Dio Brando/pt-br

"Inútil, inútil!!! (無駄 無駄!!!)"

- O grito de batalha de Dio Brando

Dio Brando (ディオ・ブランドー), depois simplesmente conhecido como DIO, é o antagonista principal da primeira e terceira parte de JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Phantom Blood e Stardust Crusaders, também como o póstumo antagonista primário da sexta parte, Stone Ocean. Sua influência é sentida por todas primeiras seis partes da série, com personagens principais como Giorno Giovanna e Enrico Pucci sendo diretamente conectados à ele.

Originalmente um homem de criação humilde porém com uma ambição inigualável, Dio é um vilão de pouca consciência, vasta destreza, e uma fome insaciável por poder. Depois de se tornar um vampiro e depois um usuário de Stand, Dio juntou muitos capangas entre ele e é responsável por muitos dos eventos principais da série, da morte de Jonathan Joestar à abrupta aquisição de poderes de Stand da Família Joestar, e seu legado persiste por toda a série.

Dio é o primeiro antagonista principal de JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Ele também é o pai de Giorno, o protagonista de Vento Aureo, e também de um punhado de outros filhos ilegítimos.

Infância
Quando ele inicialmente chega à Mansão Joestar, Dio é visto usando uma vestimenta formal típica daquela era; um casaco azul, camisa formal branca, uma gravata, suspensores, calções, e um par de meias listradas. Ele possui cabelo loiro e um rosto belo. Ele também tem 3 pintas no lóbulo da sua orelha esquerda.
 * Quando lutando, ele veste uma camisa com mangas dobradas, um macacão, e luvas e boxe.

Adulto
Além de trocar seu casaco por um colete, as vestimentas de Dio não mudaram muito. Entretanto, seu físico e altura aumentaram significantemente. Durante os eventos de onde Jonathan procura um antídoto para curar a doença de seu pai, Dio veste uma cartola e uma nova e extravagante capa que possui penas saindo dos ombros.

Vampiro
Dio passa por mudanças físicas dramáticas após usar a Máscara de Pedra para se transformar em um vampiro. Seu cabelo antigamente limpo se torna mal cuidado e bagunçado, seus olhos ficam mais afiados e adotam um contorno mais escuro, e ele desenvolve presas

Suas vestimentas mudam um bocado depois de sua primeira batalha com Jonathan; mais notavelmente é o cachecol em volta de seu pescoço. Ele veste uma camisa duplamente colorida ornamentada e calças combinando, um par largo de botas, braçadeiras, e dois suspensores presos à banda em volta de sua cintura.

Escondido
DIO não possui um rosto visível por causa da constante escuridão de sua mansão. Ele possui cabelo na altura de seus ombros e está sem camisa, expondo o corpo musculoso de Jonathan (no qual a cabeça de DIO está presa). Ele veste calças com suspensores, tamancos, e pulseiras brilhantes em ambos pulsos, e joelheiras em formato de coração. No jogo de fliperama JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, sua voz também é super distorcida comparada ao filtro normal para sua outra versão jogável (um efeito criado pelos desenvolvedores para adicionar uma sensação de mistério). Essa forma do DIO é comumente conhecida como DIO Encarnação do Mal (邪悪の化身ディオ).

Revelado
Incorporando suas vestes anteriores, DIO veste uma jaqueta com uma regata apertada por baixo, assim como calças de couro com uma virilha exposta. Seu rosto não é mais obscurecido, e possui uma fita adornada com corações na sua cabeça que combinam com suas joelheiras. Essa é sua forma durante o começo do arco O Mundo de DIO. Na maioria das mídias em que ele é retratado, a roupa de DIO é laranja ou amarela.

Ele também usa um colar cobrindo sua cicatriz no pescoço e corações acima de seus pés e nas pernas de suas calças, mas ele rapidamente parou de usá-los depois de sua primeira confrontação com Polnareff

Quando perseguindo o grupo Joestar, DIO vestiu uma capa que ele acabou descartando durante sua confrontação com Kakyoin.

Forma Final
DIO chega perto do ápice de sua forma física após drenar o sangue de Joseph Joestar. Sua aparência agora é mais similar à sua forma revelada, com a exceção de sua jaqueta e o lenço em formato de coração que foi destruído pelos ataques de Star Platinum. Ele agora possui um jeito e olhar homicida e perturbado, tendo perdido seu toque suave. Seu cabelo agora é desgrenhado e majoritariamente para cima, enquanto seus lábios são mais escuros e aparentam estarem adornados com batom. Essa é sua forma principal até a última metade do arco O Mundo de DIO.

