Bucciaratti Versus Secco: Breakdown of a Classic JoJo Battle

Hey folks, and welcome back to Why It Works! Today we're gonna be breaking down the finer points of one of JoJoActs most recent battles, as we discussed the clever turns and brilliant natural escalation of Bucciaratti ’s recent clash with the ominous Secco. I actually wrote a similar piece way back when I started writing for Crunchyroll, and Hirohiko Araki's understanding of tension and tactically grounded battles Seems to have only improved since that fight provided by Zipperman and Sanctuary, and the way each of the ways engagement, felt like a stunning demonstration of JoJo action at its best. Starting from the beginning of their solo duelLet's explore the nuts and bolts of what makes this fight work!

Bucciaratti and Secco ’s battle begins with Secco almost in melee rangeWith both Secco and Bucciaratti near in arm's reach, this first stage is a brutally dangerous ballet of precise motions and fantastic movements. Since Secc and Bucciaratti's Stands , here they mostly supplement the physical action, making for a fight that feels that much more tense and visceral.

JoJo Through barely-missed brutality like Bucciaratti's. This is a chance to have a dramatic effect (like in its grotesque Rise battle), and this sequence carries much of the same appeal. attempted decapitation, JoJo Mean while, this fight ’s clear physical dimensions and evokes something like the desperate immediacy of a knife fight, where every single swing carries the potential for catastrophic personal injury. desperate choreography We don't need clarifications to understand the moment of the fight, because it's clear simply in how each of the physically manipulates the space around them.

This segment is her own, as a second stage of this battle in a genuine physical match, the second stage of this battle. JoJo turns are, by a sudden innovation: Bucciaratti using his Stand in order to mirror Secco ’s abilitiesThis in turn forces Secco to demonstrate the full nature This handover is one of his underground movement, relinquishing the horror appeal of the mystery in order to set up a more tactically coherent contrast of powers. JoJofights start to start as horror-tinged mysteries, where the “victory condition” is discovering the nature of the enemy's stand, and eventually transitioning into tactical puzzles, where these known powers are stretched to the limits surpass each other.

In this battle's case, Secco takes the upper hand here through two escalating revivals: First, the introduction of the during the present contest to reorganize the battlefield in such a way that favors their own powers. stone spears, which serve as a clever, satisfying extraction of his ability to turn solid surfaces into melting mud. Then, the tension is further ratcheted up through the reveal that Secco ’s powers also work on peopleputting a harsh timer on Bucciaratti's survival in the most gruesome possible way.

Those intimidating advantages lead this fight into the requisite final act, where all hell breaks loose. Be it a burning plane spiraling towards the earth, an orb of death rolling towards your head, or an … entirely different plane spiraling towards the earth, JoJo battle, is butterarat seems utterly defeated, he unveils his battles is a battle of chaos, as the battlefield is shattered and all participants seem half-dead. dramatic reversalBucciaratti ’s trick here combine two consistent JoJo techniques-using the opponent's decisions against them, and reassessing the fundamental nature of the battle.

The show used “Secco is getting closer and starting to melt Bucciaratti” to rise the dramatic tension, but Bucciaratti so revivals he actually wanted wanted to cosponsible pursuit of him convoluted, but results in a similar satisfying sense of turning weakness into strength. By framing the fight in terms of Secco ’s ability to manipulate their surroundings, JoJo is able to make it seem like Bucciaratti can not possibly win, because we're being lead to assess the battlefield in terms most favorable to Secco (this is partly why JoJo villains talk so much). When Bucciaratti pops the tire and Secco ’s ears at once, he gains he ’s been evaluating this battlefield on entirely different termsThis offers the audience the satisfaction of the audience, the audience with a clever, the unexpected solution, while also allowing the fight to appear unwinnable up until the actual moments are.

And then, of course, there's the payback. JoJo battles are famous for their ferocity, but also almost as well known for the indulgent glee After a reversal that embodies Joseph's classic “The next thing you're going to say is …”, Bucciaratti crushes Secco, humiliates him in front of his boss, and at last takes out the trashAraki ’s understanding of satisfying action storytelling may still be growing, but some things never change.

I hope you enjoyed this exploration of JoJo’S clever action storytelling, and please let me know all your own favorite JoJo battles in the comments!