What D’Arby Teaches Us About Good Writing (and Gambling)
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2023
- Today we’re looking at one of the best villains in the entirety of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Daniel J. D’arby from Stardust Crusaders. We’ll be breaking down just why he's so compelling, and what we as writers and gamblers can learn from him.
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I still just love how this fight ends. Jotaro looksmaxxed so hard, D'arby had a fucking stroke and died
Comment of the year right here
@@lukewilsontv lmao thank you
TZD total zoomer death
rizzeed him
the fact that this was one of the most intense fights in the series and yet not a single punch was thrown just goes to show how well written it was
But a finger was broken
Technically... ONLY a single punch was thrown
Some of the highest stakes, are not physical altercations, but intellectual/psychological battles.
Anything can be a fight, with the right stakes, motivation and framing.
this is why Kaiji is amazing
My headcanon is that Darby actually knew Dio's secret. Hence when Jotaro lit the cigarette and brought the drink to star platinum so fast that Darby did not see it, he thought that Jotaro had time stop and hence why he was so afraid of it. Especially when linked to that fact that Jotaro demanded to know Dio's secret, and then Jotaro seemingly winning adter it.
Well Darby did know dio's secret, Avdol says that he must because of his reaction to Jotaro asking about his stand ability.
See: Crazy Diamond Demonic Heartbreak. Half-canon ish. Dio recruits Darby playing a game of poker with him. He pulls the exact shit Jotaro does but actually switches the cards around with timestop. This, ofc, scares the shit out of Darby alongside Dio's regular scare tactics
@@royalgelly8948he also jerks him off within the Ten Seconds so that means he lost his virginity and if he lost his virginity that means he lost the game
wasnt expecting a SW pfp lol
It makes perfect sense, yeah. 👍
If I had to guess the reason that he talked about Star Platinum’s speed is because that’s the intel he had but then he noticed that it looked… *suspiciously* like The World.
I like how Jotaro had no reason to assume he could also wager with souls that weren't there, and then the moment Darby makes him wager Kakyoin's soul, confirming that it's possible, he's like "Aight bet. I wager my mother's soul"
What if he wagered Dio's soul and then folded
@@dillonkeller4477 legendary 1000000000000000iq play
Dio's a vampire, he doesn't have a soul. What is it he said? "I'm giving up my humanity, Jojo" something something stand represents his fighting spirit something something his soul is The World something something
“Imma beat you, on my mama!”
@@dillonkeller4477 That would show cowardice/fear, because he wagers a soul that he sees no value in
I always thought the implication is that D'Arby KNOWS dios stand ability, and because he knows, when he sees jotaro doing that shit with the drink and the cigarette he's like "oh fuck this guy is just like dio he's totally cheating somehow, he stacked the cards in his favor somehow" only to reveal at the end that he didnt
That's an angle I somehow never considered. From his POV he would really be very much like Dio, just that he doesn't know he's just very fast. And like we later see he wasn't even wrong.
One of the best scenes for Jotaro in the series, no cap
He was wearing his cap though.
@@thegatorhator6822 darn it
Yeah, No cap prabobly would Kakyoin or Oingo
One of? It is THE best
No cap was with N’doul
My favourite part of this was the idea that D'Arby actually did know about DIO's stand, which is the reason why D'Arby knew he was in so much danger. If D'Arby actually did not know about DIO's stand, he would not be in any danger to actually make that bet.
Think about it like this: let's say that D'Arby won and captured the souls of the Stardust Crusaders. Great, he reports back to DIO, get's rewarded, but... oh no, it turns out another of DIO's informants saw the poker game. DIO learns that D'Arby was so flippant about such sensitive information, which can only be a danger if the threat was credible. Enraged by this, DIO finds and kills D'Arby in an incredibly brutal fashion. That looming threat, the overwhelming danger that DIO poses, is what causes D'Arby to fold.
Also, we can all agree that D'Arby the gambler is a much better villain than D'Arby the gamer. Telence had hax and couldn't beat Jotaro, meanwhile Daniel was able to take out two members with just his wits and skill.
