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|title = Diavolo

|colors = VentoAureo

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|ja_kanji = ディアボロ<br />ソリッド・ナーゾ

|alias = Boss {{S|By his associates}}<br />Solid Naso {{S|As a young man}}<ref name=C469>{{Ch|Chapter 469}}</ref>

|namesake = [[wiktionary:diavolo|Diavolo]]: ''"Devil"'' in Italian<br>{{W|Naso, Sicily}} {{S|Italian city}}

|stand = [[King Crimson]]

|age = ~33{{Ref-Note|Diavolo is stated to be born during Summer 1967 and Part 5 takes place in [[Timeline#Vento_Aureo_BeginsVento Aureo Begins|April 2001]].}}

|birthday = Summer 1967<ref name=C569>{{Ch|Chapter 569}}</ref>

|height = {{cvt|191<ref name=CR20020>Golden Wind Model Sheet no CR200-20</ref>|cm|ftin}} {{S|[[Golden Wind (Anime)|Anime]]}}

|status = Permanently [[Retired]] {{S|Death loop}} {{S|Part 5}}

|death = April 6, 2001<ref name=C572.1>{{Ch|Chapter 572}} {{S|Seen on Giorno's watch}}</ref> <br />(repeated infinitely)

|cod = Infinite variations including live dissection, hit-and-run, etc.

|nationgender = Italian {{FlagGender|ItalyMale}}<ref name=C569/>

|goals = Achieve absolute anonymity, murder his [[Trish Una|daughter]]<ref name=C520>{{Ch|Chapter 520}}</ref>

|occupation = [[Passione]] {{W|Boss_(crime)#Italian_Mafia|Mafia Boss}}

|family = [[Diavolo's Mother|Unnamed Mother]]<br /> [[Diavolo's Foster Father|Unnamed Foster Father]]<br />[[Trish Una]] (daughter)<br />[[Donatella Una|Donatella]] (Former lover)<br />[[Vinegar Doppio]] (alternate persona)

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{{Nihongo|'''Diavolo'''|ディアボロ|Diaboro}} is the main antagonist of the fifth part of the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series, ''[[Vento Aureo]],'' as well as the fourth [[:Category:Main Antagonists|main antagonist]] of the series overall.

[[File:Diavolo anime.png|frameless|left|150px170px]]

His appearance is drastically altered when fully revealed: Diavolo has long hair, dyed with various spots in a leopard pattern<ref>[https://kajipon.com/art/jojo-tohoku.html ジョジョ立ち教室 with 荒木先生]</ref> and parted in a zig-zagging manner. His bangs are propped and parted slightly to the side, and the rest of his hair is cut straight across at his shoulders. In earlier depictions, varying amounts of Diavolo's hair were cut straight, inconsistently ranging from small locks to the entirety of his hair. His shirt, hidden under Doppio's sweater, appears to be made of complex mesh- wiring: it covers his shoulders and torso but down his back and abdomen are linked circles that are tucked under his belt, which in the back end in two or three long "coat tails". On his arms are an elegantly designed paisley floral pattern that begins at the shoulder and leads down the forearm to a pair of wristbands. He also shares a pair of studded pants and seemingly sock-less loafers with Doppio.

His eyes are unique as his irises are "fragmented", forming as spots and shards of whole irides with a triangular -shaped highlight to them. However, while [[Bruno Bucciarati|Bucciarati]] is in control of his body, they become normal with circular highlights.

