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The original power system in JoJo's was 'Hamon' or the 'Ripple', which
utilizes controlled breathing so the user can fill their body and attacks with
sunlight energy. Making it very effective against Vampires, Zombies, and
Pillar Men.

After part 2, Hamon was just disregarded and then 'Stands' became the new
system. I'm not saying that Stands aren't cool, but it just seems like a waste
to completely forget Hamon so why did Araki change it?


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Why did Araki change the power system in JoJo's?


Stands have so many more possibilities than Hamon. Each individual stand has
unique abilities, effects, and strengths. Basically, every user's stand is
different. Hamon, on the other hand, is effectively the same for every Hamon
user. The only thing that differs is how you use it: for example, Joseph had a
different fighting style to Jonathan, but a lot of their fights were still
very similar because they both possessed the exact same power. JoJo would have
gotten stale and boring to read very quickly had Araki not switched to stands
around part 3 - especially when you look at how long the manga has been
running.


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