Hello. I have questions regarding the appearance of Giorno, Risotto, and Polpo. There were discrepancies between answers given by Araki, and with the colored manga and anime.
First, currently Giorno's hair curls are quoted to be patterned after David from a 2020 interview, but a report of the 2007 Tohoku University lectures included a section where Hirohiko Araki attributed the inspiration of the curls to a different source, which is found under the heading "★2007.11.２ 講演当日、会場の東北大へ": Sazae-bons.
- 僕「ジョルノのコロネもインパクトありますね」「あれはサザエさん、というよりサザエボンからきてるんだよ。知ってる？サザエボン（笑）」。
- Me: Giorno's cornet rolls leaves a strong impression.
- Araki: That's patterned after Sazae-san, or more like after Sazae-bons. Do you know what a Sazae-bon is (laughs)?
These infamous counterfeit keychains combined the characters Sazae Fuguta and Bakabon's Papa, which caused a legal battle leading to the bankruptcy of the company which produced this unofficial merchandise. Regarding this discrepancy, should the earlier 2007 answer to Giorno's hair curls be included under Appearance as well?
Next, two different transcripts of the 2007 Tohoku University lectures both include Araki mentioning that Risotto and Polpo do not have bright pale irids nor black scleras.
Translation
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Transcript 2 (archived webpage)
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「先生、リゾットやポルポは白目と黒目が逆なんですか？」
「あれは黒の中に白い目があるように見えるんですけど、白いのは光です。黒目が超デカい人なんです」 |
黒の中に白い目があるように見えるが、あの白いのは光。
黒目が超でかい人です。
ポルポも同じ
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Q: Are the scleras and pupils of Risotto and Polpo color-swapped, Mr. Araki?
A: The white part is light (highlights), though it looks as though there's a white iris within blackness. They're people with super huge irids. |
That white part is light (highlights), though it looks as though there's a white iris within blackness. He's (Risotto) someone with super huge irids. It's the same for Polpo too.
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This answer from 2007 is contradicted by the 2013 Colored Volumes and anime. Regarding this discrepancy, should this detail be added on both of their pages or disregarded?
| Posted by BlueCombElephant on 7 June 2023 at 18:01. |
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