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When his mother was forced to go into hiding after killing his father's murderer, one of [[Dio Brando]]'s surviving zombies, his grandmother [[Erina Pendleton|Erina Joestar]] decided it would be best if he assumed his parents died, out of fear he might get caught up in the same fatal situation his father and grandfather suffered.

{{Main|Joseph Joestar of New York (storyStory arcArc)}}{{Main|Straizo vs. Joseph (storyStory arcArc)}}[[File:Joseph Anime Faceshot.png|thumb|Joseph (age 18) introducing himself after saving [[Smokey Brown]].|alt=]]

Later that night, Joseph relaxes in a bar with Smokey. He then spots [[Straizo]], an old companion of his grandfather Jonathan turned-Vampire, and confronts him. Declaring war on Straizo, Joseph unveils a [[Tommy Gun|Tommy gun]] and empties his magazine on the Vampire, sending him flying through the glass window into the bar. However, Straizo's Vampire constitution allows him to shrug off the bullets. Joseph tries to fire again but realizes that he's out of bullet while Straizo shoots his aqueous humour out of his eyes. Straizo hits a mirror that Joseph had set up and Joseph smashes his gun into Straizo's face, with a dose of the [[Ripple]] for good measure. However, Straizo is protected by his special scarf and shoots again, forced Joseph to get away. Joseph then pulls a string and reveals that he's pinned a grenade to said scarf. Although Straizo swats the grenade away, Joseph reveals that he's also pinned more grenades to Straizo's back. The explosion tears Straizo apart but the Vampire slowly reconstructs himself. Joseph and Smokey use the reprieve to run away. Straizo catches up to Joseph on Brooklyn Bridge and takes a woman hostage to test the man's resolve. Joseph tries to bluff and pretend he doesn't care, but is enraged when Straizo yanks out a tooth from her. Joseph climbs up the cables and defeats Straizo by returning his Space Ripper Stingy Eyes against him with Ripple-reinforced shot glasses that redirect the stream back at the him, then lands a Ripple punch on the Vampire. Straizo falls but Joseph catches him to interrogate him about tossing the corpses into the river. Straizo thus reveals to Joseph the existence of [[Santana|a man in a pillar]] whose might could surpass that of the Vampires.<ref name="Straizo vs Joseph">[[Straizo vs. Joseph (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

{{Main|The Pillar Man, Santana (storyStory arcArc)}}

Joseph is exhausted but binds Santana torso to drag him into the sunlight. When Santana sends pieces of himself stick themselves on Joseph's legs, Stroheim comes in to open the door. His leg is captured but the nazi officer tells Joseph to cut it off so that they can win. The door is opened, but Santana suddenly plunges into Stroheim through his leg wound. Before he blows himself up with a grenade, the nazi reveals that three more "sleeping [[Pillar Men|pillar men]]" have been discovered underneath the Colosseum in Rome and that Joseph must stop them and meet with an ally. Santana is again forced into the open and dives into a well, which Joseph has planned for. Because it is high noon, the sun reflects itself at the bottom of the well and Joseph blocks Santana's body, preventing him from falling into the safety of the water. Santana is turned to stone again and Joseph is victorious.<ref name="Joseph vs Santana">[[The Pillar Man, Santana (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

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Joseph then manipulates Wamuu. He reminds the warrior that he is untrained in the Ripple, yet could hit him in the head. However, killing him in this state would only leave a bad taste in Wamuu's mind. Thus, to "regain his honor", Wamuu should let Joseph train for a month and have a rematch with him to prove that he is the superior warrior. Despite himself, Wamuu agrees to spare Joseph for the moment. To ensure that Joseph does not chicken out, Wamuu and Esidisi both end up inserting a [[Wedding Ring of Death|"wedding ring"]] inside Joseph's heart and throat. They explain that the rings are internal time bombs set to release poison into his blood if he does not defeat them and retrieve the antidote they carry within a month.<ref name="Joseph vs Wamuu">[[Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref> Joseph realizes that he will have to train or die and Caesar decides to bring him to Venice to meet his Ripple master.

