Atom Heart Father (Story Arc)

Atom Heart Father (アトム・ハート・ファーザー, Atomu Hāto Fāzā) is the seventeenth story arc in Diamond Is Unbreakable.

It narrates the ambush of Jotaro and Josuke by the ghost of Yoshihiro Kira, father of Yoshikage Kira, as the Joestar Group investigates Yoshikage's house.

Summary

Jotaro, Josuke, Okuyasu and Koichi investigate Kira's former life and residence. The ghost of Kira's father Yoshihiro Kira appears and attacks the group from a photograph, empowered by the Stand Atom Heart Father.

Yoshihiro is initially captured into a photograph, but escapes with a second Bow and Arrow; aiming to create an army of Stand users in order to protect his hiding son.

Appearances

Characters Jotaro Kujo Okuyasu Nijimura Josuke Higashikata Koichi Hirose Reimi Sugimoto (Mentioned) Mentioned only Yoshihiro Kira (Debut) First appearance DIO (Mentioned) Mentioned only Enya the Hag (Mentioned) Mentioned only Shinobu Kawajiri (Debut) First appearance Yoshikage Kira (Disguised as Kosaku Kawajiri) Stands Atom Heart Father (Debut) First appearance Crazy Diamond The Hand Star Platinum: The World

Chapters

• 100 (365). Atom Heart Father, Part 1
• 101 (366). Atom Heart Father, Part 2
• 102 (367). Atom Heart Father, Part 3
• 103 (368). Atom Heart Father, Part 4
• 104 (369). Atom Heart Father, Part 5

Volumes

• 11 (39). Father's Tears

Anime Episodes

• 25 (99). Atom Heart Father