SC Episode 46

DIO's World (2) (DIOの世界 その2) is the seventy-second episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime, the forty-sixth episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and the twenty-second episode of the Egypt Arc. It covers the last one page of Chapter 252 through the first half of Chapter 256 of the manga.

Summary
Polnareff attempts to climb up the stairs leading to Dio but keeps finding himself further down, realising it has something to do with Dio's Stand, The World. Before Polnareff and Dio can clash, Jotaro's group arrive on the scene, learning about Dio's power and Avdol and Iggy's deaths from Polnareff. Pursuing Dio up to the top of his mansion, the group have Nukesaku open up Dio's coffin, only for him to suddenly be inside in an instant. Feeling murderous intent from inside the mansion, the group are forced to flee as the sun sets. While Polnareff, refusing to run away, is joined by Jotaro in pursuing Dio despite not knowing his power, Dio hijacks a limousine and pursues Joseph and Kakyoin, managing to block each of Kakyoin's attacks. Determining that The World is a close-range Stand like Star Platinum, Kakyoin comes up with a plan to expose its secrets.

Manga/Anime Differences

 * Flashback scenes of Kakyoin's youth: his mother and teacher were added.
 * Joseph mentions his grandmother Erina when threatening Dio.
 * The scene of The World punching through Kakyoin was removed from the actual battle and placed as a flashback later on, possibly done to reinforce suspense and pacing.
 * After Joseph is fatally stabbed, Hermit Purple is shown crumbling into ashes rather than fizzling out.

Trivia

 * In the OVA, during the duration of The World, a reverb effect when DIO speaks was added to emphasize the time being stopped. This effect was not employed in the TV anime, nor in the games.