Chapter 215. Last Train Home

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  DIO has appeared!?

  But how did he show up like this?!

  Looking at the fmboyant figure with golden hair before them, almost all the viewers, after seeing the familiar "←—To Be tinued" sign, immediately began dragging the progress bar back.

  They kept rewinding the plot, back, and back, and back again!

  All the way to the se where the souls of Avdol and Iggy asded peacefully to heaven.

  And then...

  Nothing!?

  Yes, it seemed they weren't mistaken before.

  As viewers, they had been stunned earlier not only because of the massive impact of Avdol and Iggy's deaths but also because, after they'd veheir frustration in the eion, the s of "Stardust Crusaders" suddenly shifted away from the mansion.

  Instead of fog on Polnareff and Jotaro, it jumped back to Japan?!

  It didn't show Polnareff's storyli instead presented one of the key reasons for the Egypt campaign—Kujo Holy—and her current situation.

  Joseph and the others had hidderuth for so long, but they uimated a parent's love for their child and a wife's uanding of her husband. Suzi Q sensed something was off.

  But as a wife and a mother, she chose to trust Joseph, just as she had decades ago?!

  Even though this out-of-nowhere side story might not seem bad in itself, since Kujo Holy was a key reason Jotaro embarked on this journey, as well as one of the main reasons DIO o be defeated, this sudden shift was clearly meant to remind the audience of the initial setup and build the atmosphere for the final battle.

  It was a on industry tactic to revisit past plot points iory.

  To give a parison, think of that "Naruto" moment during Naruto and Sasuke's final fight, where a promise about being Hokage or marrying Sakura was mentioned, reinf the theme of "Naruto" as a whole through a fshback.

  But the previous fight between Polnareff and Vanil Ice was just shot too well~~

  Especially when Polnareff, in such a satisfying manner, killed Vanil Ice, delivering both physical aional blows. Watg Avdol and Iggy's souls smile as they asded to the sky was truly a tear-jerker, making everyone angrily curse at Green Dolphin Studio for their heartless storytelling.

  pared to suteions, Kujo Holy, who had little s time in "Stardust Crusaders", and Suzi Q, who also had a small role in "Battle Tendency", were key characters, yet they couldn't match the power of Avdol's relieved smile.

  Given the circumstances, it was impressive that the audience even remembered t the progress bar back to watch this ued side story.

  Even though they weren't as dazed as before, those who rewound the video, like Mista and the others, were obviously doing so out of curiosity about why DIO appeared ter.

  But as time passed without them seeing what they were hoping for, impatience began to set in.

  Especially when, after that segment, the story returo the mansion but didn't immediately switch to the DIO-Polnareff frontation they'd expected.

  Instead, the focus shifted to Jotaro and his group.

  Jotaro's team was finally closing in on Polnareff, just a few rooms away, but on their way, they entered the st enemy DIO had left in the mansion.

  It wasn't even a Stand user—just a zombie!

  And to top it off, the zombie's name was "Big Idiot," and he really was an idiot!?

  So much so that the fight with Big Idiot turned out to be even more ckluster than the se of Suzi Q visiting Holy in Japan.

  To put it simply, Big Idiot charged in, Big Idiot got knocked down, and then he became a "helpful guide" saying, "This way, sir," ahe way.

  The viewers, who had patiently rewatched the entire sequence, were just about to lose their cool, thinking that more random ses would py before the real main storyline began.

  But then—

  "Last Train Home."

  This song, a track from the st tury, suddenly hit the audieh an unstoppable force as various instruments kicked in!

  The drumbeats mimicked the sound of a rolling train, while the electric guitar and synthesizer together expressed the sorrow of parting from a close friend.

  It was as if viewers were saying goodbye to old friends, b this homeward train, taking out an old photo from their pocket to recall memories of the journey. Despite sighing over the fleeting nature of time and the sadness of parting, they couldn't stop. They had to keep going, watg the footsteps disappear into the desert and tinuing on their remaining journey.

  This ending theme encapsuted the ey of Jotaro and his group's journey, dispying their experiences in vivid detail for the viewers!

  Of course, this wasn't the first time the audience had heard this ending.

  But pared to the fshy opening theme, this ending, with no special effects and just a panoramic dispy of the journey's ndscapes, ure instrumental musid didn't catch much attention.

  Uhe stantly analyzed opening sequehis ending was something viewers quickly skipped after hearing it once.

  But now, when it pyed again, even the restless viewers, frustrated by not seeing the tent they wanted, found their hearts oddly calming down.

  "Narancia, are y?"

  "Waaah~~ And you're talking about me, Mista! You're g too!" Narancia sobbed. "Besides, there's just sand in my eyes! Waaahhh—!!"

  The wheels of fate tiurniually leading to a pce called "Stone O".

  In this ending, Mista seemed to see such a se—he saw Avdol, Iggy, and Jotaro reunited here.

  And he regretted it.

  He should have taken the Shinkao Green Dolphin Studio yesterday, even if it meant being punished by Bucciarati, just to make Pucd the others experience what it meant to face the wrath of the audience!

  "Damn it! Green Dolphin Studio, and Pucci! Don't let me run into you in Japan!!" Mista swore fiercely in his heart, tears streaming down his face.

  And then...

  The day, they apanied Giorno to Green Dolphin Studio...

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