I want to investigate the possible causes of why it’s so different, and what kinds of implications it has. Instead, characters dress freely, move dramatically, and pose sensually! To me, a queer man, it feels like an incredibly queer show in a way I haven’t seen anywhere else. They defy the cis-heterosexual prisons of how mascs are ought to approach body language, fashion style, and presentation. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that the men (and the women) of JoJo carry masculinity in non-conforming ways. Then Battle Tendency aired right after and Joseph and Caesar wore make-up and crop tops. They were the most hyperbolised masculine pieces of meat I’d ever seen and they were emotional. Despite the absurdity of it all, these two men weren’t afraid to cry, afraid to show affection, or even afraid to feel afraid.
I saw vampire extraordinaire Dio Brando dress like an idiot steampunk wizard as he poisoned his foster dad before rejecting the prospect of upper-body clothing entirely (also he turned a dude into a dog at one point?). I saw Jonathan Joestar, the diesel-jacked gentleman rip out of his clothes more than one time, changing into increasingly skimpier wardrobes every other two episodes. [This article has been translated into French by I first watched JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in 2012, I wasn’t out yet.