JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai Review


Story (9/10) Great
More Specifically (9.15/10) Great

The Story for Part 4 was great and it's quite surprising, it shows me that I still enjoy small set pieces of mini arcs and episodic like story arcs as long as they come into play down the road. Part 4 links together it's mini arcs a lot better than I think Part 3 did as in Part 3 once they defeated an enemy most of the time you never heard of that enemy again not including the enemies that eventually become allies of the crew. Although there are certain situations where that would occur in Part 4 like the invisible baby or tonio it didn't leave a unsatisfying vibe with me although the overall had plots and characters that lead nowhere like the alien character for a good example which is probably why I can't give this section a 10 although in the grand thought it it not bothering me too much because it was entertaining nonetheless the fact that there were a lot of plots that were left open end still left me wondering why Araki does this and Part 4 is riddle with such cases. Part 4 I felt as far as danger aspect was definitely the least imposing in comparison to Lord Kars from Part 2 or Dio Brando himself from Part 1 and 3. But I'll talk about the main antagonist/villain more in the character section of this review because although I felt he was not as imposing as the previous villains I do like him more than both Kars and Dio.


Art (9/10) Great
More Specifically (9.75/10) Great+

For 1995 I have to give this a 9, Hirohiko Araki is a beast and although there were times during fights that I did not understand what was entire going on I understood enough to not be confused to a given point. He's really really precise one certain things the he wants his readers to see and I personally think he did a great job depicting his imagination into his art. His consistency in his art style change which happened about 3 times in this Part did bother me a bit because I wasn't a fan of the 3rd last flamboyant art style we went with at the end of this Part because it indeed rolled over to Part 5.


Characters (9/10) Great
More Specifically (9.50/10) Great

The Characters in Part 4 are straight up great. All of the characters (this includes the side characters and enemies) felt unique and great. I can't think of no character that felt like a waste of time or generic (now Tamami is debatable if u want to consider him i wouldn't) everyone's role they were suppose to play felt fitting and entertaining. The MC Josuke is definitely different from the previous Joestars before him which is good because when I saw is stand Crazy Diamond I thought he was going to be just like Jotaro, and to an extent they do have similarities when it comes to their stands (ORA ORA to DORA RA RA) and their sense of and for expensive real life fashion wear is similar also. But other than that, that's where it ends. But the other character indeed do remind me of characters from Part 3 with Okuyasu reminding me of Polnareff and Rohan reminding me of Kakyouin but that's only 2/6 from Part 3's crew that have similarities from the crew from Part 4. Kouichi gets a lot of spot like and shows off great character development and never before seen features from the abilities from the Stands. Mikitaka the "alien" as he calls himself was never really explained which urked me a bit and he's not the only one that's like this. Like I said earlier the mystery behind the character who inspires Josuke's hairstyle we never really get to find out who that is although we can make assumptions and say that was him from the future and HOPEFULLY something happens in future parts to showcase that but for now it does bother me that we didn't get to figure it out in this part. The main antagonist Kira Yoshikage definitely had some shoes to fill because Lord Kars and Dio Brando are some big shoes to fill. Did he live up to the expectations of a OP JoJo's antagonist/villain? Ehhh debatable, I'll tell you what though out of the 3 of them Kira probably got the most panel time then both Kars and Dio by far, Kira had chapters and mini arcs dedicated just to him and although it didn't really give him much character development it definitely gave us more insight on the sick and weird mentality he had going on with him and with just that alone I think he was a great antagonist for Part 4. His stand Killer Queen was deadly and his companion the Stray Cat definitely had a great climatic battle between Josuke. One of the main reasons this section couldn't a 10 was the same reasons the story couldn't reach a 10 for me. There were still some unanswered questions that I felt are most likely never going to be answered like who the guy was that inspired Josuke's hair style! This is directly related to his overall character I would like to know this and I highly doubt that it is going to be answered in future Parts but if it is then props to that specific part I'll give the credit to THAT part not this one.


Enjoyment (10/10) Outstanding

My enjoyment for Part 4 started off very good and raised the more I read slowly but surely. It definitely kept the entertaining and bizarre factor to the JoJo's series and that's all you can really ask for when it comes to this series. The fact that there were chapters and mini arcs within it's Part that had no fighting at all within it and it still manage to entertain should let you know you have an outstanding series on your hand. The comedy was quite funny as characters like Joseph who is although old as dirt still funny and entertaining along side with Okuyasu he had me on the floor during the "Let's Go Out for Italian" mini arc. My enjoyment only rise my pinnacle of enjoyment like I said slowly but sure but during the last to climatic arcs "Another one Bites the Dust" and "The Invincible Crazy D" that's when it skyrocketed, which it's suppose to so I'm glad it delivered.


Overall (9/10) Great
More Specifically (9.60/10) Great+

Diamond wa Kudakenai I started reading about a month or two before the anime was announced that it was coming out. So this was me going in there with the mindset of not having anymore JoJo's animated for the future but I'm glad David Production is animating Part 4 and hopefully future parts that I also plan to read probably sometime next year. Part 4 is really great and I can see why some people prefer it over any other part that came before or after it. This one really got me thinking which one is my favorite (NOT THE BEST but my favorite) it used to be Part 2 but know I have no clue but the fact that it can make me think this way is reason enough that I should know that still one was a really great part to me.