Wits and skills? My man was also cheating
I understand what you mean tho
@@jestfullgremblim8002Sleight of hand is a skill
@@camtoonzz2271 i mean, any power you have is a "Skill" by definition. So, a stand ability is also a skill hahaha
Yeah that was the core of Jotaro‘s strategy. If D‘Arby lost, he would have to tell about Dio‘s Stand. If he won he would be known as unreliable by Dio, this killed. His only way out was a third option: going insane and essentially white out.
There's that saying about the difficulty of writing intelligent characters is they can only be as clever as the author, and beyond that they tend to get "magic mind powers" in place of believable intelligence, and I think this arc does a really good arc of selling how clever these characters are. D'Arby is here for all of 3 short games but comes off as believably one of the most well prepared and cunning opponents the Stardust Crusaders face in their whole journey short of DIO himself. Joseph's old trickster nature rears it's head with a clever cheat and could have earned him the win had D'Arby not already been one step ahead, presumably having been informed about the crusaders prior to meeting them which would likely mean he already knew some about Joseph's cheating nature and would've accounted for it. Jotaro's wits are shown in his ability to quickly figure out what he should actually be trying to do in his poker game (apply psychological pressure to D'Arby) and how to go about doing it effectively.
very true, i talked about that concept in a previous video, can't remember which one. one of my design professors introduced me to the concept "we like to look at interesting things" and "we like to see thought behind art," the same idea of incredible work indicating an incredible artist. but on the other hand, someone doesn't need to be extremely smart to create something we think is amazing, their work just has to excite or inspire us, and a lot of the time it's just a case of refining and tweaking something to perfection, which I think is at least a small part of what makes jojo such an amazing series.
@@lukewilsontv I also think that Araki is pretty damn smart himself which is why when he writes intelligent characters he can totally sell it.
Exactly, if you can't win against a gambler (because he knows and does ALL the tricks) you have to do a different strategy, in this case, psychological torture. Brilliant text.
with writing intelligent characters it also helps that as a writer you can take as much time as you like to figure out their plans. Many intelligent characters (like jotaro) are able to improvise and come up with plans on the spot (that are albeit sometimes a bit over the top). Writing those kinds of traits into a character is a lot easier when you have a day to figure out a plan, rather than the few seconds someone like jotaro has, lol. I do believe anyone could write a scene like the Crusaders v D'arby if given enough time, though of course the more you know, the less time you'd need.
It's also interesting to compare this contest to the one with the younger D'Arby brother. Terence was a lot less cunning than Daniel because he was used to being easily able to win with his truth-reading ability; I seem to recall the characters even commented on how Daniel would have immediately caught the trick that Terence was completely fooled by.
13:05 "99% of gamblers quit right before winning big"
8:56 works here too
I think the detail you mentioned about the anime revealing Jojo's win a bit too early ended up heightening the experience. When Jojo's theme starts up, it's clear he's won so you can somewhat relax since the characters aren't in real danger anymore. But, D'arby is a smug arrogant little shit and you *really* want to see him get what's coming to him. So rather than following the generic 3 act emotional structure of "Rising action, climax, then descent into the finale", the anime choses to hit the climax, tease you with the slightest start of a descent, only to suddenly reverse direction into an even higher second climax JUST to really make D'arby's breakdown feel that much more enjoyable. D'arby didn't just lose, he was put under SUCH INSANE pressure from Jotaro that it completely and utterly broke him, and the viewer can't help but go wild at how insane the entire scene was.
i still remember the experience of watching these episodes. it was the first time ever in my life that I genuinely was on the edge of my seat, and eventually was standing up from having too much excitement. the only other time this would ever happen again was when I was watching Jotaro vs DIO. To this day, nothing has given me that same high anywhere else. The D'arby fight solidified to me what a good writer Araki is, and that Jojo would be one of my all time favorites.
To be able to make me feel so much emotion as to elicit an actual physical response? No one else but Araki can do that for me.
well part 3 is the best part
@@thecrusader1673wild opinion
Yeah, I remember seeing the Maria ( Magnet Stand User ) parts and actually almost choking as I laughed. No other anime has done that to me, other than Konosuba maybe.
Yea I mean I love the ora ora scenes, but ngl this was just as intense, I didn't know poker could be so intense
@@ruanquang3367 no joke i actually watch professional poker now because of Darby.
i learned the rules and even play at some tables sometimes...
i suck at it though and always lose which is why i don't do it too often. i'd kill to get Jotaro's confidence and bluffing ability.
