Hanged Man

MangaAnimeOVA

Japanese Name

ハングドマン（吊られた男）

Japanese Voice Actor
Takuya Kirimoto (Anime, Eyes of Heaven) Fumihiko Tachiki (All-Star Battle)

Stats^?

Destructive Power

C

Speed

A

Range

A

Stamina

B

Precision

D

Developmental Potential

D

A: Very Good

B: Good

C: Average

D: Poor

E: Very Poor

Destructive Power	Speed	Range
C	A	A

Stamina	Precision	Developmental Potential
B	D	D

“

I exist only within a mirror and your Silver Chariot is incapable of entering a mirror. That's why...

”

—Hanged Man, Chapter 143: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 4

Hanged Man (ハングドマン（吊られた男）, Hangudo Man) is the Stand of J. Geil, featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders.

Hanged Man is a humanoid Stand with the appearance of a bandaged ghoul. It has the ability to attack its targets from reflective surfaces.

Appearance

Hanged Man's design reflects that of a mummy with mechanical elements, making it seem less human.^[2] Its body is covered in bandages, with half its brain exposed, along with having two right hands as its master does.

It has the ability to produce blades from its wrists to attack. It usually crawls along the ground in reflections instead of typical walking. It has no personality outside of serving its master. It represents the tarot card The Hanged Man which symbolizes different perspectives.

Its true nature is that of a light-based Stand that can only persist inside reflective surfaces but is able to jump from mirror to mirror,^[3] giving the illusion that it lives inside them.^[4]

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.

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Skin(Rock Gray)

Exposed Brain(Dark Gray and red)

Eyes(Yellow sclera)

Outfit

(Yellow wrappings, white spiked bones, black mechanical hands and socks, silver leg platings)

Skin(Green)

Exposed Brain(Blue and yellow)

Eyes(Yellow sclera)

Outfit

(White wrappings, red spiked bones, blue mechanical hands and elbow pads, yellow accessories)

Skin(Brown)

Exposed Brain(Dark Gray, crimson, and yellow)

Eyes(White)

Outfit

(White wrappings, black mechanical hands, dark gray leg platings)

Skin(Brown)

Exposed Brain(Gray)

Eyes(White)

Outfit

(Gray wrappings and leg platings, mechanical hands, and elbow pads)

Skin(Blue-tinted Gray)

Exposed Brain(Brown and gray)

Eyes(White)

Outfit

(White wrappings and leg platings, brown mechanical hands, elbow pads and socks)

Abilities

Since Hanged Man attacks from within mirrors, it is a terrifyingly evasive Stand that is nearly impossible to defend against. However, once its secret is revealed, its predictable nature can be easily exploited.

Light Manifestation

Hanged Man is a Stand that attacks via reflections. Rather than attacking a person directly, it will appear in a reflective surface and attack their reflection.^[5] The person will then bear the results of the attack, seemingly from an invisible assailant.^[5] Hanged Man can move through any type of reflecting surface, including human eyes, at the speed of light.^[3]

Its weakness is that it can only move between reflective surfaces in a linear pattern and is forced to move to another reflection in front of it if its current location stops reflecting (a mirror being shattered or an eye closing). Hanged Man is vulnerable while in transit between surfaces, and while it does transit quickly, a quick-enough Stand can still hit it, damaging it and its user. This is helped by forcing Hanged Man into a predictable path of transit.^[6]

When Polnareff first tells how his sister Sherry died, he mentions that J. Geil appeared covered in some sort of protective field. The field prevented the water from hitting him, making the Stand user completely dry even when directly under the rain. Given the speed at which Hanged Man can transmit from surface to surface,^[7] it is possible that this effect is created by Hanged Man jumping from raindrop to raindrop, cutting raindrops in quick succession. In the anime, J. Geil is briefly seen using this ability, shortly before Hol Horse and Polnareff meet.

Wrist Knives

Hanged Man's two right hands can produce knives from its wrists to attack the enemy.^[4] These knives are thinner than a razor blade, easily capable of cutting open a chest or slashing a snake into pieces.^[8] The Stand uses them to attack the opponent's reflection when on a reflective surface.

Chapters / Episodes

Manga Appearances

Chapters in order of appearance

Chapter 130: Strength, Part 1 (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Chapter 135: Devil, Part 3 (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Chapter 139: Yellow Temperance, Part 4 (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Chapter 140: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 1
Chapter 141: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 2
Chapter 142: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 3
Chapter 143: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 4
Chapter 144: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 5
Chapter 145: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 6 (Death)
Chapter 146: Empress, Part 1 (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Chapter 177: Judgement, Part 4 (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Chapter 179: High Priestess, Part 1 (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Chapter 213: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 3 (Mentioned)
Mentioned only

Anime Appearances

Episodes in order of appearance

Part 3OVA

Stardust Crusaders Episode 7: Strength (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Stardust Crusaders Episode 9: Yellow Temperance (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Stardust Crusaders Episode 10: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 1
Stardust Crusaders Episode 11: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 2 (Death)
Stardust Crusaders Episode 22: Judgement, Part 2 (Flashback)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 3 (OVA): Silver Chariot and Strength (Mentioned)
Mentioned only
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 4 (OVA): The Emperor and the Hanged Man
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 5 (OVA): The Judgement

Novel Appearances

Chapters in order of appearance

OVER HEAVEN Chapter 33 (Mentioned)
Mentioned only

Creation and Development

Hirohiko Araki mentions that several enemy Stands, such as Hanged Man, were inspired by various horror movie items; for Hanged Man's case, it was a mummy. It is possible that Hanged Man was inspired by the 1986 episode of Amazing Stories "Mirror, Mirror". In the episode, the protagonist is chased by a phantom that can only be seen in reflective surfaces, ultimately being caught by seeing the creature through someone's eye.^[2]

Gallery

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An unknown ability of Hanged Man
Tarot card
Stabbing Avdol in reflection of water
Hanged Man, in the reflection of mirror, tries to kill Polnareff
In the reflection of a child's eye, Hanged Man is going to attack both Polnareff and Kakyoin
Hanged Man is slashed by Silver Chariot, during the move from Child's eye to Polnareff's eye
Hanged Man quickly moves in people's eyes
Silver Chariot's second time slashing Hanged Man during its move
Hanged Man and its master defeated

StoryPromotional Art

The Hanged Man card with J. Geil's hands
Tarot card representing The Hanged Man
Attacking Polnareff from a bathroom mirror
Stabbing Avdol with a sneak attack from a puddle of water
Hanged Man attacking from the reflection in a child's eye
Hanged Man's stats

Stardust Crusaders 2015 Calendar

Hanged Man appears (Ep. 4)
Despite being a reflection it can interact with physical objects and also has two right hands
Draws its blade to stab Polnareff with
Able to transfer itself easily to other reflective surfaces
With a flick of its users finger, it easily skewers a snake
Emerges from a puddles reflection and slyly stabs Avdol in the back
About to try and stab Polnareff (Ep. 5)
After assisting Hol Horse kill Avdol, it departs from the puddles reflection
Follows Kakyoin & Polnareff on the trucks reflective bumper
As Kakyoin and Polnareff escapes in the truck, it appears on the steering wheel
Smashes the trucks back window causing it to eventually crash
With the truck crashed, he re-appears and strangulates Polnareff
Uses the boys eyeball as a reflective staying place
With the boy getting sand in his eye from Polnareff, Hanged Man has to escape but gets cut by Silver Chariot
Quickly transfers from reflection to reflection whilst Kakyoin and Polnaref are surrounded
Stand and user defeated by Silver Chariot
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