Episode 8

'''Blood Battle! JoJo & Dio' is the eighth episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' anime. It covers approximately chapters 37 through 41 of the manga.

Summary
After defeating the monster Doobie and saving Peggy, Jonathan climbs the stairs and reaches the final room where Dio awaits. Jonathan challenges Dio to one final match to avenge the death of his friends, but Dire pushes Jonathan out of way and challenges Dio himself to avenge the death of his friend, Zeppeli. Dire attempts a Thunder Cross Split Attack, but Dio freezes his legs and shatters him. Dire's head manages to survive and launches a ripple infused rose, impaling Dio in his right eye. This gives Jonathan an idea to combat Dio's freezing by contact technique; Jonathan infuses the the sword he had received earlier from Bruford, Luck and Pluck, with the ripple. Dio jumps backwards onto a ledge and summons his army of zombies to take care of the protagonists. Jonathan goes ahead to fight Dio while Straizo and Tonpeti stay back to fight the zombies. As the battle begins, Jonathan cuts Dio's arm off and cuts him in half. Dio freezes the sword briefly, but Jonathan manages to melt the ice away by using a torch nearby. Jonathan lands a sunlight yellow overdrive on Dio, but the effects aren't null as Dio put his arm and body back together. Dio grabs hold of the carotid artery in Jonathan's neck, but Jonathan manages to break free and the two unleash one final attack at each other. Jonathan's double fist overdrive succeeds and Dio falls off the ledge and slowly melts away, but not before releasing a high pressured blood beam from his eyes.

Manga/Anime Differences

 * There is a brief scene in the manga before Jonathan fights Dio where he is attacked by a zombie. He defeats it easily by ramming it's face into barred window. This wasn't shown in the anime.
 * In the anime, Speedwagon fights with a hammer, and even attempts to crush Dio's dismembered arm with it. In the manga this weapon wasn't used in this battle, but in the one where Poco is introduced. The hammer is used again only after the battle, where Speedwagon destroys the Stone mask with it.
 * Page, Jones, Plant and Bonham are introduced before their initial appearance in the manga, when they asked Dio if he wanted them to take care of Jonathan. In the manga, different zombies were used and the group only appeared after Dio is injured by Dire's rose.