Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure sometimes famous for its sheer absurdity, taking situations that should be silly and making them strangely scary. There is perhaps no better example of this than the Golden Wind scene known to fans as “7-page Muda.”
Many characters in JJBA have signature cries or phrases they say when attacking, the most famous being Jotaro and his “Ora Ora”, the sound he makes every time he strikes with his Stand . Ora has become a catchphrase for the Joestars, used by almost all of them at some point, with the exception of Giorno. Instead, Giorno, as DIO’s son, uses the cry “Muda Muda”. Muda here means “useless”, and is used as DIO’s rallying cry because he wants to emphasize how useless it is to fight him.
The absurdity of Muda 7 pages
In Golden Wind chapter 123 or episode 31 of the anime, Giorno faces a brutal former surgeon turned mafia enforcer Cioccolata, who was sent to kill their crew. His Stand, Green Day, is a flesh-eating mold and he can use that mold to animate separated body parts, while also making use of his surgical knowledge. himself to reattach whatever he lost.
This makes him quite a dangerous opponent, Giorno and Mista can shoot him in the head with a special bullet, but even that is not enough to kill him. Giorno bided his time until the bullet, actually a bug transformed by his Stand, returned as before, causing massive damage to Cioccolata’s brain. When Cioccolata begs for mercy, Giorno says that someone as disgusting as him does not deserve mercy, which leads to seven pages of punches, beating Cioccolata to the core. His body was eventually disposed of in a garbage truck, as deserved.
For a ready opponent, seven pages of punches may seem a bit excessive, but it actually delivers more than meets the eye. This mainly serves as evidence that Giorno is a different type of Jojo than his predecessors, willing to punish those he believes have done wrong. It also fits with the goal of becoming the head of the mafia and reforming it. After all, people like Cioccolata are exactly what he and Bucciarati are rebelling against. By stretching the attack out to seven pages, it actually emphasizes the sheer brutality of the attack, as mixed in with Giorno’s punches are multiple shots of Cioccolata’s increasingly disfigured body. It’s ridiculous, over-the-top, and brutal to the point of being a little uncomfortable: the perfect description of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure as a whole.
“7 Page Muda” may never top it, but it will always be one of the silliest and most memorable moments in the entire series. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure series.