Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5824377-20121205013136/@comment-29724584-20160822143042

TL:DR? - Giorno is alive and "SBR" and "JJL" are the same universe.

"As gravity changes, Made in Heaven is able to speed up the flow of time while preventing any living being from catching up, with the exception of its user, Enrico Pucci, and essentially God.

'It should be noted that while time speeds up for all non-living processes, the biological clocks of the people themselves do not and still remain the same as if time has not accelerated. - The ant not being affected by the acceleration of time, which is like...  10-10-10-56 'years.

As time continues to travel, the universe will hit a "vanishing point", and a new universe will be created, where everything repeats itself, according to fate.

The Stand's user may then alter the characteristics of the universe and the fates of the people in the recreated universe and create the perfect world they desire. Anyone that is killed by this Stand in the previous universe will not cease to exist, but simply replaced by a similar substitute, though Pucci states that their souls and personalities will have been erased and that they will appear as completely different people.

The fates of the people cannot change unless Pucci himself performs some action that changes them, though Pucci cannot control how his actions change the fates of others."

This is taken from Made in Heaven's wiki article. Now we take a small look at what GER is capable of when it comes to what the ability can activate from.

" It is mentioned by Giorno himself that he is unsure of the exact workings and limits of Requiem's powers, but it has been shown that its range of influence extends from finger beams, surface contact, and to even being in the mere attention of Requiem."

 Now we know that Giorno was in the same area as the final show down, and Giorno has always been noted for being incredibly observant by himself. Stands, and their Users have a very strong subconscious "self preservation" instinct, we see this when Star Platinum acts against Jotaro's own will to try and kill himself when he thought he was posessed.

 "But how would Giorno know that time was accelerating" You argue? It's almost like you didn't read the manga. The entire WORLD saw time accelerate.

 This alone is enough for Giorno and Gold Experience Requiem to be on guard, and depending on how you look at it? GER was capable of existing inside of a space without time and counter the that. Made in Heaven is weak against time being stopped because accelerating time is pointless. You can't make something not "moving" go faster. But that's another topic entirely, Pucci's universe resets would harm both Giorno and GER's identity, and therefore would be negated entirely for him and him alone.

 Jojolion and SBR are the same universe, because SBR is the "Speedwagon Foundation" of that universe and it is seen all over the Jojolion manga. So stop arguing that they're different universes, because they're not. The Steel Ball Run race is just Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders squashed together, indicated by Diego / Dio's death at the end with the destruction of his head.