Man, even by
Jojo standards Akira was one ridiculous villain. Not saying that was a bad thing, mind you. Araki is one of the best at crafting quirky, entertaining minor villains and Akira, with his garish dress sense, rocker pretensions, over-the-top reactions and habit of breaking into rage-fuelled guitar solos is certainly an exemplar of that talent.
The Chili Pepper fight was epic as well, with lots of clever strategies shown on both sides. I don't quite get how Josuke won at the end, though.
He
trapped Chili Pepper in a tire which he smashed and reformed through Crazy Diamond, then CH broke out only for the air in the (still full) tire to be released at once and fling him into the ocean
. I get that, but wouldn't being completely smashed and put back together have let the air out of the tire to begin with? Unless CD somehow managed to put back
all the air molecules as well, but there's no indication it has that kind of precision...
I'm also not quite sure how Akira managed to
drag himself half-dead off the docks, swim through the ocean, climb aboard Joseph's boat and somehow get his hands on a Speedwagon Foundation uniform
, all without either Josuke or Koichi noticing anything amiss. Though it did give Okuyasu a chance to show off his 'intelligence' so...
Either way, this was a very fun and entertaining episode. I'm sure I was grinning like a maniac during the whole Akira versus Josuke bit.
Evil flower of Pure Illusion... we're going to pluck you out!