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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 Jojo no kimyōna bōken, alternately translated as JoJo's Venture) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It is famous for its original art style (complete with over-the-top violence), intricate plot, and numerous Western rock music references. Every main character's name in each series can be read as JoJo. The manga, published by Shueisha in their magazine Weekly Shonen Jump, started in 1987 and went on to 2004. The latest part was initially published in Weekly Shonen Jump, but changed to Ultra Jump in 2005.
The manga is published in English by VIZ Media, although Parts 1 and 2 have been skipped for the time being, arguably to captailze on the popularity of part three.
Manga
Part 1: Phantom Blood
Part 1: ファントムブラッド
The story begins in Victorian England with young Jonathan Joestar living at his father's wealthy estate. Another young man, Dio Brando, is adopted by them having recently lost his father, Dario Brando, who once saved Lord Joestar from an accident. (Actually Dario Brando did not attempt to save him at all, he just happened to be in the place where the nearly-mortal accident took place, and he was also trying to take advantage from the situation by stealing his belongings)
Jonathan tries to befriend him but Dio's plan is to achieve wealth and power by any means necessary. Hoping to drive Jonathan mad, Dio acts like a perfect gentlemen around his adoptive father Lord Joestar but is physically and psychologically abusive to Jonathan whenever possible.
Seven years later Jonathan's father falls ill. Dio is very attentive and brings him his medicine every day. Jonathan is suspcious as he is certain Dio is up to no good. Jonathan discovers an old letter written by Dario Brando on his deathbed requesting Lord Joestar care for Dio. In his letter, Dario describes his symptoms which are identical to Lord Joestar's mystery aliment. Jonathan believes that Dio must have poisoned his own father and is now trying to do the same thing to Lord Joestar. Dio discovers Jonathan with the letter and Jonathan accuses Dio of poisoning Lord Joestar. Dio decides that he must kill Jonathan before he is exposed.
In order for Dio to kill Jonathan, he puts on a cursed mask that transforms its user into a vampire permanently. Fighting ensues and Jonathan is able to burn Dio down with their house. However, Dio survives, and takes off to plot his revenge. Later, Jonathan meets a man called William Zeppelie with a strange power called the ripple (波紋 hamon) which is most effective against vampires. It is basically a respiration technique. After teaching Jonathan how to use the ripple they both set out to seek out and defeat Dio.
Their chase takes them to a village in Europe where most of the villagers have been turned into vampires by Dio. Eventually they fight their way to Dio : William Zeppelie loses his life in battle, and a fight between Dio's eye beams and Jonathan's ripple ends with a loss for Dio.
Somehow Dio's head was still intact, and while the heroes travel back home by boat they are ambushed by Dio. Dio manages to sink the ship and take Jonathan's body with him to the bottom.
Part 2: Battle Tendency
Part 2: 戦闘潮流 (sentō tyōryū)
The second JJBA series takes place in the 1930s, and follows the misadventures of Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar, as he fights vampires and ancient super beings with some help from a cybernetically-enchanced Nazi and an Italian man he has a lot in common with. He lives in New York and seems to have inherited the power of the Ripple, also receiving training from Ton Petti's disciple, Straizo.
Parts one and two are heavily influenced by the manga Fist of the North Star.
Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
Part 3: スターダストクルセイダース
The most popular series of the JoJo compendium is series 3 by far. Series 3 follows Jotaro Kujo (空条承太郎 Kūjō Jōtarō), the grandson of Joseph Joestar. Jotaro is a troublesome student given to getting into fights at school and antagonizing his teachers. He is put in prison after beating up three armed men and a trained boxer, but he refuses to leave, claiming he's possessed by an evil spirit. To demonstrate, he takes a gun and shoots himself in the head, but the bullet is stopped by an arm shooting from his hand that only he and his mother Holly can see. Joseph Joestar soon arrives with his friend Mohammed Avdol. A battle ensues between Avdol and Jotaro in which Avdol manifests his own evil spirit, using it to provoke Jotaro out of the cell. Joseph reveals that Jotaro's "evil spirit" is actually a Stand, a manifestation of psychic power. Jotaro's Stand, named Star Platinum, possesses incredible precision and strength; Avdol's, known as Magician's Red, can control fire; Joseph's Stand, Hermit Purple, manifests as ivy vines that allow him to manipulate cameras and other mediums, capturing images from a great distance.
