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  Chapter 171. Green Dolphin Arise, Pucci Reigns

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  Stand.

  At first, when Pucci decided to abandon the inal cept for two works, not only did the audience accept it well, but he also mao perfect the Hamon teique introduced in "Battle Tendency." It reached a state of plete maturity, almost perfect.

  However, when he chose to introduce a new system for "Stardust Crusaders," the third part of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", Cujoh Jolyne couldn't help but think Pucci had lost his mind. She evehat Pucci, whom she had carefully selected as the director, had proven himself unreliable in a single word—reckless!

  How could anyone e up with such a ridiculous script?!

  That was what she thought before... But afterwards, the events that followed felt like a sp in the face for Jolyne's arrogance!

  Pucci, reckless?

  No, the real reckless one was her, who agreed to introduce the Stand cept in the first pce!

  pared to Hamon, Stand abilities were much more plex and diverse. Each person could have a uand, and as creators, they could ruly find the limit of these powers. As long as the imagination was vast enough, even abilities as trivial as "string" or "bubble-blowing" could turn into captivating and engaging tent, preventing the story from being b.

  In simple terms, other works' power systems are linear. Once you uand the final destination, you know that the protagonist only reach that point and won't break beyond those bounds. Even "Battle Tendency" was merely aension of the abilities and teiques previously introduced in "Phantom Blood."

  But Stands? They are more like a brang tree!

  Each Stand has an unknown potential that goes beyond past iterations. Just because a previous user unlocked "Requiem", it doesn't mean the one has to folloath.

  They could reach "Heaven" or even "surpass Heaven".

  Even "Requiem" could ma differently depending on the arrow used, creating unique abilities like "Fallen Requiem" or different "Requiem" forms based oand.

  It all depends on how daring the creators are!

  Moreover, the naming ventions based on tarot cards carried a sense of fate iwined with the Stand users themselves! Take Polnareff's [Silver Chariot] as an example. The Chariot tarot card is lio both "failure and flict" in its reversed form (his argument with Avdol, which led to Avdol's death) and "success through effort" in its upright form (Polnareff's reveh Kakyoin against J. Geil).

  Then there's [Star Ptinum], ected to the Star tarot card symbolizing hope. The line in the opening song "STAND PROUD", "let the ptinum light cut through fate," leaves no room for doubt—this symbolism sparks imagination!

  Why else would tarot readings still be used by scammers on television?

  In other words, the success of "Stardust Crusaders" and the Stand power system also be attributed to how tarot cards fill the audieh curiosity and anticipatiarding the fate of these Stand users.

  But if you were to repce those Stand names with things like [Crazy Diamond] or [Red Hot Chili Pepper]...

  Who would even uand what that means?

  Diamond? Pepper? What oh do those have to do with fate?!

  And this... was the sed pit Jolyne dug for Pucci.

  Just like Kishibe Rohan, who, upon seeing her naming ideas, immediately saw through her iion to obtain the ability he named [Heaven's Door].

  So why couldn't Jolyne give the fourth part's protagonist a terrible Stand ability?

  For example… a healing ability!

  Didn't the success of "The Emperor and the Hanged Man" arc lie in the audience's satisfa from the thrill of revenge?

  Then she would give the protagonist a Stand that 't even kill people, turning him into a saintly figure incapable of revenge—pletely going against the audience's expectations!

  And with the amplified terrible suggestions she had previously given Pucci...

  The fourth part was doomed!

  …

  "Director Pucci, should we sider hiring a new batch of actors?"

  After receiving the actor profiles from Cujoh Jolyne and listening to her expnation of new ideas, Pucci brought the suggestions back to the team.

  And almost immediately, everyone urged him, "While President Cujoh is a great president, she doesn't uand the filming process or its maails!"

  "Exactly. With the suggestions she's made and the actors she's reended, I 't even imagine what kind of story this fourth part will end up telling!"

  "Yes, Director Pucci! Let's not follow President Cujoh's ideas this time!"

  "..."

  The entire crew was there, bickering and arguing.

  Luckily, Jolyne uood that establishing a new work would require giving Pucci a break. And the uping shoot was the showdowween Old Joseph and the [Empress], so handing it over to Akiyuki Shinbo's team, who were familiar with Joseph's character from "Battle Tendency," wasn't a problem.

  But even though the situation seemed chaotic, everyone agreed ohing.

  That was to throw Cujoh Jolyne's ridiculous suggestions straight into the trash.

  Then everyone began to t "Green Dolphin Arise, Pucci Reigns," imitating the sound of a howling fox.

  "Hahaha, it seems no one is buying into President Cujoh's ideas. However, I think a work based on these suggestions could actually be iing, such as…"

  At this point, Pucci drew out the profile of Josuke Higashikata, showing it to the crew.

  He said, "Aren't we now in the perfect situation to make a chaotic mess with a cow dung head harassing i office workers?"