Wall Eyes
The Wall Eyes (壁の目 Kabe no Me) are a geologic phenomenon featured in JoJolion.
They appeared the night after an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011
shook Morioh; springing from the ground several hundred meters inland, around the town.
Characteristics
The nomenclature of the Wall Eyes was coined by schoolchildren, sticking then with the remainder of the townspeople.
The Wall Eyes stand at an average height of 1–3 meters and a width of 5–8 meters. The "eyes" are located on top of these large protuberances, at 15 meters from the ground. The Walls span across 10 km intervals, isolating Morioh from the outside. They prevent highways, waterways, power and gas lines from passing through their boundaries. They litter the coastline, all facing towards the sea, "as if waiting in silence to protect against some calamity from the ocean".
News reports focus on the disturbing nature of the Walls, offering no explanation to their origin or meaning. Researchers make reference to faultlines, but cannot relate them to any previous phenomena.
Effects
The Wall Eyes seem to induce Stand abilities in some of those near them. A Wall Eye fault was located at Ojiro Sasame's childhood home, and he later developed Fun Fun Fun; as a child, Daiya Higashikata fell into a fault where the Wall Eyes later formed, and though she became progressively blinder, she eventually gained a Stand. Josuke Higashikata, Joshu Higashikata, and Yasuho Hirose have all received deep, human-like bite marks on their bodies since being near the Wall Eyes, all three having eventually unlocked their Stands.
The Wall Eyes that sprung up where Josuke Higashikata was found by Yasuho Hirose and Joshu Higashikata is revealed, by Kei Nijimura, to be a location of prior supernatural ability, suggesting that the Wall Eyes do not necessarily cause the effects to happen but are related to them. In this particular spot, which has been used by the Higashikata family for generations, any two objects placed underground will have their aspects merged and switched together. She demonstrates this by burying a lemon and a mikan orange, and then retrieving them and slicing them open to show that some of their sections have switched from one fruit to the other. This exchange is not always equal, as is the result of Josuke after Yoshikage Kira was buried alongside a second person, resulting in Josuke's creation; as a result, Josuke's eyes, tongue, spirit, Stand power, and DNA are a mix between Kira and Josefumi Kujo.
Chapters
Manga Appearances- JJL Chapter 1: Welcome to Morioh
- JJL Chapter 5: Soft & Wet, Part 4 (Flashback)
- JJL Chapter 6: Soft & Wet, Part 5
- JJL Chapter 7: Josuke, Go to the Higashikata Family
- JJL Chapter 8: California King Bed, Part 1
- JJL Chapter 9: California King Bed, Part 2 (Flashback)
- JJL Chapter 10: California King Bed, Part 3
- JJL Chapter 12: "Paisley Park" and "Born This Way", Part 1 (Photo only)
- JJL Chapter 17: The Lemon and the Tangerine
- JJL Chapter 18: "Shakedown Road", Part 1
- JJL Chapter 22: Morioh 1901
- JJL Chapter 24: Paper Moon Deception, Part 2
- JJL Chapter 25: Paper Moon Deception, Part 3
- JJL Chapter 26: Tsurugi Higashikata's Goal, and the Architect
- JJL Chapter 27: Norisuke Higashikata, Tsurugi Higashikata, and Yotsuyu Yagiyama, Part 1
- JJL Chapter 28: Norisuke Higashikata, Tsurugi Higashikata, and Yotsuyu Yagiyama, Part 2
- JJL Chapter 30: King Nothing
- JJL Chapter 32: "I Am a Rock", Part 2
- JJL Chapter 33: Josuke! Go to the Higashikata Fruit Parlor
- JJL Chapter 34: Every Day Is a Summer Vacation, Part 1
- JJL Chapter 41: Doobie Wah, Part 3 (Cover only)
- JJL Chapter 44: Love Love Deluxe, Part 2 (Flashback)
- JJL Chapter 45: Love Love Deluxe, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- JJL Chapter 48: Hato Brought Her Boyfriend Home, Part 2
- JJL Chapter 50: Vitamin C and Killer Queen, Part 1 (Cover only)
- JJL Chapter 51: Vitamin C and Killer Queen, Part 2
- JJL Chapter 52: Vitamin C and Killer Queen, Part 3
- JJL Chapter 53: Vitamin C and Killer Queen, Part 4
- JJL Chapter 54: Walking Heart (Flashback)
- JJL Chapter 55: Walking Heart, Breaking Heart
- JJL Chapter 59: Dolomite's Blue Lagoon, Part 1
- JJL Chapter 65: The Plant Appraiser - Rai Mamezuku (31), Part 1 (Photo only)
- JJL Chapter 71: The Qing Dynasty Hair Clip (Mentioned only)
- JJL Chapter 72: North of the Higashikata House. The Orchard
- JJL Chapter 85: The Wonder of You (The Miracle of Your Love), Part 2
- JJL Chapter 87: The Wonder of You (The Miracle of Your Love), Part 4
- JJL Chapter 94: The Wonder of You (The Miracle of Your Love), Part 11
- JJL Chapter 99: The Wonder of You (The Miracle of Your Love), Part 16 (Flashback)
Gallery
Kei demonstrating the fusion aspect
Close-up of a Wall Eye
Video Games
The Wall Eyes appear as a stage in All Star Battle.
- Stage Hazard: Yasuho Hirose's Paisley Park activates, drawing Joshu Higashikata to her as he runs about the stage barging through anyone in his path, rock in hand.
- Situation Finish: Loser is sent flying and landing near Yasuho, who screams in surprise, angering Joshu as he smashes their head with a rock.
Trivia
- Coincidentally, the Wall Eyes bare a striking resemblance to the cover of the Yes album, Relayer. Whether this was intentional on Araki's part is unknown.
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