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The character featured in this article may also be referred to as "Narciso Anastasia".
For a similarly named character, see Part 6 SpoilersAnakiss
“
I love you... I've been dying to come here for you... (愛してるぜ……ここに来るのがとても楽しみだった……)
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SPOILER WARNING: Part 6 spoiler details may follow.

Narciso Anasui (ナルシソ・アナスイ, Narushiso Anasui) is a primary ally featured in the sixth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stone Ocean.

A convicted murderer who serves his prison sentence in Green Dolphin Street Prison, Anasui falls in love with Jolyne Cujoh and decides to help her with defeating Enrico Pucci. He is a Stand user who wields the restructuring Diver Down in battle.

Appearance

Anasui Appearance Anime.png

Anasui is a man of above-average height and medium to athletic build, bearing an androgynous appearance with long flowing hair and feminine clothing in most of his depictions. He is always seen with a flat horned studded hat, and his main attire is centered around a form-fitting mesh piece.

The piece consists of a studded leather back and a mesh front and sleeves. The mesh is comprised of diagonal stripes that resemble a fishnet pattern with extremely large gaps between the clothing lines, exposing most of Anasui's chest. It is accompanied by a waist skirt with a thick studded belt, and thigh high boots that seamlessly meld into Anasui's underwear via the same fishnet pattern. The sleeves also end in wristbands. In addition, Anasui wears three large footprint decorations which are placed on the center of his waist skirt, abdomen, and chest. These decorations also serve as pockets.[7]

In his first appearance, Anasui was first depicted with far more androgynous, feminine features, along with short hair and bangles around the neck. In the anime, this was not the case, and he appeared consistently throughout the part.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Colored MangaAnimeAll-Star BattleEyes of Heaven
Skin(Fair, pink lipstick)
Hair(Pink)
Eyes(Purple)
Hat
(Dark purple with golden and silver accessories)
Outfit
(Purple vest with blue fishnets and pink shoe prints, magenta arm warmers, white belt and boots, brown skirt.)
Skin(Fair, pink lipstick)
Hair(Pink)
Eyes(Magenta)
Hat(Purple with golden-yellow accessories.)
Outfit
(Brown vest and skirt with teal fishnets with magenta shoe prints, purple arm warmers, white boots.)
Skin(Fair, salmon lipstick)
Hair(Green)
Eyes(Yellow)
Hat(Magenta with golden accessories)
Outfit
(Magenta vest with green fishnets and salmon shoe prints, magenta arm warmers and skirt, salmon belt, green and salmon boots.)
Skin(Fair, blue lipstick)
Hair(Aqua Blue)
Eyes(Yellow)
Hat(Navy blue with gold accessories)
Outfit
(Dark blue vest with yellow fishnets and white shoe prints, blue arm warmers and skirt, yellow belt, white boots.)

Personality

Anasui's only goal is to protect Jolyne

A significant aspect of Anasui's character is his intense devotion to Jolyne. Falling in love with her at first sight,[8] he admires her focus and determination,[9][10] which he claims inspire him and give him hope for his future.[11][12] Viewing himself as Jolyne's protector, Anasui strives to earn her love and trust, declaring his intent to protect her at all costs so they can eventually get married.[8] He believes that he can protect her better than Jotaro Kujo or Weather Report,[10] and frequently uses his Stand ability to shield Jolyne, such as absorbing C-MOON's gravity inversion to give her time to strike back.[13] His desire to become Jolyne's protector can be overzealous at times, such as when he instructs F.F. to make Jolyne trip just so he could catch her.[14]

Anasui declares his love to Jolyne

Anasui exhibits boldness and confidence in his pursuit of Jolyne's affection. He openly confesses his love for her upon meeting her,[15] even slipping an expensive ring on her finger as an indirect proposal.[16] He describes his love for Jolyne as a form of 'purification'[17] and suggests he 'used to be dead' before meeting her.[18] His actions occasionally blur personal boundaries, such as nibbling a flower from her face,[19] or assuming she reciprocates his feelings when interpreting her warnings about Yo-Yo Ma as a kiss attempt.[20] Nonetheless, Anasui values the importance of gaining approval from both Jotaro and Jolyne. He seeks Jotaro's permission to marry Jolyne, divulging that the pure heart and determination she inherited from Jotaro shines a light on the darkness of his 'heart that may collapse at any moment.' Respecting Jotaro's decision, he remains silent when Jotaro tacitly refuses by pulling her to his side.[12] He also acknowledges that Jolyne might not easily return his feelings,[12] revealing some insecurity about their future.[21]

