JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders

Name: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険スターダストクルセイダース
Kuujou Joutarou: Mirai e no Isan
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Legacy to the Future

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In 1989, Joseph Joestar arrives in Japan to meet his troubled grandson Joutarou Kuujou at the request of his daughter Holly. Joutarou has locked himself in a jail cell out of fear that an evil spirit is possessing him and that he may cause harm to others. However, Joseph reveals the truth to Joutarou: this "spirit" is really a "Stand," a physical manifestation of one's fighting spirit. What's more, Joseph and his companion Mohammed Avdol possess Stands of their own and have learned to control them with ease. Joseph's arrival comes with another piece of news: an old family enemy has returned from the grave, causing the Stands of the Joestar family to awaken. However, when a Stand manifests within Holly, her inability to cope with it leaves her gravely ill, stirring the men into action. Armed with the power of Stands, a globe-trotting adventure from Japan to Egypt—where their adversary resides—begins. Meeting an array of nefarious Stand users along the way, as well as new allies, the team leads a crusade to save Holly and put an end to their enemy for good. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

A 17-volume kanzenban version dubbed as JoJonium was published in Japan from December 4, 2013, to March 4, 2015. This edition covered the first three parts of the Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken series and included new cover art which showed redesigns of the characters by Araki Hirohiko. JoJonium's volumes 8-17 cover the third part. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders was published in English by VIZ Media from November 8th, 2005, to December 7th, 2010 under the title JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was not labeled as Part 3 until later; this was due to it being the first of the series to be published in English. The publisher has published the series uncensored following the JoJonium format and content from November 1, 2016 to February 5, 2019. It was also published in Italian by Star Comics from March 1995 to March 1997. Several minor changes were made to the English release, apart from changes to several copyrighted stand users names and violence to animals and children being changed, an online group of Muslim protesters halted the release of the manga for a year. This was due to a scene in the OVA where the antagonist, Dio Brando is seen reading pages from the Qu'ran—which was not even present in the manga. Shueisha requested many scenes featuring fighting which involved buildings resembling mosques be redrawn.

Published

Mar 20, 1989 to Apr 14, 1992

Authors

Araki, Hirohiko

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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 2: Sentou Chouryuu

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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai

