Josuke Higashikata/pt-br

"Você pode me chamar de o homem que faz sobre pressão, "Josuke Higashikata"! (プレッシャーをはねかえす男「東方仗助」と呼んでくれっス！)"

- Josuke Higashikata,

Josuke Higashikata (東方 仗助) é o protagonista da quarta parte da série JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Diamond is Unbreakable, e quarto JoJo da série. Ele é o filho ilegítimo de Joseph Joestar e Tomoko Higashikata.

Josuke é um estudante do primeiro ano do ensino médio residindo na cidade de Morioh. No ano 1999, ele conhece Jotaro Kujo, que informa ele que ele é o filho ilegítimo de Joseph. Quando seu avô morre, Josuke decide assumir a si mesmo como o protetor da sua amada cidade contra usuários malevolentes de Stand.

Josuke é um usuário de Stand que possuí Crazy Diamond, um Stand com o poder de reparar quase qualquer coisa.

Aparência
"Com licença... O que foi que você falou do meu cabelo?!"

- Josuke Higashikata,

Josuke é um jovem alto, e belo de porte médio. A característica mais prominente dele é o seu bem-cuidado, estilizado como o de um homem desconhecido que salvou sua vida quando criança. Seu pompadour tem uma tendência à ficar pontiagudo com seu humor, quando ele está irritado ou zangado.

Josuke veste um uniforme escolar japonês escuro e modificado. Sua jaqueta é de tamanho ideal ao seu corpo, se estendendo até o meio de sua coxa, acompanhada de um par de calças de pernas largas. Ele mantem sua jaqueta desabotoada e dobrada para o lado, revelando uma camisa clara com zíperes curtos em cada lado de seu peito. Ele usa um brinco pequeno em cada orelha.

Josuke veste um número de emblemas metálicos/dourados. No lado esquerdo de seu colarinho, ele usa uma âncora modificada e na sua direita, dois corações pequenos. Fixando sua jaqueta aberta para o lado em sua direita está um (☮), e do seu lado esquerdo um coração (ocasionalmente uma palma aberta, como no chapéu de Jotaro). Ele possuí uma banda dourada sobre as mangas de sua jaqueta em ambos seus pulsos (mais elaborado em várias ilustrações)

Um homem com gosto caro, Josuke usa meias originais Mr. Junko, um par de sapatos de ¥25,000, e roupas íntimas da.

Os esquemas de cores mais comuns do Josuke são um uniforme azul escuro ou roxo e uma camisa verde ou amarela.

Personalidade
"Eu vou proteger tanto minha mãe quanto essa cidade! Não importa o que vier no caminho, eu vou preencher o lugar do meu avô!"

- Josuke Higashikata,



Josuke's primary trait is his overall kindness, which is reflected in his Stand, Crazy Diamond, who repairs and heals. When he was a child, a random bystander helped save a feverish Josuke out of kindness, Josuke subconsciously reflected that kindness in him. Even upon the revelation that he was Joseph's bastard son, Josuke had thought first and foremost about the troubles he's caused to the Joestars and disregarded any claim for a heritage, only wanting to reassure his biological father that he was doing fine. Agreeable by nature, Josuke isn't as prone to violence as other JoJos and can even calmly tolerate bullying by upperclassmen or Shigechi's selfishness. Josuke is loyal to his friends and loved ones; risking his life after Koichi is hit by Keicho's Bow, and carrying Okuyasu's body while apparently dead throughout the first part of his battle with Yoshikage Kira. When his grandfather died, Josuke took it upon himself to become the protector of Morioh. Upon meeting someone in not particularly antagonistic circumstances, Josuke will generally be polite and friendly.

Overall, Josuke behaves like a teenager and, aside from his general goal of protecting Morioh from any Stand menace, is concerned by more down to earth matters, such as hanging out with his friends. As a result, Josuke is almost never seen alone in the streets of Morioh. Josuke passively protects his town, and only acts when directly asked by the much more proactive Jotaro or when he directly encounters a Stand User. Curious, Josuke is quick to investigate any unusual phenomenon, which often leads him into a Stand User. Josuke is very prone to openly communicate his feelings and emotions, making him appear to be a goofy individual.

