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"That branch is a demon plant, there's no human who can tame it! So, I'll go collect it!"

- Rai Mamezuku,

Rai Mamezuku (豆銑 礼) is a major ally featured in the eighth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, JoJolion.

Мамедзуку впервые появляется в арке "". Он - специалист по растениям, ведущий затворнический образ жизни, в то же время тайно нанятый Фруктовой Компанией Хигашиката. Изначально контакт с ним удерживает только Нориске. Будучи атакованным Каменными Людьми, Рай присоединяется к Джоске в целях собственной защиты.

Мамедзуку владеет стандом, Doggy Style, позволяющем ему трансформировать собственное тело в нити и бинты.

Внешний вид
Мамедзуку - мужчина крепкого телосложения, ростом выше среднего. Из-под головного убора, напоминающего шапку-ушанку, у него видны длинные чёрные волосы, заплетённые в две косы. Он носит костюм с орнаментом в виде семян растений и лиан, под ним - светлая рубашка и галстук, спереди на шапке - узор, напоминающий гроздь винограда.

После атаки Brain Storm, Мамедзуку лишился четырёх пальцев на левой руке.

Личность
Рай Мамедзуку - эксцентричный, резкий и порой грубоватый индивид. Благодаря аналитическому складу ума, он умеет быстро осознавать ситуацию и принимать решения. Узнав о ситуации в Морио и об атаке в свою сторону, он тут же берёт ситуацию в свои руки и объединяет силы со своими союзниками. Одного телефонного разговора с Нориске насчёт обстоятельств, в которых находится Джоске достаточно, чтобы Мамедзуку предпринял действия. Он осторожно наблюдает за окружением и подмечает всё что ему интересно и нужно; это позволяет ему раскрывать детали и тонкости конкретных атак против него. Мамедзуку также часто просчитывает определённые возможности, например шансы на выживание кого-либо в определённых обстоятельствах.

В своих методах решения проблем Мамедзуку может быть холодным и расчётливым, в том числе жертвуя менее ценными (по его мнению) членами команды ради достижения цели. Часть его сада специально населена вредоносными насекомыми, чтобы другая часть была в полном порядке, при необходимости он без задней мысли способен отрубить часть собственной руки и однажды даже готов пожертвовать Ясухо, воспринимая её как наименее нужного союзника. В другом случае он намеренно показывает сокамернику фотографию Сатору Акефу, тем самым наводя на него "проклятие" стенда Wonder of U и получая шанс покинуть тюрьму.

Хладнокровие Мамедзуку, однако, позволяет ему мыслить максимально трезво и разумно. Даже во время атаки неизвестного противника, он фокусируется на собственном выживании и при этом ведёт себя очень спокойно. В уже более спокойных обстоятельствах Мамедзуку находит время приготовить еды для себя, Джоске и Ясухо. Получив серьёзное ранение левой руки, он спокойно отрезает её часть, чтобы инфекция не распространилась на остальное тело. Однако, в момент когда Акефу намекает, что является виновным в смерти родителей Рая и уничтожении их плодоносного сада, Мамедзуку не скрывает гнев и яростно атакует доктора.

Самыми яркими чертами Мамедзуку являются его эксцентричность и прямолинейность. Он крайне антисоциален, единственным другом для него является Нориске. Мамедзуку тщательно старается изолировать себя от общества, например, проживая летом внутри столба, являющегося конструкцией для подъёмника; зимой он предпочитает жить на вилле. Другие люди ему зачастую безразличны. Без задней мысли он угоняет автобус, открыто заявляет Ясухо, что ему наплевать на её трагичную историю и приоритизирует собственную безопасность, ставя жизни Джоске и Ясухо на второй план. При всём этом, однако, Рай остаётся под впечатлением, когда Ясухо проявляет инициативу и скрывает движения группы, а также приглашает своих гостей на обед. При этом он всё же недоволен тем, что Джоске старается спасти Ясухо во время битвы. Его хладнокровие позволяет ему столкнуть Ясухо с подъёмника прямо под воздействие вражеского стэнда и наблюдать, что призойдёт.