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{{quote|The past... even when you break it to pieces and emtombentomb it in stone, it crawls out like a worm.|Diavolo|{{Ch|Chapter 570}}}}

The biggest personality trait Diavolo shows is his obsession with erasingsecrecy; emphasizing the erasure of any trace of his history and keeping his identity a secret fromto theassume world,his position of power as a compulsion he will fulfill by any means necessary. As he believes the mistakes of the past, or simply the past itself, isare something to be defeated and destroyed in order for human beings to grow, he is exceptionallydriven anxiousanxiously about his own past being a threat to him, linking it to fear, and being exceptionally apprehensive of anyone learning of him. Even in the already secretive Passione hierarchy, Diavolo goes to excessive lengths to completely hide his identity, issuing orders through several proxies or by computer so that nobody ever meets him personally. Diavolo lives most of his life in the shadows, hinted to perpetually travel across Italy hidden in Doppio, his alternate personality, and sleep in motel and hotel rooms exclusively. This compulsive trait of erasing his past is also an allegory to the inherent imperfection in [[King Crimson]], specifically [[Epitaph]]'s ability; while he can see into the future so as to avoid any mistakes, Diavolo's Stand ability cannot erase any low points or 'ebbs' in his life that have already occurred, forcing him to try to fix his errors through his own personal, manual efforts.

Diavolo has a violent tendency to hunt and kill those who try to uncover any kind of his personal information, or are merely susceptible to leadleading his enemies to him, as shown by his will to kill even his own family if it means keeping his identity safe - something highly vocalized through his attempts to murder [[Trish Una|his daughter]] whomwho had never even met Diavolo herself and only knew things [[Donatella Una|her mother]] passed down. However, this is partially justified since family members within the ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' universe share a mystic spiritual link, with Diavolo and Trish being able to sense each other's souls and know where the other is as well as if they are alive.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 520}}<name="C520"/ref><ref>{{Ch|Chapter 568}}</ref> Nevertheless, Diavolo is sufficiently pragmatic not to go on a killing spree every time he's about to be discovered, notably only using his power to confuse a hotel cleaning maid just for as long as he needs to erase any trace of his presence.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 540}}</ref> That being said, as soon as he learns of a Passione member trying to investigate him, they will be dubbed as traitors and made examples of his wrath and absolute power. The most notable examples are [[Sorbet and Gelato]], whom Diavolo had killed, and in the case of Sorbet particularly, he was cut into pieces and framed in formalin, then delivered to [[La Squadra Esecuzioni]] as a grim warning of the fate awaiting potential traitors. Diavolo is also persistent in keeping himself a secret even from Doppio, his most trusted subordinate and alter-ego.

His second most prominent personality trait is his pride and confidence, firstly in his nigh-invincible Stand King Crimson, then in himself. Operating under a philosophy that King Crimson makes him invincible because it allows him to see the "pitfalls" in the future and avoid them, and allows him to manipulate [[Fate]] and reality by choosing to nullify arbitrarily chosen events, he justifiably boasts about King Crimson's power regularly. Diavolo notably claims that anyone's actions before King Crimson are vain, which is true to a degree. Secondly, Diavolo is intimately convinced of his innate superiority over humanity. Using epithets such as "Emperor" or "King of Kings", or like other main antagonists in the series, and using the prefix I or Me (この,  kono) to announce his name inis a sign of superiority over others. The mob boss doesn't doubt that he is fated to remain at the top, or 'apex' as he describes it, forever.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 585}}, pg. 3</ref> This disproportionate pride is not only derived from his idea that people grow from defeating their past (and therefore, he has grown much due to his constant attempts at erasing any type of history of his), but it is also backed by the firm belief that he's was blessed by Fate. Diavolo's past involved extremely unusual circumstances, such as an unnaturally long pregnancy in an all-female prison, making his birth nothing short of a miracle, then him finding six [[Arrows]] which would grant him his extraordinarily powerful Stand as well as his massive wealth. As an extension of the idea that he is blessed by Fate, Diavolo considers himself extremely lucky as well. He readily accepts any difficulty as a "test" he'll have to overcome to prove himself as standing above everyone, and though he can be subject to anxiousness or despair, his pride will prevail and he will constantly choose to directly confront whatever problem he has. This causes him to foolishly face [[Gold Experience Requiem]] head-on, although he did foresee [[Giorno Giovanna]]'s death and had no idea of his new powers. Against the newly-evolved Stand, Diavolo's confidence crumbled when it countered his time erasure and prediction abilities and left him powerless. When he found himself trapped in an endless death loop, unable to do anything about his situation, Diavolo panicked and his last appearance in the story has him frightened by an approaching little girl; his pride, confidence, and to varying degrees, sanity being completely crushed by his everlasting fatalities.

