Mitsuba Higashikata/es
Mitsuba Higashikata (東方 密葉, Higashikata Mitsuba) es un personaje secundario que aparece en la octava parte de la serie JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJolion. Ganando importancia durante el arco argumental "Doctor Wu y Awaking 3 Leaves", se convierte en un aliada temporal de Yasuho Hirose.
Ella es la esposa de Jobin Higashikata y la madre de Tsurugi Higashikata. Mitsuba es un Usuario de Stand, y posee el Stand Awaking III Leaves.
Apariencia
Mitsuba es una mujer de complexión media a delgada. Tiene el cabello corto, de coloreado medio con un flequillo lateral curvado hacia arriba. Su atuendo consiste en una camisa con dos cortes en la parte superior del pecho y una falda a cuadros. También usa un par de tacones.
En su aparición posterior, su flequillo ya no es curvado hacia arriba y su cabello es más largo a los lados, ahora cubriendo sus orejas para ocultar su piel endureciéndose hasta convertirse en piedra. Lleva un top de manga corta con moños en los hombros, pantalones cortos, muñequeras, un vestido largo transparente y un par de tacones altos. Su camisa está adornada con el símbolo de una flecha apuntando hacia abajo, mientras que sus muñequeras tienen símbolos con flechas que apuntan tanto hacia arriba como hacia abajo.
Se revela que Mitsuba ha tenido diferentes partes de su cuerpo convirtiéndose sucesivamente en piedra debido a su tratamiento en el Hospital Universitario. Comenzando con sus dientes, su cuero cabelludo por encima de la oreja derecha se vio afectado, y finalmente sus dos piernas se desmoronaron hasta los huesos durante un corto período de tiempo. Recibió un tratamiento adicional con la Locacaca que le costó los brazos del feto dentro de ella, no obstante se comió otra Locacaca para reponerlo, dejándola sin nariz.
Paletas de Colores
Personalidad
Mitsuba es una mujer vanidosa, preocupándose mucho por su apariencia y deseando verse perfecta. También demuestra un egoísmo mezquino, ya que se le puede ver como cierra la puerta de un elevador antes de que una anciana con muletas pueda entrar solo para tenerlo para ella sola,[3] así como usa su Stand para hacer que Maako y otros miembros del consejo de padres derramen sus bebidas sobre sí mismos.
Sin embargo, se demuestra que se preocupa profundamente por sus hijos, comiéndose voluntariamente una Locacaca para salvar a su hijo aún no nacido incluso cuando existía un riesgo de muerte. Por el bien de su hijo, también demuestra ser una luchadora feroz e ingeniosa, pisoteando brutalmente a Wu Tomoki cuando se interpuso en su camino.También defiende ferozmente a Tsurugi cuando es acusado de herir a Mina. Cuando llega el momento, Mitsuba revela lo despiadada que puede llegar a ser: cuando tiene que elegir entre salvar a Yasuho Hirose de ahogarse en un inodoro a través de Paisley Park o mantener el secreto sobre la Locacaca que curará a su hijo, Mitsuba decide fríamente no solo dejar morir a Yasuho, sino que incluso intenta asegurarse de que muera empujando el teléfono más abajo en el agua.
Mientras hablaba con Yasuho sobre el agrandamiento de sus senos, no pareció dudar en dejar que Yasuho sintiera sus senos, ni tampoco pareció dudar en sentir los senos de Yasuho.
Habilidades
Stand
El Stand de Mitsuba, Awaking III Leaves, toma la apariencia de un humanoide encapuchado adornado con una multitud de diseños en forma de flecha. Usando su stand, puede manifestar pequeñas flechas del tamaño de una mano que redirigen la energía y los objetos hacia sus puntas.[4]
Historia
Antecedentes
En sus días de escuela, Mitsuba era conocida como "Señorita Cereza". Ganó un concurso que le permitió viajar a China y Europa por la fruta de Japón. Terminó conociendo a Jobin, y casándose con el miembro de la familia Higashikata. Luego se convirtió en una modelo para los anuncios de la Compañia de Frutas Higashikata. Tuvo el apoyo de toda la familia y su modelaje también ayudó con las ventas.[5] Después de eso, Mitsuba empezó a ver al Dr. Wu Tomoki para que le corrigiese signos de edad, siendo sin saberlo uno de los conejillos de indias de la Organización Locacaca quienes probaron los efectos de la medicina derivada de la Locacaca.
