JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Chapter 91 Discussion

Some nice art frames this chapter.

Yikes. I feel bad for whatever Alessi did to the poor kid.

I almost felt bad for her...almost.

I can only tell this is going to be one hell of a battle. I like that Polnareff's memory's reverting back to a child's, when most series play this card that doesn't happen. Adds a lot more tension to the fight.

KashKetchum said:
I almost felt bad for her...almost.



Yeah, almost.



Meh, a lame guy appeared, Alessi!

Abdul and Joseph pulling off the Magnet Sandwich together to defeat Mariah was a delight to see!

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                        Holy shit that Stand. Reverse aging yo. There better be a cure for this. I bet defeating the user would remedy this problem.

This was a fun arc.  One that featured the badass, rule of cool side of the dynamic duo; Abdul and Joseph, and one that showed their adorable and goofy side too.  I liked how we saw proof of what Abdul told Jotaro, that if he threw the iron bar in the first chapters, Magician’s Red would melt it in the air.  I liked how we had that cheesy and badass ending, Abdul fixing his hair and the boys leisurely going off to get some breakfast as if they were not just heavily injured.  And I especially liked seeing Joseph play for time after Mariah confessed that she fancied him.  It reminded me of his bluff with Wham back in his youth.  With that, the chapter ended with Mariah being crushed- or wait it wasn’t over yet.



I think it’s rare for Stardust Crusaders to end an arc with a cliffhanger, as I’ve been watching the anime on the side, I noticed it often adds cliffhangers whereas the manga ends abruptly.  It makes the decision to add Alessi at the end a little fascinating to me.  And the way he came in was effective.  The page of Polnareff wholesomely smiling at the innocent play of the children nearby is my favorite kind of Jojo page.  The pages that transfer so much heart in a small, sweet moment.  Just as Polnareff smiled, I did too; it reminded me of Mei playing ‘chores’ in Totoro.  Which made for Alessi to crush that innocent play with his huge ego and bullying to be effective.  Far more than Steely Dan kicking a kid that I didn’t care about.  I cared about these kids for the few panels I knew them and then that occurred.  Although to be fair, even before Alessi showed up, I, for a moment feared that the mud they were playing with would be a killer stand.

The pressure on Joseph and Avdol keeps on increasing and just when it seemed that everything's too much for them, Joseph adjusted his position by a little bit with Hermit Purple to attract Avdol and mercilessly crush Mariah in between. She had caused them so many trouble but with that pincer attack, every single wrongdoing was reflected back at her.



Another one makes his debut at the very same chapter. Alessi has a very peculiar design and those kids sure are strangely acting like grown-ups. Must be a hint of things to come, eh.