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.
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. Upon discovering the Stray Cat plant and overhearing Kira muttering to himself, Hayato has realized the man now living with his father’s face isn’t really his father, and is setting out to prove it.
Yuya Fungami
Voiced by: Phillip Reich
Stand: Highway Go Go (JP: Highway Star)
Abilities: Room Creation, Enhanced Sense of Smell, Body Displacement, Life Force Theft
Stats: Destructive Power - C / Speed - B / Range - A / Durability - A / Precision - E / Developmental Potential - C
Namesake: Highway Star (song by Deep Purple)
Yuya Fungami is a motorcycle racer with a trio of groupies who tend to his every whim. One day he got drunk and got into a crash inside a tunnel, ending up in the hospital with nearly every bone in his body shattered. It was there that Yoshihiro found him and gave him his strange yet powerful Stand, Highway Go Go. It has the ability to create a room in any empty space, such as the tunnel Yuya crashed in. When someone enters the room, the Stand picks up that person’s scent, and after breaking up into numerous foot-shaped segments, will endlessly chase them at terrifying speeds, up to 60 km an hour. It won’t stop until it catches them, with distance not even being comfort to the victim as Highway Go Go has a range potentially as wide as Morioh itself. Once the Stand has caught its target, it begins to drain the life force of the victim, sending that energy back to its user, which Yuya used to help heal his injuries. Josuke eventually found him and completely healed his injuries, but only so he could beat him down again, which initially extended Yuya’s stay in the hospital. However, needing to track down the man who defeated Koichi, Josuke healed Yuya again and enlisted his expert nose to help find the culprit.
Terunosuke Miyamoto
Voiced by: Alan Lee
Stand: Misterioso (JP: Enigma)
Ability: Paper Seal
Stats: Destructive Power - E / Speed - E / Range - C / Durability - A / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - C
Namesake: Enigma (electronic music project)
Terunosuke Miyamoto is a man obsessed with fear who gained his Stand thanks to Yoshihiro. His Stand, Misterioso, can transform anything into a piece of paper, keeping a person or object in a state of stasis until being transformed back to normal. Transforming an object is simple, but to transform a person, Terunosuke must point out the unique sign his target subconsciously displays when they’re most afraid, and then his Stand can turn them into paper the next time they show that sign.
Masazo Kinoto
Voiced by: Stefan Martello
An architect hired by Rohan to assess the damage done by the recent fire in his house. Masazo is quiet and timid, but also kind of greedy. He also has a terrible fear of people seeing his back, something Rohan is determined to find out why.
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.
Tama
Stand: Stray Cat
Abilities: Reincarnation, Plant/Cat Constitution, Aerokinesis
Stats: Destructive Power - B / Speed - E / Range - Null (within line of sight) / Durability - A / Precision - E / Developmental Potential - C
Namesake: Stray Cats (rockabilly band)
Tama was originally a blue British Shorthair cat who lived his life as a stray. One day, he was stabbed in the neck by the Arrow, and shortly after found his way to the basement of the Kawajiri residence. However, after a run-in with Shinobu, he was accidentally killed and buried in the backyard. The next day, strangely, a flower sprouted on his grave, which turned out to be Tama reincarnated as a Stand, Stray Cat. Now being a Stand (though visible to non-Stand users), his ability is the power to create pressurized air bubbles that are fast and deadly, but completely invisible. He initially reacted with murderous intent towards Shinobu, recognizing her as the person who killed him, and attacked Kira when he attempted to protect her. But he eventually took a liking to Kira, who put him in the attic and brings him cat food.
