veemonjosh
Stone free, do what I please
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 about to be caught up in the family business of dealing with bizarre threats. 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 and Sound Effect
Stats: Destructive Power - E (ACT 1) C (ACT 2) / Speed - E (ACT 1) D (ACT 2) / Range - B / 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. His Stand, Reverb, has the ability to physically generate words and sound effects that it can attach to people and objects, either creating an effect related to the sound effect or, in the case of words, being able to influence the thoughts of others. Unique among Stands, Reverb has two different “Acts”, a weaker form and a stronger one.
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 something odd came up which brings him to the small Japanese town of Morioh. 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.
Shigekiyo "Shigechi" Yangu
Voiced by: Brian Beacock
Stand: Harvest
Abilities: Harvesting, Hypodermic Needle
Stats: Destructive Power - E / Speed - B / Range - A / Durability - A / Precision - E / Developmental Potential - C
Namesakes: Neil Young (musician) / “Harvest” (Neil Young album/song)
Shigekiyo, or “Shigechi” as his mother calls him, is a middle schooler who doesn’t have friends, but does have a loving and supportive family. He gained a colony type Stand called Harvest, made up of dozens of bee-like Stands who he uses to pick up spare change around Morioh. He became friends with Josuke and Okuyasu after they met him and, using Harvest to find a lottery ticket, gained a ton of cash. Shigechi’s greed caused conflict, but after a bit of “negotiating”, he relented and the three split the money.
Yoshikage Kira
Voiced by: DC Douglas
Stand: Deadly Queen (JP: Killer Queen)
Ability: ???
Stats: ???
Namesake: Killer Queen (song by Queen)
Yoshikage Kira is an office worker who leads the most ordinary life possible, something he intentionally strives for in order to maintain a quiet peaceful lifestyle. This facade he has created masks his true nature, a serial killer with a sexual fixation on women’s hands. In order to keep his secret, he will go to any lengths to hide it and eliminate those who discover it.
Episode 22 (96)
“Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 2”
Chapters adapted: 345-347, 354-355
Previously on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure:
On a sunny day in Morioh, salaryman and secret serial killer Yoshikage Kira was relaxing at home with his "girlfriend," a severed hand from a woman he previously murdered. He gave his "girlfriend" a ring he bought for her before heading to St. Gentleman's Bakery to buy a sandwich. Along the way, he was greeted by several of his female coworkers asking him to join them for lunch. Kira refused, while another male coworker described how Kira seems to keep to himself and how quietly he acts.
After buying a sandwich, Kira sat under a tree at the park to eat it, contemplating on the beauty of Morioh. Just then, right behind the tree, Shigechi met up with Josuke and Okuyasu and was asked to loan them lunch money. While giving them the money they need, a stray dog stole Shigechi's lunch bag (also a sandwich from St. Gentleman's) from under his nose and ran off. When Shigechi noticed that his sandwich was gone, he mistook Kira's bag for his and took it, not knowing that Kira's "girlfriend" was inside of it. Kira noticed this right away and followed the kid to prevent him from seeing the hand, as he feared that the police could easily trace the ring on it and Kira's fingerprints back to him. Having not left a single clue during his 15-year career as a serial killer, Kira was determined to reclaim his "girlfriend."
Kira followed Shigechi across town until the latter ran into Josuke & Okuyasu again. Shigechi offered to let them into his school's prep room to have the coffee and tea that the gym teacher regularly smuggles into the school, but Josuke & Okuyasu turned him down. Thinking that he could reclaim his "girlfriend" without much trouble, Kira followed Shigechi into his school's prep room and tried to grab the St. Gentleman's bag while Shigechi was busy brewing himself some coffee, but was forced to hide in the gymnastics equipment when Josuke & Okuyasu suddenly joined Shigechi, having changed their minds about his offer. While the trio was busy eating lunch, Kira attempted to grab the bag with a straightened-out coat hanger, but dropped it, piquing Josuke's curiosity. Just when he was about to investigate the bag, however, Shigechi stopped him and accused him of trying to steal his sandwich. He then left again to prepare tea for Josuke & Okuyasu, during which Kira successfully reclaimed the bag. Upon noticing that his bag was gone, however, Shigechi sent out Harvest to look for it, but was cut short when the gym teacher entered the prep room, which drove the three boys out and give Kira an opportunity to escape without a trace.
Shigechi, however, noticed Kira carrying the bag from the same bakery that his sandwich came from, and suspected Kira of having stolen his sandwich. Shigechi tried to take it back with Harvest, but the bag ripped open, exposing Kira's "girlfriend." Kira, knowing that he'd probably be exposed, gave Shigechi a monologue on how he wishes to live a quiet life before summoning his own Stand, Deadly Queen, aiming to kill Shigechi before the boy could expose him.
After buying a sandwich, Kira sat under a tree at the park to eat it, contemplating on the beauty of Morioh. Just then, right behind the tree, Shigechi met up with Josuke and Okuyasu and was asked to loan them lunch money. While giving them the money they need, a stray dog stole Shigechi's lunch bag (also a sandwich from St. Gentleman's) from under his nose and ran off. When Shigechi noticed that his sandwich was gone, he mistook Kira's bag for his and took it, not knowing that Kira's "girlfriend" was inside of it. Kira noticed this right away and followed the kid to prevent him from seeing the hand, as he feared that the police could easily trace the ring on it and Kira's fingerprints back to him. Having not left a single clue during his 15-year career as a serial killer, Kira was determined to reclaim his "girlfriend."
Kira followed Shigechi across town until the latter ran into Josuke & Okuyasu again. Shigechi offered to let them into his school's prep room to have the coffee and tea that the gym teacher regularly smuggles into the school, but Josuke & Okuyasu turned him down. Thinking that he could reclaim his "girlfriend" without much trouble, Kira followed Shigechi into his school's prep room and tried to grab the St. Gentleman's bag while Shigechi was busy brewing himself some coffee, but was forced to hide in the gymnastics equipment when Josuke & Okuyasu suddenly joined Shigechi, having changed their minds about his offer. While the trio was busy eating lunch, Kira attempted to grab the bag with a straightened-out coat hanger, but dropped it, piquing Josuke's curiosity. Just when he was about to investigate the bag, however, Shigechi stopped him and accused him of trying to steal his sandwich. He then left again to prepare tea for Josuke & Okuyasu, during which Kira successfully reclaimed the bag. Upon noticing that his bag was gone, however, Shigechi sent out Harvest to look for it, but was cut short when the gym teacher entered the prep room, which drove the three boys out and give Kira an opportunity to escape without a trace.
Shigechi, however, noticed Kira carrying the bag from the same bakery that his sandwich came from, and suspected Kira of having stolen his sandwich. Shigechi tried to take it back with Harvest, but the bag ripped open, exposing Kira's "girlfriend." Kira, knowing that he'd probably be exposed, gave Shigechi a monologue on how he wishes to live a quiet life before summoning his own Stand, Deadly Queen, aiming to kill Shigechi before the boy could expose him.
Now:
Shigechi discovers the dangerous ability of Kira’s Deadly Queen, and the manhunt ignites for Morioh’s most elusive serial killer.
JOJO'S JUKEBOX
This week’s Jukebox song is “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young, from his Harvest album.
Notes:
- Like I mentioned two weeks ago, the gap you’re seeing in the chapters adapted for this episode is where Cinderella happened in the manga.
- The chapters which this episode covers can be found in volumes 37 and 38 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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