As a man who has lived his life as a thief until he met the young Joestar, Speedwagon can recognize when people are trying to deceive Jonathan and use his power to fulfill their needs. Speedwagon is the necessary darkness that Jonathan needs. His crazy antics and unconventional fighting methods, along with his jester like persona, add a very humorous addition to Jonathan’s party. Zeppeli teaches Jonathan the art of Hamon Energy (or The Ripple) and is quite the capable combatant in the art himself. While their introductions are a bit weak, they are a lovable pair that works well off each other. However the same can’t be said for the supporting cast of the slum dog, Speedwagon, and the baron, Anthonio Zeppeli. In later JoJo arcs, such as Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders, Araki begins to master the art of creating amazing side-villains with bizarre, situational powers, but these knights are easily on the bottom of a very long list. Phantom Blood’s story will keep you engaged over the three-volume run, but there are distinct moments where the pace of the story becomes agonizingly slow, specifically with the large side battles against the undead knights, Blueford and Tarkus. Whenever the two rivals battle each other it feels so satisfying to cheer for Jonathan as he embarrasses Dio with his natural born skills and talents.
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While this sounds like the typical, shounen hero trope mainstream manga is known for in today’s generation, Jonathan grows on you as a gentleman full of charm and charisma over the arc. Jonathan is still the only JoJo protagonist to date that really embodies noble and heroic qualities.
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The first JoJo of the series isn’t a pushover either. Dio’s presence is just so addicting and perfectly contrasts to Jonathan’s heroic persona. He refers to himself in the third-person as if he were a God, he has no compassion for anyone but his own well-being, he kills for the joy of the feeling, and he gets high off of other peoples suffering. Despite all these things I hate about Dio, I can’t help but keep my eyes glued to the panels whenever he appears. Every time you think he’s reached the peak of his evil, he continues to surprise and awe readers with just how sinister and vile he really is. Hirohiko Araki has crafted Dio to be the literal embodiment of Satan in manga form. In the beginning panels of the story I felt sorry for Dio because of his life of abuse and neglect from his late alcoholic father, but just as quickly began to despise him when he immediately hit Jonathan’s innocent and loving dog, Danny, when he arrived to the Joestar mansion. Dio is the highlight character of Phantom Blood.
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