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Chapter 168. What's Done is Done
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The audition process at Green Dolphin Studios was incredibly fast.
In fact, Cujoh Jolyne had no iion of seriously filming; her pn was to stir things up.
How could she possibly take the time to carefully select the actors?
Of course, it had to be as fast as possible, before anyone could react.
She just wao get it over with and pick out these "useless" actors!
So, after the test episode of "Stardust Crusaders" aired, and Josuke Higashikata, fired up again by the cool revenge decrations of Kakyoin and Polnareff, decided to e here, he was shocked to discover how simple the process was!
No scams like "I, Qin Shi Huang, need money," and no endless auditions where more challenges awaited at every turn.
As soon as he received the dot approving his audition, it meant he was officially selected and had bee a tracted actor freen Dolphin Studios' produ?!
It was a bit...
"Disappointing."
"...Eh?"
A sudden voice startled Josuke, auro see where it came from.
A stylish young man, seemingly another successful auditionee like him, handed his dots to the staff and made a ent about the surroundings:
"Although the reason I came here was because of Stands and to uand what kind of power a Stand truly is, as a mangaka, it's a professional habit to always think about every possible situation, like 'What would the protagonist of a manga do in this situation?'"
"In other words, it's only by iing with all kinds of people and experiehat you find refreshing ahrough different perspectives, rather thaing stu your own head..."
Just like in a manga, there's not only the protagonist but also the supp characters.
There are stories about young, inexperienced protagonists fighting their way to defeat the Demon King and save the world, and there are stories about seasoned protagonists who've already been through the grind.
Some tales follow the cssic hero's journey, while others focus on bizarre adventures, like evaluatiic species of women.
As a mangaka, Kishibe Rohan saw nothing wrong with Cujoh Jolyne's peculiar casting choices.
Setting aside the obvious factors, the long-standing success of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" proved that Green Dolphin Studios had a keen eye for casting, far ahead of the industry!
After all, aside from the amateur series, there weren't many produ teams that sistently cast newers.
Ahese newers were so impressive, it was as if fate had selected them to be movie stars.
Nobody in the industry could doubt Green Dolphin Studios' judgment anymore.
However!
"But that doesn't mean we won't choose protagonists who instantly captivate the audience, instead of those who, just based on appearance, fail to spark any i~~"
The moment Kishibe Rohan walked in, he observed everyone and everything, analyzing the se like a mangaka with a professional instinct.
Years of creating manga panels and youts had given Rohan the ability tanize plex ses and effortlessly memorize details as if he were reading a manga.
Coupled with his extensive knowledge, honed in the search for ory material, and his talent for analyzing people, he quickly noticed the variety of backgrounds among the actors present: students, bikers, milk deliverymen, guitarists, chefs, beautis, and even a mangaka like himself—all non-professionals.
Their appearances were just as varied: short, tall, thin, fat, ugly, beautiful...
It was a mix of everything, utterly inprehensible.
"But, isn't the ued what makes things fun?"
With that, Kishibe Rohan fidently and leisurely walked past Josuke, even though he seemed more fused than anyone else.
"No matter what the elements are, the greatest manga has one defining trait—it's fun. Things like friendship and passion are just accessories to make the story more enjoyable."
"..."
"...This guy seems weird, but he's surprisingly cool."
Watg Kishibe Rohan walk away, Josuke recalled the rambling he had overheard earlier.
He thought Rohan had been insulting his hair, but it turned out the man actually found his hairstyle unique and iing!? (P.S. Actually, he didn't.)
Even though Josuke felt the same way, society always carries its biases, doesn't it?
This was why Josuke had been waveriweeement and disi about passing the audition.
If being an actor for "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" meant shaving his hair, he'd rather not take the role!
But now he realized—was he the oh the bias all along?
There were people in this world who truly uood him~~!
With this thought, Josuke stood tall and fidently followed Rohan inside.
…
"The Fourth Part?!"
"But President Cujoh, you might be unaware, but I'm sure you know that the script for "Stardust Crusaders" alone is as long as "Phantom Blood" and "Battle Tendency" bined!"
Pucci, who had just learhat the audition for "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4" was already over and the successful didates were now part of their team, looked at Cujoh Jolyne in disbelief.
He couldn't uand why she was doing this:
"Putting aside whether we should even start shooting Part 4, I haven't even fihe script yet!"