Joseph reveals that Jotaro's and his own Stand, having both manifested recently, appeared because of the reemergence of Dio Brando. When he sank to the bottom of the sea Dio attached his severed head to Jonathan Joestar's body, using his new body's energy to remain alive. However, Dio's Joestar blood linked him to the rest of the family, and thus when Dio began to develop a Stand, Joseph and Jotaro did as well. Dio vows to destroy the Joestar family and sends a student, Noriaki Kakyoin, to dispose of Jotaro. Kakyoin's Stand, Hierophant Green, possesses a nurse and attacks Jotaro with its Emerald Splash maneuver, but Jotaro defeats him soundly.
It is soon discovered, however, that Holly has developed a Stand. Her Stand appears as ivy growing from her body, but because she lacks the fighting spirit to control it, it begins to slowly kill her. Joseph and Avdol determine that unless they kill Dio within fifty days and break his curse, Holly will die.
Star Platinum's keen eyesight helps the three determine that Dio is somewhere in Egypt. Kakyoin, freed by Jotaro from Dio's mind control, comes along to help the group. On a jetliner the group is ambushed by the insectile stand Tower of Gray, forcing Kakyoin to prove his worth. Jean-Pierre Polnareff, user of the swordsman Stand Silver Chariot, challenges Avdol in Hong Kong but is eventually freed from Dio's control, joining the group to avenge his sister. The heroes take a ship to Singapore but are forced to battle the aquatic Stand Dark Blue Moon, controlled by Captain Tennille, who sinks their ship. Accompanied by a stowaway girl, the group boards an abandoned freighter but discover that the entire ship is a Stand called Strength, controlled by an orangutan. Devo the Cursed uses his Stand, Ebony Devil, to accost Polnareff in Singapore, while Rubber Soul and his Yellow Temperance impersonate Kakyoin before attempting to consume Jotaro. In Calcutta they encounter the team of Hol Horse, user of a gun Stand called the Emperor, and J. Geil, the man with two right hands and the user of the Hanged Man, a Stand of light that attacks from mirrors. Polnareff avenges his sister by slaying her murderer, J. Geil, but Avdol is killed by Hol Horse, who flees the scene.
Joseph is infected with a boil that turns out to be the Empress, a Stand controlled by Nena, but outsmarts the cancerous foe. En route to Pakistan the party battles Wheel of Fortune, a car Stand controlled by ZZ. Enya Geil, mother of J, attempts to use her stand (Justice) to avenge her son, sending an army of animated dead after Polnareff and Jotaro. In Karachi, Steely Dan uses The Lovers to hold Joseph hostage, forcing Jotaro into the role of personal manservant. Arabia Fats, user of The Sun, attempts to thwart the group in the Arabian desert but is discovered and easily defeated. The group is soon saddled with the baby Mannish Boy, who uses his Stand, Death 13, to attack in dreams. Only through Kakyoin's quick thinking does the group survive Death 13's dreamworld. On an island in the Red Sea Polnareff is accosted by the genie Stand Judgment, but Avdol returns and saves the day. Avdol appropriates a submarine, but the vehicle is infiltrated by the High Priestess, a Stand that can take the form of anything metallic; however, Star Platinum's power proves a simple but effective counter.
