Born This Way/fr

"Si quelque chose est fermé et que je l’ouvre, je serai automatiquement poursuivi et attaqué par ce mystérieux cycliste ennemi...!"

- Josuke Higashikata

Born This Way (ボーン・ディス・ウェイ) est le Stand de Kei Nijimura, présenté dans la huitième partie de la série JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJolion. Comme un Stand humanoïde sur une moto, il poursuit automatiquement une cible désignée, apparaît près d’eux quand ils "ouvrent" quelque chose, et conjure de forts vents de congélation.

Apparence
Born This Way est composé d’un pilote humanoïde et d’une moto. Le motard est couvert de vêtements noirs qui ressemblent apparemment à des vêtements de protection pour motocyclettes, y compris un casque pare-soleil. En tant que tel, il n’est pas facilement identifiable comme un Stand, mais lorsque son casque est retiré, il a une tête et un visage robustes et robotisés, lui donnant l’apparence d’un dos courbé. Cela a été fait pour qu’il soit clair à première vue que c’était certainement un Stand et non un humain quand son casque est sorti.

The motorcycle is a heavy, almost armored black. The front wheels feature flower decals on the hub caps and the front fork has a stitched design similar to the face of the rider.

On the bottom of its helmet, there is a skull-shaped emblem, similar to those found on her brother's stand.

Born This Way and its motorcycle are primarily black in the colored manga. Underneath its helmet, Born This Way is also grey and purple.

Personality
Knocking the rider off the bike causes it to make a "Shuu" noise and quickly jump back on.

Abilities
Born This Way is an automatic Stand defined by constant power independent of the distance from Kei, and is unusual in that it rides a motorcycle. Equipped with a helmet and motorcycle riding gear, Born This Way is more resilient than most Stands. The bike is durable enough to withstand Soft & Wet's punches, and as a vehicle, can be used to ram into people.

Although Born This Way is physically powerful, it can only appear when certain conditions are met and can be warded off if the target is careful about their actions.

Summon Through Opening
Kei Nijimura can employ Born This Way on any chosen target, but it only appears near them when they "open" something. In order to target a person, Kei must touch them at some point, but is otherwise able to act freely while her Stand attacks.

The act of opening may concern doors, notebooks and cellphones but not body parts such as opening one's eyes. The individual does not have to intentionally open something, as merely touching an object as it is opening applies, for instance when Josuke backs into a taxi causing its driver to remotely open the door, or when Kei throws a loose pen at him, causing the cap to fall off when it hits. Born This Way immediately appears near the target when they open something, but similarly disappears if anyone closes the relevant open object.

Freezing Wind
When Born This Way appears, it can conjure powerful and cold gusts of wind to attack. The wind is strong enough to push back a grown man, and can violently displace objects. Moreover, it is supernaturally cold. The temperature dramatically drops where it blows, to the point the eyes can begin to freeze. If the wind persists long enough, a large quantity of snow may appear, and Born This Way can also propel shards of ice into someone as projectiles.

Détails

 * Born This Way was originally called Going Underground (ゴーイング・アンダーグラウンド) until the release of the JJL Volume 4 tankobon. Despite this, Kei Nijimura's design still features the initials "G.U." on her clothing.