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Characters
Jotaro Kujo
Voiced by: Matthew Mercer
Stand: Star Platinum
Ability: Strength and Precision
Stats: Destructive Power - A / Speed - A / Range - C / Durability - A / Precision - A / Developmental Potential - A
Namesake: The Star (tarot card)
Joseph’s grandson, Jotaro isn’t one for displaying his emotions and is a man of few words, but deep down has a gentle heart and will protect anybody close to him, especially if he has to beat the crap out of someone. Recently, he gained a mysterious power known as a Stand, his being a powerful one with incredible precision and strength. With his Stand, Star Platinum, he’s now on a journey to Egypt to take down DIO and save his mother.
Joseph Joestar
Voiced by: Richard Epcar
Stand: Hermit Purple
Ability: Divination and Hamon
Stats: Destructive Power - D / Speed - C / Range - D / Durability - A / Precision - D / Developmental Potential - E
Namesake: The Hermit (tarot card)
Joseph Joestar once saved the world nearly 50 years ago, but since then retired from his Hamon training and became a real estate tycoon in America. However, after gaining his Stand, he sprung back into action once discovering that the evil DIO, who had taken his grandfather’s life, had reemerged from his hundred-year slumber. Alongside his grandson Jotaro, high schooler Kakyoin, and the charismatic Polnareff, Joseph is now in a race against time to defeat DIO and remove the curse afflicting his daughter Holly.
Noriaki Kakyoin
Voiced by: Kyle Hebert
Stand: Hierophant Green
Abilities: Coiled body, marionette control, and Emerald Splash
Stats: Destructive Power - C / Speed - B / Range - A / Durability - B / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - D
Namesakes: Kakyoin (neighborhood in Sendai, Japan) / The Hierophant (tarot card)
Kakyoin originally worked for DIO, having been brainwashed by the vampire while on a family trip to Egypt, but was saved by Jotaro. Being a righteous individual determined to rid the world of evil and to repay his debt to Jotaro, Kakyoin has joined the quest to defeat DIO.
Jean Pierre Polnareff
Voiced by: Doug Erholtz
Stand: Silver Chariot
Abilities: Speed and sword combat
Stats: Destructive Power - C / Speed - A / Range - C / Durability - B / Precision - B / Developmental Potential - C
Namesakes: Jean-Paul Belmondo (actor) / Michel Polnareff (musician) / The Chariot (tarot card)
Polnareff is a chivalrous Frenchman who met the Crusaders in Hong Kong. He was initially a minion of DIO but, like Kakyoin, was rescued from the brainwashing that had been placed on him. He initially joined the group to avenge his sister, who was killed by the evil Stand user Centerfold. After defeating his target, he continues onward with them to Egypt to end DIO’s evil reign and ensure no one else has to suffer.
Enyaba
Voiced by: Barbara Goodson
Namesakes: Enya (singer) / Justice (tarot card)
Stand: Justice
Abilities: Fog String Puppetry and Illusions
Stats: Destructive Power - D / Speed - E / Range - A / Durability - A / Precision - E / Developmental Potential - E
Enyaba is DIO’s right-hand confidant, operating alongside him behind the scenes to give him advice and coordinate his followers in their attacks on the Crusaders. With the defeat of all the Stand users she had sent after the Crusaders, including her own son Centerfold, she has left the sanctity of DIO’s mansion to intercept the Crusaders herself, arriving in Pakistan. Setting up in a hotel, she has taken the Crusaders in as guests, planning to kill them in their sleep. Her Stand, Justice, is a fog that can enter open wounds and control the victim like a puppet, alive or dead.
Hol Horse
Voiced by: Imari Williams
Stand: Emperor
Abilities: Point-Blank Summon and Homing Bullets
Stats: Destructive Power - B / Speed - B / Range - B / Durability - C / Precision - E / Developmental Potential - E
Namesakes: Hall & Oates (Pop Duo) / The Emperor (tarot card)
Hol Horse, on the surface, appears to be a confident and smooth-talking womanizer. Deep down, however, that confidence is a facade, as Hol Horse is aware of how weak his own Stand is. For this reason, he is one of the few Stand users under DIO’s command who willingly teams up with other Stand users. After the defeat of his partner Centerfold, Hol Horse ran away from the Crusaders, but eventually tailed them to Pakistan, arriving at a hotel Enyaba had taken over. Expecting hospitality from her, he quickly discovered she blamed him for her son Centerfold’s death, and has attacked him.
