Gilgamesh the Eiyuu Ou

How are you so bad at eating soba?

God. Please. The next time this man is reborn, please make sure he doesn’t turn into a demon.

Tanjirou Kamado (竈門 炭治郎) - Kimetsu no Yaiba - Episode 7

桐嶋 郁弥 ✩

In Part 6 Araki explains Jotaro’s “timestop” is actually an effect of Star Platinum’s superspeed. As Star Platinum approaches the speed of light, the world around him slows and stops *relative to* Jotaro and his Stand.

This makes Jotaro’s timestop different than DIO’s - Jotaro power is relative/speed-related while DIO is directly stopping the flow of time through brute force. Two entirely different powers produce the same effect.

Jotaro’s bullet-catching scene at the start of Stardust Crusaders suggests that Jotaro’s timestop doesn’t just come out of nowhere but has been there all along. Although Jotaro doesn’t recognize it yet, his Stand’s got the ability to manipulate time from the start: Star Platinum catches that bullet as if it stopped in mid-air.

fwiw, also love that Jotaro and DIO both have the type of personality that thinks shooting a gun at themselves is a good way to test out their Stands.