В молодости Рай был довольно угрюмым, избегал людей и винил собственных родителей в уничтожении сада. Во втором флешбеке демонстрируется, что он находится в отличных отношениях как минимум с Нориске.

Стенд
Стенд Мамедзуку, Doggy Style, позволяет ему создавать бинты из собственной кожи. Рай может полностью контролировать бинты и манипулировать оными.

Садоводство
Мамедзуку является экспертом в садоводстве, профессионально занимается выращиванием растений и фруктов и обладает огромным опытом в своём мастерстве. Растение он способен опознать по одной лишь фотографии и даже способен выращивать редкие виды, такие как Локакака.

Вращение
Впоследствии раскрывается, что Мамедзуку известно о технике Вращения. Он демонстрирует технику на примере собственной кожи и рассказывает Джоске, что пузырьки Soft & Wet на самом деле состоят из постоянно вращающихся нитей.

Background
Mamezuku was born into a family of fruit farmers, whose high-class pears were prized goods. In a flashback, the cultivating techniques of Mamezuku's parents were leaked, leading to a competitor managing to steal an entire crop of pear and bringing down the fruit trees. The usupers were connected with local money lenders. Thus, his parents had to part with their orchards. Blaming his parents, Mamezuku began to live alone on a ski slope, cultivating his own fruits despite the difficulties. Mamezuku met Norisuke Higashikata IV at 17. Impressed by their quality, Norisuke appointed Mamezuku in secret to be his personal fruit grower and appraiser. Mamezuku's existence in the company was kept with the utmost secrecy, with not even Norisuke's own son Jobin ever being informed.

In another flashback, Mamezuku's family seemed to have been acquainted with the Higashikata Family. At some point, the pear orchard had been ravaged by a typhoon and a strange phenomenon occurred where the trees leaked asbestos from all their orifices as they grew. Mamezuku insists that he saw an insect harm the orchard but no one believed him. However, his father went to investigate the fruits during this typhoon and was killed by a landslide. Norisuke Higashikata IV attended the funeral with his son Jobin and daughter Hato. During the ceremony, Mamezuku was pestered by some acquaintances but Norisuke got rid of them. After hugging Norisuke for comfort, Mamezuku told him again that the orchard was well raised and that he saw a strange insect lurking in the orchard while the trees died. However, Norisuke refuted his claims as he checked and saw no insect, and told Mamezuku that everything that had happened to him was some natural calamity.

At that moment, although it was very brief and hardly noticeable, it was here that young Mamezuku met Satoru Akefu, who was standing with his back turned. However, Mamezuku had duties to attend to and forgot about the strange man.

JoJolion
Mamezuku is first shown when Norisuke presents a photo of him to Josuke Higashikata, advising the latter to go find him, as his skills would enable Josuke to recognize the grafted Locacaca branch.

The Plant Appraiser
After communicating with Norisuke in regards to a certain Josuke Higashikata's inquiry about a Locacaca branch, Mamezuku notices that he is under attack from an unidentified enemy moving underground. Running from his assailant, Mamezuku ends up hijacking the bus which Josuke and Yasuho Hirose are on, formally meeting them and presenting himself in the process.

Mamezuku thus drives to his summer home in the mountains, a ski lift. Discussing with Josuke and Yasuho, Mamezuku manages to find the location of the Locacaca using photographs of the orchard, and determines that the best course of action for his survival is to work with Josuke.

After a brief snack, the trio is attacked by the unknown assaillant revealed to be a duo of Rock Human and Rock Animal, Urban Guerrilla and his pet Doremifasolati Do. Losing several fingers to a first attack, Mamezuku becomes upset that Josuke has protected Yasuho first instead of him. To observe the enemy, Mamezuku pushes Yasuho down the ski lift, which pushes Josuke to also jump down, although Mamezuku tells him they have to take a fuel tank stored inside one of the lift poles.

