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These questions were originally posted to on the WaniKani forums. They are meant to spark discussion and check your understanding of the text, particularly language usage.
Discussion Guidelines
Spoiler Courtesy
Please follow these rules to avoid inadvertent spoilers. Some folks are reading JoJo for the first time and have never watched the anime either. If you’re unsure whether something should have a spoiler tag, err on the side of using one.
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Questions
Comprehension questions for Chapter 1: 侵略者ディオ・プロローグ (Participation is totally optional!)
- What’s different about Dario’s (Dio’s father) speech patterns from standard textbook Japanese? What might it hint at?
- At the carriage accident, how does the woman with Dario feel about his actions?
- What does Dario order Dio do? How does Dio feel about it?
- What kind of family are the Joestars?
- What reason does Jonathan give for standing up for Erina?
What unforgivable thing does Dio do?
Comprehension/Discussion questions for Chapter 2・新しい友人・侵略者ディオその①
- How does George ask Dio to be treated?
- What reasons does Dio give for not letting JoJo touch his bag?
What kind of dad is George to not question why his son is prone on the ground?- In what ways does George compare JoJo and Dio?
- Why are the boys boxing?
- Why does JoJo hesitate to fight Dio?
- What’s Dio’s goal at the boxing match?
Discussion Questions for 愛しのエリナ・侵略者ディオその②
- Is Jonathan getting his watch back?
- Where is the mask from? Where did the Joestars buy it? What happened on the way back from that place?
- Is Dio interested in the mask? Why do you (not) think so?
- What does JoJo want to do with the boys? Why do they refuse?
- What helps take JoJo out of his fit (tantrum?)?
- What does JoJo think of the girl from the beginning of the chapter to the end of it? Do those feelings change?
- How do you think Erina feels about JoJo?
and once again, Dio does an unforgivable thing
Did you know that even in the 80s JoJo had memes?
Dio’s hair in the panel at the top is one of the first JoJo memes. Dio jumping out of the carriage is another notable one.
For some reason, Dio’s fanboys are also a meme 
Content Warning for chapter 4: sexual assault
Chapter 4 Discussion/Comprehension Questions
- How does Erina get back at Dio? How does she add insult to injury?
- What was Dio’s goal when it came to Erina?
- What tricks can Danny do?
- What level of politeness does Dio use when talking to George?
- How did JoJo’s and Danny’s relationship change from when George bought Danny to the current time in the manga? What caused that relationship to change?
- How does the weather help set the tone before JoJo sees Erina? Hint: check the onomatopoeia at the top of the page.
- What are the stakes of JoJo’s confrontation with Dio according to JoJo?
- Do you notice anything odd about the 四字熟語 正正堂堂?
- How do you feel after seeing that final panel in the chapter?
Content warning for chapter 5: animal abuse
Chapter 5 炎のダニー・侵略者ディオその④
- What sounds happen to the mask/what sounds does the mask make? You may need to use a monolingual dictionary.
- Do you think Dio is crying out of emotion after JoJo started winning?
- Before the butler takes out the trash, what weather event has happened? How do you think it relates to the story?
- How does the butler refer to JoJo? What does this indicate about the relationship between them?
What do you think of JoJo’s throwing stones at crows technique?- Do you think JoJo escaped the crow’s curse? What do you think the purpose of it is in this chapter?
- Why doesn’t JoJo approach Erina?
- What does George say happened?
- What is JoJo reaction to the news about Danny?
- what does Dio resolve to do on the last page?
- What season do you think it is now? When do you think Dio arrived at the Joestar mansion?
- We get a small preview for next chapter. What do you think about the information hinted at? As in, what do you think of the 7 years gap, JoJo’s lonely life, and the mask?
Idk any memes for this chapter so please enjoy JoJo.
Also just a reminder that there’s not necessarily perfectly right answers I’ve prepared for this, nor do I have all the answers. A lot of these are opinion questions for that reason. I have tried to come up with questions that can have textual support though. But unless it’s a technical question like the mask one here, there’s not necessarily a right answer. Just more or less supported answers.
Comprehension questions for Chapter 6 : 過去からの手紙・過去からの手紙その１
- Who is the man on the first page of the chapter? What has he done according to the narrator?