Personalidade
Dio é consistentemente manipulativo e violentamente dominante, e já repetidamente demonstrou uma falta de consciência e empatia. As características mais reconhecível de Dio são sua ambição sem limites e seu amor pelo poder. Abusado por seu pai e tendo vivido nas condições mais miseráveis. Dio procurou se tornar o ser mais rico e poderoso da Terra. Para fazer isso, Dio usou qualquer coisa ou qualquer um que ele poderia para se aproximar de seus objetivos, desconsiderando qualquer senso de moralidade que então restringiria o alcance de ações disponíveis a ele. Usando manipulação, sedução, ou simples violência, Dio constantemente procurou se tornar mais e mais poderoso. Dio gosta de estar em uma posições de poder e já falou repetidamente o quão bem ele se sentiu em uma posição dominante. Pelo contrário, Dio nunca tolerou alguém que poderia se igualar a ele em poder, e se tornou enfurecido ou profundamente perturbado com o pensamento várias vezes.

Throughout his life, Dio has tended to surround himself with witless cronies and later minions, who were attracted by his natural charisma. Not thinking much of them at first, he then selected those he deemed as particularly evil, claiming that an evil person wasn't bound by rules such as honor and thus were stronger mentally. This belief culminated in including the absorption of 36 souls of sinners, or, as he claims, particularly strong souls, to unlock a power greater than that of his Stand, The World. Naturally, Dio is an incredibly-selfish person, only looking over his own interest and overlooking those of others at best, trampling them on the ground at worst. Due to his composed nature, Dio can and will manipulate and take what he can from all sorts of people, using any method, as long as the person suits his present desires. Since he is selfishly interested in their capabilities, however, Dio is the type who is incapable of loving another person wholeheartedly. The only people he can be said to have held some type of affection for were his mother, Jonathan Joestar, and Enrico Pucci; Dio recognizing Jonathan's worth as equal to his own, and having been friends with Pucci. Still, Dio stole the former's body and his friendship with the latter was proven nonetheless beneficial of a grander plan to further himself. When interacting with someone, Dio will constantly try to manipulate them and sway them into his side, using a veneer of gentleness and his natural charm to make people admire and like him. For instance, he acted the model son and popular charismatic friend to Jonathan's father and entourage to better isolate him, and as a Vampire, his charisma only increased as he appeared as a charming mysterious individual. However, his natural arrogance would lead him to openly insult and belittle his enemies, notably disparaging their insignificant strength before his vampiric or Stand powers.

Dio approaches obstacles and problems in a number of ways depending on the situation and his mood. When he was human, Dio was careful and methodical in trying to break Jonathan's spirit and slowly poisoned George for a sizeable period of time, only being thwarted due to unlucky twists of fate. As a Vampire, DIO at first let his arrogance get the better of him and took a laissez-faire approach, only sending subordinates to kill the Joestar Group while he rested and recovered. However, his defeat by Jonathan taught him to be wary of the Joestar Family in its entirety, thus he would later ambush Jonathan and, during the events of Stardust Crusaders, send his minions to delay the Joestars as much as possible to recover strength. During his final battle, his wariness, tactical acumen and arrogance would clash to make Dio alternate between meticulous approach and overconfident attacks.

Part 1 - Phantom Blood
"I reject my humanity! JoJo! I will transcend humanity! (おれは人間をやめるぞ！ジョジョーッ!!おれは人間を超越するッ！)"

- Dio before donning the Stone Mask

In Phantom Blood, Dio is ambitious, selfish, arrogant, callous and megalomaniacal, seemingly able to do anything to achieve his aims. His natural ruthlessness is exposed very early when plans to exploit the Joestar family despite them being kind enough to adopt him. In order to place himself in a better position to replace Jonathan Joestar and obtain the Joestar family fortune, Dio used the most underhanded means to break him mentally. These methods included: humiliating Jonathan in public sport fighting, ostracizing him from his friends, and finally stealing Erina Pendleton's first kiss to drive a wedge in their budding relationship. When he is eventually foiled, Dio opted to slowly poison George Joestar I and kill Jonathan with the Stone Mask to make both deaths seem natural and accidental. Dio has shown a remarkable determination to reach his goal, never losing his drive despite the numerous defeats he suffers throughout Phantom Blood and always tried to find a way to get back at Jonathan for them.