However, the evening of the trial Joseph finds Loggins murdered by [[Esidisi]], who learned of the [[Red Stone of Aja|Super Aja]] in Lisa Lisa's possession. Thanks to his training, Joseph can pierce the hard skin of the [[Pillar Man]]. Esidisi grabs Joseph's hand but the man vaults over his enemy and ties his arm with a string. Joseph yanks the string and cuts off Esisidi's arm, hoping to make him lose his cool. Unexpectedly, Esidisi bawls for a minute until he regains his calm. Esidisi proves that he too is adept at psychological warfare by grafting Loggins's arm to himself and burns away his corpse with his scalding hot blood. Joseph attacks hastily only to be have hot blood sprayed onto his mask. Joseph takes it away before the heat reaches him. Jumping around, Joseph lays a net with his string but Esidisi catches onto him and cuts the string with his vein tentacles. However, Joseph reveals a second net he weaved with his wool hat and binds Esidisi, covering him in the [[Ripple]]. Esidisi reveals his horn and attempts a last ditch attack but Joseph breaks the horn and the Pillar Man explodes.

Joseph ingests the antidote in his opponent's nose ring, but doesn't realize that his attack only reduced Esidisi to a disembodied nervous system. Esidisi then takes over [[Suzi Q]]'s body to mail the Red Stone to Kars in Switzerland while taking a last stand to deal with Joseph and the Ripple Users. Joseph tries to bluff again by saying Suzi Q's life is well worth the safety of the world but cannot bring himself to kill her. He and Caesar eventually manage to safely force Esidisi out of Suzi Q by using opposing ripples on each end of Suzi Q's body that cancel out in her heart but harm the Pillar Man's breain. Esidisi is dissolved by the sunlight. Joseph mentions being impressed by Esidisi's resolve and loyalty, having gone so far to help Kars succeed.<ref name="Joseph vs Esidisi">[[Flame Mode Esidisi (storyStory arcArc)]] and [[The Remains Lurk (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref> Joseph and Caesar try to interrogate the post office clerk and cause a scene, but Lisa Lisa discovers that Esidisi sent the Aja to [[Switzerland]], and the [[Joestar Group]] leaves Venice for the Alps.

The next day, the group discuss whether they should investigate the address of [[Esidisi]]'s package: an [[Switzerland Hotel|abandoned hotel]]. Joseph voiced being against going after Kars in daylight, sensing a trap. This result in Joseph saying words that drive Caesar off the edge as he leaves to do the job himself, Joseph learning his friend's story and changing his mind. However, by the time he and Lisa Lisa arrive, they see Caesar had already died fighting Wamuu and used the last of his strength to get the Pillar Man's lip ring. All Joseph and Lisa Lisa could do was weep for the death of Caesar. Out of respect for Caesar, Joseph decides to not take the antidote until he defeats Wamuu.<ref name="Caesar vs Wamuu">[[Caesar: A Lonely Youth (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref> Joseph and Lisa Lisa decide to pursue the likely wounded Wamuu inside the mansion.

Both are given [[crossbows]] but Joseph makes the mistake of grabbing the biggest one, which is so big he cannot bend it. Using the wind, Wamuu still retains a great accuracy with his crossbow. Joseph tries to place himself opposite to Wamuu behind the great fire, but this only allows Wamuu to know Joseph's exact position. By bouncing his projectile from the wall, Wamuu hits Joseph in the kidney, but as Joseph fall, the impact manages to bend his crossbow. Grounded, Joseph seemingly misses his shot but has used the same trajectory as Wamuu while the Pillar Man is standing in the same location Joseph was. The bigger projectile pierces Wamuu in the guts. Gravely wounded, Wamuu propels his arms to armlock Joseph to a wall and uses his ultimate mastery, Atmospheric Rift. Wamuu sucks in a lot of air to create an air blade and Joseph is too exhausted to escape. Joseph throws a [[Molotov Cocktail|molotov cocktail]] which Wamuu cuts and then lights Caesar's headband on fire and throws it at Wamuu. The heaband's flaming pieces and the gas from the [[Molotov Cocktail|molotov cocktail]] are sucked into Wamuu's body. Wamuu explodes and is reduced to a mere head. Joseph wins and to honor to the warrior, gives Wamuu some of his own blood to ease his pain before drinking the antidote to give his opponent peace of mind.<ref name="Joseph vs Wamuu Round 2">[[The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

