veemonjosh
Stone free, do what I please
Opening theme: “Great Days” by Karen Aoki and Daisuke Hasegawa
Ending theme: “I Want You” by Savage Garden
Characters
Josuke Higashikata
Voiced by: Billy Kametz
Stand: Shining Diamond (JP: Crazy Diamond)
Ability: Strength, Speed, Precision, and Restoration
Stats: Destructive Power - A / Speed - A / Range - D / Durability - B / Precision - B / Developmental Potential - C
Namesake: “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” (Pink Floyd song)
Josuke is a high school student in the small Japanese town of Morioh, a kind teenager towards those he cares about and a badass toward those who get him angry (especially when insulting his hair). The son of Joseph Joestar from an affair, Josuke was tracked down by Jotaro to inform him of being included in Joseph’s will, but is now caught up in the family business of dealing with bizarre threats. More recently, he is now on the hunt for a serial killer lurking in Morioh who murdered his friend Shigechi. Josuke’s Stand, Crazy Diamond, fits his personality to a T, being a destructive force similar to Star Platinum, but also capable of compassion by healing as well. However, it cannot heal Josuke, cannot revive the dead or heal illness. Also, if Josuke tries to “fix” something while upset, it may come out looking a bit weird.
Koichi Hirose
Voiced by: Zach Aguilar
Stand: Reverb (JP: Echoes)
Ability: Sound Generation, Sound Effect, and 3 Freeze
Stats: Destructive Power - E (ACT 1) C (ACT 2) B (ACT 3)/ Speed - E (ACT 1) D (ACT 2) B (ACT 3)/ Range - B (ACTs 1 & 2) C (ACT 3)/ Durability - B / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - A
Namesake: The Hirose River (a river in Sendai, Hirohiko Araki’s hometown and the real life basis for Morioh) / “Echoes” (song by Pink Floyd)
A classmate of Josuke, Koichi is friendly and courageous, polite towards others, and possesses a gentle heart. This allows him to see the good side of people, even his girlfriend Yukako, who thought kidnapping and holding him hostage was a romantic gesture. Unique among Stands, his Stand, Reverb, can alternate between three different “Acts”, each progressively more powerful than the last. ACT 1 can generate physical words that can be used to create sounds (examples include creating a simulated dial sound to use a payphone or influencing someone to believe Koichi). ACT 2 takes this one step further by creating physical sound effects that create an effect similar to the sound produced when touched (such as the word “hot” creating a hot surface). The strongest, ACT 3, his the ability “3 Freeze”, which greatly increases the weight of whatever it punches.
Okuyasu Nijimura
Voiced by: Jalen K. Cassell
Stand: The Hand
Ability: Elimination
Stats: Destructive Power - B / Speed - B / Range - D / Durability - C / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - C
Namesake: The Band (band)
Okuyasu Nijimura met Josuke under rocky circumstances involving his brother Keicho, but they’ve become fast friends. He’s not too smart, but has a strong heart. His Stand, The Hand, is an extremely dangerous one capable of erasing space with its hand and closing the gap between, with its user having no knowledge where the erased material goes. While this Stand seems overpowered, it’s balanced out by the fact that Okuyasu is an idiot.
Rohan Kishibe
Voiced by: Vic Mignogna
Stand: Heaven’s Door
Abilities: Book Transmutation, Memory Removal, Written-In Commands
Stats: Destructive Power - D / Speed - B / Range - B / Durability - B / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - A
Namesakes: “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (Bob Dylan song)
Rohan Kishibe is a manga artist, passionate and dedicated to his craft, with his wish being to have as many people as possible experience his work. As a teenager, he became the author of the popular Shonen Jump series, “Pink Dark Boy”, which Koichi is a fan of. For those who do manage to meet the man himself, they’ll find he is generally unpleasant to be around, being rather arrogant and impolite towards others. He actively seeks new experiences and information, in an effort to gain inspiration for his manga. His Stand, “Heaven’s Door”, helps him do this by turning a person into a living book of sorts, with their skin peeling away like pages to reveal written information detailing their life, including their darkest secrets. Rohan can also write information on the inside to make someone do what he wants, or to erase their memory of an event.