Dio's lack of empathy is also apparent, since despite having lived for years with the kind Joestars, he never thought of them as anything more than obstacles, and is hinted to utterly resent the upper class he frequents. Dio had been maintaining a facade of a charming and agreeable person to everyone save Jonathan, yet never came close to anyone. At the end of the part, the only person Dio appreciated was Jonathan Joestar himself, begrudgingly acknowledging his valor as his archenemy and "granting" him a painless death, and was even shocked to see him die. Overjoyed to have changed into a powerful vampire, Dio spent his battles taunting various humans about their weaknesses and belittling them in favor of the apex predator vampires. Dio also sadistically changed a mother into a zombie just to watch her devour her own baby. When in a position of strength, he also tends to torment them further, such as sneakily sticking his thumb into Jonathan's eye during a punch. Dio shows a lack of restraint in his violence, and is prone to murderous outbursts even as far as his childhood, notably trying to stab Jonathan when he beat him up, and violently slapping Erina. He was also incredibly cruel to Jonathan's dog, Danny, going so far as kicking him on their first meeting. When Dio was defeated by Jonathan, Dio secretly had Danny incinerated. He is shown to be utterly enraged when someone stands up to him, which is the cause for his outbursts. He himself acknowledged that his anger was a weakness, but would be all his life unable to truly control himself.

Dio's personality could be explained by his poor childhood and the abusive relationship he shared with his father, Dario Brando. Speedwagon, however, rejected this as the cause of Dio's personality, claiming that Dio was simply born this way, and that his poverty had nothing to do with it. True to that, Dio was already an immoral person but then openly relinquishes his in favor of becoming a Vampire upon being cornered by the police. He trades his underhanded scheming persona for a more arrogant and hedonistic personality that is dismissive of humanity and revels in evil. Nonetheless, Dio respects determination and said much to Jonathan that his determination was equal to his own, earning him the dubious honor of serving as Dio's new host, after Dio was reduced by Jonathan to a head.

O potencial de Dio para empatia é implicado tanto no mangá quanto no anime, quando Dio é demonstrado ter matado seu próprio pai de maneira vingativa pelo abuso cometido contra sua mãe, em vez de ter sido um passo em seu plano para subir na sociedade.

Dio já expressou um ódio por cachorros, considerando-os vermes.

Part 3 - Stardust Crusaders
"Everyone survives in pursuit of peace of mind... Aren't you uneasy, preparing to fight me, knowing you may die? If you join me, I will give you peace of mind that will last forever. (安心を求める事そ人間の目的だ. そこでだ……わたしに仕えることに何の不安感があるのだ？わたしに仕えるだけで他の全ての安心が簡単に手に入るぞ)"

- DIO to Polnareff

Reappearing in Stardust Crusaders, DIO did not change much since his burial at the bottom of the ocean for one hundred years, as he remained a remorseless and murderous megalomaniac, but nonetheless he had matured a little by recognizing valor in others and being generally more calm and level-headed. DIO does not appear frequently in Stardust Crusaders except towards the end, but is seen discussing various philosophies with Stand users he wishes to recruit, and with his already-loyal followers, particularly Enya the Hag who serves as his main adviser. It seems equally likely that DIO does this to manipulate and persuade as that he believes what he says, but nonetheless acknowledges the power and valor simple humans can have, notably respecting one's willingness to die for his goal. Wishing to quickly dispose of the Joestars, he listened to Enya and was told that she'd already sent agents to deal with them, and quietly rested in his mansion to gain more strength. Furthermore, DIO learned his lesson and stops underestimating his opponents, being particularly careful around the Joestar bloodline. He nonetheless sneered at other Stand Users' efforts to fight him, most notably Kakyoin's, whose discovery ended up being crucial in his defeat.

This time, DIO is far more calm and collected. Maybe due to knowing that his Stand The World is far above anyone's reach, DIO is more tolerant of people resisting him, and didn't react to Polnareff's taunts and insults. He even seems to appreciate Hol Horse's insubordination, which confirms the mercenary's strength, and let him go try to assassinate Jotaro. However, DIO is still callous about human life and killed anyone who would fail him, even Enya—who was, again, his closest adviser. The usually confident and cunning gambler Daniel D'Arby was driven to madness when he couldn't handle the pressure of possibly revealing DIO's Stand ability to Jotaro. True to himself, DIO is enjoying the fact that he is wielding the most powerful Stand in his organization, being unconcerned by the heroes' effort to discover his power as he thinks they are meaningless. When Jotaro reveals himself to be able to move within the stopped time, DIO is initially very distraught but recomposes himself quickly, devising other plans to get rid of Jotaro by exploiting his advantage. The full scale of his insanity is visible when, overjoyed to have completely fused with Jonathan's body and being at full power, DIO declares that he was experiencing "the greatest high" and delightfully drills his index finger into his skull.

As últimas palavras de DIO revelam que ele ainda está disposto a usar qualquer maneira para vencer e odeia qualquer conceito de honra ou vingança, usando um truque barato para cegar Jotaro momentaneamente. Entretanto, isso foi inútil já que Jotaro retribuiria o truque ao matar DIO com um golpe fatal em sua perna.