DIO
Voiced by: Patrick Seitz
Namesake: DIO (Band)
Stand: ???
In the early 1880’s, a lower-class orphan by the name of Dio Brando was taken in by the upper-class Joestar family. With resentment for those of higher social status than him, Dio spent the next 7 years planning to take out the heir to the Joestar family, Jonathan Joestar, and claim its fortune. However, caught at a critical time in his plan, Dio used an ancient artifact the Joestars owned to become a vampire and began a new plot for world domination. Jonathan, along his friends, fought back against Dio, ending in a confrontation on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic which cost Jonathan’s life and sent Dio to a supposed watery grave. However, nearly a hundred years later, he was recovered by an unsuspecting group of treasure hunters, and given life anew in the modern age! Having gained possession of a mysterious Stand ability, the being now known simply as “DIO” wraps his insidious grasp around the world through agents also possessing Stands, in the resurrection of his plot to end the Joestar bloodline and dominate humanity! Jonathan’s body has manifested a Stand similar to Joseph’s Hermit Purple which allows DIO to monitor the Stardust Crusaders, but DIO’s own Stand is something more mysterious and far more terrifying.
Episode 15 (41)
“Justice, Part 2"
Chapters adapted: 157-160
Previously on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure:
After finally convincing Anne to go back to Hong Kong, the Crusaders crossed the Pakistani border, heading for the city of Karachi. However, fog made their travel too dangerous to proceed for the time, so they stopped in a nearby town for the evening. There, they found the residents to be acting strange, as well as a dead body that no one seemed to be concerned about. The body was also covered in mysterious holes.
As they examined the body, an old woman, Enyaba, offered to take them to her nearby hotel. While outwardly displaying hospitality, internally she cursed the Crusaders, vowing to kill them later that evening. In the midst of this, she nearly blew her cover by referring to Joseph by his last name, causing Jotaro to become highly suspicious of her. Later that evening, as the group were getting set up in their rooms, Hol Horse showed up at the hotel, having tracked them there. Enyaba displayed tears to him over the death of her son, but when his guard was down, she stabbed him in the wrist with a pair of scissors, cursing him for letting her son die. Using her power of her fog-like Stand, Justice, she caused the wound in his wrist to explode, creating a round wound identical to the ones on the corpse outside. Through the wound, Justice controlled Hol Horse like a puppet, and he involuntarily shot himself in the face with Emperor.
With Hol Horse out of the way, Enyaba turned her attention towards her next target: the man who actually killed Centerfold, Polnareff, who also happened to be making his way to the lobby to find a toilet...
As they examined the body, an old woman, Enyaba, offered to take them to her nearby hotel. While outwardly displaying hospitality, internally she cursed the Crusaders, vowing to kill them later that evening. In the midst of this, she nearly blew her cover by referring to Joseph by his last name, causing Jotaro to become highly suspicious of her. Later that evening, as the group were getting set up in their rooms, Hol Horse showed up at the hotel, having tracked them there. Enyaba displayed tears to him over the death of her son, but when his guard was down, she stabbed him in the wrist with a pair of scissors, cursing him for letting her son die. Using her power of her fog-like Stand, Justice, she caused the wound in his wrist to explode, creating a round wound identical to the ones on the corpse outside. Through the wound, Justice controlled Hol Horse like a puppet, and he involuntarily shot himself in the face with Emperor.
With Hol Horse out of the way, Enyaba turned her attention towards her next target: the man who actually killed Centerfold, Polnareff, who also happened to be making his way to the lobby to find a toilet...
Now:
Enyaba makes her move against the Crusaders, as the true nature of the town’s residents reveals itself.
JOJO'S JUKEBOX
This week’s Jukebox song is “Cursum Perficio” by Enya.
Notes:
- No episode next week due to a DBZ Kai marathon.
- The manga chapters which this episode covers can be found in Stardust Crusaders volume 4, presently available in hardcover from Viz Media. Alternatively, they can also be found in volume 5 of the older paperback releases.
- Additionally, the events of this episode were covered in episodes 6 and 7 of the Stardust Crusaders OVA.
- The first season of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, covering the first 26 episodes, is now available on Bluray from Viz Media and on DVD from Warner Home Video.
- Please, no spoilers about upcoming events and future arcs. Seriously.
I'd posted this back in 2016, over ten years ago!
