DIO's Diary

DIO's Diary (DIOの日記), also known as The Way to Heaven (天国へ行く方法), is a key item referenced in the sixth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Stone Ocean.

Jotaro Kujo finds the diary after the events of the third part, Stardust Crusaders; considering it dangerous, he burns it. However, because he remembers its contents, he becomes the target of Enrico Pucci, who aims to extract his Memory Disc.

The diary contains the vague details of a plan to attain "Heaven". It is unknown how DIO discovered these specific steps.

Summary
The contents of the diary, as remembered by Jotaro, follow:

English= "What I need is my Stand: The World. Jotaro Dio Diary.png What lies beyond my Stand is the way forward for humanity. What I need is a trustworthy friend.

He must be a man who can control his desires. A man without a lust for power, honor, or wealth. He must be a man who puts the laws of God before the laws of men. Will I, DIO, meet a man like this someday?

What I need are the souls of at least 36 sinners. The souls of sinners contain incredible power.

What I need are 14 phrases:
 * Spiral staircase
 * Fig tart
 * Rhinoceros beetle
 * Rhinoceros beetle
 * Angel
 * Rhinoceros beetle
 * Singularity point
 * Secret emperor
 * Angel
 * Rhinoceros beetle
 * Singularity point
 * Secret emperor
 * Singularity point
 * Secret emperor

I'll engrave these words onto my Stand so that I won't forget myself. What I need is courage. I must have the courage to part with my Stand. As it disintegrates, my Stand will absorb the souls of the 36 sinners. As a result, something new will be born.

Whatever is born will awaken. It will recognize the 14 phrases that my trusted friend will utter... I will trust my friend and become his friend.

Finally, what I need is an appropriate location. Go to 28 degrees 24 minutes north latitude, 80 degrees 36 minutes west longitude...

Wait there for the new moon...

That will be the time for heaven..."

- DIO

Japanese= "必要なものは『わたしのスタンド』である. 『ザ・ワールド』. Jotaro Dio Diary.png 我がスタンドの先にあるものこそが人間がさらに先に進むべき道なのである. 必要なものは信頼できる友である.

彼は欲望をコントロールできる人間でなくてはならない. 権力欲や名誉欲金欲・色欲のない人間で. 彼は人の法よりも神の法を尊ぶ人間でなくてはならない. いつかそのような者にこのDio Brandoが出会えるだろうか？

必要なものは『極罪を犯した３６名以上の魂』である. 罪人の魂には強いがあるからである.

必要なものは『１４の言葉』である：
 * らせん階段
 * イチジクのタルト
 * カブト虫
 * カブト虫
 * カブト虫
 * 特異点
 * 秘密の皇帝
 * カブト虫
 * 特異点
 * 秘密の皇帝
 * カブト虫
 * 特異点
 * 秘密の皇帝
 * 秘密の皇帝

わたし自身を忘れないようにこの言葉をわたしのスタンドそのものに傷として刻みつけておこう. 必要なものは『勇気』である. わたしはスタンドを一度捨て去る『勇気』を持たなければならない. 朽ちていくわたしのスタンドは３６の罪人の魂を集めて吸収. そこから『新しいもの』を生み出すであろう.

「生まれたもの」は目醒める. 信頼できる友が発する１４の言葉に知性を示してい…『友』はわたしを信頼しわたしは『友』になる.

最後に必要なものは場所である. 北緯28度24分西経８０度３６分へ行き…

次の「新月」の時を待て……

それが『天国の時』であろう……"

- DIO

Romaji= "Hitsuyō na mono wa "watashi no Sutando" dearu. "Za Wārudo". Jotaro Dio Diary.png Waga Sutando no saki ni aru mono koso ga ningen ga sara ni saki ni susumubeki michina no dearu. Hitsuyō na mono wa shinraidekiru tomo dearu.

Kare wa yokubō o kontorōru dekiru ningen de nakute wa naranai. Kenryokuyoku ya meiyoyoku sanyoku shikiyoku no nai ningen de. Kare wa hito no hō yori mo kami no hō o tattobu ningen de nakute wa naranai. Itsu kaso no yōna mono ni kono Dio ga deaeru darou ka?

Hitsuyō na mono wa "goku tsumi o okashita sanjūroku-mei ijō no tamashī" dearu. Tsumibito no tamashī ni wa tsuyoi pawā ga aru kara dearu.

Hitsuyō na mono wa "jūyon no kotoba" dearu:
 * Rasen kaidan
 * Ichijiku no taruto
 * Kabutomushi
 * Kabutomushi
 * Enjeru
 * Kabutomushi
 * Tokuiten
 * Himitsu no kōtei
 * Enjeru
 * Kabutomushi
 * Tokuiten
 * Himitsu no kōtei
 * Tokuiten
 * Himitsu no kōtei

Watashi jishin o wasurenai yō ni kono kotoba o watashi no Sutando sonomono ni kizu to shite kizamitsukete okou. Hitsuyō na mono wa "yūki" dearu. Watashi wa Sutando o ichido sutesaru "yūki" o motanakereba naranai. Kuchite iku watashi no Sutando wa sanjūroku no tsumibito no tamashī o atsumete kyūshū. Soko kara "atarashī mono" o umidasu dearou.

'Umareta mono' wa mesameru. Shinraidekiru tomo ga hassuru jūyon no kotoba ni chisei o shimeshi tei... "Tomo" wa watashi o shinrai shi watashi wa "tomo" ni naru.

Saigo ni hitsuyō na mono wa basho dearu. Hokui nijūhachi-do nijūshi-bu seikei hachijū-do sanjūroku-bu e iki...

Tsugi no 'shingetsu' no toki o mate...

Sore ga "tengoku no toki" dearou..."

- DIO

Corresponding Events

 * The "trustworthy friend" DIO requires is found in Enrico Pucci.
 * The "36 sinners" are found among the population of Green Dolphin Street Prison.
 * DIO's Bone is used as a substitution for DIO's Stand, The World. The 36 prisoners and DIO's bone combine, forming a large system of grotesque tree and root-like structures. A knot of roots in this system houses the Green Baby.
 * After its birth, the "14 phrases" Pucci speaks indeed induce an effect on the Green Baby.
 * "I will trust my friend and become his friend" refers to the Green Baby fusing with Pucci.
 * The coordinates "28 degrees 24 minutes north latitude, 80 degrees 36 minutes west longitude" point to Cape Canaveral.
 * The "time for heaven" refers to the subsequent emergence of the Stand Made in Heaven.

Trivia

 * The diary mentions that DIO would engrave the 14 phrases on his Stand, The World, so that he wouldn't forget himself. Where and when he engraved the phrases is unknown, if he engraved them at all before he was defeated by Jotaro.
 * In JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE OVER HEAVEN, a non-canon restoration of DIO's diary, the 14 phrases are nonsense words that DIO's mother sang to him as a lullaby in his youth. In the context of DIO's plan, they signify intelligence and close intimacy between the Green Baby and its intended host.