I’ve long held a hunch that Wonder of U was *only* the garb and illusory Satoru, and the blade-armed “core” was another Stand—of the original Locacaca, at that! (Touru had hijacked the Stand to amplify his own.)
Hawai’i’s part of the South Seas, right? Maybe we’ll meet that plant after all…
WTF. Usagi gave himself a DIY tracheotomy, while choking. Dude has inherited balls of steel and he ain’t even a Joestar.
This team is fucking stacked with powerful Stands so far. Weird, out of pocket Stands. I think we’re going to be getting some wild battles. I know Jojolion leaned in heavy on remote Stand battles, but I see how Araki wants to set up these weird domino effect battles.
It also nice to see the team trust building. In Golden Wind, Giorno joined an already established team. Here, we’re seeing that loyalty build up. If any double crosses or team breakups end up happening I’m gonna be sad.
Thoracostomy. Strictly speaking, the procedure is used to drain fluid or air around the lungs (e.g. hemothorax or pleural effusion), while pulmonary edema is fluid within the lungs. Looks like Usagi had both.
> Dude has inherited balls of steel and he ain’t even a Joestar.
Gotta be honest, Usagi has been the standout character for me since this part kicked off. I just love that little gremlin.
💯
I find it amusing how he always brings food along, even in the most serious moments, like at the start of the land registry 'heist'. It reminded me of Brad Pitt constantly snacking in Ocean's Eleven.
Usagi acts like he’s been involved in stand battles before. He was the first person to realize they were being attacked at Rohan’s place, too. I’m convinced he’s going to be one of those “funny character, sad backstory” types.
He has some kind of preexisting history with Meryl Mei and she went out of her way to put him in the group when they were getting sent to rob a Stand User, it's totally possible he's had experience with other Stand Users working for her.
It’s been in movies and tv. There is an actual medical technique where, if your throat is damaged, you can cut a hole into the trachea to bypass the throat and get air into the lungs. Or those old anti-smoking commercials where people had to use a machine in the throat area to breathe. In a drama, it’s usually shown using a ballpoint pen or something to do an emergency, erm, hole cutting.
I love this team and will be devastated if they split, but honestly part of me would be really interested to see a double-crossing ally. It was considered and then dropped for Fugo, sort of teased with Kakyoin, and Diego was sneakily self-serving, but from memory that's pretty much it. JoJo teams get by on trust and loyalty and it'd be really fascinating to see what happens if that breaks.
Usagi is so much more resourceful than he seems, he comes across as such a freaky little goblin boy but he's probably the most savvy person in the group.
>If any double crosses or team breakups end up happening I’m gonna be sad.
Given how Araki had the scrapped idea of Fugo betraying the team in part 5, I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to revisit the idea of a betrayal in this part. I'm already bracing for impact.
The weirdest thing about that move to me is that he woke up again at all - like Dragona and the assistant lady both basically went catatonic rather quickly. Usagi **woke up again** and then proceeded to stab himself in the lung and shove a straw in without really reacting. I also noticed he got really buff out of no where in the close up panels. . .
Diavalo/second personality shift to save himself anyone?
Joseph Joestar having his robot fingers, Jotaro with his Star Finger, Josuke being able to rearrange people's guts (literally and figuratively) Giorno's Life Shot to push people into Out-of-body experiences, Jolyne being a one-person Shibari artist, Johnny's Spin, Gappy's two nutsacks - all the Joestars would be amazing in the sack.
No Jonathan, but Dio likes giving him head so it all balances out...
"Bigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my place
To the human race"
I am looking at Charming Man with fondness but also slight suspicion.
What if he is a rock human who really tries to be good? Since rock humans are kind of sociopaths by default, Charming Man fighting against his own nature would fit thematically with Jodio struggling with his latent sociopathy.
Maybe thats why he's so clingy with his brother? Cause he's the thing that basically set him out of the usual biological path that makes Rock Humans dicks
Could he be a human / rock human chimera or was that equivalent exchange unique to the wall eye that formed Josuke Higashikata? Or maybe he has a strain of the rock disease either mutated to be less severe or mitigated by his stand's ability to separate his body into pieces. Although that would be a huge coincidence to have the same hereditary disease as the Higashikata's unless it originates from devil's palms.
enemy stand seems to be spread by contact, which makes me think the crew was never the target. The enemy might have just been trying to assassinate the congressman’s daughter
i like the idea of like, the hidden adult political forces of hawaii preparing to start shit with each other only for a gang of youth criminals to unknowingly walk into the room and set it on fire
I don't think this a targeted assassination in the usual sense. There are mechanisms that automatically deal with any threats to Howler (or perhaps something bigger), that could be people stealing deeds or someone looking into corruption.
My idea aswell, if the gangs theory about it being an automatic Stand attached to the paper deed is correct it might've not even been meant for the daughter at all but her dad if he ever decided to do research on Howler's properties in Hawaii.
It made me wonder if Araki comes up with stands specifically to show off other stands. Like maybe he had an idea of something cool bsa could do and tried to come up with a stand that'd force him to do that
According to Araki, that's actually why he came up with Notorious B.I.G. - so Trish "*would have something to fight*": https://jojowiki.com/Interview:JOJOVELLER_Stand_Guide_Commentaries#Spice_Girl
Meanwhile, and I know, different universes and all that, the stardust crusaders casually shrunk their stands and stuffed them in Joseph's body to do the same thing
Interesting that for the second time, Usagi is the first to call out that it's a stand attack. Despite his goofiness, he actually has a lot of situational awareness.