Sufficiently humble, Josuke confesses to being nervous around famous people, opting not to go with Koichi to first meet Rohan Kishibe due to his great fame as a mangaka. Josuke also has a fear of turtles, and has tried to touch a turtle to get rid of that fear. Josuke isn't shy to admit his limits, and has confessed that he doesn't know much about manga, or isn't good at video games, even though he isn't happy to have someone know these factoids. In the same way, Josuke tries to live up to Jotaro, whom he admires, and has been nervous around him due to a fear of not living up to the task Jotaro entrusted to him. He has also shown a mild fear of ghosts (in the beginning), as shown when Koichi wonders if he saw a ghost in the house next to Josuke's, and Josuke nervously tells him to cut it out.

However, in a fight, Josuke is much more calm and observational, even though aspects of his goofiness tend to shine through. He has sufficient confidence in his own abilities, namely his Stand, but this doesn't extend to Josuke himself since he can still be nervous if things don't go his way. Additionally, Terunosuke Miyamoto is able to reveal that Josuke's nervous tic is to bite his lips. Even if Josuke is gentle by nature, he has no qualms about brutalizing an enemy and, in the case that someone has hurt or endangered a loved one, Josuke will be even more vindictive, as he fused Angelo with a rock and Terunosuke with a book.

Josuke has a tangential respect of the law at best, having inherited his father's mischievous side, shown primarily in regards to winning money. After nearly emptying his bank account with frivolous spending, Josuke has been trying to get extra money in a quick fashion. When he and Okuyasu meet Shigechi, he quickly devises a plan to exploit Shigechi's Stand Harvest to find first discarded change and then discarded coupons from all over Morioh, going as far as commit a felony to earn the money in a winning ticket. Similarly, after meeting Mikitaka Hazekura, he takes advantage of his shape-shifting 'Stand' power, convincing Mikitaka to turn into dice in order to cheat money from Rohan, with whom he has a bad relationship. Lastly, characterized as a knowing gesture, he steals Joseph's wallet with his Stand by restoring it to his possession with a piece of a picture planted there. The fact that his Stand can nearly repair or heal anything means that Josuke can get away with destruction of property or endangering someone, thus he isn't really concerned about the legal ramifications of his actions, since they will be without consequences (for him, at least).

While Josuke does have his fair share of groupies, he deals with them much less dramatically than his father and nephew. He isn't peverted nor relentlessly flirtatious (unlike Joseph), but he doesn't go out of his way to get rid of them (unlike Jotaro). Instead, if the girls near Josuke express interest in him, he is flattered and has shown to get along quite well with his female classmates and admirers. When Jotaro asks Josuke to go hunting, Josuke initially believes he means hunting for girls and says with a blush and smile that he is more of a 'love kind of guy'. However, he seems to be willing to fight them as he threatened to kill Yukako if she tried to do anything to Koichi, with whom she was obsessed. While he does express interest in women, it is not his main priority.

As a catchphrase, Josuke often says "Great" in English. He also displays an odd quirk whenever he pronounces the Japanese phrase kakkoii (かっこいい), a masculine compliment essentially meaning "cool", where he will always pronounce it weirdly like "Kappyoii" or "Kacchoii." These mispronunciations are translated as "kewl" in the English Crunchyroll subtitles.

In a quintessential idiosyncrasy, Josuke takes a hyper-sensitive reaction to comments at all disparaging his hairstyle; which Koichi interprets as Josuke reacting to insults towards his savior, although Josuke personally claims he doesn't know the reason for his wrath. After an insult, Josuke automatically enters a blind rage, regardless of the circumstances and interlocutors, and becomes much more rude and violent. Firstly, a swaggering upperclassman to whom Josuke initially defers is punched and stepped on before his nose is permanently deformed. Later, during his fight with Rohan, the latter repeatedly taunts Josuke in an attempt to manipulate Josuke into gazing upon his Stand. As a result, Josuke goes berserk, and after overpowering Rohan, he delivers a beatdown so intense that it landed Rohan in the hospital for a month.

