Episode 3

“

I reject my humanity, JoJo!! (おれは人間をやめるぞ！ジョジョーーーーッ！！)

”

—Dio Brando, BD/DVD Volume 1

Youth with Dio (ディオとの青春, Dio to no Seishun) is the third episode of season one of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. It is also the third episode of Phantom Blood. It covers most of Chapter 11 through a few pages of Chapter 17 of the manga.

Jonathan has returned with an antidote and the police. Desperate, Dio turns himself into a Vampire with a Stone Mask and it now falls to Jonathan to fight Dio and slay the Vampire.

Summary

Jonathan reveals he has already found the antidote to the poison and has given it to his father. He apologizes for having to hand Dio over to the police. To Jonathan's astonishment, Dio pleads that he be given more time before being arrested and claims that the actions he had committed had been due to being born as a poor man. Dio tries to prove his remorse by explaining that he went back to the mansion to surrender when he could have easily run away before then.

From the shadows, Speedwagon appears and warns Jonathan not to trust Dio. Having been living in the slums all his life and having met many villains, Speedwagon could easily tell a bad person from a good person just by their smell. He argues that Dio's upbringing was not why he was a villain, but rather, he had been evil since birth. With that said, Speedwagon pulls from behind a curtain the man who had sold Dio the poison, Wang Chan. The same curtain swings open revealing George, as well as several police officers. George is saddened at Dio's betrayal and walks back to his room not wanting to watch his son go to jail.

Wang Chan says that Dio won't be caught. As a fortune-teller, he can tell that by Dio's face that he was gifted with good luck.

Dio rejects his humanity and wears the Stone Mask

Dio begs for Jonathan to handcuff him, and when the latter is about to do so, Dio explains how his life as a human has been a failure. Suddenly, Dio pulls from his robe the Stone Mask and wields it in the air, exclaiming that he rejects his humanity. He then pulls out a knife and attempts to stab Jonathan, but hits George instead who jumped in to protect his son. Dio dons the mask and wipes the blood from George onto it. The mask glows red and he begins to laugh as the tentacles impale the sides of his head. The police immediately begin shooting at him, causing Dio to fly out the window where he lies presumably dead on the ground.

George Joestar dies in Jonathan's arms

While dying in Jonathan's arms, George gives Jonathan the ring on his finger, which belonged to his dead mother. The Inspector of the police force begins to regret something he did a long time ago. Back when he first became a policeman, a man was arrested who was trying to sell that very ring. That man was none other than Dario Brando, who had taken then ring from George during the carriage accident. George had been brought forth to the jail cell where Dario was and upon realizing who it was, George tells the policemen that he actually gave the ring to him. The policeman is confused why George would lie about this, but he explains that if he had been born into poverty he would have done the same thing.

The flashback ends and George tells JoJo not to have a grudge against Dio, despite all he had done. He claims that his strictness may have been the cause of Dio's scorn and asked that Dio be buried with his father. Just before he dies he says that it is not bad for one to die in the arms of his son.

Speedwagon looks backs at the place where Dio lay dead, only to find that his body is gone. He tells the police to begin searching, but suddenly the head policeman's head is completely lopped off by Dio, who had been hiding outside, above the window by clinging to the wall.

Dio had turned into a Vampire, and begins killing all the policemen. He jumps into the air and grabs one of the police men's head and begins sucking the blood from his body while clinging to the ceiling using his vampire ability. He throws the corpse at the rest of the guards who are completely torn apart from the impact. A severed body part flies into Speedwagon, injuring him in the process.

Jonathan grabs a massive spear from a nearby suit of armor and attempts to stab Dio. Dio takes the spearhead on, and lets it impale through his hand. He bends the spear with supernatural strength and causes the sharp end of it to impale into Jonathan's right shoulder. Dio lands elegantly onto the ground, only to realize both Jonathan and Speedwagon have disappeared. He is able to find them behind a curtain via the smell of their blood. However, when he pulls open the curtain, it instantly lights on fire due to a lantern Jonathan found. The fire begins to spread and the entire house is engulfed in flames. Dio appears to be unharmed from the fire. Jonathan pushes Speedwagon out of the way first, before blocking a desk thrown by Dio, using a sword. He stabs the sword into the ground and then jumps off the hilt, so as to be able to grab the ledge of the second floor. He tells Dio to follow him to lure him away from Speedwagon; Dio obliges by walking up the wall.