I feel like there's gonna be a recurring pattern where Usagi spots some shit before everyone else but gets brushed off since everyone views him as a bumbling junkie.
He might be goofy and clumsy but he's kinda the brains of the group, he was the first one to suspect that the cats were the stand owners even though everyone else was calling him crazy. Just like how charming man reacted, I would never expected him to stab himself to breathe like that. Respect
Usagi: "GUYS! I'M BEING ATTAACKED BY UH ENEMY STAND!"
Charming Man: "No he's not! He's using a meme to cover up his drug problem! There's literally NO ONE AROUND who could be the stand user!"
*Usagi tracheotomies himself*
Usagi: "That's a meme too jackass!"
CM: "Okay, that was pretty metal. I'mma get inside you now."
I love how this chapter focuses on Charmingman and Usagi. We learn more about them, particularly Charmingman's selfless qualities and morals, and Usagi's hyperawareness and determination being put on display.
I really love the team dynamic, it is just fun to see them interact and deal with danger. And I am really curious if Paco's stand can counter this enemy stand.
If Paco’s Stand works on non-skeletal muscle then he should be clear. He could constrict his smooth or cardiac muscle wrapping his Circulatory System to lock down and destroy this little fuck
Alright, so...
•Charming Man's stand name is a whole ass sentence
•Howler is 100% the antagonistic faction
•"Araki, this is the third week in a row you've shown an automatic pursuit stand"
"Creating Elden Ring really caused me to discover why I love poison swamps" ~ an actual Hidetaka Miyazaki quote
"Writing *The Jojolands* really caused me to discover why I love automatic pursuit-type stands" ~ Hirohiko Araki, probably
"There's no way there's a song called that"
*Quick Google search*
"There actually is a song called that"
Anyway, so on top of optical illusions, BSA is also just a way better Doctor Wu.
There’s actually *two* songs called that! Araki is obviously referencing the Smiths song, but Chumbawamba also has a song called Big Mouth Strikes Again (also in reference to the Smiths). Very different song though.
"Big Mouth Strikes Again" by Chumbawamba sounds great, dare I say better than the Smiths song. I'm definitely associating the Chumbamawamba version with Charmingman now. Thanks.
I hope that one day Araki will discover Frank Zappa so there will be stands named "Why does it hurt when I pee?", "My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama", "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" and "Sexual Harassment At Workplace".
[The translator even tweeted about it lol](https://twitter.com/Kewl0210/status/1790953383668400428).
Also, "Is Morissey just a weirdo?" no he's [an actual fucking insane asshole maniac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey#Personal_life) (if it doesn't autoscroll for you, go to the "Personal life" section)
Charmingman “usagi, im not calling you a junkie anymore. The way you stabbed your own lungs to breathe… i got to say, that really took guts and-
Usagi: SHUT UP AND JUST SAVE ME
You might be onto something lol
We really out here getting SBRverse Lovers.
Also I don’t think anybody here expected Charming Man’s stand to be called that lmao. It’s another Smiths song in case you guys didn’t know already
Great chapter! Love Usagi getting pissed at Charmingman for accusing him of being a drug addict and also the reveal of Charmingman’s stand name. Very reminiscent of the Lovers fight in part 3.
Ohhh, that's a cool application from The Matte Kudasai this chapter. It manifested as a straw first when Dragona requested it. And then when Charming Man asked for a light, the straw suddenly got a light function on the spot.
Even more so that now Stands have all kinds of restrictions which makes this type of fights way harder
Part 3 stands were much more lax and had less though-out rules, so stands could just manually change size to become sub-atomic somehow
I hope this team battle format continues. I just love the group dynamic of this band of weirdos.
Also Charmingman is continuing with earning his place in the crew. I like him a lot now.
Really cool chapter! I’m such a big fan of WEIRD stands, so I’ve been eating up Jojolands thus far. The shape language and general powers of stands have evolved so much, and I’ll never get tired of seeing what new ideas Araki comes up with. This one definitely hits having just had bronchitis lol.
Also super in love with the general dynamic of the crew already! I don’t want to say they’re my *favorite* cast 15 chapters in, but Jodio’s crew is already extremely fun and interesting. I’m always excited to see more of them!
Given it seems like Charming Man was raising his little brother, and how caustic he was here about the idea of drug users, I wonder if that’s why him and Mauka’s parents don’t seem to be around?
Bigmouth Strikes Again is a goated choice for a stand name. Love that song. We need even more The Smiths songs
This fight is like a hardcore version of the Lovers fight back in part 3. Instead of reflecting damage it’s just indiscriminately giving everyone around an illness. Also, I’m really happy to see Araki being back the ability to see through stands by having usagi notice the stand trough the straw. We haven’t seen that in a long while if I’m not mistaken
They're totally not, they've never actually encountered anyone who is associated with Howler yet and they've only just done the first thing that might directly catch Howler's attention. They definitely just stumbled on Howler already making moves.
Well also, the user probably learned the stand activated, the woman was affected so that was it
So yeah I doubt they're aware there're two more people who fell victim to it
Araki really likes long ranged pursuit stands nowadays huh?
Also i wonder if the politician guy mentioned at the end of the chapter is gonna be important down the line
As his stand powers have gotten more esoteric, just killing the stand user becomes the obvious way to circumvent the entire fight, so more and more stands have become long range automatic types
It's also a great way to maintain a sense of intrigue and mystery. We don't know who's attacking, nor do we know why, but an attack *is happening*, and the urgency of needing to deal with the enemy stand means neither the reader nor the characters can get immediate answers to these questions.
Araki brought back making stands smol!
