Skin(Fair)
Hair(Red with golden beads)
Upper outfit
(Lavender dress shirt with velvet stripes and brown straps, yellow undershirt, red arm warmers)
Lower outfit
(Yellow pants with silver accessories, pink shoes)
“
Attaboy...
”
—Alessi's catchphrase
Alessi (アレッシー, Aresshī) is a minor antagonist featured in the 3rd part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Stardust Crusaders, specifically the "'Sethan' Alessi" story arc.
This cowardly assassin is one of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods and attempts to assassinate Polnareff in Luxor as Mariah battles Joseph and Avdol. His Stand is Sethan, a rejuvenating shadow.
Appearance
Alessi is a man of short stature and height, depicted as little more than a foot taller than an average child, and dwarfed by Jotaro and Polnareff. His biggest hallmark is his bizarre hairstyle, which resembles a dust mop with decorative beads hung underneath. He wears a loose-fitting dress shirt that conceals his weapons of choice: an over-sized hatchet (engraved with the word 'Ax') and a suppressed handgun. Over his shirt is a pair of suspenders attached to a belt that holds two pouches.
Color Schemes
The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Skin(Tan)
Hair(Black with yellow beads)
Outfit
(Blue dress shirt with black straps, white undershirt)
Skin(Fair)
Hair(Brown with golden beads)
Outfit
(Purple dress shirt with dark purple stripes, dark blue straps, undershirt, arm warmers, pants accessories, and shoes, orange pants)
Skin(Fair)
Hair(Brown with silver beads)
Eyes(Red)
Upper outfit
(Lavender dress shirt with purple stripes and dark purple straps, blue undershirt, brown arm warmers)
Lower outfit
(Khaki pants with brown accessories, brown shoes)
Personality
Alessi is a sadistic yet cowardly man who will only fight those who are weaker than him. He takes extreme pleasure in taunting and humiliating his opponents before finishing them off, and will exploit any underhanded method to gain an unfair advantage.
Despite this cowardice, he has an odd sense of pride in his work and will go out of his way to take revenge on those who humiliate him, even if it leaves him vulnerable.
The mercenary takes odd leaps of "logic" to rationalize his sadism and creepiness, which he seems to acknowledge and deny at the same time (employing what could be considered doublethink), claiming that "people who always say that they are weird aren't actually weird... So I'm not weird."
His Stand Sethan is named after Set, the Egyptian God of Tornadoes and Storms. The fact that the Ancient Egyptians considered Set the embodiment of evil may have also played a role in the naming of the Stand of such a twisted and malicious personality.
Abilities
- Main article: Sethan
Alessi's Stand is Sethan, with which he is able to turn back the age of those who step in his shadow.
History
Stardust Crusaders
Alessi is hired by DIO to kill Jotaro Kujo and his friends. Alessi first appears bullying some children on the street, until he spots Polnareff alone. Sethan extends from Alessi like a shadow and catches Polnareff off guard, turning him and his Stand Silver Chariot into children.
Alessi also turns a woman who became Polnareff's friend into a fetus, and he warns Polnareff that unless he is defeated quickly the woman will wither and die. In his younger state, Polnareff doesn't remember Jotaro or how to properly use his Stand and is nearly killed, but still manages to outsmart and wound Alessi, causing him to flee just as Jotaro steps in.
The mercenary also manages to turn Jotaro into a child, confident in the fact Jotaro won't be able to summon his Stand in this state since he obtained it only recently. However, he is unaware that Jotaro was physically strong even as a child and so is caught off guard by several punches to the face and is knocked out cold.
Alessi, upon waking up, finds his Stand power was deactivated, with teenager Jotaro and adult Polnareff standing triumphantly before him. He is then subjected to a combined barrage from Silver Chariot and Star Platinum and "punched into oblivion", not being capable of fighting anymore.
