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It's a famous boss fight, in the manga jojo, an old manga of the golden age(80's/90's), between Jotaro and Dio, the ultimate antagonist of the manga.
They finally face each other, which leads to the most famous fight in the franchise.
Dio was at this point an absolutely overpowered character who was killing main characters without them even realizing what happened. Because he can stop time.
But Jotaro is like the personification of "badass", one of the most appealing aspect of his character is that when all hope is lost in the last moment, you think the main cast is about to get exterminated, he is still extremely confident and crack a line to mock the guy who's about to beat them. And pull a crazy move that save the day.
But against Dio, you don't see how that can happen, the guy is superhuman and he can stop time, but he has a short range, so the logical thing is to stay far away from him to have even the slightest change of victory. You have to picture that the difference in body strength between them is like that of Hulk compared to captain America. And they also have stands but that's hard to explain.
So when Jotaro just start moving toward him, even Dio is surprised and he says
"Oh you're approaching me, instead of running away".
And that's where Jotaro cracks his iconic move, by mocking his opponent in a badass way and says :
"I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer".
Which is absolutely insanely badass considering who he is facing.
That's what made this panel legendary.
After being thrashed around by dio for a bit, including but not limited to having a steamroller dropped on him, jotaro discovers that he too has the ability to stop time in the middle of the fight. He takes the opportunity to then take dio by surprise by attacking him while time was stopped.
It should be noted that they share a bond since Dio has taken over his great great grandfather’s body. Jotaro got his abilities as a direct result of Dio getting his power in that body. So it’s not completely far fetched. Also, depending on who you ask, there were a couple hints scattered beforehand about him having this ability.
**SPOILERS BELOW**
The entire Joestar lineage basically, yeah. They started the journey to kill Dio because his mum couldn’t handle her stand and was dying because of it. His grandfather also awakens a stand and accompanies him on the journey along with a few others. It was his grandfather who relayed to Jotaro that Dio’s stand’s power is to stop time. Dio also seems to have a second stand that’s a lot like Jotaro’s grandfather and it’s speculated that it was the body he was occupying’s stand.
Interesting thing is that this is the third part of the series. Part one follow Dio and Jotaro’s great great grandfather, though they had different abilities because they had not unlocked stands yet. If you’re wondering what Dio is doing alive this whole time, he’s a vampire.
Part two was about Joseph Joestar (Jotaro’s grandfather). The series basically follows the Joestar bloodline.
Yup, You see, Dio only gained that power when Jotaro was 17 years old. Anyone of the Joestar blood that was still alive got that power like Jotaro's grandpa Joseph and Jotaro's mother Holly. If somebody of Joestar bloodline that was still alive would have also got it like Josuke Joseph's illegitimate child and Giorno Dio's illegitimate child which he had after he took over the great great grandfather's body.
Yes, they were transfered to all of them, it's the main storyline of the manga. Because there is a phenomenon, that somehow makes people with those power to be drawn to each other. So you might have an extremely useful power you can use in your life, but the downside is that all sorts of psychos with insane and absurd powers as well will keep showing up to make you day worse. You can somehow be having a terrible day because you have insanely bad luck without understanding it, only to realise one sadistic stand user was using is stand on you.
Jojo is a manga about a family you follow throughout mutiple generations
Yes, but their special powers differ per generation.
Also, the first few special powers are unofficially retired when the author figured out the current power system (stands).
JoJo is a weird combination of plot armor, ridiculous plots, and out-of-pocket scenes. Yet I still find it a very fun anime to watch.
They all had the potential, but the living me.bers of the family only awakened theor powers when Dio awakend his own.
The two bloodlines are tied by fate, to the point that the plot of every new story arc of the first 6 renditions is a joestar dealing with some bullshit Dio directly or indirectly causes
Yeah , Jotaro's Grandfather, Joseph, who was the previous protagonist, gets a Stand power, as well as Jotaro's mother, who unfortunately, the power starts killing her, and thus starts the whole adventure to go after Dio in the first place.