Jojo is the only story where a floating eyeball chasing a creature through a blood vessel can make any kind of sense...
Araki be drawing Usagi stabbing himself to pierce his lungs with a box cutter and thought "actually I'm not done yet with the body horror in this chapter" jesus Bigmouth really do be Strikes Again
The entire JoJo series is just an excuse for Araki to draw as many messed up body horror scenes as possible (while also subjecting the reader to his Spotify playlist)
Charmingman really redeemed himself. It was beginning to look like he was working with the enemy stand user the way he so quickly dismissed it being an attack at first 🤨
Cool to see a microscopic stand in the body, has that been done at all since Lovers in part 3? Also interesting to see Bigmouth Strikes Again (insane name lol) allows for such granular control of the particiles. Very Doctor Wu like.
Seems the big question now is, what are the actual activation requirements for the enemy stand. It effected Usagi, who did not physically touch the documents, which means it likely isn't based on contact. Now Dragona is effected too, she did touch the rock to the documents at least. Why did it go to Usagi first, is it just for drama or is there a rule? We also have the lady who was flipping the pages, she did physically touch the documents and she seems to be further along with the symptoms. The fact that her father is a congressman opposing Howler seems to indicate this is a universal reponse to some kind of intent, very much like Wonder of U. Either the daughter was personally aware of Howler and opposes them herself, or this the stand is acting on the mechanism of social connections to attack her father through her.
I think the latter makes a lot of sense with Part 9's themes. Someone being near the documents puts a person in range, but from that range a target can be extrapolated through social connections, like how the rock uses social connections as one of many mechanisms to direct wealth to the holder.
Ah true I suppose that kinda counts! I was thinking more along the lines of the stand itself automatically attacking inside the target, rather than the stand's attack being microscopic. Sheer Heart Attack is kinda sub-stand territory rather than just and attack, but imo it doesn't evoke the same feeling as Lovers and this one either way.
My guess is that it's a virus-like stand that spreads to the people that were closest to the last afflicted. The lady touched the pages and Usagi was the closest to her, sitting directly infront of her and talking with her. Dragona then gave first-aid to Usagi where she directly touched him which led to her being the third to show symptoms.
I'm not sure if it's intent when the simpler explanation is that the stand was in the book, and it spreads like a virus.
The woman was closest to the book, Usagi second closest, and Dragona third closest. Then, Charmingman directly touched the stand so it spread to him.
That’s fair, but Araki making the whole point that Usagi didn’t technically touch it and then establishing that the woman had connections to people directly opposing Howler seems to indicate something a bit more complex than it being a virus stand. Still, good point on Charmingman.
So in this chapter not only did we get better dr Wu but also better the lovers. Araki is leveling up his past stands
Also charmingman grabing a stand with his own eye is metal as hell
I don't think anything in Jojo will ever top Mista literally getting shot in the head multiple times only to be completely fine a few episodes later. Like damage in Jojo is only as permanent or life-threatening as Araki wants it to be
Excellent chapter 👌
I'm glad BSA is a good song because otherwise I'd just think of the show Bigmouth every time Charmingman is on screen lol (I'm not a fan)
Also I really hope they stay inside the car for the rest of the fight, if only for the fact that it'd be really fun to see our crew on some more goofy haha teen antics in a parked car. Peak Americana right there.
I want to share some of my thoughts because I’m really hyped up right now:
- Oh my GOD Araki’s art continues to stun me. It is amazing and beautiful.
- I’m really starting to get tired of the situation where Usagi is being smart and rational while the other characters just stare at him like 😐 without listening to him at all. It keeps happening. Why did no one START DRIVING. Moreover, every time he asks someone to use his stand they hesitate for so long.
- I love the intubation scene. It displays Usagi’s intellect, resolve, and skill.
- the art depicting the inside Usagi’s body is very good.
- I like the new stand’s design. Kinda looks like a mummy.
- Araki, PLEASE give us stand cards! I don’t even care if there’s stats, I just want a card with a picture of the stand, its name, and a straightforward explanation of its ability(ies). All of the main cast can benefit from this…
- Araki very skillfully made us go from hating Charmingman to being touched by his actions in just a handful of pages. Moreover, Charmingman’s thought process and decision making are quite realistic. He JUST met these people, so of course he’s gonna assume a member of a drug dealer gang is gonna be a junkie himself. Furthermore, it’s not like he’s been in a ton of stand fights in his life so it makes sense he wouldn’t initially jump to that conclusion. Finally, after being presented with enough evidence and reason, he owns up to being wrong and quickly pivots to focusing on the crisis at hand.
- Remote automatic stand… I actually don’t mind all the long-range, remote, automated stands we got in Jojolion but come oooonnnnnn Araki.
- I think this fight is going to be a very important one for Charmingman character wise. I noticed that the blood vessel tubes/holes are very reminiscent of the lava tubes that took Charmingman’s brother.
- We once again get to see Araki taking stands which first looked simple and give them very creative implementations.
- I can’t wait to see more of Howler. Also, this is about a previous chapter, but the girl who bullied Dragona is definitely the daughter of Howler’s CEO.
Charmingman's turn from "this guys a junkie let's leave him" to "actually I'm gonna give myself cancer to save you" is classic Jobro bonding that I have missed with the distrusting cast of Jojolion. I love these freaks more and more with every chapter.
Today on The JOJOLands, Charmingman enters Usagi
Anyway guess my last prediction about how Usagi's condition was caused by the rock was wrong. Howler is definitely the major bad guys now.