Jotaro Kujo
Voiced by: Matthew Mercer
Stand: Star Platinum The World
Abilities: Strength, Speed, Precision, and Time Stop
Stats: Destructive Power - A / Speed - A / Range - C / Durability - A / Precision - A / Developmental Potential - A
Namesakes: The Star and The World (tarot cards)
The previous JoJo, Jotaro Kujo was a high school student when his grandfather Joseph took him on a global trek from Japan to Egypt in order to take down the vampire DIO, who had been a plague on his family’s bloodline for over a century. On the journey, he came to learn and master his Stand, Star Platinum, eventually gaining the same time-stopping abilities as DIO’s own Stand, The World, which he used to put an end to the demon once and for all. Now, a decade later, Jotaro is a marine biologist, and was helping his grandfather put together his will, when the discovery of his illegitimate son Josuke brought Jotaro to the small town of Morioh. Currently, he is helping to deal with an elusive killer with an extremely dangerous Stand. Jotaro’s Stand, Star Platinum, has amazing strength, speed, and precision, which on its own makes it one of the most powerful Stands around. On top of this, with its added ability The World, which Jotaro learned during his fight with DIO, he can stop time for a second.
Ken Oyanagi
Voiced by: Laila Berzins
Stand: Boys Man Man (JP: Boy II Man)
Ability: Energy Thief
Stats: Destructive Power - C / Speed - B / Range - B / Durability - A / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - C
Namesake: Boyz II Men (vocal group)
Ken is an ordinary 11 year old boy who enjoys rock-paper-scissors and dreams of becoming as respected as Rohan when he grows up. He also has a hole in his cheek, which was where he was struck with the Stand arrow. Ken is decisive in his actions, to the point where he’ll hold babies hostage and threaten to kill himself if he loses. His Stand, Boys Man Man, allows him to steal an opponent’s Stand piece by piece through a game of rock-paper-scissors, which the opponent can only get back if they beat him at his own game.
Yoshikage Kira
Voiced by: D.C. Douglas
Stand: Deadly Queen (JP: Killer Queen)
Ability: Bomb Transmutation
Stats: Destructive Power - A / Speed - B / Range - D / Durability - B / Precision - B / Developmental Potential - A
Namesakes: “Killer Queen” (song by Queen) / “Sheer Heart Attack” (song/album by Queen)
Yoshikage Kira was an office worker who lead the most ordinary life possible, something he intentionally strived for in order to maintain a quiet peaceful lifestyle. This facade he had created masked his true nature, a serial killer with a sexual fixation on women’s hands, and he will go to any lengths to hide it and eliminate those who discover it. He maintained this cover for decades, until a run-in with (and subsequent murdering of) Shigechi brought him to the attention of Morioh’s Stand community. After they uncovered his name, he managed to change his appearance and successfully took on the identity of another man, Kosaku Kawajiri, as well as his family. His Stand, Deadly Queen, has the power to turn any surface into a bomb which detonates when someone touches it, vaporizing the victim to the atomic level with an explosion completely silent to those around them.
Yoshihiro Kira
Voiced by: Steve Kramer
Stand: Heart Father (JP: Atom Heart Father)
Ability: Supernatural Photography
Stats: Destructive Power - E / Speed - E / Range - Null / Durability - A / Precision - E / Developmental Potential - E
Namesake: “Atom Heart Mother” (song/album by Pink Floyd)
Yoshihiro is the father of Yoshikage, an elderly man who passed away several years ago. However, his spirit never departed, with his love for his son and concern that Yoshikage’s murderous tendencies would eventually catching up to him keeping him bound to the land of the living. To this end, he possesses one of the Stand-granting Arrows, which gave both him and his son abilities. Yoshihiro’s Stand, Heart Father, takes the form of a polaroid camera; Yoshihiro exists in whatever the latest image taken by the photo is, sealing off the area within the photo and allowing him to manipulate objects shown in the photo. If anyone attempts to destroy one of these images, it will kill anyone shown within the photo. However, Jotaro managed to trap Yoshihiro within a photo of himself, essentially negating his Stand. But Yoshihiro still managed to escape with the Arrow, determined to make a slew of new Stand users to distract Josuke and his friends from tracking down Yoshikage.
Hayato Kawajiri
Voiced by: Laura Stahl
The son of Kosaku Kawajiri, the man who Kira killed and stole the identity of. He’s a quiet boy who has a strained relationship with his parents.
Shinobu Kawajiri
Voiced by: Jennifer Losi
The wife of Kosaku Kawajiri. She met her husband in junior high and dated him because her friends thought he was cool, and they got married when she became pregnant with Hayato. However, they only stuck together because of their son, and the marriage had become completely void of passion for years. That all changed recently, as her husband’s personality seemed to suddenly change into someone she found attractive, not suspecting that her husband is quite literally a different man now.
Episode 27 (101)
“I'm an Alien”
Chapters adapted: 377-381
Previously on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure:
Yoshihiro flew around Morioh in his photograph, searching for people to turn into Stand users with his arrow to kill the Joestar Group. Along the way, the arrow chose a young boy, who Yoshihiro then fired at.