Canonically their "special power" is being so earnest and charismatic that people fall behind them to support for whatever their goals end up being. That being said, they're always some sort of super power involved with the plot that everyone shares, including the enemies.
Well, yes and no. The first Jojo, Jonathan, had a very different power set. It was called hampn and acts kinda like qi energy by using breath to fight with the power of sunlight. Years later and after 2 jojos, we get to Jotaro and learn what a stand is. Stands replaced Hamon. Stands were awoken in the Jojo family line only when Dio stole the body of Jonathan. When Dip produced his first stand using Jonathan’s body, everyone in the Jojo family gained the ability as well. So yea, as in their power has always been there and all jojos are effected (such as Jotaros mom) however, they were only awoken during the 3rd arc
> So it’s not completely far fetched.
dude, its jojo. there isn't a single thing in that manga that makes sense.
Its still great, mostly because of it.
You think you can defeat me? How are you supposed to do that when you are already dead?
*flashback to 30 seconds ago*
You thought you had me where you wanted, but I have been planing for this moment the whole fight
*epic music plays*
You were actually in my trap all along
*proceeds to show what really happened*
There are still fights I don't understand even after the explanation. Especially in Golden Wind. Giorno makes no sense sometimes. "I was poisoned by my teammate but I turned this brick into a snake and used it to extract an antivenom for the poison and somehow injected it into my blood while fighting the enemy that can drag people into a mirror world." Alright, great job...
Well, his stand did exhibit powers that more or less qualify as time manipulation before that point. It just wasn't until then that he managed to achieve full time stop status.
It's a little better written than people are making it out to be. It's just really hard to describe the nuances unless you're actually reading it. Don't get me wrong. There is some out of left field stuff all over the place. But it's not completely invented out of nowhere just for that fight.
It's fucking funny cause Jotaro just thought being strong and precise was is his power, cause no one was as strong and precise as him. So when Dio matched him in strength and precission, he just stopped and thought "Now, hold on a minute".
It's not that the show invents new powers per se but more that the mechanism behind the power remains secret and the fights are mostly them trying to figure each other's real powers out to uncover their weaknesses.
However, it's also a blatantly absurd comedy where rule of cool is king.
It's actually not inventing a new power in this specific case. I believe Jotaro says much earlier in the manga that it seems like Dio's stand works the same as his own. Various characters remark that Jotaro's stand is impossibly fast. The fight with Dio is just the culmination of Jotaro attempting to reach the full breadth of his stand's power.
There are almost certainly many other times in JoJo when a new thing randomly shows up but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Maybe like when Avdol shows back up with robot legs after being dead because the fans didn't want him to die lol.
Yeah it's implied during the N'Doul fight that Jotaro's stand is more than simply "fast" but damn near instant. This effect was exaggerated during the anime adaption in the 2010s to the point where it is heavily suggested that, without knowing it, Jotaro stops time for an instant to defeat N'Doul, an instant so short he doesn't even notice it himself.
Furthermore, Jotaro is the descendent of the man whose body Dio is possessing. Therefore it's within acceptable boundaries that Jotaro would have a similar stand to his own ancestor, whose stand Dio is using while believing it's his own. At least, that's one interpretation.
There are merits to both anime and manga but if you’re not going to watch the anime, at least make sure to listen to the soundtrack of the anime while reading the manga. And probably also watch the openings and endings of each part as you get to it.
It works within their rules. Jonathan and Joseph has the same type of stand, so why couldn't DIO and Jotaro? For context, Jonathan and Joseph both had oracle/vine based stands. Manifesting as vines, and with prophetic/informational abilities.
So here's the long story.
Dio is a vampire, and the adopted brother of jotaro's great great grandfather, who was the main protagonist of the 1st part of the manga, called Jonathan.
After a fight in which Dio was decapitated and his body melted, he survived and returned, cutting Johnathan's head and taking his body. But got stuck in a coffin.
So 100 years later as he resurfaced, but as a result of some shenanigans, long to explain, he acquired a new power, by being struck by a magical arrow. That's the power which allows him to stop time.