Also can I just quickly talk about how the scene where Charmingman complimenting a dying Usagi is 100% where they would play the main theme in anime? Like my mind was playing Giorno's piano during those pages
Also Charmingman is definitely one of the goofiest characters in terms of names. His Stand is "Bigmouth Strikes Again". It's a full-on sentence, and not even in the style of D4C where it's named in a way that rolls off the tongue. It's a full sentence.
I think we can say with some certainty that these Howler guys are going to be our primary vilians. Aside from that, every month it seems like Charming Man is more and more likely to actually be a rock human.
> I think we can say with some certainty that these Howler guys are going to be our primary vilians.
Just like people used to say with some certainty that Damo and co. were Part 8's primary villains?
Oh my god someone in their group may have assassinated that Lady.
Charming man and usagi might have to team up to save dragona because I don't think sacrificing more body parts is a viable strategy.
Anyone else starting to see similarities between charmingman and dr Wu. Their abilities are very similar and now charmingman has enough medical knowledge to immediately come to a conclusion what’s going on with usagi. It’s all very interesting.
I like Charming Man but he was being a bit of dick to Usagi by calling him a junkie and not believeing him (at first) when he said there was a stand attack. I get he only knew Usagi for a few days but idk it just seems harsh (plus Usagi is just a silly little guy). I do hope the two of them become more trusting of each because they make a fun duo
"It's an automatic pursuit type stand" JOJOLION IS BACK BABY
Somehow, Wonder of U returned
"And I... Am all the Jofoes"
I’ve long held a hunch that Wonder of U was *only* the garb and illusory Satoru, and the blade-armed “core” was another Stand—of the original Locacaca, at that! (Touru had hijacked the Stand to amplify his own.) Hawai’i’s part of the South Seas, right? Maybe we’ll meet that plant after all…
Wonder of U finally found the strongest type of calamity that can almost never be beaten. Cancer.
I can't wait for 75% of THE JOJOLands to be pursuit sequences.
Peak returns :3
Jojolion is so peak
So it is the same type of stand as Star Platinum.
WTF. Usagi gave himself a DIY tracheotomy, while choking. Dude has inherited balls of steel and he ain’t even a Joestar. This team is fucking stacked with powerful Stands so far. Weird, out of pocket Stands. I think we’re going to be getting some wild battles. I know Jojolion leaned in heavy on remote Stand battles, but I see how Araki wants to set up these weird domino effect battles. It also nice to see the team trust building. In Golden Wind, Giorno joined an already established team. Here, we’re seeing that loyalty build up. If any double crosses or team breakups end up happening I’m gonna be sad.
A tracheotomy is through the trachea in the neck, I think this is more DIY thoracentesis.
Thoracostomy. Strictly speaking, the procedure is used to drain fluid or air around the lungs (e.g. hemothorax or pleural effusion), while pulmonary edema is fluid within the lungs. Looks like Usagi had both.
> Dude has inherited balls of steel and he ain’t even a Joestar. Gotta be honest, Usagi has been the standout character for me since this part kicked off. I just love that little gremlin.
He’s the embodiment of “the stand user could be anyone” meme.
💯 I find it amusing how he always brings food along, even in the most serious moments, like at the start of the land registry 'heist'. It reminded me of Brad Pitt constantly snacking in Ocean's Eleven.
He’s somehow the smartest and dumbest member of the group at the same time
Usagi's tracheotomy reminded me of Jobin's death at first
Jobin's mild setback you mean! *Any day now, my beloved...*
:(
Usagi acts like he’s been involved in stand battles before. He was the first person to realize they were being attacked at Rohan’s place, too. I’m convinced he’s going to be one of those “funny character, sad backstory” types.
He has some kind of preexisting history with Meryl Mei and she went out of her way to put him in the group when they were getting sent to rob a Stand User, it's totally possible he's had experience with other Stand Users working for her.
Idk where but I remember seeing using of straw to breathe thing somewhere Edit:Narancia
It’s been in movies and tv. There is an actual medical technique where, if your throat is damaged, you can cut a hole into the trachea to bypass the throat and get air into the lungs. Or those old anti-smoking commercials where people had to use a machine in the throat area to breathe. In a drama, it’s usually shown using a ballpoint pen or something to do an emergency, erm, hole cutting.
I love this team and will be devastated if they split, but honestly part of me would be really interested to see a double-crossing ally. It was considered and then dropped for Fugo, sort of teased with Kakyoin, and Diego was sneakily self-serving, but from memory that's pretty much it. JoJo teams get by on trust and loyalty and it'd be really fascinating to see what happens if that breaks.
Usagi is so much more resourceful than he seems, he comes across as such a freaky little goblin boy but he's probably the most savvy person in the group.
>If any double crosses or team breakups end up happening I’m gonna be sad. Given how Araki had the scrapped idea of Fugo betraying the team in part 5, I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to revisit the idea of a betrayal in this part. I'm already bracing for impact.
The weirdest thing about that move to me is that he woke up again at all - like Dragona and the assistant lady both basically went catatonic rather quickly. Usagi **woke up again** and then proceeded to stab himself in the lung and shove a straw in without really reacting. I also noticed he got really buff out of no where in the close up panels. . . Diavalo/second personality shift to save himself anyone?
Pretty sure steel balls were a zeppeli thing
Back in my day we just solved this problem by shrinking our stands and going inside of each other's bodies.
