Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-109.155.64.142-20150803085741/@comment-146.199.146.205-20150806160904

Well, one thing that seemingly sets this story arc apart from the previous ones is that, as part of this containing a heavily mystery-focused narrative, Araki has been building information about the characters and the central mystery of the story up at a steady, gradual pace. Think of it like a TV series in its eighth season.

Of course, we don't know how long we'll have to wait to see whether or not this will pay off, and whether or not Araki will (for the first time) be able to tie up the loose threads his JOJO stories ijnevitably create due to his forgetfulness. But he seems to be getting better at it, as of late (even though I'm still kind of annoyed Nijimura hasn't had much to do for a while, even though she's Kira's undocumented sister who's basically undercover in the Higashikata house).