Canon review: Phantom Blood: The Stone Mask

[tropicsbear]

Today's canon arc is The Stone Mask, which covers Phantom Blood Chapters 08–11 or Episodes 02–03, depending on the media you've chosen to review.

Which was your favorite scene in this arc? Did you prefer how the manga handled this arc or how the anime did? Anything in one media that you wished also appeared in the other? Let us know in the comments below!

If you're still starting out on the canon review, you can always revisit the previous discussion posts here:

• Dio Brando the Invader
• A Letter from the Past

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Comments

[tropicsbear]

The conversation between George Joestar and that Joestar butler re: Jonathan being reliable now (as an adult) is interesting. I don't think "unreliable" is how I would've described Jonathan as a kid; I think he was actually a pretty normal kid, all things considered. But making Jonathan look bad was all part of Dio's plan in the first place, so I guess it pans out.

Speedwagon acknowledging Jonathan's truly massive tree-trunk legs and their kicking power is so funny to me 😂 And then on the same page he calls Jonathan naive.

Dio turning to alcohol in his time of stress is also interesting. Up until now, there hasn't really been any indication of alcohol being a Thing for him, unless you want to count Dario as a warning of potential alcoholism in the family.