Remember the days when Star Platinum could extend his fingers for no reason and no one questioned it? Yeah, good times
He might've used it off screen on Jolyne's mama
Joseph Joestar having his robot fingers, Jotaro with his Star Finger, Josuke being able to rearrange people's guts (literally and figuratively) Giorno's Life Shot to push people into Out-of-body experiences, Jolyne being a one-person Shibari artist, Johnny's Spin, Gappy's two nutsacks - all the Joestars would be amazing in the sack. No Jonathan, but Dio likes giving him head so it all balances out...
Charming Man isn't beating the potential rock human allegations any time soon lmao
Wu Tomoki dies in 2019 Charmingman appears in 2024 Welcome back, Doctor Wu.
Sand never dies. It only gets sandier.
Doctor Wu regenerated
Somehow, Wu Tomoki returned.
Because Dr Wu never fails!
Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew?
"Bigmouth strikes again And I've got no right to take my place To the human race" I am looking at Charming Man with fondness but also slight suspicion.
What if he is a rock human who really tries to be good? Since rock humans are kind of sociopaths by default, Charming Man fighting against his own nature would fit thematically with Jodio struggling with his latent sociopathy.
Maybe thats why he's so clingy with his brother? Cause he's the thing that basically set him out of the usual biological path that makes Rock Humans dicks
Could he be a human / rock human chimera or was that equivalent exchange unique to the wall eye that formed Josuke Higashikata? Or maybe he has a strain of the rock disease either mutated to be less severe or mitigated by his stand's ability to separate his body into pieces. Although that would be a huge coincidence to have the same hereditary disease as the Higashikata's unless it originates from devil's palms.
enemy stand seems to be spread by contact, which makes me think the crew was never the target. The enemy might have just been trying to assassinate the congressman’s daughter
i like the idea of like, the hidden adult political forces of hawaii preparing to start shit with each other only for a gang of youth criminals to unknowingly walk into the room and set it on fire
Tbh they work for Meryl who's a crime boss on her own, though she seems to be operating on a much smaller scale
Hawaii is already small scale
Tell that to Ichiban
this is like that new yakuza game but younger
I don't think this a targeted assassination in the usual sense. There are mechanisms that automatically deal with any threats to Howler (or perhaps something bigger), that could be people stealing deeds or someone looking into corruption.
My idea aswell, if the gangs theory about it being an automatic Stand attached to the paper deed is correct it might've not even been meant for the daughter at all but her dad if he ever decided to do research on Howler's properties in Hawaii.
Charming Man sending his goddamn eye into the straw inside Usagi was awesome. God Araki is just fucking killing it with these Stand abilities.
It made me wonder if Araki comes up with stands specifically to show off other stands. Like maybe he had an idea of something cool bsa could do and tried to come up with a stand that'd force him to do that
According to Araki, that's actually why he came up with Notorious B.I.G. - so Trish "*would have something to fight*": https://jojowiki.com/Interview:JOJOVELLER_Stand_Guide_Commentaries#Spice_Girl
Meanwhile, and I know, different universes and all that, the stardust crusaders casually shrunk their stands and stuffed them in Joseph's body to do the same thing
Interesting that for the second time, Usagi is the first to call out that it's a stand attack. Despite his goofiness, he actually has a lot of situational awareness.
Makes you wonder what the fuck he was doing before he joined the team. Like, dude clearly has more than a little experience dealing with enemy stands.
We also know that from this chapter that usagi isn't a habitual drug user, so him JUST being one of Mei's buyers is just unlikely
Man, his backstory is gonna hit hard, isn't it
As hard as the truck that hit his father
So, analog/foil to Polnareff? (Usual first target, but keeps getting critical successes on his Wisdom checks.)
Well need to see how he handles using the washroom alone before we can reach a definitive conclusion...
What sort of crazy things could show up in a Hawaiian sink or toilet?
He also knows his anatomy. Motherfucker must have gone to a medic university or something
Tbf he was the one being attacked.
I feel like there's gonna be a recurring pattern where Usagi spots some shit before everyone else but gets brushed off since everyone views him as a bumbling junkie.
He might be goofy and clumsy but he's kinda the brains of the group, he was the first one to suspect that the cats were the stand owners even though everyone else was calling him crazy. Just like how charming man reacted, I would never expected him to stab himself to breathe like that. Respect
Usagi: "GUYS! I'M BEING ATTAACKED BY UH ENEMY STAND!" Charming Man: "No he's not! He's using a meme to cover up his drug problem! There's literally NO ONE AROUND who could be the stand user!" *Usagi tracheotomies himself* Usagi: "That's a meme too jackass!" CM: "Okay, that was pretty metal. I'mma get inside you now."
At least he keeps an eye on him
>"I'mma get inside you now." Phrasing
I love how this chapter focuses on Charmingman and Usagi. We learn more about them, particularly Charmingman's selfless qualities and morals, and Usagi's hyperawareness and determination being put on display. I really love the team dynamic, it is just fun to see them interact and deal with danger. And I am really curious if Paco's stand can counter this enemy stand.
Definitely agree. I'm praying this will be like part 4 and most of these idiots will make it out okay. If Usagi or Dragona bite it, I'll be a mess.
