JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) 

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has been recommended to me many times and it has some fairly decent ratings. I have repeatedly tried to watch it, but I always quit the show after just a few episodes. This is like a soap opera intended for guys! I am used to anime series being crazy and over-the-top, however, the intensity and melodramatic storylines just got too much for me. On top of that, the melodramatic dialogues are full of pathos that are supposed to be edgy, cool, and perhaps entertaining, however, I just could not get into it. I am sorry, I can be such a horrible killjoy at times and I am just not into this level of macho, testosterone-fueled fan service, rough fights, over-the-top twists, and melodramatic dialogues. I can see why it gets such good reviews, so perhaps it is a bit like Tarantino movies - there is always something going on, things are always over-the-top, and characters overact while looking cool and conniving... However, I thought that all too often it just does not work in this particular show (just like I thought that it did not work in some Tarantino movies). I think it is way too over the top and so instead of having fun and enjoying myself, I simply have to hang my head and concede, “this is too, too much”.  I also had to raise my eyebrows suspiciously at some of the dialogue and melodramatic monologues... In conclusion, I could not get on with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and I am done with it after six episodes (which is the furthest I have ever gotten with this show, as I could not usually make it past the first three episodes). Dropped after the sixth episode and I am awarding it only 4/10… (15/08/2018)