Pay attention, because this is a major plot point (no, seriously). You don't mess with a 'Stand,' as displayed when Josuke 'helps' new-kid Koichi Hirose (Ryûnosuke Kamiki) by chasing off some bullies who insulted his immaculate tuft of hair. His 'Stand' – Shining Diamond – has a healer's touch (along with fists of fury). Only other 'Stand' users can see rival 'Stands.' Josuke Higashikata (Kento Yamazaki), a Fonz-like high school student, is one of these users. Was it all just a malnourished exhaustion hallucination? That's how it felt, and even as you read these words, I struggle to grasp what entered my eyeballs that night.Ĭonsider Takashi Miike's Diamond is Unbreakable adaptation ' Yu-Gi-Oh! meets Avatar meets Liberace.' There are special people who can control 'Stands' – these ethereal entities that possess unique powers. Now imagine myself – an outsider to the manga's cult fame – who dashed from airport to theater after a three-hour-plus flight delay. And Water Golem (whose actual name is Aqua Necklace).

And white hat Michael Jackson impersonator. Diehard 'JOficionados' (Copyright) spiked an energy that can be neither bottled nor explained, as they were harder than any diamond for glam-rock JoJo. When JoJo first struts into focus, pompadour-on-steroids cut and all, audience members lost their collective cool, like The Beatles just touched down on American soil for the first time. Welcome to the Fantasia International Film Festival, where a Japanese manga adaptation can pack an auditorium full of French Canadian superfans. Why? Because I've attended midnight screenings of Tommy Wiseau's The Room with tamer audiences.

I rarely start reviews with first-person prose, but for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, an exception must be made.

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