Anasui agrees with the newspapers calling him a murderer

Anasui's psychological evaluation showed no signs of mental illness, but Emporio describes him as someone who might act unpredictably if not kept calm by Weather Report.[22] Anasui had a compulsion to take anything apart since he was a child, including toys, phones, clocks, and his neighbor's Porsche.[8] Upon discovering his girlfriend with another man, he disassembled them to pieces so that they could never be together again.[8] Later, Anasui agrees with the newspapers' claims of him being a vicious murderer.[18] Though not frequently shown acting violently, Anasui demonstrates brutality by modifying enemies in disturbing ways, like turning Kenzou's legs into springs[23] and transforming Guccio's torso into a trap with his ribs.[24] He is quick to try killing those he considers an enemy, demonstrated when he smashes Yo-Yo Ma's head with Diver Down,[25] and destroys Pinocchio out of suspicion.[26] He also senses evil in the Green Baby and expresses intent to kill it,[27] but seeks Jolyne and Weather's consent first before attacking it, proving that he can show restraint and cares for the opinions of those he respects.[11]

Emporio initially describes Anasui as someone disinclined to help others.[28] Anasui admits he wouldn't sacrifice himself for his parents like he would for Jolyne, since he never felt anything for them.[18] He prioritizes protecting Jolyne over forming strong bonds with his allies. He treats his promise with F.F. as a commitment and presses her on multiple occasions to help him win Jolyne's favor, referring to her as 'lowly plankton' if she doesn't cooperate.[11] He also appears uncomfortable with Jolyne's closeness to Weather Report upon seeing them hug,[11] and later tells Weather that he only accompanied him outside in the hopes that Weather would lead him to Jolyne.[29] Although Anasui's comments can come across as harsh or indifferent about the fate of his allies, he tends to have some reasoning for doing so. For instance, he tells Jolyne that he'll only help during the battle against Kenzou after F.F. dies, but this aligns with F.F.'s prior request for him to protect Jolyne from the hidden enemy nearby rather than helping her fight.[30] Anasui is loyal and honors his promises, later pledging to help defeat Pucci to repay F.F. for saving his life.[29] After Ermes falls from C-MOON's gravity shift, Anasui tells Jolyne to forget about her because pursuing Pucci is more important, but still alleviates Jolyne's worries by having confidence in Ermes's persistence in getting back up.[10] When helping Emporio onto a handrail during the battle against C-MOON, Anasui urges him to climb and get away himself. Although he clarifies afterward that he's not there to give Emporio support but Jolyne instead,[31] he recognizes that Jolyne is in greater danger due to her directly fighting the Stand.

Anasui's optimistic plan motivates Jolyne and Jotaro

Anasui is observant and analytical, understanding aspects of the people around him and creating strategies in battles to support his allies. During the fight against Kenzou, he closely examines Kenzou's fighting style and advises Jolyne to do the same to understand the old man's strengths.[19] He deduces the power of Green, Green Grass of Home through experimentation[32] and sets up a potential trap for the Green Baby's Stand by rolling a bottle near the baby, gauging its behavior.[33] Despite blaming F.F. for getting tricked by Pucci, he recognizes the value F.F. places on intellect and, believing he is about to die, offers her both his mind and body so that Jotaro's DISC would be safe.[34] He relates to Weather Report and particularly respects him, expressing concern over Weather's reckless behavior after he gets his memories back and assaults a doctor.[35] Later, he offers a eulogy after Weather's death and empathizes with how Weather felt when he left prison, comforting Jolyne that his death wasn't her fault.[18] In the final battle against Pucci, he reacts quickly by jumping onto the space shuttle in an attempt to prevent Pucci's Stand from transforming.[36] He also advises Emporio on where to shoot[17] and devises a self-sacrificial plan to protect his allies, using Diver Down as a last line of defense while signaling Jotaro for the right moment to strike Pucci.[21]

Abilities

Stand

Main article: Diver Down

Diver Down is a close-range Stand with the main ability to imprint an attack on any surface and release it. It also is able to phase through solid materials and change the materials that make them up.

Diver Down (ダイバー・ダウン)Link to this section
DiverDownAv.png
Debut
SO Chapter 59 / SO Episode 15
Type
Close-Range, Artificial Humanoid
Ability
Energy Storage & Restructuring
PWR
A
SPD
A
RNG
E
STA
C
PRC
B
DEV
B

History

Background

Anasui as a troubled child

Born with a condition that compels him to disassemble anything he sees, Anasui had a troubled childhood. He meticulously took apart pocket watches, toys, and other items within his reach. At the age of ten, he was admitted to a psychiatric facility for six months after disassembling his neighbor's Porsche. One time, he even disassembled a high-voltage utility pole.[8]

Anasui at age 21 at his girlfriend's apartment

When Anasui was 21, he went over to his girlfriend's apartment early from work and found her in bed with another man. In response, he methodically disassembled both of their bodies on the spot, so that they could never be together again. Despite this, the psychiatric analysis conducted after his arrest showed that he was perfectly sane.[22] And so, he was sent to Green Dolphin Street Prison, where he would face a twelve-year sentence for first-degree murder.[8]

At some point, he would also eventually meet Weather Report and Emporio Alnino and discover his natural Stand ability, Diver Down.

