Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 (吉良吉影は静かに暮らしたい その1, Kira Yoshikage wa Shizuka ni Kurashitai Sono 1)[1] is the twenty-first episode of Diamond is Unbreakable and the ninety-fifth episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. It covers Chapter 342 through the first half of Chapter 345 of the manga.
The serial-killer Yoshikage Kira's peaceful day is thrown into disarray when Shigechi accidentally takes his lunch bag. In the bag is the hand of his latest victim and Kira must retrieve it to conserve his anonimity.
Summary
On a sunny day in Morioh, salaryman and secret serial killer Yoshikage Kira is relaxing at home with his "girlfriend," a severed hand from a woman he previously murdered. He gives his "girlfriend" a ring he bought for her before heading to St. Gentleman Bakery to buy a sandwich. Along the way, he is greeted by several of his female coworkers asking him to join them for lunch. Kira refuses, while another male coworker describes how Kira seems to keep to himself and how quietly he acts.
After buying a sandwich, Kira sits under a tree at the park to eat it, contemplating the beauty of Morioh. Just then, right behind the tree, Shigechi meets up with Josuke and Okuyasu and is asked to loan them lunch money. While giving them the money they need, a stray dog steals Shigechi's lunch bag (also a sandwich from St. Gentleman) from under his nose and runs off. When Shigechi notices that his sandwich is gone, he mistakes Kira's bag for his and takes it, not knowing that Kira's "girlfriend" is inside of it. Kira notices this right away and follows the kid to prevent him from seeing the hand, as he fears that the police could easily trace the ring on it and Kira's fingerprints back to him. Having not left a single clue during his 15-year career as a serial killer, Kira is determined to reclaim his "girlfriend."
Kira follows Shigechi across town until the latter runs into Josuke & Okuyasu again. Shigechi offers to let them into his school's prep room to have the coffee and tea that the gym teacher regularly smuggles into the school, but Josuke & Okuyasu turn him down. Thinking that he can reclaim his "girlfriend" without much trouble, Kira follows Shigechi into his school's prep room and tries to grab the St. Gentleman bag while Shigechi is busy brewing himself some coffee, but is forced to hide in the gymnastics equipment when Josuke & Okuyasu suddenly join Shigechi, having changed their minds about his offer. While the trio is busy eating lunch, Kira attempts to grab the bag with a straightened-out coat hanger, but drops it, piquing Josuke's curiosity. Just when he is about to investigate the bag, however, Shigechi stops him and accuses him of trying to steal his sandwich. He then leaves again to prepare tea for Josuke & Okuyasu, during which Kira successfully reclaims the bag. Upon noticing that his bag is gone, however, Shigechi sends out Harvest to look for it but is cut short when the gym teacher enters the prep room, driving the three boys out and giving Kira an opportunity to escape without a trace.
Shigechi, however, notices Kira carrying the bag from the same bakery that his sandwich came from, and suspects Kira of having stolen his sandwich. Shigechi tries to take it back with Harvest, but the bag rips open, exposing Kira's "girlfriend." Kira, knowing that he'll probably be exposed, gives Shigechi a monologue on how he wishes to live a quiet life before summoning his own Stand, Killer Queen, aiming to kill Shigechi before the boy can expose him.
Appearances
Credits
宝谷 幸稔
Kim Yong Sun
Song Jin Hee
Yang Sun Yong
Lee Dong Uk
Kim Moon Su
Ryu Sang Cheol
Kim Seong Bum
Jung Dae Un
Kim Ji Yeon
KIM YONGSUN
SONG JINHEE
YANG SUNYONG
LEE DONGUK
KIM MOONSU
RYU SANGCHEOL
KIM SEONGBUM
JUNG DAEUN
KIM JIYEON
Choi Jae Hun
Lee Dong Hun
Jeon Hyong Jun
Eim Suk Yong
Kim Min Jung
CHOI JAEHUN
LEE DONGHUN
JEON HYONGJUN
EIM SUKYONG
KIM MINJUNG
Kim Seong Bum
Bae Yong Ho
KIM SEONGBUM
BAE YONGHO
David Production
野宮 菜那
伊東 大輝
Busan DR
BUSAN DR
Graphic Model Cooperation
株式会社サイバーコネクトツー
Music
Manga/Anime Differences
- Added new scenes with Kai Harada, Kira cutting his nails with a bowling pin shaped nail clipper, preparing breakfast and actually showing him giving a ring to the severed hand.
- Added a line referencing Koichi and Yukako being together, which didn't happen yet in the corresponding manga chapters.
- Added lines of dialogue between Josuke and Okuyasu about the sauce in their food when Kira is trying to get the sandwich bag.
- Kira putting on gloves to hide his fingerprints while in the gymnasium is removed.
- Removed Kira checking if anyone could see him before releasing Killer Queen.
In other languages
| Language | Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
吉良吉影は静かに暮らしたい その1 | Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 |
 English |
Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 | |
 Spanish |
Yoshikage Kira quiere una vida tranquila - Primera Parte | Yoshikage Kira Wants a Quiet Life - Part 1 |
 Portuguese |
Yoshikage Kira Quer Uma Vida Tranquila - Parte 1 | Yoshikage Kira Wants a Quiet Life - Part 1 |
 French |
Yoshikage Kira veut vivre paisiblement, Partie 1 | Yoshikage Kira Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 |
 German |
Yoshikage Kira will seine Ruhe haben – Teil 1 | Yoshikage Kira Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 |
 Hebrew |
יושיקאגה קירה פשוט רוצה לחיות בשקט, חלק 1 | Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 |
 Arabic |
يريد يوشيكاغي كيرا أن يعيش بهدوء فحسب الجزء 1 | Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 |
 Italian |
Yoshikage Kira vuole vivere tranquillo, Parte 1 | Yoshikage Kira Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 |
 Polish |
Yoshikage Kira chce tylko żyć w spokoju: część 1 | Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live in Peace: part 1 |
Commentary
Since this episode was mainly scenes about day-to-day life, our animation director, an expert in action scenes, had a lot of trouble with it. I thought it would be easy since there wasn’t any fight, but on the contrary, handling natural day-to-day movements can be difficult.
Part of the episode happens in the storage room of a high school’s gym. We made sure to reproduce every detail as close as possible to real life paraphernalia one could find in such a place.
