Johngalli A the sniper is dead. Man, was that first opponent a doozy. What are we expecting, the protagonist to be invincible? Pale Snake disposes of him to weed out any traces towards himself. Thank you, Pale Snake. We owe you.
Ermes then wakes up after being knocked out, because boy was she knocked out. She gains a Stand that allows her to merge things back into one for damage after attaching stickers from her hand on both things. …Doesn’t get much creepier than that. She must use this ability to take on her first opponent, Thunder McQueen, who is a suicidal person who victimizes himself constantly, bringing others down with him. His Stand, Highway to Hell, attaches itself to the target and makes them sustain any damage done to the Stand user to that person. Ermes manages to defeat him, albeit with a bit of a shock.
Jolyne and Ermes then go to the next place you’d suspect in a prison-centered anime. The farm! Ah, yes, who could forget about the good ol’ farm, where granny bakes her apple pies, two guys went missing, and no one bats an eye. Oh, the nostalgia. While there, Jolyne and Ermes encounter Foo Fighters, a Stand controlled by an alien or animal life form. Now that’s just freaky. They fight against Foo Fighters and win, but Jolyne decides to let F.F. live and have them work for Jolyne and Ermes. F.F. takes over the body of a girl that exploded. Just your typical JoJo shenanigans. Nothing to see here.
In episode nine the gang encounters a notorious gambler. Ruh-roh. Miraschon makes her entrance and bets that Jolyne and F.F. can’t throw a ball between each other a hundred times without dropping it. They win the bet, but then Miraschon makes another bet that Ermes takes on and loses, causing her to lose her liver. Jolyne makes one final bet, that they won’t drop the ball from throwing it back and forth a thousand times. All or nothing. Miraschon agrees, but if Jolyne loses, she pays the ultimate price. A whole bunch of things get in the way of Jolyne winning the bet, such as having to go back to their cells and a guard as well. As Jolyne is about to lose the bet and Miraschon thinks she’s won, it’s a JoJo trademark reversal! Jolyne retrieves the ball using her Stand from an elevator that is going away from the guard. Miraschon says Jolyne broke a rule of the game, but Jolyne states that she never broke any rules because Miraschon didn’t specify who had to catch the ball. Now that’s a JoJo cheat code if I’ve ever seen one. With nowhere to run, Jolyne delivers a photo finish ora ora beatdown on Miraschon, proudly declaring that she’ll take back all the discs, including the ones Pale Snake has. GAME OVER.
I've watched through episode three at this point though and it is good so far, but it's not super focused on Retsuko herself at this point. It'll be interesting to see how it goes
