Golden Wind - Episode 23
Clash and Talking Head (クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド, Kurasshu to Tōkingu Heddo)[1] is the twenty third episode of Golden Wind and the one hundred thirty sixth episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. The episode covers from Chapter 528 to Chapter 531 of the original manga.
The fight against Tizzano and Squalo. Giorno has been taken away by Clash and Talking Head prevents Narancia from warning his allies. Somehow, Narancia must find a way to save Giorno before Clash kills him.
Summary
Tizzano and Squalo's ambush on Team Bucciarati continues. Thanks to Talking Head, which has forced Narancia to lie and lure Giorno into the bathrooms, Clash was able to appear from a puddle and bite at Giorno's throat.
Narancia summons Aerosmith and tries to shoot, but Clash can teleport faster than the bullets. Nonetheless, Tizzano warns his partner that Aerosmith can detect CO2 coming from Giorno; thus he must completely stop Giorno from breathing. Clash effortlessly evades Aerosmith's shots and baits Narancia into shooting into Giorno and one of the toilets, freeing Clash to head for the sewers. Narancia angrily shouts that he's lost track of the enemy, but Tizzano understands that Narancia means that he's still following Clash. Giorno deliberately let himself get shot by Narancia; the tracer bullets embedded in him are emitting CO2 for Aerosmith. This time, the miniature plane Stand shoots true, managing to wound Clash and force him back to the surface in one of the restaurant's aquariums.
While Bucciarati, Abbacchio, and Mista are still following Moody Blues's replay (stuck since Moody Blues cannot replay a teleportation), Narancia steps into the dining room of the restaurant. Now at a disadvantage with the CO2 coming from Giorno, Squalo tries to warp Clash between bodies of water in the restaurant; however, his injuries have slowed his Stand's movements. Aerosmith lands several more shots as Clash flees to the kitchen, eventually cornering the shark-like Stand near a stove just as Giorno completely stops breathing. Despite his wounds, Squalo taunts Narancia through his Stand; the stove is now leaking gas that would cause an explosion if Aerosmith fires its guns. However, Narancia is unimpressed and sends Aerosmith to ram Clash head-on, cutting the enemy with its propeller before hurling it into a corner of the room.
Narancia loudly declares his victory and calls for his teammates, only to be surprised that he actually said what he was thinking. Tizzano has momentarily deactivated Talking Head's ability, allowing Narancia's shout to lure the rest of the team into the kitchen. Narancia realizes that Mista is about to shoot Clash and tries to warn him about the gas, but Talking Head reactivates and forces Narancia to encourage him instead. When Mista shoots, the gas explodes and throws everyone away, causing a blaze that saturates Narancia's radar. Having been freed from Clash's jaws, Giorno uses his last breath to tell Narancia to chase the user instead of the Stand, giving him a brooch before Clash returns and makes him disappear. It proceeds to attack Team Bucciarati using the puddles of water around the kitchen; with Narancia forced to misdirect them, Mista and Abbacchio are wounded by their assailant. Realizing that he must deal with the enemy on his own, Narancia goes into the street to hunt his foes.
Meanwhile, Squalo and Tizzano have descended from the rooftops, with the former wearing a cloak to hide his serious injuries. Seeing Narancia going in their direction, Squalo fears that their enemy is searching for the ragged breathing of an injured person; Tizzano points out that the many people in the surrounding crowd will throw Narancia off. He points out that Narancia keeps shouting that he's found the enemy; since Talking Head is still active, that must mean that he's lying. Suddenly, the pair see that Narancia is holding his own cut-off tongue at the tip of his knife, using Giorno's transformed brooch as a replacement tongue.
Tizzano barely has time to curse Giorno's resourcefulness before Narancia addresses him directly; aware of the sheer number of signals on Aerosmith's radar, he was waiting for someone's breathing to change drastically when they saw him cut out his own tongue. He correctly guessed that the only thing that would cause such a reaction was if the person was the user of the Stand that was messing with his speech; therefore, the person beside Tizzano must be Clash's user. With their cover blown, Tizzano tells Squalo to recall Clash; however, there's no liquid close enough for the Stand to ambush Narancia from.
Free to attack, Narancia has Aerosmith shoot at Squalo, but Tizzano shields him with his own body, collapsing in his partner's arms and splashing Narancia with his blood. With his last breaths, he weakly encourages Squalo to continue the mission, certain that they can still succeed despite things not going according to plan. Enraged by Tizzano's demise, Squalo vows revenge on all of Team Bucciarati - at his orders, Clash bursts out of the blood on Narancia's face and tears into his throat. Undeterred, Narancia sends Aerosmith to push Squalo high into the air, announcing that his entire team will make it out of Venice alive before having his Stand fill its target with bullets. With a final cry of "Volare Via", Clash goes flying out of Narancia as its user plummets to the ground, impotently wondering how the rogue Passione members still have hope before he joins Tizzano in death.
As the onlookers react to the carnage, Narancia recalls Aerosmith and sees Giorno appear by a well in the square. Relieved to see that his ally is still breathing, Narancia internally acknowledges how inspiring and helpful Giorno was during the battle, considering him a major asset to the team.