Jonathan and Dio brawl while falling into the burning house

On the roof, Jonathan blocks a kick from Dio, and then tackles him. The two go spiraling down the flaming house, but Dio manages to stab the wall and stops falling. Jonathan finds the same spearhead from earlier and stabs it into the wall. He's able to grab it, flip onto it, and launch himself towards Dio. He uses his belt to grab Dio's leg and pulls him downward. The two begin to fall to the house's burning first floor again, and this time Jonathan grabs Dio's knife and stabs him with it. Dio retaliates by breaking both of Jonathan's arms. With the last of his strength, Jonathan holds onto Dio and pushes against the wall with his foot, causing their trajectory to change. This forces Dio to land on the pointed end of the Statue of the Goddess of Love where he is unable to move, and thus burns to nothing with the house. Jonathan is blasted out of the house and is tended to by Speedwagon whom claims that he won.

After the fires had died the next day, the man who sold Dio the poison is seen rummaging through the debris. He finds the Stone Mask and attempts to pick it up, only to be stopped and drained of his life by Dio, who apparently had survived the fire.

Appearances

Characters

Jonathan Joestar

Dio Brando

Robert E. O. Speedwagon

George Joestar

(Death)

Wang Chan

(1st Full Debut)

Scotland Yard Inspector

(Debut)

First appearance

(Death)

Police Officers

(Debut)

First appearance

(Death)

Dario Brando

(Flashback)

Danny

(Flashback)

Erina Pendleton

(Flashback)

Mary Joestar

(Photo)

Only appears in a photo

Credits

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Script (脚本)

Yasuko Kobayashi

小林 靖子

Storyboard (絵コンテ)

Futoshi Higashide

東出 太

Episode Director (演出)

Futoshi Higashide

東出 太

Animation Director (作画監督)

Yukitoshi Houtani
Madoka Ozawa

宝谷 幸稔
小澤 円

Assistant Animation Director (作画監督補)

Akihide Muraji
Hideki Hashimoto
Shin Hyung Woo

村司 晃英
橋本 英樹
Shin Hyung Woo

Key Animation (原画)

Sei Komatsubara
Yuki Ieda
Masaiku Tayori
Hirotaka Nii
Akihiro Yamamoto
Shunichi Ishimoto
Hiroko Watanabe
Takenori Tsukuma
Noriyasu Murata
Yasuzo Ino
Dai Imaoka
Yoshikazu Fujiwara
Yuki Terano
Tsukasa Sorimachi
Moriyasu Taniguchi
Akihide Muraji
Shin Hyung Woo
Hideki Hashimoto

小松原 聖
家田 佑樹
田寄 雅郁
仁井 宏隆
山本 晃宏
石本 峻一
渡部 弘子
津熊 健徳
村田 憲泰
いいの やすぞう
今岡 大
藤原 巧和
寺野 勇樹
反町 司
谷口 守泰
村司 晃英
Shin Hyung Woo
橋本 英樹

White Line

Cha Myoung Jun

Cha Myoung Jun

2nd Key Animation (第二原画)

Keiko Watanabe
Natsumi Ishizaki
Aya Nishimura
Takeshi Moriyama
Takanobu Katada
FAI Studio
Rocket Vision
Sunshine Corporation
Studio Toy Box
Big Owl
Kino Production
AI

渡辺 恵子
石崎 夏海
西村 彩
森山 剛史
片田 敬信
F.A.I
ロケットビジョン
サンシャインコーポレーション
スタジオトイボックス
ビッグオウル
きのプロダクション
AI

White Line

Kang Sul A
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju
Lee Hee Eun

Kang Sul A
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju
Lee Hee Eun

In-between Animation (動画)

In-between Animation Inspection

Masato Ujibe
Shuhei Fukuda

宇治部まさと
福田 周平

White Line

Kin Jong Kyu
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Young
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung

