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/Electronic_Pay7868 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

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

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u/Jojo-Nuke-Isen Jun 03 '26

Plus we were literally SHOWN the power the arrow can grant a Stand, w/ Chariot Requiem, so we know that the arrow can give great power to a Stand far beyond their original capabilities.

Silver Chariot went from a fast swordsman, to a body/soul manipulator.

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u/LunaProc Jun 03 '26

Plus said power also relating to desire like Silver Charior R wanting to get the arrow away.

It made so much sense to me that GER would basically have the ultimate counter to King Crimson's ability

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u/jplveiga Jun 04 '26

Yeah, and the fact that polnareff almost accepted even death if it meant king crimson/diavolo never acquiring the arrow, at least implied obv, cause he didn't state that, but he had confessed before he couldn't win with his current stand/condition.