Mitsuba es presentada como la esposa de Jobin por Norisuke Higashikata IV durante la llegada de Josuke a la Residencia Higashikata.[1] Se le puede ver cargando a su hijo, Tsurugi, y estaba presente durante la foto familiar.[6]
Doctor Wu and Awaking III Leaves
Poco tiempo después de que un incendio devastase el huerto de la familia Higashikata, Mitsuba llega al Hospital Universitario TG para ver a su médico, el Dr. Wu Tomoki sobre su repentina pérdida de equilibrio y audición que tuvo esa misma mañana, ya que sentía algo extraño en su oreja derecha. Dr. Wu examina su oreja y le esconde el hecho de que esta se ha convertido en piedra, y le dice que es simplemente cuero cabelludo seco debido a alergias y que no hay nada de qué preocuparse. Mitsuba exige que la trate, ya que ha sentido la piel y se siente como piedra. Después le menciona el patrón de sucesos que notó después de acudió a el por un aumento de senos con anterioridad, después de lo cual sus dientes empezaron a sentirse como si se hubiesen transformado en piedras, haciéndola babear incontrolablemente y perder el sentido del gusto, forzándola a tapar su boca para evitar hablar con la gente. Exige ser tratada, ya que ella sabe que su hijo preguntará si siente extraña su piel. El Dr. Wu hace una llamada por teléfono, y después le ofrece un tratamiento más por 200 millones de yenes. Sin que ambos lo supieran, Yasuho Hirose ha venido al hospital para tratar su dolor menstrual, y ve a Mitsuba siendo llevada en una silla de ruedas mientras sus tobillos se han desmoronado hasta el hueso.[3]
Sospechando, Yasuho llama a Josuke, quién ya está de camino al hospital junto con Rai Mamezuku para investigar un posible Hombre Roca allí, y le advierte que se quede quieta. Sin embargo, intenta seguir a Mitsuba, solo para encontrarla en completa salud y ya no en la silla de ruedas. Después de contarle a Yasuho sobre su aumento de senos, y decirle que originalmente conoció a Jobin después de que ganase un concurso de modelaje para la competencia Miss Cherry de Morioh y se convirtiese en modelo para la Compañia de Frutas Higashikata, Yasuho pregunta que pasó con la silla de ruedas en la que estaba sentada, pero Mitsuba no puede recordar una. Yasuho pronto descubre que la silla estaba completamente desarmada y metida dentro del cajón del escritorio de la oficina, mientras que Mitsuba se ve abrumada con el deseo de beber el agua con infusión de silicio y el nori del Dr. Wu. Yasuho trata de llamar a Josuke para advertirle sobre lo que descubrió cuando es atacada y noqueada por un fragmento de piedra que entró por su oreja. Mitsuba, sin el control de su propio cuerpo, arrastra el cuerpo de Yasuho de vuelta a la oficina y cierra la puerta.[5]
Yasuho awakes and finds Mitsuba pinning her down, her body unusually heavy and covered in weird blisters, until Yasuho yells at her, which brings Mitsuba back to her senses. Yasuho asks Mitsuba if she has taken the Locacaca, knowing it has been causing a series of equivalent exchanges in her, but Mitsuba cannot remember what has happened, as there is nothing physically wrong with her. Yasuho tries to find a way out, but after discovering her cellphone has been destroyed in the previous attack, finds herself attacked once more by stone fragments leaving Mitsuba's hands. Once Yasuho frees herself, she warns Mitsuba that they are under attack by a Rock Human who is only after the secrets of the Locacaca, when Dr. Wu reconstitutes himself from the stone fragments and says he is in the organization for more than that, and asks that Mitsuba stay behind so he may continue his examination. Yasuho drags Mitsuba out of the office, who then asks what else could have caused the equivalent exchange, when she confides in Yasuho that she has been hiding a new pregnancy from her husband and son. As Yasuho realizes the horror of the situation, Mitsuba calls forth her Stand Awaking III Leaves and resolves to get to the bottom of what Dr. Wu has done to her.[7]
Mitsuba uses her power to redirect things through summoned arrows to create a safe zone and then propels herself to kick Wu into a wall then stick him to it. Going up to the gynecology department, Mitsuba and Yasuho expel the remainder of Wu's fragments but Mitsuba sees with horror that the child inside of her has been partially turned into stone. Wu reappears in the elevator, but using her Awaking III Leaves, she triples the acceleration of the elevator to send Wu on the ground, uses tape to stick his fragments and tosses them out of the hospital. Putting the foetus' fragments back inside her, she resolves to save it. Finally Mitsuba reaches the examination room and discovers with Yasuho a secret laboratory doubling as a garden for Locacaca trees.