Separated from his allies, Mamezuku is attacked by Urban Guerrilla and falls down the lift, heavily injured. However, he's managed to pierce the fuel tank and bring it to Josuke alongside his lighter, which Josuke uses to make Doremifasolati Do and Urban explode.

Afterward, Mamezuku takes with him a vivarium full of moth larvae. When he tells Yasuho to leave and go home, Yasuho refuses and begins to tell her story. Uninterested by her, Mamezuku nonetheless listens when Yasuho theorizes that the strange hair clip which has tormented her may have been a Rock Animal. Thus, he sends her to investigate it.

Ozon Baby's Pressure
Arriving at the Higashikata estate through secret underground tunnels, Mamezuku and Josuke stealthily manage to plant the moth larvae in the Locacaca branch and must now wait 2 days before a new fruit grows.

Their departure is interrupted when they notice the atmospheric pressure growing inside the tunnel. Looking outside, the two see the orchard on fire and decide to use giant bubbles to protect themselves from Ozon Baby's power. Going out into the open to take the branch, Mamezuku sees the enemy, Poor Tom, and decides to confront him.

Mamezuku's attempts to break Poor Tom's neck by strangling him with his wired arm proves to be a mistake as touching Poor Tom directly increases Ozon Baby's influence on him. When Poor Tom traps a part of the wire inside a knife sheath to simulate a closed space, Mamezuku succumbs to the pressure, making his body explode.

Despite all observing parties assuming that the plant appraiser was killed by the explosion, Mamezuku was able to successfully utilize Doggy Style in order to disassemble his body rapidly, giving the impression that he was torn to shreds. After the conflict with Poor Tom ends, Josuke discovers a surviving yet disassembled Mamezuku and mourns the loss of the branch, not knowing that Jobin had obtained it covertly.

Pursuing the Head Doctor
After the battle, Josuke explains what happened to the Higashikata Family. Mamezuku suspects Jobin of lighting the orchard on fire, but none of them have any proof of what happened. They decide to follow the trail of the ambulance's license plate. Finding that that no such ambulance is recorded, Josuke finds another trail when Yasuho calls her to go to the TG University Hospital.

Arriving there with Josuke, Mamezuku spends some time searching for Yasuho while at the same time, she is busy fighting Dr. Wu Tomoki alongside Mitsuba Higashikata. Tipped by Yasuho's ex-boyfriend Tooru, Josuke and Mamezuku reach the secret laboratory containing several Locacaca branches. After Josuke saves Yasuho, Mamezuku scans the room and deduces in his turn that the stolen Locacaca branch isn't in the laboratory and destroys the trees of the garden.

Although Yasuho theorizes that since Tomoki tried to gain control of Mitsuba, he may have suspected Jobin as the possessor of the branch, Mamezuku is adamant about the branch being in the hands of the Locacaca Organization and stays deaf to her suggestions. He instead reports his attention to the last member of the organization unaccounted for: Satoru Akefu, the head doctor of TG University Hospital. The trio are eventually informed about the head doctor walking away behind them, but to Mamezuku's frustration, the supposedly 89 years old doctor keeps evading them as they continuously bump against objects, Mamezuku being the most subjected to these occurrences.

As the doctor leaves the hospital grounds, Mamezuku notices that his legs are being shredded and that the group is under attack from an enemy Stand. Warning against continuing the pursuit, he helplessly watch a car almost crashing into Yasuho and Josuke as they pursue the head doctor, who has now boarded a bus. Moreover, Josuke gets into trouble when a patient nearby starts a fight and his broken neck violently and suddenly snaps on Josuke, making it look like he murdered the man. A crowd gathers and the police arrives as Mamezuku, unwilling to be arrested, tells Yasuho to get away while he and Josuke must find a way out of this situation.

