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| “ | OH NO/OH MY GOD! | „ |
| ~ Joseph's catchphrase if something goes wrong. |
| “ | Your next line is... | „ |
| ~ Young Joseph's catchphrase. |
| “ | RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! | „ |
| ~ Young Joseph using his "secret art", also known as "NIGERUNDAYO!" in Japanese. |
| “ | Well, I guess now you can see the difference in our fighting experience. Once your opponent started boasting their victory, they've already lost! This is how Joseph Joestar does things! I guess I just get better with age. | „ |
| ~ Joseph Joestar to Nena. |
Joseph "JoJo" Joestar is the titular deuteragonist in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise, serving as the titular main protagonist of Part II: Battle Tendency, the deuteragonist of Part III: Stardust Crusaders, and a supporting character in Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable.
A survivor, Joseph meets the fantastic threats approaching him throughout his life with initiative and ingenuity. He is the most recurring JoJo in the series after his grandson, Jotaro Kujo. He wields the Stand known as Hermit Purple.
Portrayals[]
- In Japanese, he was voiced by the late Kenji Utsumi and the late Gorō Naya in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders drama CDs, the late Chikao Ohtsuka in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OVA, Hōchū Ōtsuka in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future as "Young Joseph", Tōru Ōkawa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future as "Old Joseph", Tomokazu Sugita (who also voiced Kiyomasa Katō) in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (where he played both forms of Joseph), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven, and the anime (in both of which he plays "Young Joseph" only), and the late Unshō Ishizuka (who also voiced Ujiyasu Hōjō) in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven and the anime (in both of which he plays "Old Joseph").
- In English, he was voiced by Michael Bennett in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OVA, Ben Diskin in the anime as "Young Joseph", and Richard Epcar in the anime as "Old Joseph".
Powers and Abilities[]
Hermit Purple
Even without any abilities, Joseph is wickedly intelligent, being able to play intense mind games (especially with his uncanny ability to predict what others will say next), be dangerously resourceful with his environment, be surprisingly skilled in flying aircraft, use clever strategies that manage to always come out on top despite seeming idiotic at first, and is willing to do whatever it takes to secure victory, be it clean or dirty.
In fact, his tactic of fleeing a fight is mainly for him to think up of a new strategy while on the run. On top of this, he is also quite agile (mainly in his younger years), being able to do aerial stunts or swing from rooftops with his Stand.
Joseph's primary form of attack is dealing Hamon-based attacks, with him not only being able to use the standard physical strike to give this, but also being able to infuse it into objects to make them into deadly tools (being most recognizable to use it on his clackers, which he can use as physical attacks or projectiles able to use a boomerang-like effect), use it in a form of hypnosis, and extend his arm out in a "Zoom Punch".
Despite having no interest in delaying his aging with Hamon mastery, JoJo's innate talent worked subtly, making him very robust and healthy for a 69-year-old man. Though at 79 JoJo had finally begun showing his age, as he needed a cane to walk and was now starting to go senile.
Joseph would eventually gain the Stand Hermit Purple, which is a vine-like Stand which can also transfer Hamon, with it also being able to ensnare people or objects and imbue itself into technology to find psychic images/videos of things, take control of them, or to check for foul play. These vines are also able to do complex, delicate tasks under Joseph's command, such as being able to play video games with a controller.
Trivia[]
- A running gag in the series is that every time Joseph has no other plan left and is cornered by his enemies, he would use a technique he calls his "final move" in which he runs away from the enemy, almost always comically yelling "Nigerundayo!"/"Run away!" (Translated as "Run as fast as I can!" when fleeing from Straizo and a "Run for your lives!" when fleeing from Kars, acting like a coward). He passed this technique to Jotaro, although the latter doesn't yell comically like his grandpa. Surprisingly, even Giorno is seems to use this technique.
- Another running gag is that every time he goes on a plane, he would always end up crashing it, having been in 4 plane crashes throughout the series, 2 in Battle Tendency and 2 in Stardust Crusaders. In fact, in Diamond is Unbreakable, even though he was a senile old man, Jotaro had them travel by boat, not being able to trust Joseph on a plane anymore.
- Hermit Purple is teased in the background of the opening music video for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency, Bloody Stream.
- According to Araki, Purple Hermit is why Joseph could precict what people could say when he taunted them; saying that if someone with an activated Stand tine traveled back to Battle Tendency, they would see Purple Hermit wrapped around Joseph.
- Contradicting the statement of Joestars commonly living short lives, Joseph has lived the longest out of any Joestar, being said by Hirohiko Araki to still be alive (although "a little dumber") by the events of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean and also meaning that he outlived his own grandson and great-granddaughter.
- Joseph being "a little dumber" suggests he developed dementia.
- Ironically, despite the series' name, Joseph is the second and last Joestar to be referred to as "JoJo" for most of the time, as every other protagonist after him was usually only referred to by the nickname only once or a couple times.
- Joseph losing his lucidity and robust body may be due to no longer practicing Ripple once Dio died; there were no more vampires nor Pillar Men that could be a threat.
- Alternatively, because he had his blood mixed with the blood from Dio's body, it risked harming Joseph of he continued using Ripple; just like Straizo.
- Thirdly, he could have just never been taught by his mother on how to slow his aging.
External Links[]
- Joseph Joestar on the JoJo's Bizarre Wiki
- Joseph Joestar on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
- Joseph Joestar on the Shonen Heroes Wiki
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