JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze

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Synonyms: Le Bizzarre Avventure Di GioGio Parte 5: Vento Aureo, Vento Aureo, Dai 5 Bu Giorno Giovana: Ougon naru Isan

Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険黄金の風

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 17

Chapters: 155

Status: Finished

Published: Nov 28, 1995 to Mar 23, 1999

Genres: Action, Adventure

Theme: Organized Crime

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Authors: Araki, Hirohiko (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.18¹ (scored by 74,443 users)

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Ranked: #491²

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Popularity: #129

Members: 120,116

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MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Araki, Hirohiko (Story & Art)

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 5--Golden Wind

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Naples, 2001. Giorno Giovanna is a small-time crook with one big dream—to become a "Gang-Star." No ordinary thief, Giorno has a connection to the remarkable Joestar bloodline, and possesses a Stand named Gold Experience. His dream starts to become reality when he meets Bruno Bucciarati, a mobster from the gang Passione and a fellow Stand user himself. Realizing that they share similar ideals, and both disagree with the gang's harmful affairs, Giorno reveals his goal to Bruno: with Bruno's help, he will reform Passione by overthrowing the boss.

As Giorno becomes a member of Passione, and is inducted into Bruno's squad, he discovers that it is no simple gang; its numbers are teeming with Stand users. Now confronted by other squads of differing loyalties and unpredictable caliber, their goal to change the gang from the inside out will be a tough one. Taking on these adversaries, Giorno attempts to rise through the ranks and inch closer to the boss, a man who is shrouded in mystery.

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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze was published in English as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint as 2-in-1 omnibus volumes from August 3, 2021, to August 22, 2023. It was published in Italian by Star Comics from July 1999 to August 2001.

An action-adventure video game developed by Capcom was released in Japan on July 25, 2002, based on the series.

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Giovanna, Giorno

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Bucciarati, Bruno

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Mista, Guido

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Ghirga, Narancia

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Diavolo

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Abbacchio, Leone

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Fugo, Pannacotta

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Una, Trish

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Kuujou, Joutarou

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Polnareff, Jean Pierre

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Feb 16, 2025

Boozarda

Recommended

Part 5 was the first time I read the manga for JoJo, since I became a fan and got caught up with the anime just as the Diamond is unbreakable anime had come to an end.

Going from the wildly colorful and stylish anime adaptation to the original format was quite a shock at first, but it didn't take long for me to be hooked. Specially during a particular dancing scene on top of a boat.

At first, I didn't really like Giorno. He seemed to think too highly of himself, and his confidence bordered into recklessnes at times.

It's not until you meet the ...

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Jan 4, 2026

anotherburnedfox

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La parte 5, "Golden Wind", es la parte donde Araki decide tomarse JoJo demasiado en serio, con resultados discutibles. El protagonista, Giorno Giovanna, es incluso menos interesante de lo que fue Jotaro, y la premisa de ser hijo de Dio, aunque podría haber dado pie a algun tema interesante, no se aprovecha en absoluto, resultando innecesaria y completamente irrelevante para la historia.

En contraste, Bruno Bucciarati se roba la serie, es el personaje que mantiene el interés y aporta la verdadera personalidad a la historia. Lamentablemente, el resto de personajes, incluido el antagonista principal, quedan por debajo de las expectativas. El villano resulta exageradamente poderoso y ... su derrota depende de un power-up improbable al estilo de cualquier otro nekketsu genérico, lo que resta coherencia y tensión a la narrativa.

Si bien la serie tiene algunos momentos destacados, sobre todo en las batallas estratégicas y el desarrollo de Bucciarati y su grupo, en general la lectura resulta frustrante y aburrida. La adaptación anime corrige parcialmente estos problemas, haciendo la historia más digerible y entretenida, pero el manga original queda como una experiencia irregular y decepcionante.

En conjunto, la parte 5 es una entrega con grandes personajes secundarios y momentos puntuales brillantes, pero su protagonista débil, villano mal ejecutado y tratar de tomarse en serio algo tan estúpido como JoJo, la convierten en una parte difícil de disfrutar para quienes buscan coherencia y estrategia al estilo clásico de las anteriores partes.

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Part 5, "Golden Wind," is where Araki decides to take JoJo far too seriously, with questionable results. The protagonist, Giorno Giovanna, is even less interesting than Jotaro was, and the premise of him being Dio's son, while it could have led to some interesting themes, is completely wasted, proving unnecessary and utterly irrelevant to the story.

In contrast, Bruno Bucciarati steals the show; he's the character who maintains interest and brings true personality to the story. Unfortunately, the rest of the characters, including the main antagonist, fall short of expectations. The villain is ridiculously powerful, and his defeat relies on an improbable power-up in the style of any other generic shonen anime, which detracts from the narrative's coherence and tension.