Part 6 - Stone Ocean
"What you can find beyond the powers of my Stand is the way forward for humanity. What you need is a trustworthy friend. Will I, DIO, be able to meet someone like this one day? (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. いつかそのような者にこのが出会えるだろうか？)"

- DIO's Diary

In flashbacks placed before the events of Part 3, DIO demonstrates a burgeoning ability to be genuinely nice to another person in numerous conversations with Enrico Pucci. Intrigued by Pucci, who let him be despite suspiciously hiding in a church, DIO healed his crooked foot, a kind gesture, and gave him the head of an Arrow, which would grant him his own Stand, Whitesnake. During these flashbacks, DIO is able to open up with him on multiple subjects, and confiding to Pucci that the priest could make him be at peace. Once daring Pucci to steal his Stand, to Pucci's refusal, DIO thanked him for his fidelity, and even admitted that he feared the thought of Pucci betraying him.

It is debatable how good a friend DIO truly was, considering Pucci's good-willed nature during his youth directly opposing his later evilness and zealotry. DIO also seems to have built that friendship to further his ambitions, which calls into question how sincere it was. It is implied that he wanted to use his Stand to create a perfect world for himself and a handful of subordinates. He enlisted Pucci as his living "conscience", in case he would go crazy and veer "off track".

Over Heaven
(The information below derives from a Light Novel not written by Araki. As such, it may or may not be considered .)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Over Heaven oferece uma interpretação do caráter de Dio Brando por misturar elementos presentes no material original e pontos de enredo introduzidos na light novel, que serve como uma interpretação da vida real do Diário de DIO.

In the novel, DIO has seemingly matured past his megalomania and, due to his mother's kindness and influence on him during his younger years, developed an extreme fixation on the concept of 'heaven' - an idea he revisits when he becomes embroiled in the world of Stands. After discovering the power human souls possess, as well as the possibility that these souls can be harnessed and controlled for one's benefit, DIO tries to devise a plan to use Stand power and human souls to bring about his idea of heaven.

Apparently, all throughout the events of Stardust Crusaders, DIO had been holding meetings with Enrico Pucci as well as devising ways on how to go to heaven. He then comes to the conclusion that in order to achieve true victory and witness heaven, DIO must guide Pucci to heaven, and not the other way around. Spliced between these events are all sorts of entries, such as memories of his past life as a human and later on a Vampire, the intricacies of the Stone Mask, his musings about the generational feud between him and the Joestar Family, the life his parents had in the slums of London, him interacting with his organization, and various philosophical matters.

Pelo que vale, DIO aparenta ter "genuinamente" se importado com Enrico Pucci, e até mais do que seu plano sobre atingir o Céu, mesmo ele tendo dito que sacrificaria sua organização, habilidades vampíricas, seu Stand, "tudo" - apenas para atingir seu objetivo de criar um céu na terra.

Habilidades
"Invulnerabilidade! Vida eterna! Poderes de Stand! Aqui jaz as provas de que ninguém nunca superará o poderoso DIO! (不死身ッ！！不老不死ッ！スタンドパワーッ！これで何者もこのを超える者はいないことが証明されたッ！)"

- DIO

DIO é um dos personagens mais poderosos na série. Como humano, ele já era brilhante mas ao tempo ele conseguiu adquirir vários poderes, se tornando um vampiro e depois um usuário de Stand.

The World
O Stand de DIO é o The World; um Stand de curto alcance com força e velocidade comparável, senão superior que o Star Platinum de Jotaro Kujo.

Depois de aproximadamente um ano após adquirir seu Stand, DIO descobriu sua habilidade de parar o tempo. Inicialmente, ele podia fazer isso apenas por uma curta quantia de tempo, mas pelo final da Parte 3, ele foi capaz de parar o tempo por um máximo de 9 segundos. Essa duração teria continuado à crescer, caso DIO houvesse vivido. Quando parando o tempo, DIO dá a impressão de que ele está se teletransportando ou pelo contrário, se movendo à uma alta velocidade.

A habilidade é melhor conhecida pelas frases de ativação e cancelação de DIO, The World! Pare, tempo! (！ 時よ止まれ！) e O tempo volta a se mover. (時は動き出す).

Aperfeiçoamento
Tendo tido um tempo amplo para descansar e treinar com o The World, DIO é mostrado tendo sido minucioso em explorar as habilidades de seu Stand. Foi durante uma sessão experimental em que DIO procurou testar os limites da velocidade do The World que ele descobriu sua habilidade de parar o tempo.

