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{{Character InfoInfobox
|title = Josuke's Savior
|image = <tabber>{{Tabber
|Manga=|[[File:Josuke's Savior Manga.png|{{ImageSize}}]]
|Anime=|[[File:Josuke's Savior AV.png|{{ImageSize}}]]▼
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|ja_kanji = 仗助の恩人▼
|ja_romaji = Jōsuke no onjin▼
|alias = {{Nihongo|Young Man in the Snow|雪の中の青年|Yuki no naka no seinen}}▼
|namesake =
|stand =
|height =
|weight =
|race = Human
|hair = Blue {{S|{{DigitalColor}}}}<br />Black {{S|Anime}}
|eyes =
|status = Unknown▼
|mangadebut = {{Ch3|Chapter 324}} {{C|Flashback}}▼
|animedebut = {{Ep3|DU Episode 15}} {{C|Flashback}}▼
|colors = DiamondIsUnbreakable▼
}}
▲|ja_kanji = 仗助の恩人
{{Quote|He's sick isn't he? I'll push your car.|Josuke's Savior|{{Ch|Chapter 324}}}}▼
▲|ja_romaji = Jōsuke no onjinOnjin
{{nihongo|'''Josuke's Savior'''|仗助の恩人|Jōsuke no onjin}} is a mysterious teenage high school student who helps a young [[Josuke Higashikata]] and his mother [[Tomoko Higashikata|Tomoko]] get to the hospital by pushing their car when it is stuck in a blizzard.▼
▲|alias = {{NihongoNihongo2|Young Man in the Snow|雪の中の青年|Yuki no nakaNaka no seinenSeinen}} {{S|{{ABC}}}}
 
|gender = {{Gender|Male}}
Josuke catches a glimpse of the boy and aspires to become a hero like him. He imitates the boy's hairstyle and doesn't forgive anyone who would insult it, as he would feel like they were insulting his hero.
▲|status = Unknown {{S|Part 4}}
▲|mangadebut = {{Ch3|[[Chapter 324}}]] {{C|Flashback}}
▲|animedebut = {{Ep3|[[DU Episode 15}}]] {{C|Flashback}}
▲|colors = DiamondIsUnbreakable
}}
▲{{Quote|He's sick isn't he? I'll push [[Tomoko Higashikata|your]] car.|Josuke's Savior|{{Ch|Chapter 324}}}}
{{nihongo|'''Josuke's Savior'''|仗助の恩人|Jōsuke no Onjin}} is an unnamed tertiary character featured in the fourth part of the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series, ''[[Diamond is Unbreakable]]''.
 
▲{{nihongo|'''Josuke's Savior'''|仗助の恩人|Jōsuke no onjin}}He is a mysterious teenage high school student who helps a young [[Josuke Higashikata]] and his mother [[Tomoko Higashikata|Tomoko]] get to the hospital by pushing their car when it is stuck in a blizzard. Josuke catches a glimpse of the boy and aspires to become a hero like him. He imitates the boy's hairstyle and doesn't forgive anyone who would insult it, as he would feel like they were insulting his hero.
In ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Adventure Battle Card]]'', he is referred to as {{Nihongo|'''Young Man in the Snow'''|雪の中の青年|Yuki no naka no seinen}}.
 
==Appearance==
The boy has a {{W|Pompadour (hairstyle)|pompadour}} hairstyle and a delinquent's school uniform. His jacket is styled with three vertical metallic stripes on the left side of his collar and a metallic emblem with vertical holes inside on the right side. BelowBeneath his school jacket, he wears a sweater with long sleeves.
 