Mitsuba eats one of them to save her child, but she doesn't realize that Wu has come back and hidden inside the fruits, infiltrating and controlling her body again. However, Yasuho manages to fight him back and Josuke arrives to finish Dr. Wu off. The Locacaca she just ate has taken effect and she loses her nose.
The Wonder of You (Your Miraculous Love)
6 days before the Harvest, Mitsuba goes to take Tsurugi from school. But then one of Tsurugi's comrade, who had teased him about Kaato being a child murderer, is crushed between iron gates. Tsurugi is the prime suspect, and though Mitsuba vehemently defends him, she has her doubts. Moreover, she notices on a video recording that the head doctor of TG University Hospital, Dr. Satoru Akefu, is standing near the gates.
Later, she meets Jobin at her house, and her situation becomes more complex as she not only see Akefu again near the estate, but also catches a glimpse of the Locacaca hidden behind cacti in Jobin's possession, causing him to suspect her.
48 hours before the Harvest, Mitsuba is busy cooking for the family. Her peace is suddenly broken as she learns about the death of her acquaintance Maako Kitani and that Josuke is a wanted man. She then spots Satoru Akefu lurking near the house again but in her distraction, cuts her fingers. A freak accident happens but Mitsuba manages to repair her fingers and deflect boiling water into the ceiling. Reminiscing every suspect element she's seen in the past few days, Mitsuba begins to suspect that something his amiss. However, her thoughts are interrupted when a drop of water injures Tsurugi and his Rock Disease finally goes out of control, causing Paper Moon King to seemingly turn Tsurugi's body into an origami.
On the day of the incoming Harvest, Mitsuba suddenly sees Yasuho through one of the camera feeds. Thinking that Yasuho has come for her son, she rushes to Tsurugi's room and sees Jobin watching Paisley Park in a cell phone drown in the toilet of the secondary bathroom. Yasuho cries for help and Mitsuba asks Jobin what is going on and if she can save Yasuho as she was an ally, but Jobin tells her to get out and keep this incident a secret. Mitsuba also reveals by accident where Jobin has hidden his Locacaca plant and Yasuho overhears this. Mitsuba then sees Satoru Akefu from a window and makes up her mind. Determined to protect her son at all costs, Mitsuba ignores Yasuho's cries for help. She reveals to Jobin that she's seen the doctor lurking around the house several times and that his every appearance heralds incoming disasters. Determined to protect the Higashikata Family, Mitsuba takes things a step further and tries to push the cellphone further into the water. However, a water drip falls from the ceiling and pierces her hand. In her confusion, Mitsuba misplaces one of the arrows she sets up and the force is directed into a wall.
The wall is destroyed and reveals the hidden Locacaca plant to the rest of the Higashikata Family. Mitsuba is then forced to witness her family tearing itself apart as Norisuke exposes Jobin's links to Ojiro Sasame's and is taken out (or worse) by Speed King, in addition to Tsurugi's condition worsening by the minute. In her mind, she becomes sure that this string of disasters is a deliberate attack from Satoru Akefu's part. Mitsuba finally sees the head doctor inside of the house as he steadily approaches her in impossible ways, such as traversing a computer screen and then the glass panels of a bookcase. She warns Jobin of the head doctor's presence, but Jobin fails to listen to her when she warns him not to go after the head doctor. Jobin completes his attack and it seems that nothing happens, save for a damaged hair spray that bursts. Mitsuba begs Jobin to get them out of the situation but Jobin realizes that she implies and refuses to let go of the fruit. Eventually, Jobin succumbs to blood loss as the dip tube of the hair spray pierces his chest and lets the blood flow out of his body at a dramatic rate.