Araki explains that Josuke was truly hurt by the fact that he grew up never knowing his father and that he covered up this pain with the pompadour man who saved him as a kid. According to Araki, Josuke considers that man a hero, somebody he can rely on, and a symbol of his faith in people.

Stand
O Stand de Josuke, Crazy Diamond, pode restaurar objetos (e organismos) para um estado prévio em sua história.

Ele é capaz de restaurar dano e curar feridas. Ele também pode reverter um item para seus componentes (ex. uma mesa de madeira de volta para madeira serrada).

Com isso, Crazy Diamond pode realizar uma grande variedade de feitos; incluindo prender (partes de) um inimigo por restaurar pedaços de um objeto quebrado em volta dele; e localizar, realizado ao restaurar algo com um pedaço rasgado de roupa, que procura se recolocar no artigo original de roupa.

Porém, esse Stand não tem limites: Crazy Diamond pode apenas restaurar estado, não vida, por isso um corpo sem vida continuaria morto mesmo depois de ter sido reparado pelo poder de Crazy Diamond. E também, o poder de cura não pode ser usado no próprio Josuke, ou estritamente falando, qualquer coisa que pode ser considerada parte de si mesmo, corpo ou até suas próprias roupas.

Dominação
Josuke demonstra grande proficiência usando Crazy Diamond em combate. Graças à sua grande destreza física, Josuke pode usar os punhos de Crazy Diamond para realizar táticas fora-da-caixa como quebrar uma parede para escapar um ataque. Além disso, ele demonstrou poder jogar projéteis com grande eficiência graças à força bruta de sua precisão e Stand.

Adicionalmente, Josuke já foi mostrado usando seu poder presumidamente restrito para uma grande variedade de objetivos táticos. O poder de Crazy Diamond de reparar qualquer coisa faz do Josuke um grande curador, desde que ele consiga chegar em seus aliados antes de morrerem, e trabalha excepcionalmente bem com um parceiro por causa disso. Porque ele consegue quebrar objetos e repara-los, Josuke é libertino em quebrar qualquer coisa para conseguir algo que ele quer como uma posição mais favorável ou um item chave como combustível para uma motocicleta, usar um item precioso como influência, ou até destruir sua moto para evitar um carrinho de bebê; ele eventualmente repara qualquer coisa que ele quebrou, cancelando qualquer consequência que suas ações teriam quebrado. Josuke pode facilmente tirar proveito do ambiente para sua vantagem graças ao Crazy Diamond. Sua habilidade de reparo faz com que ele possa manipular o ambiente até certo ponto, como criar um escudo de concreto ou fazer uma armadilha com os pedaços quebrados de um objeto apenas para os reparar em volta do inimigo. A letalidade do seu projétil pode aumentar como ele pode criar um efeito bumerangue por forçar um pedaço à voltar à ele, acertando um inimigo por trás.

Habilidades Pessoais
Josuke é perspicaz, confiante, e corajoso, possuindo uma considerável inteligência fluída e uma força de vontade de vencer - assim como seu pai.


 * Inteligência: Josuke é extremamente rápido para se manter em pé em qualquer circunstância como ele é muito consciente de seus arredores imediatos e suas próprias capacidades. Ele é proficiente em utilizar qualquer coisa que ele tem em alcance para cuidar de qualquer problema em mãos e já foi mostrado ser capaz de planejar diversos passos à frente por ler o comportamento e hábitos de seu oponente. Josuke é muito confiante em suas habilidades para o ponto de dizer que nada é capaz que Crazy Diamond (indiretamente referindo à si mesmo) não repare e expressa um leve desapontamento à descobrir o que ele achava que seria apenas um problema. Como resultado de seu intelecto, Josuke pode ser bastante ardiloso: manipulando, mentindo, e enganando outros ocasionalmente para atingir objetivos egoístas.


 * Aptidão Física: Josuke possuí uma habilidade atlética substancial. Ele já foi mostrado ter conseguido com perseguir um ônibus em movimento sobre longas distâncias completamente à pé com sucesso, e consegue manusear uma moto pesada sem esforço pela primeira vez e apenas dirigindo ela enquanto conquistando muitas proezas profissionais durante uma perseguição à alta-velocidade em tentativas de evitar contatos diretos com o inimigo perseguindo ele. A mais conhecida demonstração da resistência física de Josuke é mostrada quando ele aguenta várias explosões geradas pelo Killer Queen de Yoshikage Kira, tendo muitos ferimentos pesados e perca de sangue mas continuando consciente o suficiente para pensar em contramedidas e táticas.