Stone Ocean (2011-2012)

Ermes's Sticker

Anasui first appears in the ghost music room overhearing Emporio and Ermes Costello's conversation about investigating Whitesnake alongside Weather Report, but doesn't intervene.[37] In the anime, Anasui meets Jolyne at that point instead of Ermes. Emporio introduces him to her and he walks out of the room.[38]

At one point, he sees Jolyne and falls in love with her. Upon hearing that she had the guts to get herself sent to the Ultra Security House Unit for her father's sake, he starts liking her even more.[8]

His Name is Anasui

Anasui accepts to help F.F. to help Jolyne

Anasui doesn't get involved with Jolyne until F.F. comes to Emporio for help. Anasui agrees to become Jolyne's bodyguard out of his burning love for her and exits Emporio's ghost room. Using Diver Down, he opens a door by storing energy into it and releasing the energy as a kick upon two incoming guards.[8] He drags one of the guards to an iris scanner, using the guard's eye to grant him access to an elevator. He scales the wall using Diver Down's arm and leg to evade the security cameras, but F.F. follows him, covering the security cameras with her F.F. Shot technique.[39]

Ultra Security House Unit

Anasui defends Jolyne with Diver Down

Anasui then appears ascending the stairs of the Ultra Security Punishment Ward just as Foo Fighters and Jolyne are about to face Kenzou.[40] At first, he doesn't engage in the battle, instead expounding on Kenzou's history and confesses his love to Jolyne.[15] He then explains the concept of 'feng shui', which Kenzou's Stand Dragon's Dream relies on.[41] When Jolyne presses him to go and protect Foo Fighters, he replies saying that his promise was to only protect Jolyne, Foo Fighters not being included, as well as the fact that Foo Fighters specifically told him not to help her.[30] As Foo Fighters is flung into the electric chair through Kenzou's attacks and Jolyne drops down the stairs, Anasui springs into action in order to protect Jolyne from being the next target of Kenzou's 'feng shui assassination'. He phases Diver Down into Jolyne's body and upon Kenzou's kick coming into contact with her body, he changes the structure of Kenzou's legs to resemble that of a spring. This causes him to be put out of commission, crumpled up in a bucket.[23]

Anasui nibbles a flower on Jolyne's face

After the fight with Kenzou, Anasui attempts to convince Foo Fighters to make Jolyne trip down the stairs in order for him to stop her from falling and have her fall in love with him. Foo Fighters, still preoccupied by the remaining enemies, refuses at first, but caves and trips Jolyne. She uses Stone Free to grab onto the arm of the small prisoner holding DIO's bone, leaving Anasui in favor of her goal. He then notices the strange effects of the Green Baby's birth on the prisoner, shocked at the metamorphosis. Anasui advises F.F. not to touch it,[14] and warns Jolyne to stop approaching it, noticing the plants on her face and inspecting her before concluding that the roots and plant-like things appearing in the Ultra Security Punishment Ward are the cause of DIO's bone. Anasui then uses Diver Down to remove most of the flowers that grew out of Jolyne's body after she went to give chase to the bone. He lightly nibbles on one of the flowers to confirm that they are living things, while also warning Jolyne to stay out of the sunlight in order to prevent further growth.[19]

Yo-Yo Ma

Anasui hurries and leads Jolyne and Foo Fighters out of the Ultra Security Punishment Ward, but is informed of the actual direction of the exit by Foo Fighters. They encounter Guccio, who is cowering and whimpering in a corner. Anasui approaches him casually and asks his name and if he's an enemy, Guccio responding without really understanding and pleading for his life. Anasui gestures for him to come closer, and uses Diver Down to transform Guccio into a walking, mindless trap that mutilates D an G's left arm using his ribs. Anasui ultimately decides to use Diver Down to climb up a wall and out a window, escaping to the eastern side of the building.[24]