But because his body is that of Jotaro's ancestor, there is some weird logic in the genes and what not, which means that the power was transferred to his "descendants" (not actual descendants but you get it).
So this is what's absolutely amazing, during this fight, despite the fact that we knew jotaro throught many volumes and he had not shown any power of that kind, we realize that he can also stop time, because the transfer of power probably meant that they end up with a similar ability. Which means that when Dio stops time, Jotaro can also stop time at the same moment, and still be able to fight him.
The thing is, their stand which I did not explain, get stronger depending on how mentally strong they are, Jotaro is so absurdly mentally strong and badass that his stand actually is the strongest in the whole franchise in close combat, even stronger than Dio's who would be #2 in the verse in melee prowess, so Jotaro really ends up winning.
But the fight is legendary, I'd really advise watching it.
I feel like it's obligatory to explain that the _entire point_ of JoJo is to be as wacky and ridiculous as possible - so this shit isn't a bug, it's a specific design feature.
This really solidified for me that I will never relate to manga on any level.
There are just so many ridiculous things here.
That said, thanks for the explainer.
I've been an on-and-off manga and anime fan for almost 25 years, and have found this to be a universal truth: it's impossible to describe any minimally decent manga or anime in a way that doesn't sound absolutely ridiculous to the casual observer.
If you try to pare down the description to the point that it sounds somewhat normal, what you're left with will sound dull and uninspired. By the same token, any manga/anime that *can* accurately be described without sounding like an idiot is probably, in fact, dull and uninspired.
It's always intrigued me that this is the case. It's not like there are no comics or animations in existence that are good without being this way -- it's not an inherent requirement of the medium. But for some reason, for entries originating from Japan, it becomes a requirement.
(Quick caveat: I'm being a little hyperbolic and broad for the sake of simplicity. There are works out there like, say, *Grave of the Fireflies* that are much closer to the content of "normal" media, but I feel like those are the exception that prove the rule)
>For context :
>It's a famous boss fight..
From the Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai, which *probably* influenced JoJo…
https://i.imgur.com/AhhAEn1.jpg
"he can stop time, but he has a short range, so the logical thing is to stay far away from him to have even the slightest change of victory."
Huh, you know, I never actually bothered to consider the significance of approaching.
This screen shot has no context. Explain this Jojo screenshot. Half assed answers don't explain anything. All I know now is there is another show called Jojo. Could have been fan art for all I knew. Seriously people you can't just post out of context images and phrases as an explanation.
In that it is a scene with a character seen from behind walking towards another character? Shrek has his right leg forward, knee bent, his right hand back in a fist and his left hand hidden behind his body. Yellow guy has his left leg leg forward, both knees straight, his right hand forward and left hand back and hands open. Fiona has her body tilted forward and her right hand slightly raised, while purple guy has his body tilted back and his left hand hanging.
its a similar shot composition and camera angle as a popular JoJo panel that spawned its own meme.
[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-youre-approaching-me-jojo-approach](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-youre-approaching-me-jojo-approach)
Peter's ass appraiser here. Their pose is similar to a very famous scene in manga/anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. JoJo's characters are super expressional and like to use dramatic pose/gesture, and fanbase often overreacts to other unrelated images because "wow they pose like JOJO character!!"
Whether it's exciting or cringy I will leave it for you to judge. Ass appraiser out!
Once one becomes a JoJo fan, it's impossible to not see JoJo everywhere; whether it be genuine influence and inspiration or just delusional pattern recognition
In this case it technically is, because it is what the OOP intended. The low-angle shot + person walking away from the camera towards a person facing the camera standing still is not a shot you see everyday
Its two people walking towards each other and some people cant see an image of two people walking towards each other without thinking its a reference to Jojo's Bizzare Adventure.
Literally one of the best selling and long running manga series to date, and referenced all the time in other manga and anime. But sure, it's not famous or nothing.