My favourite thing about the D'arby brothers is that their stands completed their skillset.
Daniel was a genious at cheating and how to play around people's tricks, as shown with Joseph, so he has to be beaten by bluffing, aka psychology.
Terence was a genius at actually playing, with little cheating involved, but could know if he was being bluffed.
Daniel was immune to cheating thanks to his knowledge in games, and has to be defeated by extreme bluffing, while Terence was immune to bluffing thanks to his stand, so he has to be defeated by cheating, because otherwise he would have been unbeatable at games.
"It's PEAK Mr. Joestar!" 🔥🔥🔥✍
Still my favorite Jojo episode. It's the moment i was like "This is the greatest show of all time"
Perfect choice for a video. D'arby is always my key reference for talking about the evolution of jojo's writing style. D'arby was the moment Araki unlocked his immense ability to write interesting, engaging encounters.
10:14 specifically the blu-ray release is uncensored. The censored version was just for Japanese TV broadcasting. The blu ray is uncensored and given a few touch-ups on various key shots
i may have to get my hands on a copy🤔
@@lukewilsontv it's definitely worth it, The American blu ray contains both sub and dub and are high quality image wise
8:26 actually, i think d'arby knowing dio's stand is what made this play work for jotaro. D'arby saw that star platinum has the speed and power that dio's stand does, so he was likely considering the possibility that it had the same time stopping ability, meaning now in his mind, it actually _was_ possible for jotaro to switch the cards without him noticing.
Joseph Joestar: what are your thoughts on the five nights at Freddy's movie?
D'Arby's on the thumbnail:
“Hey cat go left”
“You lost the cat game”
“Roll for precision!”
“20!”
“Not good enough!”
“What do you mean not good enough?”
I absolutely want a 5 hour mega review of jojo
After finishing watching all the anime parts I went on to read each part in manga form. And doing so made me realize that the two D’arby fights (but this one gets more credit due to coming first) were INTEGRAL to Jotaro’s growth as a combatant. Think about it, did any stand fight before this require him to deceive his opponent with his cool-headed personality and intimidating expression? Not to say he didn’t have to use brains or strategy in previous fights, but the D’arby fights were a game changer in the way he interacts with his opponent. From these fights, he learns how to get into their head.
Where am I going with this? His fight with DIO of course. Jotaro only survives because he’s able to constantly get into DIO’s head, coming up with tricks on the fly to convince DIO he’s an unreadable threat and not another helpless victim of The World’s time stop. And I don’t think Jotaro would’ve come up with those plans if he hadn’t been forced to learn that mindset for making them in the D’arby battles.
don't forget the end of the alessi pt2 where jotaro kicks ass at like age 9
@@lukewilsontvhey. Have you ever had to spar with smaller kids? They're unstoppable. Like seriously, they have even more energy than adults. Don't underestimate them.
A 5 hour mega review would be cool, but if you dont want to make a video that long, you could split it into a series of videos, one for each part.
Double dip. Make the series, then edit them all together for the five hour review.
I just met you 20 seconds ago but please give us a 5 hour mega review of the entire series
Damn this is really well produced for such a small channel. Very cool 👍
He’s in need of a hockey stick that’s for sure.
This fight was my favorite fight in Stardust Crusaders by a long margin, so I'm always glad to see more people talk about it.
Oh right, the uncensored version is from the Blu-ray release of Stardust Crusaders.
The gambling scene with Joseph gambling is probably the first JoJo scene I saw before I knew about JJBA.
You've convinced me that this fight is perfect. As Joseph is my favorite Jojo, I've always hated how hard he got nerfed in Part 3. I thought the man who's successfully gambled his own life multiple times in Part 2 would be the best person to defeat Darby the Gambler. In the first 3 parts main character is responsible for 90% of success, and I didn't like it. Jotaro has already had a lot of cool battles, so let the old man have this fight for fuck's sake. But as you've said Jotaro learns a lot from this battle. Not to mention if Joseph had to win, and this fight was to be equally tense, everyone else including Jotaro would've had to lose.