Para dá-lo uma vantagem, DIO tentou manter a habilidade do The World um segredo, usando-o apenas em momentos cruciais para confundir um oponente e fazer ataques sorrateiros incompreensíveis, e também contando seu segredo para apenas pessoas de confiança como a Velha Enya e não hesitando em elimina-la o assim que ela remotamente arriscaria informar os Joestars de seu poder de parar o tempo. Entretanto, assim que eles entenderam a habilidade, DIO parou de guardar o segredo e mostrou uma grande confiança na supremacia de seu poder, não ligando sobre seu segredo já que ele estava convencido de que ninguém poderia fazer algo sobre isso. Então, ele começou a deliberadamente parar o tempo contra Jotaro. Graças ao tempo livre de ação garantido pelo The World, DIO criou a possibilidade de instantaneamente se reposicionar para evitar ataques ou posicionar a si mesmo para um ataque, matando inimigos instantaneamente, ou até mudar seus oponentes de lugar para brincar com eles.

DIO demonstrou um grande grau de controle sobre o The World, usando-o para batalhar contra o Star Platinum de Jotaro até um empate, mas demonstrando técnicas superiores em combate mano a mano por usar chutes baixos para desequilibrar o Star Platinum ou fintas para dar mais socos que o Star Platinum. Entretanto, sua constituição vampírica significa que DIO nunca demonstrou o mesmo cuidado usando o The World defensivamente já que ele preferia evitar ser golpeado e se regenerar ao sugar sangue.

Diferente de qualquer outro usuário de Stand inimigo em Stardust Crusaders, DIO ativamente procurou melhorar a capacidade de seu Stand. Ele notavelmente queria que a Equipe Joestar viesse até ele para que ele pudesse tomar o sangue de um Joestar para sincronizar-se com o corpo de Jonathan para poder aumentar seus poderes ainda mais. O próprio Araki disse que DIO tinha o potencial de parar o tempo indefinidamente.

Além disso, DIO havia procurado por uma maneira de desbloquear um poder ainda mais poderoso do que o The World, usando conhecimento esotérico para formular um plano para criar um outro, ainda mais poderoso, Stand.

Stand Joestar
Quando DIO despertou The World, o corpo de Jonathan também despertou um Stand similar ao Hermit Purple com habilidades semi-precognitivas. Parecido com o Hermit Purple, ele pode ser usado para produzir fotografias psíquicas ao bater em uma câmera ou bola de cristal, o que DIO usou para rastrear a localização dos Joestars e seus amigos para mandar usuários de Stand atrás deles. DIO foi até capaz de saber quando Joseph usaria Hermit Purple para tirar fotografias psíquicas dele, e instintivamente soube que sua aquisição de um Stand também despertou habilidades de Stand nos descendentes de Jonathan.

Na light novel JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE OVER HEAVEN, esse Stand compartilha o mesmo nome de Hermit Purple e é chamado de Hermit Purple #2. Em JORGE JOESTAR, esse Stand é nomeado de The Passion e toma a forma de uma coroa de espinhos, junto com a capacidade de ver os futuros de qualquer um que é consanguíneo com Jonathan.

Habilidades Vampíricas
Se tornando um vampiro como um jovem adulto, Dio Brando demonstra um grande alcance de habilidades sobrenaturais, explicadas como expressões do potencial completo ilimitado do corpo humano.

Habilidades Pessoais
Inteligência: Dio é naturalmente inteligente, demonstrando astúcia e perceptividade assim como sua imaginação repetidamente.

Como uma criança e um adolescente, Dio Brando conseguiu atingir excelência acadêmica com facilidade, tendo planejado graduar-se em uma universidade como um dos melhores estudantes de direito.

Otherwise, Dio is a cunning villain and proficient tactician in combat. Dio almost managed to get away with two murders, biding his time in order to have a perfect alibi and was only discovered by accident. Upon his return from the bottom of the ocean, DIO built in six years a powerful criminal empire spanning over several continents and which brought him many riches. In a fight, Dio is particularly cunning and perceptive, his ruthlessness making him able to exploit dishonorable and downright inhuman tactics to get ahead, such as leading his enemies into a trap, using hapless civilians as projectiles and sources of energy, or plain sneak attacks. Dio has the habit of analyzing his opponents and determine quickly a counter to their strengths, such as freezing blood in order to stop the flow of the Ripple or forcing Jotaro's bluff by throwing multiple knives from all direction so that he's forced to act during the stopped time.

Naturally ambitious, Dio constantly seeks to improve himself and meticulously studies his abilities to make the most of them. As such, he developed a freezing power akin to the Pillar Men's Modes in just a month, and in six years, discovered enough about Stands to be able to fuse several together with souls in order to create the ultimate Stand. Arguably his most successful move Dio experimented on how his vampiric powers allowed him to fuse two organisms together and used that knowledge to steal Jonathan's body.

Embora ele não demonstre com regularidade, Dio é um filosofo natural, argumentando sobre a condição humana com várias pessoas.