Amigos, Colegas e Outros

 * Koichi Hirose: Josuke is close friends with Koichi and frequently looks out for his well-being. When Koichi becomes victim to Yukako's intense affection toward him, Josuke takes measures to make Koichi seem less attractive. Josuke respects Koichi's bravery in dire times and sees him as a good friend and worthy ally, trusting him for help throughout various battles.
 * Okuyasu Nijimura: Initially, Josuke and Okuyasu met as enemies, but after hearing out Okuyasu's story and motives, Josuke becomes best friends with him. The two frequently hang out with each other and experience day-to-day misadventures. They often encounter or fight Stand users together such as Tonio, Otoishi, Shigechi, Mikitaka, Toyohiro, and Kira. They have such a strong bond that when Okuyasu was attacked and nearly killed by Kira, Josuke refused to leave him even though it seemed Okuyasu was dead and dragging his body slowed Josuke down.
 * Rohan Kishibe: Josuke and Rohan initially met as enemies due to Rohan nearly killing Koichi and Okuyasu. Josuke then gets his hair insulted by Rohan and pummels him in blinded rage. Although their views of each other cool down after that, they do not view each other any more amicably. Rohan becomes suspicious of Josuke's attempts to cheat money from him and Josuke becomes suspicious of Rohan's attempts at revenge. Despite this, the two hold some begrudging respect and trust in each other. Due to their contrasting personalities, Rohan had difficulty getting Josuke to listen to him during the fight with Highway Star and saved Josuke's life while risking his own. Josuke started to respect Rohan after that and risked his life in return by looking for Yuya Fungami in hopes of rescuing Rohan. Although Josuke has healed Rohan's pinky during their game of Cee-lo, and then healed him again after Highway Star, Rohan gets angry afterwards because he never asked Josuke to do so.
 * Mikitaka Hazekura: Josuke and Mikitaka see each other as close friends. Mikitaka is especially thankful of Josuke for "saving his life" by finding him in a crop circle and getting him away from loud sirens later on. Josuke does not hesitate to have Mikitaka use his ability to attempt to scam money from Rohan, but becomes worried when Mikitaka displays signs of sickness and attempts to look out for his friend's well-being. In addition, Josuke is moved when Mikitaka offers to sacrifice his freedom to save Josuke from Super Fly during their fight against Toyohiro, and does everything in his power to save him. Overall, the two are good loyal friends who stand by each other.
 * Josuke's Savior: In a past incident in which Josuke had a fever and the car his mom drove was stuck in a snowstorm, an unnamed student with a pompadour took off his coat and placed it underneath the car. By doing so, the car was able to start up and drive over the coat safely as the student pushed the car from behind. This caused Josuke to look up to the student as a role model, and hence style his own hair in a similar manner and to live his life based on how he believed his hero would act. Josuke's admiration is so strong that when someone insults his pompadour, Josuke takes it as an insult to his hero and beats up whoever insulted his hair.
 * Yukako Yamagishi: The two did not start off on good terms due to Yukako's initial obsession and kidnapping of Koichi. When Josuke saw her again, he threatened to kill her if she did anything to Koichi, though she promised not to. The two were stated to have a relationship where they don't care for each other, but after she and Koichi begin dating, Josuke was seen hanging with her and Okuyasu at a cafe in Chapter 371 (notably without Koichi).
 * Shigekiyo Yangu: Initially, Shigekiyo was friendly to Josuke and Okuyasu as he was glad to make new friends. Josuke and Okuyasu referred to him as "Shigechi". Together, they decided to use Shigechi's powers to their advantage to earn some easy money. However, when Shigechi got greedy and failed to keep his promise of sharing an equal amount of money with Josuke and Okuyasu, it led to a confrontation. Josuke and Okuyasu managed to defeat him and Shigechi re-befriended the two. While still annoyed by his greed, Josuke was distraught upon learning Shigechi was murdered by Kira and swore to get revenge for him.
 * Yuya Fungami: The two initially started out as enemies as Yuya used his Stand to absorb nutrients from both Rohan and him. Since he was injured, Josuke healed his wounds so that it would be a "fair fight" and then immediately punched him again several times, knocking him out the window. However, when Terunosuke captured Koichi, Josuke went to Yuya for help finding Koichi with his sense of smell in exchange for Josuke healing his wounds. Yuya agreed but stated he wouldn't help fight the Stand user. Despite this, Yuya put his life on the line to save Josuke and Koichi, earning Josuke's respect. The two soon became friends afterwards.
 * Reimi Sugimoto: While Josuke did not have much interaction with Reimi as much as she did with Rohan and Koichi, he did still seem to care for her and felt sorry for her condition. He also didn't seem scared of her, despite his initial fear of ghosts. He listened to her advice about the serial killer Stand user Kira and bid her farewell when she left.
 * Hayato Kawajiri: Hayato found out his father was replaced by Kira and when trying to expose Kira ended up being saved by Josuke. He gave advice to Josuke throughout his fight with Kira despite not having a Stand, such as exposing a weakness in Kira's Stand ability. Josuke in turn admires Hayato's bravery, such as when he allows himself to set off the bomb on Okuyasu's body in place of Josuke, as Hayato sees Josuke and his allies as the only way to stop Kira. He played an integral part in helping Josuke fight against Kira while Josuke protected him, becoming friends in the process.