Actually, as I'm writing this I again think it could be done with Joseph. So now I no longer complain that Joseph didn't win, but I still think with some changes he still could be the sole Darby "survivor" and the fight would've been just as good.
As later fight with Younger Darby shows; Joseph is great cheater, it's just Older Darby were greater cheater. And while Jotaro great at intimidation and determination, they're quite useless with younger Darby who can (limitedly) read his mind.
Yeah, Joseph gets the runback by helping cheat against D’arby Younger, which is great. Especially since he does it without any communication to Jotaro.
One thing I notice with Joseph in both parts is that people who expect him to cheat often get an edge on him, and that he gets into a tight spot very quickly if his initial trick fails (exception was with ACDC who he used a double trick on). He’s mostly good at improvising a new trick to save himself, but he went all or nothing against D’arby so he couldn’t get the chance.
I also love Joseph so I'm a little bit biased but I definetely think he should have won this one. Outsmarting people and cheating to win is his whole thing. Jotaro already gets to beat most of the villains so he really did not need this one. That's actually one of my main issues with Part 3, you've got 5 different protagonists but other than Jotaro only really Polnareff gets to shine
Yeah, and another scene that bother me is during the Sun fight, where they all realize the mirror trick, except for Joseph. Yes, even Polnareff realizes it, and Joseph doesn't. Kinda stupid ngl
@@gustavosauro1882i mean, it's mostly a comic relief scene, but yeah, it's dumb. Maybe it's something to do with Joseph aging not so as fine wine but it could be portrayed in a less humiliating way
A 5 hour mega review about jojo sounds good to me!
I need more of these, your way of commentary and editing is literally peak, as d'arby would say
“If I knew my cards were that bad I would’ve freaked out” two favorite episodes of part 3
nah imma be real joseph got nerfed hard in part 3
The production and editing of this video is really nice
I do agree that Darby Younger is the best fight in all of JoJo, like nothing comes close, and it's execution is also so simple.
Darby the older*
Darby Younger is the gamer
There are better fights. Risotto vs Doppio and Gyro vs Ringo come to mind
Also the beetle fight in part 8
The bettle battle in part 8 is literally a better version of this one.
When i was watching I thought Jotaro grabbing the drink was the nail in coffin, with it happening after Barbie had convinced himself Star Platinum can't be that fast, and regained his composure.
I just want everyone to remember when Joseph was able to hold water in a cup while it's upside down thanks to hamon, meaning Joseph could be holding the glass of water while putting a coin in decreasing the chance of it spilling
These two fights were my FAVORITE in the whole series
The biggest complaint I have about this fight is that Joseph didn't use Hamon to keep the tea in the glass still. It would've made perfect sense!
Yeah especially since the entire thing is based on waves and ripples of energy… maybe because the drink was alcoholic? Idk😭
"It kinda intimidates me because how could I ever create something so amazing?"
And therein is the hardest part of being an aspiring writer/artist/any other kind of creator. Seeing other incredible creators and thinking "shit, I'm NEVER gonna be as good as them"
Ahhh you just gotta be the best version of yourself🙏🙏 at least that’s the way I see it now😭
Honestly I'm so glad you talked about this episode(s) because it really is one of my all time favorites! And you say it so well!!
This might be my favorite "fight" in the entire series. It really changes the way you look at what it means to have a Stand battle.
d'arby taught me to never give up gambling
We need a short where Yugi and his friends fave the D'arby brothers.
The D'arby fights teach us is that a well-executed Batman Gambit is a lot of fun to watch. The most powerful weapon you can use is the one you cannot control, the actions of someone who is not on the same page as you.
Incredibly well made, hope this blows up!
I especially love how after D’Arby had leverage so they couldn’t just kill him he basically challenged the protagonists to a game where cheating is only against the rules if they don’t get caught. As if to say “I’m going to cheat and you won’t be able to catch me and even if you’re also cheating I’ll still win.” He came extremely close to making good on this too, literally and figuratively beating Joseph at his own game.
That’s also part of why he’s a better character than his brother, who needs to hide his own “not cheating” to stand a chance. Not to mention how differently they used the souls they’d collected. Both of them could have put them in coins and collect them as novelties but one of them instead put them in dolls to torture. We can only assume that that was an option to both as well and I’m confident that the gambler just didn’t see the pleasure in it. The ability to look through his victims and remember his victories was enough, rather than going and torturing them for some sick pleasure.