All seems to be over in this fight against Kars until a newly rebuilt [[Stroheim]] and his Nazi soldiers, [[Robert E. O. Speedwagon|Speedwagon]], and [[Smokey Brown|Smokey]] arrive to help. Thanks to their help, Joseph reaches Kars and but Kars attaches Lisa Lisa to a rope and lets her fall, forcing Joseph to hold the rope. By distracting Kars with his burning scarf and other shenanigans, Joseph creates a secret noose that closes on Kars's leg after he cuts the rope that is attached to Lisa Lisa. Kars trips and this allows Joseph to perform a last Ripple attack, sending Kars into the spike pit below. Stroheim and his Nazi soldiers blast Kars with ultraviolet light, but unknowingly gave him the light necessary for his Super Aja-embedded stone mask to trigger and transform him into the Ultimate Thing.<ref name="Joseph">[[The Bond That Binds Lisa Lisa and JoJo (storyStory arcArc)]] and [[JoJo: The Final Ripple (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

Taking the [[Super Aja]] while running off, Joseph steals one of the Germans' airplanes to lead Kars away while devising a strategy to defeat him. Somehow, he must make Kars fall into a volcano. Flying close behind, Kars shoots transforming scales that turn into pirhanas wreaking havoc inside the plane and octopus tentacle that entangle the engines. However, Joseph tricks Kars into approaching a dummy with a parachute and crashes into Kars. Moreover, Stroheim, who has been hiding in the plane, also attacks to keep Kars occupied. The plane crashes into the lava pit of a volcano situated on an [[VulcanoVolcano Island|island]] while Joseph and Stroheim safely jump down the plane, at the cost of the cyborg's legs. Though it appears Kars is dead while sinking into the magma, the Pillar Man evolves a continuous and inorganic porous material to protect himself while digging his way out and slicing Joseph's arm off.

Kars seems invincible and he can even produce the Ripple now. The Ultimate Thing decides to kills Joseph with the Ripple but Joseph unconsciously puts the Red Stone of Aja in front of him. The Red Stone absorbs the Ripple, amplifies it, and shoots it into the volcano, which causes an eruption that blasts the land the two fighters are on into the air. As a last move, Joseph distracts Kars long enough for him to be knocked out of Earth's orbit by debris. But gravity runs its course and Stroheim assumes Joseph dead at sea near Italy.<ref name="Joseph vs Ultimate Kars">[[Kars the Superbeing Isis Born (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

==Pre-Stardust Crusaders (1942-8788)==

In 1942, after learning of his ties to Lisa Lisa and moving to New York, Joseph and Suzi Q startedstart a family and hadhave a daughter named [[Holy Kujo|Holy]]. Eight years later, Joseph wasis at Erina's bedside in her final living moments. When Holy marriedmarries [[Sadao Kujo]] and movedmoves to Japan in 1967, Joseph developeddevelops an intolerance towards the Japanese.

Little is known about Joseph's life between ''Battle Tendency'' and ''Stardust Crusaders'', but Josephhe doesbecomes a real estate agent at one point.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 115}}</ref> He also has talktalked about several anecdotes showing that he was well-traveled. Joseph has notably claimed to have been in Hong Kong several times, at least enough times for him to have the impression he could read Chinese well enough to order at a restaurant.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 124}}</ref> He also befriended the Egyptian [[Muhammad Avdol]] at one point in his life. Joseph also learned somewhere to greet people in Arabic.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 154}}</ref> On the other hand, Joseph acquired his knowledge of camel riding only through watching Lawrence of Arabia three times in the past, having slept through the second and third viewings.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 166}}</ref> In 1983, Joseph cheated on Suzi Q with a Japanese college student named [[Tomoko Higashikata]].<ref name="C267">{{Ch|Chapter 267}} P.6.</ref> JosephHe also becamebefriended athe realEgyptian estate[[Muhammad agentAvdol]] atin one point1985.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 115}}, Joseph says he met Avdol three years ago and Part 3 takes place in 1988.</ref>

ManifestingIn 1987, Joseph manifests his [[Stand]] [[Hermit Purple]]. atHe the age 65, Joseph would learnlearns that Dio Brando, now referred to as simply "''DIO''", resurfaced after being last heard of in 1889. Joseph is further livid to learn that his Stand manifested because of DIO, who succeeded in taking the body of [[Jonathan Joestar]]. Joined by [[Muhammad Avdol]] who helped him understand the nature of Stands, Joseph spent the next few years attempting to track down DIO to no avail.