Resiliência: Antes de se tornar um vampiro, Dio já era notavelmente um lutador mano-a-mano capaz; uma habilidade que ele diz ter desenvolvido nas favelas de Londres. Um bom esportista amador, durante um jogo de rúgbi enquanto um jovem adulto, ele demonstrou ter grande habilidade atlética (assim como uma massa muscular fantástica).

Carisma: Dio é um individuo astuto e charmoso. Em adição aos usuário de Stand, quem Avdol e Joseph sugerem que ele recruta através de charme ou carisma, ele já seduziu muitas mulheres durante sua vida.

Conhecimento: Durante sua juventude humilde e maturidade tempestuosa, Dio é muitas vezes visto lendo. Durante sua pré-adolescência, ele é visto jogando xadrez com adultos. Em Stone Ocean, em conversas com Enrico Pucci, ele demonstra ter acumulado alguma sabedoria dentro do mundo de Stands. Importantemente, Dio é capaz de formular um plano, contido em seu diário, incorporando vasto conhecimento desconhecido sobre a criação deliberada de Stands com habilidades perfeitamente especificas.

Conexão Espiritual: Depois de roubar o corpo de Jonathan, DIO passou a compartilhar uma conexão espiritual com os descendentes ainda vivos de Jonathan. Ele era instintivamente consciente de suas presenças e bem-estar, permitindo-o os localizar em Cairo. Joseph menciona que DIO provavelmente não consegue distinguir entre ele e Jotaro, e apenas sentir suas presenças.

Fraquezas

 * Corpo Vampírico: Os poderes de Dio Brando, entretanto, são todos ao custo de ter um corpo sustentado por pura força de vontade, em vez de energia vital. Uma força de vitalidade suficientemente podersa - especificamente luz solar ou o Hamon - nega a restante força de sua presença e desintegra seu corpo sem vida.


 * O (antigo) Corpo de Jonathan: Quando DIO adquiriu o corpo de Jonathan Joestar pela primeira vez e saiu do oceano, ele se tornou incapaz de usar o poder completo de seu Stand, e teve que obter o sangue de um Joestar vivo para compensar e sincronizar completamente com sua nova forma. Quando essa fraqueza foi negada, ele foi capaz ficar significantemente mais forte, assim como seu Stand.

Família

 * Dario Brando: Dio odiava seu pai e via Dario apenas como um obstáculo em seu caminho para crescer na sociedade. O ódio de Dio vem do abuso que Dario causou a mãe de Dio assim como ao próprio Dio, devido ao seu alcoolismo, ao ponto dele secretamente envenená-lo até a morte e fez ele pensar que apenas estava doente. Ele põem ênfase nisso ao cuspir em seu túmulo antes de ir para a mansão Joestar.
 * Mãe de Dio Brando: Embora ela não seja vista interagindo com ele, é nítido que Dio amava sua mãe profundamente, e o abuso que foi causado a ela por seu pai foi uma das razões por Dio lentamente e dolorosamente ter matado Dario.
 * Giorno Giovanna: DIO não demonstra ter interagido com seu filho, Giorno, embora Giorno tenha uma foto dele em sua carteira. É desconhecido de onde Giorno a recebeu ou se ele sabe que tipo de pessoa seu pai era. É importante mencionar que DIO teria drenado o sangue da mãe de Giorno, caso ele não tivesse sido morto pelo Jotaro.
 * Ungalo, Donatello Versus, e Rikiel: Parecido ao caso de Giorno, as mães desses três homens foram deixadas vivas. Embora nenhum deles herdaram o espirito de Jonathan. Todos três aprenderam da verdadeira identidade de seu pai através de seu encontro fatídico com Pucci.

Aliados

 * Enrico Pucci: DIO's encounter with Pucci is presumably the most prominent example of humanity displayed by him, having healed Pucci's foot when they first meet. Through the time he spends with Pucci, DIO comes to trust him enough to allow Pucci to inherit control of his plan. At one point, DIO forced Pucci's hand into his head and nearly had his Stand DISC removed to test Pucci's loyalty to him.
 * Vanilla Ice: While the former is fanatically loyal to his cause, even willing to chop off his head to prove his worth, DIO annoyingly notes that Vanilla Ice often forgets about the doors after he uses his Stand, Cream, to travel via making a hole in the wall. Still DIO highly respected Ice's abilities, refusing to use the blood of someone of his caliber to heal himself.
 * Wang Chan: While at first a provider of his secret oriental poison that was crucial in killing Dario and attempting to kill George, after becoming a vampire, Dio used him as a scout and aide once his head is chopped off. Despite his dependence on Wang Chan, Dio doesn't take his insults to Jonathan lightly and threatens him for it.
 * Pet Shop: While not much is known about their relationship, DIO personally selected Pet Shop as the guardian of his temple while he was in Egypt.
 * Enya the Hag: Enya was one of DIO's most loyal followers and supporters. Despite her loyalty, DIO secretly implanted her with a flesh bud to insure her secrecy.
 * N'Doul: DIO was the first person to see N'Doul's worth which caused N'Doul to admire DIO. N'Doul was so loyal to DIO, that he killed himself in order to prevent himself from leaking valuable information.
 * Johngalli A.: While there is no on-screen interaction between them, Johngalli was highly loyal to DIO, as shown when he framed Jolyne for murder and attempted to kill her and Jotaro to avenge him.

