Now, JJBA is known for its impactful death scenes, as well as an apparent lack of plot armor for both the villains and the heroes of each part, providing a heightened sense of tension. Some good examples of this would be Caesar in part 2, Abbachio in part 5, as well as Shigechi's death in part 4. Each of these took place in high-stakes situations, served an important purpose to the plot, and had a proper set-up.

The same cannot be said for Narancia's death at the end of part 5. To break it down, I'm gonna add context for those who may have not yet watched Jojo yet. My main problems with it aren't in the actual death, but squarely within:

It's a tense moment. The protagonists have swapped bodies with each other. Problem is, the main villain Diavolo is also hiding within one of their bodies. There's a sense of unease, as there is no discernable way of knowing what he'll do next. The main goal of team Jojo is to find out who's body Diavolo was hiding in, and we know that if anyone dies, it will be unexpected and sudden, due to Diavolo's power.

At this point, Araki has done a great job of setting up the stakes, as well as an environment in which no character feels safe. This, however, doesn't last long because of what Narancia says to Giorno.

When I get home, I'm gonna go to school... It might be cool to let the guys make fun of me for being dumb... and i wanna eat some fresh, hot pizza! An authentic margherita from my hometown, naked over an oak fire, with porcini mushrooms on top!

I mentally logged out after this line.

This speech deflates all the tension from the scene, as we now know exactly who is going to die next. Unlike other deaths that we could see coming, like Abbachio's, the scene doesn't work because most of the drama lay in the fact that we didn't know who would be the next target.

So we've established that Narancia is gonna die next. Great. Well, at least we now get to see how Diavolo is gonna kill him without alerting the others, right?

Wrong. Araki proceeds to write around King Crimson's powerset to kill him off, in a way that I have neither the energy nor understanding to explain.

The aftermath of the death wasn't that good either, as he gets a sad death scene and then is immediately forgotten about for the rest of the part until the rolling stones part, in a moment that I can only describe as a cameo appearance.

All in all, his death was extremely underwhelming and left a bad taste in my mouth that stayed with me until the end of the part. But at least Araki learned from this and never made a death scene this bad ever again.

Except for Hot Pants, Wekapipo, Kaato Higashikata, Kei Nijimura, and finally, the kid who died to a fucking cold.