===Color Schemes===
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|bg={{color|DIU}}
|{{palette|Skin|#F5BB7C|desc=Fair}}
{{palette|Hair|#000000|#3D6FB4|desc=Black with blue highlights}}
{{palette|Outfit|#3D6FB4|#F1C51C|#DBDA9A|desc=Blue uniform with golden-yellow pins and a cream sweater.}}
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|{{palette|Skin|#DAD5D2|desc=Pale}}
{{palette|Hair|#151223|#29317A|desc=Black with blue highlights}}
{{palette|Outfit|#5056A0|#D5AF0E|#6E62AA|desc=Blue uniform with golden-yellow pins and a purple sweater.}}
}}
 
==Personality==
Based on the boy's appearance in Josuke's saviorflashback, he is an empathetic and perceptive individual. Although it was a dark night, the boy could tell that Josuke was sick in the back of Tomoko's car. He voluntarily helps them move their car out of the snow despite being in a rough state with several fresh bruises and open cuts on his face. He also sacrifices his school jacket, which is considered his badge of honor, underneath the car's tires without any hesitation.<ref name="C324">{{Ch|Chapter 324}}</ref>
 
==History==
[[File:Young Man Helps Tomoko Anime.jpg|thumb|right|Pushing Tomoko's car]]
===Background===
For unknown reasons, the young man had just been in a fight with several fresh bruises and open cuts. He standsstood alone in the middle of a blizzard on a country road with no houses for more than a kilometer in any direction.
 
Josuke was four years old at this time and came down with a strong fever resulting from [[Dio Brando|DIO]] activating his [[The World|his Stand]], causing the Stands in the [[Joestar Family|Joestar family]] to activate as well. [[Tomoko Higashikata|His mother]] tried to drive him to the hospital but the car's tires lodged themselves in the snow during a blizzard. Suddenly, this young man wearing a school uniform appeared and was noticed by Tomoko peering into their car through her rearview mirror. Initially wary, she told the boy to go away. However, the young man noticed Josuke was sick and helped them by placing his jacket in front of the car's rear tires and then pushed their car out of the snow. The student then retrieved his now-shredded jacket and walked away never to be seen again. Josuke took a glance at him and saw his hairstyle while he was pushing the car. For the next fifty days while he was unconscious with his fever, Josuke would dream of the boy.
 
Tomoko attempts to find the boy but does not succeed. Since then, Josuke replicates his hairstyle as homage to his hero, and aspires to become someone who would save others like the young man.<ref name="C324" />
 
==Novels==
===[[The Book|The Book: 4th Another Day]]===
{{Canon}}
The boy is mentioned in the light novel, ''[[The Book]]''. [[Takuma Hasumi]] heard rumors that Josuke modeled his hairstyle after the boy. For Josuke, it wasn't the act of helping another human being that had moved him. What made the student's act resonate with him was that the boy sacrificed what had clothed him in a blizzard to get Josuke and Tomoko's car moving. To Josuke, this act was as holy as a line from a sacred text.
 
Takuma declares that he should have seen the boy at some point when he was five years old, as Takuma had passed by the four year old Josuke and his mother several times in town, and also has knowledge of every citizen living in [[Morioh]]. Takuma was certain that he had memorized the faces of every high school student back then and that this student with a pompadour hairstyle like Josuke should be particularly easy to find using his [[The Book (Stand)|Stand]].
 
However, Takuma had no intention of actually searching for the student. To catch Josuke off guard during their battle, Takuma suggests that the boy was probably Josuke himself who somehow time traveled in a bizarre way.<ref>[[The Book|The Book ~jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day~]] Chapter 4</ref>
 
===[[Crazy Heartbreakers]]===
{{Canon}}
In ''[[Crazy Heartbreakers]]'', Josuke makes up the story about having a savior after being inspired by [[Ryoko Kakyoin]] basing her hairstyle on [[Noriaki Kakyoin]]'s. He first tells the story to [[Hol Horse]] and a group of [[Possessed Chefs|possessed chefs]], saying the teenager saved him on a motorcycle. However, he realized that wouldn't make sense during a blizzard and changed his story.<ref name="CH3">{{Ch|Crazy Heartbreakers Chapter 3}}</ref>
 
Hol Horse later asks [[Tomoko Higashikata|Tomoko]] about the boy, but Tomoko wonders if someone like that existed. She couldn't remember since that time period was chaotic for her and many people helped her back then. She also suggests the heavy blizzard was on their way back home after Josuke was discharged from the hospital, rather than on the way there. According to her, Josuke used to keep his hair long and refused to cut it. He would always get injured from fights, so [[Ryohei Higashikata|Ryohei]] advised that his long bangs were getting in the way of his peripheral vision, not allowing him to dodge attacks. Since then, Josuke styled his hair in a pompadour.<ref name="CH6">{{Ch|Crazy Heartbreakers Chapter 6}}</ref>
 
