Boy II Man
Boy II Man (ボーイ・II・マン, Bōi Tsū Man) is the Stand of Ken Oyanagi, featured in the fourth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Diamond is Unbreakable.
Its power allows it to steal the energy from anyone who loses to its user in a game of Rock Paper Scissors.
Appearance
Boy II Man is a muscular humanoid spirit clad in riveted armor with a pointed helmet resembling those worn by medieval knights. The Stand always manifests itself coming out of the hole in Ken's cheek, made by the Bow and Arrow.
In the anime, Boy II Man is shown to have no lower half, instead being presented with a wispy or cloud-like protrusion instead of legs, similar to a genie.
Its design such as the rows of rivets and the mask over its mouth is heavily inspired by the robots from one of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's mangas.[3]
Color Schemes
Abilities
Boy II Man is a Stand with no shown combat ability, and is centered around the game of rock-paper-scissors but is surprisingly threatening because of its ability to steal someone's energy through a simple game.
Energy Theft
Boy II Man's power is to steal the energy of an opponent whenever Ken wins a game of Rock Paper Scissors[4] (RPS).
If Ken proposes to play a game of RPS and the opponent formally accepts, Boy II Man sets up a best-of-five game of RPS with the following rules:
- A draw nulls the round and it has to be played again until someone wins.
- Every time Ken wins a round, he takes a third of his opponent's energy and Stand.
- If the opponent manages to win three times, their energy is returned and the game ends.[4]
Moreover, Ken also begins to acquire the same power as the Stand it is stealing. It allows him to undo one of Rohan's commands and resume his game.[4] If Ken wins three times, Yoshihiro claims that he will gain the power of the stolen Stand forever and be free to use it in conjunction with Boy II Man.[6]
Boy II Man possesses an inherent weakness in that people are allowed to cheat during the game, enabling Rohan to regain his Heaven's Door during his first game by using the invisible Shizuka to force Ken's scissors hand into a rock hand.[7]
Chapters / Episodes
- Chapter 372: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 2
- Chapter 373: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 3
- Chapter 374: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 4
- Chapter 376: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 6
- Chapter 412: Cheap Trick, Part 1 (Mentioned)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 8 (TV Drama): Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid (Ability only)
Gallery
Trivia
- Boy II Man is one of the few Stands in the anime that never received an eyecatch illustration displaying its Stand parameters. Other Stands that are missing an eyecatch illustration in the anime include Tenore Sax, Love Deluxe, Echoes ACT2, Achtung Baby, Ratt, Burning Down the House, Marilyn Manson, and Bohemian Rhapsody.
References
- ↑ Harvest - Vol.17 "Shueisha Jump Remix Diamond is Unbreakable Edition" P106-107 The Origin of STAND! part.4
- ↑ JOJO A-GO!GO!: STANDS, p.104
- ↑ JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Boy II Man
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 373: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 372: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 2
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 374: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 4
- ↑ Chapter 375: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 5