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Which is the better version of Dio?

Alright guys it's about that time and today's question of the day is: Which version of Dio Brando do you prefer? As of the making of the chapter 4 people responded and at least 2 people said Part 3.

To be honest both versions are good but I actually enjoyed Dio in Stardust Crusaders than I did when he was in Phantom Blood.

For starters I think Dio for all good things considered was pretty good in Part 1 at least making people hate him of course. Like beating Jonathan's dog on sight later setting him on fire, bullying Jonathan in his youth and later on he tried to poison kill George Joestar to take his fortune for himself. As for him as an empire yeah he did some insane stuff like turning random people into zombies even feeding a baby to his own mother, pretty insane. As a villain Dio was alright I mean he did give Jonathan a hard time, and his "It was me, Dio" was truly iconic that it inspired Reverse-Flash, but all in all Dio in Part 1 was just okay.

But that's a completely different story when it comes to Dio in Part 3. Unlike in Part 1, Dio in Part 3 is action threatening and is a whole different bread entirely. Through the course of Part 3, Dio actually feels like this huge final boss waiting to strike once the protagonists arrive. Part 3 Dio also had the biggest impact, Giorno is born as a result, Pucci was inspired to create "Heaven" which he was successful in doing, and introducing the most unique power system to the world: Stands. (Although that was also thanks to Diavolo) Speaking of which I love how Dio just casually spams his Stand, The World to stop time, and not only does his theme songs prove to be much better than in Part 1, but his fight with Jotaro is much better than his fight with Jonathan. Dio clearly didn't have much aura in Part 1 so he needed Jonathan's body to gain it which he was successful in doing so I'd definitely say Part 3 Dio is better.

But let me know which one you picked in the comments.