Other than his own philosophy of defeating the past so as to mature, Diavolo also lives by another thematic philosophy that results are the only things that matter in the world. As a decisive and assertive crime boss, Diavolo doesn't hesitate to take shortcuts or directly involve himself with troublesome matters if those actions are the quickest and easiest paths to an end. King Crimson's ability is an echo of this, and maybe the source of it, leaving nothing but the outcomes of situations, specifically those he himself sees fit to keep. He abuses his Stand's power as a means to produce the most favorable conclusions to his problems, and at the same time, boldly prove his philosophy's claim to anyone that he confronts. Diavolo shows a degree of prioritization for these results and answers as well, notably when he, upon meeting with [[Polnareff]] whom he thought he killed years ago, only questions him as to why he would have an Arrow before attacking once more, rather than how he learned the name of the boss of Passione, or even how he managed to survive being thrown off a cliff into rocky waters.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 570}}</ref>

For Diavolo, keeping stability within Passione is secondary to maintaining power and his status as the boss; a mentality that eventually realizes the corruption of Naples, worsens the city's drug problem, and ultimately, leads to the rousal of Giorno Giovanna into joining the gang seeking to dethrone their boss. Diavolo only commands the obedience of his subordinates through greed or fear, causing the organization to even be corrupted within itself, with members turning against each other, and multiple people to plotplotting against him. Diavolo is also unforgiving of those he considers enemies, most especially traitors. Should anyone try to approach his alter ego Doppio and pry too much on his past, Diavolo violently rebukes them. For instance, he violently murdered a fortune teller thatwho correctly divined his history.<ref name="C541">{{Ch|Chapter 541}}</ref> He has proven capable of restraint, as he told Doppio to spare a taxi driver after realizing that he hadn't seen the photo of Donatella Una that he was attempting to hide.<ref name="C542">{{Ch|Chapter 542}}</ref>

Diavolo has also demonstrated an inability to empathize or even understand other people's emotions and morals, especially those righteous, as well as an inability to properly interact with anyone, due in no small part to his overwhelming pride and antisocial secretiveness. When Bucciarati revolts, Diavolo openly theorizes that Bucciarati merely wanted to overthrow him or was opportunistic in his presence, without considering that hurting his own daughter deeply angered Bucciarati. Later, when Bucciarati is about to destroy [[Chariot Requiem]] to force Diavolo away from the Arrow, Diavolo vainly begs him to stop by merely trying to make an appeal from his own logic, simply asking Bucciarati who is the most deserving of the Arrow and claiming that a weakling would not be able to master its power. When interacting with others, Diavolo tends to act rather respectfully for his opponents and subordinates if they are obedient and competent. He compliments both Risotto and Bucciarati for their resourcefulness during their battles, and offers [[Risotto]] an honorable death.<ref>{{Ch|Chapter 548}}</ref> On a smaller scale, he compliments a fortune teller capable of accurately deriving his past as being "the best of the best" and gavegiving a brutal yet painless death. However, Diavolo is also domineering and aggressive, taking his thoughts for absolute truths and ordering his interlocutor around; When he is angry, he is prone to shout insults and issue death threats.

