Stone Ocean Final Opening Analysis - Heaven's Falling Down 

In Part 1, the manga panels started with jolyne. In part 6 it ends with jolyne. Truly poetic stuff.

An interesting detail to me was the panel with all the protagonists being a subtle reference to the STAND PROUD panel that showed Holy's stand alongside every Joestar member so far. They even mirrored the vines with Jolyne's strings. Super cool.

Two small details: 1: Part of Perla's body is actually visible in the first version of the opening if you pay attention to the clouds. 2: In the final shot of that version, there is a snail carved in stone, referencing Heavy Weather.

They made the right choice saving V2 for just the final episode. Really made it hit extra hard with that *this is the end* energy.

5:15 This Scene Is Also A Reference To The End Of SonoChinoSaDame Where Jonathan Hits Dio And The Camera Spins And Pulls Away From The Fight. This Opening Is Just.... Wow

At 5:20, the pendant falls in the water the same way the Stone mask did in phantom bloods OP

The final shot of Jolyne punching Pucci is actually a reference to Jonathan punching Dio in the first op. She aims at the same location, and has the same burning fist

2:45 another one people either dont think its worth mentioning or miss is that in this scene the camera flips 180 from where the other characters are standing, showing pucci standing on the ceiling relative to them, with objects falling upward, foreshadowing C Moon

Almost every shot in this OP pays homage to a previous opening. The scene with the cast being protrayed in colored silhouettes references Part 2's opening, and Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town to a degree too. The shots of the characters looking up at the starry sky is a VERY ON THE NOSE reference to Stand Proud. Pucci posing with Dio's children parallels the Pillar Men's group poses in Bloody Stream as well. The action shot of all the characters attacking combines the choreography of Stand Proud and Fighting Gold, with Emporio firing his Ghost Gun lining up similarly to Mista firing his revolver. When Jolyne and Pucci stand off at the end, they strike poses at each other with a similar rhythm to Joseph and Caeser posing when facing the Pillar Men in a shot from Bloody Stream. Edit: also, it just occurred to me that you somehow missed that the shot of the clock flipping upside down is referencing the C-Moon fight and its ability to flip around the direction of gravity. But that shot is ALSO a reference to Traitor's Requiem, which has a similar scene of a shot flipping upside down.

I never noticed Yukako’s dark determination before, that’s a super cool detail

Love how we finally got to see Josuke and Giorno animated by Kamikaze Douga.

I think "Heavens Falling Down" is hands down the most pleasing OP. It gives JoJo fans everything they wanted from parts 1 to 6. It not only references every part prior but gives us that classic manga panel flip from Jonathan all they way to Jolyne now taking his place as the final descendant. It encapsulates everything about Stone Ocean, to its themes and characters. I really love it a lot. Especially that final sequence with the pendant traveling to the Irene universe. They really knocked it out of the park. 💚🦋

The final opening was incredible and such a beautiful homage to the whole show

Another small detail: In Jotaro's memory, The world is shown having the left side of it's body being destroyed, kinda like how DIO was defeated

One detail I haven't seen anyone mention is that in the 2nd version of Heaven's Falling Down, all the credits have the same glitchy, purple-silver aura that Pucci has when he's using Made in Heaven to move around at high speeds. Also, in both versions, the way that the credits appear and disappear looks like string being stitched and unravelled, like when Jolyne uses Stone Free's string.

I've always liked the opening animation style

The final opening hit hard i think we can all agree that we didn’t like it at first but now love it😭😭

When I was waiting for Stone Ocean's anime adaptation, I wanted the final OP to reference _Sono Chi no Sadame_ and the other OPs to pay homage to the whole series. _Heaven's Falling Down_ did not disappoint me : in fact, it's way better than everything I imagined. For me, who started JoJo exactly 5 years ago, reading the manga and watching the anime were a fantastic Adventure.

Given the ultimate goal of Made in Heaven was to cycle through the entire universe and back to the start, allowing people to live their lives with an innate knowing of the path they'd take, I find it really REALLY cool that they went back to the Joestar mansion in the final opening. It works not only as an homage to the series but as a way of showing what MiH does; causes a new universe where things will happen again, although differently (in particular for those who died to Made in Heaven)

At 5:17, when the pendant is falling, I would say that's a reference to when the stone mask was falling in the water in Sono Chi No Sadame. It's debatable, though.

