Jojo’s Bizarre Adventureis all about its fights. The series follows members of the Joestar family and others surrounding their fate, as they fight to achieve their goals, stop evildoers, escape prison, or generally get into adventures. With the introduction of Stands in Part 3, the series is able to explore complex fights between its characters, with the victor often being the one who outsmarts their opponent first.
Since each Jojo part is essentially a series of fights from beginning to end, picking just a few of the best is difficult, but we’re willing to give it a try. In no particular order, here are some of the best fights across every season of the Jojo anime.
7Jotaro Vs. Dio
Jotaro and Dio’s final battle in the streets of Cairo is the culmination of the journey that takes place throughout Stardust Crusaders. After battling through each of Dio’s minions, Jotaro finally confronts Dio and his Stand, The World, which has the ability to completely stop time for five seconds.
Throughout the fight, Jotaro’s Stand, Star Platinum, also gains a time-stopping ability, allowing Jotaro to move while Dio has stopped time. This fight is absolutely filled with amazing moments, like Jotaro’s finger twitching when Dio first stops time, or Dio’s iconic road roller attack, making it one of the most memorable fights in the entire series.
6Made In Heaven
Made in Heaven is the final evolution of Enrico Pucci’s Stand, created according to Dio’s notebook, with the power to accelerate the speed of time, drastically speeding up the flow of time for everyone but Pucci, giving him extreme speed and reaction time.
However, what makes his Stand even more devastating is its ability to essentially reset the universe. By accelerating time past a certain point, the universe enters a vanishing point, upon which the universe is reset to a time of Pucci’s choosing.
What makes this fight so great is how Jolyne and the others work to fight against Pucci, even with an all-powerful Stand like Made in Heaven. It makes for an excellent final fight for Part 6, and one of the best concluding fights in the series.
5Team Bucciarati Vs. Prosciutto And Pesci
While transporting the turtle that holds the Boss’s daughter Trish, Bucciarati’s gang is attacked by Prosciutto and his The Grateful Dead, allowing him to rapidly age anyone nearby, and Pesci and his Beach Boy, which has the ability to hook into anything at a nearly endless distance.
This combo of Stands very nearly spells the end of Bucciarati’s mission, as he and Mista are brought to the brink of death. However, thanks to Bucciarati’s resolve, he is able to zip himself into several pieces, allowing him to avoid Beach Boy’s hook, but making him unable to breathe. Eventually, Pesci loses his patience and gets off the train, allowing Bucciarati to confront him at full strength.
This fight goes a long way to show Bucchiarati’s resolve and the lengths he will go to see the mission through, including nearly killing himself twice.
4Doppio Vs. Risotto
Risotto Nero is the leader of La Squadra Esecuzioni, or the hitman team of Stand users that is sent after Bucciarati’s gang to kidnap Trish. After Bucciarati’s gang decommissions the rest of the hitman team, only Nero is left, who then tails the gang and finds Doppio, Diavolo’s alter ego, who wields only a small part of King Crimson’s clairvoyance.
Risotto’s Stand, Metallica, gives him the ability to control iron within his own body and near him, which he uses against Doppio to create razors, needles, and other sharp metallic objects in his bloodstream. However, even after nearly killing Doppio, Risotto dies by a turn of fate, when Aerosmith detects his breathing and shoots him down.
Despite this incredibly frustrating turn of events, this fight’s heartbreaking ending and the sheer power of Risotto’s Stand on display make it stand out from other fights in Part 5.
3Morioh Vs. Kira
Yoshikage Kira is the main antagonist of Part 4, a serial killer plaguing the small town of Morioh. With his uncanny luck and powerful Stand, Kira was able to go unnoticed in Morio for years, until Josuke and his friends discovered the ghost of his first victim, leading them to investigate.
In their final confrontation, Josuke and his friends work together to defeat Kira, using a combination of their abilities, as well as turning Kira’s luck on its head, resulting in him being run over by an ambulance that was coming to help. Kira was a terror to the entire town of Morioh, and the way the individuals from the town work together to stop Kira is poetic, perfectly encapsulating the theme of Part 4.
2Team Joestar Vs. D’Arby Gambler
After arriving in Cairo, Jotaro’s party seeks out information on the whereabouts of Dio’s mansion and comes across the gambler D’Arby. Not believing in D’Arby’s abilities, Polnareff bets his soul and loses, forcing the rest of the gang to play games to win his soul back.
Jotaro challenges D’Arby to a game of poker, which the gambler prides himself on being the best at. However, throughout the game, Jotaro’s confidence and bluffing abilities eventually break down D’Arby’s psyche, which comes to a head when Jotaro bets the soul of his mother on his hand. Unable to reckon with Jotaro’s overwhelming confidence, D’Arby passes out, leading to Jotaro winning the game, without ever even looking at his hand.
1Joseph Vs. Wamuu
Part 2 of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure follows a young Joseph Joestar, a Ripple user and troublemaker who ends up fighting against the Pillar Men alongside Caesar Zeppeli. One of the best fights of Part 2 occurs near the end: a battle to the death between Joseph and one of the Pillar Men, Wamuu.
This fight perfectly showcases Joseph’s ability to think outside the box and adapt on the fly to his opponent’s strategies, using every trick he can think of to come out on top. Joseph’s greatest power isn’t the ability to control Hamon, but his ability to outsmart his opponent.
This fight is especially impactful because Joseph uses Caesar’s scarf to ultimately defeat Wamuu, allowing Caesar to fight alongside his friend Joseph one last time.
