JORGE JOESTAR (Novel)

JORGE JOESTAR (ジョージ・ジョースター) is a novel written and illustrated by. The cover was drawn by Hirohiko Araki. It was released as part of the special JoJo 25th Anniversary project "VS JOJO."

After Jonathan's death, his son, George Joestar II (Jorge Joestar) travels with Erina to the Canary Islands in Spain on the island of. There, he pledges his love to Elizabeth Joestar (later Lisa Lisa) and eventually grows up to become a World War I Air Pilot.

In another story, kid detective Joji Joestar sets out on a bizarre quest to solve a murder in Morioh, which slowly turns into a universe-hopping adventure after the island begins moving on its own.

Synopsis
The odd-numbered chapters of the story tell of how Jorge, Elizabeth, and another girl named Penelope de la Rosa grew up together, eventually leading to Jorge joining the Royal Air Force and marrying Elizabeth. However, this time around, their wedding is threatened by a zombie invasion. Along the way he makes new friends, such as Tsukumojuku Kato and Steven Motorize, and gets framed for a murder.

The other chapters, however, are another story altogether and considered the true story of the novel. Set in the 20th century after the world has been reset (similar to the effects of Made In Heaven) exactly thirty-six times, it focuses on kid detective Joji Joestar, who while investigating a recent string of incidents comes across a boy detective named Tsukumojuku Kato, who has somehow traveled between universes. After he is found dead in Morioh, seemingly by Yoshikage Kira's hands, Joji heads to investigate. Along the way, Joji eventually reaches outer space, and meets 36 versions of Kars, each from a different universe, one of which accompanies him back to Earth, all ending in a massive fistfight with Dio Brando as he attempts to become the Holy Corpse and gain unlimited power.

New Stands
In addition to the Stands from the original manga such as King Crimson and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, JORGE JOESTAR introduces several new Stands that are all named after foreign (to Japan) films. There are also three new Stand-like abilities that are not truly Stands but have the same power:


 * are created from repeated trauma to the afflicted's mind and body; they are less controllable than Stands are, and tend to serve a purpose of stopping the user's source of pain.
 * are forces taken directly from the environment that the user manipulates.
 * are, as their name implies, abilities that extend beyond time and space.

Chapters

 * ONE: Tsukumojuku
 * Chapter 2: Nishi Akatsuki
 * THREE: Wounds
 * Chapter 4: Morioh
 * FIVE: The Box
 * Chapter 6: The Island
 * SEVEN: Airplanes
 * Chapter 8: Nero Nero Island
 * NINE: Cliff
 * Chapter 10: The H.G. Wells
 * ELEVEN: Gremlin
 * Chapter 12: Rhinoceros Beetle
 * THIRTEEN: The Enemy
 * Chapter 14: Desolation Row
 * FIFTEEN: Beyond
 * Chapter 16: Beyond II

Main characters

 * Otherwise known as George Joestar II. His story remains the same, although he grows up on the Spanish island of La Palma, and thus goes by the name "Jorge" instead of "George".
 * Jorge/Joji is a 15-year old detective, and though of British descent, he was adopted by a Japanese family and thus lives in Japan. He goes to Morioh to investigate a murder, only to be thrown into the plot. He has only ever appeared in the 35th and 36th universe resets, which is how he becomes entwined in the narrative as a relevant character.
 * Jorge's best friend, also 15. A main character from the author Maijo's own works.  Joji is called to Morioh to investigate his murder.  Has a mysterious habit of teleporting between universes.
 * Kars: In every iteration of reality, Joseph Joestar has beaten Kars who was thought to wander in space for all eternity frozen in stone, but has actually been landing on Mars and surviving. When the universe is reset, Kars is immune as he is The Ultimate Being, resulting in a total of 37 Kars ending up on Mars. Jorge speaks to him humbly, calling him "Mr. Kars" or "Kars-senpai". He "remembers" Stands, and has the ability to steal another person's Stand if he chooses to. Most Stands that he steals will have "Ultimate" added to their name; Stands that fit this description include U-Boat Ultimate, Dune Ultimate,, , , , and.

