Diavolo - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's Most Divisive Villain

Yare Yare Daze...

Time to talk about villains, and how one is done... Divisively. At least in my opinion. Spoilers for a lot of Jojo's Bizarre adventure here.

Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
1:51 - The Making of a Mafioso
7:24 - The Paranoid Threat
13:06 - This is a Weakness?
17:56 - The Perfect Foil?
24:36 - Conclusion
26:29 - End Credits

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[Mangakamen]

I hope you guys enjoyed the video, and I hope you all have a lovely holiday: Make sure you don't lose track of time.

[lisboah]

To be honest, I always found Diavolo fascinating due to his paradoxical desires. He wants to stay anonymous, but he also wants power. Those that have power tend to draw the attention of others, and Diavolo is the head of the italian mafia. He's on a downward spiral of paranoia and covering his own tracks because of his lust for power.

[xandold]

One thing I love about diavolo is his dynamic with doppio it seems like doppio genuinely loves him makes me wonder what their interactions were prior. Also the fact he ACTIVELY pursued the protagonists of his part on their adventure was so cool to me definitely a great jojo villian

[bahesb]

Both the japanese voice actor and american voice actor of diavolo really fit the character of diavolo. The japanese voice actor mostly remains calm and collected which fits diavolo's feux affably evil nature and his mysterious nature while his english voice actor sounds like The devil speaking which fits diavolo's whole personality: he is the devil incarnate.

[-libertyprimev-]

A lot of people saw Diavolo's Infinite Death as a bit excessive for who he was, as in he was no question an villain but wasn't the most flat out unforgiving evil thing ever conceived like Cioccolata (the Mold guy) for example, and they asked Araki about this.
His answer was along the lines of "That was Fate Itself's ultimate punishment for someone who constantly broke it" with Fate/Gravity being one of the absolute forces in Jojo's it was seen as there was no greater crime than to manipulate or alter it throughout one's entire life like Diavolo did.
Now why Fate would give him the ability to alter itself in the first place if it was gonna hate him for using it is another question, then again you could see King Crimson/Epitaph as an anomaly that Fate didn't plan on having exist just like Diavolo himself with how nebulous his backstory is seeming like this anomalous birth.

[evauwu]

For me Diavolo's character and stand design are not only the best out of all the villains, but also one of the best in the entire series

[arkenn]

What I really like about Diavolo is his insanity, or more particularly how it's written.
The previous main villains always had their sides of madness (especially Kira), but Diavolo is just unnerving. Like, seriously uncomfortable. I think one of the factors is that, unlike all the previous main villains, he is not a calm person *at all*.
There's a video called "Diavolo's angry adventure" and it's not called that just for the joke : the dude seems like he is always screaming, making him feel incredibly unhinged and dangerous. Even his stand is unnvering with both its faces always baring their teeth in a rictus of mad rage.
I could go on, but this dude actually feel like a crazy person with too much power, like you found some weird junkie in a back alley, talking and growling to himself and ready to stab you with a rusted nail at any moment.

[goroakechi]

I’m one of the Diavolo defenders. I’m not going to try to argue he’s a good DID rep (although I will point out Araki did his homework, and it’s far more accurate to how DID works than, say, Toko Fukawa or other notables), but my hot take is that Diavolo in Golden Wind is everything DIO in Stardust Crusaders could have been. DIO’s biggest failing as an antagonist was that he was not an active character. He was sitting on his throne, waiting and sending goons after the hang, whereas Diavolo hunts them down and comes close to killing everyone MANY times.

[Moeranime]

Part 5 is very interesting in how it's written, and while Diavolo isn't my favorite antagonist in the series, he serves his role very well as an intimidating and oppressive force against the heroes.

[ignotaskatkus]

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled is convincing the world that he does not exist

[bahesb]

Diavolo is in my eyes the most evil villain of jojo. Dio might be evil but there were people he did care about or at least respected (his mom, jonathan and pucci), kars cared for his team and respected nature and pucci and funny valentine were well intentioned extremists. Diavolo has no redeeming qualities and that makes him more evil. Kira has no redeeming qualities too but is Complety overshadowed by diavolo.

[maccamachine]

Part 5 has really grown on me after reading and watching it multiple times now. Part 8 is my favorite but Bruno is one of the best jojo characters out of every part for sure. Diavolo was an interesting concept with the two personalities and I loved his fight with risotto

[wobblewokgaming]

Emperor Crimson is not only such a badass Localized name, it also makes tons of sense considering Diavolo's character. Not only does it remind me of the naming style of Part 3 (Tarot Card + color), but it also works because of the hierarchy of royalty. The Emperor is the highest rank you cab reach in royalty, with king being the second highest, which fits Diavolo to a T.

Diavolo isn't just a Boss. He is THE Boss. The Boss of all the other Bosses in Passione. Like how an Emperor could be considered a King of Kings.

[starlight]

Imagine how crazy it'd be if the gangster Giorno saved in his backstory was the man who became Diavolo.
Also, Golden Wind!!

[庫倫亞利克]

Diavolo is my favorite villain in JoJo and it's so pathetic that contemporary fanfic writers seem to portray him based on the memes alone, writing him as a raving buffoon who screams "Do not come close to me" all the time, and can be ambushed and killed by any Stand user if they get the drop on him, including Koichi and f*cking Fugo.

[JaxonHex]

Oh my god, I just realized something. We have a villain that does horrible things, kills anyone who gets in his way and doesn't want anyone to know who he is while being named the Devil. That is genius.

[emmychansuper]

After watching part 5, I must admit that Diavolo is an interesting case to study as a character. The mystery that surrounds him fascinates me.

[PizzaBagels]

Another parallel between Giorno and Diavolo is the dichotomy of control.

Giorno can't fully control the creatures he makes, as they have their own will and must adapt accordingly. He also relinquishes control frequently to his teammates during battles, even when he is uncertain of how things will pan out - he puts his faith in his team. His trust and willingness to yield the situation to those he trusts builds a collective strength that he could not have on his own.

Diavolo lusts for control, so he will use whatever force he deems necessary to ensure he's in control, even to his own detriment. King Crimson is a stand that completely controls the situation, leaving his foes helpless. When his control falters, he pouts like a child.

[Blandy]

I mean him being overlooked by the fans is what he'd want

[Irelevant]

I hope we also get a pucci video, it always faszinates me how mich he resembels past villans but yet being very destinct at the same time