Chapters
Manga Appearances- JoJolion Chapter 6: Soft & Wet, Part 5
- JoJolion Chapter 7: Josuke, Go to the Higashikata Family
- JoJolion Chapter 27: Norisuke Higashikata, Tsurugi Higashikata, and Yotsuyu Yagiyama, Part 1
- JoJolion Chapter 33: Josuke! Go to the Higashikata Fruit Parlor (Mentioned only)
- JoJolion Chapter 34: It's a Summer Vacation Everyday, Part 1 (Cover only)
- JoJolion Chapter 38: Jobin Higashikata is a Stand User (Mentioned only)
- JoJolion Chapter 77: Head to T.G. University Hospital
- JoJolion Chapter 78: Orthopedic Surgeon - Dr. Wu Tomoki
- JoJolion Chapter 79: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 1
- JoJolion Chapter 80: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 2
- JoJolion Chapter 81: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 3
- JoJolion Chapter 82: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 4
- JoJolion Chapter 83: The New Locacaca
- JoJolion Chapter 84: The Wonder of You, Part 1
- JoJolion Chapter 85: The Wonder of You, Part 2
- JoJolion Chapter 86: The Wonder of You, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- JoJolion Chapter 87: The Wonder of You, Part 4 (Mentioned only)
- JoJolion Chapter 89: The Wonder of You, Part 6 (Cover only)
- JoJolion Chapter 90: The Wonder of You, Part 7 (Photo only)
- JoJolion Chapter 91: The Wonder of You, Part 8
- JoJolion Chapter 93: The Wonder of You, Part 10 (Mentioned only)
- JoJolion Chapter 94: The Wonder of You, Part 11
- JoJolion Chapter 95: The Wonder of You, Part 12
- JoJolion Chapter 96: Just Don't Move
- JoJolion Chapter 97: The Wonder of You, Part 14
- JoJolion Chapter 102: The Wonder of You, Part 19 (Mentioned only)
- JoJolion Chapter 103: The Wonder of You, Part 20 (Mentioned only)
Quotes
Quotes- “You know, back in my school days, I was Miss Cherry. Lelo. As the winner of a contest, I got to travel to China and Europe for the fruit of Japan. That's how I got to know my husband Jobin and ended up marrying into the Higashikata family. I was even a model for Higashikata Fruit Parlor ads. Moreso after I had Tsurugi than when I was younger. I had support from the whole family and it helped sales, too.”—Mitsuba Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 78: Orthopedic Surgeon - Dr. Wu Tomoki
- “Getting older is fine and all... but I can't let my nails get dirty or my breasts sag. After becoming the wife of the Higashikata Family, even if I'm a mom, I have to keep turning heads or it's all over for me.”—Mitsuba Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 78: Orthopedic Surgeon - Dr. Wu Tomoki
- “Everything is beautiful and healthy as healthy can be... my body is perfect from head to toe!”—Mitsuba Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 79: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 1
- “What got traded away in the equivalent exchange? Yasuho... I need to find out what happened during my treatment.”—Mitsuba Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 79: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 1
- “One arrow... another arrow... three arrows. Any energy that is attacking me, I can move in a direction up to an arrow. I can move energy to the points of the arrow marks! The name of my Stand is Awaking III Leaves. If I use three arrows, I can move energy the shortest route out of the space they surround!”—Mitsuba Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 80: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 2
- “If I just run away from this with the excuse "I didn't know"... I'll never live it down. I already... have feelings of love welling up in me.”—Mitsuba Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 82: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 4
- “You want to mediate and smooth things over...? Don't spout that nonsense to me! Not you, or you, or you! Or any of your children! If you ever... lay a single finger on my Tsurugi without justifiable grounds again... I'll break those fingers without a second thought.”—Mitsuba Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 84: The Wonder of You, Part 1
