Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29561365-20171012232950/@comment-31598739-20180604222644

Part 7 is the alternate version of parts 1, 2, and 3. Jojolion is part 4, and possibly 5. The next part is 6, which correlates to part 9 in that case. Also, Johnny made up with his broken legs with Tusk. And the entire reason I believe Araki chose to give Johnny broken legs was to symbolize that this story would be about growth. It literally says that as one of the first quotes in Steel Ball Run, "This story relates how I got up on my feet. Not in the physical term, but how I went from adolescence to adulthood". Tell me that isn't symbolic. Just because Jojo is bizarre doesn't mean Araki implements things randomly. He wouldn't choose a standless character because not only do stands not disappear randomly, but it would be hard to gather attention. Stands were done to keep the series going, freshen it up. A standless character doesn't freshen anything, we already have seen characters that are standless do stuff (Hayato, like you said). And lastly, Gold Experience was busted as hell, so much so that Araki probably purposely wrote out it's abilities to make things stable. He didn't beat Diavolo by being creative, he beat Diavolo through Gold Experience Requiem. Which is automatic.