Most Hated Characters In Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

Summary

  • Some Jojo characters may lack depth, like Narciso Anasui, who was selfish but regretted his actions.
  • Dio Brando, though evil, lacked the complexity of other villains like Kira, but was entertainingly wicked.
  • Characters like Vanilla Ice may be powerful but lack depth, making them less memorable compared to other villains.

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is so jam-packed with colorful characters that a vampiric serial killer bursting out of the body of a dead horse is one of the more boring ones. From valiant heroes to diabolical villains, there are plenty of figures to catch people’s fancy. Some even became fan favorites, be they “JoBros” like Kakyoin and Okuyasu, or villains like Yoshikage Kira.

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Still, not every character in the series hit the mark. Even diehard fans will likely remember Pocoloco, the inexplicably lucky horse rider in Part 7: Steel Ball Run, rather than Poco the generic village kid in Part 1: Phantom Blood. Others caught fans’ ire for being annoying, unhelpful, ugly both inside and out, and generally quite hateable.

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Narciso Anasui

With Friends Like This, Who Needs Enemies?

Hated Jojo Characters- Anasui

  • From: Part 6: Stone Ocean
  • Debut: Chapter 24: Ermes’ Sticker Part 4 (manga). Episode 10: Operation Savage Garden (Head to the Courtyard!) Part 1 (anime)
  • Stand: Diver Down, which can phase into objects and restructure them from the inside

The most interesting thing about Narciso Anasui is the urban legend that, since Araki planned on making Part 6’s Jojo gang all-female (bar Weather Report), Anasui was meant to be a girl too, as shown by his more feminine-looking form in his debut. But neither that nor the Shojo Jojo team plot was true. He was just meant to be an androgynous man, who ended up looking more “andro” than “gynous” as time went on.

Anasui was designed to be a flawed figure with a conscience, though his flaws stand out over the latter. He regretted the murder that got him imprisoned at least. But he was also notoriously selfish (living up to the “Narciso” part of his name), helping Jolyne only so he could try and woo his way into her heart. While he had his moments, his shallow intentions and desperation made him the least impressive member of the Stone Ocean crew.

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Dio Brando

A Classic Villain Or A Two-Dimensional Archetype?

Iconic Anime Poses- Dio WRRYYY

  • From: Part 1: Phantom Blood and Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
  • Debut: Chapter 1: Dio the Invader (manga). Episode 1: Dio the Invader (anime)
  • Stand: The World, which can stop time for 5–9 seconds

Putting Dio Brando here might seem controversial in one sense, or fitting in another, as he’s committed nearly every heinous crime in the book, from animal cruelty to mass murder. He knew he was evil and embraced it wholeheartedly, as after he used the Stone Mask to turn himself into a vampire, he rejected all notions of humanity to become something higher. Or so he saw it anyway.

However, despite being the main villain for most of the series, many fans found him to be a rather shallow villain next to Yoshikage Kira’s psychodrama or Funny Valentine’s obsession. Next to them, he comes off as someone who’s a top hat and a twirly mustache away from tying someone to the railroad tracks. Yet he does it with such gusto that he’s at least entertainingly evil.

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Vanilla Ice

More Like Dry Ice

Hated Jojo Characters- Vanilla Ice

  • From: Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
  • Debut: Chapter 125: The Miasma of the Void Vanilla Ice Part 1 (manga). Episode 42: The Miasma of the Void Vanilla Ice Part 1 (anime)
  • Stand: Cream, a Stand that can obliterate all kinds of matter by devouring it, sending it into the void like a black hole

There are plenty of Jojo characters that have done bad things, but are ultimately rather dull in the long scheme of things. As scummy as the things Tamami Kobayashi and Toshikazu Hazamada did were, they’re more likely to make people Google their names to refresh their memory than get an instant reaction. Unlike, say, Vanilla Ice.

