A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~ (ほんの少し昔の物語 ～ぼくの名はドッピオ～, Honno Sukoshi Mukashi no Monogatari ~Boku no Na wa Doppio~)[1] is the twenty sixth episode of Golden Wind and the one hundred thirty ninth episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. The episode covers from Chapter 541 to the first half Chapter 544 of the original manga with the first part of Chapter 569.
A flashback details the Boss's youth. Back to the present, the young Vinegar Doppio is dispatched to Sardinia on the Boss's order, and it becomes apparent that there is more to the teen than at first glance.
Summary
The story jumps back to the past, in 1965 in an all-female prison. Despite the fact that all the prisoners and guards were women, one of the inmates who was on her second year of prison inexplicably gave birth to a baby boy. The woman who gave birth claimed she had gotten pregnant 2 years prior, and that the baby's father was already dead. A priest from the mother's hometown kindly adopted the baby and raised him. The infant grew and came to be known as a cowardly and clumsy but well-meaning boy who wanted to become a Sailor. In 1985 when the boy was 19, he then met a young girl, Donatella. The priest then saw the couple having a date in the Costa Smeralda and decided to build a garage for his foster son. However, when he tried to dig inside his son's room, he found the young man's mother, who was buried beneath the floor, her mouth sewn shut but kept alive. But, the young boy surprised the priest. That night, the whole village burned to the ground, causing several casualties and disappearances; among the listed deaths were the priest and the boy.
Back to the present on the island of Sardinia; a random boy tries to catch a beetle but in pursuing it, strays into the road and in the path of a speeding truck. A peculiar teenager then dashes toward the kid, trying to save him. However, the boy gets out of the way while it is the youth who almost gets run over, getting his suitcase crushed in the incident. Lamenting his bad luck, he then meets a fortune teller having set up shop in an alley. The fortune teller gets interested in the teenager and asks to look for his fortune but the latter politely declines only for the fortune teller to try to prove his talent by claiming that the teenager is native of the island and that it has been a long time since his last stay. Although the teenager is skeptical about the fortune teller, the latter keeps guessing more details about his life, eventually claiming that he has a dark secret and that he somehow has a teenage daughter he seeks. Getting excited, the fortune teller harasses the teen to get him to show him his palm and even proposes to pay, startling him until the teen snaps.
Suddenly, losing control, the youth grabs the fortune teller by the throat and disturbingly grows into a grown man: the Boss himself. The Boss realizes that the fortune teller is not a Stand user, but his talent represents a potential danger for his identity. Although he sentences the fortune teller to death, he also gets him to divine Risotto Nero's whereabouts, to which the fortune teller tells him that he is close and will seek revenge. Satisfied, the Boss lets the fortune teller loses his mind and finishes him off with a lethal punch from King Crimson. Incidentally, the boy from earlier has partially witnessed the murder but thankfully, it is the youth go gets out of the alley, having forgotten the incident already. Taking a taxi to the Costa Smeralda; the teen incidentally comes close to Risotto Nero himself.
Arriving near the picturesque Costa Smeralda, the teenage boy is unfortunately victim of a scam from the driver's part, who eventually manhandles him to get more money from an envelope. Again the teen goes berserk and almost gouges out the driver's eye because said envelope contains a photo of Donatella Una. However, he then hears a "call" from the Boss, mistaking a decorative figure for a phone, and proceeds to talk to himself. The Boss dissuades his host, whose name is revealed to be Doppio, to cause more trouble than it's worth, letting the taxi driver flee, and then warns him that the enemy is already here: the assassin Risotto Nero can be seen up the rocky hills watching him.
Although the Boss warns Doppio that Risotto must be eliminated and that his powers are unknown, the teen proceeds to forget everything once the Boss hangs up. Trying to gather his items, Doppio suddenly notices Risotto Nero posing near him and throwing a knife at his feet. Startled, Doppio trips and crashes into a rock while Risotto has disappeared. When Risotto reappears, Doppio tries to play the part of a tourist, causing the assassin to carefully judge the situation and gauge Doppio's dangerousness. However, just before Risotto approaches to take his knife and enters King Crimson's lethal range, he then notices that Doppio is trying to hide an envelope from him and orders him to show it to him. Doppio successfully hides Donatella's photo beneath his shoe but makes the mistake of glancing over the direction of a distant rumbling noise. Risotto picks on the clue and sees that the teen could detect the noise that Aerosmith was causing, outing him as a Stand user. Risotto realizes that the teen represents a crucial mystery due to his status as one that the Boss trusts and his apparent wimpiness. When Doppio gets angry and starts to change, his metamorphosis is interrupted as a handful of razor blades appear in his stomach, forcing him to vomit them out before they kill him. Intrigued, Risotto Nero decides to execute the teen here and there.