Allies

 * Lisa Lisa: Also known as.
 * Straizo
 * Original character. Grown up with Jorge, she has both a "Wound" with no given name that hangs people within closed rooms. Later it is revealed that Reimi is actually her Stand, named . Cube House functions similar to Burning Down the House but can escape time and space. She has nightmares about clowns regularly, which her Wound looks like.
 * Jonathan Joestar: There are two versions of Jonathan Joestar in the story. The first is Jorge's father, the original Jonathan Joestar. His head was kept by Erina and is implied to still be alive. In stealing his body, Dio also stole his Stand, The Passion. The other is an ancestor of Joji Joestar going back six generations who died while stopping his adoptive brother Dio Brando from committing a train robbery.
 * Erina Joestar: There are also two versions of Erina. The first is the original Erina, who cares for Lisa Lisa, Jorge, and Penelope on La Palma. The other is again Joji's ancestor.
 * Original character. Becomes Jorge's friend. Has a Wound that allows him to sprout wings and fly. Really likes planes.
 * Original character. Stevens sister, who becomes friends with Jorge after he jumps off a cliff to try and save her.
 * Original character. Another member of the Motorize family. Engaged to William Cardinal.
 * Based on the historical figure . Another of Jorge's friends. Really likes cars.
 * Reimi Sugimoto: In JORGE JOESTAR, Reimi is alive, and is a Stand. Despite this, she also has a Stand,, which functions as a time travelling tesseract. Currently in a relationship with Rohan Kishibe.
 * Rohan Kishibe
 * An alternate universe incarnation of Koichi Hirose. His Stand is a head propeller.
 * An alternate universe incarnation of Keicho Nijimura. His Stand summons three somewhat disobedient dolphins named, , and . They can swim at fast speeds. Like the canon Nijimuras, Muryotaisu is named after a traditional large number in Japanese, his being muryōtaisū (無量大数) which is either equivalent to 1068 or 1088.
 * An alternate universe incarnation of Okuyasu Nijimura. His Stand takes the form of a reliable 30-year old police officer from New York. Like the canon Nijimuras, Fukashigi is named after a traditional large number in Japanese, his being fukashigi (不可思議) which is either equivalent to 1064 or 1080.
 * Alternate universe Shigekiyo Yangu. His Stand, as it names suggests, controls stray dogs.
 * Aya Tsuji: An alternate universe incarnation. Her Stand has the same abilities but is named
 * Bruno Bucciarati: Alternate universe. His Stand is now named and is a feminine form of Sticky Fingers that relies on needle and thread rather than zippers.
 * Leone Abbacchio: Alternate universe. His Stand is, which can take memories in the form of video tapes, akin to Whitesnake, and use them to become similar to Moody Blues for up to 24 hours.
 * Guido Mista: Alternate universe. His Stand is the same as Sex Pistols, but is now instead made up of volleyball players, each with their own uniforms and commands.
 * Narancia Ghirga: Alternate universe. His Stand is shaped like a submarine and can swim through bodies to cause internal damage with bullets and missiles. He can summon a fleet of rather small submarines, or combine them into one large entity capable of taking a few people inside.
 * Pannacotta Fugo: Alternate universe. His Stand isn't shown or referred to at all.
 * Alternate universe version of Sandman who is also an astronaut. He has a "Bound" named which allows him to control and turn into sand at will.
 * Alternate universe version of Pocoloco who is also an astronaut. His Stand is a group of semi-robotic humans that will do whatever it takes to complete a mission.