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Personality-wise, he tends to lose out to other characters as he’s basically like Part 2’s Wammu without the sense of fair play. He’s powerful and devoted to Dio. That’s about it. But he did have a good fight with Polnareff, where he managed to take out two other Crusaders. Granted, it did involve kicking a tiny dog to death, which also adds to the hate he gets, but it’s more than most other Jojo villains get.

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Shigechi

The Jar Jar Binks Of Part 4

Hated Jojo Characters- Shigechi

  • From: Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
  • Debut: Chapter 70: Shigechi’s Harvest Part 1 (manga). Episode 18: Shigechi’s Harvest Part 1
  • Stand: Harvest, a swarm of tiny bug-like creatures that can look for and retrieve items, or attack people en masse

Jojo’s main villains run the gamut from prophecy-obsessed presidents to megalomaniacal super-vampires, yet they rarely garner as much hatred as one 9-year-old kid from Morioh. Shigekiyo “Shigechi” Yangu sniffled his way into Part 4, helped and then betrayed his JoBros in a scheme involving lottery tickets, then he got blown up by Kira when he picked up the wrong sandwich bag.

Granted, he was somehow dumber than Okuyasu, and as greedy as he was ugly and gross. Even so, his fate was sealed by being in the wrong place at the wrong time and learning something he shouldn’t have. It was enough for some readers to sympathize with him as, for all his flaws, he didn’t deserve his end. Others would’ve preferred it if he hadn’t turned up at all.

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Steely Dan

Living Up To Every Expletive

Steely Dan using Jotaro Kujo as a bridge in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders

  • From: Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
  • Debut: Chapter 47: Lovers Part 1 (manga). Episode 16: Lovers Part 1 (anime)
  • Stand: Lovers, a microscopic Stand that can manipulate the brain and nervous system

The Dan of Steel, Steely Dan, is like a pro-wrestling heel, in that all his acts are meant to make fans want to see him get pummeled. As opposed to Shigechi, who made them want to skip a few chapters until he was out of the story. He does it well, too, as he fights dirty. His Stand, Lovers, is too small and weak to take on any of the Stardust Crusaders’ Stands head-on, so he finds a way to take combat out of the equation.

By sneaking Lovers into Joseph Joestar’s head, he essentially turned himself into a voodoo doll, as any harm done to him would be reflected onto Joseph. While Polnareff and Kakyoin tried to get Lovers out of Joseph’s head, it was up to Jotaro to act as Dan’s reluctant acquaintance, keeping the guy out of harm while Dan did all he could to humiliate and abuse the guy. If being a slimeball was a skill, it was one Dan mastered.

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Joshu Higashikata

As Stoogelike As His Haircut Suggests

Hated Jojo Characters- Joshu

  • From: Part 8: Jojolion
  • Debut: Chapter 1: Welcome to Morioh (manga)
  • Stand: Nut King Call, which can disassemble and reassemble items by turning them into nuts and bolts

When Part 8’s amnesiac protagonist Josuke wasn’t trying to find out who he was, he was living with the Higashikata family. Descendants of one of the Steel Ball Run racers, they’re like Araki’s take on the Addams Family, in that they’re also rather mysterious, spooky, and altogether ooky. The worst of the bunch was the second son in the family, Joshu Higashikata.

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On the one hand, some fans enjoy him being the anti-JoBro, trying to one-up Josuke out of sheer jealousy over his childhood friend Yasuho, and often failing, becoming the butt of many jokes. On the other hand, he tried to assault Yasuho when he misread her intentions, then attacked his estranged mother when she made an impromptu family visit. Fans liked him better when he was being a punk than a creep.

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Forever

Some Animals Are Best Left In The Wild

Hated Jojo Characters- Forever

  • From: Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
  • Debut: Chapter 17: Strength Part 1 (manga). Episode 7: Strength (anime)
  • Stand: Strength, a Stand in the shape of an oil freighter

For years, the creepy orangutan from Part 3 didn’t have a name. It was just an animal who happened to have a Stand that took the form of a giant ship. That, and it had an awkward fascination with naked women thanks to the magazines it had in its cage. Combine that with Anne, the Stardust Crusaders’ stowaway, taking a shower and…well, luckily, Jotaro shut the ape down before things got hairy.

