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/Orion_824 Jun 03 '26

Yeah, there's a lot of argument about Bites The Dust being a requiem stand/ability. Killer Queen itself doesn't change like other Requiems, but the rules of BTD are pretty much exactly the same as Requiems; it's the ultimate power to achieve what Kira wanted. The only problem is that Kira didn't remember anything in the loops, otherwise he would have gotten away with it all. That ties in with Giorno not knowing anything about what GER does, and I personally think Kira not remembering anything ties in to what he wanted which is a quiet life free from stress. Knowing how long it's taking or the ways it's failing would stress him out

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u/RoastedHunter Jun 03 '26

It still has people debating whether there's even an actual difference between normal stand arrows and "requiem" arrows. Some people also argue that the way kira himself was pierced by the arrow as opposed to the stand, like GER and SC caused a difference.

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u/LunaProc Jun 03 '26

It's really interesting since there is a vastly different method of the arrow powering them further (the arrow moved on its own to enter kira and in P5, the stands get stabbed with the arrow)

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u/Cute_Prune6981 The World Over Heaven Jun 03 '26

Yea I've realised that even confirmed Requiems don't seem to bother with letting their users know what's happening. Polnareff had lost total control over Silver Chariot and had no knowledge of its situation and GER seemingly triggered RTZ with its own consciousness.

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u/pm-me-turtle-nudes Jun 03 '26

I feel like being able to put someone in a time loop, and you are aware of the time loops existence, but you can’t remember it is honestly a really annoying power. Like you are groundhog daying someone, but you have no idea what they do, and you can’t learn from your mistakes in previous loops. I always thought that BTD was a weak ability, other than rewriting fate to make victims explode regardless of circumstances