Enemies

 * Dio Brando: Several, in fact:
 * Phantom Blood Dio, who became the Ultimate Lifeform and then a monster. He can be considered the main villain. His Stand allows him to predict his opponents' actions. It should be noted that, while DIO has The Passion, he still maintains The World, albeit with the ability to stop time for up to an hour, as opposed to his previous limit of 9 seconds. He also has a Beyond resembling the Holy Corpse, which he later attempts to fuse with.
 * A fake DIO that appears in one iteration of Stardust Crusaders, made of half of Dio's soul and Giorno's body.
 * Joji Joestar-universe Dio Brando who was a train robber who went insane after seeing his step-brother Jonathan Joestar die trying to stop him from robbing a train.
 * Yoshikage Kira
 * Enrico Pucci: Became an astronaut in this universe. His Stand is Whitesnake when he first appears in the story, and later evolves into Made In Heaven, but it is eventually stolen by Kars and transformed into Made In Heaven Ultimate Requiem.
 * Diavolo: There are just as many Diavolos as there are Kars, but only the ones that completely disengaged from Doppio survived the events of Vento Aureo. Only two or three are known: the original Diavolo (who is still in his cycle of unending deaths from Gold Experience Requiem), a Diavolo who split from Doppio to possess Giorno, and a Diavolo that Joji Joestar's universe's Passione is pursuing. It's unknown if the Diavolo possessing Giorno and the one that the Joji Joestar universe Passione are after are the same person, or if they are just both connected to the alternate universe Giorno who also exists.
 * Doppio: Specifically, the one from the Diavolo-possessing-Giorno timeline. He has an unnamed Stand that allows him to transform any object into a phone. Rohan attempts to use Heaven's Door on him, only to read gibberish.
 * Funny Valentine: There are two Funny Valentines in JORGE JOESTAR. The second appears older and with a different Stand,, which allows him to fly. Both were Presidents of the United States.
 * The son of the second Funny Valentine listed above. He is an astronaut and is 50 years old. His Stand, allows him to teleport from location to location and through dimensions.
 * The Funniest is Funnier's son and the elder Funny's grandson. His Stand is, however he is not immune to being destroyed if he comes in contact with an alternate version of himself.
 * Alternate universe version of Cioccolata who has a cornrow hairstyle. He is a former doctor, and is involved in drug trafficking in the United States and terrorism. His Stand is similar to Green Day in appearance but is never seen in action.
 * Alternate universe version of Secco who is dressed in bondage gear. He has a history of psychiatric hospitalization, with Cioccolata as his attending physician. His Stand, is in the shape of a giant human face with its eyes on disembodied hands that have their thumbs jabbed into its bleeding sockets, and can hide things from a certain vantage point.
 * Alternate universe version of Prosciutto. Prosciutto is one of Cioccolata's assistants. His Stand has a similar appearance to The Grateful Dead but  features a spiral pattern on its body.
 * , real name : A man who had been in the railroad business in England but went bankrupt, and washed up at La Palma. He becomes a zombie and eats his son, Antonio.
 * A high school student who wants to become a mystery writer. He is actually the culprit behind the 15 closed room murders on La Palma. Javier's Wound allows him to enter the dreams of other people where he kills them.
 * Original character. Engaged to Darlington and a commanding officer in the Royal Air Force, he despises Jorge and is generally agreed by most if not all of the characters to be an insufferable tool.

Neutral

 * Giorno Giovanna

Notable Events
With the information above in mind, the following scenarios also take place:


 * The 36 Kars living on Mars are presumably the 36 souls of sinners that DIO required for his plan to reach Heaven.
 * The DIO of Part 3 was not the real Dio Brando but rather Giorno Giovanna with a part of Dio's soul inside his body; Phantom Blood Dio Brando becomes the Ultimate Life Form, gaining the Stand "The Passion", which resembles Jesus Christ. The Passion has the ability to view the complete future of all the Joestar bloodline.
 * The corpse parts of Steel Ball Run are of his or another Dio's corpse, which Jonathan Joestar soon combines with after being resurrected and also gains "The Passion".
 * Morioh and Passione's island headquarters both suddenly sprout legs from their foundations and split from the mainland, walking the Earth. They eventually encounter one another, which is how the heroes are able to meet one another. Later we learn the same has happened to England and Manhattan Island.
 * One version of Giorno Giovanna is now host to Diavolo as an alternate personality, as that Diavolo was a renegade Stand in similar vein to Anubis. As a result, the Doppio from that universe became a separate entity with his own Stand, one capable of transforming objects into telephones (which, according to pictures, is no different from what the original Doppio did to communicate with Diavolo). It's unknown if he remained Passione's underboss in that universe or was replaced by the Diavolo-possessed Giorno.
 * Out of the 36 Diavolos, only two seem to survive: the above Diavolo, and the original Diavolo, who continues to die from the effects of Gold Experience Requiem through the resets. Supposedly, others exist, but due to King Crimson, only the Diavolos that never split from Doppio suffer the endless fate.

Trivia

 * As Erina and George II move to the Canary Islands, he is renamed "Jorge", the Spanish equivalent of "George", despite its completely different pronunciation in Spanish (xoɾxe; "Hor-hay").
 * As far as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as a series goes, the JORGE JOESTAR novel is considered the most disconnected from the events of the canon, with its own exclusive plot elements and characteristics.
 * The novel seems to rely heavily on a meta-narrative, often making very plot significant allusions to the fact that it is a work of fiction, and frequently hinting at Maijo's other works that contain the same themes.
 * Despite no official English translation of the novel being available, Jorge Joestar recieved an English fan-translation by BuddyWaters in 2017

Translation notes