Furious, Doppio runs at Risotto in order to get into range, but the assassin guesses that his Stand ability is short-ranged and makes nails appears in Doppio's cheek to stop him; Risotto then disappears among the rocks. The Boss thus calls Doppio, who grabs a frog and uses it as a phone. Telling his subordinate to get close to the assassin, he then reassures him and reminds him that he can wield a part of his King Crimson.
Appearances
Credits
Yuta Shinohara
Kentaro Ishikawa
Eita Toyoshima
Kensui Fusetsu
Nobuhiro Masuda
Furukawa
Naoki Chigira
Zhenghao Zhou
Tatsuya Urano
Ryusuke Morita
Hiroyuki Maki
Keiji Shigesawa
Akihiro Otake
Natsuko Suzuki
Mitsunori Yamaguchi
Junko Matsushita
Keita Watanabe
Setsuko Umino
Shigeki Awai
Geno Studio
篠原 佑太
石川 健太郎
豊島 英太
肩出 風切
増田 信博
古川 知希
千装 直樹
周 正浩
浦野 達也
森田 竜介
牧 寛之
繁澤 敬二
大竹 晃裕
鈴木 奈都子
山口 光紀
松下 純子
渡部 佳太
海野 節子
粟井 重紀
ジェノスタジオ
Haruka Tanaka
Takahiro Shikama
Yukitoshi Houtani
Yui Kinoshita
Masaki Kosaka
Akiko Toyoda
Sayaka Anesaki
Tomoyoshi Murayama
Masako Ishino
Yuta Shinohara
Rie Takahashi
Nao Kui
Kentaro Ishikawa
Eita Toyoshima
Kayoko Ezoe
Kazunori Shibata
Yu Fukuoka
Eiichi Morita
Mizuki Miyata
Masami Gohda
White Line
BNP
Anitus Kobe
Triple A
White Fox
田中 春香
鹿間 貴裕
宝谷 幸稔
木下 由衣
高坂 雅基
豊田 暁子
姉崎 早也花
村山 友良
石野 まさ子
篠原 佑太
高橋 梨恵
久井 菜央
石川 健太郎
豊島 英太
江副 加代子
柴田 和紀
福岡 優
森田 映一
宮田 瑞生
合田 真さ美
White Line
BNP
アニタス神戸
Triple A
WHITE FOX
Daiki Ito
伊東 大輝
David Production
Mito Ichikawa
Kyouka Hachiman
市河 碧都
八幡 匡耶
Grain
Trycell
Studio Elle
グレーン
TRYCELL
スタジオエル
姉崎 早也花
銀
火日 仲克
Natsuki Horimoto
堀本 夏生
Music
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Manga/Anime Differences
- The Boss's backstory, originally shown in Chapter 569, is extended and moved to a point earlier in the story.
- The Boss's date of birth was moved from 1967 to 1965.
- Added the Boss's mother giving birth to him. She had a flat stomach the day before and her prisoner ID is #696. The newborn baby has color shifting eyes.
- His meeting with Donatella is fleshed out. Donatella describes her interests, which match those stated by Trish Una and listed on her profile.
- The priest talking to the Boss about being a sailor and seeing him at Costa Smeralda are given their own scenes.
- When the priest encounters the body, the Boss appears behind and presumably attacks him.
- The Fortune Teller is holding a pack of tarot cards, but the Star card has been omitted.
- Doppio grabs a lightpost when dodging from the truck. In the manga, he tumbles backward out of the way.
- Changed yen currency into lira: 2,000¥, 1,000¥, 500¥, 10,000¥ and 48,400¥ respectively became 36,000₤, 20,000₤, 10,000₤, 100,000₤ and 800,000₤
- When Doppio refuses the fortune teller's offer, his line about not being able to read magazine horoscopes has been removed.
