#now back to making poor-quality JoJo memes

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Todays rip: 13/09/2023

Hen'yoku no Piraman

Season 7 Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume Sapphire

Ripped by Madinstance

(Thank you to Madinstance for providing the tentative album release name for this post ahead of the album release!)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is, I'm sure, not something you need to be introduced to. Its a series revered for many things, and amidst all of that reverence is the music featured in its various anime adaptations - notably, its opening themes. For most of the channel's life, SiIva has loved to celebrate JoJo much like any other franchise, with rips such as the Great Days Fusion Collab, The Pillar Men Theme, and indeed a rip I've covered on the blog before - Crazy Noisy Beautiful Girls.

Back in Season 1, though, the team had a sort of playful aversion toward the series. JoJo memes were at an all-time high in 2016, and a good number of commenters would fervently ask the team to make more JoJo rips: SiIva would respond in typical SiIva fashion, by making a bevvy of JoJo rips which were all some of the most off-key, intentionally-bad rips the channel had yet seen at that point. Part of why I'm retelling this story now when I'm discussing a Season 7 rip is due to the JoJo song said rip uses - BLOODY STREAM to me has been sort of the posterchild for these intentionally-terrible rips from Season 1. And hell, even as the series has gotten more quality rips in later Seasons, that aforementioned playful aversion never really left it - rips like GREAT DABS - Jake Paul's Bizarre Adventure: Christmas is Lit continued to be made, pairing JoJo music with intentionally-controversial joke sources to keep making fools out of JoJo fans with higher expectations.

What I love about Hen'yoku no Piraman, then, is that it sort of feels like the final push to break JoJo on SiIva away from this ironic enjoyment. Its a rip part of a more recent, insanely high-effort series of rips wherin the subject of the rip is arranged into the boss theme of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII - One Winged Angel. Avid readers may recall I covered a rip in this series way back when the blog first started with One Winged PSYcho - V​.​S. Sepsyrop, yet I feel like I did sort of a poor job conveying just how much of a damn undertaking these rips are - the fact that there are multiple of them is insane in its own right given just how extensive and iconic of a sound One Winged Angel has. Its not just a song with multiple phases, multiple layers of iconic escalation - but with full-on latin lyrics, which feel near essential to include *somewhere* in an arrangement to truly get an authentic feel. Yet Hen'yoku no Piraman (Japanese for "One Winged Pillarman") pulls it off with what I can only describe as maddening elegance - the latin singing is sentence mixed perfectly in the first segment of the song, BLOODY STREAM's original upbeat jazziness is perfectly preserved, but One Winged Angel's threatening tone still somehow manages to seep in through the cracks, its able to be both upbeat and imposing at once in what I can only describe as pure witchcraft.

The rip just keeps impressing me the more I listen to it, man. With each new One Winged Angel rip I always think, "surely this is the best it'll get!" only to be blown away by the next, each one finding so many ingenius ways to blend music iconic to SiIvaGunner with this legendary boss theme. Its begun to feel almost like a rite of passage for truly beloved memes - to see if anyone on the team loves a joke source enough to dedicate their time to such a herculean task. And it seems like people like Madinstance will continue to step up to the plate for such challenges.

[goldenshowerrequiem]

Ooh, I got tagged by @shsl-gangster to do a thing. Looks like it’s time to post something about myself rather than a JoJo meme for once.

Rules: Bold those statements that are true for you (but I’m probably gonna be all extra and add more info). Tag 9 people you’d like to know better. APPEARANCE I am 5′7″ or taller (damnit I’m like 5′6.5″) I wear glasses I have at least one tattoo (nope, that shit terrifies me) I have blond hair (dark blond now, used to be lighter) I have brown eyes (I don’t even know what colour my eyes are, sort of greenish-grey I guess?) I have short hair (eh, kinda average length for a dude) My abs are at least somewhat defined ( I wish, getting there tho. I can dream) I have or have had braces. PERSONALITY I love meeting people People tell me that I’m funny (sarcastically most of the time) Helping others with their problems is a big priority for me (it depends on the problem but I like to think I’ve been helpful on a number of occasions) I enjoy physical challenges (I held my breath for like 2 minutes once out of water, proudest achievement of my life) I enjoy mental challenges I’m playfully rude with people I know well (I’m far meaner to my friends than anyone else, but it’s a mutual thing) I started saying something ironically and now I can’t stop saying it There’s something I’d change about my personality (I’d love to not be lazy) ABILITY I can sing well I can play an instrument I can do over 30 push-ups without stopping (Had to check before answering this one) I’m a fast runner I can draw well (I really wish I could but I’m too lazy/busy to try at the moment) I have a good memory I’m good at doing math in my head (no clue if I’m better than average at this or not) I can’t hold my breath underwater for over a minute I have beaten at least 2 people on arm wrestling (I think so at least) I know how to cook at least 3 meals from scratch (I’m not exactly great at it but I enjoy cooking) I know how to throw a proper punch (I’d like to think so, but I’m sure a martial artist would tell me otherwise) 

