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}}{{Quote|'''Soft & Wet'''... When my soap bubble touches something and breaks, I take something from there.|[[Josuke Higashikata (JoJolion)|Josuke Higashikata]]|{{Ch|JJL Chapter 4}}}}
{{nihongo|'''Soft & Wet'''|ソフト＆ウェット|Sofuto Ando Wetto}} is the [[Stand]] of [[Josuke Higashikata (JoJolion)|Josuke Higashikata]], originally belonging to [[Josefumi Kujo]], featured in the eighth part of the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series, ''[[JoJolion]]''. It is a humanoid Stand with a mechanical and naval theme to its appearance. It creates bubbles that steal properties and objects, and pop with a slight explosive force.
==Appearance==
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Soft & Wet is a humanoid Stand of a streamlined, robotic form, light in color, and similar in height to Josuke.
On the top of its head is a five-pointed star bound with a circle. Growing from each side of its head are horn-like ears shaped as tapering pentagrammic prisms. It has round eyes, shaped as slotted screw heads; vertically dividing very small, slight, round pupils. Its face has a thick gap running from the top of the forehead past the bottom of the chin.
The front of two broad plates covering its torso is cut like its face in the shape of a large anchor; as well as in a line beneath both arms and between the base of its back and shoulders.
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The signature ability of Soft & Wet's bubbles is to temporarily steal and contain physical properties, objects and substances.<ref name="JJL7">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 7}}</ref> If a bubble pops on contact with an object, it will take away a certain property from the object for a short amount of time. If it doesn't, it will store the property inside, allowing Soft & Wet to pop the bubble later and transfer that property to another object. According to Josuke, Soft & Wet's ability cannot be used on himself.<ref name="JJLC5" />
The ability's usage changes greatly over the course of the story. Early on Josuke stole highly conceptual properties, like an object's friction<ref name="JJLC5" /> or its very capacity to produce sound.<ref name="CKB">''[[California King Bed (story arc)]]''</ref> When taking properties away from humans, such as sight and hydration, the corresponding body parts appeared to burst like bubbles themselves - Joshu's eyes popped when he lost his sight,<ref name="JJLC1">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 1}}</ref> and a woman lost hydration by having several small holes popped into her skin.<ref name="JJLC2">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 2}}</ref> After the beetle battle with [[Jobin Higashikata]],<ref name="JJLC37">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 37}} p.20</ref> Josuke resorts to stealing much simpler physical phenomena, like smells<ref name="JJLC16">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 16}}</ref> or the vibrations of his own voice.<ref
The one aspect of plunder Josuke has consistently utilized throughout the whole part is the ability to contain objects and substances. By the end of the story it ends up being almost the sole exclusive application of plunder. A simple swipe of Soft & Wet's bubbles is enough to absorb things like water, fire and gasoline. This also allows Josuke to easily extract smaller constituent parts of a larger object, for example using just a single bubble to painlessly remove most of a live cat's fur,<ref name="JJLC12">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 12}}</ref> or absorbing moisture from plant tissue.<ref>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 29}}</ref> When taking individual items Josuke often uses the bubble to remotely carry them over a long distance.
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[[File:GappyFirstBomb.png|thumb|left|An explosive bubble]]As a result of their hybrid nature, Soft & Wet's bubbles retain some aspects of [[Killer Queen (JoJolion)|Killer Queen]]'s explosive ability. The bubbles can pop with enough force to cause damage at close range, able to crack plastic or burst a person's eardrums. Josuke can also use this force to propel any small objects stored inside of his bubbles in a given direction, for example firing nuts and bolts at the enemy with enough power to pierce the skin.<ref name="LLD">''[[Love Love Deluxe (story arc)]]''</ref> Soft & Wet reaches the height of its explosive potential when Josuke pries open a vault by detonating the bubbles wedged into the gap between the vault door and the wall.<ref>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 103}}</ref>
Later on Josuke also learns to use the bubbles' explosive power to charge up their speed and launch them as high-velocity projectiles.<ref
In addition to this, Josuke is able to injure opponents by popping bubbles which have been embedded under their skin, an ability that one of the [[A. Phex Brothers]] remarked bears a striking resemblance to the late Kira's own technique. This can also be used on inanimate objects, demonstrated when Josuke inflates a bubble into the surface of a desk to damage an enemy hiding below.<ref>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 100}}</ref>
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121323.jpg|[[Ichiban Kuji]]
121324.jpg|[[Ichiban Kuji]] Lawson Exclusive Color ver.
KUJI Soft&WetA2.jpg|[[Ichiban Kuji]] Anniversary Color ver.
Soft_and_wet.jpg|[[Statue Legend]]
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