Chapter 185. Pay Attention, This Man is Little Handsome
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Chapter 185. Pay Attention, This Man is Little Handsome
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The moment she saw this scene, Cujoh Jolyne immediately understood what that faintly familiar feeling she had earlier was all about.
So, it was all because of...
"——[White Snake]!!"
Gritting her teeth, she began scrolling through the comments under "Stardust Crusaders" and the few 2CH accounts she was particularly following.
As expected, in the latest post from the IP account [White Snake], she found the culprit behind all these changes!
In fact, when the comments mentioned the OP (opening theme), she should have already been alert.
Why did "Phantom Blood", the first part of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", become successful in the first place? Without its success, there wouldn't have been so many subsequent parts of "JoJo".
A big reason behind its success was [White Snake]!
If it weren't for him constantly talking up "Phantom Blood" on forums, and even taking on the role of a microscopic analyst, providing an ultimate breakdown of the OP—almost stripping the "Phantom Blood" OP down to its underwear—people wouldn't have paid so much attention to it.
Every now and then, the internet is bombarded with massive amounts of information. Unless it's by a dedicated content creator, people typically only watch works based on existing source material, or ones directed by well-known directors and writers, or works starring famous actors.
For a relatively unknown work like "Phantom Blood", even getting a glance in the new season's guide would have been an accomplishment, thanks to the efforts of some dedicated creators.
But despite being such an underdog, "Phantom Blood" exploded online thanks to Cujoh Jolyne's wealth-fueled promotion and the strong production standards of Kamikaze Studio.
With just one OP, it became the hottest new release!
Afterward, it snowballed—stellar performances by the cast, the uproar over Zeppeli's death—it went from merely having an impressive OP to being a phenomenon that took the internet by storm.
Everything originated from the high-quality OP of "Phantom Blood" and [White Snake]'s seemingly prophetic analysis of it.
It was him who shifted countless viewers' focus toward analyzing the OP.
Without his initial analysis, viewers would have simply been impressed by the OP. But after [White Snake] opened the floodgates with his wild speculation, others followed, attempting to unravel even more hidden clues. People discovered there were still new secrets buried within the OP, sparking a cycle of speculation that drew more people in and eventually leading them to the story of "Phantom Blood".
Because of this, [White Snake] became one of Jolyne's prime targets.
Every time he posted something, Jolyne's mood would dramatically shift.
But why had she stopped keeping track of him lately?
And why had she only now realized [White Snake] had made a new post?
It was because [White Snake] had been using strategy against her!
"He's so sneaky... [White Snake]! Damn you! @#$%!凸(艹皿艹 )!"
Jolyne was nearly in tears from frustration.
When "Stardust Crusaders" first aired, she thought Pucci's hidden genius had finally run dry and that even a brainiac like [White Snake] wouldn't find any more hidden clues.
So she let her guard down.
But who could have guessed that this was [White Snake]'s plan all along—luring her into a false sense of security, only to launch a sneak attack by fully analyzing both the first OP of "Stardust Crusaders" and the latest one!
No wonder "Stardust Crusaders" suddenly changed its settings halfway through, renaming the tarot stand powers. And despite the change, even more viewers tuned in, almost as if they were watching it for the first time again!
The reason was clear now.
Looking at [White Snake]'s post, with its screenshots of the new OP showing silhouettes of the Nine Glory Gods that matched popular depictions circulating online, Jolyne cursed under her breath for a few more minutes. Then, feeling thirsty, she took a sip of water before continuing to rant about the screenshots.
As more silhouettes were gradually revealed, the first one to appear in the OP was the [Geb] stand, which had just debuted in the latest episode of "Stardust Crusaders".
Could the order of these silhouettes in the OP be foreshadowing the appearance order of the new stand users?
The speculation [White Snake] made in his post seemed highly plausible!
After all, in his previous analysis of the first OP of "Stardust Crusaders", the scenes had been proven to show the battles Jotaro and his allies would face with the stand users.
He even managed to spoil Hol Horse's appearance in India!
Given all this, the theory about the Nine Glory Gods' debut order seemed very credible.
So much so that everyone focused on this theory and completely overlooked the fact that the Nine Glory Gods' stand names were a new concept.
Of course, this was partly because Jolyne had unknowingly set the stage for this development earlier.
But Jolyne, unaware of this, naturally blamed it all on [White Snake]!
"Calm down, calm down!"
"OP analyses are nothing new, Jolyne. You have to trust that the audience will adjust. Maybe after the excitement of the analysis wears off, they'll start noticing the flaws in the plot of "Stardust Crusaders"?"
Taking a deep breath, Jolyne tried to steady herself, offering some self-reassurance.
But as she continued scrolling through the post, she saw...
[White Snake]: "Pay attention here! At the end of this new OP, when Jotaro attempts his iconic Ora Ora barrage like in the first OP, did anyone notice a shadow?"
"A shadow that, if you take a screenshot and adjust the colors with some editing tools, reveals..."
——[The World]!!