Família

 * Tomoko Higashikata: Josuke is very close to his mother, as her emotions towards Joseph are much of the reason for his animosity towards his father. He considers her a strong woman and the two love each other deeply. Though he loves his mother, he can be annoyed by her strictness such as telling him to go to bed early or when she froze his bank account after learning he earned 1 billion yen. Both act very informally with each other.
 * Ryohei Higashikata: Josuke respects his maternal grandfather and looks up to him due to his profession as a police officer. The two are very close and Ryohei has a habit of pranking Josuke. When he was killed by Angelo, Josuke got his revenge by fusing Angelo to a rock for eternity to stay in the town his grandfather protected.
 * Jotaro Kujo: Despite having fought Jotaro when they first met, Josuke has quickly grown to trust him especially after their battle with Angelo and after Jotaro tells him the details behind Stand users in Morioh. Later, when Jotaro takes him out hunting, Josuke is quick to accept and trusts his strategy. They also band together to fight against Yoshikage Kira. Although Josuke is technically Jotaro's uncle, he looks up to Jotaro as a mentor while Jotaro cares for Josuke as a younger brother, though is also mildly exasperated by the latter's temper and rougher-around-the-edge Stand abilities. The two have been described as having a relationship of mutual trust and respect, though Josuke tends to feel pressured by Jotaro due to his greater experience and power. He also looks up to Jotaro calling his Star Platinum invincible during his fight with Akira Otoishi and again when fighting Yoshihiro Kira.
 * Joseph Joestar: Before meeting his father, Josuke preferred that he would just leave because he thought it was too late for Joseph to get involved with him and his mother. Josuke states that he doesn't hate him, but it would be awkward meeting him now and would rather have him leave them in peace as it's always been. However, he fights against Otoishi to protect Joseph's life because he believes he'll be seeing bad dreams if he isn't able to help his father. When Joseph first arrives at Morioh with a broken cane, Josuke also helps him walk by holding his hand instead of repairing it. Upon seeing Joseph's strong desire to help people when he endangered his life to save Shizuka, Josuke starts to warm up to him. By the end of the manga, he's happily accepting of his father, though still steals his wallet.
 * Shizuka Joestar: When he and Joseph found her, they were surprised by her powers and did their best to take care of her and find her parents. Josuke was concerned when her powers caused her and everything around her to turn invisible and did his best to make sure she was unharmed. He also thinks of her as cute. Considering the limited interactions between the two, it is safe to assume the two get along, especially now that they are siblings (as Joseph later adopts Shizuka).