Upon arriving in Abu Simbel the heroes are joined by Iggy, a Boston terrier and the user of The Fool, a simple but powerful Stand of sand. They are immediately attacked by the blind Stand user N'Doul, who attacks with Geb, a Stand of water and the first of the nine Egyptian god Stands; he is able to slash through Kakyoin's eyes before he is defeated by Jotaro and Iggy. Oingo and Boingo, users of the face-altering stand Khnum and the future-predicting comic book Thoth, attempt to defeat the heroes, but Oingo is injured without the heroes even knowing he was there. Anubis, a sword with a Stand, possesses a boy named Chaka, a barber named Khan, and then Polnareff, nearly killing Jotaro. Mariah, the sultry user of Bast, magnetizes Joseph and Avdol and leads them on a wild goose chase. Polnareff and Silver Chariot are reduced to children by Set, the Stand of the child-molester Alessi. Later, the group encounters Daniel J. D'Arby, who offers information if they gamble with him, but when Polnareff and Joseph lose, D'Arby's stand, Osiris, reduces their souls to poker chips. Only by laying everything on the line can Jotaro hope to defeat the gambler. In Cairo the group meets Hol Horse again, who has partnered himself with Boingo. Later, Iggy battles Pet Shop, Dio's pet falcon and the user of the ice-slinging stand Horus. Kakyoin returns soon afterwards, his eyesight mostly recovered.
The doorway to Dio's mansion is guarded by Terence Trent D'Arby, younger brother of D'Arby the Gambler. His Stand, Atum, steals Kakyoin's soul after a round of video games, but despite D'Arby's mind games Jotaro is able to outwit him. Meanwhile, Polnareff, Iggy, and Avdol dispose of Kenny G, whose Tenor Sax Stand creates an illusory maze. Avdol is then killed by an invisible force that is revealed as Dio's henchman, Vanilla Ice, whose Stand, Cream, swallows itself into another dimension and instantly obliterates anything its sphere of destruction touches. Ice, who killed himself for Dio but was revived by Dio's blood, is able to nearly eliminate Polnareff, but a valiant maneuver by Iggy allows Polnareff to ultimately win. Jotaro, Joseph, and Kakyoin encounter the Idiot but easily defeat him.
Though wounded and alone, Polnareff confronts Dio but is confounded by the vampire's powers. When the four surviving heroes are reunited they climb to Dio's tower with the Idiot in tow, but when the Idiot opens the casket he inexplicably ends up mutilated inside it. Dio chases Joseph and Kakyoin across Cairo until Kakyoin discovers that Dio's Stand, The World, is able to stop time. With most of his friends dead or injured Jotaro confronts Dio. Though The World has a huge advantage in the ability to stop time, Jotaro nearly defeats Dio, but the vampire restores himself by draining Joseph's blood, becoming even stronger. Finally Dio attempts to finish off Jotaro by crushing him with a steamroller, forcing Jotaro to use Star Platinum in ways he never thought possible.
Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
Part 4: ダイヤモンドは砕けない (daiyamondo wa kudakenai)
This series focuses on Josuke Higashikata (東方仗助 Higashikata Jōsuke) (Stand: Crazy Diamond), the illegitimate son of Joseph Joestar, with Jotaro Kujo and Joseph Joestar along in a supporting role. Apparently feeling that Stands needed more explanation, Araki retroactively introduces the "Bow & Arrow", an ancient artifact (and yes, it is a bow & arrow) which causes talent Stand ability to develop in people. Unfortunately, the Bow & Arrow falls into the hands of a serial killer, who uses it to turn assorted other crazy people into Stand Users who then run around maniacally butchering others or just causing trouble. (They're not really working together like they were in Series 3.) Most of the Stand Users are teenagers, too, so the effect is sort of like "Stand User High School".
Josuke's classmates also become Stand Users, and the powers they go up against get stranger and stranger... "Heaven's Door", which allows you to open up a person's face like a book and change their memories; "Echoes", which attacks with materialized sound effects; "Pearl Jam", which causes your food to apparently dismantle your body from inside...