While the series has some highlights, especially in the strategic battles and the development of Bucciarati and his group, overall, the reading experience is frustrating and boring. The anime adaptation partially corrects these problems, making the story more digestible and entertaining, but the original manga remains an uneven and disappointing experience.

Overall, Part 5 features great supporting characters and some brilliant moments, but its weak protagonist, poorly executed villain, and attempt to take something as silly as JoJo seriously make it difficult to enjoy for those seeking coherence and strategy in the classic style of the previous parts.

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The experience of reading Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind is agonizing to the point of causing the reader to question what they ever liked about JoJo to begin with. This cold, ominous story is sandwiched between two truly great works (Diamond is Unbreakable and Stone Ocean), which only make its interminable runtime of nothing but dull action scenes more maddening.

Despite taking place in his beloved Italy, Araki seemingly had no fun at all writing Part 5, as there is somehow less appreciation of Italian food and architecture here than in Parts 2 and 4, which take place in America and Japan respectively. The frequent ... references to The Godfather feel more like textbook metaphors than loving or meaningful quotes. The depiction of the mafia as a demonic cult is true to life and fascinating, but it is conveyed with such neutrality I wonder if the manga even views this as a bad thing.

Metaphors are a central part of Part 5. Quirks like Mista's superstition resemble literary foreshadowing more than the silliness of prior character quirks, and even the stands themselves are more metaphorical than ever. While Stands as a representation of a character's heart was an idea in Parts 3 and 4, it is a core element of Part 5, with almost every character having a clear symbolic meaning to their stand's design or power. These meanings range from disconcerting and strange to genuinely profound, though most exist in a relatively neutral space. While this all sounds complimentary, it comes off more as cold than intelligent or insightful. The characters appear to have strings above their heads.

The characters themselves are not mostly unlikable, though. Bruno's crew is a mixed bag with a high average, with Trish and Mista being solidly engaging characters with distinct character arcs, and Narancia and Abbacccio being truly beautiful souls with memorable arcs and character details. Certain events involving Narancia in the story feel quite sickening and sadistic to me, in a way that taints his prior sincerity and dedication to Bruno in my mind. These 4 characters are the highlight of Part 5, and carry its weakest moments.

Unfortunately the main protagonist and antagonist of Part 5 could probably legitimately not be worse. Giorno Giovanna, our personalityless Christ figure, goes from tender, brilliant, hotheaded genius to psychotically violent without ever changing his blank expression. If Giorno had only the former Mary Sue qualities he would be no more frustrating than Part 3 Josuke, but the existence of the latter is frightening in a way I can't really put into words. Is Araki's idea of Jesus seriously a stone faced Freemason who yells "USELESS USELESS USELESS" when he pounds people to death with his tulpa? Is this personality schism supposed to represent how Giorno has both Dio and Jonathan's blood in him? That sounds reasonable, and it may be a result of bad translations, but I feel he totally whiffed in that regard. Araki attempts that same idea to much more effective results in my opinion later on in the series anyway.

As a contrast to Giorno we of course have a satan themed antagonist. Superficially this is something I would normally get behind as a Christian (after all, he is the villain) but the treatment of this antagonist is so sadistic and creepily flat I would be uncomfortable with calling it agreeable to me in almost any way. The villain of Part 5 and the eventual final confrontation with him reminds me of King Hu's Dragon Inn in a bad way, I feel like I'm missing something philosophical on both accounts and I'm not really sure I'd be impressed if I found out what.

Ironically, despite being so boring, Part 5 is also horrifically violent. Araki has always been a sick fuck but nothing in prior parts seems as monotonously insane as the fights in Part 5. The villains come off as so pathetic and confused (though also extremely evil) and the fights go on for so long that the whole part acts as a deterrent from reading shonen battle manga as a whole. I will admit though, the kindness of Bruno's crew members balances this out a bit, for sure. There are creative moments and tender moments in some of these fights, particularly the ones involving Trish, but the main emotions I had while reading Part 5 were boredom and disgust. Relative to other shonen battle manga, these fights are still more exhilarating than average, but I expect more from Araki.

It may just be the scans I read but the art seems to be a noticeable step down from the endearing, sweet panels and facial expressions of Part 4. Part 5 as a whole acts as a transition from the more lighthearted, uplifting and sincere Parts 1-4 and the increasingly literary, religious and mature Parts 6-8, but it sure is a rough transition. It loses most of what is great about Parts 1-4 without having yet gained the poetry and complexity of Parts 6-8. There are metaphors, allusions, interludes, all that smart seeming stuff, but it tends to lack grace and heart. Even moments and reveals that should be energizing and fun strike me as thinly veiled "sugar to help the medicine go down".

I do not like being harsh on JoJo and there are elements of Golden Wind to appreciate, but ultimately over the years it has never grown on me. Considering the likable characters and patches of creativity Part 5 would likely have earned much higher praise from me had the ending been good at all, but unfortunately that isn't the case. At least it's over.

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