In 19871988, Joseph is called by Holy who needs his expertise in an "evil spirit" that is possessing her son, [[Jotaro Kujo]]. Joseph arrives to the JFK Airport where he bumps into a Japanese man. While he initially apologized for bumping into him, Joseph realized the man's nationality and kicks him. Joseph then subsequently explains his hatred of the Japanese due to one marrying his daughter and convincing her to move to Japan. In contrast, Joseph is content with his Japanese-made Sony Walkman and after putting his headphones on, he boards the plane to Japan.<ref name="Battle">{{Ch|Chapter 113}}</ref>

Once arriving to Japan and reuniting with his daughter [[Holy Kujo|Holy]], Joseph is brought to the police station with his friend [[Muhammad Avdol]] where Jotaro has confined himself in. Joseph orders his grandson to come out but Jotaro refuses to leave his [[Jotaro's Cell|cell]], demonstrating his evil spirit's potential as it steal Joseph's mechanical pinkie. Joseph thus asks Avdol to force his grandson out of his cell while explaining the concept of [[Stand]]s to Jotaro. Jotaro admits his loss after being tricked into walking out of his cell. At a [[BOR Café|café]], Joseph then explains the reason of their sudden power: [[Dio Brando|DIO]], [[Jonathan Joestar]]'s archenemy, has returned and also acquired a Stand as he stole Jonathan's body. Although Joseph tries to recruit his grandson against the [[Vampire]] who has long eluded him, Jotaro barely believes his story and proof until his fight with [[Noriaki Kakyoin]]. For the time being, Joseph moves into the [[Kujo Mansion|Kujo residence]] where he helps in dispatching the Flesh Bud controlling Kakyoin.

A few days later, to Joseph's horror, Holy's [[Holy's Stand|own Stand]] manifest and begins to slowly kill her because she lacks the fighting spirit to dominate it. The only means to save Holy within the next fifty days is to find and kill [[Dio Brando|DIO]] to break his link to the [[Joestar Family|Joestar line]]. Jotaro's Stand, later named [[Star Platinum]], detects a fly in the background of one [[Hermit Purple]]'s [[Spirit Photographs|photographs]] depicting DIO. Avdol identifies it as a Hue-hue fly from Egypt and Kakyoin confirms that DIO is hiding in Cairo. Thus, the destination is set. Joseph contacts the [[Speedwagon Foundation]] to care for Holy and the quatuor depart from Japan to Egypt aboard a plane.

But, the group encounters the assassin [[Gray Fly]] and his Stand [[Tower of Gray]]. Although [[Noriaki Kakyoin|Kakyoin]] defeats the enemy, the pilots have already died and Joseph is forced to pilot the plane. He makes and emergency sea landing 35&nbsp;km off the coast of [[Hong Kong Skyline|Hong Kong]]. The group later enter the city and discuss their status over a meal. With Joseph's suggestion to ensure a path where there be less risks for civilians, the group decides to take a sea route through the Indian Sea that should get them to Egypt within 50 days. A French tourist named [[Jean Pierre Polnareff]] accosts them, asking help for translating the menu. Joseph instead invites him to his table and takes upon himself to order. However, he cannot read Chinese so he messes up the dishes. Polnareff then reveals himself as one of DIO's agents and attacks. His [[Silver Chariot]] comes out of a soup and pierces Joseph's hand. Avdol is Polnareff's first target, but the Egyptian prevails after a quick battle. Impressed by Polnareff's chivalry, Avdol spares Polnareff and Jotaro extracts the flesh bud from him. Regaining his senses, Polnareff asks Joseph to show his hand and he does show his mechanical hand. Polnareff explains himself by stating that a [[Stand]] user with two right hands killed his [[Sherry Polnareff|sister]]. Sure to encounter his sister's murderer along the way, Polnareff joins the group.<ref name="C146-149">[[Empress (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

The [[Joestar Group]] takes a private [[Ship to Singapore|ship]] manned by men from the [[Speedwagon Foundation]]. On the way the crew discovers a [[Merlai Anne|stowaway girl]] which jumps into the water and is saved from a shark by [[Jotaro Kujo|Jotaro]]'s [[Star Platinum]]. However, an enemy Stand is lurking in the water. The group briefly wonder if the girl could be a [[Stand]] user but realize that she has no idea of what is happening. However, Jotaro unmasks the captain of the ship, [[ImpostorImposter Captain Tennille|Captain Tennille]], as an impostorimposter working for DIO. Joseph has to stay on the boat while Jotaro fights the [[ImpostorImposter Captain Tennille]] and his [[Dark Blue Moon]] underwater. Even though the impostorimposter is killed, he had planted bombs on the ship beforehand and they explode, forcing the crew to call for rescue and evacuate the ship.

