Status Updates From JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, P...

I honestly cannot tell you if I like JoJo or not. I’ve seen the first two parts of the anime, and now read the first volume, and I’ve never been so confused.

(Being an anime-only fan mostly) I didn't know all that about Danny saving Jojo's life from drowning when he was a kid, paralleling the selfless sacrifice that Jonathan exhibits himself later in life -- it makes Dio kicking Danny and Danny's eventual fate all the more horrible;;

Araki is literally a master at having a surprising event happen once you turn the page -- i.e., page 31 shows Danny bounding towards Jojo and Dio, the last panel being Dio coldly regarding him... when you turn the page to the next right-hand page, it's a full page is Dio kicking Danny out of nowhere, an act you'd never expect and which quickly characterizes Dio. It's so masterful in writing, artwork, and pacing.