Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26873003-20150815171419/@comment-26871105-20150816034019

The downsides of Part 4:

1. There are a few plot holes associated with the story, notably, the ghost alley's rule and Bites the Dust's manual for 2 examples.

2. Waste of character (mainly side characters) potential and developments as they either get killed off too easily or get too underused they only appear on a few occasions and completely missing in the rest. Part 3 was like this but it somehow worked due to the colossal character roster it has, but Part 4 doesn't have that, making the fault in story structure more pronounced.

3. As an extension from point 2, the mistreatment of the guy who got sealed off in the book doesn't help either. Too much of an overkill for someone who merely messed around with 4 people in total, the 5th was simply accepting his challenge so it wasn't a foul play.

It may sound like I don't like Part 4, but I still do, a lot. Because other than the rant I have above, the rest is pretty awesome, especially starting from when Kira obtained "Bites the Dust", shit hit a real big fan, and I really like the last fight because it reminds me of the "Irresistible force paradox", one destroys everything and the other fixes everything. The stands, even though aren't that many in Part 4, are very unique from each other in function and how they are used are all pretty interesting to read.

I also like some of the details Part 4 has. Because it's more of a slice of life setting, it gives plenty of space for characters to interact with each other, it shows the relationship characters have with one and another which is something I dig. As the problem I have with Part 3 is that it feels like playing a video game of some sort, defeating bosses along the way. Yeah it makes sense in the context but still more character development would be nice, which Part 4 has quite a lot in the main cast, but as I said, its problem is the lack of attention being given to side characters.

Overall, I like Part 3 and 4 equally. One for the fight train adrenaline rush, the other for a more focused story, both have equally epic finale so I have enjoyed both of them a lot.

Still I was waiting for an eventually fight between Josuke and Kira INSIDE the time loops, that would have been absolutely awesome, got a little disappointed that it didn't happen though, but I guess that would require way too much brain power to set up.

I am not blaming Araki in any way, Part 4 is still incredible no doubt, I just wish it utilises its materials better sometimes.