During his youth, the teenager named Diavolo was described as dim and timid, but well-meaning. He also expressed his wish to become a sailor, and even acquired a girlfriend. All the same, his secretiveness and ruthlessness were already present: on top of falsifying his identity to his girlfriend, he took the measure of binding and burying [[Diavolo's Mother|his own mother]] beneath the floor of his room. When the latter was discovered, Diavolo even burnt his home village to the ground simply to conceal his past crimes.<ref name=C569/>

Diavolo and Doppio are two souls that inhabit the same body. As a result, they can switch their personalities as well as their physical appearance.<ref name="C577">{{Ch|Chapter 577}}</ref> Compared to Diavolo, Doppio appears a lot younger and is described by a fortuneteller as looking too young to have children.<ref name="C541">{{Ch|Chapter 541}}</ref> Diavolo appears to be a lot taller, as well as more muscular. When he takes over, Doppio's freckles disappear, his voice deepens, and his hair is seemingly a different length. According to Diavolo, it takes a couple of seconds for him to completely take over Doppio's body.<ref name="C547">{{Ch|Chapter 547}}</ref>

While Doppio is in control, Diavolo has quite a few abilities, including border-lining omniscience. He was able to tell that the taxi driver didn't see the picture of Donatella that Doppio was carrying, despite his subordinate's beliefs, and was later able to see the lurking Risotto. [[File:Doppio_talks.jpg|thumb|left|228x228px|Diavolo communicating with Doppio]] Diavolo also seems to be able to manipulate Doppio's memories, as Diavolo remembers everything and can see everything that happens to Doppio but not vice versa, although it's unknown how much of this is based on Doppio's possible poor memory.

Diavolo can communicate with Doppio through any kind of object while not in control, granting his subordinate the belief that his alter ego is another person altogether. Although these calls aren't actually audible to anyone else, Doppio can always hear his alter ego's voice through the object, which he assumes is a phone.

Diavolo shows uncommon knowledge about souls, for instance being able to tell the near dying Bucciarati's state and then correctly guess that he can only see souls. Knowing that the souls of family members have the same "scent", Diavolo is able to grant a shard of his soul to Doppio to disguise himself as Trish's soul. Moreover, under [[Chariot Requiem]]'s influence, Diavolo has been able to control in which body he could go, although he otherwise couldn't freely control it. AlthoughAdditionally, while in his host's body, he can seize loose control of that person by having King Crimson grab and hold their Stand should they bring it out, manually manipulating said Stand's limbs to move the host in turn. While Diavolo could exert subtle control of his own soul, he remains subject to the powers of soul-manipulating Stands such as [[Chariot Requiem]].

*'''Diavolo''' to [[Vinegar Doppio|Doppio]]: Although in most cases it's self-preservation and survival (assuming killing Doppio ''would'' kill Diavolo, or vice versa), Diavolo seems to have a lot of affection for Doppio: he put Doppio in a very dangerous position of being the underboss instead of a usual subordinate, he often gave Doppio directions to being successful and even warned him to keep away from Nero and encouraged him to flee, and most peculiar of all, he has a habit of sometimes calling Doppio "[his] (cute) Doppio" with thea more down-to-earth {{Nihongo|"watashi wa"|わたし}} pronoun.  Noticeably, when [[Chariot Requiem]] activates and Doppio is shot multiple times by Mista, Diavolo almost immediately destroys and impales Narancia on a gate, instantly killing him, and begins to attempt more murders - before it happened, Diavolo was perfectly hidden away and everyone assumed Diavolo was in Bucciarati's body. On the other hand, Diavolo doesn't spend a single thought for Doppio whom he left for dead in Bucciarati's body.

===Family===

*[[Trish Una]]: Diavolo remains unaware of Trish's existence until Donatella passes away and Squadra Esecuzioni begins searching for clues to their former employer's identity. Diavolo realizes that their bond of blood allows him to sense her presence (the bonds of family being a reoccurring supernatural force in the world of ''JoJo''). Immediately realizing that she could sense him as well and jeopardize his anonymity, he set in motion a plan to kill her with his own hands and used Bucciarati's group as pawns to bring her to him without letting the traitors capture her. Having no love for his daughter, Diavolo repeatedly fails to rationalize why Bucciarati and his team would go as far as to betray and oppose him in order to protect Trish. When she stops him from obtaining the Arrow during the final battle, he responds by cursing her existence and having King Crimson punch clean through her stomach in a final unsuccessful attempt to kill her. Afterward, Diavolo would mockingly thank Trish for giving him the courage to attack Giorno Giovanna, as she revealed to her allies that Diavolo was attempting to run away, tempering his pride.