Really well made video, good job dude
Fantastic video! This was absolutely a fantastic arc and one of my favorites in cementing part 3 as a favorite. Love the Wind Waker music in the background, btw haha.
Immaculate breakdown.
Darby is best antagonist. When I watched it, it felt special like nothing I’ve seen before.
Just cuz joseph is my favorite jojo doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate how the entire d’arby sequence was basically a microcosm of the whole franchise, this is the true distilled essence of jojo
The chocolate always annoyed me a little because neither Joseph, the master of tricks and mind games, nor Jotaro (well Star Platinum), who could draw a hyper detailed fly from a speck, noticed the glass was titled?
Yeah, I definitely find it sus that Jotaro didn’t notice that one.
My thought on this was that they may have noticed the glass wasn’t “flat” but understood it to be because the table/cafe flooring wasn’t perfectly “flat” either. So the glass being fully in contact with the table, but the table being slightly uneven, would have absolutely worked with Joseph’s trick. Uneven but full. It was that it was uneven and changed to “flat” by melting that made his trick not work - not that the cup was initially not “flat”.
Noncombat stands are some of my favorite stands. Really makes you get creative to beat some weird ass power. Darby, Alessi, oingo and boingo, and set really stand out in part 3 as some of my favorites
that was a nice video. ive watched your iceberg vid too. looking forward to the 2nd part!
I really like this! Descriptive and to the point. I hope to see more content in the future!
big fan of your editing style and analysis! your writing style too also absolutely matches the casual silly vibe jojo has for me, it pairs really well and i wanted to compliment you for it!
this is an amazing video and it taught me even more about darby that i didn’t know. Please make more jojo videos 🙏
I love 5 hour mega reviews
the uncensored versions are on blu ray versions
Another point I realized why D'Arby got so worked up and that I haven't seen anyone bring up (or did you mean that by "put his own life on the line"? I assume so) :
To place a bet you have to put it out on the table, right? So when Jotaro wants the secret to Dio's stand ability as an equal wager to his mothers' soul, D'Arby realizes that to call he HAS to physically tell the group the secret to The World's time stopping ability before revealing his cards. And here comes the kicker: Even if he called and got the Crusaders' souls, word would get to Dio that he did reveal the secret to his stand and this would without a doubt lead to Dio culling the "traitor". So the moment Jotaro asked for The World's secret, D'Arby lost either way. Effectively he even WON by forfeiting the match since at least he gets to survive.
That's what I think anyway.
i would LOVE a 5 hour review of the series, I love super long content like that
That's *bizarre*
I would be so down with a 5 hour mega review
Great video! I gotta say, incredible choice of music. Dry Dry Desert, Meta Knight's Revenge, and the classic JoJo tracks.
That episode was my first introduction to the JoJo’s anime on adult swim
As soon as I saw this as a recommended video from a Darby video that i rewatch on a minthly basis lol, I knew I had to watch
No mention that D'arby was established to have never lost a game and had amassed a massive collection of souls, fuether adding to D'arby's anxiety
really nice video!
It wasn't water, it was alcohol
im addicted to gambling. jojo peak for that part
Another thing why the fans love this scene is that if it came down to it, Jotaro would have bet his hat, then his Jacket, all the way to his fanon stuffed dolphin
Great video, subbed for more of this.
underrated vid but its rlly cool
Cool vid! Your editing and speking manners are great.
I would've wanted to hear more of your insight in regard to what really is this fight teaches us about good writing. I felt most of the video was more of a recap of what happened, and less time was invested in your own commentery. I assume it's for context purpose, but I'd like to hear more from your own thoughts as well.
Hope you find this helpful, and I Would love to see more from you in the future
You earned a sub for this great video
Yooooo, another Darby fan
8:22 damn I love a surprise shitpost in the middle of a video essay. Thanks for making my day
First, this has always been my favorite fight in part 3, and possibly in the whole series.
