop much in the way of Giornio.

4 - Joining the Gang: 7/10 | Koichi is very well carried over, and Giornio finally gets to see the light of actual character development. Also a very good Stand fight.

5 - Find Polpo's Fortune!: 7/10 | I'm still trying to decide if the accuracy of this depiction of a teenage boy friend group is a good or bad thing for the story. However, the characters are interesting, at least so far, and I'm excited to see more of them.

6 - 'Moody Blues' Counterattack: 6/10 | I like these characters a lot, but I don't know, the plot points just don't feel as compelling as the previous ones did.

7 - Sex Pistols Appears, Part 1: 7/10 | I like Mista a lot, and the actual plot of this episode is very well done. The brutality and teasing of this group is still jarring compared to the last part, but the characters are still compelling and interesting.

8 - Sex Pistols Appears, Part 2: 8/10 | I really enjoy how this episode makes Mista seem just slightly Off, especially with the context of Sex Pistols. Lots of good character work on him, plus an interesting plot.

9 - The First Mission from the Boss: 7/10 | I like that we seem to be focusing on each team member individually- it allows for them to be developed properly without dedicating entire episodes to flashbacks.

10 - Hitman Team: 6/10 | The flashback provides interesting backstory, and it adds a lot of intrigue to the story, but I would have liked to see it not interrupting an active fight.

11 - Narancia's Aerosmith: 7/10 | Raises the stakes and gets the ball rolling on potential future conflicts, but it still hasn't really captured my attention. This part could really do with some stronger character development.

12 - The Second Mission from the Boss: 5/10 | Sorry, is retrieving the key their second mission? The pace of this part feels very slow, and the characters feel like they're doing a whole lot of very little. They don't have the level of complex character development that part 4 did to hold them up, either.

13 - Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze: 7/10 | Giornio feels like a very one-dimensional character, and while this episode helps to develop the bond between him, Fugo, and Abbacchio, it doesn't do much in terms of actually developing his personality. These are some interesting Stands, though.

14 - Express Train to Florence: 7/10 | Presents a decently interesting challenge for our main characters, with some compelling Stand concepts.

15 - The Grateful Dead, Part 1: 7/10 | Fun and interesting characters that interact with each other well. This part, however, has not done a great job of keeping the endless back-and-forth power struggle that the show keeps playing with in check.

16 - The Grateful Dead, Part 2: 8/10 | Some interesting interplay between all of these characters and the primary themes of the part. The Stands featured here do intrigue me, and Bruno and his creative use of Sticky Fingers are fantastic.

17 - Baby Face: 5/10 | Still no real development. The fight is too long and the setup is too short, and on top of that I still don't feel I've been given a real reason to care about these characters and their goal. In fact, the only one WITH a goal is Giornio, and he's the least developed of the whole group!

18 - Head to Venice!: 5/10 | Some of what's happening is cool, but the show still has not given me a reason to care about the outcome of these fights. None of these characters have done anything outside of a fight except for when we first met them, and that lasted for about 2 minutes.

19 - White Album: 7/10 | Finally, some character work, if brief. Frustrations aside, I do really like the portrayal of Giornio's determination, even if I don't feel like it's well done in other episodes (or, indeed, in the bulk of this episode). Tenacity seems to be the primary theme of this part, and this episode does actually show that quite well, at least in the end.

20 - The Final Mission from the Boss: 8/10 | Now, I'm not ready to let this part off the hook for the constant flashbacks just yet, but this was a good one. Bruno is a rare, gleaming gem of well-developed character in this wasteland of empty fights.

21 - The Mystery of King Crimson: 9/10 | The vast majority of this episode is devoted to establishing more clearly the motivations of the main cast, finally, and it does so very well. It doesn't make up for the twenty episodes of undeveloped characters, and it can't replace real personality development, but it's something, and it's a damn good something. Also King Crimson is pretty cool.

22 - The "G" in Guts: 4/10 | Okay, seriously, you present me with a group of characters, don't provide any proof that they actually care about each other as people (except Abbaccio and Bruno, kind of), never show them interacting outside of combat and even then rarely show them working together, and then show me directly that they don't know each other well enough to notice when one of them is acting completely different to how they have been all of a sudden, and you expect me to believe that they're longtime friends who have been through a lot of hardships together? These guys don't notice Narancia, someone who is usually very confident in what he says, covering his mouth after every single line? No? The guy who showed up two days ago figures it out? Are we for real?