Mamezuku and Josuke eventually decide to hide inside a Lamborghini, itself also hidden in the foliage of a tree. They last until two days before the harvest. Having bought some supplies, Mamezuku stitches himself up and also discovers that Satoru Akefu may be attending a lecture on regenerative medicine at the TG University Hospital. At the same time, he and Josuke discuss the exact nature of Satoru Akefu's Stand. Once they decide to actually go to the lecture, Akefu's Stand reappears, making them realize that it is triggered by the intent of pursuit. As they worriedly leave the car to escape the incoming attack, Mamezuku and Josuke discover with horror that the drops from an incoming rain become lethal projectiles, forcing them to take refuge in a police car.

Determined to get to the hospital and reach Satoru Akefu's lecture, Josuke steps out of the car and gets pierced by the raindrops on purpose to be injured and taken to the hospital. Shocked, Mamezuku notices that the attack has ended with Josuke being taken out, or worse, and angrily yells at the police to get an ambulance. Mamezuku is apprehended by the police.

Endless Calamity
Mamezuku thinks about the enemy's ability and enacts his evasion plan. He begins by stealing a mobile phone and a kitchen knife from the evidence locker and smuggles them inside of his cell.

Sitting with another prisoner who complains about his constant mumbling, Mamezuku mentions that he's innocent and was only sheltering his equally innocent friend Josuke and then inquires about his cellmate's health. This enrages the man who only wants to be left in peace but then Mamezuku mentions the power of the head doctor Satoru Akefu. Mamezuku shows the mobile phone and the kitchen knife and states that he's free to go outside but must stay in the cell. Filming the exterior with the phone, Mamezuku shows the screen to the cellmate and mentions the elderly man in a black suit standing near the window but with his back facing them. The cellmate shouts that there isn't anybody but Mamezuku insists, theorizing the figure to be a materialization of "calamity energy". To prove his point, Mamezuku stands up to get a good look at the man but a cup of water suddenly spills on the floor and the light breaks, sending shards flying at them. He also tries to call Josuke to inform him about the enemy and his dish bursts, revealing a swarm of maggots.

Thus, Mamezuku claims that the man is a form of karmic retribution whose energy is probably related to the deeds of the individual who sees him. Mamezuku finally manages to make his cellmate see the doctor and mentions that he's found photos of a knife attack in the phone incriminating the cellmate. Pushed over the edge, the cellmate takes the knife but Mamezuku unravels his hand and pushes the knife in the cellmate's throat, stating that he's been waiting for this moment. The police rushes the injured criminal to the hospital. When the ambulance reaches the TG University Hospital grounds, Mamezuku gets out of his hiding spot, as he's unravelled himself to hide under the cellmate's clothes. Still, he can see the figure of the head doctor in the parking lot. Mamezuku expresses his final finding: that the figure is actually the Stand and that the real user is hiding somewhere. However, Mamezuku spots the real Satoru Akefu walking behind him this time, and deduces that he and the doctor are going in the same direction: towards Josuke.

As Mamezuku and Akefu both go towards the laboratory, Mamezuku is able to see more of how the Stand Akefu moves through objects and through reflections. Arriving at Josuke's room, he warns Josuke about the head doctor and its calamitous powers, but Josuke has a plan. Akefu phases through the wall to peek inside the laboratory but doesn't completely enter the room. Instead, it brings a Rock Insect named Dododo De Dadada out of his pocket. It attacks Josuke via a strange method but Josuke manages to avoid taking serious damage. Akefu dares him to get up from his chair. However, Josuke retorts that this is the latest of a series of attempt to bring them out in the open. Thus, Josuke asks a question: wouldn't it have been enough to just keep the new Locacaca? Akefu remains silent, allowing Mamezuku to realize that Akefu does not have the fruit.

