JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Diamond is Unbreakable Ep. 33 Thoughts

The day that is July 15th continues in the latest episode of Diamond is Unbreakable, and begins with the conclusion of the battle between Josuke and Miyamoto, which ends in a shocking way. Josuke ultimately gives in to his fear of losing Koichi and becomes a victim of Miyamoto's Stand, "Enigma". It is now up to new ally Yuya Fungami and his Stand, "Highway Star" to rescue Josuke and Koichi and defeat Miyamoto. For much of the first half of this episode, Yuya does precisely that, even going as far as making the sacrifice to free Josuke and Koichi.

It's uncommon for an anime where the protagonist would lose a fight and putting hopes on another character to be victorious against a villain. More recently, we see this in Dragon Ball Super with Vegito losing to the Merged Zamasu before the latter is beaten by Trunks.

There is another thing regarding JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that I have since taken for granted and not give much thought of until now - Battles aren't exactly power vs power like we see in other Shonen anime. Instead, the fights are more strategic and making use of the strengths and weaknesses of Stands and their users. Yuya demonstrates this using his keen sense of smell, and tricking Miyamoto to scare him so he can free Josuke and Koichi.

That just leaves Rohan Kishibe and his conflict with the Stand known as "Cheap Trick", which like "Superfly" from last episode, can act independently even with the death of its Stand User. Right now, all we know of Cheap Trick is latching to a victim's back, making the victim the new Stand User (in this case Rohan), and pesters him repeatedly to do something until he does so, or expose his back to someone, which ends in his death. Cheap Trick continues to annoy Rohan to have him destroy evidence of photos that reveal Yoshikage Kira's new identity as Kosuke Kawajiri. Meanwhile, Jotaro has also found a lead towards Yoshikage's new identity and makes his move to meet him, while Hayato Kawajiri, suspecting his father is anything but, continues his pursuit to exploit him.

So after 3 parts, this arc is still not over yet and the suspense remains great. How will Rohan deal with Cheap Trick? Will Jotaro and Yoshikage have their rematch? Will Hayato know the truth? What will Josuke and team do now?

As of this writing, I have honestly no idea how many episodes Diamond is Unbreakable has left, but we are getting closer to its conclusion. I would think it would continue at least up until the promotion for the upcoming live-action movie from Warner Bros. Japan. However, I won't be surprised if the series concludes before or in the middle of the Winter season. Regardless, the series continues to amaze me with its visuals and plo. Looking forward to its next episode.