chase
Opening Description
The opening begins on a grey, drab visual of a heart with an anchor in the middle bearing the name "JoJo". Thorns from Hermit Purple wrap around the heart as a purple pulse monitor flashes across the screen. The pulse monitor then becomes erratic, turning into electricity as the scene transitions into a cul-de-sac with the main cast standing in the middle while the camera rotates around them. The scene flashes to cans of soup in a freezer bearing the hands of several women while a superimposed "JoJo" is plastered across the image. The scene flashes back to the cast, zooming in on Josuke as he strikes a pose before rotating to feature Okuyasu also posing. The scene then flashes to an image of several suitcases with destination stickers of countries from around the world, beneath them a puddle of blood and behind them a cracked door with light shining through. The scene then rotates to feature Joseph Joestar holding baby Shizuka before rotating again to feature Jotaro Kujo posing.
The scene swiftly transitions to a photograph of Koichi happily sitting next to all of his friends, along with Yukako, Toshikazu, Rohan Kishibe, Tamami and Shigechi--all striking poses. The camera zooms out to feature several other Polaroid photos all lying on the ground, tire marks covering them. The Killer's hand suddenly appears on all of the photos at once and smashes down on them before distorting into a skull. The photographs all erupt into flames and disintegrate as the main title appears from the fire. The scene transitions through multiple hiragana letters into a field with Okuyasu and Toshikazu looking at Shigechi admiring a flock of pigeons. Suddenly, a finger appears on screen as the Killer clips the nail off; with the reflections of Aya Tsuji, Shegechi and Reimi Sugimoto appearing in the fingernail's reflection. The scene quickly shifts back to Shigechi and the others as the pigeons become spooked and fly off.
After a transition, Rohan Kishibe appears as he sketches the birds flying off into the distance from the sanctity of his home. Rohan than looks up from his notebook and out the window with a solemn gaze. A single pigeon transitions the next scene, as the focus shifts to Toshikazu and Tamami arguing on the sidewalk while Josuke and Koichi chat with Okuyasu. On the screen, Bug-Eaten and the other rats appear above them before slowly panning to the anchor within the heart from earlier. The heart takes up the scene as everything else fades into black. Suddenly, a decrepit hand with long fingernails reaches out and clutches the heart in its hand, causing the thorns surrounding it to shatter as the background turns red. Out of nowhere, the skull of Sheer Heart Attack appears and eats the heart and hand with a single chomp; causing the thorns to spurt blood as if they were arteries. Out of darkness appears the newly evolved Echoes ACT3; shrouded in darkness with its eyes illuminating the humanoid silhouettes in the background. Several green soundwaves appear from Echoes' body as this transitions into Love Deluxe and Cinderella side-by-side. Several bizarre arrows shoot down from above as both Stands each transform into their respective users, Yukako and Aya.
The camera zooms out on the two sitting women as Aya clutches Yukako's face, a thin line of white rectangles separating them while blue lights shine from above. The camera unexpectedly zooms back in, now showing the white rectangles as windows with Reimi Sugimoto holding hands with a young Rohan. The hands disappear as the scene distorts into several windows which now show the Killer holding one of the severed hands of his "girlfriends". The hands phase away as an old man holding a single bleeding arrow menacingly appears, simply motionless. The man disappears as the camera zooms into where he once was, now traveling through Ghost Alley as the spirits of Arnold and Reimi appear, crying out in apparent pain. The camera zooms behind her as thick, sketchy lines depict the skull of Killer Queen briefly transforming into several Arrows.
The Arrows all fire out at Jotaro, Okuyasu, Koichi and their Stands, barely missing them as they prepare for battle. The scene pans slowly over to Josuke, who with a furious look on his face, summons Crazy Diamond and shatters the Arrows into several pieces. As Crazy Diamond lets out a roar, shattering the remaining Arrows, Josuke breaks through as he desperately reaches out to catch the murderous silhouette of the Killer. The camera zooms in to reveal the Killer's face as he merely turns his head towards Josuke, revealing a cold, blue feline-esque eye.
Lyrics
Japanese Kanji :
<p>大切なモノ奪われそう
日常に紛れ込んだ悪魔
平穏な時崩れ去ってる</p>
<p>何気ない そして、さり気ない
傷がないうちに奪われていた
取り返しに行くなら今さ</p>
<p>貫いた矢のような鋭さで
ぶつけ合う心は美しい</p>
<p>どこまでも Chase You
いつも Chase You
俺は Chase You
逃げ場はない</p>
<p>走り出せ Chase You
明日も Chase You
叩きつけてやるのさ</p>
勝敗を分けるのは
終焉さ だから I Chase You</p>
Japanese Romanji :
taisetsu na mono ubawaresou
nichijou ni magirekonda akuma
heion na toki kuzuresatteru
nanigenai soshite, sarigenai
kizu ga nai uchi ni ubawareteita
torikaeshi ni iku nara ima sa
tsuranuita ya no you na surudosa de
butsukeau kokoro wa utsukushii
doko mademo Chase You
itsumo Chase You
ore wa Chase You
nigeba wa nai
hashiridase Chase You
asu mo Chase You
tatakitsuketeyaru nosa
shouhai o wakeru nowa
shuuen sa dakara I Chase You
Tracklist
- chase
Lyrics: Tatsu Hoshino /Arrangement: batta - chase -Acoustic Version-
Lyrics: Tatsu Hoshino / Arrangement: batta - chase (Instrumental)
- chase -Acoustic Version- (Instrumental)
Trivia
- The cul-de-sac features several rotating arrows on it, reminiscent of a roundabout. This could be a callback to the original ending theme of the anime series.
- The flames burning up the photos of Josuke and his friends are implied to be Killer Queen symbolically erasing any evidence they existed.
- Though she has a prominent appearance later in the opening with Yukako Yamagishi, Aya Tsuji first appears in the reflection of Kira's fingernail with both Reimi Sugimoto and the focused Shigekiyo Yangu, foreshadowing her death alongside his.
- When Josuke chases the silhouette of Yoshikage Kira, he still retains his original appearance. However, when Yoshikage turns to face Josuke, he instead has the appearance of Kosaku Kawajiri. This foreshadows Kira's eventual escape and transformation into Kawajiri.
- The silhouette on the cover of the single pursuing Josuke is implied to be Yoshikage Kira.
- In addition, the civilians surrounding Josuke take on a blueish-white form, making them appear like ghosts. This most likely is a reference to Morioh's history of strong spiritual activity.
