Survivor
Survivor (サバイバー, Sabaibā) is the Stand granted to Guccio by Whitesnake, featured in the sixth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stone Ocean.
It appears as a group of small Stands that travel through water and increase the aggressiveness of anyone affected by their minute electrical signal. Out of all the Stands DIO knew, this one is said to be the weakest.
Appearance
Survivor appears as a small, round creature with a large face taking up most of its body. The face has two red eyes, a row of teeth with large fangs on each side, and indents lining the sides of its head. The face is surrounded by a ring, with tentacles connecting from the face to the ring.
Groups of Survivor also seem to vary in appearance, with some having thinner faces and others having squished features.
Color Schemes
Abilities
Survivor is an automatic and thus uncontrollable Stand that, unlike most Stands, simply creates general chaos by manipulating people around it. It crawls along the ground like a jellyfish and approaches its targets without being detected.[1] It doesn't have any real use besides causing mayhem somewhere in the hopes that its intended victims die.
Aggressiveness Stimulation
Survivor dramatically exacerbates the aggressiveness of those under its spell.[2]
Described by DIO as the "weakest" Stand,[3] Survivor enables a small electrical current to travel across wet surfaces and stimulate the human limbic system. The current is generated by someone's anger, travels through the nervous system into the ground, and the electricity turns into Survivor itself.[4] Survivor can only affect people across wet grounds, but when it does, it transfers the current into the victims' nervous systems. This increases an individual's anger, competitiveness, and fighting spirit.[3] The current has only a tiny electric potential of 0.07 Volts and could almost be considered negligible if not for its effect on the brain.
Any feeling of aggressiveness will be significantly multiplied to the point those affected by Survivor will fight each other with reckless abandon. For instance, Sonny Likir, a prison guard, punched his comrade so hard that he not only tore away part of Viviano Westwood's flesh but also exposed his knuckles due to the severity of the punch.[2] Afterward, the victims may even actively seek confrontation regardless of the consequence, such as a prison guard releasing all the prisoners of the isolation ward to fight them.[5] Since Guccio already had the ability to irritate others and make fights erupt around him before getting Survivor, he is unaffected by the Stand's ability.
Survivor indirectly increases the fighting prowess of its victims, as they ignore pain and fear and are focused on fighting and hurting their opponents, making them capable of otherwise inhuman feats and able to simply counterattack as they are attacked.[5][6] Additionally, those under the influence of Survivor are granted the ability to visualize the enemy's muscles, seeing the strong points as shining stars[2] while the weak points are blackened.[6]
History
Background
In 1982, in the Lorraine region of France, six people went on a hiking trip in the mountains and had gotten lost. All six were eventually found dead, their bodies showing signs of intense struggle amongst themselves. After looking into the matter, DIO discovered that the night before their deaths, the hikers stayed in a mountain lodge and quarreled with its owner over his body odor. As a result of his anger, the lodge's owner's Stand ability was triggered, causing the hikers to massacre each other the following morning. After DIO told Enrico Pucci about the Stand, Pucci decided to extract the DISC from its original owner.[3]
Stone Ocean
Pucci inserts the DISC containing Survivor into the prisoner Guccio.[7] Whitesnake orders Guccio to get into the Ultra Security House Unit, so that Survivor would take effect and cause mayhem in hopes of killing Jolyne Cujoh.[2] Narciso Anasui eventually kills Guccio, disabling the Stand.[7]
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Stone Ocean Chapter 60: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 1
- Stone Ocean Chapter 61: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 2
- Stone Ocean Chapter 62: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 3
- Stone Ocean Chapter 63: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 4
- Stone Ocean Chapter 64: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 5
- Stone Ocean Chapter 65: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 6
- Stone Ocean Chapter 66: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 7
- Stone Ocean Chapter 68: Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 2 (Cover only)
- Stone Ocean Chapter 78: Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 1
Anime Appearances- Stone Ocean Episode 15: Ultra Security House Unit
- Stone Ocean Episode 16: The Secret of Guard Westwood
- Stone Ocean Episode 17: Enter the Dragon's Dream (Ability only)
- Stone Ocean Episode 19: Birth of the "Green" (Death)
- Stone Ocean Episode 20: F.F. - The Witness (Mentioned only)
Gallery
The "weakest" Stand making mountain hikers fight each other
Survivor manipulates those around it
Jolyne is affected by Survivor
Viviano Westwood under the effects of Survivor
Despite wearing his body out, Westwood focuses on fighting
Survivor's Stats
SO Chapter 68 Cover B
The "weakest" Stand making mountain hikers fight each other
Survivor manipulates those around it
Jolyne is affected by Survivor
Viviano Westwood under the effects of Survivor
Despite wearing his body out, Westwood focuses on fighting
Survivor's Stand eye catch
Chara Heroes; Part 6 Vol.2
Adventure Battle Card; Survivor
Trivia
- Araki recounts that the presence of numerous Stands in Part 6 that attack psychologically, such as Survivor, was because he was writing a prison story.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Survivor
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Stone Ocean Chapter 60: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 61: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 2
- ↑ JOJOVELLER Stand book
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 62: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 3
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 63: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 4
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 78: Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 1