- What is Jonathan’s graduation status?
- How did they win according to Dio when he talks out loud?
- What are JoJo’s and Dio’s majors?
- What does JoJo find strange when Dio asks him to wait?
- According to the sound effects (and what he says), what’s George doing a lot of?
- What’s the meaning of having a high nose here?
- What’s Dio’s opinion of JoJo’s major?
- What does JoJo confront Dio about on the stairs? Why is Dio on the stairs rather than the butler?
CW for chapter 7: child abuse
Chapter 7 父への誓い・過去からの手紙その 2 Questions
- Why is Dario angry? What does he say Dio is supposed to do? What does he feel that Dio should know? What language use indicates this?
- What happened to Dio’s mother?
- What does the (near irrelevant spoiler) Chinese man say about Dio’s uncommon physical feature?
- What does Dio threaten JoJo with?
- Where does JoJo’s strength come from in this encounter?
- What does JoJo accuse Dio of after Dio falls?
So much eyebrow game this chapter…
CW for chapter 8: animal death
Chapter 8 石仮面その1 Questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p-5CgWP7Iw
Ah ah ah aaaaah!
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The older guys use some less common pronouns. What are they and what do they imply?
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Who uses a different politeness register? Can you explain why?
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Where is Jonathan going and why?
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How do you feel about Dio’s plan?
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Why won’t the driver go the whole way?
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Can you break down the meaning of 知っててきた p 179 of Tanko and the featured pic/meme?
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What connection does Ogre Street have to the medicine and why does Jonathan think he might find some answers there?
Chapter 9 仮面の人体実験・石仮面その 2 Questions
- What does JoJo say he’s searching for?
- What does Speedwagon realize during JoJo’s counterattack?
- What do the sound effects indicate about Speedwagon’s 2 friends after Speedwagon asks JoJo a question?
- How would you parse 聞かせてくれ (page 19 of tanko vol 2)?
- What does Speedwagon offer to do for JoJo?
- What are some reasons Dio is upset?
- What does the guy on the street say Dio did when he bumped into him?
Spoiler joke - that guy at the end, magical girl transformation time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpOULjyy-n8&pp=ygUOcmVvIHNwZWVkd2Fnb24%3D
Chapter 10 血の渇き・ 石仮面その3
- Why does Dio move towards the river?
- How do vampires in JoJo feed? For first time readers, were you expecting vampires?
- What change does Dio see in the man?
- How does Dio feel before and after seeing the sun?
Chapter 11 人間を超越する・石仮面その 4 Questions
- How’s the weather? (the onomatopoeia should look familiar)
- Why does Dio return to the Joestar Manor?
- How do Dio and JoJo feel about seeing each other?
- What does Dio request and what reasoning does he give for JoJo to grant that request?
- Are you familiar with nature vs nurture? If so, which do you think Speedwagon believes?
- How does George feel about the situation?
- What does Wang Chen predict?
- What is Dio’s final request to JoJo?
- What does Dio say about humans? What does he want to do? Are you surprised?
- For new to JoJo readers, what do you predict will happen next?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoXu6QmxpJE&pp=ygUaZXZlcnlib2R5IGhhdmUgZnVuIHRvbmlnaHQ%3D
CW for chapter 12: gore
Comprehension questions for Chapter 12 一組の指輪・ディオとの青春その 1
- What is Scotland Yard according to the kanji?
- And platinum?
- What does 組 mean in this chapter?
- Do you recognize the Les Mis reference? If not, I’m putting in the musical lol.
- What does George ask JoJo to do?
Does giving an unrelated person a wedding ring count as a proposal?
Question for Chapter 13
- What does JoJo vow at the end of the chapter?
CW for chapter 14: I hope you like gore and body horror
Chapter 14: 生ける死者の襲撃・ディオとの青春その 3 Questions
- Speedwagon thinks that Dio’s gained magical powers. What about his past experiences lends credence to this claim?
- How does Speedwagon feel about JoJo’s chances of winning? What does he think will happen?
- What does JoJo believe can be done? What’s his reasoning?
- What does Dio plan to do?
- In what way does Dio think JoJo is messing around?
