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JOJO A-GO!GO! The World concept art
The World, destroyed by Star Platinum's punch
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A humanoid Stand, The World is tall and has a very muscular build. It wears a headpiece covering its face to below the place of its nose, slanting at a steep angle from the base of its forehead to a peak situated above the rear of its head by about half its height, leaving the face of an inverted triangle visible to the front; somewhat similar to the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.
It wears small, simple twin diving cylinders on its back, connecting via short, twin ridged cables to the rear of its mask; perhaps secured by thick, ridged or puffered straps running from the rear of its waist over both its shoulders to its front. The back of both its hands bear the shape of a simple clock face. Its chin, the base of its abdomen, its crotch and its knees are topped by heart shapes. Plates on its shins, its footwear bears curved, sharply pointed toes, similar to those of DIO's outfit in Part III.
It's revealed in DIO's notebook that he intended to engrave 14 words on his Stand to remember them although it's unknown if he actually does before his death, and if he managed to engrave them, it is unknown where on The World the words are engraved.[citation needed]
The World shows no particular personality. Its Stand Cry, seemingly communicated by Dio, is Muda muda muda! (無駄 無駄 無駄!, lit.Useless, useless, useless!)
Its name is derived from the Tarot Card The World; symbolizing triumph, perfection and fulfillment.
In Part VI: Stone Ocean, it is suggested that if not for DIO's dominant personality, it would somehow go out of control.
The World is an exceptionally powerful Close-range Stand, boasting a maximum manifestation range of 10m. Despite requiring a close distance to attack, it's incredibly difficult to stop once within the aforementioned range.
Super Strength/Senses/Speed: Almost identical to Jotaro's Star Platinum, The World possesses phenomenal strength, senses, and faster-than-light speed, being able to easily punch Kakyoin right through his abdomen. The World may possibly be even stronger and faster, seeing as how it bested Star Platinum in a clash of rapid punches between the two. Thus in turn, its main offense is generally characterized by a flurry of speedy punches, and the occasional kick.
Time Stop: The World's key defining power is its ability to stop time, allowing only itself and DIO to act within the duration of stopped time. Given DIO's weakened state during Part III, this ability only works for a few seconds in DIO's frame of reference before time flows again. However, also due to DIO's immortality, the duration of stopped time also increases as DIO becomes more accustomed to The World and the scar around his neck heals, reaching a maximum of nine seconds towards the end of Part III. Had he not died, the length would have continued to grow. The only true way to counter this power is with other time-stopping skills.
This section includes heavy spoilers for Part VII.
In the final chapters of Part VII: Steel Ball Run, a second Diego Brando appears, wielding a version of The World simply referred to as THE WORLD, wearing D-shaped emblems instead of hearts on its knees and gears on its shoulders, lacking knuckle plates in favor of more band-like braces on its wrists, and possessing a much slimmer physique.
Diego is only able to stop time for ~5 seconds (as with Jotaro, likely due to Diego being human rather than a Vampire like Dio). It is unknown whether THE WORLD possesses similar statistics to its original counterpart, though Diego utilizes it in many of the same ways the original DIO does.
JoJo 6251 profile picture
JOJO A-GO!GO! The World concept art
The World, destroyed by Star Platinum's punch
SBR Chapter 92 cover
Alternate Diego summons The World
Diego and The World charge at Johnny
The World's powers
DIO's tarot card representing "The World"
DIO summoning The World to take on Kakyoin
The World battling Star Platinum
The World, shattering the screen in JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~
The World in the 1993 OVA
The World's Action-figure from Super Action Statue
2nd Color figure from Super Action Statue
Sand color version from Super Action Statue
The World Action-figure
The World's figure from Statue Legend
2nd Color from Statue Legend
The World's figure from Sofubi Figure
The World in All Star Battle
Diego Brando from Another Universe's THE WORLD with him in Eyes of Heaven