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10 Best JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stands of All Time

Every Stand in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is truly incredible, with impressive powers, memorable designs, and unique connections to their s.

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The biggest showing of The House of Earth’s strength, however, comes from its opponent. Lisa Lisa used The House of Earth against the eponymous El Aleph, a Requiem Stand that could create paralyzing darkness akin to nuclear winter and eldritch monsters that kill everyone in sight, and much like the other Requiem Stands, it was treated as being nigh-indestructible. Lisa Lisa defeating a Requiem Stand makes her one of the strongest and most competent Stand s in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, a massive leap from when she was given the short end of the stick in Battle Tendency.

Is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's New Novel Canon (And Does It Matter?)

How Does El Aleph Fit Into JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Canon?

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: El Aleph is the great Lisa Lisa showing fans have been waiting decades to see, all of which begs the question of whether it’s even canon. While nothing in El Aleph directly contradicts pre-established lore, it was written by Junjo Shindo, not Hirohiko Araki, so there’s reason to doubt JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: El Aleph’s canonicity because it wasn’t written by the original creator. The same issue has appeared in the past with stories like OVER HEAVEN and Purple Haze , so it’s hard to deny that it’s an issue for El Aleph, as well.

At the end of the day, though, El Aleph’s canonicity shouldn’t be a problem. While it would be great for it to definitively fit within the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure canon, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a great story for Lisa Lisa’s character and a great story, in general, so the quality of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: El Aleph should make its canonicity an overall non-issue. Stories don’t have to be canon to add something to their overarching franchises, and El Aleph is a perfect example of such that everyone should read.

Why El Aleph Is So Important For One Of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Biggest Problems

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Is Finally Fixing Its Biggest Criticism

Above all else, the biggest reason why El Aleph is so great is that it fixes one of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s biggest problems: JoJo's treatment of female characters. Lisa Lisa’s poor treatment was one thing, but even after her, female characters in JoJo would almost always be given little to do in a story, usually only getting one big fight in a story, and sometimes not even that. This has always been an issue, and as such, Lisa Lisa getting such a great showing in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: El Aleph fixes the franchise’s ongoing issue with its female characters.

That isn’t to say steps weren’t already being taken to fix it, of course. Jolyne was created specifically so Hirohiko Araki could have another go at a female protagonist, leading to her becoming one of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s best protagonists, and not only did Stone Ocean have far more female heroes and villains than normal, but female characters, in general, have had much better showings from Steel Ball Run, onward. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has already been going to great lengths to treat its female characters better, and El Aleph is the latest example of such.

A big part of why JoJo has been so great for the past decade is thanks to the willingness to take things in new directions and improve on things that needed fixing, the treatment of female characters in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure a big part of that, so El Aleph needs to simply be the latest example of the series treating female characters well as opposed to an outlier. All of that arguably makes El Aleph JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s most important spinoff story, and with how great a story it is, any fan would truly be remiss to it up.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

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Hirohiko Araki

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JoJo Bizarre Adventure

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R