On a completely separate note, I need to correct some misinformation in this video. At 11:05, "breaking down the phonetics and finding links between [English and Japanese]" is a gross misunderstanding of Japanese. There is no phonetic link between the phrase "thank you" in English and how one would say "thank you" in Japanese. The writing used for the phrase "sankyuu" is called "katakana" and it's used explicitly for onomatopoeia and foreign words; it's literally an English word approximated using native Japanese sounds. Any apparent phonetic link is only because Japanese people are literally speaking English. On a similar note "gyangusutaa" is not a Japanese word; it's an English one; Japanese and English do not share any phonetic roots. It would be like saying we found a phonetic link between English and French because "deja vu" sounds so similar in both languages, when in reality it's a French phrase that has been popularized in English. Bonus fact: Japanese has an extremely "regular" alphabet, which means that each character typically only makes one sound every time that it appears. This has the benefit that Japanese people don't need to question how to pronounce something written (kanji is an exception), the characters literally spell out the pronunciation of the words.
That was a wonderful video, thank you! You got yourself a subscriber! Also, I am currently writing the first draft of an epic fantasy novel where my protagonist faces a similar gambling figure, and the only reason he wins is because of his moderate skill and bloated pride, goading and annoying his opponent until she slips up, and he doesn't even mean to do that, not entirely, he just gets so invested in this fantasy version of dominoes that he loses control. "I am delusional and mentally ill, I can do anything!" as he said. And his opponent doesn't realize that by losing her cool, she is losing the battle by getting caught in arguments. Anyways, thank you for teaching me about writing and good luck with your endeavors.
bro don't spoil what if your novel makes it big and I'll have to read it XD
@@sakesaurus1706 Yeah, don't worry, I won't spoil anything else of my novel! But because of your encouragement, I'll be sure to work at it even harder! Thank you!
hell yeah brother stay on the grind, every step is a step towards something bigger
Don't forget the absolutely amazing soundtrack that is playing during the coin game and the poker game. It really underlines the mental pressure and deception that is going on between the two players.
Do a 15 hour mega review of the whole series (with manga) we would all watch that
I think Darby does know what The World can do and he gets so flustered because the little tricks Jotaro is doing with Star Platinum reminded him of Dio.
how tf do you only have 789, the video editing is so good
New subscriber here from the biggining!!
although shown throughout the vid, fucking huge shoutout to the OVA.
Both the fight between DIO and D’arby are done extremely well in the OVA, especially in the DUB.
They also show Darby eating the damn chocolate in the OVA too, which is a nice touch.
I have never watched your channel and do not know who you are, but if you make a 5 hour mega reveiw of the whole series I will immediately subscribe on top of watching it all.
This vid was good. Make more videos in this style
yes please make a 5 hour mega review of the entire series. or longer if it takes.
this is the first video of yours that ive seen and its great. im not trying to be mean but a small criticism i have is that after every line you read, you look down to check your script. if i were you i'd cut that part out or just have them as voiceover lines if that isn't possible
I have since invested in a teleprompter 😋👍
I always enjoy a good jojo analysis
The amount of mental gymnastics in just these 5 chapters equal to more than how much there would be in 1000 chess games between grandmasters
Now you'll say,"I love this video and i am gonna watch another one",Joseph Joestar said
I watched this chapter in the ova, and the new's series, and i still think this is one of the best chapters of the egypt part two.
5 hours mega retrospective? yes please
How do you have under 1k subs with such good editing?? This is great
Deadass my fav fight of part3... and it wasnt even a "fight"
I actually think that darby does know what the worlds ability is; his suspicions about star platinum having the same might be why he freaked out so hard
The uncensored versions are from the home media releases as those dont have to follow the strict TV guidelines. The reason why crunchy is censored too is because they usually don't care about about having the best available version - they just take the version that gets delivered to them right before the episode debuts in japan and then never replace or update it.
I'm not sure why japan doesnt deliver them uncensored in the first place but it might have something to do with either not wanting to render another version (no censorship but still TV version without the later redrawings and fixes for home media) or not wanting the foreign version be the better way to watch it over the japanese debut. There have been known instances like this before where western publishers were given lower quality footage instead of a remaster or less bonus content than on the jp release to keep japanese consumers from watching through foreign sites or importing foreign home releases.
Cool video!
Love ur channel, greeting from Brazil
Thank you! Tell your friends, we love foreign viewers!! 💚💛💙
This video is also a masterpiece my friend.