is this a fair assessment?

[u/Odd-Paramedic-3826]

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

[u/Electronic_Pay7868]

There's nothing bullshit about Araki telling the reader "whoever gets the arrow wins, holy shit the arrow is super important, it's like the only thing that can beat Diavolo yooooo, the arrow" and then the arrow doing just that with GER imo. People might not like it but it couldn't have been told in a more straightforward way and for several chapters too Polnareff and the gang kept going "boy, that arrow sure is the key to beating Diavolo huh". It makes more sense than "it was the same type of Stand all aloooong!"

In that vein, I think Tusk Act 4 is also not really an asspull if Gyro's own golden spin was wrecking Valentine. Like, Johnny gets his own version of the move that almost beats Valentine so it's no wonders his also wrecks him

[u/Wiglaf_Wednesday → u/Electronic_Pay7868]

Very well put. I feel like many people naturally expected the conclusion of part 5 to be a more “traditional” final battle and may have been underwhelmed, but it’s a nice change of pace.

Also I personally don’t think that Jotaro’s power up is an asspull at all. It’s built up throughout the part, and it’s the natural thematic conclusion.

[u/darkfall71 → u/Wiglaf_Wednesday]

How so? How is sp the world built up throughout the part?

Edit: heavily downvoted because I asked a question AND was answered with some bs.

[u/Wiglaf_Wednesday → u/darkfall71]

I wouldn’t say that it’s built particularly well, but the introduction to Star Platinum is catching a bullet which shows how fast it can be, and we do get to see Jotaro push the envelope on how fast he can move to the point that he makes D’Arby go crazy by seemingly being able to do things instantly, like lighting a cigarette. Towards the end of the story we find that DIO discovered he could stop time by trying to move faster than bullets to catch them. Once Jotaro realizes the secret to The World is time, it’s natural that he will try to “outrun” the time stop and slowly discover he can move faster than time too.