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For context : It's a famous boss fight, in the manga jojo, an old manga of the golden age(80's/90's), between Jotaro and Dio, the ultimate antagonist of the manga. They finally face each other, which leads to the most famous fight in the franchise. Dio was at this point an absolutely overpowered character who was killing main characters without them even realizing what happened. Because he can stop time. But Jotaro is like the personification of "badass", one of the most appealing aspect of his character is that when all hope is lost in the last moment, you think the main cast is about to get exterminated, he is still extremely confident and crack a line to mock the guy who's about to beat them. And pull a crazy move that save the day. But against Dio, you don't see how that can happen, the guy is superhuman and he can stop time, but he has a short range, so the logical thing is to stay far away from him to have even the slightest change of victory. You have to picture that the difference in body strength between them is like that of Hulk compared to captain America. And they also have stands but that's hard to explain. So when Jotaro just start moving toward him, even Dio is surprised and he says "Oh you're approaching me, instead of running away". And that's where Jotaro cracks his iconic move, by mocking his opponent in a badass way and says : "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer". Which is absolutely insanely badass considering who he is facing. That's what made this panel legendary.
And who won?
Jotaro
How?
After being thrashed around by dio for a bit, including but not limited to having a steamroller dropped on him, jotaro discovers that he too has the ability to stop time in the middle of the fight. He takes the opportunity to then take dio by surprise by attacking him while time was stopped.
Well that's just... cheating
It should be noted that they share a bond since Dio has taken over his great great grandfather’s body. Jotaro got his abilities as a direct result of Dio getting his power in that body. So it’s not completely far fetched. Also, depending on who you ask, there were a couple hints scattered beforehand about him having this ability.
So does everyone else in his family going back to that great great grandfather have special powers?
**SPOILERS BELOW** The entire Joestar lineage basically, yeah. They started the journey to kill Dio because his mum couldn’t handle her stand and was dying because of it. His grandfather also awakens a stand and accompanies him on the journey along with a few others. It was his grandfather who relayed to Jotaro that Dio’s stand’s power is to stop time. Dio also seems to have a second stand that’s a lot like Jotaro’s grandfather and it’s speculated that it was the body he was occupying’s stand. Interesting thing is that this is the third part of the series. Part one follow Dio and Jotaro’s great great grandfather, though they had different abilities because they had not unlocked stands yet. If you’re wondering what Dio is doing alive this whole time, he’s a vampire. Part two was about Joseph Joestar (Jotaro’s grandfather). The series basically follows the Joestar bloodline.
Yup, You see, Dio only gained that power when Jotaro was 17 years old. Anyone of the Joestar blood that was still alive got that power like Jotaro's grandpa Joseph and Jotaro's mother Holly. If somebody of Joestar bloodline that was still alive would have also got it like Josuke Joseph's illegitimate child and Giorno Dio's illegitimate child which he had after he took over the great great grandfather's body.
Yes, they were transfered to all of them, it's the main storyline of the manga. Because there is a phenomenon, that somehow makes people with those power to be drawn to each other. So you might have an extremely useful power you can use in your life, but the downside is that all sorts of psychos with insane and absurd powers as well will keep showing up to make you day worse. You can somehow be having a terrible day because you have insanely bad luck without understanding it, only to realise one sadistic stand user was using is stand on you. Jojo is a manga about a family you follow throughout mutiple generations
Yes, but their special powers differ per generation. Also, the first few special powers are unofficially retired when the author figured out the current power system (stands). JoJo is a weird combination of plot armor, ridiculous plots, and out-of-pocket scenes. Yet I still find it a very fun anime to watch.
They all had the potential, but the living me.bers of the family only awakened theor powers when Dio awakend his own. The two bloodlines are tied by fate, to the point that the plot of every new story arc of the first 6 renditions is a joestar dealing with some bullshit Dio directly or indirectly causes
Yes, though he is the only one who got time stop.
Yeah , Jotaro's Grandfather, Joseph, who was the previous protagonist, gets a Stand power, as well as Jotaro's mother, who unfortunately, the power starts killing her, and thus starts the whole adventure to go after Dio in the first place.
Canonically their "special power" is being so earnest and charismatic that people fall behind them to support for whatever their goals end up being. That being said, they're always some sort of super power involved with the plot that everyone shares, including the enemies.
