Joseph Outsmarts The Empress's Outsmarting

Episode 12 - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

Joseph beats the Empress and throws back to his younger self in JJBA Part II. Of course I don't own, want to own, or have any plans to weasel my way into owning any part of JJBA. This is merely uploaded for the pleasure of everyone to see the full scene since no one else wanted to upload that. JJBA is owned by its respective owners, and I highly recommend this to anyone as one of the best anime of all time.

And no one cares that you read the manga, take that crap somewhere else.

[skyhazel]

As much as I would have liked him using "Your next line is..." more often in the series, the fact that he only uses it once makes this moment extra special.

[TyTheLighthouseGuy]

That fucking smile when he got up to his old tricks and predicted his opponents words for the first time in years is the kind of shit that allows me to get up in the morning.

[FFKonoko]

"once your opponent starts to boast about his victory, he's already lost"
- Joseph Joestar, while boasting about his victory

[smissmasmd]

Love how he used the "your next line is" again.

[danielblank]

"Once an opponent starts to boast about his victory, he has already lost"

*boasts about victory*

[Anthony-dqdl]

It pains to see him become senile, he was so cool, probably the most fun loving and entertaining JoJo of them all

[onehappyboi]

This is just how JoJo fights are.
The protagonist got outsmarted by the villain but then the protagonist outsmarted the villain that's outsmarting him but then he got outsmarted again by the villain but then the villain got outsmarted again by the protagonist and it was all the protagonist's plan

[oneoneeightoneone]

Joseph: "I guess I just get better with age"
Part 4: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"

[aaronchavez]

Its a shame we never saw Old Joseph do more of this. Out of all the crusdaers, he got the least solo battles. Sun should've been his victory, and he probably deserved at least one more

[tonyjoestar]

Joseph gave her more advice than he ever gave Josuke

[vicentetemes]

"Once an opponent starts boasting his victory, he has already lost"
*Fourty years earlier*
"My arms are crossed and my eyes are closed, AC/DC. This is a victory pose!"

[Д.Б-жь]

“Stand can be only defeated by another Stand” - now that’s what explains why Joseph, who fought and defeated powerful Pillarmen, struggles when fighting against Stands. Because Joseph didn’t defeat Pillarmen by just himself, he uses his surroundings and different things such as Tommy gun, clackers, strings, that one well next to the base which held Santana, plane, red stone of Aja and volcano, but he never actually utilizes just his pure power. Meanwhile, Stands can’t be affected by those things, and Empress, taking a physical form out of flesh, is just an exception which allowed Joseph to fight in his way.

[archol]

3:38
"Children can't depend on their parents forever"
Yeah, you used that on Josuke and nigerundayo'd after one day

[infamousgamer]

I love that the colour palette changes when empress realised she’s been outsmarted, it’s same trick they used in battle tendency to show how disoriented and confused the enemy was and I was glad to see it return.

[InternetMonster]

Fights like these are my favorites in all of JoJo, where the solution makes perfect sense but is just outside what the reader would expect. Using spirit photography to make a map of the town was such an intelligent idea and being able to make use of said map without it being an instant win is a mark of good writing.

Araki has always been a genius when it comes to making use of terrain during fight scenes, stuff like the electrical wires from part 4 and the icicles from part 2 are prime examples of how Araki can create an interesting mechanic and make use of it in a coherent manner.

[RealFakeRealSlimShady]

*Have you ever been so smart that you outsmarted someone who outsmarted you?*

[OZP]

3:30

Literally everyone: "Oh my god he did the thing"

[Praisedasan]

Joseph will always stay the most iconic and best Jojo Protagonist

You can’t change my mind

[floodrunner_]

I really liked this episode mainly because it still showed that Joseph is still skilled despite his age and stand. When I first saw his stand and how he used it only for spirit photos that required a 30, 000 yen camera that breaks I thought "That's it? Well that sucks" only to be surprised that episodes later he can use it along side his hamon abilities, use it on other things like tv and the ground to draw maps and use it to aid him in combat I was actually surprised. I also got hyped where he finally screwed that boil over the second he guessed her next words that shit was funny

[notorioushkm]

Your next line will be: I wish Old Joseph did this More Often!