Soft & Wet (story arc)

Soft & Wet (ソフト＆ウェット) is the first story arc in JoJolion.

It narrates the protagonist and Yasuho's investigation of the former's identity, leading them to Yoshikage Kira's apartment where they are ambushed by an assailant hiding above them.

Summary
The protagonist reveals that he is knowledgeable, but that he has no memory whatsoever as to his own history.

Yasuho offers to help him to discover his identity, first by taking him to the manufacturer of his hat, a shop called "SBR". Seeing them leave from his window, Joshu feels jealous and notices the bite marks on his knees before collapsing from a fever.

The shopkeeper claims that the man bought his hat there three days prior, before revealing a record of the sale to one "Yoshikage Kira", as well as his address. Yasuho believes that "Yoshikage" does not suit him, and nicknames him Josuke, after her childhood dog.

In Kira's apartment, the pair discover a female hostage in the bathroom, and a photo album displaying her in various sordid states, along with a man that looks like Josuke. Yasuho flees the apartment in disgust, leaving the two in the bathroom.

Josuke demands an explanation from the hostage. She states Josuke was a prisoner in the same apartment before escaping three days prior, and that she assumed he had returned to help her escape. She mentions that their captor resides on the floor above them, and that he has a power that activates when his victim is directly underneath him.

Josuke reveals his Stand, Soft & Wet, and is violently forced to overcome the attacks targeting him. The hostage makes a deal with the Stand user above them for her own safety and tells the man where Josuke is hiding. Yasuho returns to the apartment after realizing she must have been mistaken about the photos. Josuke soon manages to grab the attacker and interrogates him. He identifies as Ojiro Sasame, a surfer seeking revenge against Yoshikage Kira, whom Josuke closely resembles (in dress as well as in body). Ojiro explains how Kira constantly asked him a question which eventually made Ojiro insane and led to consuming his own fingers. Yasuho then points out a photo of Kira with the Wall Eyes in the background, where Josuke first appeared.

Traveling to the site of Kira's self-portrait, buried deeper, they discover the body of another man. Narrated after the fact, an autopsy reveals that the body belonged to Yoshikage Kira, who had died of cardiac arrest three days prior.

Chapters

 * 002 (849). Soft &amp; Wet, Part 1
 * 003 (850). Soft &amp; Wet, Part 2
 * 004 (851). Soft &amp; Wet, Part 3
 * 005 (852). Soft &amp; Wet, Part 4
 * 006 (853). Soft &amp; Wet, Part 5

Volumes

 * 01 (105). Welcome to Morioh Town
 * 02 (106). The Name "Josuke Higashikata"