This Series is most notable for (1) Taking place in Japan and (2) Taking place in an imaginary place, without any trips to real locations. (The plot is mystery-oriented, not travel-oriented, as the characters try to locate the true murderer without being exterminated, but mostly they just wander around and encounter weird people.) Also, it really pumps up the rock references; there's even a villain jamming on a guitar, which might cross the line into total ridiculousness. For its sheer inventiveness, and its artwork, it occupies a high rank among many fans, even though it's probable that "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" could have ended with Series 3, since killing Dio was the last thread that needed to be tied up from the preceding parts.
Part 5: Golden Wind
Part 5: 黄金の風 (ōgon no kaze)
Stars Giorno Giovanna, the son of Dio Brando and one of his many wives. Being the son of Dio Brando when Dio's body is not his original body, but that of Jonathan Joestar, connected at the neck, before the body was burnt in the fire few hundred years ago, you will definitely be curious about whether Giogio is as bad as Dio or as noble as the other Joestars. Dio managed to stay alive in the coffin with Jonathan's body. It is therefore questionable whether the offspring of a combination of good and evil will still be good. Because Kujo thought deeply, how in the world can the sperms of his great grandfather survived a few hundred years and still be used? There is no cryogenic technology at that time. So, what if the sperms are kept alive using vampire blood? Will that 'contaminate' or modify or mutate the DNA structure of the sperm? Will the sperms be able to regenerate like a vampire in its microscopic form(i.e. if part of the sperm disconnects either from the head or the tail, will the other part grow back?) Did Dio's body(jonathan's) reproduce the sperms and replace it with evil ones? That was why Kujo Jotaro had to investigate him. Because after all, Giogio is his "grandfather's stepbrother". It is family business. Because the Joestar family is well known for righteousness, he wouldn't allow Giogio to bring chaos to this world. And more importantly, he wanted to know whether the stand of Dio, "The World", was passed on to Giogio in any way. However, Kujo didn't mind him having stand power, just as long as he uses it for good deeds and not evil.
Giogio tries to attain the rank of Gangster King for the Italian community he loves. He uses the stand Gold Experience, which gives life to anything it touches. Along with his friends Bruno Bucciarati (Sticky Fingers), Guido Mista (Sex Pistols), Leone Abbacchio (Moody Blues), Narancia Ghirga (Aerosmith), Fugo Pannacotta (Purple Haze) and Trish Una (Spice Girl), "GioGio" has plenty of help to reach the top!
Part 6: Stone Ocean
Part 6: ストーンオーシャン
The story of Jotaro Kujo's (Part 3) daughter, Jolyne Kujo. She is framed for a murder and ends up in the prison "Stone Ocean." She makes friends to recover her father's memory and stand, the perfect form of Star Platinum, stolen by a mysterious priest and his stand White Snake.
She has a stand power, Stone Free, which allows her to unravel her body into living string. The stand itself can appear in a humanoid shape, but the farther away it moves from Jolyne the more it unravels.
Most notably, she meets the likes of F.F., a Stand that's both plankton and a stand, that took the form of a dead prisoner, fellow transfer Hermes and her stand KiSS, and the murderer Annasui, who likes to take things apart and put the pieces side by side.
Part 7: Steel Ball Run
Part 7: スティール・ボール・ラン
Was recently officially declared a part of the JoJo story line.
This series stars Gyro (sometimes attributed as J.Lo) Zeppeli, who uses a set of steel balls that spin incredibly fast, and Johnny Joestar, a former hot-shot rider who was crippled by an ambusher, and lost his fame and fortune. They race, along with others, in a mad-dash across America for 5 million dollars. This series is likely caused by the after effects of the stand "Stairway to Heaven" (the name was changed to メイド・イン・ヘブン "Made in Heaven" in the tankōbon release, "Stairway to Heaven" was written without any katakana furigana), which was reputed to create a perfect universe for everyone. This explains the inclusion of characters such as a Higashikata - someone of Josuke's lineage - an Avdol lookalike, and Diego "Dio" Brando.