23 - Clash and Talking Head: 7/10 | Much better, because the challenges varied throughout the episode and weren't "Narancia can't tell the truth and his friends somehow don't realize something's up with him" for the entire length. Crazy how that works.

24 - Notorious B.I.G.: 9/10 | I really enjoy the mystery here, and the focus on Trish, who until this point has had little to no development. She's turning out to be rather interesting, even if she still struggles with the same lack of non-stress-induced personality traits.

25 - Spice Girl: 9/10 | We focus on a woman for two episodes in a row and they're both unusually good for the part. Curious. Jokes aside, this episode is phenomenal- Trish and Spice Girl are fascinating, and I really enjoy how it's done.

26 - A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~: 8/10 | I am so fascinated by this guy. What an interesting concept- and from the look of it, we'll continue getting to see development outside of our main group. I like this a lot.

27 - King Crimson vs. Metallica: 7/10 | A cool fight, though I do wish Risotto had a little more to him. I hope we get to find out what's going on with Doppio soon.

28 - Beneath a Sky on the Verge of Falling: 8/10 | Fascinating that the excellent writing on the other characters here, especially Narancia, has me actually emotionally affected by the events of this episode. Without spoiling, it's a bold narrative choice that is very risky with the poorly-established characters, but the surrounding writing actually makes it work somehow.

29 - Get to the Roman Colosseum!: 8/10 | An interesting new Stand, new challenges, a new ally, and overall keeps the ball moving well. Also, does the smart move of not putting two direct fights in a row, but rather following Metallica's fight with a more interesting and indirect challenge.

30 - Green Day and Oasis, Part 1: 8/10 | I enjoy the way the characters work around each other here, and though I don't think Oasis is particularly interesting in and of itself, it's used pretty decently here to counter Green Day.

31 - Green Day and Oasis, Part 2: 8/10 | Giornio actually solves a problem in an interesting way? What a pleasant surprise! I'm not ready to forgive this part for the lack of real character development just yet, but this is another in a chain of pretty solid episodes.

32 - Green Day and Oasis, Part 3: 6/10 | Secco just isn't very interesting on his own, and his Stand doesn't get used in particularly novel or interesting ways (unlike Bruno's, who carries this episode hard).

33 - His Name is Diavolo: 6/10 | Everything interesting that happens in this episode is clearly going to be followed up on in more interesting ways in the following two. Diavolo is just not holding up to Dio and Kira.

34 - The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 1: 8/10 | Body-swaps are always a risky move, but this episode manages to avoid the mind-numbingly annoying idiot plot that usually happens with them.

35 - The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 2: 8/10 | Interesting, and follows up on the tension of the previous one well. Lots of strong emotional themes through all of the characters.

36 - Diavolo Surfaces: 7/10 | This episode is still solid, but it loses a little bit of the narrative punch that the previous two had because the main characters aren't allowed any small victories and so it just comes off as Diavolo winning with no real resistance. It also doesn't have the brief teamwork moments we saw in the other episodes that let the characters feel more interesting.

37 - King of Kings: 6/10 | King Crimson is already a confusing stand, and putting it with Gold Experience Requiem, which is equally confusing, with nothing to support it other than "cool looking fight" is a bad way to construct an episode.

38 - Gold Experience Requiem: 5/10 | The flashback after the final fight is over feels out of place. The story that had felt almost wrapped up is suddenly being interrupted by a story that hasn't even been hinted at before this point, and it just feels so jarring.

1 - Jotaro Kujo! Meets Josuke Higashikata: 9/10 | Off to a great start. Introduces all of our main cast extremely well, and characterizes them all immediately. Jotaro has taken the time jump very well.

2 - Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo: 9/10 | Unique abilities and solutions, and a lot of interesting dynamics established. Most importantly, though, a very good introduction to Josuke's compassion, which is making me very excited for the rest of this part.

2 - The Nijimura Brothers, Part 1: 8/10 | This part has been very engaging so far, and the introduction of the Stand arrow promises to bring a lot more interesting worldbuilding in.