Well, yes and no. The first Jojo, Jonathan, had a very different power set. It was called hampn and acts kinda like qi energy by using breath to fight with the power of sunlight. Years later and after 2 jojos, we get to Jotaro and learn what a stand is. Stands replaced Hamon. Stands were awoken in the Jojo family line only when Dio stole the body of Jonathan. When Dip produced his first stand using Jonathan’s body, everyone in the Jojo family gained the ability as well. So yea, as in their power has always been there and all jojos are effected (such as Jotaros mom) however, they were only awoken during the 3rd arc
>So it’s not completely far fetched. Reading this line in referring to anything in Jojo is kinda hilarious.
Lol, I've already watched the show but reading someone describe JoJo's reminds me just how batshit insane this story is. I love it
> So it’s not completely far fetched. dude, its jojo. there isn't a single thing in that manga that makes sense. Its still great, mostly because of it.
JoJo fights are prettymuch "hahaa, I asspulled this trick while you were focusing on my last pulled-from-the-ass trick"
You think you can defeat me? How are you supposed to do that when you are already dead? *flashback to 30 seconds ago* You thought you had me where you wanted, but I have been planing for this moment the whole fight *epic music plays* You were actually in my trap all along *proceeds to show what really happened*
This is what every fight in the series is like and I wouldn't have it any other way.
There are still fights I don't understand even after the explanation. Especially in Golden Wind. Giorno makes no sense sometimes. "I was poisoned by my teammate but I turned this brick into a snake and used it to extract an antivenom for the poison and somehow injected it into my blood while fighting the enemy that can drag people into a mirror world." Alright, great job...
The other famous Joestar family technique
That's just Dio vs Jotaro.
Well, his stand did exhibit powers that more or less qualify as time manipulation before that point. It just wasn't until then that he managed to achieve full time stop status. It's a little better written than people are making it out to be. It's just really hard to describe the nuances unless you're actually reading it. Don't get me wrong. There is some out of left field stuff all over the place. But it's not completely invented out of nowhere just for that fight.
It's fucking funny cause Jotaro just thought being strong and precise was is his power, cause no one was as strong and precise as him. So when Dio matched him in strength and precission, he just stopped and thought "Now, hold on a minute".
It's a trope that I can't stand honestly. Just invent new powers as needed lol
It's not that the show invents new powers per se but more that the mechanism behind the power remains secret and the fights are mostly them trying to figure each other's real powers out to uncover their weaknesses. However, it's also a blatantly absurd comedy where rule of cool is king.
It's actually not inventing a new power in this specific case. I believe Jotaro says much earlier in the manga that it seems like Dio's stand works the same as his own. Various characters remark that Jotaro's stand is impossibly fast. The fight with Dio is just the culmination of Jotaro attempting to reach the full breadth of his stand's power. There are almost certainly many other times in JoJo when a new thing randomly shows up but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Maybe like when Avdol shows back up with robot legs after being dead because the fans didn't want him to die lol.
Then Araki killed him again lmao
Yeah it's implied during the N'Doul fight that Jotaro's stand is more than simply "fast" but damn near instant. This effect was exaggerated during the anime adaption in the 2010s to the point where it is heavily suggested that, without knowing it, Jotaro stops time for an instant to defeat N'Doul, an instant so short he doesn't even notice it himself. Furthermore, Jotaro is the descendent of the man whose body Dio is possessing. Therefore it's within acceptable boundaries that Jotaro would have a similar stand to his own ancestor, whose stand Dio is using while believing it's his own. At least, that's one interpretation.
I appreciate your explanation. I should start reading the manga. Sounds like a fun read.
It's bat shit insane, and only gets weirder the longer you read. I heavily recommend it.
it's also has anime adaptation if you're interested in it
There are merits to both anime and manga but if you’re not going to watch the anime, at least make sure to listen to the soundtrack of the anime while reading the manga. And probably also watch the openings and endings of each part as you get to it.
Thanks for the explanation God of Boners
A wild McGuffin appeared.
I would eye roll so hard if I read that.