- “Everything that's coming to crash into this family, my Awaking III Leaves will flush down the drain and out of there. Now flush away!”—Mitsuba Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 94: The Wonder of You, Part 11
- “Noǃ You must not go towards the head doctorǃ (駄目ッ!!こっちから「院長」への攻撃はッ!!)”—Mitsuba Higashikata to Jobin Higashikata, JoJolion Chapter 97: The Wonder of You, Part 14
Gallery
First appearance
Holding Tsurugi
Mitsuba with glasses
Mitsuba and her doctor Wu Tomoki
Wu Tomoki inspects Mitsuba's belly, finding out she's pregnant
Wu Tomoki inspects Mitsuba's scalp
Mitsuba's legs peeling off
Mitsuba summoning her Stand Awaking III Leaves
Wu Tomoki uses his Stand to get Mitsuba's baby off her body
Mitsuba eats a Locacaca
Mitsuba loses her nose in the equivalent exchange
Mitsuba after losing her nose
Jobin asks about Mitsuba's nose
Jobin likes Mitsuba's new look
Mitsuba being held by Jobin
Jobin and Mitsuba playing on the bed
Mitsuba sees Satoru near the Higashikata House
Mitsuba seen together with Satoru
Mitsuba learns of the deaths of Ojiro Sasame and Maako Kitani
Mitsuba begins to realize that the mysterious occurrences she's experienced may be connected
Mitsuba sees Satoru Akefu as she cooks dinner
Wonder of U causes Mitsuba's knife to slice her fingertips off
Mitsuba uses Awaking III Leaves to reattach her fingertips
A nearby pot of water begins to overflow due to Satoru's ability
The pot overflows, sending a torrent of scalding water towards Mitsuba
Mitsuba uses Awaking III Leaves to redirect the water away from her
Mitsuba is horrified to see Tsurugi begin to succumb to the Rock Disease
Mitsuba is told by her son that the Higashikata family will overcome all struggles
Mitsuba screams in anguish as the rest of the Higashikata Family rushes to see what has happened
On a security camera, Mitsuba sees Yasuho drowning
Mitsuba barges into Tsurugi's room and discovers what is happening
Mitsuba demands an explanation from Jobin
Mitsuba is shushed by her husband
Mitsuba pleads for Jobin to spare Yasuho's life
Jobin shuts down Mitsuba's demands, telling her to leave the room
Mitsuba sees Satoru Akefu appear on a wall surrounding the Higashikata estate
Mitsuba suddenly expresses her love for Jobin and Tsurugi, saying that she would do anything to protect them
Mitsuba explains Satoru's ability of "creating calamity" to Jobin, believing Yasuho's appearance at the house to be a result of Satoru's ability
Mitsuba closes the lid and decides to kill Yasuho for her family's sake
Mitsuba uses Awaking III Leaves on the toilet in order to send Paisley Park down the drain
A water droplet, effected by Satoru's ability, knocks an arrow out of Mitsuba's hand
The arrow is redirected by Satoru's attack, sending it into a nearby wall as Jobin and her husband watch
Watching Jobin bleed to death
Design Concept
The tailpiece of Chapter 84
The tailpiece of Chapter 93
Visual for Nagasaki's Ripples of Adventure
JoJolion Volume Spine Illustrations
Trivia
- With her namesake being the Club, it plays into the theme of the names of women in the Higashikata family being playing cards references, with Kaato standing for "Card", Hato for "Heart" and Daiya for "Diamond". Tsurugi stands for "Sword", which, in earlier versions of the game, "Spade" was replaced with the "Sword" suit.
Referencias
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JJL Chapter 7: Josuke, Go to the Higashikata Family, p.15
- ↑ JJL Chapter 17: The Lemon and the Tangerine
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 JoJolion Chapter 77: Head to T.G. University Hospital
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 80: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 JoJolion Chapter 78: Orthopedic Surgeon - Dr. Wu Tomoki
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 34: It's a Summer Vacation Everyday, Part 1
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 79: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 1