==Chapters / Episodes==
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|Episodes =
*{{Ep|DU Episode 15}} {{Flash}}
|NovelChapters =
* {{Ch|The Book Chapter 4}} {{Mo}}
* {{Ch|Crazy Heartbreakers Chapter 3}} {{Mo}}
* {{Ch|Crazy Heartbreakers Chapter 6}} {{Mo}}
}}
 
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|{{Q|Hit the gas. As soon as you're free, keep gunning it. Slow down, and you'll get stuck in the snow again.|Josuke's Savior|{{Ch|Chapter 324}}}}
}}
 
==Creation and Development==
*The identity of Josuke's savior is a commonly discussed subject in the fandom, dating back to when Part 4 was first publicized in [[Weekly ShōnenShonen Jump]].<ref name="DP15BD">[[DU Episode 15#Commentary|DU Episode 15]], [[Naokatsu Tsuda]], Blu-Rayray limited edition commentary</ref>▼
 
**In a 1994 interview with [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)|OVA]] director, {{W|Hiroyuki Kitakubo}}, when asked about the flashback and whether it was Josuke who met himself, [[Hirohiko Araki]] replied, "That's irrelevant, it was merely Josuke's memory".<ref>{{IN|Kitakubo OVA (07/1994)|Kitakubo Special Talk (July 1994)}}</ref> [[David Production]]'s TV anime director, [[Naokatsu Tsuda]], also inquired Araki on who the mysterious boy was during production of the anime adaptation, though Araki seemingly chose not to comment.<ref name="DP15BD" />▼
 
==Gallery==
{{Tabber
<tabber>
|Manga=|
<gallery>
File:Josuke's Savior First Appearance.png|First appearance
File:Young Man Helps Tomoko.png|Offering to help Tomoko
File:Josuke's Hero Takes Off Jacket.png|Taking off his jacket
File:Boy Pushing Tomoko's Car.png|Pushing Tomoko's car
File:Josuke and his Hero.png|Josuke catches a glimpse of his hero
File:Josuke's Savior's Last Appearance.png|Final appearance
</gallery>
|-Anime|
▲Anime=
<gallery>
Josuke Savior First Appearance Anime.jpg|First appearance
File:Tomoko tells the boy to go away.jpg|Tomoko tells the boy to go away
File:Young Man Helps Tomoko Anime.jpg|Offering to help Tomoko
File:Boy tells Tomoko to push the gas.jpg|Telling Tomoko to keep pushing the gas
File:Josuke and his Hero Anime.jpg|Josuke catches a glimpse of his hero
File:Josuke Hero Last Appearance Anime.jpg|Final appearance
</gallery>
|Adventure Battle Card|
|-|
Other=
<gallery>
J-360.pngjpg|[[Adventure Battle Card]]
</gallery>
}}
</tabber>
 
==Trivia==
*The boy's dialogue is not voiced in the [[Diamond is Unbreakable (Anime)|anime adaptation]]. Instead, what he says is displayed on screen as text in a style imitating silent films.
▲*The identity of Josuke's savior is a commonly discussed subject in the fandom, dating back to when Part 4 was first publicized in [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]].<ref name="DP15BD">[[DU Episode 15#Commentary|DU Episode 15]], [[Naokatsu Tsuda]], Blu-Ray limited edition commentary</ref>
▲**In a 1994 interview with [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)|OVA]] director, {{W|Hiroyuki Kitakubo}}, when asked about the flashback and whether it was Josuke who met himself, [[Hirohiko Araki]] replied, "That's irrelevant, it was merely Josuke's memory".<ref>{{IN|Kitakubo OVA (07/1994)|Kitakubo Special Talk (July 1994)}}</ref>
**[[David Production]]'s TV Anime director, [[Naokatsu Tsuda]], also inquired Araki on who the mysterious boy was during production of the anime adaptation, though Araki seemingly chose not to comment.<ref name="DP15BD" />
 
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