It 'really unfair not to estimate the age of a work, but it is equally unfair to give the merits only because it has the bonus of coming first.
No one, for example never deny the contribution that Hirohiko Araki has given the world of manga with its Jojo, safe source of inspiration for many modern authors, the fact is that reading now Stardust Crusader come out all the limitations of a work single-issue, poor content and extremely rough, still far from the enthusiastic comments that you read a bit 'everywhere, who know a lot of lifetime achievement award more than the actual objective or subjective judgments that they are.
The main problem of this third series of Jojo is sacrificing any aspect of what may be the story of a manga, focusing solely on the fighting.
It does so very heavy, too heavy, no ifs, ands or buts: the entire manga seem actually a fighting game on paper, with fast-paced battles one after another, waiting to get to the "final boss", as tradition of old arcade cabinets.
And there's really nothing, because the characters seem precisely those of a fighting game, and as such are characterized (very well) only outwardly, but are little more than mannequins at the mercy of the fighting, and in the course of the volumes will not have one growth rag psychology but even reflection or character depth
The plot then a paucity disarming and is based on going from point A to point B in order to defeat the final boss magically risen compared to what we had learned in the first set, with half a whole series of henchmen disposable arriving and die within a maximum of two volumes.
Really exaggerated, in my humble way of seeing.
All this, we said, is to give carte blanche to the development of the fighting, and of course these are at least equal to the situation: at the time probably were like a bolt from the blue in the shonen manga world, as revolted as a sock everything in that area had seen so far.
It has in fact a mixture of technicalities, supernatural powers that do not necessarily rely on brute force but which often are based on the strategy, twists in the clash management and situations on the limit that can surely be of a certain appeal.
But personally I am not a lover of the fights, I like but only if it is running at a nobler motivation behind the physical confrontation only when there is also an ideological clash, and then they are willing to endure even entire volumes of blows, but so no, frankly, after a while 'I lose patience.
Here then the whole is sealed by what I call "enemy disposable": the face of the character characterization concept here, as already mentionedc the protagonist face one by one seamless whole series of "specks" arriving, make 3 lines, a pair of provocations and then die in an often indecent.
And here's just another thing that I did not like: here the protagonist acquires a power in the first chapter and masterfully learns to use immediately, as if he were a veteran, there is no growth even from this point of view, and this for as for me and is a mandatory step in any battle shonen-respecting.
Graphically, however Araki can distinguish himself, and if in the first 2 parts his design is very son of the standards, with simple big man full of muscles, here are beginning to be noticed strongly all the hallmarks of the style that made him famous , poised between the dirt, coarse and kitsch, and with great attention to the chara design and stylish clothing of various characters.
Even the stretch becomes more secure, as well as the proportions, and at least from this point of view Stardust Crusaders represent the final maturation.
In conclusion, I find it hard to evaluate this work: it is true that Araki was the first to introduce some respects, but it is also true that those same issues are now part of the 90% of modern shonen, and therefore in the eyes of a reader today everything will be just as usual, far from the astonishment that caused the time of its serialization.
It should also be noted that in twenty years of shonen manga, the same stolen content to Araki have been enriched over time and context in modern manga and less crude, which maybe in addition to fighting manage to insert other aspects and make the manga of less monothematic what it is today Stardust Crusaders.
But I would not want my judgment to be interpreted as a criticism of the 80's manga , because it is not the point: I find for example that Kenshiro is the perfect example of a manga that, despite many years behind it and while still taking behind a now outdated style, still manages to be more complete than Stardust Crusader, simply because it offers a product based on the fighting, but also of dramatic situations, of mature content, to rich characters and partly also on the feelings.
The very first series of Jojo, even with its minimalism and its simplicity, is a manga that tries to develop more fully and which seeks above all to tell a story.
When I heard say that the third series of Jojo was absolutely the best, as well as a milestone in the history of manga, so it seemed reasonable to expect a completeness and maturity of content that instead I have not found, all in favor of fighting , albeit made of originality, however, they leave no room for criticism.
Ultimately, perhaps my experience with this manga has been ruined by too high expectations that I had( cuz people says so), because of a criticism that is this manga with too much reverence and with the usual abused motto of "it was better when it was worse."
Do however sufficiency, because after all it would be unfair not to also do so only for what is Jojo, but I can not quite frankly go further.
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