At the train station, Rohan watched over the commuters to seek out Kira. He was confronted by the boy from earlier, now with a hole in his cheek, who asked Rohan to play rock-paper-scissors with him. Rohan used Heaven's Door to read the boy's memories, learning that his name is Ken Oyanagi and that he tends to play "scissors" first. From this, Rohan cheated his way to victory, playing "rock" before leaving victorious. Ken then stalked Rohan, forcing him to play until Rohan lost by using rock to punch Ken against his paper. Just then, the hole in Ken's cheek sucked in part of Heaven's Door. Boy Man Man, having absorbed part of Rohan's power, rendered Ken immune to Heaven's Door. Rohan was now forced to continue playing rock-paper-scissors with Ken in order to make Heaven's Door whole once more.
Rohan lost his fourth match and lost the lower body of Heaven's Door, having been psyched by Ken. Ecstatic, Ken gloated about surpassing Rohan and proved his own good luck by predicting correctly that Josuke and Joseph, who were passing by, would ignore Rohan and then avoid a shower of broken glass without moving. However, Rohan's spirit didn't break and he psyched Ken out by announcing his next hand. Numerous draws raised the tension; eventually, Ken played "scissors" against Rohan's "paper", only for his hand to suddenly curl up into the fist that indicates "rock". After Ken gave back Heaven's Door, Rohan explained that he used Shizuka Joestar to stealthily close his hand. Frustrated that Rohan cheated, Ken tried to best Rohan in a rematch by holding Shizuka hostage, only to lose three times in a row. In a fit of despair, Ken attempted suicide by jumping in front of a moving truck, only for Rohan to move in the way, surviving through sheer luck when Yoshihiro, who had been watching the match, was blown by the wind onto the truck's windshield, obscuring the driver's view; the truck then swerved out of Ken and Rohan's way, saving them both.
Seeing that Rohan really didn't have luck on his side, Ken admitted defeat and was in turn praised by Rohan for his decisiveness. Joseph and Josuke met up with Rohan again, looking for Shizuka. Not knowing where she was left, Rohan and Ken then started searching for her with them, a hectic end to a hectic day.
At the train station, Rohan watched over the commuters to seek out Kira. He was confronted by the boy from earlier, now with a hole in his cheek, who asked Rohan to play rock-paper-scissors with him. Rohan used Heaven's Door to read the boy's memories, learning that his name is Ken Oyanagi and that he tends to play "scissors" first. From this, Rohan cheated his way to victory, playing "rock" before leaving victorious. Ken then stalked Rohan, forcing him to play until Rohan lost by using rock to punch Ken against his paper. Just then, the hole in Ken's cheek sucked in part of Heaven's Door. Boy Man Man, having absorbed part of Rohan's power, rendered Ken immune to Heaven's Door. Rohan was now forced to continue playing rock-paper-scissors with Ken in order to make Heaven's Door whole once more.
Rohan lost his fourth match and lost the lower body of Heaven's Door, having been psyched by Ken. Ecstatic, Ken gloated about surpassing Rohan and proved his own good luck by predicting correctly that Josuke and Joseph, who were passing by, would ignore Rohan and then avoid a shower of broken glass without moving. However, Rohan's spirit didn't break and he psyched Ken out by announcing his next hand. Numerous draws raised the tension; eventually, Ken played "scissors" against Rohan's "paper", only for his hand to suddenly curl up into the fist that indicates "rock". After Ken gave back Heaven's Door, Rohan explained that he used Shizuka Joestar to stealthily close his hand. Frustrated that Rohan cheated, Ken tried to best Rohan in a rematch by holding Shizuka hostage, only to lose three times in a row. In a fit of despair, Ken attempted suicide by jumping in front of a moving truck, only for Rohan to move in the way, surviving through sheer luck when Yoshihiro, who had been watching the match, was blown by the wind onto the truck's windshield, obscuring the driver's view; the truck then swerved out of Ken and Rohan's way, saving them both.
Seeing that Rohan really didn't have luck on his side, Ken admitted defeat and was in turn praised by Rohan for his decisiveness. Joseph and Josuke met up with Rohan again, looking for Shizuka. Not knowing where she was left, Rohan and Ken then started searching for her with them, a hectic end to a hectic day.
Now:
Josuke and Okuyasu meet a guy passed out in a crop circle who claims to be an alien. They naturally don’t believe him, but with his strange personality traits and a particularly weird ability, could he be telling the truth?
JOJO'S JUKEBOX
This week’s Jukebox song is “Fantasy” by Earth, Wind & Fire.
Notes:
- New OP starting this episode! This'll be the OP for the remainder of Part 4.
- The chapters which this episode covers can be found in volumes 40 and 41 of the Japanese manga release.
- Parts 1-3 are all now available on Bluray and DVD from Viz Media.
- Please, no spoilers about upcoming events and future arcs. If you’d like to discuss Part 5, Golden Wind, there’s a discussion thread on the Anime board.
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