While escaping, the three are accosted by Yo-Yo Ma, who swallows the Green Baby's egg. While they try to kill him, Yo-Yo Ma reacts to the group's attacks (including Anasui's phasing of Diver Down's fist into his stomach) with pleasure. Anasui notes the awful stench of his body, making it impossible to focus and retrieve the Green Baby out from Yo-Yo Ma. While Jolyne and Foo Fighters figure out the situation, Anasui reminds them that Jolyne is still in danger in the sunlight and states that they need to be further east, opposite of the setting sun.[24] Following Foo Fighters being unknowingly taken out by Yo-Yo Ma, Jolyne and Anasui steal an anti-wetland use boat. Anasui is taught how to drive it by Yo-Yo Ma, and he tells Jolyne to get on.[42]

After a short while, Anasui hides the boat in a mass of leaves and grass to hide from patrolling guards. Yo-Yo Ma then comes up with a plan to camouflage the two of them and their boat, Anasui and Jolyne being covered in roots and leaves. The guards' propellers, however, reveal them.[43] Anasui lets the guards sink their ship, telling Yo-Yo Ma to fetch another boat. He sends Yo-Yo Ma flying into one of the boats and then neutralizes the second boat's guards with Diver Down. They steal one boat. He then leaves piloting the boat to Yo-Yo Ma.[20]

Yo-Yo Ma's brain is grafted to a frog's, making it inoffensive

Anasui takes notice of Jolyne's whistling, and then notices her stressed movements trying to tell him that there are holes in her tongue. He, however, interprets it as her confessing her love to him and almost kisses her before being punched by Jolyne. She attempts to get him to understand what she is saying, but he continues thinking that she wants to kiss him.[20] However, he eventually realizes that something is wrong when Jolyne's face starts melting from Yo-Yo Ma's acidic spit. He notices her message, reading 'BE ALL EYES', and immediately attacks Yo-Yo Ma, ignoring the holes in his body.[44] Anasui orders Yo-Yo Ma to empty his pockets, gaining more holes in his body. He obtains more information about the Stand, including about its 'target sensor', by attacking it. In the process, he connects one of Yo-Yo Ma's frog's brains to its 'target sensor', making it have the wants and impulses of a frog and neutralizing it as a threat. Anasui picks up Jolyne and the two wait for Foo Fighters to kill D an G.[45]

Birth of the Green Baby

Anasui demonstrates Green, Green Grass of Home's effects to Jolyne

Following Yo-Yo Ma's disappearance, Anasui and Jolyne find the empty shell of the Green Baby on the deck of the boat. As the Green Baby starts to fall into the water, Anasui goes to catch it and obtains a hand-shaped burn on his hand.[46] The Green Baby ends up falling into the water and Anasui panics before Jolyne repairs her tongue and points out its next location. As Jolyne goes to run for the baby, Anasui stops and shows her the anomalous effects around the Green Baby, such as a rock getting bigger the farther away it rolls, or Anasui growing larger as he is father away from the baby. Anasui and Jolyne experiment somewhat with the effects before Anasui explains how the Green Baby's powers work by drawing in the sand with a stick, hypothesizing that they'd never be able to reach the Green Baby.[32]

The two notice guard dogs barking in the distance, and after Jolyne rushes in, Anasui ruminates on her attitude and follows after her. He prevents her from fully unraveling herself, but is unable to stop her from jumping down onto the Green Baby and shrinking exponentially.[9] He arrives near her just in time to save her from the Green Baby's Stand, Green, Green Grass of Home's grasp. The two cling onto a microscopic cliff, but soon they are attacked by falling pebbles and make a run for it. The two start to slide off of the cliff, their fingers being bloodied from the friction, but Anasui reveals that he was leading the Stand into a glass bottle that he had rolled when Jolyne first jumped down onto the Green Baby.[33]

Whitesnake's Pursuit

Anasui plans to kill the Green Baby, and submerges Diver Down into the wall of the bottle. He slides the entrance of the bottle over to him and Jolyne so that they are able to escape while trapping Green, Green Grass Of Home by putting the cap back on the bottle. However, the Stand starts to roll the bottle towards the two of them and almost crushes Anasui before the Green Baby calls off the attack, intrigued by Jolyne's birthmark.[27]

Anasui punched through by a disguised Whitesnake

However, Anasui comments that the guard dogs are still prowling the wetlands,[27] in addition to the fog rolling in. Anasui once again confesses his love for Jolyne after she questions his motivations, mentioning how someone was able to get married in prison. Meanwhile, the Green Baby starts eating his hair. Anasui notices people coming and orders the two of them to get down. The two people coming are revealed to be Weather Report and Foo Fighters. As Weather Report and Jolyne hug, Anasui reacts negatively and orders Foo Fighters to tear them apart, claiming that Weather Report is getting his scent on Jolyne. When F.F. doesn't cooperate, he goes as far as to say that she is obligated to fulfill their promise, calling her nothing more than plankton. Anasui announces his plan to kill the Green Baby, which is met with backlash, especially from Foo Fighters, who assumes Anasui is talking about her when he says incomprehensible creatures should be disposed of. Anasui insults Foo Fighters again and asks Weather Report for his opinion, who then punches a hole through Anasui's chest and chops Foo Fighters's head in half. Weather Report is revealed to be nothing more than one of Whitesnake's illusions as Anasui lays dying on the ground.[11]