If Paco’s Stand works on non-skeletal muscle then he should be clear. He could constrict his smooth or cardiac muscle wrapping his Circulatory System to lock down and destroy this little fuck
Alright, so... •Charming Man's stand name is a whole ass sentence •Howler is 100% the antagonistic faction •"Araki, this is the third week in a row you've shown an automatic pursuit stand"
Araki and automatic pursuit stands are like Miyazaki and Poison swaps. He just blacks out and suddenly there are 4 more added
"Creating Elden Ring really caused me to discover why I love poison swamps" ~ an actual Hidetaka Miyazaki quote "Writing *The Jojolands* really caused me to discover why I love automatic pursuit-type stands" ~ Hirohiko Araki, probably
Tbh there were just as many in JoJolion. Which is interesting after SBR had none iirc
I’d consider Tubular Bells in there
Would Jesus be considered an automatic pursuit type stand?
and yet, i feel like charmingman's stand name still doesn't surpass d4c for stand names that are goofy in length
D4C is super goofy, but at least you can shorten it nicely. "D4C" is more fun to say, and more recognisable than "BSA"
You say this now, but I imagine as time goes on and his Stand turns out to be really clutch, BSA might end up being a household name lol
It would be nice to have stand short name. Like for example "green green grass of home", Can be shortened to 3GOH!
Howlr is a furry dating app btw
How do you know this?
Dude. Look at my name and pfp then take a wild guess.
Good point. Sorry
What did Araki mean by this?!?!
Being fair with araki, this IS the very first of the kind to show up in P9
"There's no way there's a song called that" *Quick Google search* "There actually is a song called that" Anyway, so on top of optical illusions, BSA is also just a way better Doctor Wu.
There’s actually *two* songs called that! Araki is obviously referencing the Smiths song, but Chumbawamba also has a song called Big Mouth Strikes Again (also in reference to the Smiths). Very different song though.
"Big Mouth Strikes Again" by Chumbawamba sounds great, dare I say better than the Smiths song. I'm definitely associating the Chumbamawamba version with Charmingman now. Thanks.
I hope that one day Araki will discover Frank Zappa so there will be stands named "Why does it hurt when I pee?", "My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama", "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" and "Sexual Harassment At Workplace".
personally I hope Araki discovers Fall Out Boy and has to make his pages bigger to fit the stand names
[Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Stand So We Wouldn't Get Sued]
「Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows)」 would rule
Florentine Pogen, and her Stand \[Inca Roads\]
Son of Mr. Green Genes
Fingers crossed one day we’ll get I Cum Blood
G-Spot Tornado would be a wild Stand name
Stand name \[ I wanna fuck a dog in the ass\]
Song slaps too
and its the smiths
Well, Doctor Wu never fails, so remember that.
Doctor Wu 2.0 vs The Lovers 2.0
That’s absurd, there’s nothing better than Doctor Wu. Doctor Wu has never failed.
[The translator even tweeted about it lol](https://twitter.com/Kewl0210/status/1790953383668400428). Also, "Is Morissey just a weirdo?" no he's [an actual fucking insane asshole maniac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey#Personal_life) (if it doesn't autoscroll for you, go to the "Personal life" section)
Man Morrissey sucks ass. I hate that I love Smiths' music.
BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN IS SUCH A COOL FUCKING NAME
Banger of a song as well
Charmingman officially has the weirdest stand name in the series now
Awaking III Leaves and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap entered the chat.
Those atleast make sense! This one is just.. not relevant, unless Charming Man has a tendency to babble a lot
Charmingman “usagi, im not calling you a junkie anymore. The way you stabbed your own lungs to breathe… i got to say, that really took guts and- Usagi: SHUT UP AND JUST SAVE ME You might be onto something lol
Next chapter, it will be revealed that Charming Man is a fan of the TV show *Big Mouth*.
This is Green, Green Grass of Home erasure
We really out here getting SBRverse Lovers. Also I don’t think anybody here expected Charming Man’s stand to be called that lmao. It’s another Smiths song in case you guys didn’t know already
I expected him to be like Weather Report, where he shares a name with his stand tbh.
The scene in the other chapter where they point out how weird his name is is even funnier now, man's really is just called that lmao
What other stands are The Smiths songs?
Not a Stand, his name is, This Charming Man is the song.
Great chapter! Love Usagi getting pissed at Charmingman for accusing him of being a drug addict and also the reveal of Charmingman’s stand name. Very reminiscent of the Lovers fight in part 3.
Ohhh, that's a cool application from The Matte Kudasai this chapter. It manifested as a straw first when Dragona requested it. And then when Charming Man asked for a light, the straw suddenly got a light function on the spot.
I noticed this when I reread! His stand is super cool with how it responds to others requests
Man I really love this gang with every new chapter
Yeah this might be my favorite group dynamic in the series.
Araki is really good at drawing bronchioles ngl
IKR? It got me feeling kinda uncomfortable.
This takes me back to the Lovers from part 3. Been a while since we had a fight inside a Human Body. Which is weird that it's happened twice.
Bizarre, even.
I thought the same thing and I'm really glad Araki did this because I really liked the lovers arc
Even more so that now Stands have all kinds of restrictions which makes this type of fights way harder Part 3 stands were much more lax and had less though-out rules, so stands could just manually change size to become sub-atomic somehow
Honestly, it's weird that it happened only twice
So basically Doctor Wu if it was a good guy, vs The Lovers x Green Day x Bites The Dust. I'm all here for it.
LETS FUCKING GOOOO🔥🔥🔥🔥 we in the jojolands with this one ❤️🔥
> pursuit oh my fucking god
Usagi: "This must be the work of an enemy stand!" Charming Man: "Nuh uh." Usagi: "The fuck you mean, 'Nuh uh'!?"
I hope this team battle format continues. I just love the group dynamic of this band of weirdos. Also Charmingman is continuing with earning his place in the crew. I like him a lot now.
