![]() Ultimately that Dio dies, too, but these are the kinds of absurd situations that result in his many returns. He’s killed when he’s torn in half by a train, but then Funny Valentine brings back a Dio from a parallel universe. In there, Diego (Dio) dies not once, but twice. No series proves this more than Steel Ball Run. In the series, it has become clear that, even against all logic, Dio can survive and persevere through many horrible fates, from house fires to decapitation. ![]() ![]() Dio may be a killable villain, but he also keeps coming back. Doesn’t that mean that he becomes less important? Yes and no. However, Dio has died multiple times now. So, yes, Dio is beloved and involved in everything. If the author had abandoned Dio after Phantom Blood, the fan reaction to Dio easily could have convinced him to bring him back later on. And once the anime series hit the internet? He became easily memeable, with his different poses, fantastically villainous lines, and great facial expressions. After all, who else would name their Stand “The World”. Dio has easily become one of the most iconic characters of the series, a man who delights in cruelty, power and playing God. Even if the author didn’t feel so passionately about Dio, pressure from fans would make him think twice about abandoning the character. This included Dio as well as his son, Giorno, and three other characters from Golden Wind’s mob-centric story. In JOJO! A-GO!GO!, an artbook released, highlighting Stardust Crusaders and Golden Wind, Araki named his top 10 favorite characters. The reason that Dio has become such an untouchable staple of the series is two-fold: not only do fans love him, but clearly the author loves him, too. Being a Joestar, of course, Josefumi’s intentions were noble, not nefarious, but the plot point is still the same: starting a story with a body fusion. However, the main inciting incident for the story, Josefumi and Kira fusing into one person, is reminiscent of Dio taking Johnathan Joestar's body to become a stronger being than before. That seems like a pretty distinct style that Dio kicked off, doesn't it? However, out of all of JoJo’s stories, there is one that Dio has no involvement in: JoJoLion. ![]() These are common traits in baddies, but the vaillains in JoJo’s also wear stark fashion choices and five out of the seven main baddies have had platinum blonde or white hair. For example, all the other JoJo’s villains lean towards being bombastic, self-absorbed, and are prone to extreme violence. There are many meta examples of Dio’s design and story bleeding into other parts of the series. It’s not just in-story influence, either. Even in the soft rebooting of the timeline, Steel Ball Run, Deigo (Dio) Brando is a major antagonist for fellow racer, Johnny Joestar. The man has been dead since season 4 and yet, major segments of the plot revolve around him throughout season 7. Without Dio, quite literally none of these crazed adventures would have ever happened to the Joestar family. He fathered the main character of Golden Wind, Giorno Giovanna, and one of his fiercest acolytes is the main villain of the upcoming Stone Ocean. His use of the vampiric mask awakened the pillar-men from Battle Tendency, his powerful bow kickstarted the trouble in Kosuke’s hometown in Diamond is Unbreakable. He was the main villain for Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders. That doesn’t even include the two spin-off, parallel world manga series that the creator, Hirohiko Araki, has made. Jonathan wins, but Dio’s head (yes, just his head) and a vampiric minion eventually take over and burn down Johnathan’s honeymoon cruise, making it look like the two rivals took each other out in the end.ĭespite ‘dying” in the first season, Dio’s activities influence almost every other of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, spanning six parts, seven seasons, and seven generations of Joestars. Johnathan is forced to learn a mystical fighting technique to be able to face him and destroy his body. As adults, he then also kills George Joestar and turns into an immortal vampire threatening to take over the world (like one does). However, the character does them with such absurdist zeal that he steals every scene. Throughout their childhood, Dio does absolutely abhorrent things, he beats Johnathan to a pulp, steal his girlfriend's first kiss, and kills his dog. Meanwhile, he also immediately begins terrorizing Johnathan Joestar, George’s only son. When his criminal father dies, Dio uses that life debt to live with the Joestars and get a better education and life for himself. He is the son of a criminal that tricked the noble George Joestar into thinking he helped him and his son survive a stormy night. Dio is first introduced in the first season, Phantom Blood.
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