November Rain (ノーヴェンバー・レイン（11月の雨）, Nōvenbā Rein) is the Stand of Jodio Joestar, featured in the ninth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, The JOJOLands.
It has the ability to summon rain showers that Jodio can selectively make crushingly heavy.
Appearance
November Rain has a humanoid head and broad torso attached to a downward-pointing cone. Its face and neck are heavily creased with lines converging in the center of its face. It has a light, concave plate of armor covering the center of its face and neck, serrated at the top of its head. The armor is curved inward at its eyes and neck to leave them exposed, giving November Rain an angry expression. The armor also has a slit on each side below its eyes, small holes beneath the slits near its chin, and a single hole on its forehead. Oval-shaped armor covers each side of its head, split into three pieces. The irises of its eyes are split by vertical lines.
November Rain's torso is plain, but feather-like appendages project from the cone at its stomach. The cone itself is grooved horizontally, splitting it into four parts. It bears two congruent triangles connected to each other that are split between a dark and bright half, matching the symbol on Jodio's outfit.
Finally, November Rain possesses four long thin legs, with two emerging from the front out of its shoulders, and the other two from its back. Each leg is articulated with ball joints, and its front legs are thicker than the back.
Color Schemes
Abilities
Rain Generation
November Rain is able to produce localized rain showers within a radius of 3 meters of Jodio's body and a height of 4 meters; any supernatural properties held by the raindrops are lost upon contact with the surface of a body of water.[2] The rain usually falls parallel to Jodio's own head-to-toe axis, which he can take advantage of by changing the orientation of his body with respect to the ground; while ensnared upside down by Wild Cat Size's Stand Cat Size, he is able to swing his body such that he is perpendicular to the ground and then direct November Rain's to make it rain horizontally.[3]
November Rain is also not limited to the outdoors, as it can produce rain within localized areas such as the interior of a building[4] or a vehicle.[5] Jodio has also shown the ability to direct the path of a single raindrop, using it to attack a single instance of Bags Groove hiding in Dragona Joestar's right lung without harming Dragona at all.[6]
Heavy Rain
Jodio can alter the pressure exerted by the raindrops produced by November Rain, making them seem to be unnaturally heavy, as well as selectively choose what is affected by the increased pressure. Its concentrated downpours are able to non-lethally incapacitate a couple of Honolulu Police Officers attempting to harass Jodio and Dragona, while later leaving them unharmed;[7] pierce through a plastic evidence bag held by an undercover DEA Agent to destroy its contents while leaving her unharmed (while also destroying the surrounding police officers' shoes);[8] and soak through the carpet of Rohan Kishibe's Hawai'i villa and destroy the underlying concrete floor.[4] The rain can also be lethal, having the strength to pierce through flesh and bone.[9]
Jodio can also use this property defensively by creating a protective barrier around himself with a rainshower of dense raindrops; this has worked both on Cat Size's wires[10] and bullets controlled by Glory Days.[11]
The supernatural properties of the water produced by November Rain's also extend beyond its 3-meter radius; despite having deduced the Stand's range and keeping his distance from Jodio during their fight in the hospital restroom, Bobby Jean is killed when a drop of rainwater that had splattered onto the ceiling pierces through his skull.[9]
Chapters
Manga Appearances- The JOJOLands Chapter 1: Departure (1st appearance)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 2: South King Street
- The JOJOLands Chapter 3: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 1 (Ability only)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 4: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 5: "Rise Up"
- The JOJOLands Chapter 6: Hualalai - Cat Size, Part 1
- The JOJOLands Chapter 7: Hualalai - Cat Size, Part 2
- The JOJOLands Chapter 10: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 2
- The JOJOLands Chapter 11: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 3
- The JOJOLands Chapter 13: Joestar Brothers (Flashback)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 16: Lulu's Bags Groove, Part 1
- The JOJOLands Chapter 18: That Girl's Bags Groove, Part 3
- The JOJOLands Chapter 19: Glory Days, Part 1
- The JOJOLands Chapter 20: Glory Days, Part 2
Gallery
November Rain's first appearance
November Rain standing alongside its User
November Rain towering over unaware police officers
Shielding Jodio, Dragona, and Paco from wires
Shooting out rain horizontally toward a cat in front of it
November Rain used on the sea
Deflecting bullets from Glory Days with a barrier
TJL Chapter 11 Cover
TJL Chapter 19 Cover
TJL Chapter 20 Cover
"THE FOUNTAIN BOY" at Inogate Osaka
Trivia
- In the Ultra Jump release of the first to sixth chapters, the furigana for November Rain was spelled as ノーベンバー・レイン (Nōbenbā Rein) with the katakana be (ベ). As of the first volume and seventh chapter, it was corrected to ノーヴェンバー・レイン (Nōvenbā Rein) with the katakana digraph ve (ヴェ).
- November Rain was named by Dragona Joestar.[5]
References
- ↑ Departure Author Note
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 11: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 3
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 7: Hualalai - Cat Size, Part 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The JOJOLands Chapter 5: "Rise Up"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The JOJOLands Chapter 13: Joestar Brothers
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 16: Lulu's Bags Groove, Part 1
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 1: Departure
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 2: South King Street p.18-23
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The JOJOLands Chapter 20: Glory Days, Part 2
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 6: Hualalai - Cat Size, Part 1
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 19: Glory Days, Part 1