- The scene where the fortune teller tries to see Doppio's palm has been shortened.
- In the manga, Risotto is wearing dark lipstick in the photo Doppio shows to the fortune teller.
- After the fortune teller's death, Doppio vanishes from the scene and gets into a taxi instead of the child running away.
- Doppio mentioning to the taxi driver that his things break a lot and that he doesn't remember anything besides the truck and fortune teller has been removed.
- Risotto is seen watching a TV at a bar and learning of the plane crash, as mentioned on the title page of Chapter 554.
- The description of Costa Smeralda and its history is shortened.
- The scene where Doppio refuses to pay the rigged price of the taxi ride has been shortened.
- The taxi driver is shown throwing Doppio's luggage out of the car and driving away silently. Originally the driver leaves after saying a line in response to Doppio's strange behavior.
- In the scene where Doppio first sees Risotto, he recognizes Risotto and remembers the fortune teller predicting their meeting. Originally, Doppio does not recognize him and Diavolo tells him Risotto's name and comments that the fortune teller predicted this.
- After his first call with Diavolo, Doppio's exasperation over his money being stolen by the taxi driver is omitted.
- Doppio assuming Risotto is robbing him has been removed.
- Risotto noticing Doppio is likely a close-range power type is placed before he inserts razors into Doppio's stomach.
- Risotto mentioning he is curious to know who Doppio is has been moved later.
- Doppio's thought that he must approach Risotto rather than lure him in has been omitted.
- Risotto is shown dodging Doppio's punches. In the manga, he stays out of Doppio's range.
- The scene where Doppio searches for the frog phone is shortened. Originally, he shows more doubt that there is a phone ringing since his previous two were broken.
- Some lines from Doppio and Diavolo's conversation on the frog phone have been omitted.
In other languages
| Language | Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ほんの少し昔の物語 ～ぼくの名はドッピオ～ | A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~ |
 English |
A Little Story from the Past - My Name is Doppio | |
 Spanish |
Una pequeña historia del pasado. ~Me llamo Doppio~ | A Little Story from the Past. ~My Name is Doppio~ |
 Portuguese |
Um Pequeno Conto do Passado ~Meu Nome é Doppio~ | A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~ |
 French |
Une petite histoire du passé ~ Mon nom est Doppio ~ | A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~ |
 German |
Eine kleine Geschichte aus der Vergangenheit ~Mein Name ist Doppio~ | A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~ |
 Hebrew |
סיפור מן העבר: שמי דופיו | A Story from the Past: My Name is Doppio |
 Arabic |
~قصّة قصيرة من الماضي ~اسمي دوبيو | A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~ |
 Italian |
Una piccola storia dal passato ~Il mio nome è Doppio~ | A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~ |
 Russian |
Небольшая история из прошлого; «Меня зовут Доппио» | A Little Story from the Past; "My Name is Doppio" |
 Polish |
Krótka historia z przeszłości ~Nazywam się Doppio~ | A Little Story from the Past ~My Name is Doppio~ |
Commentary
Director Kamei reflects on various details about the scenes: “There were things that were never made clear in the manga that I had to interpret. After much thought, I decided he was born with both personalities between which he could switch freely. Doppio is pure and good, so his world is painted beautifully, but it's interspersed with madness. Considering Diavolo's twisted sense of love, the hair placed by his buried mother is intentional, like a talisman that means he's always by her side. If he was careless and left a single hair, it would just be hard to see. But with this, his twisted worldview is clear as day. Also, Doppio picks up the pickax that the priest puts down.
2. "Torurururururururururururururu"
Kamei was struck hearing Soma Saito's rendition of the ringtone and vowed to animate the shots with equal fervor. “I made sure the switch between his states were instantaneoushe's in a trance when he's voicing the ringtone, he's tense when he's searching for a phone. The taxi driver sort of speaks on behalf of the viewers, sensing his dangerous aura."
3. Risotto Appears
"We made Risotto look extra cool when he realizes that Doppio is a Stand user," notes Kamei. The storyboards laid out Risotto's pursuit and Doppio's increasing sense of crisis, interjected by super close-ups of Aerosmith. “To make sure the peak arrived at that close-up, I had the staff edit three frames at a time, and I also made many requests during sound mixing."