Diego Brando The Better Dio.

DIO apeared in the first part and was meant to be the story's main villain. Diego appeared in the seventh part and was meant to be a character. These differences greatly matter on how they were written and how we view these two.

Also the probably most fully fleshed out story araki ever did. I can't wait for steel ball run anime.

100% agreed. And with alternate The World we got our cake and ate it too in a hype af final volume.

Thank you for talking about Diego! This makes me look forward more to Jodio's development since he has that Brando dawg in him.

I don't think a sympathetic villain is inherently better than an evil villain, frankly. I'd argue the mentality they are has done legitimate damage to writing as a craft.

I've always seen Diego Brando as DIO's humanity and his better self in every way, both as a person and a character.

I wanted to comment on your point that "a sympathetic villain is better than a purely evil villain." That is not true, you can subjectively prefer a sympathetic villain over a purely evil villain, but neither are objectively superior to one another. There are advantages to having a purely evil villain, without needing to take their backstory seriously or having any morals you can just sit back and enjoy the actions the villain does, either through them joyfully killing innocents, steeling without a care for the world, or just want to take over the world and do it with a smile. There are reasons a one-note evil character works, and Dio takes that one note and plays it super well. The same is true with a more sympathetic villain. You get to understand why the villain is the way he is and how that drives them to perform the atrocities they do. Both have prose and cons, but neither are better or worse, it's all subjective. I still prefer Dio over Diego, because it's just fun seeing Dio being the evil bastard that he is, but that doesn't make Diego worse.

11:52 That ambition. The absolute desire to stand on top is what makes me love Diego. What I love most is the transition from a weaker Diego to a more powerful one. The World really added more emphasis to Diego's character imo cause he realized this was the key to winning. Alternate World Diego had a better chance at winning and achieving his goal. His ambition and his stand, the key to his victory, actually took him somewhere. He still died yes but I feel like got farther to his goal than part 3 Dio got to his. Diego's The World really was the salt that was needed in the pot. The power he attained is what made him more enjoyable. Cause original Diego was close yes as mention in the vid but he could've gotten farther if he had the world. It's like comparing it to part 1 and part 3 Dio. Using Jonathan's body and attaining the world. The world is the exact key that would've brought every Dio to their absolute peak and reach their goals if it wasn't for plot and Joestars. Vampire to Vampire with Stand. Love the original concept. It was needed in order to create the part 7 transition of dinosaur to pure stand user. But for Alternate world Diego to show how useless his other world counterpart and prove why he would stand on top is just something I enjoy. I love Diego.

Diego feels like what Araki wanted part 1 Dio to be before becoming ‘pure evil’. And it’s so much more interesting. I love my rock eating, President killing, Nun kissing British boy.

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While both Dio and Diego ultimately gained their iconic powers (vampirism and Scary Monsters) from others, Dio is ultimately just leeching off of a much more successful predecessor who managed to use the full potential of the power Dio became a vampire through while Dio only scratched the surface, with Dio needing another power- a Stand- something all things with the right will power can get to be a threat. In contrast, Diego's use of his new Stand is so unorthodox and versatile, that it's seen more as Diego's power than Dr. Ferninand's due to Diego taking it to heights that the original user couldn't even dream of. It's very telling that when the Stand Scary Monsters comes up, Diego comes up as the user.

I started watching this channel for the power scaling, but it's really nice to see narrative-focued videos like this. The editing is super clean, and I could watch content like this for hours at a time. Hope more is to come! ❤

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Before I say this, I love part 7, I love Diego, even if my favorite part is part 8 still love every part. But I think I prefer the main universe DIO more. From part one, to part three, to part six. And it comes down to a very simple thing, I like a pure evil villain. Albert Wesker is one of my favorite villains because he's just a guy who wants to kill billions to become a god. He's not complex. He's just evil. Therefore he can just be a badass, overpowered villain that can just do what he wants. He's fun. DIO is fun. I think DIO is more complex than Wesker. Part 3 DIO is probably my favorite villain of all time. Period. DIO in general, from 1 to 6 is my favorite villain of all time. I just like a pure evil, evil for the sake of it villain. Complex, sympathetic villains are nice. But nothing wrong with a villain that's just evil. As long as they're fun. And DIO is fun.

The main thing about Diego that is so good is we get to see 2 forms of him, base Diego is far closer to I think Risotto in terms of personality than Dio both deeply scarred by the loss of a family member and both seeking revenge plus both go up against the main villain, while with AU Diego he get to see more personality traits from Dio and a form of Dio that doesn't mess around and does all he needs to obtain victory without becoming too cocky in his abilities.

loved your content for such a long time, amazing video, and i cant wait for more!!!

I love DIo. I have not read part 7 yet, but Dio is my favorite villian so far. I find his ever evolving mindset very cool.

The think Diego really lacks is the rivalry with Johnny like Dio and Jonathan had. I'm not saying they should be brothers, but maybe their horse racing rivalry could have been flashed out more to show that they know each other well. I also didn't like that Diego died so early. Dio's influence on the original timeline was major, he affected 6 parts, while Diego's important only in part 7, kinda downgrade, wish we saw him rule instead of valentine and perhaps in part 8 (when he's no longer so strong) someone is finally able to take him down. Oh and btw Dio is not evil just for evil sake, that's really misrepresenting of the series' main antagonist. And no, part 6 Dio isn't weird, he's the part 3 Dio in calm situations, he just acts differently in different circumstances, like everyone.

I’ve been waiting for this video for soo long

If sympathetic villains are always better. Explain why the Joker, Freeza, Kefka are among the most popular and best written villains liked by everyone? The truth is it’s not SYMPATHETIC villain that makes a villain good, it’s how INVOLVED a villain is in the story. The more the villain push, contrast or conflict with our hero, the better they are. Sympathetic backstory is just a good way to achieve that purpose, but good writers can achieve that with other means.