Episode 33 (107)
“July 15th (Thurs), Part 3”
Chapters adapted: 406-409, 413-414
Previously on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure:
With Mikitaka pinned to Super Fly, Josuke decided to rush in and confront Toyohiro, against Mikitaka's wishes. Josuke and Toyohiro squared off, with Toyohiro having the upper hand due to him being better-adapted for life on an electrical pylon. During their fight, Toyohiro peeled off his face, revealing that he actually wears a multitude of latex masks to conceal his identity. Toyohiro fired multiple reflected cuts at Josuke, only for him to be defeated when Shining Diamond was able to use its reparation ability to direct the attacks back to their original locations. Defeated, Toyohiro revealed that he actually lives on the pylon due to his aversion to society and only sided with Yoshihiro because he was promised help with assimilating into Morioh. Toyohiro also revealed that Yoshihiro mentioned the fact that Koichi had already been defeated by another enemy Stand user, at which point Josuke and Okuyasu rushed off to look for him. Toyohiro, meanwhile, continued life on the pylon with Mikitaka, having become a living landmark due to his unusual lifestyle.
Meanwhile, Rohan met Masazo Kinoto, who had come over to plan out the reparations to his house. Sensing something strange about Kinoto, Rohan used Heaven's Door to read his memories and learned that Kinoto has a fear of people seeing his back. As a precautionary measure, Rohan wrote "cannot attack Rohan Kishibe" into Kinoto before returning him to consciousness. As their meeting progressed, Rohan became increasingly perplexed at Kinoto's constant hiding of his back, and developed a desire to see the man's back out of sheer curiosity.
With Koichi nowhere to be found, Josuke enlisted the help of Yuya Fungami and his abnormally-sensitive nose. Despite having exacerbated Yuya's injuries during their last confrontation, Josuke earned the latter's trust by healing him with Shining Diamond, at which point Josuke and Yuya headed off to look for Koichi. During their search, Yuya realized that they were being followed by Terunosuke Miyamoto, who reeked of Koichi's scent. Knowing this, Josuke chased Terunosuke down, only for an unconscious Tomoko to appear in his place, catching Josuke off-guard. Terunosuke then contemplated how his Stand, Misterioso, is able to turn people into autostereograms if he can catch them displaying tics they show when afraid, and that he was able to easily capture Tomoko and Koichi through this method. By releasing Tomoko, he was able to detect that Josuke bites his lower lip when afraid, but was unable to catch him in the act. Thus, Terunosuke released a folded sheet of paper for Josuke to pick up. Josuke took the bait and began to open it, while Yuya warned him of the danger that it holds.
Meanwhile, Rohan met Masazo Kinoto, who had come over to plan out the reparations to his house. Sensing something strange about Kinoto, Rohan used Heaven's Door to read his memories and learned that Kinoto has a fear of people seeing his back. As a precautionary measure, Rohan wrote "cannot attack Rohan Kishibe" into Kinoto before returning him to consciousness. As their meeting progressed, Rohan became increasingly perplexed at Kinoto's constant hiding of his back, and developed a desire to see the man's back out of sheer curiosity.
With Koichi nowhere to be found, Josuke enlisted the help of Yuya Fungami and his abnormally-sensitive nose. Despite having exacerbated Yuya's injuries during their last confrontation, Josuke earned the latter's trust by healing him with Shining Diamond, at which point Josuke and Yuya headed off to look for Koichi. During their search, Yuya realized that they were being followed by Terunosuke Miyamoto, who reeked of Koichi's scent. Knowing this, Josuke chased Terunosuke down, only for an unconscious Tomoko to appear in his place, catching Josuke off-guard. Terunosuke then contemplated how his Stand, Misterioso, is able to turn people into autostereograms if he can catch them displaying tics they show when afraid, and that he was able to easily capture Tomoko and Koichi through this method. By releasing Tomoko, he was able to detect that Josuke bites his lower lip when afraid, but was unable to catch him in the act. Thus, Terunosuke released a folded sheet of paper for Josuke to pick up. Josuke took the bait and began to open it, while Yuya warned him of the danger that it holds.
Now:
Josuke and Yuya face off against Terunosuke, while Rohan discovers the secret to the architect’s back.
JOJO'S JUKEBOX
This week’s Jukebox song is “Return to Innocence” by Enigma.
Notes:
- Viz is finally releasing the Part 4 manga in English! The first volume (combining the first two Japanese volumes for Part 4, volumes 29 and 30) will be out on May 7th, both digitally and in hardcover.
- The chapters which this episode covers can be found in volumes 43 and 44 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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