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“

Notre priorité est de veiller sur Lisa Lisa et la gemme rouge ! Ce n'est pas le moment de nous laisser envahir par les émotions !

”

—Messina, Chapter 80: Flame Mode Esidisi, Part 3

Messina (メッシーナ, Messhīna) est un allié mineur figurant dans la deuxième partie de JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Battle Tendency. En tant que serviteur de Lisa Lisa et maître de l'Onde, Messina et son compagnon Loggins entraînent Joseph et Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli dans les techniques de l'Onde.

Appearance

Messina is a tall muscular man with short hair tied into a ponytail and a Fu Manchu mustache. He wears a long hat, a sleeveless tunic, and armbands.

During his training with Caesar, it is revealed that his arms are hairy, as the youngster's Ripple completely burns off the hair of his right arm.

Personality

Although much of Messina's personality isn't focused upon, he displays the characteristics of a stern, yet effective instructor to Joseph and Caesar. Despite this, Messina seems to have a sense of humor as he, along with Loggins, would often tease his disciples during their training.

Abilities

Main article: Ripple

As one of Lisa Lisa's disciples, Messina is considered a skilled Ripple user and fighter. He is respected by both Caesar and Joseph as one of their masters, and his skill is indicated by being the final test for Caesar's 20 day training.

History

Battle Tendency

Messina and his partner Loggins are Ripple Masters as well as Lisa Lisa's servants. They trained Joseph Joestar and Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli how to enhance their Ripple for about 20 days, where they had to learn things such as how to inhale for 10 minutes straight or how to inhale 10 times in one second.

Joseph and Caesar's final test had them in a Ripple match against their teachers. Messina would fight Caesar. After a while, Messina forfeited his match against Caesar, astonished that in 3 weeks, Caesar had gained more Ripple power than he had in 10 years (whilst also noting Caesar's Ripple being powerful enough to burn his arm hairs off). Messina went with Lisa Lisa, Caesar, and Joseph to Switzerland to find the Red Stone of Aja.

When Caesar decided to go ahead of the group to Saint Moritz and fight Wamuu in an attempt to defeat Kars early, Messina decided to follow him. During the battle, Messina's arm was cut off by Wamuu and he was dragged away into the building. Caesar, upon entering, was relieved to see Messina unharmed, though knocked out for the rest of the fight. Unconscious, Messina would not bear witness to Caesar's death, and was retrieved by Joseph to safety after negotiation for the final battle had been finished. As he wasn't in any condition to fight with only one arm, he did not show up in the final battle against Kars.

After the battle, Messina attended Joseph's "funeral" and, just as everyone else, was shocked to see that Joseph was alive.

His whereabouts afterward is unknown, though it's easily presumed that he passed away during the 50-year gap between Part 2 and Part 3.

JORGE JOESTAR

The information below derives from a source not written by Araki. As such, it may or may not be considered canon.

Messina in JORGE JOESTAR

In the light novel JORGE JOESTAR, Messina is a young Ripple warrior working for Straizo. Although he isn't mentioned by name in the text, he is featured in an illustration. He travels with Straizo and other companions to La Palma to pick up Lisa Lisa once it is decided that Lisa Lisa will be adopted by Straizo and live in Italy. Messina and his friends have a big, noisy dinner at Erina and George's house, eating and drinking a lot.

The next morning, he carries Lisa Lisa's luggage as they say farewell to the Joestars.

After England's zombie invasion in 1915, Messina and the other Ripple warriors travel to every corner of England and report that there are no further signs of zombies. They institute a national health exam to make sure there are none hiding inside ordinary citizens.

Chapters / Episodes

Manga Appearances

Chapters in order of appearance

• Chapter 75: Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 5
• Chapter 76: Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 6
• Chapter 79: Flame Mode Esidisi, Part 2
• Chapter 80: Flame Mode Esidisi, Part 3
• Chapter 82: The Remains Lurk, Part 2 (Mentioned)
  Mentioned only
• Chapter 83: Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back, Part 1
• Chapter 84: Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back, Part 2
• Chapter 85: Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back, Part 3
• Chapter 86: Light Mode Kars, Part 1
• Chapter 87: Light Mode Kars, Part 2
• Chapter 88: Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 1
• Chapter 90: Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 3
• Chapter 91: Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 4
• Chapter 93: Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 6
• Chapter 96: The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 2
• Chapter 113: The Man Who Crossed the Atlantic

Anime Appearances

Episodes in order of appearance

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 16: Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 17: Laying a Deeper Trap!
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 18: Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 19: Race Toward the Cliff of Death
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 20: Caesar: A Lonely Youth
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 21: The Hundred vs. Two Strategy
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 26: The Man Who Became a God

Video Games

Diamond Records (Android/iOS)

Messina

Messina appears in Diamond Records as a 4 star assist character in both the Action Battle and Tactical Battle game modes. His has one 'Unity' type statue. Like all assist characters, when the active assists link together, his assist ability may provide extra effects (Action Battle mode only).

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Moveset

(Assist Ability) Messina will strike the opponent repeatedly, before jumping and doing one last strike with a chopping motion, leaving the opponent(s) hit temporarily stunned. He then laughs at the opponent before leaving.

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  4-star Assist
  (Unity)
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  Max LVL Stats: 7140 HP/3780 ATK/5250 DEF
  Max LVL Tree Stats: 11140 HP/23780 ATK/7250 DEF

Gallery

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  Weekly Shonen Jump 1988 Issue #42, Title Page
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  Messina's introduction alongside Loggins
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  Messina's harsh training regime

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  Messina's introduction alongside Loggins
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  Beginning Caesar's final test
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  Training with Caesar
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  Messina admits his defeat against Caesar
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  Messina goes, with the others, in search of the Red Stone of Aja
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  Messina severely wounded and unconscious
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  Messina with the others surprised to see Joseph alive

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  Messina in the car on the way to the Switzerland border with Joseph, Caesar & Lisa Lisa in the Part 3 OVA Timelines Video
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  Messina shocked that Joseph turned up to his own funeral (Part 3 OVA Timelines)

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  4-star assist statue, Diamond Records
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  Messina's model in DR
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  Messina in JORGE JOESTAR
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  Chara Heroes; Part 2 Vol.1

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