JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 9: The JOJOLands 3 [Manga Review with Spoilers] A Dark Hero Inheriting Dio's Name?

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0. Summary so far

Jodio Joestar, a 15-year-old boy living in Oahu, dreams of becoming a millionaire and believes the secret lies in mechanisms invisible to the eye. Using his Stand, "November Rain," he lives by doing illegal work like drug delivery as a subcontractor for a "boss," alongside his older brother, Dragona.
One day, the boss orders them to steal a $6 million diamond, so Jodio, Dragona, Paco, and Usagi head to the Big Island of Hawaii. The diamond's owner is the Japanese manga artist Rohan Kishibe, who is visiting a villa on the island. They clash with his Stand and struggle to steal the diamond, but they end up taking a "lava rock" found next to it, forcing a trade to escape the villa. Jodio is entrusted with the "lava rock" by Rohan.
On the way back to the airport, the four are attacked by a cat Stand user, but they fend it off with their Stand abilities. While waiting for their flight, they decide to start testing the theory that "the lava rock attracts things of monetary value." Dragona and Usagi head to a luxury watch store with the "lava rock." Meanwhile, Jodio and Paco, who are waiting, receive a warning in the form of a cat's severed head!

2. Close-quarters hustle and surprisingly useful operators

I thought the Stands in Part 9 were all a bit plain and wouldn't be able to fight, but they're actually doing pretty well.

I thought muscle manipulation would be useless, but Paco seems used to fighting, and he can observe and judge the opponent's movements and strength well. It feels like he's fighting hand-to-hand combat with a Stand that manipulates muscles on top of that.
His brother's Stand also seemed a bit slow, and I wanted to see more of it, but if it can move even wounds, it seems quite useful. It looks like it could be used for healing and recovery too. (Wait, wasn't his stomach pierced in the previous volume...?)

The enemy Stand this time was Cubism.

It's a dangerous-looking guy that mercilessly stabs people in the neck, but... does he have a "feeling of being a good guy"? Is that okay?

And November Rain is a Stand that looks like a cloud or a spider.
I wonder if it won't do an "Ora Ora"? (Though "Muda Muda" would be fine too)

3. Mysterious family relationships and public safety

Personally, the relationship between the brothers Dragona and Jodio is a mystery.

When Usagi told Dragona, "I love you," Dragona rejected him, saying, "I don't really need that kind of thing... we siblings are..."
Well, I understand not being interested in Usagi, but I was bothered by the "we siblings are..." part.

(Wait? Are you two in a forbidden sibling love?)
I was a little suspicious.
These siblings are just too close.

In the previous volume, Jodio mentioned internally that he wanted to grow up as a boy in his own way, but...

Then there's their mother, Barbara Ann, who called them up so casually.
Does she really have no idea that her sons are committing crimes for pocket money?
If she doesn't question why someone she doesn't know is holding an umbrella for her, she's just too oblivious.

I also don't really understand the public safety in Hawaii.
Do you have to get involved in illegal groups to avoid being ostracized and survive?

4. The rise of the underdogs?

They seem to have a low self-evaluation of their illegal activities and their position as subcontractors, calling themselves scum or losers. Well, they are doing those kinds of things, after all.

However, even though they were supposed to be doing such petty jobs, Paco, Usagi, and the others get spooked when it turns into a dangerous job involving "lava."
To them, both Jodio and Dragona say,

They force them to make a resolution.

The JoJos after the reset seem to be missing something and are searching for it.
Johnny needed his legs to stand.
Josuke needed his memories and the identity based on them.

So, what is Jodio missing?

In the story so far, perhaps it is trust in the future.
It is hard to believe that if they just keep working hard, they will be happy.
And even now, they are certainly not happy.

For the sake of the future, will they continue to rise as criminals and become millionaires?
Beating others, stealing things, and selling drugs to succeed is a path that is difficult to understand or support, even if they were born into misfortune. DIO and Dio might be pitied, but they would not be empathized with.
The reason we could support Giorno in Part 5 was because he worked with Bucciarati to eliminate drugs.

Araki-sensei himself also wrote,

He wrote that.

Will these loser scumbags become gangsters from here on out? Will they become kings of evil?

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