Joseph and his companions arrive in [[Calcutta]], where Joseph discovers that his preconceptions are actually true as he is swarmed by beggars and the dirty street are full of the diseased and the homeless. While the group rests at a [[Calcutta Restaurant|café]], [[Jean Pierre Polnareff|Polnareff]] is attacked by [[Hanged Man]], the Stand of his sister's murderer. Hanged Man quickly disappears but Polnareff separates from the group after a fight with [[Muhammad Avdol|Avdol]]. Joseph and Jotaro search for him across the town, but when they learn that Avdol was wounded, decides to keep his survival a secret in order to operate more freely. Polnareff and [[Noriaki Kakyoin|Kakyoin]] eventually defeat [[J. Geil]] and confront [[Hol Horse]], who flees but is cornered by Joseph and Jotaro. Although Hol Horse is surrounded, the timely intervention of a girl named [[Nena]] who pins Polnareff down allows Hol Horse to escape. Joseph is splattered with a drop of Nena's blood on his arm during the struggle. A strange swelling appears where his arm was splattered. The group takes a bus to [[VaranasiBenares]].

In [[VaranasiBenares]], Joseph's swelling has grown so much that he decides to have it treated and goes to a questionable [[VaranasiBenares Clinic|Indian clinic]]. However, the swelling is revealed to be the Stand [[Empress]] which grows into a miniature humanoid attached to its arm. Empress kills a doctor and makes Joseph appear as the culprit, forcing him to run throughout the town. Joseph tries to use the [[Ripple]] on it, to no avail and Empress mocks Joseph's pitiful abilities. As Joseph runs through the [[VaranasiBenares Streets|streets]], Empress snatches food and steadily grows, to the point it can threaten Joseph physically. During a particular violent fight, Joseph sneakily use [[Hermit Purple]] to divine where a barrel of tar is placed and plunges Empress in it, immobilizing the Stand. Joseph then binds the growth and manages to shred it, which also kills Nena.<ref name="C146-149" /> The Joestar Group then buy a car in order to travel to Pakistan.

The group eventually arrives in [[Karachi]], where [[Steely Dan]] kills Enya before she can reveal anything and subdues Joseph by having his Stand [[Lovers]] infiltrate his brain. Thus Joseph perceives tenfold whatever pain Steely Dan feels, and the group cannot harm Steely Dan. Helpless but determined, Joseph flees alongside [[Jean Pierre Polnareff|Polnareff]] and [[Noriaki Kakyoin|Kakyoin]] while [[Jotaro Kujo|Jotaro]] is forced to become Steely Dan's whipping boy. Joseph decides to use [[Hermit Purple]] on a television set while Kakyoin and Polnareff shrink their Stands in order to fight Lovers directly inside his brain while Hermit Purple allows them to see inside it. Lovers and Steely Dan are eventually defeated.<ref name="C160-165">[[Lovers (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

Joseph and his companions stop by [[YabrinYarpline]] to buy a Cessna in order to fly across the desert. The deal is hindered when a sick baby needs to be brought to the hospital. All parties eventually agree to have the [[Joestar Group]] transport the baby with them. In reality, the baby [[Mannish Boy]] is an enemy Stand user whose [[Death Thirteen]] attacks its victims in their dreams. Polnareff and Kakyoin are attacked in their dreams and while Polnareff is woken up, Kakyoin is left alone with Death Thirteen. His violent struggle causes the plane to lose altitude and although Joseph uses [[Hermit Purple]] to regain control of the plane, he crashes into a palm tree. The group is stranded in the desert and must spend the night there until rescue arrives. Kakyoin accuses the baby of being a Stand user but everyone thinks he is going crazy and and Polnareff knocks him down when he summons [[Hierophant Green]]. When the rest of the group goes to sleep, they are attacked by [[Death Thirteen]]. Fortunately, Kakyoin manages to defeat the Stand as he has kept his Stand on when he lost consciousness. The next morning, Joseph wakes up but does not remember Kakyoin's action due to Death 13's powers and feeds Mannish Boy food, which unbeknownst to him has poop in it.

