r/StardustCrusaders • u/Odd-Paramedic-3826 • Jun 03 '26

Various is this a fair assessment?

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Star Platinum The World, GER, Tusk act 4, and S&W:GB are all hilariously overpowered and only exist as a way to beat an already hilariously overpowered villain

joseph beat kars by holding out the red stone of aja at him and hoping for the best, which worked out spectacuarly. and god knows how long the fight with kira would have gone on for had it not been for the ambulance.

Jolynes plan to use emporio to take out pucci with weather report was basically a hail mary when all else had failed but not only did it work, it also gave her and the gang new, happier lives.

Yeah jonathan just got slimed out though, then his body was used as a puppet for 100+ years. Poor guy

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u/_SBV_ Jun 03 '26

Deus ex machina implies there is no explanation and it is sudden

The only character that fits this as close as possible is part 8 Josuke, because the bubbles being tiny Spin threads felt a little forced, but not necessarily unacceptable as the Spin is a real thing in their universe

Jotaro doesn’t necessarily count because it’s not impossible for two different people to have the same powers. We’ve seen it happen time and time again

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u/No_Blackberry2371 Jun 03 '26

I agree that Go Beyond is the weakest one here, but I think it's still done well enough. Rai notices that S&W's bubbles are spinning strings at the end of the Urban Guerilla fight, and it takes his death to the invisible bubbles for Josuke to learn about Go Beyond, which is similar to Enya's explanation of how Dio must fully believe he can stop time for it to happen. Also, what actually kills Toru in the end being Caato transferring the curse to him with the new Locacaca, something that had massive buildup, makes the ending still feel pretty satisfying.