During a tense fight between Jolyne and Whitesnake's user, Enrico Pucci, Pucci throws Jotaro Kujo's memory DISC into Anasui's dying body as he starts to fade away. Jolyne is unable to pull it out of Anasui before he starts to have his final thoughts. He thinks about how Jolyne looks sad, and asks Foo Fighters to use his body as a vessel in order to retrieve the DISC. Foo Fighters uses the last of her strength to keep Anasui alive and heal his wounds, ejecting the DISC but sacrificing herself in the process.[34] Anasui is then taken back to the men's ward of Green Dolphin Street Prison with Weather Report, though is assumed by the prison to be dead.[47]

Escaping Prison

In the men's ward of the prison, Weather Report states that Jolyne has left the prison, able to sense her due to the Joestar birthmark. Anasui forces Weather to take him to her.[48]

Following their escape, Anasui admonishes Weather Report for helping up an old man, fearing it would make them stand out. He asks Weather about his history, and Weather responds that he simply wants to kill Pucci, forgetting the reason due to having his memory DISC stolen. They hide in the bathroom as they figure out a way to avoid the cops. Weather uses his Stand to aid the old man enough for him to give them a ride past the cops.[49]

Battle Against Bohemian Rhapsody

Pinocchio is brought to life

As Anasui looks through the magazines in the back of the old man's car, he bemoans the lack of Disney characters on the Disney amusement park guidebook. Then, he notices something scurrying past and uses Diver Down to grab it, pulling out a twisted version of Pinocchio.[49] Anasui threatens Pinocchio with violence, and when Pinocchio lies about working alone, his nose stabs Anasui in the cheek. He interrogates the puppet further before being interrupted by the Seven Dwarves, who emerge after Anasui picks up an apple from the floor. Anasui becomes confused, recognizing the characters, and becomes angry when he notices Weather eating the apple and reading a book. However, when Weather starts asking where Anasui is, he realizes that what he is is nothing but his 'soul': his body has fallen under the truck and is being run over.[50] 

He tries to use Diver Down to pull his body up, but is unable to. The truck crashes, but Anasui and Weather land safely with the help of Weather's Stand ability. Anasui interrogates Pinocchio further, ultimately destroying him. He wakes up back in his own body, but notices that the old man driver is acting strangely. He questions the driver's bloody mouth, chipped nail, tail, and Glasgow smile. The driver attacks him as a wolf, and Anasui is unable to summon Diver Down, his soul unknowingly having separated from his body once more. Anasui, whose soul is in a passing bus, uses Diver Down to cut off the wolf's head, and sees that they're leaving his body behind.[26]

Bohemian Rhapsody turns Anasui into Mother Goat's victim.

Anasui's soul runs through Orlando looking for his body, being accused by a chocolate shop owner of trashing the store. In truth, his body had ran past just earlier, and despite Anasui's bribe (that he stole from the cash register), he is forced to change his appearance using Diver Down to avoid the police by phasing chocolates into his face. However, when he spits them out, they turn into small goats that tell the story of a wolf who ate many baby goats and subsequently had his stomach cut open and filled with rocks by the mother before drowning him. Anasui then finds himself turning into a wolf.[51]

He goes to punch the goat reading the story, but attracts the attention of the mother unintentionally via the pleas of the goats inside his stomach. He tries to punch it into the ground, but the mother unfolds itself, being made of paper. Anasui runs down the alleyway and slams a heavy iron door, using Diver Down to change the inner workings so that it wouldn't open. The goats, however, simply open it as if it was paper. He attempts again, but fails, the mother goat cutting open his side.[52] In order to escape, he has Diver Down phase into the wall and pull himself along to the door, momentarily escaping and hijacking a cop car. However, the car door opens to the alleyway from before, the goats jumping out and cutting open his stomach with rocks at the ready.[53]

Anasui, stuck in a wildly veering cop car, falls out on top of Weather Report, who is in the middle of re-enacting Vincent van Gogh's suicide. Anasui starts to melt, his own flesh drowning him. However, Weather's 'Put Back Hero' returns things to the way they were before, the enemy Stand's effect ceasing afterwards.[54]