Joseph and his companions reach the [[Red Sea]]. Joseph goes to a particular [[Red Sea Island|island]] where Avdol's father supposedly lives. After Polnareff falls victim to [[Judgement]], only to be saved by [[Muhammad Avdol|Avdol]], the group finally reveals what has happened to Avdol in India. [[Avdol's Submarine|Avdol's submarine]] surfaces and will transport the group underwater to safely reach Egypt. However, the submarine is then attacked by [[High Priestess]], a Stand that can turn into inorganic material. It slices Joseph's hand and battles the other Stands Users, proving itself to be able to stand up to [[Star Platinum]]. High Priestess sabotages the submarine, forcing the group to evacuate. Joseph must teach his companions how to use scuba gear and the rudiments of scuba diving. When the group nearly reaches the surface, High Priestess reveals that it has merged with the seafloor and turned into a giant head. Joseph participates in the group's ill-fated attempt to woo [[Midler]], which angers her. Jotaro then smashes apart High Priestess's teeth, defeating her. The group finally reaches Egypt.

Joseph and Avdol spend a long, embarrassing moment trying to detach from each other and the pair fall down a slope onto train tracks. Joseph and Avdol survive an approaching train when Avdol's [[Magician's Red]] digs a hole under the tracks. Although Joseph and Avdol manage to approach Mariah, she throws nuts and bolts at the pair and escapes. Joseph decides to be serious. He uses [[Hermit Purple]] to create a map of the city and devise a strategy. Joseph and Avdol run through the streets, accumulating metal junk. While they surround Mariah eventually, she cuts two power lines above the duo, and the cables get attracted to the heroes. Avdol is overwhelmed by the weight of the metal objects, but Joseph has trouble keeping the cables away. Joseph is reduced to begging Mariah for mercy and while she confesses some attraction for the old man, she is fully loyal to [[Dio Brando|DIO]]. Joseph thus completes his stratagem. He lets go his grip on the pavement at the same time as Avdol and the two fly toward each other. The mass of metal crushes Mariah. Joseph and Avdol are victorious.<ref name="C199-204">[["Bastet" Mariah (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

Determined to save Polnareff, Joseph challenges D'Arby to a game where each have to put coins into a glass nearly full of liquor and whoever makes the glass spill loses. D'Arby inspects the glass to ensure nothing is wrong with it, then boldy puts five coins. Joseph then tries to psychologically destabilize D'Arby by maliciously misnaming him. Joseph estimates that there is only enough room for two coins, Joseph puts one coin but sneakily pours extra brandy in the glass. However, D'Arby manages to put another coin. Unable to understand this, Joseph is taken by fear and his soul is stolen. It is revealed that D'Arby has placed a small piece of chocolate that tilted the glass and caused Joseph to miscalculate. Fortunately, Jotaro manages to win everyone back.<ref name="C211-216">[[D'Arby the Gambler (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

The Joestar Group is welcomed by [[Telence T. D'Arby]], the butler of the mansion. D'Arby drags Jotaro, Joseph and Kakyoin into a void. The trio finds themselves on an island in the middle of the sea where Telence challenges them to video games. Kakyoin loses the game and his soul, but Jotaro and Joseph cheat together in order to win the second round. When Jotaro pummels Telence, Telence is propelled through the fake sky of the underground room.<ref name="C227-237">[[D'Arby the Player (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

Not out of the cellar yet, Joseph, Kakyoin and Jotaro notice that [[The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice (storyStory arcArc)|another battle is taking place]] as they try to escape.

Joseph, Jotaro and Kakyoin meet [[Nukesaku]], a vampire, and bully him into indicating where DIO is. They decide to flank DIO from the outside of the building, breaking through a wall to enter a second time, and interrupt Polnareff and DIO's clash. Joseph and the rest of the group follow Nukesaku to the room where DIO sleeps, but Nukesaku somehow is teleported inside the coffin and defeated in the middle of the room, and Joseph, sniffing an ambush, flees through a window with the rest of the party. As the sun sets, Joseph decides that they flee because fighting the [[vampire]] without the slightest hint of his power is suicidal. He and Kakyoin flee into the streets whereas Polnareff and Jotaro wait in ambush in order to follow DIO.<ref name="C247-264">[[DIO's World (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

[[File:DIO High Anime.png|thumb|150px|Joseph, after having his blood drained by [[Dio Brando|DIO]].]]

