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Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable Live Action Movie Spoilers/Review!

Hello! I’m living in Japan right now, and was lucky enough to see the new live action Jojo movie!! I’m gonna talk about the stuff they changed and the stuff they added to the movie, as well as some very big spoilers so please be sure that youre okay with spoilers before reading this! If you want to wait until the movie is available subbed or dubbed that’s fine! This is just for anyone who really wants to know about the movie right now and doesn’t want to wait! There are some pretty big differences, but it’s your choice if you want to wait or learn about them now! 

I will also give my general impression and a little review at the end. 

First off I want to say that I thought all the actors did an excellent job. I can’t imagine the pressure of portraying such iconic characters, but I felt like everyone did a spot on job. In particular, Yusuke Iseya, Jotaro’s actor did fantastic. He let himself show more emotion than I was used to seeing with Jotaro’s character, but it really worked, and he was still able to pull off Jotaro’s “seriousness”. 

Second, I want to say is that it is an adaptation. I don’t think anyone was expecting every little thing to be the same as the manga, but I do want to make it clear that a lot of stuff was cut, and that the movie only covers up to chapter 18 of DiU. I am sorry if something you liked from the manga got cut or altered, but please remember that they couldn’t even get everything in the anime which had 39 episodes. The movie had a lot of heart and even though things were changed a lot was kept true to the manga’s plot and the characters! 

Important side note--There is NO animal cruelty in this movie. Angelo doesn’t attack the man with the dog, so if you were worried about that it’s okay! You won’t have to see any animal violence. 

Things Changed: 

--The movie apparently takes place in present day, and the characters use Cell Phones. 

--Angelo is still at large instead of in prison at the start of the movie. He’s escaping from a crime scene when Keicho shoots him with the arrow, as opposed to being in jail. 

--Koichi and Josuke are now 2nd years, and Koichi is a transfer student. He and his family just moved to Morioh. 

--The scene with the turtle doesn’t happen. Instead Koichi is stopped by punks in an alley way, and that’s where Josuke fights them. 

--Koichi and Josuke have met before the alley scene, but Josuke doesn’t remember Koichi initially. Koichi doesn’t meet Jotaro until later. 

--Yukako and Koichi have a few scenes together early on. Yukako gives Koichi her english homework and tells him she’ll help him study. There’s a ton, and she pressures him to do all of it. Koichi is made uneasy by her from the start. 

--The scene where Josuke saves the girl at the convenience store happens before Josuke meets Jotaro. 

--Tomoko doesn’t get to punch a guy into his car :c 

--A lot more time is spent on Josuke grieving his grandpa right after he dies. Even Jotaro is pretty choked up by it. The actors did a really good job in that scene. Josuke cries :c

--Jotaro freezes time during the fight with Angelo

--The fight with Angelo and Angelo’s being turned into a rock is almost entirely the same as the manga/the closest they could get. The fight scenes were done wonderfully. 

--We actually see Josuke and Tomoko go to Ryohei’s funeral. Koichi also goes, as do many of the other kids from Josuke’s high school apparently. I can only guess this is cause Ryohei was a well known police officer. 

--Josuke sees Keicho watching the funeral and chases after him, leading him to the Nijimura’s house. Koichi follows Josuke after seeing him leave, and that’s how they both get there. 

--Dio is not mentioned in the film at all (if he was, I missed it)

--The fight between the Nijimura’s and Josuke and Koichi is done beautifully and with a lot of detail to make it as close to the source as possible. The only differences were that Echoes hatched during the fight with Keicho and that (THIS IS A MAJOR MAJOR SPOILER THAT WILL EFFECT THE SECOND MOVIE AS WELL SO BEFORE YOU READ PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW THIS!!!)

--Red Hot Chili Pepper is not the stand that kills Keicho. Sheer Heart Attack is. (sorry Akira Otoishi fans) I personally think this was a really smart move on their part, as DiU is fucking long as hell. It’s clear that they’re trying to move the story along to get as much of the main plot in as they can. While I also have to admit that I am sad we aren’t gonna get to see every minor character and plot line, I also understand why they did and think it was a great choice. My opinion may change later but for now I think it was the best decision. 

--After that, there is a final scene of Okuyasu, Josuke, and Koichi being friends and going to school, with all three of them saying “Yo” to the Angelo rock. There is a stinger that shows Kira’s house, and shows that he now has the arrow. 

Things that were added:

--Angelo meets with Keicho and they have a meal together? Angelo threatens Keicho with his stand and Keicho whips out Bad Company and puts that nonsense to bed. 

--Jotaro calls Joseph and talks to him in English. I can’t remember if this was ever specified in the manga or not, that they spoke English, but I guess he can speak English! Also major props to Yusuke again, because I could understand everything he said fairly easily without subtitles. It was clear he put in the practice and had pretty good pronunciation. c: 

--There’s a scene where Yukako stops Koichi on the way to school, and asks him if he notices anything different about her. The first thing he guesses is her hair, but eventually she tells him it’s her nails. She asks him to compliment her nails, and as Koichi is about to (mostly out of fear) he suddenly gets teleported a few feet away from where he was standing. Okuyasu is then shown to be standing nearby. I don’t know if this was a reference to him being jealous of Koichi getting confessed to in the manga, but either way it was pretty funny. 

--Josuke asks Tomoko why she never got married, to which she replies that she’s never been able to fall for guys. She says there was only one man she ever loved and it was Josuke’s father. I may be off on this next part (my Japanese is iffy sometimes) but then she says that Josuke is a lot like his father/ reminds her a lot of his father. Josuke laughs a bit and then says that he thinks he takes more after Ryohei (and her? I’m not sure) 

References to other parts of the series:

--Near the beginning of the movie, Koichi straightens his “Pink Dark Boy” comics on his shelf, and also hangs a “Pink Dark Boy” poster on his wall. 

--Tomoko mentions that she went to a cute new Italian cafe called “Trattoria Trussardi” and says that she and Josuke should go together sometime. 

That’s all I can think of for right now! 

As for my thoughts on the movie, I loved it! I don’t think it’s a perfect movie, but it’s clear a lot of effort went into it to make it as close to the original material as possible while still being it’s own thing. The Stands all looked really good in opinion, especially The Hand and Echoes. The only one that was a little iffy occasionally was Star Platinum, who was a little uncanny at times because of his more human features. Crazy Diamond also looked really good. 

Again, I thought it was great. Maybe the pacing was a bit off at some points, but altogether I thought it was a great adaptation and I really really hope that they’re able to make Chapter 2. I’ve heard that the movie isn’t doing too well in the Japanese box office which is unfortunate...Hopefully things will pick up soon with the Sendai Jojo fest starting on Saturday! 

So finally, TLDR: The movie is great, the stands looked good, things had to be changed but it was for the best, and actors and actresses all did a fantastic job <3