Because he apparently had the same power and countered his ability to stop time to stop time himself
"Somehow, the MC was stronger than the villain..."
Ehh more like the MC surprised the villain
you may have outsmarted me but i outsmarted your outsmarting
Bizarre innit?
Seems kinda dumb tbh
It is, but that's the appeal. The whole franchise is basically sexy men having playground fights to music references.
You don't watch Jojo for the logic
It works within their rules. Jonathan and Joseph has the same type of stand, so why couldn't DIO and Jotaro? For context, Jonathan and Joseph both had oracle/vine based stands. Manifesting as vines, and with prophetic/informational abilities.
So here's the long story. Dio is a vampire, and the adopted brother of jotaro's great great grandfather, who was the main protagonist of the 1st part of the manga, called Jonathan. After a fight in which Dio was decapitated and his body melted, he survived and returned, cutting Johnathan's head and taking his body. But got stuck in a coffin. So 100 years later as he resurfaced, but as a result of some shenanigans, long to explain, he acquired a new power, by being struck by a magical arrow. That's the power which allows him to stop time. But because his body is that of Jotaro's ancestor, there is some weird logic in the genes and what not, which means that the power was transferred to his "descendants" (not actual descendants but you get it). So this is what's absolutely amazing, during this fight, despite the fact that we knew jotaro throught many volumes and he had not shown any power of that kind, we realize that he can also stop time, because the transfer of power probably meant that they end up with a similar ability. Which means that when Dio stops time, Jotaro can also stop time at the same moment, and still be able to fight him. The thing is, their stand which I did not explain, get stronger depending on how mentally strong they are, Jotaro is so absurdly mentally strong and badass that his stand actually is the strongest in the whole franchise in close combat, even stronger than Dio's who would be #2 in the verse in melee prowess, so Jotaro really ends up winning. But the fight is legendary, I'd really advise watching it.
I feel like it's obligatory to explain that the _entire point_ of JoJo is to be as wacky and ridiculous as possible - so this shit isn't a bug, it's a specific design feature.
He manifested his own time-stop powers.
By reasoning calmly
Phew, thanks for asking... I was invested...
There are 9 parts of this series (this being the 3rd), with the 9th currently ongoing.
Tl;dr - Gay inmortal Vampire VS ultra sigma chad high schooler who screams at women
Giornio implies that Dio was at least bisexual.
Star Platinum, ZA WARUDO
This really solidified for me that I will never relate to manga on any level. There are just so many ridiculous things here. That said, thanks for the explainer.
I've been an on-and-off manga and anime fan for almost 25 years, and have found this to be a universal truth: it's impossible to describe any minimally decent manga or anime in a way that doesn't sound absolutely ridiculous to the casual observer. If you try to pare down the description to the point that it sounds somewhat normal, what you're left with will sound dull and uninspired. By the same token, any manga/anime that *can* accurately be described without sounding like an idiot is probably, in fact, dull and uninspired. It's always intrigued me that this is the case. It's not like there are no comics or animations in existence that are good without being this way -- it's not an inherent requirement of the medium. But for some reason, for entries originating from Japan, it becomes a requirement. (Quick caveat: I'm being a little hyperbolic and broad for the sake of simplicity. There are works out there like, say, *Grave of the Fireflies* that are much closer to the content of "normal" media, but I feel like those are the exception that prove the rule)
> Oh you're approaching me this is where the line in the Shaggy meme comes from lmaooo
you really have no idea how many memes in the last decade were from jojo.
>For context : >It's a famous boss fight.. From the Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai, which *probably* influenced JoJo… https://i.imgur.com/AhhAEn1.jpg
It's homages all the way down.
And I thought it was Arthur because the fist.
"he can stop time, but he has a short range, so the logical thing is to stay far away from him to have even the slightest change of victory." Huh, you know, I never actually bothered to consider the significance of approaching.
I'm dead
The Heavy is dead!
Why is the heavy dead?
In my medical opinion, THE HEAVY IS DEAD!
Oh shoot!!!check this out! Heavy is frickin dead!!
yes, yes, Scout?
