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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure - Part 5: Golden Wind
Opening theme: “Fighting Gold” by Coda
Ending theme: “Freek’n You” by Jodeci (Version 1)
Characters
Giorno Giovanni
Voiced by: Phillip Reich
Stand: Golden Wind (JP: Gold Experience)
Abilities: Life Giver and Life Shot
Stats: Destructive Power - C / Speed - A / Range - C / Persistence - D / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - A
Namesake: Giorno (Italian for “day”) / Gold Experience (album by Prince)
Born Haruno Shiobana, Giorno is the son of the vampire DIO (using Jonathan Joestar’s body) and a Japanese woman. Inspired by a nice gangster who helped him as a child, Giorno has made it his mission in life to become part of the mafia and rise through its ranks to become its leader, determined to stop the drug trade that has targeted Italy’s youth. Sometime recently, his hair turned from black to blonde and he manifested a Stand known as Golden Wind, which has the ability to give anything it touches life. Giorno most often uses this ability to transform inanimate objects into living creatures.
Bruno Bucciarati
Voiced by: Ray Chase
Stand: Zipper Man (JP: Sticky Fingers)
Ability: Zippers
Stats: Destructive Power - A / Speed - A / Range - C / Persistence - D / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - D
Namesakes: “Buccellati” (Sicilian fig cookie) / “Sticky Fingers” (Rolling Stones album)
A member of the Passione mafia, Bruno is one of the more righteous members, sharing Giorno’s desire to uproot the organization from the inside. His Stand, Zipper Man, can create zippers, which can either sever things in two or create pocket dimensions within objects that can hold either himself or other items.
Leone Abbacchio
Voiced by: Mick Lauer
Stand: Moody Jazz (JP: Moody Blues)
Ability: Chronological Rebroadcasting
Stats: Destructive Power - C / Speed - C / Range - A / Persistence - A / Precision - C / Developmental Potential - C
Namesakes: “Leone” (Italian for “lion”) / “Abbacchio” (Italian for “lamb meat”) / The Moody Blues (British rock band)
Abbacchio is the no-nonsense member of Team Bucciarati, dedicated to his position. This dedication to upholding justice once drove him to become a police officer, but he soon found the system to be corrupt and favoring of criminals with deep pockets. In a moment of weakness, he accepted a bribe from a pimp instead of arresting him, but when that same pimp threatened to blackmail him, it led to the death of Abbacchio’s partner and his subsequent firing. Bucciarati, who saw his sense of justice, soon welcomed him into his group. Abbacchio’s Stand, Moody Jazz, has the ability to “replay” moments by rewinding and transforming into a person and reenacting what they did during that slice of time. This allows Abbacchio to investigate events, at the cost of his own vulnerability as Moody Jazz cannot attack while it is using its ability.
Guido Mista
Voiced by: Sean Chiplock
Stand: Six Bullets (JP: Sex Pistols)
Abilities: Bullet Control and Enhanced Reloading
Stats: Destructive Power - E / Speed - C / Range - B / Persistence - A / Precision - A / Developmental Potential - B
Namesakes: “Insalata mista” (Italian for “mixed salad”) / Sex Pistols (British punk rock band)
Mista is the laid-back member of Team Bucciarati, the most sociable and carefree with a desire for an easy life, a calmness that helps him to focus even in the heat of battle. At the same time, he is the most prone to casual violence for the pettiest of reasons. Mista also has an intense phobia of the number four, refusing to get into situations where the number comes up. Mista’s Stand, Six Bullets, is a Colony Stand type made up of six bullet-like creatures (numbered 1 to 7, skipping 4) that can help guide and control the bullets shot out of Mista’s gun via rebounding shots mid-air, as well as reloading the gun for Misa. Despite being Stands, each of the Six Bullets have distinct personalities separate from their user, can have conversations with Mista, and even eat food.
Narancia Ghirga
Voiced by: Kyle McCarley
Stand: Li’l Bomber (JP: Aerosmith)
Abilities: Machine Guns and Bombs, Carbon Dioxide Radar
Stats: Destructive Power - B / Speed - B / Range - B / Persistence - C / Precision - E / Developmental Potential - C
Namesakes: “Arancia” (Italian for “orange”) / Aerosmith (rock band)
Narancia is the most child-like member of Team Bucciarati, possessing a rather bratty personality. But he is incredibly loyal towards his friends, viewing them like family. His Stand, Li’l Bomber, takes the form of a small toy airplane with all the capabilities of a real fighter plane, including machine guns and bombs as weapons, as well as a radar that Narancia can use to track enemies via the carbon dioxide they exhale.
Pannacotta Fugo
Voiced by: Ethan Murray
Stand: ???
Namesakes: “Panna cotta” (an Italian pudding) / “Fugo” (Italian for “dismissing”)
Fugo is the most intelligent member of Team Bucciarati, having been a child prodigy who went to university at the age of 13, and as a result thinks more about the consequences of a situation than his comrades might. He is a caring and friendly person, and is especially protective of Narancia, who he treats like a younger brother. At the same time, Fugo has an explosively violent temper underneath, and anyone who gets him upset is liable to feel the full force of his fury. Like the rest of the team, Fugo has a Stand, but has yet to reveal it.
