I just realized, back when the origin of Josuke's hairstyle was being explained, is was super obvious that the guy with the pompador was actually his older self.
I'm not exactly sure how it's going to happen, but now that the big bad has been revealed to have time rewind powers, I'm sure Josuke is going to end up in the past.
Now at least it makes sense why it blows them up.
Yeah, blowing them up might have seemed pointless if it was also going to reset time. But now that we know it blows them up on subsequent passes even if he doesn't go anywhere near him, it makes sense.
I also thought, "Wait, but he killed the kid the first time through a previous time loop. If the things that happen to people still happen to them, why is the kid alive?" but then they explained that he can cancel the power before they die again.
Seriously. The arc has basically become the Big Bad vs. an 11-year-old.
The funny thing is, if he fucks this up, he just has to run up to some random person and tell them about his Dad and they'll explode and he'll get another shot at it.![]()