It seems to largely be a retelling of Series 1, but the inclusion of stands and the Western turn-of-the-century setting add a new element to the old coming-of-age story.
According to Jojo publisher, Steel Ball Run is a parallel world of Jojo. Hence, Steel Ball Run does not have any story-relation to the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Universe.
Steel Ball Run is being published by Shueisha in Ultra Jump. The first 23 chapters (4 volumes) were serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Anime
Two OVA series have been adapted from Series 3 by A.P.P.P. (Another Push Pin Planning) Company in Japan. The original six-episode series in 1993 began with Joseph, Jōtarō, Polnareff and Kakyōin in the Egyptian desert on their quest to find Dio (volume 20 in the manga). The series offered very little exposition, assuming the viewer already knew the backstory. A prequel seven-episode series was released in 2001, offering an explaination for those unfamiliar with the story in the previous series. It started with Joseph coming to Japan to explain Jōtarō's strange behavior (volume 12 in the manga). The entire 6-volume (13-episode) anime series has been released in English in chronological order by Super Techno Arts. A theatrical film is currently in the planning stages that will cover the events in Series 1.
(The following section is a stub based on the recaps from Super Techno Arts' advertising copy. Used with permission.)
Episodes listed in chronological order as used in the English release:
Adventure 1: The Evil Spirit
Jotaro Kujo refuses to leave his jail cell, believing that he is possessed by an evil spirit (later revealed to be a "Stand"). When Jotaro's mother, Holley, his grandfather Joseph and the mysterious Avdol come to try to coax him out, a battle erupts between two Stands—Jotaro's "Star Platinum" and Avdol's "Magician's Red."
Adventure 2: Hierophant Green
Jotaro learns the secret of his Stand power and about his family's enemy, the vampire Dio. Later, Jotaro is attacked by “Hierophant Green,” an enemy Stand controlled by Dio's assassin, Noriaki Kakyoin who is under Dio's control. When Holley falls into a Stand-induced coma, Joseph, Jotaro and the others embark on a dangerous journey to Egypt to save her life and end the 100-year battle between Dio and the Joestar family!
Adventure 3: Silver Chariot and Strength
When the private jet carrying Jotaro and his companions to Egypt suddenly bursts into flames, the plane is forced to land in the ocean. As the party drifts in a lifeboat, a large freighter pulls alongside and they climb aboard. To their shock, there is no crew to be found—and the only passengers left aboard are an Orangutan and enemy Stand user Jean-Luc Polnareff.
Adventure 4: The Emperor and the Hanged Man
At a stopover on the way to Egypt, Polnareff is attacked by "The Hanged Man," an enemy Stand who has two right hands and can only be seen in reflections. Realizing that it must be controlled is the same Stand user that killed his younger sister, Polnareff breaks away from the rest of the group to seek his revenge. Polnareff is lured into a trap set by The Hanged Man and his partner, Hol Horse. When some of the party come to his aid, one is killed by Hol Horse's Stand, "The Emperor."
Adventure 5: The Judgement
Kakyoin and Polnareff desperately seek a way to defeat The Hanged Man, who can strike out at them from "the world inside the mirror" while remaining invulnerable to their attacks. How can they hope to defeat an enemy who can move at nearly the speed of light and attack from almost any direction?
Adventure 6: The Mist of Vengeance
A thick fog envelopes the group as they travel towards Egypt, so they seek refuge in a nearby town. There, the companions stumble across a strangely mutilated dead body lying on a street corner. An old woman arrives on the scene with the police, and offers to let them stay at her hotel for the night. In the hotel bar, Polnareff encounters N-Yah, a beautiful and mysterious young woman on a deadly quest of her own.
Adventure 7: Justice
Polnareff becomes a living puppet under the control of N-Yah and her incredible Mist of Death Stand, "Justice." The group battles its way out of the hotel, only to find themselves surrounded by legions of the dead. All seems lost when Jotaro falls prey to a bizarre sneak attack, leaving him vulnerable to N-Yah's control as well.
