Ripple

History

Hamon, also known as the Ripple, is an ancient form of martial arts that serve as driven force behind Phantom Blood and Battle Tendecy, acting as the main power the heroes utilized. The Ripple seem to been created at the dawn of humanity with the purpose of fighting off the Pillar Men's influence on the world, this include the creation of minor demi-humans know as vampires created through the Stone Masks and stopping them from ever achieving perfection through the Red Stone of Asia. Hamon users have build many devices and temples across the world to help them train and learn from one another.

Techniques

The Ripple is based on using the energy of the sun's rays through breathing and feeling the body with solar energy. While it can be used to destroy vampires and zombies, it can also affect non-living things. The object while charged with the Ripple will become more dangerous and its user can perform several techniques that combine with the warriors own tactics to allow for a very flexible fighting style. Because of its versatile nature many warriors use different weapon ranging from a scarf, bubbles, wine and bolas (a pair of steel balls connected to a rope). Many of the most powerful techniques are classified as 'overdrives' and are color named exp: Yellow Overdrive. An object that is impacted with the force of the overdrive will carry the ripple through it and will become lethal to the vampire's touch, this can be used to strike an enemy in another room by impacting a wall and causing its solar energy to disintegrate the target. It was mentioned by Joseph that objects covered in oil, can conduct the ripple much easier. Joseph was also shown to be able to cover his body in the ripple by channeling through his own stand, its unknown if a humanoid stand like Star Platinum belonging to his grandson Jotaro, could also be covered in in this method.

Liquids conduct the Ripple especially well (and the user's Ripple shows on liquids as actual ripples) and it can even be used to increase the surface tension enough to allow the Ripple user walk on water.

Weaknesses

While the Hamon users can make the most simplistic of objects into lethal weapons and become themselves dangerously powerful, they are not without weaknesses. A hamon user must be able to constantly breath, if this breathing is stopped or reduced due to injury they slowly grow weaker to the point that they can be easily defeated even by a zombie. This weaknesses was exploited by many vampires, the main one being Dio, who mortally injured Johnathan and in the process prevented him from using the ripple. Dio, had also discovered that removal of the heat from a ripple user causes their blood to move slowly and be unable to attack as rapidly and effectively as before.

Users

• Jonathan Joestar
• William Antonio Zeppeli
• Tonpeti
• Straights
• Dire
• Joseph Joestar
• Lisa Lisa
• Caesar Antonio Zeppeli
• Loggins
• Messina

Speculations and Connections

By the start of the new universe Steel Ball Run, which take place around the time that Phantom Blood took place, we see a relatively new power know as the 'Spin', this technique is first been use by Gyro Zeppeli. But it soon comes to be seek out by a young Johnny Joestar who believe it will allow him to walk again.

While they are some obvious differences with Ripple and the Spin, the main been that the Spin makes use of Steel Balls which are as versatile as the Ripple if not more. Gyro been able to use to deflect bullet with his skin, provoke muscles to do involuntary actions and price impact of a persons body. While the Spin is power by the Golden Rectangle a mathematical formula which allows for an object to spin without stop by divine a square forever. It is possible that the Ripple has some connection to Gyro Zeppeli's Spin technique.