Hey Raptor, did you ever read Recca No Honoo? It's from that guy who made MAR and Mixim.
I haven't started it yet, but yeah I know it has lots of similarities to Yuyu. I'd like to give it a change later on, but I'm not too much of a fan of the artstyle. Yuyu's art style in comparison was a lot cleaner and had less of that large eyes effect on their girls.
Manga doesn't have VA
Anime > Manga
VA can sometimes ruin it for me (Ore no Monogatari). Atrocious/disappointing animation can also ruin it for me, which is actually far more common (Birdy the Might Decode, especially S2).
Yeah I can understand how Vento Aureo can be the worst. The only thing I don't like about it is Diavolo. But imo, Part 5 is probably the peak of Araki's creativity when it came to the Stands. There were a few choice battles in 6 as well, but not a grand slam across the board. I love 5 for its battles and Stands, but I love 4 more for its plot and how mundane it is compared to everything else.
Oh no, I completely agree. I definitely think that Vento Aureo had the best and most bad-ass ally/enemy stands (though Part 4 holds a soft spot because it has stands like Bite the Dust, Crazy Diamond, and The Hand) and were completely original compared to previous stands. The only exception of this may have been White Album, but even then Araki put his own interesting twist to the stands powers. Vento also had the longest and most complete battles of any Part with battles lasting up to five or more chapters whereas Parts 3 and 4 some would end in like two. I also adore the fact that Araki started naming the stands after famous bands, songs, and albums (though some were a little too inspired by their names: The Rolling Stones stand was stupid imo). So yeah, I agree that Part 5 had the best stands, though I will say that some were overly convoluted than they needed to be, the biggest offender being King Crimson (which kind of seemed like a more complicated version of Dio's stand in Part 3). In fact, I thought the final boss was very forgettable and mostly disappointing, especially when you compare him to Dio and Kira. Actually, the reason I think I might dislike Stone Ocean more is because the stands have become way to overly complicated for their own good.
As long as you're not one of those fanboys who think that Part 3 is the best thing evar, unless you had legit reasons.
Well, here's my order from best to worst in my opinion so far: 4 > 3 > 2 > 5 >= 1. Part 6 so far probably goes somewhere between Parts 5 and 1, maybe even slightly before Part 1.
I think Part 3 is better than Part 2 for several reasons. One, I simply thought Dio was a better and more memorable villain than Esidisi, Wamuu, and Kars combined. Part 2's supporting characters were also lackluster compared to Part 3's. Lisa Lisa was honestly a disappointing inclusion since she really didn't do anything aside from introduce a training montage, and Caesar was just not a very entertaining character from start to finish. The only redeeming part of his character was that he showed development with Joseph, and that's practically it. That being said, I do understand the criticism that Part 3 emphasizes its side characters a bit too much (Polnareff's Bizarre Adventure as I like to say) or not at all (the stowaway girl doesn't even have a fucking name) whereas Battle Tendency made me care about a damn Nazi. I also think that Joseph's character and wit was more entertaining than that of Kujo and the rest of Stardust Crusaders' cast (like the predicting what the opponent would say; that's too fucking good). With that said, Joseph was really the
only entertaining and cool character within Battle Tendency, and honestly if he wasn't in the manga or didn't have a strong enough presence as he did, Part 2 would have easily been one of the worst parts. I don't think you could really say the same about Part 3, and that's why I think it's a more solid manga all around.
I could give you other reasonings behind my order, but 2 versus 3 is the one most people ask me about when I show them my opinion.