Adventure 8: Iggy the Fool and N'Dool the GEB (Pt. I)
Jotaro and his companions finally reach Egypt. There, they are met by a Speedwagon Foundation helicopter that delivers a new addition to their group—the mysterious Iggi "The Fool." When the helicopter crashes just a short time later, the group investigates, only to find themselves pitted against another of Dio's assassins—N'Dool and his deadly Stand, "God Geb."
Adventure 9: Iggy the Fool and N'Dool the GEB (Pt. II)
Jotaro and the others find themselves stranded and at the mercy of N'Dool's incredibly strong and mercurial Stand, "God Geb." Faced with almost certain death, Jotaro makes a desperate gambit and forces Iggi to help him strike back at N'Dool, but Iggi has other plans. He betrays Jotaro at a critical moment, offering him to "God Geb" in order to save his own life.
Adventure 10: D'Arby the Gambler
The companions search the huge Egyptian capital of Cairo, showing everyone they meet the photo of a mysterious building where they think Dio resides. In an odd cafe, they encounter a gambler named D'Arby who claims to have the information they need. The catch is, they have to beat him in the ultimate wager—one where their very souls are at stake! Can the Joestar party outwit a master gambler at his own game?
Adventure 11: The Warrior of the Void: Iced
Jotaro and his companions finally arrive at Dio's lair and find their way to the room where his coffin resides. Just as they prepare to strike the fatal blow, Dio's mysterious Stand powers, coupled with that of his finest assassin, Iced, slay one of the party before the group's horrified eyes. But even that doesn't quench Dio's thirst for blood...
Adventure 12: Kakyoin - Duel in the Barrier
Dio pursues Joseph through the streets of Cairo, leaving an incredible swath of death and destruction in his wake. Another of the companions comes to Joseph's aid, only to be crushed by the power of Dio's Stand, "The World." As the shattered hero lies alone and dying, he realizes in the last moments of life the true nature of Dio's Stand...but can he warn the others before it's too late?
Adventure 13: Farewell, My Friends
The century-old blood feud finally comes to a close in the final battle between Jotaro and Dio. "The World" seems invincible as Jotaro is struck time and again with murderous blows. If Jotaro cannot discover the secret of Dio's Stand and find some way to counter it, the Joestar line will come to an abrupt and bloody end.
Video Games
Several video games have been adapted from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The first was an RPG based on Series 3 released in 1993 for the Super Famicom. Later, two fighting games were also adapted from Series 3 by Capcom, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (aka. JoJo's Venture) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future, both in 1999. A third Capcom game was based on Series 5 titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Gold Whirlwind (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険: 黄金の旋風) and released for the PlayStation 2 in 2002. This game was supposed to be released in Europe as GioGio's Bizarre Adventure. Characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure were also featured in the Shonen Jump crossover game Jump Superstars.
The Stands
The concept of "stand" (stands for "stand by me") was introduced in part 3 of the manga series. According to Joseph Joestar, it is the manifestation of an individual's innate power over the "ripple" and represents (to an extent) the individual's psyche. In fact, Joseph once referred to it in the manga as the "ghost ripple" (quite apt, as most of them take on humanoid forms and hover around the wielders like wraiths). To people without the power of the Stand, who naturally cannot see them, the activities of the Stands are comparable to ghostly and poltergeist activity. This behavior is evidently seen in the JoJo anime, in the episode with Jotaro imprisons himself, where other prisoners and even the guards feared Jotaro.
It is interesting to note that the stands began to take on names of distinguished bands starting from part 4 of the series. Most of them are progressive rock bands, as Araki himself is a fan of this music genre.
Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
Star Platinum (Jotaro Kujo) One of the strongest stand in the Jojo universe. Star Platinum possesses super human senses, strength, stamina, accuracy and speed. In fact, it is inferred among fans that Star Platinum's incredible speed is basis to its ability to stop time. At his peak, Jotaro can stop time for as long as 10 seconds with his stand. Like other physically powerful stands, Star Platinum suffers from a narrow range of activity. It can only be active within a 2-3 metre radius from Jotaro.