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Joseph Joestar43631 fan favorites
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Age: 18 (Part 2), 68 (Part 3), 78 (Part 4) Birthday: September 27, 1920 Zodiac: Libra Height: 195 cm (6'5") Weight: 97 kg (214 lb) Blood type: B Nationality: British-American Occupation: real estate agent Stand: Hermit Purple Joseph Joestar is the main protagonist of the second part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Battle Tendency, and the second JoJo of the series. He also appears as a primary ally in Stardust Crusaders (Part 3) and a secondary ally in Diamond is Unbreakable (Part 4). Joseph is a natural-born Ripple user and eventual Stand user, wielding the psychic photographic Stand, Hermit Purple. An exuberant troublemaker with an exceptional talent for trickery, Joseph meets the fantastic threats approaching him throughout his life with initiative and impressive ingenuity, battling Vampires, the Pillar Men, and malevolent Stand users. Background: Part 2: Battle Tendency Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable Timeline: Part 2: Battle Tendency Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable Stand - Hermit Purple Ability type: Close-Range, Reconnaissance Form type: Natural Non-Humanoid Power: Spirit Photography Joseph's Stand, Hermit Purple, manifests itself as a tangle of thorny vines, which Joseph can wield as both a weapon and a hazardous defense. Furthermore, it has been shown to conduct the Ripple, which makes Hermit Purple one of the more effective Stands against those weak to it such as Vampires. One of its special abilities is to use cameras, televisions, and other things to perform a form of fortune-telling referred to as "spirit photography." (Source: JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia, edited)
Joutarou Kuujou26977 fan favorites
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Birthday :1971 Age: 17 (part 3), 28 (part 4), 30 (part 5 ), 40-41 (part 6) Zodiac: Aquarius Gender :Male Blood Type: B Height: 195 cm (6'5") Weight: 82 kg (181 Ib) Stand: Star Platinum Occupation: Student, Marine Explorer, Oceanographer Joutarou is a fictional character from the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and the protagonist of Series 3. He has a recognizable attire of trenchcoat-length school uniform jacket with yellow chains on the collar. He also wears a trademark hat which, while torn in the back, often seems to blend with his hair. While they are first shown as being completely separate, later publications cause more uncertainty as to where his hat and his hair actually meet. His hat is most likely a Japanese student cap that was normally worn along with the gakuran prior to the 1970s. He is also known for a quick and short temper. He is the only JoJo to make an appearance in five different series. Joutarou is Holy Kuujou's son and Joseph Joestar's grandson. When Joutarou first appears, he turned himself in to the police because he believes his Stand is an evil spirit possessing him. To demonstrate, he steals a gun from a prison guard, and tries to shoot himself in the head—a phantom hand emerges from his arm and catches the bullet, however, only Holy sees the hand. This act naturally earned the widespread fear of the guards and other prisoners towards him. Joseph comes to Joutarou's aid with Muhammad Avdol. A brief fight ensues due to Joutarou's defiance, getting Avdol involved. After he is released from jail, and learns what his Stand is, Joutarou gets used to Star Platinum, a fierce, muscular, vaguely Aztec-looking spirit with "the precision of a machine" and the ability to destroy virtually anything with a "Fist of the North Star"-like sledgehammer barrage of fists. In the sixth story arc Stone Ocean, Joutarou becomes an oceanologist, moves to the United States, eventually marries, and his daughter, Jolyne inherits Stand powers. But she also inherits the tradition of adventures that Joutarou tends to get entangled in. She also adopts an outfit style similar to his at one point due to her fascination and respect for her father. He has a very tough exterior (despite the profile image indicating nothing of the sort), and is even rather rough and delinquent, but he also is very dedicated, intense, and loyal. He is very intelligent, but usually lets his (or Star Platinum's) fists do the talking with the enemy, even though he often has to rely on his wits to deal with stand users' attacks. Joutarou has a perpetual cooler-than-thou, slightly disinterested attitude, although he loves his mother and respects his grandfather. It is not that he is unaware of his own love and/or respect—rather, he thinks anyone can tell his emotions just by looking at him, and probably thinks further effort in portraying how he feels to be a waste of time. In the manga, he's constantly chased by adoring girls, whom he ignores or tries to drive away. He is the main target of Dio, who realizes that Joutarou is his greatest threat. In part 6, he also shows his protective father side, often taking near fatal blows for Jolyne and throttling her out of harm's way. After he is "revived," Anasui, one of Jolyne's companions who is enthralled by her, asked Joutarou to approve of marrying her. Although he first acted deaf, Joutarou got the picture when he saw her lean against Anasui's chest. Not ready to see his daughter married off right away, he pulled his daughter into his arms, leaving Jolyne clueless to their interactions. His father, a jazz musician, is thought to receive his namesake from Sadao Watanabe, a jazz saxophonist. His father is always on tour and is never seen. Joutarou is both fierce and gentle, and he shows these traits in various scenes, from the fight with N'Dour to the encounter with D'Arby. One shining example is how he spared Noriaki Kakyouin, instead of destroying him outright, knowing that Kakyouin attacked him unwillingly and was under Dio's influence. The same happened for Polnareff, whom he saved as well. Both became invaluable allies to the end. Unlike with both D'Arby brothers, who got the full brunt of Joutarou's ferocity, he saw in N'Dour blind loyalty rather than greed and evil that was evident with the other enemies. Though still loyal to Dio, N'Dour respected Joutarou for his strength, despite being an enemy, until he breathed his last. In return, Joutarou gave N'Dour a decent burial in the desert. Joutarou's appearance is interesting in that he exhibits an anime archetype exhibited commonly by "genius" characters by forever staying young through all of his appearances in spite of age. His catchphrase is "Yare yare daze." It has no direct translation but it is usually translated to the effect of, "Gimme a break." It can also mean "Well well well..." or "all-right all-right...," since "yare yare" commonly translates to "Oh well..." It generally relates of being bored or exasperation. In the official Shonen Jump Advanced manga this is written as "Give me a !