3 - The Nijimura Brothers, Part 2: 8/10 | Very good characterization on both Josuke and Koichi, handling the moment of "okay, but how do I USE my cool superpower" very well.

4 - The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3: 8/10 | An impressively consistent three-parter! Plenty of good character work yet again (this part is proving to be very good at that) and sets up the next bad guy well.

5 - Koichi Hirose (Echoes): 7/10 | I like Koichi's Stand a lot, and its actual introduction is handled very well. There's a bit too much needless "look how evil this guy is" for the bad guy of this episode, but it's not too obnoxious.

6 - Toshikazu Hazamada (Surface): 7/10 | The characterization isn't as strong in this one as it has been, but the plot and storytelling are pretty well-done.

7 - Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 1: 7/10 | Not a bad episode by any means, but its tone feels just a little out of place compared to the other episodes so far.

8 - Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 2: 8/10 | Introduces the new mechanic of this part in an interesting way, and puts the stakes back where the rest of the part has had them.

10 - Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food: 9/10 | I very much like the worldbuilding aspect of "yeah, no, some people just kinda have Stands" and it places the characters into a much more complex world where not everything revolves around their personal storyline.

11 - Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 1: 8/10 | Interesting bad guy and interesting setup for this two-parter's conflict. This is the second time this part we've had a "who can get there faster" conflict, but I'll let it slide.

12 - Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 2: 9/10 | This part is doing a very good job of leaving things not quite settled in a way that hints at something further going on.

13 - We Picked Up Something Crazy!: 7/10 | Some very good parts, but overall feels like it drags in places and doesn't do enough good character work to compensate for the lack of plot development.

14 - Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 1: 8/10 | Very well-done horror that presents an interesting and unique challenge to the cast. Interested to see how they handle it.

15 - Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 2: 9/10 | Excellent character work to compliment the very good writing of the first part of the episode.

16 - Let's Go Hunting!: 8/10 | Very, very good bit of character dynamic work showcasing the difference between Jotaro and Josuke, and an interesting opponent to boot. Even if I do have some questions.

17 - Rohan Kishibe's Adventure: 9/10 | Incredible introduction both to our next arc antagonist and to my new favorite part 4 character (that is, Reimi). Fantastically horrifying and well foreshadowed.

18 - Shigechi's Harvest, Part 1: 7/10 | Fun, but it probably doesn't need to be a two-parter.

19 - Shigechi's Harvest, Part 2: 7/10 | Yeah, it didn't need to be a two-parter. I appreciate wind-down episodes, but we don't really need a 2-part story of how Josuke and Okuyasu beat up a middle schooler, do we?

20 - Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella: 7/10 | Romance stories have never really grabbed me, and this one is no different. It's an interesting use of a Stand, but I don't really care that much about the actual plot.

21 - Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Have a Quiet Life, Part 1: 8/10 | A lot of fiddling around, but a pretty good introduction to our main antagonist otherwise.

22 - Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Have a Quiet Life, Part 2: 9/10 | Very cool, and really shows off how good this part is getting at building suspense and emphasizing the threat of the opponent, which is a step up from previous parts (especially parts 1 and 2).

23 - Sheer Heart Attack, Part 1: 9/10 | Good extension of all of the very interesting character work being done with Stands so far, and lets Koichi grow into more of himself.

24 - Sheer Heart Attack, Part 2: 10/10 | Very, very good showcase of the antagonist as well as the main cast's personalities and dynamics with each other, coupled with a cool fight.

25 - Atom Heart Father: 8/10 | Kind of boring in terms of the actual titular Stand user, but the characterization of the other characters is very good.

26 - Janken Boy is Coming!: 8/10 | Cool and silly power idea and a nice wind-down episode.

27 - I'm an Alien: 7/10 | Kinda nothingburger, but not terrible. A little bit of an abrupt stop for a one-parter, but I'm sure it'll bleed a bit.

28 - Highway Star, Part 1: 8/10 | Interesting expansion of the previous episode and a fun exploration of Josuke and Rohan's personalities and dynamic, as well as a very good opponent from what we've seen.

29 - Highway Star, Part 2: 10/10 | A very good mix of intensity and humor, which is where this part really shines. Everyone involved gets some great moments.