Inimigos

 * Jonathan Joestar: One of the most impactful relationships Dio ever had was with his adoptive brother, Jonathan Joestar. He initially viewed his adoptive brother as a stepping stone and pest to be driven to despair and abused in order to gain the Joestar family fortune. After being beaten once, he viewed him as more of a threat, feigning brotherly bonds in public, while secretly poisoning George Joestar in order to get his fortune quicker. He intended to kill Jonathan with the Stone Mask, but upon discovering the hidden power to unlock the vampire powers of man, he decided to use it on himself in order to become one. After another failed attempt to kill his adopted brother, due to his ego, Dio decides to have others face him rather than turn Jonathan into a zombie himself. After being bested by Jonathan, he quickly changes his mind, only to be thwarted once again. In their final confrontation, Dio admits he respects Jonathan in a twisted sense (to the point of scolding Wang Chan for taunting him) and is genuinely shocked when Jonathan dies. Dio would use Jonathan's body as a host, defining the destiny between him and the Joestar Family for centuries to come.
 * Will Anthonio Zeppeli: Due to Dio having used the Stone Mask and becoming a Vampire, Zeppeli immediately viewed Dio as an enemy once he learned about the incident at the Joestar Mansion and due to his own father using the same mask to become a Vampire himself. Dio himself is dismissive of Zeppeli's hatred towards his vampiric ways and connection to the Stone Mask, only viewing Zeppeli's mastery of the unfamiliar Ripple as nothing more than magic tricks.
 * Robert E. O. Speedwagon: After hearing from Jonathan what Dio was doing to George Joestar I, Speedwagon decided to help with finding the man that sold Dio the poison. Dio openly declares that after killing Jonathan, he would dispose of Speedwagon as well for being involved. After everything that had happened at the Joestar Mansion, Speedwagon went along with Jonathan and Zeppeli to defeat Dio, knowing that he was too dangerous now as a vampire to be left running around.
 * George Joestar: While George has always treated Dio with kindness and respect, Dio only saw George as a stepping stone in his quest for wealth. Thus, Dio feigned being the perfect ward to George, and even called him father despite having no such views.
 * Dire, Straizo, and Tonpetty: Being Ripple Warriors, the three knew the dangers of the Stone Mask and viewed Dio as an enemy because of his use of it. Out of the three of them, Dire was the one who really wanted to defeat Dio on his own, due to having been a friend of Zeppeli's for many years and Dio having a role in his death. At the time, Straizo knew that defeating Dio was important; however, many years later, he would admit to the older Speedwagon that he was envious of Dio due to the fact he would never age while Straizo would. This envy became so much that he would later use the Stone Mask on himself just so he could become young again.
 * Joseph Joestar: DIO needed Joseph in order to complete the merger of his head with Jonathan's body, secretly manipulating his minions to bring him closer and closer in order to drain his blood. At first, Joseph was unaware of his existence due to Speedwagon making sure to keep the secret of the Vampire's existence prior to his battle with Straizo. His hatred for DIO intensified, however, when he learnt the whole truth and that he had stolen the body of his grandfather, Jonathan Joestar, to use as his own. This hatred got to the breaking point when DIO's very existence threatened the life of Joseph's daughter Holy. Figuring out that since DIO was the cause of all the Stands in the Joestar family activating, it was more than likely that killing him would save Holy. That plan in mind, Joseph, along with his grandson Jotaro, his old friend Muhammad Avdol, and new ally Noriaki Kakyoin, decide to go to Egypt where DIO had gone to hide, and kill him.
 * Noriaki Kakyoin: Having met DIO on a holiday in Egypt with his family and then put under his control with a Flesh Bud, Kakyoin was loyal to him and would do anything he wanted. However, upon having the bud removed by Jotaro and seeing the harm DIO was causing towards the innocent Holy Kujo, who had shown him kindness as he was recovering at the Kujo residence, Kakyoin decided to go with Joseph, Jotaro, and Avdol to Egypt to defeat DIO.
 * Jean Pierre Polnareff: Like Kakyoin, he too met DIO and was placed under his control. After having the Flesh Bud removed by Jotaro, Polnareff decided to join the team, though at first for his own goals, as Polnareff theorized that DIO would know where his sister's killer would be. Even after he avenged her sister's death, Polnareff chose to stay with the group to defeat DIO. After the deaths of both Avdol and Iggy, Polnareff vowed to defeat DIO no matter what.
 * Muhammad Avdol: Unlike Kakyoin and Polnareff, Avdol recognized who DIO was upon meeting him, due to having heard about DIO from Joseph. As such, Avdol knew the man was an enemy immediately and managed to escape from him before he could be put under his control. With DIO threatening Holy's life due to him activating all the Stands in the Joestar bloodline, Avdol, along with Jotaro, Joseph, and Kakyoin decided to journey to Egypt to defeat Dio.
 * Jotaro Kujo: Despite DIO viewing Jotaro as nothing but an extension of Jonathan, DIO was fully aware how much of a threat Jotaro was. While Jonathan was an opponent DIO respected, Jotaro was an opponent DIO feared (although just a bit) since Jotaro could move in the stopped time. Jotaro himself however, saw DIO as nothing but a necessary evil he has to defeat in order to save his mother. After DIO had apparently killed his grandfather Joseph right in front of him, Jotaro's hatred for DIO finally intensified to where, for the first time, Jotaro was visibly enraged and acted on anger. After a long and grueling fight with the vampire, Jotaro finally managed to outwit and kill DIO.