Chapters / Episodes
Manga AppearancesChapters in order of appearance
- Chapter 184: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 185: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 188: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 6 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 204: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 6
- Chapter 205: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 1
- Chapter 206: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 2
- Chapter 207: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 3
- Chapter 208: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 4
- Chapter 209: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 5 (Retired)
- Chapter 210: Shooting DIO?! (Mentioned only)
Anime AppearancesEpisodes in order of appearance
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 24: High Priestess, Part 2 (glimpse)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 31: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 32: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 33: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 2 (Retired)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 39: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 2 (Flashback)
Quotes
Quotes- “Joestar and Avdol are fighting Mariah and I'll handle Jotaro and Polnareff. They're strong, so I'll do whatever it takes. Ha ha ha he he heheheh!”—Alessi, Chapter 204: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 6
- “I can't say this out loud, but I adore picking on weak things. I likte it a little too much. Heeheeeheehee... I'm sick in the head, but you know what they say..." If you think you're crazy then you probably aren't"? That must mean I'm okay”—Alessi, Chapter 204: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 6
- “Don't you have any basic human decency? A main character would never do a thing like that! You're not a good boy! Not a good boy at all.”—Alessi after Polnareff throws his feces at him, Chapter 207: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 3
Video Games
JoJo RPG (SFC)
Alessi is one of the bosses fought by the heroes during the game. Unlike in the original manga, Alessi works in concert with Oingo and Boingo to ambush the Joestars and their companions. The Oingo Boingo brothers lead the Joestar Group into a library (after taking Iggy and confiscating the group's equipment) in which the group scatters to search the different aisles until Jotaro and Polnareff find themselves alone. Alessi turns Joseph, Avdol and Kakyoin into children offscreen, forcing Jotaro and Polnareff to fight him in a two vs. one boss battle.
Heritage for the Future (PS1/DC/Arcade)
Alessi plays the same role he did in the manga during Story Mode. He is an assassin hired by DIO to destroy Jotaro Kujo and his companions. Very little is offered in terms of his backstory, so his motivations and the potential reward for helping DIO are a mystery.
During his storyline, he manages to defeat the protagonists, and he starts to believe that he is even more powerful than DIO himself. Alessi travels to DIO's mansion and kills Vanilla Ice and his vampire master. Alessi becomes the most powerful Stand Master in the world afterward and contemplates "who to torture next" in his ending.
- After certain attacks, Sethan will transform the opponent into a different form and Alessi will use an axe instead of his stand to finish them off. Not everybody who is hit by Sethan becomes younger. Some characters turn into minor characters from the manga.
- Jotaro - A kid form unable to use Star Platinum
- Polnareff - A kid form that uses Silver Chariot
- Kakyoin - A kid form that uses Hierophant Green
- Fearless Kakyoin - A kid form holding a painting canvas and uses a Hierophant Green without a mask
- Avdol - A kid form that uses Magician's Red
- Devo - A kid form that attacks with Ebony Devil that isn't possessing a doll
- Vanilla Ice - A kid form that hides within a smaller, floating Cream
- Midler - A kid form that uses High Priestess
- Alessi - A kid form that uses Sethan
- Old Joseph - The younger Joseph from Battle Tendency
- Young Joseph - An even younger, 13 year old Joseph from a flashback in Battle Tendency
- Petshop - A young form that hides in an incompletely hatched egg and uses Horus
- Mariah - The old woman that Joseph encounters during Mariah's fight.
- Chaka - An unnamed possessed boy who holds the broken Anubis Blade
- Anubis Polnareff - An unnamed possessed boy who holds the broken Anubis Blade
- Khan - The cow that Anubis gets stuck in and attempts to possess before sinking into the Nile river.
- Rubber Soul - Disguises as a fat woman with Yellow Temperance
- Hol Horse - An unnamed boy with Hanged Man in his eyes
- Hol Horse & Boingo - Hol swaps places and hides under the crate, while Boingo fights
- Dio - Nukesaku
- Shadow Dio - Wang Chan
- Alessi has a looped backdash, running away from his opponent as a nod to his cowardice. However he possesses a very short dash towards them. When they're reverted to children, however, the speed of his dash is increased, as they are easier to take on.