30 - Cats Love Yoshikage Kira: 9/10 | Very interesting and compelling buildup to the next episode. I am so curious as to what is going to happen.

31 - July 15th (Thursday), Part 1: 7/10 | I really like the format this episode is setting up, but the main fight didn't really grab me.

32 - July 15th (Thursday), Part 2: 8/10 | This episode, on the other hand, has me very intrigued. Yet another part 4 Stand that has me immensely curious as to what its full capabilities and limitations are, plus it's set up a delightfully interesting mystery.

33 - July 15th (Thursday), Part 3: 9/10 | I'm starting to see why this was a 4-part episode. I was a little nervous about this being as long-winded as part 3 was, but I'm pleasantly surprised with it so far. It's intriguing, suspenseful, and incredibly engaging.

34 - July 15th (Thursday), Part 4: 9/10 | Very adeptly balances keeping the main antagonist as the "scary guy who leaves no trace" and allowing the main cast to start discovering who and where he is without undercutting either of those narratives.

35 - Another One Bites the Dust, Part 1: 9/10 | Does an excellent job of ramping up the stakes without breaking out of the expected absurdity of JJBA. I am a little confused at the definition of "bomb," but you know what, whatever.

36 - Another One Bites the Dust, Part 2: 8/10 | Pretty solid episode for the most part, but the power scaling feels like it's getting a bit out of hand, and I'm worried the solution will feel contrived.

37 - Crazy D (Diamond) is Unbreakable, Part 1: 10/10 | Excellently done, top to bottom. Absolutely fantastic character work on all parts, plus it's incredibly captivating.

38 - Crazy D (Diamond) is Unbreakable, Part 2: 10/10 | Follows the first one phenomenally well, holding on to that intensity and letting every character get a cool moment. Absolutely phenomenal.

1 - The Man Possessed by an Evil Spirit: 8/10 | An excellently made introduction to the concept of Stands, and very good setup for our main cast.

2 - Who Will Be the Judge!?: 8/10 | Good characterization that presents the inciting incident quite well.

3 - The Curse of DIO: 7/10 | Solid, but not too standout. Some interesting concepts but not much that's really novel.

4 - Tower of Grey: 6/10 | Feels a bit out of place and contrived, but not that terrible.

5 - Silver Chariot: 7/10 | I like Polnareff a lot, and his introduction is done quite well, but there isn't really much substance to this episode and it feels a little more tell-y than show-y.

6 - Dark Blue Moon: 8/10 | Enjoyable, and some good character work on Jotaro, helping to establish that he actually does care about people quite a bit.

7 - Strength: 6/10 | Just didn't hold much interest for me.

8 - The Devil: 6/10 | This fight doesn't hold much theming, and there isn't really a lot going on here that's interesting beyond it.

9 - Yellow Temperance: 8/10 | More good character work with Jotaro. Oddly comforting to know Kakyoin just does that for no reason.

10 - The Emperor and the Hanged Man, Part 1: 7/10 | Interesting ways of creating tension and drama between characters.

11 - The Emperor and the Hanged Man, Part 2: 6/10 | Cool fight stuff, but not much more beyond that, to be honest.

12 - The Empress: 4/10 | ...What?

13 - Wheel of Fortune: 6/10 | Pretty alright, but not outstanding.

14 - Justice, Part 1: 6/10 | Not much in terms of... well, anything, really. Cool, but not that cool.

15 - Justice, Part 2: 6/10 | Decent, marginally better than the previous one, but not better enough to go up a point.

16 - The Lovers, Part 1: 7/10 | Pretty enjoyable, interesting challenges and interactions.

17 - The Lovers, Part 2: 8/10 | Fun and creative uses of abilities, good use of suspense, and overall a solid episode.

18 - The Sun: 6/10 | Kind of nothingburger, with an ending that isn't very cathartic. Which I guess is the point, but when everything else is so high-energy, it doesn't really hit.

19 - Death 13, Part 1: 8/10 | Oh I do love a false hydra.

20 - Death 13, Part 2: 7/10 | Would be ranked the same as the first one, but I have some qualms about the way the baby is treated from a "keeping him alive" standpoint.

