The Cairo informant (カイロの情報屋, Kairo no jōhōya) is a tertiary ally featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders.
He is a rich beggar living in Cairo, who helps out the Joestar Group in searching for DIO's Mansion.
Appearance
The informant is an Egyptian man of short statue. He has dark hair, facial hear, and wears clip-on sunglasses. The anime changes them to standard sunglasses. While in work as a beggar he puts on the robes and bandages his hand. Under them he's wearing a dark suit with horizontal stripes, a dotted tie and a fedora on his head.
Color Schemes
Personality
Malèna is portrayed as a kind, young woman who seems good with children based on how well she took care of Polnareff, despite his tantrums. She seemed genuinely distressed about his disappearance after she is freed from Sethan's de-aging ability.[1]
History
Stardust Crusaders (1989)
Malèna encounters a young Polnareff on the street after he sustains injuries from Alessi. Worried about him, she took him to her home to help him recover from his injuries. She bathed Polnareff, which made him feel "lucky", despite not being the age to understand such desires.
She was turned into a fetus by Alessi's Stand Sethan. Because she wasn't connected to a womb, Polnareff had to defeat Alessi before Malèna died. He managed to beat him in time but lost one of his earrings in her house in the process.
After Alessi's defeat, Malèna, who reverted to her original form (along with Jotaro and Polnareff), woke up naked with only a towel. She went to search for the child and saw Polnareff, whom she did not recognize. She asked him if he saw the boy. In an out of character moment, rather than using the opportunity to flirt with her as he had done with other women in the past, Polnareff instead denied seeing the boy, showing that he was not just a womanizer, and that her kindness towards him, an unknown person, caused him to really care for her. He then turned away and asked Jotaro to not tell anyone about his actions. The woman felt that this man could have been the child, as they had the same earring.
Chapters / Episodes
- Chapter 222: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1 (Death)
- Chapter 223: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 2 (Corpse only)
- Chapter 225: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 4 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 227: D'Arby the Player, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 38: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1 (Death)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 39: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
Gallery
Quotes
- “I don't speak! That's my technique! I'm a mute beggar!”—Chapter 222: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1
- “Tsk. You guys hurt my pride. I wonder if I'll make more money if I disguise myself as a foreign beggar? Maybe I'll do that from now on”—Chapter 222: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1
- “Enough work for today. I'll find this mansion in three hours. Wait right there.”—Chapter 222: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1
- “It's a definite match. That's the place. I found it in two hours. There's nothing I can't find in this city.”—Chapter 222: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1
References
- ↑ Chapter 209: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 5