Trish Una
Voiced by: Lizzie Freeman
Namesakes: Trish Gott (American model) / “una” (Italian for “one”)
The estranged daughter of the Passione’s boss, Trish never knew her father and lived the first 15 years of her life with her mother until her passing. After this, she found herself placed under the mob’s protection, switching hands until winding up in the care of Buccarati’s group. Now she is the target of a group of Stand using assassins.
Formaggio
Voiced by: Jonah Scott
Stand: Tiny Feet (JP: Little Feet)
Ability: Shrinking
Stats: Destructive Power - D / Speed - B / Range - E / Persistence - A / Precision - D / Developmental Potential - C
Namesakes: “formaggio” (Italian for “cheese”) / Little Feat (rock band with an album of the same name)
Formaggio was a member of La Squadra Esecuzioni, a group of Stand-using assassins who were once part of Passione, but split off and made it their mission to go after the organization’s boss. To this end, once discovering the existence of the boss’s daughter Trish, they decided to go after Buccarati’s group, with Formaggio being the first one to reach them. He was a rather relaxed individual, even towards his targets, but was also sadistic, being rather fond of tormenting his enemies. His Stand, Tiny Feet, could shrink objects and people, including himself. He faced off against Narancia and nearly killed him, but was eventually dealt with, but not before uncovering the location of where the group is hiding Trish.
Episodio 12 (125)
“The Second Mission from the Boss”
Chapters adapted: 478-481
Previously on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure:
Narancia, born in 1984, was once a normal bouncy child like any other. At age ten, his mother died from an eye infection and his father, already neglectful, cared even less for his son. Eventually, Narancia stopped attending school and hung out with a group of friends with whom he could commit petty thefts and other crimes. One time, one of his older friends told him to dye his hair blond to look cool, but Narancia was then arrested and put into reform school for a year when he was mistaken for another young blond criminal who beat up and robbed an old woman. Narancia wouldn't plead guilty and the police beat him, leading to a lingering eye infection. At the same time, Narancia was suspicious about his "friend," but shut his worries down, as he believed friends were everything in the world.
However, these same friends ostracized him when he got out, avoiding him because of his eye infection and the same blond friend slandering him. Betrayed and ill, Narancia became desperate and lived from that point on as a miserable vagrant in the streets, letting himself slowly die. However, he then fortunately met Pannacotta Fugo and Bruno Bucciarati, who take of him, had him cured of his infection and treated him as a human being. Despite Bucciarati wanting to keep Narancia out of the gang, the boy was determined to work for him and took Polpo's test, becoming a full-fledged member of Passione.
In the present, Formaggio trapped the miniature Narancia in a bottle with a spider to interrogate him on Trish's whereabouts. However, Narancia had earlier managed to have Li'l Bomber riddle a car with bullets which suddenly exploded, scorching Formaggio and returning Narancia to his normal size. Using his own blood to extinguish the flames engulfing him, Formaggio shrunk himself and attempted to escape under the smoke affecting Li'l Bomber's radar. However, Narancia caused more explosions, which surrounded Formaggio with more fires and forced him to reveal himself. The two had one final stand-off, which resulted in Narancia managing to kill Formaggio. Back at the vineyard, Bucciarati received instructions from the boss to travel to Pompeii and retrieve a key near a dog mosaic for a vehicle which can escort Trish to safety.
However, these same friends ostracized him when he got out, avoiding him because of his eye infection and the same blond friend slandering him. Betrayed and ill, Narancia became desperate and lived from that point on as a miserable vagrant in the streets, letting himself slowly die. However, he then fortunately met Pannacotta Fugo and Bruno Bucciarati, who take of him, had him cured of his infection and treated him as a human being. Despite Bucciarati wanting to keep Narancia out of the gang, the boy was determined to work for him and took Polpo's test, becoming a full-fledged member of Passione.
In the present, Formaggio trapped the miniature Narancia in a bottle with a spider to interrogate him on Trish's whereabouts. However, Narancia had earlier managed to have Li'l Bomber riddle a car with bullets which suddenly exploded, scorching Formaggio and returning Narancia to his normal size. Using his own blood to extinguish the flames engulfing him, Formaggio shrunk himself and attempted to escape under the smoke affecting Li'l Bomber's radar. However, Narancia caused more explosions, which surrounded Formaggio with more fires and forced him to reveal himself. The two had one final stand-off, which resulted in Narancia managing to kill Formaggio. Back at the vineyard, Bucciarati received instructions from the boss to travel to Pompeii and retrieve a key near a dog mosaic for a vehicle which can escort Trish to safety.
Now:
Giorno, Abbacchio and Fugo travel to Pompeii to find a hidden key pivotal in their protection of Trish. Facing the trio, however, is more than the lonely remains of ancient Roman villas and colonnades.
JOJO'S JUKEBOX
This week’s Jukebox is "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson.
Notes:
- Starting next week, Golden Wind is moving up to 2am.
- The chapters which this episode covers can be found in volume 51 of the Japanese manga release.
- The first four Parts of the anime are now available on Bluray from Viz Media. Additionally, the live-action JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure movie based on Part 4 will be getting an official US release on Bluray on February 11th.
- As for the manga releases from Viz Media, Parts 1-3 are now available and Part 4 is in the process of releasing. These can be found physically in hardcover, as well as digitally on Viz’s Shonen Jump app.