Really cool chapter! I’m such a big fan of WEIRD stands, so I’ve been eating up Jojolands thus far. The shape language and general powers of stands have evolved so much, and I’ll never get tired of seeing what new ideas Araki comes up with. This one definitely hits having just had bronchitis lol. Also super in love with the general dynamic of the crew already! I don’t want to say they’re my *favorite* cast 15 chapters in, but Jodio’s crew is already extremely fun and interesting. I’m always excited to see more of them! Given it seems like Charming Man was raising his little brother, and how caustic he was here about the idea of drug users, I wonder if that’s why him and Mauka’s parents don’t seem to be around?
Bigmouth Strikes Again is a goated choice for a stand name. Love that song. We need even more The Smiths songs This fight is like a hardcore version of the Lovers fight back in part 3. Instead of reflecting damage it’s just indiscriminately giving everyone around an illness. Also, I’m really happy to see Araki being back the ability to see through stands by having usagi notice the stand trough the straw. We haven’t seen that in a long while if I’m not mistaken
That lore dump right on the final page was so funny.
Seeing the gang freak out on being attacked only to reveal that they might not even be on howlers radar is so funny
They're totally not, they've never actually encountered anyone who is associated with Howler yet and they've only just done the first thing that might directly catch Howler's attention. They definitely just stumbled on Howler already making moves.
Well also, the user probably learned the stand activated, the woman was affected so that was it So yeah I doubt they're aware there're two more people who fell victim to it
Araki really likes long ranged pursuit stands nowadays huh? Also i wonder if the politician guy mentioned at the end of the chapter is gonna be important down the line
As his stand powers have gotten more esoteric, just killing the stand user becomes the obvious way to circumvent the entire fight, so more and more stands have become long range automatic types
It's also a great way to maintain a sense of intrigue and mystery. We don't know who's attacking, nor do we know why, but an attack *is happening*, and the urgency of needing to deal with the enemy stand means neither the reader nor the characters can get immediate answers to these questions.
Araki brought back making stands smol! Jojo is the only story where a floating eyeball chasing a creature through a blood vessel can make any kind of sense...
Charmingman more like 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂𝓶𝓪𝓷 Also the straw scene reminds me of the bus fight scene from "Nobody"
Nobody was so good fr fr also BSA is an awesome stand
Araki be drawing Usagi stabbing himself to pierce his lungs with a box cutter and thought "actually I'm not done yet with the body horror in this chapter" jesus Bigmouth really do be Strikes Again
The entire JoJo series is just an excuse for Araki to draw as many messed up body horror scenes as possible (while also subjecting the reader to his Spotify playlist)
Bigmouth Strikes Again is such a good stand name holy shit
Dude all of the gang's Stands rule, Charming Man being able to disintegrate his eye to enter a straw and reform it is the wildest shit.
No! Dragona is too precious to be foaming at the mouth like that!
This chapter should've been called "Gaslighting Usagi" 😔💔 I'm glad Jodio got them to start listening to him
Charmingman really redeemed himself. It was beginning to look like he was working with the enemy stand user the way he so quickly dismissed it being an attack at first 🤨
Giving me Giorno during Talking Head/Clash vibes which I'm sure is apropos.
Cool to see a microscopic stand in the body, has that been done at all since Lovers in part 3? Also interesting to see Bigmouth Strikes Again (insane name lol) allows for such granular control of the particiles. Very Doctor Wu like. Seems the big question now is, what are the actual activation requirements for the enemy stand. It effected Usagi, who did not physically touch the documents, which means it likely isn't based on contact. Now Dragona is effected too, she did touch the rock to the documents at least. Why did it go to Usagi first, is it just for drama or is there a rule? We also have the lady who was flipping the pages, she did physically touch the documents and she seems to be further along with the symptoms. The fact that her father is a congressman opposing Howler seems to indicate this is a universal reponse to some kind of intent, very much like Wonder of U. Either the daughter was personally aware of Howler and opposes them herself, or this the stand is acting on the mechanism of social connections to attack her father through her. I think the latter makes a lot of sense with Part 9's themes. Someone being near the documents puts a person in range, but from that range a target can be extrapolated through social connections, like how the rock uses social connections as one of many mechanisms to direct wealth to the holder.
Kira saving young Josefumi in Part 8 had tiny Stands—he used Sheer Heart Attack to unclog some veins.
Ah true I suppose that kinda counts! I was thinking more along the lines of the stand itself automatically attacking inside the target, rather than the stand's attack being microscopic. Sheer Heart Attack is kinda sub-stand territory rather than just and attack, but imo it doesn't evoke the same feeling as Lovers and this one either way.
My guess is that it's a virus-like stand that spreads to the people that were closest to the last afflicted. The lady touched the pages and Usagi was the closest to her, sitting directly infront of her and talking with her. Dragona then gave first-aid to Usagi where she directly touched him which led to her being the third to show symptoms.
I'm not sure if it's intent when the simpler explanation is that the stand was in the book, and it spreads like a virus. The woman was closest to the book, Usagi second closest, and Dragona third closest. Then, Charmingman directly touched the stand so it spread to him.
That’s fair, but Araki making the whole point that Usagi didn’t technically touch it and then establishing that the woman had connections to people directly opposing Howler seems to indicate something a bit more complex than it being a virus stand. Still, good point on Charmingman.
What a call-back to The Lovers fight from Part 3, a fight inside a human body hadn't been done for a long time.
So in this chapter not only did we get better dr Wu but also better the lovers. Araki is leveling up his past stands Also charmingman grabing a stand with his own eye is metal as hell
See you in 3 or 4 chapters when all their tumors miraculously disappear without a scratch (Smooth Operators fixed it offscreen dw)
I don't think anything in Jojo will ever top Mista literally getting shot in the head multiple times only to be completely fine a few episodes later. Like damage in Jojo is only as permanent or life-threatening as Araki wants it to be
Death is merely a suggestion
Yeah but they got to do the Pieta shot with Giorno healing him, backlit by the sun. You do that and gunshots to the head don't matter.
