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The otherwise unnamed runaway girl is a minor ally appearing in Part III: Stardust Crusaders.
Appearance/Personality
The unnamed runaway girl first appears disguised as a boy, but later has her real identity revealed. The girl is shown to be a complete liar, telling lies to the Joestar group multiple times, but people barely fall for her stories. She is also a confident swimmer, believing she could reach shore swimming from the middle of the ocean. She eventually develops a crush towards Jotaro Kujo, and constantly tags along with the group
Synopsis
History
The girl known simply as "The Runaway Girl" is a girl who wanted to travel the world, believing that posing as a boy would make it easier. However she though that when growing up she will gonna need to start wearing a bra, making it hard to disguise herself. She then runs away from home, claiming that the age she is now is the best to travel. hinted at being due to her crush on Jotaro and "having nothing else better to do".
Stardust Crusaders
The girl first appears as a stowaway on the cruise ship that the Captain Tennille Imposter had abducted. Posing as a boy, she is found by one of the sailors who threatens to turn her to police when they reach shore, She then lies, saying she is going to Hong Kong to meet her father, but seeing she is going to be imprisoned she umps off the ship in a ttempt to swim to shore by herself and remain safe. When close to being attacked by a shark (later killed by Dark Blue Moon) she is begrudgingly saved by Jotaro Kujo. It is then that her identity as a girl is revealed and she threatens to cut one of the crew members when the Joestar group thinks she is an Stand user.
The runaway girl is then taken hostage by the Captain Tenille Imposter when is real identity is revealed, but is saved by Noriaki Kakyoin when Jotaro fails to do so and his dragged in the water. She starts to develop a crush towards Jotaro and his attitude, thinking he is cool.
In the battle the ship is destroyed and she accompanies the group into Forever's stand-bound ship, Strength. Forever, acting like a human being, lusts for the runaway girl and corners the girl in the middle of her bath soon after brutally killing all sailors. She is saved by Jotaro again and watches their battle.
When the group reach Singapore the girl refuses to separate from them, saying she will meet her father in 5 days. Under protests at first, they agree to let her accompany them until her father arrives because she is poor to live on her own. Rubber Soul then poses as Kakyoin and approach Jotaro and the runaway girl, her noticing his strange behavior. Rubber Soul's real identity is revealed and and he is defeated soon after.
On their way to India they left her behind in Singapore to meet her father, but Jean Pierre Polnareff comes to the conclusion that it was a lie and she is probably an orphan. He then claims that it feels lonely without her presence. The girl, however, is revealed to have snuck on the train and is following then again.
The group only encounters her moments before ZZ's attack, asking them for a ride in the middle of the street. It is then that she admits to have run away from her parents in Hong Kong, though the group is more concerned about dropping her off and do not listen. Despite stern warnings from Joseph Joestar about their journey and how she is only going to slow them down, she tags along with the team and tries to bribe them with stolen porn pictures.
She is saved by Jotaro again from ZZ's attack and the group tells the girl they are going to give her money, plane tickets and send her back to Hong Kong as soon as possible. Under protests, the runaway girl has no choice and finally returns to Hong Kong in chapter 154.
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