Stardust Crusaders - Episode 7

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This is gonna leave a mark... right in your brain!! (傷つくのは……!てめーの脳天だ‼)
Jotaro Kujo, Stardust Crusaders BD/DVD Volume 2

Strength ((ストレングス), Sutorengusu)[1] is the seventh episode of Stardust Crusaders and the thirty-third episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. It covers Chapter 130 through half of Chapter 133 of the manga.

Stranded in the middle of the sea, the Joestar Group encounter a mysterious freighter, devoid of crew or passenger save for an orangutan. It is clear that an enemy Stand is trying to kill the heroes but they cannot either find it or its user.

Summary

Enya the Hag reveals more tarot cards and Stands

In his lair, DIO asks Enya about what it means to live. She answers with 'to obtain one's desire'. DIO states that there will always be a battle to obtain one's desires and when the battle is lost, they will fear for the next battle and mentions that conquering fear is what he believes to be what it means to live. Enya reminds DIO of the power of his Stand and his immortality and asks him if he fears anything. DIO responds by saying that the Joestars are not what he's afraid of but rather the fact that he cannot underestimate them. Enya reassures him as she also notes that there are seven Stand users already on their way to eliminate the Joestar group

On the ocean, the Joestar group and the crew of sailors that followed board a large freighter. The group searches the freighter only to find it completely abandoned but with all its machinery still functioning. Anne finds an orangutan in a cage but Joseph dismisses it and suggests they split up to find its owner. While the group was on the deck, a sailor is impaled by the hook of a crane which the sailors claim moved on its own. Joseph instructs the sailors to head down to the cabin and Kakyoin uses Hierophant Green to search the ship. Anne goes back to the room with the orangutan and it signals her to unlock the cage door. It tries to give her half an apple for compensation and she notices it was freshly cut. The orangutan proceeds to light a cigarette for itself and read a pinup girl magazine. Back on the deck, Kakyoin states to the group that he can't find any other signs of life anywhere on the freighter. As Anne observes the sailors trying to use the radio, she realizes that the saltwater was making her body sticky and heads to the shower room to wash it off. The sailors are shown dead as the orangutan opens the door to the shower room. Jotaro sees the orangutan's cage door open, and the orangutan is seen attacking Anne.

Jotaro attacks Forever, Strength's Stand user

Jotaro intervenes as the orangutan approaches Anne, and hits it in the head with a lock. As he fights with it, he is suddenly hit by a fan and confirms the orangutan is a Stand user but wonders where's the Stand. The orangutan disappears into the wall after fighting him. On the deck, the Joestar group is shown sinking into the ship and they, along with Jotaro, assume that the freighter is the Stand. The orangutan returns to the showers and presents the name of his Stand, "Strength" based on the Tarot card Strength as he taunts Jotaro with his intelligence. Jotaro flicks a button from his jacket at the orangutan while it's distracted by Anne to anger it. The orangutan jumps at him to attack him but is shot in the head by another button delivered by Star Platinum's Star Finger technique. It surrenders to Jotaro but he states that it had already broken the rules of being an animal and proceeds to finish it off with a barrage of Star Platinum's punches. Soon after, the freighter starts distorting and the group manages to board the emergency boats they came with as the freighter changed into a small boat.

The scene cuts to DIO being informed by Enya of Strength's defeat and the remaining six Stand users, one of which is her son as she shows her two right hands linking her relationship with the man with two right hands. She mentions that she stayed with DIO to see how his life ends up. The group finally arrives in Singapore and decide to stay at a hotel. In a suite of the same hotel, a doll is shown on the nightstand.

Appearances

Characters
Forever
(1st appearance) (Retired)
Stands

Credits

Staff
Script (脚本)
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
筆安 一幸
Storyboard (絵コンテ)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda
米田 光宏
Episode Director (演出)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda
米田 光宏
Animation Director (作画監督)
Shin Hyung Woo
Takenori Tsukuma
SHIN HYUNG WOO
津熊 健徳
Assistant Chief Animation Director (総作画監督補)
糸井 恵
芦谷 耕平
Key Animation (原画)
Ryo Nakaya
Kimitaka Ito
Keiji Shigesawa
Cha Myoung Jun
Mitsuteru Kubo
Tsukasa Sorimachi
Eisuke Matsuhara
Ryoko Kawamura
Daisuke Tsumagari
Takenori Tsukuma
Yuzuru Jogashima
Hideyasu Okamoto
Choi Hee Eun
Hideyuki Kanesaka
Yasufumi Soejima
Ou Juong Han
Sin Gil Chan
中屋 了 (Key)
伊藤公崇
繁澤 啓二
Cha Myoung Jun
久保 充照
反町 司
松原 栄介
河村 涼子
津曲 大介
津熊 健徳
城ヶ島譲
岡本 秀康
Choi Hee Eun
金阪 秀行
ソエジマヤスフミ
Ou Juong Han
Sin Gil Chan
2nd Key Animation (第二原画)
Sae Akama
Takahiro Okawa
Shota Sugimoto
Natsuki Orikasa
Akihiro Otake
Sinaion
White Line
Jiwoo Production
Studio 4C
Kohei Ashiya
Masahiko Komino
赤間 紗枝
大川 貴大
杉本 将太
折笠 奈津樹
大竹 晃裕
SINAION
WHITE LINE
JIWOO ANIMATION
STUDIO 4℃
芦谷 耕平
小美野 雅彦
In-between Animation Inspection (動画チェック)
White Line
Kim Jong Kyou
Kim Jong Kyou
In-between Animation (動画)
Digital In-Between Animation
David Production
Masato Ujibe
Makoto Yaguchi
宇治部 正人
矢口 真琴