Unfortunately for Joseph, Josuke tells him that he cannot approach [[Tomoko Higashikata|Tomoko]] and must only look at her from afar. Moreover, Joseph is saddened when Josuke doesn't acknowledges him as his father. Then, Joseph mistakenly boards a bus to Sapporo and Josuke has to run after the bus to stop it. On the roadside, Joseph then notices the traces of an [[Shizuka Joestar|invisible baby]]. When a stray dog attacks it, Joseph takes the baby in his arms with [[Hermit Purple]]. Joseph also confirms that the baby is a girl. When she poops in his hand, the pair has to buy baby gear, but Joseph is the one to do it because Josuke fears for his reputation if someone sees him in a baby store. The vendor confuses Joseph with his large range of baby gear and the old man decides to buy a bit of everything, spending most of Josuke's money. After the baby is clothed, she is startled and turns invisible again. Joseph's hand are also turned invisible and he must put her in a crib that also turns invisible. A passerby tosses a cigarette but in the direction of the crib and Joseph leaps to protect her, accidentally knocking the crib down the hill. The baby falls into clear water. To allow Josuke to detect the baby, Joseph slits his wrist and colors the water with his blood. As he claims he did it because he wanted to make Josuke proud, this action mends Joseph's relationship with his estranged son.<ref>[[We Picked Up Something Crazy! (storyStory arcArc)]]</ref>

Throughout the rest of the part, Joseph is seen taking care of the baby and traveling with Josuke to places around town. At one point, he comes across a sulking Yukako and gives her advice on how to get Koichi to be interested in her, particularly by visiting Aya's Salon.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 348}}</ref> Later that day, Joseph and Josuke decide to head to Kameyu department store, where they eventually meet up with Yukako, Rohan and Koichi and his family. At the store, a flash from Rohan's camera causes the baby to cry, forcing Joseph to run out of the building, but not before bumping Koichi into Yukako's arms.[[File:ScreenshotJotaro 1and Joseph Leave Morioh Anime.png|thumb|Joseph and Jotaro bid farewell to Morioh.]]After [[Yoshikage Kira|Kira]]'s demise, Joseph is among the Stand user saying goodbye to [[Reimi Sugimoto]], witnessing her ascend to heaven. By the end, Joseph adopts the baby and names her [[Shizuka Joestar|Shizuka]] - this, however, leads to further conflict with his wife Suzi Q, who believes the baby to be another "secret child". When he and Jotaro leave Morioh, Joseph assures the latter that the people of the town have "hearts of gold", and that Josuke and his friends will be able to handle any future threat. Josuke himself sees Joseph off, though he ends up stealing his wallet using Crazy Diamond's power. It is mentioned that sometime after his family went through another "chaotic period", Joseph eventually returned to good health by taking care of Shizuka constantly.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 439}}</ref>

In [[Interview:Weekly Shonen Brackets 100Q (April 2003)|an interview]] with [http://asianwiki.com/Eiichiro_Funakoshi Eiichiro Funakoshi], Araki describes Joseph to be "likely still alive, albeit a little dumber."<ref>[[Hirohiko Araki/Interviews|Weekly Shonen ｢｣]] (JOJO冒險 荒木飛呂彥100問專訪); Q75, April 5, 2003</ref> Though he does not appear in Part 6, this would put him at the age of 91 during its events.

Although Joseph respects his grandfather {{JJ|[[Jonathan Joestar (37th Universe)|t=2}}Jonathan Joestar]], he is not close at all with his father, who has the opposite personality of him. Joseph often tells a young Jorge stories about Jonathan and his past but Jorge wasn't really interested in hearing them. However, Jorge states that Joseph had taught him a lot.

The story begins in the year 1988, in Egypt, as [[Jotaro]] fights and finally kills [[DIO]] on the Cairo Bridge. The following night, Jotaro discovers and burns a [[DIO's DiaryNotebook|diary]] left behind by DIO, fearing a deeper meaning behind its contents. Jotaro, Joseph and [[Jean Pierre Polnareff|Polnareff]] make their way to Cairo's airport and Polnareff leaves to return to his native France. As Jotaro and Joseph turn to join their flight to Japan, they are suddenly stopped by a young [[Robert E. O. Speedwagon]]. Moreover, Polnareff comes back, claiming to have been attacked on his airplane. Then, the thought-to-be-deceased [[Muhammad Avdol]] and [[Iggy]] reappear, but as hostiles enemies who say they were sent by a mysterious "him" to eliminate the heroes.

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