21 - Judgement, Part 1: 7/10 | Damn, these Stand users love tormenting Polnareff. The guy cannot catch a single break. It is starting to get a little repetitive, but the episode holds up well despite that.

22 - Judgement, Part 2: 6/10 | I think Judgement could have been used a little more interestingly, but then again, it's a tarot card that I myself have trouble finding fun ways to interpret.

23 - The High Priestess, Part 1: 6/10 | This is getting to be a bit of a slog, especially knowing I still have half the season left. The High Priestess is an interesting challenge, sure, but it's not interesting enough to be worth the time at this point.

24 - The High Priestess, Part 2: 8/10 | The Priestess herself was still meh, but the characterization in the second half of this episode is excellent.

25 - Iggy the Fool and Geb's N'Doul, Part 1: 8/10 | Very interesting interplay here between... well, all of it, really. I just really like the way that this episode flows, I don't know.

26 - Iggy the Fool and Geb's N'Doul, Part 2: 8/10 | Good characterization, especially for Jotaro. I liked this one a lot.

27 - Khnum's Oingo and Thoth's Boingo: 9/10 | Very well made episode. I'm impressed at how well they managed to keep the predictions true without killing off the cast OR feeling weirdly contrived.

28 - Anubis, Part 1: 7/10 | Feels meandering. The initial fight is too short, and then it sticks around too long after it.

29 - Anubis, Part 2: 6/10 | Contrived and doesn't really do much for any of our characters. Plus one point in spirit because Iggy looks kind of normal now.

30 - Bast's Mariah, Part 1: 6/10 | Relies too much on secondhand embarrassment to be funny. Mariah is cool, though.

31 - Bast's Mariah, Part 2: 7/10 | Pretty good, if a little indirect.

32 - Set's Alessi, Part 1: 4/10 | Deeply uncomfortable for the vast majority of the episode. Just not funny.

33 - Set's Alessi, Part 2: 6/10 | Significantly less uncomfortable, but still not great.

34 - D'Arby the Gambler, Part 1: 8/10 | Interesting concept, high stakes, compelling character work.

35 - D'Arby the Gambler, Part 2: 9/10 | I LOVE ACE ATTORNEY!!!!!!

36 - Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 1: 6/10 | Feels so awkward. I know that's the point, but it isn't cut through with good moments, it's just all awkward.

37 - Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 2: 6/10 | Hol Horse doesn't have nearly the chemistry with Boingo as his brother does. Also, I just generally have found Hol Horse rather annoying so far.

38 - The Guardian of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1: 6/10 | I got really excited for the first, like, 5 minutes of Pet Shop's screen time, and then he started fighting, and... it just kind of fell off. He looks really cool, doesn't have any actual character, and then fights with a boring stand in uninteresting ways.

39 - The Guardian of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 2: 7/10 | Better, but the bird is still kinda nothingburger.

40 - D'Arby the Player, Part 1: 8/10 | Interesting concept, though I do find the capabilities of this game rather unrealistic for the '80's.

41 - D'Arby the Player, Part 2: 8/10 | I really enjoy the D'Arby brothers because they force the narrative to do something new and interesting and can't rely on "cool fight" for their intrigue. This episode does that very well.

42 - The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 1: 8/10 | Interesting, though "Vanilla Ice" is really not an intimidating name. Genuinely terrifying Stand, though, and it's shown pretty well.

43 - The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 2: 9/10 | Shows the stakes of our heroes' situation very well and sets up the beginnings of the drama of the final fight well.

44 - The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 3: 7/10 | The first half of the episode is like a 9, but the second half is more of a 6. The end of the Vanilla Ice fight is fantastic, but the everything else is kind of... eh.

45 - Dio's World, Part 1: 8/10 | It's unfortunate that I went into this already knowing the secret of Dio's stand, because it is genuinely terrifying in how it's presented in the show. Some excellent horror writing here.

46 - Dio's World, Part 2: 7/10 | Lots of good party dynamic things being shown here, and plenty of interesting character work mixed into a very compelling fight.

47 - Dio's World, Part 3: 9/10 | Very, very good showcase of character. A problem this part has run into often is characters taking a backseat to their own fights, and this fight has not had that issue.