This opening has become my favourite in the series, especially because of that 2nd version

I also really liked the ending in the finale. Really felt like a close to this part of the Jojo verse anime

I loved this song as soon as I heard it. I can understand why some people didnt like it at first, but if you know whats gonna happen, it will hit hard.

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The opening was just great. Absolutely fantastic

that final OP is absolutely my favorite one in the whole series now. It's gonna be a hard one to top if and when we get SBR animated.

05:06 you can also heard Hamon sounds between Jonathan and Joseph and sound of stand ability being used by Jotaro, Josuke, and Giorno as well. The little detail, i am telling you.

Seeing all the panels from Jonathan to Jolyne nearly made me tear up. Jonathan would be so proud of her

Something I noticed in the normal op is that during the character "montage", they're all falling in a non-sensical direction, whilst Pucci is standing on solid ground, foreshadowing the gravity effect of C-moon

You missed also the punch that Stone Free gives to Pucci and Mih in opening version 2 is an homage to the punch of Jonathan on Dio in Sono Chi no Sadame. Missing a segment like that it's bizarre...

I noticed the panels in the new op were different Like old buff Josuke in comparison to his new leaner design in Sono Chi No Sadame Like it's the newer art style going to the older style in a new universe

Thinking about it... Jolyne saw Jotaro's memories. She might've seen her conception

If you look closely at the imagery of all the joestars, you can see that on Johnathan's is the sun, which kinda represents hamon but also that his is the first one to fight/have the curse to fight evil. He's basically the dawn whereas jolyne is the dusk/ setting of the joestar bloodline in this universe

I love these type of videos and honestly can never get tired of them! I actually noticed some things too and would like to hear other people's thoughts? At 1:28, with both the color scheme and it falling into her hand, I strongly feel like that was a subtle homage to Bloody Stream when the hands are trying to get the stone. Also when Jolyne is sitting with the universe behind her at 1:36, It feels like Joseph's "CESAAAR" part in Bloody Stream as well. As well as when Weather Report is turning, at 2:25, he's in the same pose as "Heavy Weather" before standing up which shows his true awakening I also think the whole character fighting sequence at 2:40 could reference Fighting Gold; it had similar patterns and relations in my opinion. Lastly, this could be a reach, but the color schemes of the Security Camera with Colorful Silhouettes of the characters in the 1:53 area remind me of CNBT and Chase. Could just be a coincidence though. All of these could be reaches but idk they reminded me of the other openings haha.

What's cool about 5:17 is it also pays homage to the first OP as well with the zoom out of the manor.

The "Heaven's falling down" part of the song goes so hard, turns the song from a 6 to a 9 for me

I'm so glad Part 6 got the love it deserved with the anime. It's always been among my favorite.

When everything speeds up then the logo appears kind of symbolises the old universe being left behind, but showing the clash between Jolyne and Pucci also symbolises the Joestars battle with Dio is also left behind for good. Jolyne is reborn as Irene, but she's forever eternal.

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Another more subtle change in the final episode's opening is that the credit texts are all wibbly, and have the same effects as pucci when he was in the accelerated time

5:13 like in Stand Proud, we go upwards too in the last part of So No Chi No Sadame when Jonathan tries to hit Dio with the fire hamon and Dio tries to dodge it.

I love how the anime version of the ending of stone ocean included FF because she wasn't there originally in the manga. Why that's important is because FF shares a role in the story with the main cast even if it's for a little while. It's also because maybe somewhere in the new timeline, FF could be living their life peacefully in the waters.

When star platinum genuinely looked scared I was like “OH SHIIIIT”

In the opening, the part when Pucci speeds up time, if you pay close attention to Jotaro's face. He is shocked because his time stop duration was so short.