With their enemies defeated and their wounds healed, Team Bucciarati uses their small window of opportunity to leave Venice and head to an airport. Their next stop is Sardinia.
Appearances
Credits
宝谷 幸稔
Mihoko Ogawa
Fujio Oda
Tomoko Kitagawa
Kazuki Kimura
Yasuhiro Saiki
Kanta Suzuki
Daisuke Takemoto
Takenori Tsukuma
Kazuyo Nakamura
Takashi Hirabayashi
Shingo Fujisaki
Naoki Hiramura
Mitsu Ko
Yukiko Watabe
大川 美穂子
小田 不二夫
北川 知子
木村 和貴
才木 康寛
鈴木 勘太
武本 大介
津熊 健徳
村 和代
平林 孝
藤崎 真吾
平村 直紀
蜜 子
渡部 由紀子
Masako Ishino
Masaki Takasaka
Mahora Muraki
Yuta Shinohara
Sayaka Anesaki
Takeshi Sakashita
Nana Yamazaki
Mizuki Miyata
Ai Nonaka
Kyoko Nishimura
Kai Saito
Animation Planet
Felix Film
Snow Light Staff
Nakamura Production
Studio Giants
Anitus Kōbe
Tokyo Animator Gakuin
Staro Japan
Art Base Bam
RIC
White Line
Triple A
石野 まさ子
高阪 雅基
村木 麻保良
篠原 佑太
姉崎 早也花
坂下 岳
山崎 菜奈
宮田 瑞生
野中 愛
西村 香子
齋藤 魁
アニメーションプラネット
Felix Film
スノーライトスタッフ
中村プロダクション
スタジオジャイアンツ
アニタス神戸
東京アニメーター学院
星律
アートベースバン
RIC
White Line
Triple A
Shun Takahashi
高橋 俊
David Production
Haruka Watanabe
Mito Ichikawa
Kazuya Aoki
渡邉 はるか
市河 碧都
青木 一哉
Vista
Studio Massket
Tap
Grain
Big Owl
Triple A
Seven Seas
Revaival
Studio CL
VISTA
STUDIO MASSKET
TAP
グレーン
Big Owl
Triple A
セブンシーズ
Revaival
studio CL
姉崎 早也花
銀
火日 仲克
Masaki Kurube
軽部 匡哉
Tomoaki Makitera
牧寺 智昭
鬼窪 浩久
Music
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Manga/Anime Differences
- The scene showing Narancia falsely reassuring his teammates from the bathroom is omitted.
- While conversing on the roof, Tizzano touching Squalo's chest is added.
- After shooting the pot of water, Narancia saying that Giorno will survive as long as he's given first aid has been removed.
- Tizzano telling Squalo not to let go of Giorno even if it slows down his warping has been removed.
- After Talking Head releases Narancia's tongue, Mista acknowledging that the enemy can teleport between bodies of water has been removed.
- Bucciarati asking Narancia where he's going after Narancia runs out of the restaurant has been removed.
- Tizzano losing conciousness is now directly shown. Originally, the panels only showed before and after.
- When leaving Venice, Bucciarati deciding to go by plane because the gang will likely come after them by car or train has been removed. He now states they will travel by plane without a justification.
In other languages
| Language | Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド | Clash and Talking Head |
 English |
Crush and Talking Mouth | |
 Spanish |
Crush y Talking Mouth | Crush and Talking Mouth |
 Portuguese |
Crush e Talking Mouth | Crush and Talking Mouth |
 French |
Crush et Talking Mouth | Crush and Talking Mouth |
 German |
Crush und Talking Mouth | Crush and Talking Mouth |
 Hebrew |
'קראש וטוקינג מאות | Crush and Talking Mouth |
 Arabic |
كلاش وتوكينغ هيد | Crush and Talking Mouth |
 Italian |
Crush e Talking Mouth | Crush and Talking Mouth |
 Russian |
Клэш и Токинг Хед | Clash and Talking Head |
 Polish |
Miazga i Gadające Usta | Pulp and Talking Mouth |
Commentary
Coordinator Takahashi was elated to be responsible for two of Narancia's main battle episodes, the other being episode eleven. He worked fervently on Squalo and Tizzano's charm and Narancia's “vola vola” scene. “Since this is the only time we get to see Narancia's vola vola, I knew the fans were also excited.”
2. Squalo and Tizzano's Charm
Takahashi personally asked the animators to put effort into the shot where Tizzano trails his fingers down Squalo's chest. It was also used for the sponsor screen, which made him happy, but also made him laugh. The shot for the sponsor screen is chosen during video editing, so Takahashi muses, "Someone on that team must really love these two!"
3. The Death of Tiziano
Tizzano's death scene is one Takahashi recommends watching over and over. “The animators, and the animation director in particular, worked their butts off to create this scene. I think it's just as beautiful as his death in the manga?
4. "Volare Via"
Narancia's signature phrase is voiced quietly and full of power by Daiki Yamashita. Takahashi has only praise for his performance: "Because of the previous games, I had envisioned him shouting this line, but he drew from the manga, which was wonderful. Watching this scene as a fan, I truly thought it turned out amazing.”Gallery
Talking Head Eyecatch