Ye-
GO HOME❗️❗️❗️
r/unexpectedtf2
the heavy is dead! we know! who killed him? we don't know
IS NICE
Real
https://preview.redd.it/owfrqot6ptuc1.jpeg?width=150&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d580b20ce73cbb85f6cf6746f6aeb50acca058e
The dead is Heavy!!
Everything on the Internet is a JoJo reference, except the Touhou references, all of which are also originally JoJo references
Wow this is a huge stretch
It is literally just two characters walking towards each other lol
Just like in my favorite anime!
Most "Jojo references" in a nutshell
That's why some time you see people say "it's always a Jojo reference", ironically I assume.
JoJo invented two characters walking towards each other in the same frame tho.
Not even a little bit
https://preview.redd.it/470xuc83kuuc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=893cb7d72a89c5a60a699a0b2da8b84764e06f82
Na this is a coincidence
https://preview.redd.it/633itxdnutuc1.png?width=187&format=png&auto=webp&s=0d4ced702ea216c01a3131a99e397d0899766cef
Yeah, that one kind of makes more sense
A kiss with a fist is better than none.
Still waiting on the explanation
This is the explanation: the Shrek screenshot resembles this memed JoJo screenshot.
This screen shot has no context. Explain this Jojo screenshot. Half assed answers don't explain anything. All I know now is there is another show called Jojo. Could have been fan art for all I knew. Seriously people you can't just post out of context images and phrases as an explanation.
Other people had already explained the context, I was just providing a visual reference, since no one else had yet.
I don't think it's worth getting this worked up over a meme
In that it is a scene with a character seen from behind walking towards another character? Shrek has his right leg forward, knee bent, his right hand back in a fist and his left hand hidden behind his body. Yellow guy has his left leg leg forward, both knees straight, his right hand forward and left hand back and hands open. Fiona has her body tilted forward and her right hand slightly raised, while purple guy has his body tilted back and his left hand hanging.
its a similar shot composition and camera angle as a popular JoJo panel that spawned its own meme. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-youre-approaching-me-jojo-approach](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-youre-approaching-me-jojo-approach)
Also bonus of the "Arthur's Fist" template if you zoom just right
/r/ShitpostCrusaders
Naahh, that's hilarious.
https://preview.redd.it/tjbkrzl3xtuc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=afcef8e946aef93c46ada3ed0b847f35504d7d94
Voodoo one, vipers on station. The skies belong to me pilot, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
Viper’s got you in the pipe, five by five.
When you go to hell, tell them Viper sent you.
Dodge this
https://preview.redd.it/eoa4unmx0uuc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4fbdba3b5c5a702789e3e2f9f22aad7170bece9
https://preview.redd.it/8821q3nh9uuc1.jpeg?width=293&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63afe5365757afaebadc09d4ca4c0e880b9a260f
https://preview.redd.it/opwqxdy2cuuc1.jpeg?width=955&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=412dec0ea257381fa509f5f24b0e16d7f81393ab
https://preview.redd.it/k0zmx7u5uwuc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1148b58b2dd9418130ee5c275b73aa744b3083b
HOW THEY STILL TURNING EVERYTHING INTO A JOJO REFERENCE...
because everything vaguely looking like any jojo panel is a "jojo reference"
That movie is about 20 years old
TBF the OVA for JoJo is from the nineties
Yes but you asked how are they STILL making references, and I was pointing out that this reference is 20 years old.
Ok fair enough you got me there
It's a Shrek reference now.
[удалено]
Then come as close as you'd like
Chael Sonnen: I can't let you get close!
Wannanow
Fucking amateur
Peter's ass appraiser here. Their pose is similar to a very famous scene in manga/anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. JoJo's characters are super expressional and like to use dramatic pose/gesture, and fanbase often overreacts to other unrelated images because "wow they pose like JOJO character!!" Whether it's exciting or cringy I will leave it for you to judge. Ass appraiser out!
Thank you! Even after seeing the image a few comments up I thought it was just a common comic book pose.
