Modern Crusaders
A special edition of Enigma's best-of album Love Sensuality Devotion: Greatest Hits & Remixes was released in Japan on August 7, 2019, by Universal; first-edition versions of the album included a clear file and an alternate album cover featuring Giorno Giovanna.[1]
Summary
The ending sequence vertically pans up a pillar decorated with statues of Stands encountered in the series, which changes as more enemies and allies are met as the series progresses (the original sequence did not feature Notorious B.I.G, Spice Girl, Metallica, Green Day, Oasis or Chariot Requiem, but following their introductions they were added to the ending sequence). During the entire sequence, the scenery is plunged into colored ambient lighting that constantly shifts color, and flakes of dust constantly fall from above. The frame is also flanked by two sets of patterns made up of tessellated triangles.
The sequence opens with the base of the pillar, containing a sphere representing Rolling Stones, and pans up the column featuring statues of the Stands encountered thus far, most of which are enemy Stands: Black Sabbath, Soft Machine, Kraft Work, Little Feet, Man in the Mirror, Mr.President, Beach Boy, The Grateful Dead, Baby Face, White Album, Clash, Talking Head, Notorious B.I.G, Metallica, Green Day, and Oasis. The procession of enemy Stands ends with a part of the pillar crowned by four Arrows and a ladybug brooch, which were covered up by the latter four enemy Stands as they are introduced in later episodes.
The sequence moves onto showcasing the Stands of the heroes and the Boss: Purple Haze kneels below Moody Blues, Aerosmith, Chariot Requiem, Sticky Fingers, and King Crimson, with the latter two depicted fighting against each other as Sex Pistols watch. Spice Girl is seen being held by King Crimson, pointing up towards Gold Experience as it poses at the top of the pillar in the center of a bas-relief resembling rays of light.
Final Version
The final episode uses a special version of the ending in which Rolling Stones fully takes the form of Bruno Bucciarati, and Gold Experience is replaced with a statue of Gold Experience Requiem with its arms outstretched.
Appearances
Lyrics
Don't look back, the time has come
All the pain turns into love
We're not submissive, we're not aggressive
But they think we can't defend
STAND UP, JOIN US, MODERN CRUSADERS ALIVE
We have the power to face the future
'Cause we are the fighters
Just fighting for our rights
They're accusing, like always without knowing
What is just fiction or what is the truth
They have no mission, they have no passion
But they dare to tell us what's bad and what's good!
STAND UP, JOIN US, MODERN CRUSADERS ALIVE
We have the power to face the future
'Cause we are the fighters
Just fighting for our rights
Est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria.
Driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
Quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!
Since Fate
strikes down the strong,
everyone weep with me!
Nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem,
egestatem,
potestatem
mecum omnes plangite!
First oppresses
and then soothes
playing with mental clarity;
poverty
and power,
everyone weep with me!
STAND UP, JOIN US, MODERN CRUSADERS ALIVE
We have the power to face the future
'Cause we are the fighters, just fighting for our rights
STAND UP, JOIN US, MODERN CRUSADERS ALIVE
Credits
Gallery
Ending Videos
Full Audio
Trivia
- The position of the Stands of Team Bucciarati in relation to King Crimson foreshadows the fate of their users.
- As with the statue at the start of Fighting Gold, Gold Experience strikes the same pose Giorno does on the cover of Volume 62.
- Oasis and Gold Experience Requiem have noticeable differences between their appearance in the ending sequence, and their anime appearance.
- Oasis yields many more stitches. The stitches on the arms and legs, while they have kept their general location, are now vertical in rows of 2, and 3 on the legs. The stitches on the legs stretch all the way closer to the torso.
- Gold Experience Requiem has numerous grooves in comparison, with added grooves on the sides of the abdomen alongside two additional crater-esque indentations on the chest. The pattern on the shoulders have been replaced with a more manga-like upside-down right triangles pointing back, instead of the rhombus pattern.
- Echoes ACT3, Silver Chariot, and the Natural Resources Worker's Stand are the only Stands in Part 5 that are absent in the ending sequence.
- The musical project Enigma has previously been featured in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as the namesake of Terunosuke Miyamoto's Stand Enigma.[2]
References
- ↑ グレイテスト・ヒッツ＆リミックス[CD] - エニグマ - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN
- ↑ Harvest - Vol.17 "Shueisha Jump Remix Diamond is Unbreakable Edition" P106-107 The Origin of STAND! part.4