Kin Jong Kyu
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Young
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung

david production

Shuhei Fukuda
Sae Akama
Takahiro Okawa
Kirara Kikui

福田 周平
赤間 紗枝
大川 貴大
菊井 きらら

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AAA
AI
Big Owl
ChengPin Donghua
Hayashi
MSJ Musashino Production

AAA
AI
ビッグオウル
誠品動画
ハヤシ株式会社
MSJ武蔵野制作所

Digital Works (デジタルワークス)

David Production

Takahiro Kamei
P. Taweeporn

亀井 隆広
Puavaranukroh Taweeporn

Music

ShowJoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 3: Youth with Dio
Start End Title OST Description
00:26 01:55 JoJo ~The Fate of That Blood~ JoJo ~The Fate of That Blood~ Opening 03:23 04:22 A Fine Fellow Arrives Phantom Blood (Destiny) Speedwagon exposes Dio 05:39 06:10 Transcendence Phantom Blood (Destiny) Dio stabs George and becomes a Vampire 06:51 08:37 Stone Mask ~Prologue~ Phantom Blood (Destiny) Flashback of Dario and George 08:43 10:14 Love for the Father Phantom Blood (Destiny) George Joestar's death 10:24 10:42 Sudden Turn Phantom Blood (Destiny) Dio is reborn as a Vampire! 10:56 12:16 A Superhuman Reborn Phantom Blood (Destiny) Dio is bulletproof now 12:36 14:45 Determination Phantom Blood (Destiny) Jonathan is determined to stop Dio 14:56 16:02 Heart of Darkness Phantom Blood (Destiny) Dio's superhuman strength 16:06 18:31 A Duet of Courage Phantom Blood (Destiny) The Joestar Mansion set on fire 19:05 22:58 Persistence ~Innocent Scream~ Phantom Blood (Destiny) JoJo and Dio plunge into the fire/Jonathan is victorious 22:59 24:28 Roundabout Roundabout Ending 24:58 25:12 Intertwined Destinies Phantom Blood (Destiny) Next episode preview

Manga/Anime Differences

• In the manga, Dario was lying on a bed in his jail cell. The inspector also talks a bit more in the manga like how he joined with the police recently, that it happened in Scotland, and that it happened 20 years ago.
• When Jonathan is holding onto Dio during the falling scene, Dio breaks Jonathan's ribs by crushing them in between his knees. In the anime, he simply knees him in the stomach.
• In the anime, Dio does not mention his worry that if he falls to the first floor with his burns not fully healed, his immortality might not be able to keep up.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Japanese	ディオとの青春	Youth with Dio
Chinese	與迪奧一同渡過的青春年少	The Youth That I Spent With Dio
Chinese (Hong Kong)	與迪奧一起的青春	Youth with Dio
English	Youth with Dio
Spanish	La juventud junto a Dio	Youth with Dio
Portuguese	Minha Juventude com Dio (Crunchyroll) Juventude com Dio (Netflix)	My Youth with Dio Youth with Dio
French	Adolescence avec Dio	Adolescence with Dio
German	Zeit mit Dio	Time with Dio
Hebrew	נעורים עם דיו	Adolescence with Dio
Arabic	الشباب مع ديو	Youth with Dio
Italian	L'adolescenza con Dio	Adolescence with Dio
Czech	Mládí s Diem	Youth with Dio
Danish	Ungdom med Dio	Youth with Dio
Polish	Młodość z Dio	Youth with Dio

Commentary

Commentary

“

Episode 3 is on fire, in every sense of of the term (laughs). Just like the first episode, we had to modify the storyboard several times and cut some scenes. It's also this episode that introduces the sight of mangled corpses, in scenes with several characters at that, which further complicates our work.

In this episode, Dio uses the Stone Mask to transform into a Vampire, but the animation in the first part is rather slow. It's in the second part that the action truly starts. I particularly love the expressions Dio gives, as well as Jonathan's father and his appearance of a majestic gentleman.

The plot is not to be outdone, everything is very cool. Speedwagon is overreacting, as it should be. I hope that you enjoy how a freshly vampirized Dio's famous "URYYYYY !!" was rendered. We separated the last two scenes by including the ending credits which was absent in the TV version, for a striking lengthening effect.

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—Naokatsu Tsuda, Blu-ray limited edition commentaries

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