Relacionamentos em Over Heaven

 * Daniel J. and Telence T. D'Arby: DIO saw the D'Arby brothers as important tools to enter into heaven. While he believed their souls were too impure to enter themselves, he acknowledged their ability to manipulate souls as useful for his own ascension.
 * Enya the Hag: While the novel doesn't add too much to their relationship, DIO states that he would've considered letting her bear his child if she was younger.
 * Dario Brando: While their relationship is about as negative as it is in the manga, it is revealed that he hated his father for allowing him to enter the Joestar Mansion because he thought that one act of kindness allowed Dario to get into heaven, and one of the reasons he wanted to get into heaven was to kill his father again, before merely looking at it as a side opportunity.
 * Dio's Mother: In the novel it is revealed that his mother taught him everything he knew about the world. While DIO is unsure if heaven really exists, he believes that her death saved her from her living hell of a life. It is revealed that the words in his diary are from a nursery song she sung him.
 * Unborn Sibling: It is revealed that Dio's mother was pregnant with an unborn sibling but ended up miscarrying him/her.
 * Erina Pendleton: DIO respects Erina's strength and in some ways saw her as a bigger threat than Jonathan. DIO theorizes that Erina Joestar placed both him, herself, and the infant Lisa-Lisa in the casket on the boat where Jonathan died in order to escape the boat's explosion. DIO at first believes that Erina did this in hope DIO may return some day as a better man with Jonathan's body. He quickly dismisses the idea, stating that if it was the case that Erina reminded him of his mother.

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Curiosidades



 * O nome de Dio em Phantom Blood é escrito normalmente, mas é mais tarde escrito em inglês como DIO em Stardust Crusaders, Stone Ocean, e um capítulo de Phantom Blood. Isso foi provavelmente feito para acentuar sua metamorfose como um vilão, assim como sua personalidade mais intimidante e amedrontadora.
 * No top Dez Personagens Favoritos do Araki em 2020 DIO ficou em décimo lugar, sendo o terceiro vilão da lista.
 * Em Eyes of Heaven, as músicas tema de Dio Brando e Diego Brando são remixes uma da outra. O mesmo também acontece com DIO e Diego Brando de Outro Mundo.
 * Araki considera Dio 'o verdadeiro protagonista' de "Phantom Blood". Araki não apenas criou o design do personagem de Dio antes de Jonathan, Dio também tem sua primeira aparição antes dele. Araki pensou em qual seria o fator mais assustador para Dio ter, e decidiu que "um mal do passado" vindo ao presente seria a coisa mais amedrontadora. Dio foi desenvolvido com esse conceito em mente. Após isso, a 'luz' de Jonathan Joestar foi criada para ir contra a 'escuridão' de Dio.
 * Em uma entrevista na primavera de 2018 com a revista Kotoba da Shueisha, Araki descreve como influenciou sua obra quando o filme foi lançado. Ele menciona que o cabelo loiro de Dio e seu porte musculoso em particular foram influenciados pelo personagem de Blade Runner, Roy Batty.
 * Em uma entrevista para o Eureka em 2007, Araki diz que Dio é do tipo que se sentiria confortável tanto com um homem quanto com uma mulher, entretanto, ele "nunca daria 100% de seu amor para uma pessoa especifica".