Suddenly, Mamezuku remembers his past and that he'd already seen Satoru Akefu. Remembering his family's devastated pear orchard and the Rock Insect, Mamezuku then saw Josuke excreting asbestos. Remembering how his trees died, Mamezuku protects Josuke from Dododo De Dadada's second attack by blocking the stick with his palm, injuring himself in the process, and told Josuke not to move. He explains that moving up must trigger the appearance of the asbestos, and the head doctor, who identifies himself as Wonder of U, precises that the trigger is to extend one's limbs, just like how the Mamezuku's pear trees died leaking out asbestos as their branches grew. As Wonder of U practically reveals he's been responsible for the orchard's destruction and his father's death, a dark determination appears in Mamezuku's eye. However, he must first warn Josuke of an incoming attack from Dododo De Dadada, who's merged with the desk Josuke is perched on.

Rai first tries to warn Josuke but the latter is overwhelmed by Dododo De Dadada. Rai thus intervenes personally. By unraveling himself partially, Rai is able to crawl on the ceiling like a snake and take Dododo De Dadada by surprise. Rai violently extends his fingertip and impales the Rock Insect, killing it. Despite Josuke's wish to let Wonder of U come to him, Rai directly confronts the head doctor, waving his fingertip mere centimeters away from it. Wonder of U taunts Rai about the calamities that had befallen his family. Angered, Rai grabs Wonder of U by the neck and almost impales him. However, a calamity happens and Rai falls into Josuke's trap, several spinning bubbles that cut chunks of his body, including the head. Rai collapses but decides to tell Josuke the truth about Soft & Wet's power, and reveals to him the existence of the Spin.

Family

 * Father: Due to Mamezuku's parents' incompetence, Mamezuku ran away to live on his own. However, it's shown that Mamezuku still has love for his parents, especially his father, since Mamezuku at some point attended his father's funeral. After finding out that the landslide that struck his father was a calamity caused by Wonder of U, his father's death becomes one of the primary factors that drive Mamezuku's intentions on fighting Akefu.
 * Mother: Due to Mamezuku's parents' incompetence, Mamezuku ran away to live on his own. Mamezuku's relationship with his own mother remains unclear, though she attended Mamezuku's father's funeral with Mamezuku. Later on, overwhelmed by the amount of debts from the pear orchard, she fell ill and died. Like the case with his father, Mamezuku becomes enraged after learning that his mother's death was also a calamity by the Head Doctor.

Friends and Allies

 * Нориске Хигашиката IV: Мамедзуку познакомился с Нориске в возрасте 17 лет. Нориске был впечатлён садоводческим талантом Мамедзуку и втайне нанял его выращивать фрукты для своей компании. О работе Мамедзуку не знает даже Джобин, старший сын Нориске. В определённом смысле Нориске для Мамедзуку заменил отца: именно Нориске сумел утешить Рая во время похорон.
 * Джоске Хигашиката: Они объединяются благодаря Нориске, чтобы Мамедзуку передал Джоске информацию о местонахождении ветки Новой Локакака. В течение повествования они остаются близкими союзниками.
 * Ясухо Хиросе: Несмотря на то, что Ясухо помогла Мамедзуку исследовать Каменные Организмы и Локакака, Рай в общем смысле не придаёт её личности какого-либо значения. Во время столкновения с Urban Guerilla и Доремифасоляти До, Мамедзуку даже готов пожертвовать ей, несмотря на гневную реакцию Джоске. Тем не менее, они остаются как минимум в ровных союзнических отношениях.

Враги

 * Сатору Акефу: Акефу посещал похороны отца Рая; именно там они впервые пересеклись (пускай и на очень короткое время). Узнав, что все несчатия его семьи были результатом действий Wonder of U, Мамедзуку впадает в ярость и готов напрямую противостоять Акефу.
 * Дудуду Ди Дадада: Мамедзуку напрямую не считает Дудуду Ди Дадада врагом, хотя в прошлом он был свидетелем того, как Каменные Насекомые испортили сад его родителей. Мамедзуку пытался убедить окружающих в их существовании, но никто, кроме отца, ему не поверил.

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Trivia

 * Mamezuku's hermit-esque lifestyle, especially his living in utility structures, mirrors that of Toyohiro Kanedaichi from Diamond is Unbreakable.