Do you Think Dio is a Good Antagonist?

Flynnnn said:
Pretty funny that he counts as mid standards type of villains but ended up being one of the most loved Jojo characters

anyways i think Dio itself making the jojo itself boring like the same damn thing

p4 has Dio mentioned
p5 is the son of Dio
p6 is about the Dio bf

thank God for sbr.

DrBalls said:
Here come all the pretentious snobs who think an antagonist needs a deep, sad backstory to be a good character.

keespro2006 said:

steel ball run has dio in it as Diego Brando he even has the world (alternate dimension)

ryzxgum said:
i guess he's alright. there was alot of build up and then the final fight was lowkey underwhelming but he could've been worse ig

SaiboT789 said:


Really? I found the final fight of Part 3 the Greatest in the Series! Imo Part 2 and 3 had the best final fights yet.

ryzxgum said:

i think the build up made me set my expectations way too high, i ended up enjoying the fights leading up to the final fight more than the final fight itself lmfao. not at all saying it was bad tho!

SaiboT789 said:
Hey guys! So, basically a few Days ago a Friend of mine said to me "Dio is not a good Character/Antagonist, he's only good for the memes" And while that's just his opinion and ofcourse Dio is lots of meme Material (since all of JJBA is) it still kinda bugged me so Question: Part 1 and 3 Included, is Dio a good Antagonist or is he only good for the memes?

Note: I don't wanna compare him to the other JoJo Villains, just imagine Dio is the only Villain and you'd have to say if he does a good Job!

Edit: I should Probably say My Opinion about this. So I think Dio is a good Antagonist. In Part 1 he got this Mindset thinking he's the strongest and he could beat anyone with his eyes closed and both hands tied behind his back, which makes him really vulnerable on the other hand. So I really liked how careful he was in Part 3 to have his minions hold the Joestars back until he's fully prepared. So I think Dio is not only Memes!!

Edit 2: Thank You All for Voting and leaving Your Opinion on the Matter, glad to see most people think that he's at least a good Villain!

SaiboT789 said:
Hey guys! So, basically a few Days ago a Friend of mine said to me "Dio is not a good Character/Antagonist, he's only good for the memes" And while that's just his opinion and ofcourse Dio is lots of meme Material (since all of JJBA is) it still kinda bugged me so Question: Part 1 and 3 Included, is Dio a good Antagonist or is he only good for the memes?

Note: I don't wanna compare him to the other JoJo Villains, just imagine Dio is the only Villain and you'd have to say if he does a good Job!

Edit: I should Probably say My Opinion about this. So I think Dio is a good Antagonist. In Part 1 he got this Mindset thinking he's the strongest and he could beat anyone with his eyes closed and both hands tied behind his back, which makes him really vulnerable on the other hand. So I really liked how careful he was in Part 3 to have his minions hold the Joestars back until he's fully prepared. So I think Dio is not only Memes!!

Edit 2: Thank You All for Voting and leaving Your Opinion on the Matter, glad to see most people think that he's at least a good Villain!

AlexPlayer said:
I feel like just don't understand there are two types of villains (pure evil and sympathetic) and simply judge them as bad or good outright. Just compare Dio and Diego; Dio is an irredimmable, power hungry, born evil, but charismatic and fun villain, while Diego is just a prideful and arrogant asshole. They're both different kinds of antagonists that serve different purposes in the story.

Also an underrated aspect when it comes to an antagonist is how they function in the story as a whole and what's more fitting for a series whose main theme is fate, than to have its primary antagonist be fated to be evil?

GreatCarerJack said:

Oddly enough their backstory differs in one way and one way only, dio’s father was there abusing him and his mother until dio snapped and killed him, diego never knew his father but still saw his mother struggle all the same.
Does this say something about either? It says so much, diego hates the idea of a world where people live like that. Dio wants to be powerful.

DrBalls said:
Here come all the pretentious snobs who think an antagonist needs a deep, sad backstory to be a good character.

Flugzeug said:
I think that he‘s good in part 1, but pretty weak in part 3 compared to the other characters. In part 1 there is this interesting thing I think Speedwagon says, which is that Dio being evil can‘t be blamed on his sad circumstances aka backstory, that there are countless of poor, abused people who still have good hearts. Doing good or evil things is a choice, not an outcome. That‘s such a different mindset from literally every other anime relying on sob backstories to farm sympathy.
Meanwhile, part 3 Dio is just JOJOOOO ROAD ROLLER DAAA

returntothenhk said:
He was a much better written antagonist during P1 compared to P3. That being said, he’s awesome in P3, I don’t really care. He’s Dio. That last fight is awesome and tense.

Jojo is one of those series where it’s so ridiculous and fun that you don’t really care how developed it is at times. Just enjoy the ride.