PEAK JOJO IS BACK!! The JOJOLands Chapter 10 Review

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▸ The JOJOLands (ザ・ジョジョランズ) is the ninth and current part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was announced in the September 2021 issue of Ultra Jump and began serialization in the March 2023 issue.

▸ The story takes place on the volcanic islands of contemporary Hawaii. Jodio Joestar, a young boy living on Oahu Island, aspires to become extremely rich by reaching the apex of the world's mechanisms. As for what he plans to do to achieve his goals, an unpredictable story unfolds in the islands woven with light and shadow.

▸ The JOJOLands represents the third part of the series set in the second continuity, also known as the "Steel Ball Run Universe".

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[thedeathofabachelor]

A detail many reaction youtubers have missed is the fact that Paco protects Jodio from the sword with The Hustle, there's literally a whole page dedicated to showing the moment ;-;.

[SpookyStu]

Paco stole my heart this chapter, the enemy stand was so unique, and that little scene with Usagi and Dragona was so cute.

[BeppoTheGuy]

paco used The Hustle to tank the cut that Jodio got on his neck

[solidskullz]

Chapter 10 has given us our first minor villain of jojolands and what a great first impression he makes. This guy’s stand allows him to fuse with the SCENERY like some kind of 4th wall breaking camouflage. I already can’t wait for the next chapter so we can see more of him

[mechamedoquevinherasuament]

6:33 This panel shows Paco using his stand to vibrate Jodio's neck, reducing the damage from the attack he took

[jotadiez]

I do believe the stand does not have anything to do with clouds, really, and it's mostly just an illusion of transparency. The rocks reflect light in a way the user seems like he's not there, but rather than plain invisibility, it's more about using camouflage that also imitates depth and perspective, not just color.

[Guitarman]

The enemy doesn't become clouds. He uses his ability to camouflage similar to what Risotto did in part 5 by reflecting the background. This can be seen on page 9 (on Mangadex) when you can see the gas station and sidewalk behind him in his face.

[slimabob]

One thing to note is that Jodio's able to heal his neck injury w/ the bandaid because Paco hit him on the shoulder and caused the neck muscles to bulge/harden, similar to what he did to the enemy when he struck the dagger. The injury probably would have been fatal otherwise.

[shshyie]

I could tell reading this chapter that there's gonna be some banger fights in part 9
The main cast all seem to have much more "utility-based" stands with seemingly little combat capabilities
So it's gonna be super interesting to see how araki makes them used in fights

[Nastara]

I love how Araki is just letting the abilities do things with only the minimum explanation needed.

Felt very organic. Like how we keep learning more and more about November Rain by just seeing it in action. So we know now because of this chapter that November Rain can discriminate between targets.

[ianjordan]

5:49 idont think hes literally turning into clouds hes just using his stand to make an illusion with perspective to disguis his attack

[angelfv]

I believe the enemy's stand is to manipulate color-changing sand. Everything it does is bodypainting, it is painted the same as the background and that is why it becomes invisible; When he attacks in cloud form, which is kilometers away, it is his own arm that is right in front of Paco, but since it is perfect camouflage, it deceives with perspective.

[ianjordan]

7:29 for jodio didnt they show that due to pacos intervention it failed to cut deep beyond the surface so that also helps allow the bandaid thing to work

[pelotosho]

Well wasn't Jodio's cut mitigated by Paco husing The Hustle?

[Malumultimus]

I think he just covers himself in sand particles whose color he has full control over. It's the differentiation of color (including gradation) that allows you to distinguish objects from one another visually. By controlling the color of the sand particles, he can camouflage himself to whatever's behind him from his target's perspective or make himself look like other people or even a mix of animals and objects. If you imagine everything you look at to be a 2D image, his multi-colored sand particles are like pixels in the shape of his body, all he has to do is change them to what's behind him to become basically invisible. Of course, this would require an insane level of skill, but this is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure we're talking about. I don't think he has insubstantiality like Doctor Wu, because then he'd use his Stand to avoid getting hit or attack with floating hands from opposing angles, but he never actually does that. When he stabs Dragona, we can see his entire body right there where it should be, and when he stabs at Paco from above, his arm isn't really detached from his torso, it's still within arm's reach (in the very next shot, you see his entire arm connected), it's just "invisible" and from an unexpected angle. It seems that whenever he attacks or gets attacked he becomes mostly visible because it's too much for him to keep track of what color the particles should be when his body's moving around in such a violent way. You also see that the sand is clearly a mask falling away from his from at the end of Chapter 9, rather than his body falling apart, because Araki draws depth to it.

Also, I don't know if you caught this, but Paco used The Hustle to force Jodio's muscles to convulse, partially catching the blade before it punctured too deep into his neck. That's what that mini-flashback there is and why Paco just tells him to throw a band-aid on it. Dragona was not standing next to Paco, so Araki can't use that excuse here, but we know Smooth Operators can make an entire eye socket move across someone's face, so I'm pretty sure he can just move the wounds somewhere less lethal than his neck, but we'll have to see how effective it is.

[EXFrost]

I think your overfixating on the cloud thing. He fakes the watch and the birds a long with blending in with buildings. His ability is a perception-based camouflage imo. Like those AI images of landscapes which reveal memes when you squint.

[foopgallery]

I don't think the ability has anything to do with clouds, its all about illusions and messing up perception

[dan.]

I think the enemies stand is going to be similar to Risottos invisibility. Like he has control of this metallic sand which he use to reflect light in different ways. I think it would explain why his skin feels sandy, why the particles are so colorful, why he can become invisible (a la Risotto), and why he can distort perspective. It might be difficult to make a disguise with that ability, but I think Jojo logic would allow it

[Kiriotosu-ok]

Araki once again proving why Paco Laburantes is that guy. All jokes aside Paco is my favorite character in the part so far. I truly can't wait to see more from him and the gang.

[maccamachine]

This chapter was awesome i was ready to see a fight against an actual “human”. Paco was just throwing hands man it was great I love fights like that it reminds me of part 8 josuke vs the brothers. And smooth operators being able to move a wound is really interesting