Charming Man's Stand
This currently unnamed Stand, belonging to Charming Man, is featured in the ninth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, The JOJOLands.
It manifests as fragments of sand that disguises its user and can trick his opponents into perceiving things differently.
Appearance
The Stand appears as rock fragments with different colors. It floats around Charming Man's face and upper torso and has a texture that feels like real, coarse sand. Charming Man's skin feels the same way.[1]
Abilities
Perception Manipulation
The Stand is capable of altering the perceptions of its opponents, allowing Charming Man to transform into other people as well as the environment. Its sand fragments can gather together to trick the opponent into not knowing the user's actual location. This allows Charming Man to perfectly impersonate someone else using another layer of skin, which he initially uses to pretend to be Paco. He can also merge or camouflage with his surroundings, making his body appear transparent. Charming Man uses this ability to disperse his sand fragments and fuse his arm with faraway clouds in the sky kilometers behind him, messing with Paco's depth perception as to how far away he really is.[1] He also blends in with a car door and the waves of the sea.[2]
It's possible for Charming Man to hide objects under the disguised skin, such as a knife. When the disguise is no longer needed, the skin sheds off, crumbling back into sand fragments.[1]
Moreover, the Stand can create illusions using its sand fragments. Dragona sees a watch being placed onto a dirty napkin, which is then grabbed by a bird that flies toward Dragona. In reality, the watch had stayed on a woman's hand for the whole time, and the "bird" flying toward Dragona was Charming Man disguised with his environment.[1] Charming Man additionally uses it to trick Jodio into believing that three potatoes look like the heads of cats.[2]
Chapters
Manga Appearances- The JOJOLands Chapter 8: Hualalai - Cat Size, Part 3 (1st appearance)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 9: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 1
- The JOJOLands Chapter 10: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 2
- The JOJOLands Chapter 11: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 3
- The JOJOLands Chapter 14: Hawaii State Land Registry Office
Gallery
Charming Man's Paco disguise shedding off
Close-up of the Paco disguise crumbling away
Charming Man blending in with his surroundings to trick Dragona
Fused with a car door
Transformed into water splashing
Trivia
- Hirohiko Araki appeared on the December 24th, 2023 episode of the NHK program Sunday Art Museum (日曜美術館) to showcase art of the Stand from the most recent chapter at the time. Araki described the Stand's ability as allowing its user to "transform into the sky", and that he was a bit influenced by the Cubism style but it wasn't intentional. He also stated that it's difficult to draw the user blending in with the clouds.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The JOJOLands Chapter 10: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The JOJOLands Chapter 11: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 3
- ↑ Vish (December 31, 2023), "Hirohiko Araki Discusses Cubism in Paintings and The JOJOLands", JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia.