Inimigos

 * Yoshikage Kira: After Kira killed Shigechi, Josuke swore to avenge him and developed a grudge against Kira. While Josuke loathed Kira, the latter didn't think much of Josuke and as an enemy, preferred to avoid any confrontation with him. However, during their final battle, Kira noticed that Josuke's ability to repair things was the perfect counter to Killer Queen's ability. After realizing that Josuke is the most terrifying person getting in the way of his peace of mind rather than Jotaro, Kira was more cautious during their fight.
 * Yoshihiro Kira: Because Yoshihiro is Yoshikage's greatest ally, Josuke and Yoshihiro are enemies. Josuke bears a grudge against Yoshihiro and the latter made several attempts to kill Josuke including attacking him with his Stand and creating several Stand users. Josuke manages to kill Yoshihiro by tricking Yoshikage, who unknowingly makes his father explode.
 * Anjuro Katagiri: Due to Angelo murdering his grandfather, Josuke despised him and made a vow to protect Morioh from criminals like him. Josuke would later take his revenge by turning Angelo into a rock.
 * Akira Otoishi: Out of empathy for Okuyasu losing his brother to Otoishi, Josuke disliked Otoishi and knew he had to be stopped. When confronting Josuke in his own home, Otoishi underestimated his abilities and thought he could defeat Josuke with only his pinky. When Otoishi threatens to murder Joseph, Josuke fights seriously against him and after his defeat, Otoishi cooperates by staying in prison due to fear of being hunted down by Jotaro.
 * Terunosuke Miyamoto: In order to lure out Josuke, Terunosuke trapped Josuke's mother and Koichi inside pieces of paper. Josuke was angered by him for being someone who would take people hostage, most notably his mother. Josuke would later get his revenge by turning Terunosuke into a book and leaving him in the Morioh library.
 * Keicho Nijimura: Josuke and Keicho met as enemies due to the latter's involvement in putting Morioh's population in danger and shooting Koichi in the throat. While Josuke detested Keicho's callousness toward his own brother, he felt sympathetic towards the brothers after learning of their father's fate, recognizing some decency in Keicho and offered a truce. Keicho, plagued by the thought of his past crimes, rejected the truce and was killed by Otoishi soon afterwards.
 * Toyohiro Kanedaichi: Originally acting friendly towards Josuke, Toyohiro reveals that his kindness was only a ploy in an attempt to kill him. After a brief fight, Toyohiro tells Josuke and the others that he is trapped by his Stand and was just trying to escape. He then dropped all hostility towards Josuke and his friends and informed him that Koichi was being attacked by another Stand user.

The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day

 * Takuma Hasumi: After learning that there was another murderer in Morioh, Josuke went on an investigation that eventually led him to confront Takuma. While the two have only brief interactions, Josuke was angry at Takuma for assaulting Okuyasu and his mother and insulting his hero. In the end, Josuke unintentionally killed him by pushing him off a roof.

Curiosidades

 * O Suke (助) em seu nome também pode ser pronunciado como Jo em japonês
 * A partir de Steel Ball Run, Josuke é o JoJo favorito do Araki. Ele explica que por causa do ambiente geral da vizinhança, ele se sentiu mais apegado ao Josuke e o considerou como um amigo ou um veterano. Em contraste, Jotaro era mais como alguém que você admiraria como um herói.
 * A identidade do salvador do Josuke é algo comumente discutido no fandom, datando desde quando a Parte 4 foi primeiramente publicada no Weekly Shonen Jump. Em uma entrevista em 1994 com o diretor do OVA,, quando perguntado sobre o flashback e se era o Josuke que encontrou a si mesmo, Hirohiko Araki respondeu, É irrelevante, era meramente a memória do Josuke. O diretor do Anime de TV da David Production, Naokatsu Tsuda, também inquiriu o Araki sobre quem era o rapaz misterioso durante a produção da adaptação de anime, porém Araki decidiu não comentar.
 * O sobrenome do Josuke, Higashikata, é escrito usando o mesmo kanji que "tōhō" (東方), a palavra japonesa para -do oeste ou oriental.
 * No Campeonato Mundial de Patinação Artística no Gelo de 2019, patinador pagou tributo ao personagem de Josuke ao se vestir igual a ele e patinando ao som da música tema do anime da Parte 4.