Chapter 31. Marketing Strategy
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Chapter 31. Marketing Strategy
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
If it's an adventure, then it surely cannot be limited to just one place.
How can an adventure confined to one place be called an adventure?
Even Bear Grylls ventures into various deserts and jungles, constantly changing his maps to give the impression that he is on an adventure.
Otherwise, seeing Bear Grylls in deep forests would make it seem like he was just at home...
So, what about JoJo?
Although it might not be nice to say this, the current plot of Phantom Blood hasn't given the audience a sense of impending adventure.
Especially now that George Joestar has been poisoned by Dio and needs to recuperate.
With JoJo's character, it's even less likely that he would abandon George Joestar at home to go on an adventure.
If he did that, JoJo wouldn't be JoJo anymore.
So, what should JoJo do next to live up to the title "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"?
It's simple!
Just as Japan or most people who don't live in Britain see Britain during the first industrial revolution as an unknown environment, it's an adventure for them too.
One person can't go on an adventure alone, but can't he go with companions?
Like many protagonists in various works, after they marry and have children post-adventure, their children often become the protagonists of the second part of the story, starting a new round of adventures.
"These JoJos and GIOGIOs appearing with Jonathan are very likely Jonathan's descendants! Then they continue Jonathan's story, adventuring around the world with the mysterious Stone Mask and uncovering its secrets!"
"My statement might seem exaggerated without evidence, but please bear with me and look here!"
"Doesn't the third JoJo's clothing look somewhat familiar?"
"Although there have been some changes in the costume design, this is undoubtedly a Japanese high school uniform! And it's the classic black style!"
A black student cap paired with a black student uniform is a classic look often seen in Japanese school-themed works.
Even though Jotaro Kujo's clothes have been altered to have a coat-like hem and a big gold chain attached to it, to Japanese audiences who even in different worlds, indulge in school romance comedies, such a minor alteration is incomparable to significant modifications of uniforms in different worlds.
Therefore, not only was Jotaro Kujo's uniform recognized, but even Josuke Higashikata's uniform was identified!
This means...
"At least two JoJo's stories will take place in Japan!"
"Crossing the distance between the far west and the far east is an adventure, right? JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!!"
Seeing this, Pucci was shocked!
If the characters "JoJo" and "GIOGIO" were foreshadowed in the OP, extending this foreshadowing to the Joestar family and guessing that "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" isn't just Jonathan's story but a golden spirit continuously praised and passed down through generations of JoJo, was truly Kosaku Hata's personal brainstorming, finding evidence in the OP little by little.
Although much of the content was only vaguely stated, if Kosaku Hata went on to explain that Jonathan would die young, that the second JoJo was Jonathan's grandson, the third JoJo was the grandson of the second JoJo, and by the fourth JoJo, the relationship turned out to be that he was actually the son of the second JoJo and uncle to the third JoJo, with the fifth JoJo being Jonathan's son... this complex and chaotic relationship...
Pucci wouldn't just be shocked; he would deeply suspect that the other person was a time traveler like him!?
Otherwise, who in their right mind could come up with such a family tree!?
However...
"It seems our OP strategy has been a great success, Director Pucci!"
Also seeing this video, Junpei Mizusaki excitedly looked at Pucci.
"Yes. I never thought someone could guess so much just from the OP. Even though we did plant foreshadowing and Easter eggs, today's audiences are really impressive."
Pucci sighed.
Without the JoJo manga as spoilers, there are both pros and cons.
But there are benefits to not having the JoJo manga spoilers.
One of which is that the audience clearly got their appetites whetted by this spoiler-filled OP!
Especially after Kosaku Hata's analysis video spread the idea that the Phantom Blood OP might not be simple and might even contain foreshadowing and Easter eggs for future plots.
Even if many viewers didn't agree with Kosaku Hata's analysis, they didn't deny this idea.
On the contrary, they increased their efforts to analyze and interpret the details of the Phantom Blood OP from all possible angles they could imagine!
This trend, which Pucci originally expected to take some time or to be guided by the production team members using alternate accounts, had erupted right at the beginning!
Directly disrupting his subsequent plans.
So, after glancing at the video website where the view count for Kosaku Hata's OP analysis video kept rising, leading other UP hosts to quickly follow up with a series of analysis videos from various perspectives and angles on the Phantom Blood OP, and then looking at his own computer desktop where the official analysis video was only half-finished...
Pucci fell into deep contemplation.
Should he still use an alternate account to post the unfinished analysis video?