Heavy Weather Unleashed

Anasui and Weather Report end up outside the hospital where Jolyne and Ermes fight against Donatello Versus's Stand, Under World.[55] After Versus uses Under World to deliver Weather Report's memory DISC to Weather Report inside the hospital, he regains his memories and activates Heavy Weather. Anasui is shocked by Weather's new attitude, but follows him nevertheless in order to find Jolyne.[35]

Anasui spends the fight controlled by Pucci

Following the subliminal effect spreading across the city, Anasui confronts Weather Report, who asks Anasui to kill him. Anasui is more upset about Weather not taking him to Jolyne than anything, but quickly gets serious when Weather informs him that Pucci is nearby. Anasui checks for him in the sewers, but only sees snails. Anasui suggests the car as a possible hiding spot before Weather gets his right leg chopped off by Pucci. He deflects a batch of snails coming towards him using Diver Down, and starts turning into a snail.[29] However, he uses Diver Down on Weather to give him a makeshift leg and allow him to attack Pucci. Pucci reflects the sunlight on Anasui to make him turn into a snail faster, making him unable to focus enough to use his Stand.[56] He tries to attack once more, but is beaten into the asphalt by Whitesnake. As Whitesnake prepares the killing blow, Weather Report creates blood spikes on the ground that Pucci must use Anasui's vision to see due to Pucci having blinded himself. He lists off the blood spikes and tells Pucci the way out, but fails to tell him about the spike forming on his shoulder.[57] Anasui watches as Weather Report almost kills Pucci, but a car crashes into another one right in front of them, carrying Jolyne, Emporio, Ermes, and Versus.[58]

Jolyne is about to attack what she believes to be the priest, but Anasui uses Diver Down to reveal it as Donatello Versus's corpse. As the others notice Weather's dead body, Anasui reflects on how he is known as a murderer, but would sacrifice himself for someone who was able to revive him. He believes that Weather was the same way as him, comforting Jolyne that the time Weather spent with Jolyne and the others were the happiest times in his life. Anasui then reveals that Weather made use of Pucci's ability, leaving behind his own Stand DISC.[18]

Countdown to Heaven

Battle Against Pucci and C-MOON

On the car ride to Cape Canaveral Space Station, Anasui notices Jolyne asleep on his chest and comments on how cute she is. He takes out a jeweled ring that he bought from the prison merchant, softly placing it on her finger. However, Ermes startles her by pointing out a large alligator and she unknowingly throws it at the alligator. Anasui repeatedly asks her to open her hands when he notices, weeping.[16]

Anasui being defenseless against C-MOON

Anasui resolves to find Pucci as soon as possible and not wait for Jotaro to arrive, and as gravity turns 90 degrees away, he uses Diver Down on the road to hold on to everyone and keep them from falling.[59] He motions that if they continue climbing a rail, they could get to the space station, and Jolyne makes up her mind to kill Pucci. Anasui thinks to himself about how in love he is with Jolyne. As they are on the sideways space station, Anasui watches as Jolyne is attacked by C-MOON, Pucci's new Stand, shouting warnings for her.[10] He eventually uses Diver Down to attack C-MOON, but is pelted with inside-out tiles and starts to fall. Jolyne uses Stone Free to hold onto him and wrap around C-MOON's neck at the same time, but Anasui warns her not to be reckless.[31] When C-MOON puts Jolyne's string in danger of turning inside-out, he phases Diver Down into it to have his own arm turn inside-out.[13]

After Jolyne herself turns inside-out due to a direct attack, her strings dissolve and Anasui uses Diver Down to anchor himself to the floor. He springs off towards Pucci after Emporio tells him that Jolyne is still alive in order to protect her.[60] When he meets Pucci, he creates a decoy version of himself out of a civilian's corpse using Diver Down and tries to attack him. However, Pucci turns himself inside out and avoids the attack, countering and just barely missing Anasui, who floats off and grabs a pole to keep himself from falling.[61]

Battle Against Pucci and Made In Heaven

The heroes see that time is accelerating

As Jotaro and Ermes return, so does Anasui, the group surrounding Pucci.[62] However, as Pucci floats into the air and starts to attain 'heaven', Anasui climbs onto the space shuttle and attacks Pucci with Diver Down. Pucci's newly evolved Stand, Made in Heaven, suddenly emerges out of Anasui's arm.[36]

As Anasui tries to attack Pucci, a bright light fills the area and the group wakes up in Cape Canaveral with normal gravity. Anasui is touched by Jolyne worrying about him, but is soon confused by the effects of Made in Heaven when he accidentally drops a heavy rock on Ermes.[63] Suddenly, Pucci begins to attack the group using the abilities he gained after attaining heaven.[64]

