The Final Ripple! (最後の波紋!, Saigo no Hamon!)[1] is the ninth episode of season one of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. It is also the ninth and final episode of Phantom Blood. It covers the second half of Chapter 41 through Chapter 44 of the manga.
Jonathan is victorious against Dio, who is reduced to a head. Months later, Jonathan marries Erina Pendleton and goes on a cruise with his bride. However, Dio returns and plans on stealing Jonathan's body.
Summary
As Dio falls following his battle with Jonathan, he decapitates himself before the Ripple reaches his head, which is recovered by his zombie servant Wang Chan.
The narration then explains the aftermath of the battle of Windknight's Lot. Dozens of people were declared missing by the authorities and it is reported that a group of men were seen destroying clothings and a Stone Mask. Speedwagon, who has smashed the mask himself, declares victory.
Months later, Jonathan marries Erina and they head off on a honeymoon to America on a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean. As they are seen off by every person they have met on their journey, a suspicious ornate and surprisingly long chest is loaded into the cruise ship Jonathan and Erina board. Nonetheless, everyone says good bye to the couple.
As Jonathan and Erina enjoy their cruise, Jonathan discovers that Wang Chan has sneaked aboard and suspects that Dio is still alive. In the haul of the ship, Jonathan meets with Dio's disembodied head. The Vampire acknowledges JoJo's valor and thus has decided to steal his body, the only one worthy of being his host. Erina arrives on the scene just as Jonathan receives a near-fatal attack to his neck, which prevents him from breathing. Meanwhile, the ship starts to run amok with zombies after Wang Chan has spread the infection. Using the last Ripple energy he has, Jonathan manages to decapitate an overconfident Wang Chan, forcing his body to obstruct a piece of the cruise ship's mechanism, setting the ship on a path to explode.
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As Erina resolves to die by Jonathan's side, Jonathan tells her to live on so she can protect a baby whose mother was killed. As the ship starts to explode, Dio makes a last ditch attempt to take Jonathan's body, but Jonathan stops him, passing away with Dio's head in his arms whilst Erina and the baby hide in Dio's bomb-proof coffin to protect them from the explosion. Erina is eventually rescued near the Canary Islands a day later and vows to pass on the truth of what happened on that night, starting with the child she conceived with Jonathan before his untimely death.
The scene then changes to an ancient ruin in the jungles of Mexico, where a humanoid figure encased in stone is shown to be lightly breathing.
Appearances
Credits
宝谷 幸稔
村司 晃英
Shin Hyung Woo
Koji Maruoka
Miyuki Nakayama
Yukiko Watabe
Shinpei Koikawa
Shunichi Ishimoto
Manabu Akita
Gakushi Maeda
Yoshio Usuda
Kazunori Minagawa
Kazuhiko Shibuya
Yumiko Ishii
Masahiko Komino
Hiroshi Tatezaki
Tetsuya Masuda
Kodai Kitahara
Yoko Iizuka
Yoshinobu Ando
Yasufumi Soejima
丸岡 功治
中山 みゆき
渡部 由紀子
鯉川 慎平
石本 峻一
秋田 学
前田 学史
臼田 美夫
皆川 一徳
渋谷 一彦
石井 ゆみこ
小美野 雅彦
舘崎 大
増田 哲弥
北原 広大
飯塚 葉子
安藤 義信
ソエジマ ヤスフミ
村司 晃英
町田 真一
光定 レイジ
西村 彩
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju
White Line
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Yung
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Young
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung
赤間 紗枝
大川 貴大
菊井 きらら
西村 彩
Naoyuki Seki
Hiroka Fujita
関 直幸
藤田 広香
Wong Wai
王 偉
工藤 かよ
Puavaranukroh Taweeporn
Music
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Manga/Anime Differences
- A scene of Jonathan and Erina's honeymoon setting sail while Jonathan's friends celebrate is added.
- Father Styx's flashback to him being given orders to a missionary trip in Mexico are cut; instead, his superiors give him the orders in person before boarding the ship.
- A few scenes depicting the vampiric infection onboard the ship are added.
- An extra scene showing the mother protecting her baby before dying is added.
- A scene foreshadowing Part 2 is added, of a man encased in stone somewhere in a Mexican jungle.
In other languages
| Language | Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
最後の波紋！ | The Final Ripple! |
 Chinese |
最後的波紋！ | The Final Ripple! |
 English |
The Final Ripple! | |
 Spanish |
¡El último Hamon! | The last Hamon! |
 Portuguese |
O Último Hamon (Crunchyroll) A Última Onda (Netflix) A Última Onda! (Netflix's subtitles) |
The Last Hamon The Last Wave The Last Wave! |
 French |
La dernière onde ! | The last wave! |
 German |
Das letzte Hamon | The last Hamon |
 Hebrew |
האדווה האחרונה | The Last Ripple |
 Arabic |
الهامون الأخير ! | The last Hamon! |
 Italian |
L'ultima Onda! | The last Wave! |
 Czech |
Konečná vlna! | The Final wave! |
 Danish |
Den sidste krusning! | The last ripple! |
 Polish |
Finałowa fala! | The Final wave! |
Commentary
CommentaryErina is one of JoJo's rare female characters. Her face is always somewhat different from one episode to another, but she's always ravishing (laughs).
I will note the last scene where Erina holds Lisa Lisa in her arms. It's the perfect link between the violent struggle that just ended, and a vision focused on the future. The farewell between Erina and Jonathan are especially moving. Kazuyuki Okitsu, Jonathan's voice actor, even shed a tear during the recording. It's even more poignant since a few scenes earlier, they were peacefully sailing as a couple.Gallery
Trivia
- A newspaper is shown during the narration detailing the aftermath of Jonathan's battle against Dio in Windknight's Lot. While the first part of the newspaper is a credible article reporting on the events of the story in English, another shown article is in fact a real-life article named "On Blackwall Pier" lifted from the newspapers East London Observer.[2]
- Despite the official English localization of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure referring to the Ripple as "Hamon," this episode is still titled "The Final Ripple," in all English-language versions of the show.