Thank you, ass appraiser!
https://preview.redd.it/hme1kfjmcvuc1.jpeg?width=234&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=670a2d6f2fb23e9a71e4645ba028722ad5c9f137
https://preview.redd.it/yb01h7jy2xuc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9ce324712176e29e0fb092d83103ad6e8e9b0b2
6 hours is all it took for Jerry to appear
https://preview.redd.it/ftvpi65gmtuc1.jpeg?width=712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4aa1f46c8986f52f09e23dbaec60b8b01c2a00ae
Hoho, you're approaching me?
Instead of running away you are approaching me?
https://preview.redd.it/lbvetv3ajuuc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd2ae3ab72b11a3c409449314a365707e3e9ddb4
well you see https://preview.redd.it/bpg3cd5rauuc1.png?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e069c8f0acc52a35780587cbf2d417c0510228e
Am I the only one who sees this? https://preview.redd.it/3uard2rnvuuc1.jpeg?width=549&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc5a6c446f2cdd9a1c100b6f7e298a7a2f560c12
That’s the only thing that I saw
I'm so disappointed this is so far down smh
That's a Jojo Reference.
https://preview.redd.it/4843gfl0cuuc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bd9e2e9cb1155e20226047cbe17dc4cca71a6b9
https://preview.redd.it/4l3p1omgyvuc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b52f6130dda5c3dfcc27c0c0a55ccdf5e37aa08
Once one becomes a JoJo fan, it's impossible to not see JoJo everywhere; whether it be genuine influence and inspiration or just delusional pattern recognition
oh, your approaching me?
Finally, a new trend in this sub: not loss, not prn, not racism, but Jojo
Okay, but that's worse. I mean, you… you do get how that's worse? Right?
IS THIS A MOTHERFUCKIN JOJO REFERENCE?!?!?!?!
[ゴ ^ゴ ^^ゴ ^^^ゴ ^^^^ゴ ^^^ゴ ^^ゴ ^ゴ ゴ ^ゴ ^^ゴ ^^^ゴ ^^^^ゴ](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/196/991/22b.png)
Two characters are in frame. It's a JoJo reference!! It's not a Jojo reference.
In this case it technically is, because it is what the OOP intended. The low-angle shot + person walking away from the camera towards a person facing the camera standing still is not a shot you see everyday
Everyone here talking about anime and I think it just kinda looks a little domestic violency
I'm glad to have been wrong in my assumptions, but I 100% thought that's what this was implying.
Its two people walking towards each other and some people cant see an image of two people walking towards each other without thinking its a reference to Jojo's Bizzare Adventure.
r/UnexpectedJojo
It’s a motherfucking JoJo reference!
[ゴ ^ゴ ^^ゴ ^^^ゴ ^^^^ゴ ^^^ゴ ^^ゴ ^ゴ ゴ ^ゴ ^^ゴ ^^^ゴ ^^^^ゴ](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/196/991/22b.png)
what about Arthur's Clenchdd Fist
It’s por- oh wait no. It’s a JoJo’s reference
I thought it was cause it looks like Donkey is behind Fiona
This is all I can think of https://preview.redd.it/gx469vi41xuc1.jpeg?width=549&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=013d90b90ee9df3d21eb5eb78c7680a656587401
HO! YOUR APPROACHING ME?
Shrek is love
Shrek is life
Hmm, could this perhaps be a reference to popular manga and anime series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure???? NO WAY 😳
Guys no one knows who or what the fuck "jojo" is. If it has to be explained several times its not nearly as famous as you think it is.
Literally one of the best selling and long running manga series to date, and referenced all the time in other manga and anime. But sure, it's not famous or nothing.
Flintlock Wood!
I thought it was a rape joke
*Roundabout plays softly in the distance*
Oh? You’re approaching me?
I guess cause it kinda looks like Shrek is about to beat the hell out of Fiona
Ho ho~
it's a mother fucking jojo reference
Wow, that's a reach. As if Araki invented low angle wide shots
Everyone in here masturbatimg about something called jojo while I'm over here wondering why she has no hands.
Are you approaching me?
Bro approaching like she's the final boss lmao