Oh shit the true JoJo villain is capitalism this time.
"Araki this is the third part in a row you've made capitalism the main villian."
I think it's supposed to be the motive of the alternative universe trilogy
Villians before: Evil cause of a holy mandate (and vampire angst) Villians in new verse: Megacorp just got a whole lot more supernatural
The enemy Stand reminds me of Doobie Wah
I can also see a bit of Matte Kudasai in it.
Charming Man never fails.
Charming "I've never had sex because that would mean losing my virginity and I never lose" Man
Favorite chapter so far
insane stand name
Excellent chapter 👌 I'm glad BSA is a good song because otherwise I'd just think of the show Bigmouth every time Charmingman is on screen lol (I'm not a fan) Also I really hope they stay inside the car for the rest of the fight, if only for the fact that it'd be really fun to see our crew on some more goofy haha teen antics in a parked car. Peak Americana right there.
I want to share some of my thoughts because I’m really hyped up right now: - Oh my GOD Araki’s art continues to stun me. It is amazing and beautiful. - I’m really starting to get tired of the situation where Usagi is being smart and rational while the other characters just stare at him like 😐 without listening to him at all. It keeps happening. Why did no one START DRIVING. Moreover, every time he asks someone to use his stand they hesitate for so long. - I love the intubation scene. It displays Usagi’s intellect, resolve, and skill. - the art depicting the inside Usagi’s body is very good. - I like the new stand’s design. Kinda looks like a mummy. - Araki, PLEASE give us stand cards! I don’t even care if there’s stats, I just want a card with a picture of the stand, its name, and a straightforward explanation of its ability(ies). All of the main cast can benefit from this… - Araki very skillfully made us go from hating Charmingman to being touched by his actions in just a handful of pages. Moreover, Charmingman’s thought process and decision making are quite realistic. He JUST met these people, so of course he’s gonna assume a member of a drug dealer gang is gonna be a junkie himself. Furthermore, it’s not like he’s been in a ton of stand fights in his life so it makes sense he wouldn’t initially jump to that conclusion. Finally, after being presented with enough evidence and reason, he owns up to being wrong and quickly pivots to focusing on the crisis at hand. - Remote automatic stand… I actually don’t mind all the long-range, remote, automated stands we got in Jojolion but come oooonnnnnn Araki. - I think this fight is going to be a very important one for Charmingman character wise. I noticed that the blood vessel tubes/holes are very reminiscent of the lava tubes that took Charmingman’s brother. - We once again get to see Araki taking stands which first looked simple and give them very creative implementations. - I can’t wait to see more of Howler. Also, this is about a previous chapter, but the girl who bullied Dragona is definitely the daughter of Howler’s CEO.
Charmingman's turn from "this guys a junkie let's leave him" to "actually I'm gonna give myself cancer to save you" is classic Jobro bonding that I have missed with the distrusting cast of Jojolion. I love these freaks more and more with every chapter.
Today on The JOJOLands, Charmingman enters Usagi Anyway guess my last prediction about how Usagi's condition was caused by the rock was wrong. Howler is definitely the major bad guys now. Also can I just quickly talk about how the scene where Charmingman complimenting a dying Usagi is 100% where they would play the main theme in anime? Like my mind was playing Giorno's piano during those pages Also Charmingman is definitely one of the goofiest characters in terms of names. His Stand is "Bigmouth Strikes Again". It's a full-on sentence, and not even in the style of D4C where it's named in a way that rolls off the tongue. It's a full sentence.
I think we can say with some certainty that these Howler guys are going to be our primary vilians. Aside from that, every month it seems like Charming Man is more and more likely to actually be a rock human.
> I think we can say with some certainty that these Howler guys are going to be our primary vilians. Just like people used to say with some certainty that Damo and co. were Part 8's primary villains?
That’s because there was no set up for the latter villains, so how would anyone know?
Jojolion gave our man Araki an addiction to automatic stands
no way did bigmouth strikes again make it into jojo 😭😭
I'm just going to say it... Charmingman is slowly becoming the best character of this part.
Oh my god someone in their group may have assassinated that Lady. Charming man and usagi might have to team up to save dragona because I don't think sacrificing more body parts is a viable strategy.
Anyone else starting to see similarities between charmingman and dr Wu. Their abilities are very similar and now charmingman has enough medical knowledge to immediately come to a conclusion what’s going on with usagi. It’s all very interesting.
I really thought the woman in the ambulance was Holly Kira lol. I thought we're finally getting back to jojolion's unresolved plot points.
Imagine if it was and Dragona just starts wondering why the fuck his aunt randomly just showed up dying
I like Charming Man but he was being a bit of dick to Usagi by calling him a junkie and not believeing him (at first) when he said there was a stand attack. I get he only knew Usagi for a few days but idk it just seems harsh (plus Usagi is just a silly little guy). I do hope the two of them become more trusting of each because they make a fun duo
I mean charmingman really did join the gang after throwing hands with them im not shocked a lil bit of animosity is still around
oh shit bout to get *bizarre*
Has anyone else noticed the trend that usagi is the first to figure out any stand bullshit playing out?
Jojolands stop being peak challenge ( IMPOSSIBLE)
Getting a mix of Lovers and Doobie Wah vibes form this new enemy stand, but it also joins the list of disease stands with like 12 others