*[[Jean Pierre Polnareff]]: Polnareff is one of Diavolo's many enemies, though Diavolo did not have any interest in Polnareff particularly. As soon as Diavolo found out Polnareff had been investigating him, he made a personal and brutal attempt to dispose of him, but unknowingly left him alive. During their second confrontation, Diavolo did not care much that Polnareff was still alive, nor that he knew his name, but rather wanted to know immediately why Polnareff would possess an Arrow, displaying a sense of urgency on the matter of his familiar foe. Nonetheless, Diavolo would, without much effort, successfully put an end to Polnareff once more, stepping on his neck in order to check his pulse and confirm his death. However, Diavolo did not know that Chariot Requiem would save its former master by preserving his soul in the body of the turtle [[Coco Jumbo]].

*[[La Squadra Esecuzioni]]: Diavolo notdistrusted onlyLa refusedSquadra, refusing to give La Squadra athem territory and higher pay, butdespite whentheir thework. first signs of betrayal started showing, also killedWhen [[Sorbet and Gelato|two of their members]] began searching for his identity, Diavolo had them killed, one of whom was sectioned into 36 individual pieces, which were then mailed individually back to the group. ItAfter shouldtwo beyears notedof that it tooksilence, La Squadra twodiscovered yearsDiavolo's relation to formhis adaughter retaliationTrish planand defected from Passione, whichplanning Diavoloto ''immediately''use foundher outfor aboutthem to find and retaliatedkill their former againstboss. Diavolo disdained these assassins, but came to respect their leader, [[Risotto Nero]] to a degree, considering him a worthy opponent and granting him the dubious "honor" of a painless death if he obeyed his command of restoring his iron level during their fight.

*[[Cioccolata]] and [[Secco]]: As immoral as Diavolo was, he considered both of them complete monstersmonstrous and only kept them in his organization asdue partto oftheir hispowerful personalcombination [[Diavolo'sand Guardindividual Squad|guardabilities squad]]alike. dueAs such, he only used them as a last resort to theireliminate powerfulthe combinationremaining andmembers individualof abilitiesTeam alikeBucciarati. On their part, Cioccolata and Secco only obeyed Diavolo because he let them torture people and planned to overthrow him eventually. Once Diavolo reached the Colosseum to confront Polnareff, he saw no use for them and left them to die at the hands of Team Bucciarati.

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*''[[GioGio'sOVER Bizarre Adventure II: Golden Heart, Golden RingHEAVEN]]'' Chapter 63 {{Mo}}

*''[[testimone di gangster]]'' Chapter 7 {{Mo}}

*''[[There's No Love Like a Parent's]]'' Chapter 1 {{Mo}}

*''[[There's No Love Like a Parent's]]'' Chapter 3 {{Mo}}

*{{Ch|JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 8}} {{C|37th universeJORGEAp}} {{1stmMo}}

*{{Ch|JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10}} {{C|37th universeJORGEAp}} {{Mo}}

*{{Ch|JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 12}} {{C|37th universeJORGEAp}} {{C|Death of body}}

*{{Ch|JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 14}} {{C|37th universeJORGEAp}} {{C|Videodrome ability}}

*{{Ch|JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15}} {{C|37th universeJORGEAp}} {{Death}}

*{{Ch|JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 16}} {{C|37th universeJORGEAp}} {{Mo}}

|{{Q|The past... even when you break it to pieces and emtombentomb it in stone, it crawls out like a worm.|Diavolo|{{Ch|Chapter 570}}}}

== Creation and Development==

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