Anasui's death

Anasui takes this moment to ask Jotaro for Jolyne's hand in marriage, repeating himself after Jotaro's confusion. Jolyne inadvertently clings to Anasui explaining their plan, but is grabbed by Jotaro right afterward protectively. Despite this, Anasui still takes a blow that would have been fatal for Jotaro by phasing Diver Down into Jotaro's body.[12] He gets wounded again shortly after on the hand by Pucci.[17] As the group flies through the air through Kiss's ability, Anasui celebrates the possibility of marrying Jolyne to Emporio, prompting Jolyne to motivate him by telling him he could ask for her hand in marriage, finding his plan as their hope. Anasui posits that there is one way they could kill Pucci as he directs Emporio towards the marshes.[21]

Anasui explains his plan to Jotaro, stating that since Pucci has no choice but to eliminate them one by one, he will act as bait. When Pucci moves in to strike him, Anasui will give Jotaro a signal through his Stand, allowing Jotaro to stop time and kill Pucci. He further explains that his Stand ability enables him to phase into others when they're in close proximity, allowing him to take fatal blows on their behalf. Anasui volunteers to take the first hit, instructing Jotaro to stop time immediately after Pucci's attack finishes him, fully prepared to sacrifice himself for the plan's success.[21]

As they land in the marshes and Anasui prepares himself, he is punched through the chest by a Stand. He gives the signal, but it is revealed that Pucci used his Stand to make Jolyne's Stone Free pierce through Anasui's chest with its hand. Anasui falls into the water, dead.[21]

He is seen amongst the rest of his allies in the clouds as Stone Ocean concludes.[65]

Alternate Universe

Emporio meets Anasui's counterpart Anakiss.

In the alternate universe, Anasui has a counterpart by the name of Anakiss. When Emporio approaches his car, his girlfriend and Jolyne's counterpart, Irene, tells the boy that they will be going to her father so that she can ask him if she can marry Anakiss. They also offer a ride to their car to a distressed stranger, Ermes Costello's counterpart, in exchange for her money for gas. The group later picks up another stranger by the road, who is Weather Report's counterpart.[65]

Spin-Offs

Eyes of Heaven

The information below derives from Eyes of Heaven which was not written and only supervised by Araki. As such, it may not be considered canon.

When Heaven-Attained DIO starts to rewrite reality, Anasui is among the people turned into his servants. Anasui and a similarly brainwashed Ermes Costello thus attack Jolyne and Emporio just as they were fighting Enrico Pucci and his C-MOON at Kennedy Space Center. However, the Jotaro from 1989 joins Jolyne in fighting Ermes and Anasui, and manages to restore both. Anasui becomes jealous of Jotaro's proximity to Jolyne until she properly introduces her father, surprising even Jotaro himself. Sick of explanations by this point, Jotaro orders Ermes, Anasui and Emporio into the turtle to hear the older Joseph's explanation. From that point on, Anasui becomes a member of the group of heroes, travelling through space and time to gather the pieces of a Saint's Corpse.

DIO eventually springs a trap and Anasui ends as one of 36 souls that DIO absorbs to attain even greater power. Fortunately, Jotaro manages to defeat him once and for all, altering fate for the better.

It is shown during the ending credits that Jolyne's group are all alive, including Weather Report, at Kennedy Space Center.

Chapters / Episodes

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Chapters in order of appearance
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Episodes in order of appearance

Quotes

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  • “
    Celebrate us. (祝福しろ)
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui, Stone Ocean Chapter 59: His Name is Anasui
  • “
    I've fallen for her. From the first time I saw her, completely. And now, to go to the punishment ward for her father... her determination completely won me over. If I can protect her until the end... I'm going to marry her. (気に入ったんだよ。彼女を初めて見た時から何もかもな。父親のためにわざわざ「懲罰房」まで今回のその覚悟がさらに気に入った。彼女を守りきったなら…オレは彼女と結婚する。)
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui, regarding Jolyne, Stone Ocean Chapter 59: His Name is Anasui
  • “
    Diver Down. I stored it inside her body. If the attack towards Jolyne has already been decided... all I had to do was protect her, right when he delivered his kick!
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui, Stone Ocean Chapter 74: Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 7
  • “
    That's how I like it. I want you to look at me more... those eyes... just keep looking at me...
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui to Jolyne, Stone Ocean Chapter 74: Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 7
  • “
    I suggest that you get ready... get ready to regret that you were ever created!
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui to Yo-Yo Ma, Stone Ocean Chapter 82: Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 5
  • “
    You're constantly giving me hope... I can see hope for myself through you, and I've never felt this way... not in a prison, not in the outside world. That's why I'm here.
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui, Stone Ocean Chapter 92: Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 4
  • “
    If there's no Mickey, this shit ain't Disney!!
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui, Stone Ocean Chapter 104: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 1
  • “
    Listen, Jolyne. People have called me a murderer. The papers called me that, and I can't say I disagree with them. When people asked me if I would sacrifice myself for the sake of my family, I answered "no". I'd probably answer that way now. My heart was never moved by them. But I know I'd be willing to risk my life for something that was able to revive me. I used to be dead. Weather was that way, too. Weather came back to life when he left that prison. I can tell. So don't think too deeply about what happened to him. These past few days, Weather was happy. Weather was already saved.
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui, Stone Ocean Chapter 137: Heavy Weather, Part 13
  • “
    In order to protect Jolyne... I gotta kill that priest!
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui, Stone Ocean Chapter 144: C-MOON, Part 4
  • “
    Jolyne's strong will and pure heart, that she inherited from you her father, is the light that shines on the darkness of my heart... my heart, which could collapse at any moment!
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui, Stone Ocean Chapter 151: Made in Heaven, Part 3
  • “
    Now! Stop time!
    ”
    —Narciso Anasui's last words, Stone Ocean Chapter 154: Made in Heaven, Part 6

