Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has become a foundational pillar of manga and anime and the quirky action series has played by its own rules for more than three decades. Araki’s signature series has experienced plenty of changes over the years, all of which have pushed JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and its characters to exciting and rewarding places.
The heroes and villains in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure are frequently heightened personalities, but the battles that they engage in are even greater spectacles. JoJo’s diverse and unpredictable Stand abilities have resulted in some wildly creative showdowns, but some are more memorable than others for how much they break the mold.
10 Young Joseph’s Final Showdown With Kars Takes Things To Outer Space
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has a habit of pushing its final fights to increasingly exaggerated places. Battle Tendency is still very early in JoJo’s run, but it sets a precedent for not cheating its way out of the stakes that it establishes. Kars, the leader of the Pillar Men, evolves to a point of perfection that it seems as if it might be impossible to kill him. Joseph does eventually come out on top, but through the clever use of an erupting volcano that propels Kars to the cold recesses of space where he’s frozen and harmless.
9 Cheap Trick Is An Odd Parasite Who Turns Rohan’s Back Into His Weakness
Diamond is Unbreakable is a chapter from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure that really gets creative with some of its Stands. Cheap Trick begins attached to Masazo Kinoto, but it largely becomes a concern for Rohan Kishibe. Cheap Trick attaches itself to a victim’s back and if anyone else views them then they’ll detonate their host and transfer over to whoever saw them. The concept behind Cheap Trick is unique in itself, but there are also unusual means behind its execution because of its rogue Stand status. Koichi and Rohan use a combined front that involves the spirits of Ghost Girl’s Alley and Heaven’s Door.
8 Diego Brando’s Scary Monsters Unites A Dino Army Against An Enigmatic Antagonist
Steel Ball Run is a major change of pace for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure as it shifts to a cross-country horse race for its foundation. Diego Brando falls prey to the Stand Scary Monsters which turns him into a dinosaur, but he gradually gains control over this Stand and can weaponize these dino powers.
Diego Brando technically meets his end when he’s severed in half by a train, but his story becomes much stranger after Funny Valentine pulls forward another version of Diego from a parallel universe. This new parallel Diego collides together with the remnants of his former self with fatal results.
7 Stray Cat Is A Plant-Animal Enemy With Invisible Attacks
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure never struggles when it comes to strange Stand users, but Diamond is Unbreakable’s Stray Cat is a sentient plant that’s the reincarnation of deceased feline Tama. This cat-plant hybrid Stand user weaponizes projectile air bubbles that are virtually invisible. Everything about Tama is different from JoJo’s standard antagonists. Stray Cat’s initial altercation with Kira when it tries to push air bubbles into his bloodstream to kill him is unique. Kira’s combination of Killer Queen’s bombs with Stray Cat’s air bubbles against Josuke is also unique.
6 Iggy’s Battle With Pet Shop Turns Into An Animal Stand Showcase
A fan-favorite element in Stardust Crusaders is that one of the members of Jotaro’s party is Iggy, a dog who also happens to be a Stand user. Any fight with Iggy and his Stand, The Fool, is somewhat unique in nature due to Iggy’s canine status, but his feud with Pet Shop, a falcon, goes above and beyond. Pet Shop is a vicious predatory bird who wields a dangerous ice-based Stand known as Horus. These beasts wage war outside Dio’s mansion, making for one of Stardust Crusaders most interesting fights.
5 Rohan Kishibe Runs For His Life Against Fit Specimen Yoma
Rohan Kishibe has turned into one of JoJo’s breakout characters; he even has his own OVA series, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan. One of the more suspenseful installments of the series pits Rohan against Yoma Hashimoto, a model whose obsession with exercise reaches murderous levels. Yoma and Rohan end up on dueling treadmills, both of which are set up against open windows that will have fatal consequences for whoever falters.
Yoma isn’t a Stand user even though the Avatar of Hermes imagery that accompanies his transformation is similar. It’s an appreciated change of pace where Rohan’s physical fitness is more crucial than his use of Heaven’s Door.
4 Wonder Of U’s Flow Of Calamity Weaponizes Karma & Requires Complex Intervention
JoJolion, the most recent and longest saga in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, has a mixed reception among fans, but its climax against Tooru’s Wonder of U is absolutely thrilling. Wonder of U’s Stand power is both obtuse and overpowered where the collective forces of karma and the universe will act against anyone who actively pursues the Stand. The only way Josuke is able to make his mark here is by tapping into the powers of Spin with his Soft & Wet Stand so that he creates weaponized soap bubbles that are from a different universe and therefore not subjected to the Wonder of U’s “Flow of Calamity.”
3 Narcancia Proves To Formaggio & Little Feet That Size Doesn’t Matter
Narancia Ghirga sometimes allows the pressures of battle to get the better of him, but he also faces some of the more unusual and elaborate consequences when it comes to Golden Wind’s many villainous mercenaries. Formaggio and his Stand, Little Feet, are able to shrink their opponent, which makes Narancia bite-sized and temporarily the target of a hungry tarantula. Narancia’s skewed perspective leads to most of this battle’s original elements, but Narancia defeats his opponent in equally creative ways, like using the explosions of cars to mask his body’s heat signature.
2 Cioccolata’s Green Day Unleashes A Deadly Mold On Rome
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure often has fun with both the characters and the audience’s attempts to figure out the gimmick behind each new enemy Stand. Cioccolata is one of Golden Wind’s most deranged characters and his Stand, Green Day, nearly wipes out all of Rome with a plague-like mold. The conditions behind Green Day’s mold activate whenever someone lowers their altitude, which is difficult to counter. Giorno and Mista have to resort to several alternative strategies to fully take out Cioccolata and his Stand, including sending a bullet into his head and then using Gold Experience to turn it into a beetle, which proceeds to eat his brain.
1 Stone Ocean’s Bohemian Rhapsody Weaponizes Fiction On Reality
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure really pushes the limits of what qualifies as a Stand. One of the most chaotic and reckless examples of this is Ungalo’s Bohemian Rhapsody, which manifests as a worldwide phenomenon as opposed to some humanoid figure. Bohemian Rhapsody’s power is fiction realization, which causes everything from Mickey Mouse to Spider-Man to Astro Boy to assault reality.
Bohemian Rhapsody is triggered in Florida, but this epidemic quickly spreads to Japan, France, Italy, and beyond. Bohemian Rhapsody can only be defeated by itself and through the creation of another fictional character whose sole purpose is to exterminate the existing fictional threats.
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