Just another note: the final scene with Jolyne facing off against Pucci does not (only) mirror the ending of Stand Proud opening, but even more so the final scene with Jonathan facing off against Dio, also with the subsequent zooming out in a spiral to then have Jolyine's pendant (symbol of the Joestar) instead of the stone mask (which I see as a symbol of Dio's curse, albeit being crafted by Kars). If one thinks about it, it is more significant for the final showdown of this Jojoverse to exactly go back where everything started, and you also noticed the constant callbacks of Heaven's Falling Down imagery to Sono Chi no Sadame.

Anyone else find star platinums reaction to the time being cut short hilarious

I think you forgot to mention the fossilized snails in the final shot of the normal op.

Another thing about the scene with Jolyne and pucci is that I believe it also references the famous manga panel of jotaro approaching dio

4:33 The Jotaru change was such a nice touch I haven’t noticed it before✍️✍️

Good to see all the previous JoJo's getting recognized well outside of their parts. Very cool DP and Araki

There’s also some additional panels on the hallway scene, like Gold Experience Requiem. Seriously, I cried at this final episode. It was so beautiful and perfect.

My opinion on this op kind of reflects how I thought about jojo as a whole The first time hearing it I was like this is so mid (just like when I saw part one) A couple episodes in and I hear this op and yeah this is pretty cool I guess A few more and I slowly end up loving it At the end, it made me cry Thank you DP for creating such beautiful openings SBR HYPE!!!

I was disappointed they didn't ask Shoko Nakagawa to sing one of the op. Imagine the Jotaro fan girl singing the op to the final part with Jotaro in it.

you could really feel the effort in this opening, loved it

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One thing about the panels fascinate me is that in Sono Chi No Sadame, The Panels are just the protagonist posing and stand rushing while in Heaven's falling down, it shows the triumphs of the protagonists against their antagonist edit: literally this opening is like TouHou's Bad apple for the JoJo, its a love letter for the JoJo fans for sticking with the series

The channel's intro is very nice, Crazy my Beat is a very relaxing song.

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2:37 this is also a reference to c moons stand ability

In the shot where jolyne and pucci are facing off in the crumbling mansion, it's also a reference to the final punch of the first opening, the way it slows down as the punch is thrown is also in the first op, as well as the camera rising up while still on them

You missed how when it shows each protagonist from Jonathan to Jolyne you can hear the sound effect of each protagonists ability

It took a few episodes for me to get into this op, but it grew heavily on me. I'd say it's lower on my jojo op rankings, but is solid and the v2 is really well done.

When the Joestars scene appears on the screen, it has the sound effect of each character

The final opening is my favorite one yet

I just realized at 5:08 when we see all the Jojo’s we can subtly hear all the ham on/stand sound effects in quick succession. Harmon followed by Star Platinum, Crazy Diamond, Gold Experience and finally Stone Free

Also can say, that the way the title of the Stone Ocean appears in second version of "Heavens falling down" is simmilar to the "End of The World", second opening of Stardust Crusaders, where the title of the series in opening's end is appears in simmilliar way and with the almost identical effect

You missed that the final seconds of the second version are reminiscent of how Sono Chi no Kioku, the second Stardust Crusaders opening, ends. Jolyne falling down towards the sky is also a reference C-Moon's gravity manipulation. Finally, the pendant at the end is a reference to the stone mask falling into the ocean at the end of Sono Chi no Sadame.

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I'm gonna say it, best op.

That op legit made me gasp when the homage happened

The part with the characters with stuff relating to their backstories in the background looks like a tribute to bloody stream.

You forgot to mention that the end of the final intro is similar in effects to End of THE WORLD, with the center-drawn lines and then the title crashing onto the screen.

4:42 I think what's truly beautiful about this scene is the symbolism of this generation long fight between Dio and the Joestars. Every one of them struggled to clean up Dio's mess (Only exception being the Pillar men, but Staizo before that was one of Dio's mess, that Joseph had to deal with) , and now it is Jolyne's turn to face the last remnant of Dio, Father Pucci. It's Jolyne's turn, and her responsibility to end this.

Just want to add that when all of the JoJos appear, Hamon sound effects, "Dorararara", Giorno's life giving sound effect, and Jolyne's string moving can be heard. Jotaro probably gets a sound effect as well.