Magician's Red (Mohammed Avdol) Avdol's stand takes the form of a man with an eagle's head. This fiery stand can be remotely controlled and generates intense flames capable of melting steel within moments. Magician's Red can also produce a "heat radar", a cruciform mass of flame that indicates direction of heat sources.
Hermit Purple (Joseph Joestar) Hermit Purple appear as multiple vines that spawn from Joseph's right hand. Apart from combat purposes, this versatile stand can perform such feats as producing psychic photographs (each at the expense of one camera), live psychic videos on a television, conjure real-time maps (capable of tracking moving subjects) and (apparently) read minds.
Hierophant Green (Noriyaki Kakyoin) This is another remote stand with the ability to alter its form. It can stretch over impressive distances (in his fight with Dio, Kakyoin "webbed" an entire city district with Hierophant Green), and can reduce to microscopic sizes (as in the fight with Yellow Temperance). It can also shoot emeralds like bullets.
Silver Chariot (Jean-Pierre Polnareff) A stand in a shiny suit of armor, wielding a spear (incidentally, Polnareff is dedicated to the code of chivalry). Silver Chariot is a speedy remote stand that deals lightning-fast strikes with his rapier. It's also capable of shedding its armor to increase its speed dramatically.
The World (Dio Brando) Very similar to Jotaro's Star Platinum, this stand has phenomenal strength, senses and stamina - but faster and more accurate. It can also stop the time (for a longer duration as well).
Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
Craze Diamond A melee stand with short range (3m), Craze Diamond has a rather unique ability of "restoration". It can repair damages and heal injuries (apart from the wielder's own injuries) - though it can not ressurect the dead, however it can restore an item to its raw materials (eg. a table can be restore to timbers). This ability allows Craze Diamond to perform a range of interesting feats, including trapping the enemy (by restoring pieces of a broken crate around the target)and tracking (eg. restoring a torn piece of clothes, and it will seek out and reattach to where it came from).
A note on WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
The eerie cry of "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" (ウリイイイイイイ uriiiiii, pronounced ree and not like the bread) is a shriek given off by the vampires throughout JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. While all vampires in the series are prone to doing so, this noise is most commonly associated with Dio Brando.
A resurgence of popular interest in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure occurred when "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" began making the rounds as an internet meme, sparked by a flash movie which features stick figures performing the signature attacks of five different characters. Dio Brando's features his use of The World to freeze time, a barrage of throwing knives, and finishes with a steamroller dropping on his opponent, atop which he leans back and exclaims "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!". While amusing to fans of the series, this proved hilariously random to those unfamiliar with JoJo. This internet phenomenon has spread mostly from the Futaba Channel imageboards.
It is of interesting note that a debate has sprung up regarding the proper spelling of "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY", specifically how many Y's it should contain. While many argue that the 20-Y "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" is the only "correct" spelling (assumedly since this is the amount of Y's featured in the flash movie), those who have read JoJo's Bizarre Adventure will note that not only is there no set amount of letters in the manga, but "WRYYYYYY" is actually a less common portrayal of the vampire cry, which is spelled as "URIIII", "UREYYYYYYYY" or "URYYYYY" far more frequently. A six-Y "WRYYYYYY" returns over 10,000 entries on Google, which is far more than any other spelling.
There is no individual spelling that is correct as WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY is onomatopoetic and the amount of Y's should be used to show the length of the cry; however, it has been widely accepted that there should only be one W and one R.
The recent English publication of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (which begins at the start of the third arc) uses the spelling "WREEEEEEEEEE", which reinforces the proper pronunciation (at the cost of obscuring the connection to the Internet fad).
External links
- The JoJo FAQ, with plot and character summaries
- Official JJBA OVA series site
- Jojo posing school
- Jojo Flash Movie
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure at MobyGames