You Said You Would Make a Bad Movie, But You Made JOJO?

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Chapter 37. Do You Remember How Many Slices of Bread You Have Eaten?

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"JOJO, human ability has its limits."

DIO sighed helplessly: "I have learned one thing from my short life. The more people play tricks, the more likely they are to fall into unexpected situations, unless they can surpass humans."

"What do you mean? What on earth are you talking about!?"

"I'm not a human anymore, JOJO!" The action of surrendering instantly changed as DIO held the stone mask in one hand to attract JOJO's attention, and a knife in the other hand to kill JOJO. He shouted loudly: "I want to surpass humans!!"

"JOJO, I'll use your blood!!"

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"Even though it's a monster, I still feel bad."

"Dad, please make me stronger." JOJO, who killed the zombie with a spear, prayed in his heart: "I must show a strong will. DIO is no longer a human being, but a monster!"

"DIO, I will never allow you to kill anyone again!!"

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"I told you that, right, JOJO?"

"The more you play tricks, the easier it will be to find that humans have their limits. Stop hiding behind a mat and trembling in your death throes."

"Come out!…Wha, what!!?"

Flame.

The blazing flames spread along the mat that DIO had lifted, burning his body!

And extended to the entire Joestar house!

"This is not a strategy, this is courage!!" JOJO in the sea of fire shouted.

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"My youth is the youth that was spent with DIO!"

"Next, let me put an end to this youth!"

"...Mr. Joestar must have thought so. He hoped that the firepower would be stronger so that the monster's recovery ability could not keep up with the speed of the burns, so that he could defeat DIO!" Speedwagon said sadly: "That's why he climbed onto the roof and let the fire spread inside the house!"

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"DIO, I'm back!"

"I won't let you go this time! DIO, your fate ends here, use this knife, the knife that stabbed into your father's body!!"

"W-what! How dare you…how dare you…!!"

DIO wailed as JOJO fixed his body with a dagger and rushed head-on into the statue of the guardian goddess of the Joestar family along the structure of the Joestar house. His body was completely trapped in the sea of fire.

"Hehe, ahhhhhhhhhhh… Immortality, immortality… My life shouldn't be like this… JOJO!!!"

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"I am Baron Zeppeli. Courage alone cannot defeat the power of the Stone Mask."

Zeppeli, who almost fell down because of the pepper he had sprinkled on his sandwich, said to JOJO: "I poked your diaphragm with my finger and made you use a special breathing method."

"Let me show you the energy generated by breathing!"

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"Courage is knowing fear, mastering fear!"

"Fear disrupts your breathing rhythm, but once you control your fear, your breathing rhythm will be perfectly normal."

"The breath of the Ripple Method is the product of courage!"

"The hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage!"

"The greatness of mankind is the greatness of courage!"

In the tunnel, Zeppeli, who was lured here by the zombies, did not change his expression at all. He even had time to teach JOJO: "No matter how powerful they are, these zombies still don't know what courage is!"

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"How many people's blood did you suck to heal your wounds?"

Facing Zeppeli's low scolding, DIO said nonchalantly: "Do you remember how many slices of bread you have eaten so far?"

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"Engrave it, the pulsation of blood!"

JOJO mustered up his courage and used Zeppeli's teachings as nutrients to grow. He was not afraid of his breathing being sealed, but spoke calmly.

"It's disadvantageous for you to fight in water. It's very easy for ripples to be transmitted in water!"

"Specially for underwater use—"

"Turquoise Blue Overdrive!"

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Time passed, week after week.

Similarly, Phantom Blood was broadcast episode after episode.

In the first episode, there isn't much plot to be seen.

Thanks not only to Jonathan and DIO, but also to Artoria, Kirigaya Kazuto, and other chosen actors who put on amazing performances, this dull opening was performed so well that it automatically drew the audience into the story from the very beginning.

It also allowed the audience to quickly understand the personalities of the two protagonists, JOJO and DIO.

In the second and third episodes,

Stone Ghost Mask and Ripple, these two symbolize different life characteristics.

One is the Stone Mask, which prolongs its own survival by absorbing the essence of others.

One is the Ripple, which strengthens one's own life energy and can also help others recover their vitality.

They are like the two protagonists, DIO and JOJO, whose personalities are so extreme that it is impossible for them to coexist.

Together with the two main lines in the entire plot of "Phantom Blood", a corner of this great story begins to be slowly revealed and unfolded in front of the audience.

And now that this setting is becoming more and more perfect.

Originally, the audience was just impressed by the acting skills of the leading actors.

They were attracted by the various magical actions and exaggerated facial expressions, as well as the onomatopoeia that popped up from time to time. It looked very strange, but after watching it for a long time, there was an inexplicable feeling of onomatopoeia that attracted their attention.

And this "ジョジョ ~So no Chi no Sadame~" is really nice to listen to, and the OP is nice to watch, which is why the audience chooses to watch "Phantom Blood".

They like this more and more wonderful story more and more.

Especially after JOJO met Baron Zeppeli and learned the Ripple, which has a strong inhibitory effect on vampires.

DIO managed to survive the fire at the Joestar residence, albeit at the cost of being seriously injured.

He also began to show his amazing combat intelligence and ruthlessness!

Not only did he not have the slightest sense of guilt for being a human being just a second ago, but he also easily accepted his identity as a vampire and consumed a large number of humans to repair his injuries.

After suffering a loss, he didn't deceive himself with excuses like "I was just careless" or "JOJO was just lucky."

Instead, he straightforwardly admitted that he had made the mistake of underestimating JOJO.

While carefully monitoring JOJO, after seeing the restraining ability of Ripple, he specially arranged for the zombies he transformed to test JOJO and the others, just to explore the principles of Ripple and find a way to restrain it.

But, is that the end?

Not yet!

In order to create a greater chance of winning for himself,

DIO also took advantage of the weakness of JOJO and his friends as humans and used hypnotic methods like children to lure them step by step into the trap he specially prepared for them.

Even the time was calculated, and the battle was scheduled for night!

This kind of high-IQ confrontation makes it impossible to guess what choices the characters will make until the very end, which leaves plenty of suspense for the story.

After all, in this world, there has never been a big devil who appears in front of the novice village in advance, nor a big devil who specifically collects intelligence on heroes to target them.

It can be said that under these factors, if we ask today's audiences what scene they least want to see,

It's definitely not that my favorite character was killed by the screenwriter;

Or the heroine that you like has been replaced by a yellow-haired man by the screenwriter;

It's "←—To Be Continued", the root of all evil!

So when a new week comes,

Almost all the viewers who followed "Phantom Blood" put on their full-dive helmets as soon as possible and waited for it to start playing...