Villains threatening women in showers have been a thing since Psycho, but Araki deciding to have an orangutan go after a preteen to be his horror situation of the week is considered one of the series’ missteps. The other is eventually naming the ape Forever after the Wu-Tang Clan album Wu-Tang Forever, as it offers a whole new set of equally awkward implications.

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J.Geil

Drawing The Ire Of Polnareff And Fans Alike

J. Geil from Stardust Crusaders

  • From: Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
  • Debut: Chapter 14: Dark Blue Moon Part 1 (flashback), Chapter 27: Emperor and Hanged Man Part 1 (full). Episode 5: Silver Chariot (flashback), Episode 10: Emperor and Hanged Man Part 1 (full)
  • Stand: Hanged Man, who attacks people via their reflections, and can switch from one reflective surface to another at light speed

J.Geil is a textbook human monster: a murderer and predator with a peculiar deformity that Polnareff, the brother of one of his victims, kept an eye out for. Villains aren’t necessarily meant to be likable or appealing, unless they’re manipulative, silver-tongued users like Dio or J.Geil’s #2 guy, Hol Horse. But J.Geil is one of the few with no redeemable features.

He’s got no remorse for his actions and happily works with Dio to try and kill off the Crusaders, usually from a distance with his Hanged Man stand. There’s nothing particularly memorable about him beyond his crimes and his Stand. Even Capcom managed to mix him up with his nemesis Polnareff, when they used his name for their tall-haired air force guy in Street Fighter 2 instead. He’s just a nasty character through and through.

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Alessi

A Creep With A Capital C

Hated Jojo Characters- Alessi

  • From: Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
  • Debut: Chapter 91: “Bastet” Mariah Part 6 (manga). Episode 31: “Bastet” Mariah Part 2 (anime)
  • Stand: Sethan, who can de-age people into kids or younger the longer they stand in its shadow

One would think predators like Forever and J.Geil were as bad as characters could get in Jojo, but there are other ways to prey on the weak that are just as despicable. Enter Alessi, a coward who can only feel like a big man when he’s attacking people smaller than him, who mainly happen to be children because he thinks they’re easy to bully and abuse for slights, real or imagined.

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If he needs to bring grown-ups down to size, he’ll bring out his Stand, Sethan, to turn them into kids, then he’ll chase after them with an axe for extra kicks. Luckily, he got a just punishment when Polnareff managed to outsmart him as a child, while Jotaro still managed to beat him to a pulp as a kid. That was enough to cure them of their condition, but the two gave Alessi another beating when he came to, just for good measure.

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Cioccolata

Truly The Worst Of The Worst

Hated Jojo Characters- Cioccolata

  • From: Part 5: Vento Aureo
  • Debut: Chapter 113: Pronto, On the Phone Part 2 (manga). Episode 10: The Hitman Team (anime cameo), Episode 29: Destination- Rome! The Colosseum (full)
  • Stand: Green Day, which produces a flesh-eating mold

There are so many stories about Jojo’s behind-the-scenes plotting that the term “Araki Said” has become a meme in the fandom. One story that turned out to be true was that, when Giorno Giovanna finally gave Cioccolata the mother of all beatdowns, his original 5-page Muda barrage was extended by 2 pages, giving readers the first and only 7-page Muda.

What did this one Passione member do to warrant such punishment? He was just a notorious sadist who gaslit his patients into committing suicide, and he often recorded their deaths on video for his enjoyment. Hateable as a villain and character, he could’ve done with a few more pages’ worth of punches.


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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Release Date

October 6, 2012

Showrunner

Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu

Directors

Naokatsu Tsuda

Writers

Yasuko Kobayashi


  • Cast Placeholder Image

    Kazuyuki Okitsu

    Jonathan Joestar

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    Tomokazu Sugita

    Joseph Joestar



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