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Chapter 24. The Standard Ending
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"I will never five you!"
JOJO shouted in fury, "It's not because you have been opposing me in every way since you came to my house. All of that doesn't matter! My own issues don't matter at all!"
This robably the first time the audience had heard JOJO's voice filled with suger.
Simirly, it was also the first time almost all the viewers, seeing this se, fully empathized with the protagonist, wanting to take down DIO's little brother!
As for whether this was too brutal and insistent with JOJO's gentlemanly image...
Who cares!
When fag DIO, even if JOJO killed or crippled him, they would feel no remorse. They would even praise JOJO's kindness, for either letting DIO die painlessly (if killed) or mercifully sparing him a dog's life (if crippled).
So, don't hold back!
Beat DIO until his nose bleeds, JOJO!!
Spt!
"..."
"Your jealousy is truly unsightly, JOJO!"
To be fair, there was nosebleed.
But the problem is...
Why was it JOJO bleeding and not DIO!?
As JOJO charged with fury, his straight punch was not only deftly dodged by DIO but also tered with an elbow strike to his nose, causing it to bleed profusely.
DIO ughed smugly, "Do you want to get beaten like i boxing match? Pathetic weakling!"
"..."
A pause.
The viewers, who were emotionally stirred by JOJO's outburst and filled the s with intense, uplifting ents, suddenly fell silent.
But this was not a calm silence.
It was the kind of silehat harbors a greater explosion, where oher erupts or dies in the silence!
-- "Is the produ team crazy!?"
-- "While striving for realism is great, it's unrealistic for JOJO to win a fight against DIO immediately given his past losses, but..."
-- "At this point, who cares about realism!?"
-- "I just want to see JOJO beat DIO to death, not see JOJO getting bullied by DIO again!!"
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Such highs and lows.
DIO's elbow strike nearly shattered their hopes.
It also plunged JOJO, withioryline, into the depths of despair.
"I... I 't beat him..."
After all, besides DIO's elbow strike, JOJO was also burdened by the pervasive influence DIO had exerted on him sining to the Joestar household.
"If I lose, I might have to live under DIO's shadow, but...!"
"I am standio recim Erina's honor! Even if it means dying, I must tio fight!!"
fusion sted only a moment.
After fusion came a surge of ce aermination from deep within!
This battle was not for himself but for Erina!
He couldn't lose!
He wouldn't allow himself to lose!
Thus, the insults from the audience's ents gradually disappeared.
Though the viewers still felt it was impossible.
Because DIO's hatefulness matched his strength.
As DIO had said, his bat skills honed in the harsh slums were not something a privileged boy like JOJO, driven only by a sense of justice, could catch up to.
Expeg JOJO to overe DIO with mere ce seemed too difficult.
DIO's rise as the leader of the children upon arriving at the Joestar mansion wasn't due to the Joestar family's reputation. If the family's name had any influence, JOJO wouldn't have suffered so much.
DIO relied entirely on his own strength!
Whether it was boxing, which tested physical abilities and fighting skills, o, which tested mental acuity, DIO was almost always victorious, a perfect superhuman.
Could JOJO truly win against DIO?
Awakened by DIO's elbow strike, the audience had to pohis question.
However...
Sora said, "JOJO will definitely win."
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"Sister, do you remember the first time DIO lost?"
Despite previously cm to quit, Sora, now engrossed and expining to the less psychologically adept Shiro, tinued, "It was during the seemingly trivial test of pride when Erina washed her mouth with mud water."
"In other words, DIO, ears to be a successful and outgoing person, is actually very weak! The type who flies into a helpless rage when provoked!"
"A battle between a hero and a helpless person always results in the hero's victory, doesn't it?"
This hint was difficult for most to notice.
Even DIO himself didn't realize he had such a weakness.
Taking off his cumbersome suit jacket and preparing for another round, DIO thought, "I will utterly defeat JOJO and make him uand that he ot win against me!"
"I will make you physically remember this fact! In both fights and life!!"
With the background music growing increasingly intense, JOJO and DIO's fight es sed round.
Undoubtedly, in terms of fighting teique, DIO was more skilled.
Every move JOJO made was easily tered by DIO's heavy strikes.
However...
"——DIO!!"
If every move is anticipated by DIO, then attack with the simplest moves, with the determination to nd at least one punch, even if tered by DIO!
"I won't stop until I make you cry!!"
JOJO's desperate shout, bined with his headbutt against DIO's forehead, echoed like thunder in the hearts of the audience.
Simirly, there was DIO's decration of defeat.
"How could I... DIO... be beaten by such trash...!?"
But this was just right!
-- "Well done, JOJO!"
-- "Left hoht hook! Uppercut! ...Yes, exactly! Hit DIO hard!!"
Satisfying, utterly satisfying!
To describe it, it was like weling the New Year's m in fresh underwear!
Watg DIO genuinely cry after beien, the audience's previous frustrations were instantly swept away. They felt no sympathy for DIO and even wanted JOJO to tinue beating him, not stopping!
As the audience eagerly anticipated JOJO's , even more intense and thrilling terattack...
<--To Be tinued
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"...!!?"