Creation and Development

At Lucca Comics and Games 2019, Araki revealed that the reason behind Anasui's sex seemingly changing after his first appearance was that he wanted to portray a character with an androgynous image that went beyond the standard definition of genders.[66]

Masanori Shino, the character designer for Stone Ocean's anime adaptation, designed Anasui to draw out his androgynous appeal but also initially considered his original female look in the manga. Though the design is later omitted, Araki has later stated that it would have been fine for Anasui to be depicted as a woman.[67]

Trivia

Notes

  1. ↑ Reborn as Anakiss

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stone Ocean Chapter 59: His Name is Anasui, p.18
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 60: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 1
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 60: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 1, p.18
  4. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 154: Made in Heaven, Part 6
  5. ↑ JOJOVELLER: STANDS
  6. ↑ Stone Ocean Model Sheet No.CR206-81
  7. ↑ SO Chapter 138
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Stone Ocean Chapter 59: His Name is Anasui
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 87: Awaken, Part 3
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Stone Ocean Chapter 140: Gravity of the New Moon, Part 2
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Stone Ocean Chapter 92: Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 4
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Stone Ocean Chapter 151: Made in Heaven, Part 3
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 143: C-MOON, Part 3
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 76: Birth of the "Green", Part 1
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 68: Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 2
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 138: At Cape Canaveral
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 152: Made in Heaven, Part 4
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Stone Ocean Chapter 137: Heavy Weather, Part 13
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 77: Birth of the "Green", Part 2
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 81: Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 4
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Stone Ocean Chapter 153: Made in Heaven, Part 5
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 59: His Name is Anasui, p.8
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 74: Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 7
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 78: Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 1
  25. ↑ Yo-Yo Ma is Coming! story arc
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 106: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 3
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 89: Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 1
  28. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 59: His Name is Anasui, p.6
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 133: Heavy Weather, Part 9
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 71: Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 5
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 142: C-MOON, Part 2
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 86: Awaken, Part 2
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 88: Awaken, Part 4
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 95: New Moon! New Priest
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 125: Heavy Weather, Part 1
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 148: C-MOON, Part 8
  37. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 24: Ermes's Sticker, Part 4
  38. ↑ Stone Ocean Episode 10: Operation Savage Garden (Head to the Courtyard!), Part 1
  39. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 62: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 3
  40. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 67: Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 1
  41. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 69: Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 3
  42. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 79: Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 2
  43. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 80: Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 3
  44. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 82: Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 5
  45. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 83: F.F. - The Witness, Part 1
  46. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 85: Awaken, Part 1
  47. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 96: Jail House Lock!, Part 1
  48. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 103: Three Men Taken to the Hospital
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 104: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 1
  50. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 105: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 2
  51. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 107: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 4
  52. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 108: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 5
  53. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 109: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 6
  54. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 110: Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 7
  55. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 118: Time for Heaven: Three Days Until the New Moon
  56. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 134: Heavy Weather, Part 10
  57. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 135: Heavy Weather, Part 11
  58. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 136: Heavy Weather, Part 12
  59. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 139: Gravity of the New Moon, Part 1
  60. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 144: C-MOON, Part 4
  61. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 145: C-MOON, Part 5
  62. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 147: C-MOON, Part 7
  63. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 149: Made in Heaven, Part 1
  64. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 150: Made in Heaven, Part 2
  65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 158: What a Wonderful World
  66. ↑ Lucca Comics (October 2019) | https://twitter.com/jojo_wiki/status/1195888073273303041
  67. ↑ Ultra Jump: Interview with Masanori Shino

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