@$&*# break.." In the manga, Joutarou is seen reading a Shounen Jump in his cell, with Shounen Jump being the magazine in which JoJo is published in Japan. These magazines also saved Joutarou from being fatally impaled by Dio's knives. He is regarded by many as the most charismatic character of the JoJo series. One of the strongest stands in the JoJo universe; Star Platinum possesses super human senses, strength, stamina, accuracy and speed. It can see for great distances and at great magnifications. As an added bonus, it has a "Star Finger" attack in which it extends its finger to attack. It is similar to Dio's The World stand, and, it turns out, can likewise be used to stop time, but that ability is only revealed in Joutarou's epic battle with Dio Brando when Dio was about to drop a steamroller on him. The Star card symbolizes, above all, hope. This is very appropriate, since Joutarou is very much the young new hope of the series. Like other physically powerful stands, Star Platinum suffers from a narrow range of activity. It can only be active within a 2-3 meter radius from Joutarou. (Source: Wikipedia)
Dio Brando16370 fan favorites
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Birthday: 1867 Age: 13-121 Gender: Male Height: 185 cm (6'1") , 195 cm (6'5") Race: Human (formerly), Vampire (onwards) Nationality: British The central villain of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Dio is an immortal vampire and the arch rival of the Joestar family. Part 1: Phantom Blood Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Part 6: Stone Ocean
Noriaki Kakyouin5882 fan favorites
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Age: 17 Gender: Male Blood Type: A Height: 178 cm (5'10") Stand: Hierophant Green Noriaki Kakyouin is a student who has traveled to Egypt. Dio Brando sensed his Stand powers and asked him for a demonstration, which turned out to be a fight. Afterwards, Kakyouin is brainwashed by Dio using buds from his own cells into following his will, which is to kill Joutarou Kuujou. The manner in which he carries out his assault upon Joutarou differs from the Manga and OVA. In the manga (and the videogame), the assault happens inside a clinic of a school. In the OVA, he attacks Joutarou by possessing the body of a female student with his Stand. Joutarou soon discovers that Kakyouin was under the influence of Dio. Joutarou then used his own Stand, Star Platinum, to successfully remove Dio's implant buds from Kakyouin's head in spite of the risk that it may openly attack both of them, freeing Kakyouin from Dio's slavery. Kakyouin then joins Joutarou's journey to save Holy and defeat Dio in Egypt. Kakyouin's Stand, Hierophant Green, can attack from long ranges and unleash an energy attack known as the Emerald Splash. He maintains a calm demeanor and is often seen with Joutarou, consistently wearing his green school uniform. He's often smiling with an "above-it-all" air, but humbles himself constantly and will go so far as the occasional crude joke to lighten the mood.
Jean Pierre Polnareff5033 fan favorites
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Birthday: 1965 Age: 23-36 Gender: Male Height: 185 cm (6'1") Jean Pierre Polnareff is the second-to-last addition to the Crusaders, who joined after he fought and was defeated by Muhammad Avdol. Polnareff is the stereotypical "good-natured klutz." He is heroic and protective of those he loves but is not very bright (although he has shown lots of cunning and strategy throughout the series). He is very impulsive, loud, and quick to jump into action without considering the risk, character traits that have landed him in lots of trouble. However, he is sincerely dedicated to doing good and is a good man who can watch his friends' backs. He also fancies himself as a ladies man, but his personality implies that he overestimates his actual prowess. Out of all the characters in the series, Polnareff is the one who has the least problems showing his feelings, and he adds a lot of humor and warmth to what would otherwise be a pretty cold team since Kakyouin and Joutarou in particular are very cold characters. Indeed, while he may sometimes be seen as the comic relief of the series, Polnareff's companions appreciate his good nature and trust him to help them win when a tough battle arrives. He went with Joutarou Kuujou and Joseph Joestar to get revenge for his sister, who was raped and murdered by J. Geil. His Stand is Silver Chariot. (Source: Wikipedia, Jojo Wikia, edited)
Iggy853 fan favorites
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Iggy, who possessed the powers of a Stand, was found by Muhammad Avdol in the street slums of New York. Only Avdol is able to come close to him. He is remembered for his obsession for coffee-flavored chewing gum and for antagonizing Jean Pierre Polnareff in the series. Iggy also sported the most unsociable traits ever in a dog, as he will fart on a person's face while chewing and ripping out their hair. (Source: Wikipedia)
Muhammad Avdol717 fan favorites
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Birthday: 1960 Age: 28 Gender: Male Height: 188 cm (6'2") Stand: Magician's Red Avdol is a rather serious fellow, who wears his heart on his sleeve and is a good source of knowledge. He is extremely dedicated and willing to die for his comrades. He acts as an adviser of sorts, but is also a powerful warrior. He is the most moderate member of the team: not as impulsive and warm-blooded as Polnareff and Joseph, and not as cold as Kakyoin and Jotaro. He serves as the voice of reason to the rest of the team.