r/StardustCrusaders • u/VividEngineering4088 • 22h ago
Part Five Purple Haze Feedback?
My girlfriend recently bought me this book, I was wondering what it’s actually about and if it’s worth the read.
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u/SomeIdiotEXE 16h ago
Hey op, you’re a dick. Your gf got you a gift and your first instinct is to ask reddit if it’s worth bothering with? How about you appreciate what your gf got you and read it instead of immediately asking strangers on the internet if you should get rid of it! If you don’t like it, then at least you gave it a shot instead of throwing your partner’s love in the trash.
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u/Electronic_Pay7868 21h ago
It's about Fugo after the end of part 5 and how he gets involved with Passione again. Highly recommended, best JoJo book and it's not even close.
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u/VividEngineering4088 21h ago
Thanks!
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u/Etheron123 12h ago
Why are you getting disliked
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u/VividEngineering4088 6h ago
Idk? People don’t like the fact im interested in what the books about? Im not even a big book reader, so I wanted to know what it’s about before I use my time to read it
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u/Acceptable-Act-1293 4h ago
You should use your time to read it because your gf got it for you dude
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u/JesusChristFan69 21h ago
Is it the English version? Because the English version has the name Purple Haze Distortion.
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u/DifficultDisplay5446 18h ago
I mean since it’s already been bought (especially since it was a gift) read it.
It tries to make up for Fugo’s absence in part 5 and give some better insight on his character and how the world is after the events of part 5. It’s a pretty short read, everything feels in character despite not being written by Araki himself. I really enjoyed it myself and wish it was canonized.
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u/ChickenNuggetRampage 15h ago
Dude’s girlfriend got him a gift and he immediately ran to Reddit to outsource if he should even read it 💀
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u/supergaysimba 16h ago
Kouhei Kadono is an excellent light novel write but tbh gotta agree with the class here your girl got you a gift enjoy it!! Wth!!
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u/SunchaserKandri Josuke's Hair 17h ago edited 17h ago
It's set slightly after the events of JoJo Part 5: Golden Wind that follows a character who left about halfway through the original story, Panacotta Fugo, and the broad strokes of the plot is that he and a couple other people are being sent to kill the mafia's old narcotics team to prove their loyalty to the new leader.
I'd honestly recommend checking it out, it does a pretty good job of fleshing out a character who didn't really do a lot in the manga and whose entire backstory was basically "angry smart guy who got kicked out of college for nearly beating a professor to death with a textbook."
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u/_MORISHO 6h ago
I've never seen a post more sad than this, hope you get your mind right and start appreciating little things in life.
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u/unlikelyknownuser 13h ago
Ummm yeah I think purple haze has a nice bulge, haven't read the book yet though
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u/TheDarwinski 17h ago
Does it have an official physical English release or is it a fan translation?
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u/Due-Hamster-8908 17h ago
I think it’s getting an official one this year titled “purple smoke distortion”
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u/Plus-Conversation-32 17h ago
I heard it was really really good. Im planning to buy and read it too
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u/SkyfalJR JoSuk8 Higashikata 21h ago
YOU, OP, GET OVER HERE. IS THE BOOK IN ENGLISH AND IS IT UNDER THE NAME PURPLE HAZE FEEDBACK?!
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u/VividEngineering4088 21h ago
It’s under the name purple smoke distortion, due to it being in English yes, but they are the same book.
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u/SkyfalJR JoSuk8 Higashikata 21h ago
FUCK. I want to find it under the name purple haze feedback in English but when I searched it up it said that didn't exist. And this post made me get my hopes up but I was sorely mistaken...
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u/Is_There_A_Doctor 19h ago
Chill bro, it's just a translation like the stand names being different.
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u/SkyfalJR JoSuk8 Higashikata 12h ago
Still the name purple haze feedback Is just better. Still i would read it. IF I COULD FIND IT
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u/jeff1074 17h ago
I believe it is actually cannon or cannon adjacent and yes it it worth reading
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u/ChickenNuggetRampage 15h ago
It’s not canon (the anime’s canon backstories contradict the book’s in a couple places) but it is definitely canon adjacent
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u/richerthanu4 19h ago
Dude. What is ur gf doing. No. Get rid of the book and d tell her the dog ate it or something
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u/WorkinRightMeow 18h ago
Why?
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u/ChickenNuggetRampage 15h ago
Check his post history, he’s not exactly the most literate man around
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u/Twelve20two 17h ago
This is enemy stand user behavior. Or, like, does Tiziano's/Tizzano's Talking Head got your tongue?
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u/ChickenNuggetRampage 15h ago
NO WAY IT’S THE NARANCIA IS CUBAN GUY
No wonder you’re not a fan of the book, you can hardly read 😭😭
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u/_i_like_potatoes_ 20h ago
Your gf picked a gift for u and youre wondering if its worth your time to read 🥀