HOBBIES I enjoy playing sports (only some sports tho, swimming being my favourite) I’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else I’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else I’ve learned a new song in the past week I work out at least once a week I’ve gone for runs at least once a week in the warmer months (ngl I hate running) I have drawn something in the past month I enjoy writing (kinda? I guess. I like writing a lot about my favourite series online but I’m more of a thinker and a talker than a writer) FANDOMS ARE MY #1 PASSION (idk for this one, but I definitely like getting involved in them) I do or have done martial arts (a long time ago)

EXPERIENCE I have had my first kiss (It’ll happen someday... hopefully) I have had alcohol (like twice) I have scored the winning goal in sports game (I mean I probably have at least once but I don’t remember) I have watched an entire season of a TV show in one sitting (again, I probably have but I don’t remember) I have been at an overnight event I have been in a taxi (like once but It wasn’t even a proper taxi ride) I have been in the hospital or ER in the past years (general anaesthetic is fun) I have beaten a video game in one day (too many) I have visited another country (went to the Netherlands once, loved it) I have been to one of my favorite band’s concerts (don’t really have a favourite band) RELATIONSHIPS I’m in a relationship I have a crush on a celebrity I have a crush on someone I know I have been in at least 3 relationships I have never been in a relationship (I mean I was kinda in a relationship once but not really) I have asked someone out or admitted my feelings to them I get crushes easily I have had a crush on someone for over a year I have had feelings for a friend

(people have told me that I might be “aromantic” before, but idk. Most people on here probably know a lot more about that kind of stuff than I do)

MY LIFE I have at least one person I consider a best friend I live close to my school (HA, I wish) My parents are still together I have at least one sibling I lived in the United States (I’m a Brit) There’s snow right now where I live (not the Scottish kind of Brit) I have hung out with a friend in the past month I have a smartphone I have at least 15 CDs (don’t own any) I share my room with someone RANDOM SHIT I have breakdanced I know a person named Jamie (well this is oddly specific) I have had a teacher with a last name that’s hard to pronounce (sorry French people but I really struggle with your names (and language in general)) I have dyed my hair I’m listening to a song on repeat right now I have punched someone in the last week (not seriously tho) I know someone who has gone to jail I have broken a bone (I have lucked my way through life so far, hopefully this will continue to be the case) I know what I want to do with my life (at least for the next few years)  I have eaten a waffle today (I’d love to eat a waffle but I’m being tested for a wheat allergy at the moment and it’s hell) I speak at least 2 languages (I got a B in GCSE German, that’s about as close to speaking another language as I get) I have made a new friend in the past year (a bunch of ‘em)

This made me realise that I really haven’t said much about myself on this blog. I probably should. I’m 17 years old, male, straight, and I like JoJo (as you probably know), The Elder Scrolls (I’m a huge nerd for this one), Dragon Ball, Danganronpa, Pokemon, Halo, Mount and Blade and a bunch of other games/anime. Other than that, I’m into science (particularly microbiology, zoology and food science) and history (especially ancient history and Mesoamerican history). Not much more to say that I can think of. Feel free to message or ask me about anything.

Anyway, this is the part where I tag people. I won’t be able to tag 9, but I’ll tag a few. Don’t feel obliged to do it or anything. @diavolo-senpai (my first follower) @badlydrawnjojo2star (my favourite art blog, all of your art is super awesome and it really shows that you both love and understand best JoJo) @lupus-lunarem (my biggest fan, thanks for all the support!) @dayferismad @machacapigeon @shitty-yama (other rad people who I appreciate). Oh, and if you want a... cleaner version of this template, you should probably get it from @shsl-gangster . Thanks again for the tag!