- Alessi's victory animation has him being slightly de-aged by his own stand. The younger Alessi is a reference to the cover art for the game.
- The young Joseph Joestar's story mode is started by Alessi de-aging him and running away after realizing that he did not become a child.
Strategy
Alessi is characterized as a comic-relief character (such as Dan from the Street Fighter series) with his ridiculous animations and over the top attacks, but is, in fact, a powerful character. His active Stand possesses incredible range and can be extended even further by holding the Summon button down while calling it out. Its weakness, however: Alessi will not be able to attack aerially with it active since Sethan is a shadow, and cannot leave the ground.
Alessi has two notable attacks, one of which uses his Stand Sethan to de-age his opponent. This is done by sending a 'wave' through Sethan while it is not Active, and reaching out and 'grabbing' with shadowy hands while Sethan is Active. His other attack allows Alessi to pull out his signature handgun and pelt his opponent with bullets from a distance, although it is aimed with a reticule that must be moved across the screen. Alessi is vulnerable during this time period.
Alessi possesses three super techniques. The first causes him to dash forward a short distance and subject his opponent to a flurry of hits from Sethan, ending in them being de-aged. The second causes Sethan to rise from the ground vertically, (unblockable to opponents in the air) and repeatedly hit the foe until they are turned into the child. The final technique is the 'Tandem' mechanic of the game, which allows certain characters to pay one super gauge to attack and move much faster for a brief period of time. This can be combined with Alessi's other special or super techniques for devastating combos.
JoJo's Pitter-Patter Pop! (Android/iOS)
Alessi
Shadow that Rejuvenates When Touched ver.
Rarity: 
Max Power: 1198
Favorite Gift and Voiced Gift Reactions:
Skill: Sethan
Replaces the bottom right to Alessi panels. By using the skill the Boost Lv is raised, increasing the number of replaced panels
Skill Lv 1
Maximum Boost: 3
Cooldown: 85
Cooldown: 85
Skill Lv 2
Maximum Boost: 4
Cooldown: 85
Cooldown: 85
Skill Lv 3
Maximum Boost: 4
Cooldown: 80
Cooldown: 80
Skill Lv 4
Maximum Boost: 5
Cooldown: 80
Cooldown: 80
Skill Lv 5
Maximum Boost: 5
Cooldown: 75
Cooldown: 75
Boost Lv 1
# of Replaced Panels: 6
Boost Lv 2
# of Replaced Panels: 10
Boost Lv 3
# of Replaced Panels: 12
Boost Lv 4
# of Replaced Panels: 14
Boost Lv 5
# of Replaced Panels: 16
Gallery
Alessi picks on the weak
Alessi menaces Polnareff
Alessi reveals his axe
"Here I am, Polnareff!"
Alessi destroys a teddy bear in a panic
All Egypt 9 Glory Gods on Anime 2016 Callender (September - October)
- Alessi Anime First Appearance.jpg
Alessi's first appearance in the anime
Alessi and his Egypt 9 Glory Gods card
Alessi menaces Polnareff
Alessi reveals his axe
Summoning Sethan
Alessi attempting to drown Polnareff
"Here I am, Polnareff!"
Kid Jotaro pummels Alessi
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Alessi's portrait from Heritage for the Future
Alessi's sprite from Heritage for the Future
With Stand
Alessi with Stand's color 2
Alessi with Stand's color 3
Alessi with Stand's color 4
Alessi with Stand's color 5
Alessi attacks Jotaro and Polnareff (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (SFC Game))
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Trivia
- When he chops through the door to the bedroom in which Polnareff is hiding, the shot resembles the famous "Heeeeeere's Johnny!" scene from The Shining.
References
- ↑ N'Doul's Geb - Vol.6 "Shueisha Jump Remix Stardust Crusaders Edition" P132 The Secret of JOJO Characters
- ↑ Chapter 209: 'Sethan' Alessi (5) - Alessi, 38, single, was punched into oblivion and can no longer fight.