Jack the Ripper (切り裂きジャック, Kirisaki Jakku) is a tertiary antagonist featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood.
Jack is a serial killer who encounters Dio Brando and is transformed into a zombie to fight Jonathan and his allies.
Appearance
Jack the Ripper was an adult man of average height and muscular build. He possesses a regular haircut and a full short beard.
First seen with a full suit, he would go bare-chested when transformed into a zombie and hide a number of daggers in his body.
Color Schemes
Personality
Above all else, Jack the Ripper detests women who are enjoying themselves. As such, he takes immense pleasure in his murders of unarmed victims, cutting out their organs with a scalpel and hanging them on nearby walls. However, Jack is also meticulous in his actions, using a gentlemanly facade to seduce his victims until he can safely perform the deed. Unexpected hinderances have been shown to unsettle the killer, and his murderous tendencies can easily be turned toward witnesses to his heinous actions if need be, as seen when he attempts to kill Dio Brando.[2]
As a zombie, Jack's already-disturbed personality becomes even crueler. Rather than murder itself, the zombified Jack now takes pride in his victims' fear and despair, to the extent that he is willing to harm himself without hesitation to invoke it. Jack's instrument of choice remains the scalpel, though he is quick to improvise with other sharp weapons. He also retains his former cunning, and is capable of using his surroundings to isolate and terrify his victims.[4] Even after being seriously injured by Will Anthonio Zeppeli's Ripple energy, his outburst of anger does not prevent him from devising a plan to further separate his victims.[5] At Dio's command, however, Jack is capable of restraining his violent desires long enough to provide his master with fresh blood.[6]
Abilities
After being turned into a zombie, Jack becomes even more brutal than he was as a human. The zombified Jack is not only unable to feel pain, but also has incredible speed: he is shown to be able to kill a man, decapitate two horses, and hide inside the body of one horse in a matter of seconds.
Jack uses his immunity to pain to his advantage by inserting sub-dermal scalpels into his body. Once the scalpels are buried in his body, Jack is able to expel them via muscle contraction, shooting the knives over great distances with pinpoint accuracy.
While hiding in a secret labyrinth, Jack comes across and modifies a medieval torture device. With his strength as a zombie, Jack uses this modified device as a pincer, using its spikes to tear foes and even solid pillars apart.
History
Phantom Blood
After killing his final victim as a human, Jack was approached by a then-incapacitated Dio Brando who saw the evil in the man's heart and decides to make him one of his zombie minions. Refusing at first, Jack accepted after a failed attempt to kill Dio.[2] (In the anime, Dio instead hypnotizes Jack to come forward so that the former could suck his blood to turn him into a loyal zombie servant.)
Later, he corners Jonathan Joestar, Robert E. O. Speedwagon and Will Anthonio Zeppeli in a tunnel on their way to Windknight's Lot, decapitating their coachman along with the horses as he hid in one of them. Once revealing himself, Jack proceeded to throw the coach wagon into the mouth of the tunnel to prevent Jonathan and his companions from escaping. Zeppeli, fighting Jack to prove a point about Ripple energy and courage, manages to wound the zombie as he escapes into a labyrinth hidden in the tunnel, intending to attack from the darkness. Zeppeli gives Jonathan the task to finish off Jack as his final test, giving the youth a wine glass to pinpoint Jack's location on the other side of a wall. In the dark tunnels, Jack acquires a giant pincer with which he intends to cut Jonathan. His first attack failed and Jonathan is forced to abandon his torch. JoJo finally understands that the glass of wine acts as a detector and eliminates Jack with a huge Overdrive, surging through the brick wall and melting Jack.
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Chapter 6: A Letter from the Past, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1
- Chapter 21: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 4
- Chapter 22: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5
- Chapter 23: Ripple Overdrive, Part 1 (Death)
- Chapter 24: Ripple Overdrive, Part 2 (Corpse only)
- Chapter 25: Ripple Overdrive, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 26: Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
Anime Appearances- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 2: A Letter from the Past (Flashback)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 4: Overdrive (Death)
Novel Appearances Live Action AppearancesQuotes
Quotes- “You've been playing too late, dirty harlot! (この夜遅くまで遊んでる堕落した女ガァーッ！！)”—Jack The Ripper, Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1
- “You are like mice trapped underwater... I will warm my pale flesh with your fresh blood! Prepare to despair, insects! (罠とともに水に沈められるネズミのように…青ざめた面にしてからおまえらの鮮血のあたたかさを あぁぁ味わってやる！絶望ォーに身をよじねィ虫けちどもォオオーッ！！)”—Jack The Ripper, Chapter 22: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5
Video Games
Phantom Blood (PS2)
Jack appears as the enemy faced in Chapters 09 and 10. His special move allows him to launch all the scalpels in his body at the opponent. In Chapter 10, Jack acquires a medieval torture device, which he uses to perform surprise attacks on the player. Jack is playable during some battles in Extra Battle Mode, and can be selected in 77 Rings Knights Mode, albeit without his torture device in either instance.
during damage
(LV0-3)- 77 Rings Knights Mode: Living Corpses
Stardust Shooters (Android/iOS)
Jack appears as one of several Part 1 characters to have a Medal Striker. His FINISH Move sees him using the torture device on the defeated opponent. If defeated, Jack's Medal Striker will drop a knife; if any other Medal Striker gets near it, they'll lose some health points.
Gallery
Jack murdering a woman
Jack enthralled by Dio
Jack as a zombie
Jack hiding in a horse
Jack's insanity in plain view
Jack's knives protruding out his body
Jack shooting his knives out
Jack disfigured by Will Anthonio Zeppeli
Jack ambushing Jonathan
Jack's death from Jonathan's Ripple
Chapter 6 Cover A
Chapter 22 Cover
Chapter 24 Cover
Jigsaw puzzle
Newspaper headline of Jack the Ripper (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Jack the Ripper holding a knife to a woman's throat (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Jack the Ripper Ejecting Knives From His Body
Jack finished off with a Ripple Punch by Jonathan (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Character poster
Program Guide
Jack the Ripper in the Phantom Blood PS2 game
Jack the Ripper's Render
Murdering a woman in the streets of Whitechapel
Deformed by Zeppeli's Sendo Wave Kick
Stardust Shooters; Muscle contracted scalpels!
Evil torture device!
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Chara Heroes; Part 1
Anime 10th Anniversary Exhibition Masking Tape
Adventure Battle Card; Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
Real Paint Sheet; Jack the Ripper
Crusade; Jack the Ripper
Trivia
- Jack's Japanese voice actor for the TV anime, Naomi Kusumi, would later go on to also voice Father Nijimura in the Diamond is Unbreakable TV anime. Also, Jack's English dub voice actor, Paul St. Peter, would later go on to also voice Wamuu in the Battle Tendency anime adaptation.
References
- ↑ Chapter 41: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 3 (No later than December 1st)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1
- ↑ Chapter 6: A Letter from the Past, Part 1
- ↑ Chapter 22: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5
- ↑ Chapter 23: Ripple Overdrive, Part 1
- ↑ Chapter 21: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 4