Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody (ボヘミアン・ラプソディー（自由人の狂想曲）, Bohemian Rapusodī, kanji lit. "Freeman's Rhapsody") is the Stand of Ungalo, featured in the sixth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stone Ocean.
Bohemian Rhapsody is a Stand ability that breaks the barrier between fiction and reality, drawing fictional characters into the real world and making people live out specific stories.
Personality
The characters brought to life are quite lively, from the jovial dwarfs to the murderous goats, and possess their own personalities. As the dwarfs mention being fans of The Terminator and Star Wars, the fictional characters seem to be aware of separate franchises.
Abilities
Bohemian Rhapsody is an extremely powerful Stand ability that can affect the entire world on a grand scale. The Stand's range and indirect nature render it impossible to defeat through conventional means, allowing the user to hide in safety and watch the world around them fall into chaos.[1]
Fiction Realization
Bohemian Rhapsody is able to bring fictional characters depicted in images into reality through media containing them.[2] The types of characters brought into reality range from cartoon and anime characters to works of art and drawings.[1] Any character brought to life will, in turn, disappear from the works they are featured in, from paintings and books to signs on the highway.[3][4] As the Stand draws power from the original artists' creativity and passion put into the works, the range of its ability is effectively infinite.[1]
Once a character is brought to life, they generally behave and act as they would within their own story. In addition, characters are made of the same material they came from, and can thus take advantage of their original form to avoid damage and move more easily.[4] However, characters can still be damaged by surprise attacks or fall victim to their original fates.[5][6]
Despite its tremendous power, Bohemian Rhapsody has a glaring flaw in that it indiscriminately brings any and all fiction to life. Thus, Weather Report manages to defeat Bohemian Rhapsody by creating a fictional character whose sole role in their story is to return all fictional characters to their original sources, effectively causing Bohemian Rhapsody to cancel itself. However, if a character happens to be destroyed in reality before this occurs (as Pinocchio is at Narciso Anasui's hands), they will not reappear within their source material.[5][6]
Story Superimposition
The true danger of Bohemian Rhapsody lies in its ability to force regular people to live out fictional stories. When someone recognizes a character they like, either consciously or subconsciously, their soul (along with their Stand, if applicable) is quietly and immediately separated from their body. Though the victim's body continues to consciously act as normal, their soul takes on the role of the character in question, adopting their appearance and being forced to live out their fate. According to Pinocchio, this occurs because people secretly wish to live out their fantasies.[5]
It is impossible to change the course of the story one finds themselves in.[6] The story will continue to progress regardless of the victim's willingness to participate in it, as fate itself will conspire to reenact its events. Attempting to run or hide from other characters in the story is equally futile, due to their ability to transform into their original material. The only way for a victim to restore their soul to their body and avert the story they are dragged into is to either destroy the original character (though this does not reunite the victim's body and soul in the anime) or defeat the Stand user himself.[5]
Characters Summoned by Bohemian Rhapsody
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Stone Ocean Chapter 103: Three Men Taken to the Hospital
- Stone Ocean Chapter 104: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 1
- Stone Ocean Chapter 105: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 2
- Stone Ocean Chapter 106: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 3
- Stone Ocean Chapter 107: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 4
- Stone Ocean Chapter 108: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 5
- Stone Ocean Chapter 109: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 6
- Stone Ocean Chapter 110: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 7 (Retired)
- Stone Ocean Chapter 112: Sky High, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
Anime Appearances- Stone Ocean Episode 25: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 1
- Stone Ocean Episode 26: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 2 (Retired)
Quotes
Quotes- “I'm a fan of the Terminator, specifically the T-2000 one. He's not on this truck, though. I like this guy, and Chewbacca. But you know, I'll always like Snow White the best!!!”
- “The Mother Goat got very angry!!! Upon finding the Big Bad Wolf, Mother Goat took out a pair of scissors, dragged out his innards, filled him with rocks and dumped him in the river.”
- “It's over. Just like how it should be. I'll live happily in your stead.”
Gallery
Bringing a pedestrian sign to life
Pinocchio grabbed by Diver Down
Pinocchio attacking Anasui with his nose
Diver Down tearing off Pinocchio's head
Pinocchio's "death"
The dwarfs trying to convince Anasui to eat an apple
The Wolf biting Anasui
The Wolf being "killed" by Diver Down
Anasui turning into the Big Bad Wolf, because "the Wolf is always the villain"
Anasui spitting out the goats
The Mother Goat appears
Venus being photographed
Ungalo realizing that Peter Pan and Tinker Bell have returned to their book
Van Gogh drawing Put Back
Put Back brought to life
Put Back returning all fictional characters to their own stories
SO Chapter 105 Cover
SO Chapter 106 Cover B
SO Chapter 107 Cover A
SO Chapter 108 Cover A
SO Chapter 108 Cover B
SO Chapter 109 Cover
SO Chapter 110 Cover A
Anasui transforming into the Big Bad Wolf from a fairy tale.
Aladdin & the Genie
Chara Heroes; Part 6 Vol.2
Bohemian Rhapsody (Adventure Battle Card)
Trivia
- Hirohiko Araki stated that he was only allowed to draw non-copyrighted characters that appear with Bohemian Rhapsody. He originally wanted to have Mickey Mouse fully appear, but his editorial department rejected it so he could only have the tail showing.[7]
- Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the few Stands in the anime that never received an eyecatch illustration displaying its Stand parameters. Other Stands that are missing an eyecatch illustration in the anime include Tenore Sax, Love Deluxe, Echoes ACT2, Achtung Baby, Ratt, Boy II Man, Burning Down the House, and Marilyn Manson.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 109: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 6
- ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 105: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 2
- ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 104: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 108: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 5
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Stone Ocean Chapter 106: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 3
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 110: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 7
- ↑ JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Bohemian Rhapsody