It would be nice to have analysis of the previous OP !

Kinda realized that Stone Ocean it's a reference to the myth of Orpheus through this opening song. Found it due that majority of translations, they use god of madness or god of insanity in the first chorus, which fits a Greek god called Dionysus and so take that both loses loved to a snake, pass through hell to get them back, fail and dies to a follower of someone with Dio in it's name.

Also someone mentioned that in Joestar mansion (Jolyne vs Pucci) she stands as Jotaro on "Ho? You're approaching me" panel

A truly masterpiece and Part 6 did hit differently. Ciao all JoJos and Joestar bloodline we had so far :(

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One(two) things I noticed that I see no one addressing is that at the end of the first Heaven Falling Down, it mimics the ending of Bloody Stream, and at the “end” of the second Heaven Falling down, it mimics the ending of Sono Chi No Kioku.

I think the part where the prison flips upside down could also be a foreshadowing to C-Moon, which is a stand that can alter gravity.

The shot with the characters attacking also takes its aesthetics from the start of the C Moon fight, as they're jumping atop cars flipping with gravity, and Pucci is standing in the tiled floor of Kennedy Space Station

Jolyne punching (or at least trying to) pucci at the end of the second version of the opening is also a reference to the final clash between jonathan and dio in the very first opening of the show, and jolyne flying upward from the prison could also be a reference to C-moon's ability to manipulate gravity.

Was a little worried not seeing a different version of the OP after Made in Heaven was introduced, but then I started noticing the different details, and then. Wow. The whole final episode made me feel HYPE in a way that I never have before. I don't think I'll ever see a better season finale, and that is fine by me

You forgot to add the detail that the clock in the prison courtyard is moving fast in referencing Made In Heaven’s ability

5:09 Jolyne has the same pose as Jotaro did in the famous "you're approaching me" panel from the manga (arguable the most recognizable jojo manga panel ever).

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I love how they showed Jolyne running at Pucci just like Jonathan ran at Dio Amazing

I'd like to mention how the last seconds of Joylne and Pucci going for the final punch then falling down the mansion spiral then proceeding with an amulet falling from the universe is strikingly similar to how Dio and Johnathon would also fall down a spiral which was followed by the stone mask falling into the ocean.

I also liked how in the opening they used the Manga colour pallates for Jolyne and Pucci!

such a good op

The way the title appears in front of a starry background also is the same as the end of “end of the world” and it’s also a reference to the end of the universe caused by made in heaven

2:46 This scene is very similar to stand proud

I think in the manga in part 4, jotaro (vs kira) shows something akin to dark determination. I could be wrong tho

In this scene 2:40 Jolyne can be seen throwing something from her hand which i believe is a reference to her throwing a knife on Pucci's eye In this scene 5:00 Pucci replaces the statue from Sono Chi No Sadame In this one 5:13 It was meant to also reference the final scene of part 1's opening.

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The falling amulet also reminds me of the Stone Mask sinking into the ocean at the end of Sono Chi no Sadame.

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I don't know if Hamon Beat will ever see this comment, as I'm a bit late to his Part 6 anime breakdowns, and especially late to his part 6 Araki Forgot manga video, but I have a question that's been nagging me about the finale with Pucci with regards to Jotaro's capacity to fight him. I won't rehash tired Star Finger memes, but in Part 3, I remember it being established that Star Platinum could catch things faster than a bullet that Jotaro couldn't properly perceive or react to in time. Now, obviously this could be a weird translation or me misunderstanding, but during the initial encounters with Made in Heaven, Pucci is said to be moving at around 300 times his normal speed, and is running somewhere around 300 kph, they even make reference to that being the speed of a bullet train. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but we're more than capable of seeing and perceiving something moving that fast, even if we can't normally react to it. And bullets move at approximately 2736 kph, or 370ish meters per second. If Star Platinum can catch a bullet an inch from Jotaro's head when it's moving that fast, then why can't he hit Pucci on the rooftop or during the encounters near the wrecked shuttle? Obviously the moment in the water Pucci is too fast, but what's with the sudden weird discrepancy where Star Platinum seems way slower in Part 6 than we've been told it is?