David Production

Makoto Yaguchi
Yusaku Nagahama
Rie Takahashi
Chie Nakagami
矢口 真琴
長濱 佑作
高橋 梨恵
中神 智絵

White Line
Jiwoo Animation
Triple A
RIC
WHITE LINE
JIWOO ANIMATION
Triple A
RIC
Design Cooperation (デザイン協力)
Kimitaka Ito
Rei Nakahara
伊藤 公祟
中原 れい
Digital Works (デジタルワークス)
David Production
Kayo Kudou
P. Taweeporn
工藤 かよ
Puavaranukroh Taweeporn
Eyecatch Illustration (アイキャッチ原画)
Bihou, Inc.
美峰

Music

Stardust Crusaders Episode 7: Strength
Start End Title OST Description

00:00
02:35
Dark Rebirth
Stardust Crusaders (Departure)
DIO discusses with Enya
02:47
04:17
STAND PROUD
STAND PROUD
Opening
04:18
05:41
Dizziness
Stardust Crusaders (Journey)
The heroes board the empty freighter
06:05
07:18
Omen
Stardust Crusaders (World)
The heroes discover a orangutan
07:18
09:21
The Plot Lurking in the Mist
Stardust Crusaders (World)
Investigating the ship
09:22
11:17
Hesitation
Stardust Crusaders (Departure)
Anne approaches the ape, the heroes find nothing
11:42
12:05
Tension
Stardust Crusaders (Departure)
The ape finds Anne in the shower
12:11
12:53
Dizziness
Stardust Crusaders (Journey)
Anne cornered
12:53
14:09
Brutality
Stardust Crusaders (Journey)
Jotaro confronts the ape
14:10
16:02
Strategy
Stardust Crusaders (World)
The ape is controlling the ship
16:02
17:49
Creeping Enemy
Stardust Crusaders (Departure)
Presentation of Strength
17:51
18:46
Stardust Crusaders
Stardust Crusaders (Departure)
Jotaro defeats the ape
19:03
20:06
Herald
Stardust Crusaders (Departure)
The freighter sinks
20:12
21:02
Dark Rebirth
Stardust Crusaders (Departure)
Enya reports the defeat of Strength
21:02
21:57
A Fine Fellow Arrives
Stardust Crusaders (Journey)
Arrival in Singapore
21:58
23:26
Walk Like an Egyptian
Walk Like an Egyptian
Ending
23:26
23:41
Fists of Platinum
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
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Manga/Anime Differences

  • In the anime, there is an extra scene where Jotaro Kujo discovers the cage is empty.
  • The scene with Enya and DIO's conversation was expanded upon in the anime, including a brief glimpse of The World.
  • The outfit DIO wore in the manga is not present in the anime. Instead, he is seen wearing his normal outfit.
  • Forever's thoughts are told by the narrator, instead of Jotaro.

In other languages

Language Title Translation
Japan Japanese (ストレングス) Strength
United States of America English Strength
Spain Spanish Strength
Brazil Portuguese Força Strength
France French Strength
Germany German Die Kraft The Strength
Israel Hebrew כוח Strength
Flag of the Arab League Arabic القوة The Strength
Italy Italian Strength
Denmark Danish Styrke Strength
Poland Polish Siła Strength

Commentary

Link to this sectionCommentary
This episode followed the tropes of psychological horror movies. We concentrated on their application to compose with this horrific tension. For instance, we had to choose where to not have soundtracks. The tanker's layout was tricky since we had to animate the whole Stand.

Personally, I appreciate the secretive and claustrophobic atmosphere of the ship. We also had the inevitable feminine nude scene that goes well with the horrific context (laughs).

The orangutan is really an imposing animal. At first glance it looks kind of cute with its big eyes, but in reality it's a real pervert. Note that real orangutans are not this tall in real life. Ours is one and a half times more imposing than usual. But this exceptional height partly allows to justify its abnormal intelligence.

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