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Bastet's Mariah, Part 2 (「バステト女神」のマライア その2 , "Basuteto-joshin" no Maraia Sono Ni)[1] is the fifty-seventh episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime, the thirty-first episode of Stardust Crusaders and the seventh episode of the Egypt Arc. It covers Chapter 202 through Chapter 204 of the manga.

Summary

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Joseph and Avdol have uncovered a new enemy in Mariah of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods but her Bastet has magnetized the both of them, resulting in the two getting stuck to each other. In trying to detach themselves, the two end up in many suggestive positions in public until their struggle makes them fall down a hill onto a railroad track as a train approaches. While Mariah gloats as there is no way to escape and the heroes would surely not cause a train crash to escape, Avdol has Magician's Red burn a hole underneath the tracks before they are run over, frustrating Mariah to no end.

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Avdol and Joseph, stuck to a sectioned railroad track, confront Mariah. However, she throws a handful of nuts and bolt at the two to escape and adds that the magnetism will only grow stronger with time. Joseph and Avdol manage to pull out of each other and guess that Mariah still has to keep a certain distance from them in order to maintain her Stand ability, seeing her tendency to be close to them. Joseph thus formulates a plan to surround her and thanks to a map drawn by Hermit Purple, predicts the best course. The two separate, collecting a great many metallic objects along the way, but eventually surround Mariah. However, the woman sets off several loose power cables that are drawn to their magnetism, threatening to shock Joseph, just as a truck threatens to crush Avdol. Joseph tries a last plea which Mariah obviously refuses; at that moment, the duo uses their magnetism to their own advantage and let go to fly at each other, with Mariah between them. All of the bones in Mariah's body are crushed by the mass of objects coming at her and Joseph and Avdol are freed.

Meanwhile, another Stand user, Alessi, sets his sights on Jotaro, Polnareff, and Iggy.

Appearances

Characters
Mariah
(Retired)
Alessi
(1st appearance)

Music

Stardust Crusaders Episode 31: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 2
Start End Title OST Description

00:00
00:54
A Party of Stardust
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Recap: Joseph & Avdol have been magnetized
00:55
02:24
JoJo: Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~
JoJo: Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~
Opening
02:25
02:59
Bizarre
Stardust Crusaders (Journey)
Joseph and Avdol are stuck to each other
03:04
03:42
Cheerful Journey
Stardust Crusaders (World)
Joseph and Avdol try to walk
03:48
04:03
Gentle Sunlight
Stardust Crusaders (Journey)
"Just practicing a dance"
04:03
04:57
Cheerful Journey
Stardust Crusaders (World)
Avdol slides on Joseph
05:00
06:10
Nightmare World
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Avdol & Joseph in compromising positions
06:10
06:48
Fun Friends
Stardust Crusaders (Journey)
Old lady beats up Joseph
06:49
07:46
Lady's Invasion
Stardust Crusaders (World)
Stuck on train tracks
08:15
09:48
Clash
Stardust Crusaders (Departure)
A train is approaching
09:55
10:16
Lady With Beautiful Legs
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Mariah gloats a little too soon
10:42
11:15
Scorching Flames
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Joseph and Avdol confront Mariah
11:15
12:09
Lady With Beautiful Legs
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Bra stuffed with weapons
12:13
13:42
Lady's Invasion
Stardust Crusaders (World)
Joseph devises his strategy
14:20
15:50
Rampage
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Running in the streets and gathering metal
15:57
16:23
Powerful Enemy
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Mariah surrounded
16:45
18:25
The Battle Starts
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Joseph and Avdol are cornered by the magnetism
18:38
19:33
Lady's Invasion
Stardust Crusaders (World)
Joseph begs Mariah
19:37
20:15
Fists of Platinum
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
Joseph and Avdol defeat Mariah
20:19
20:53
The Rest of Travelers
Stardust Crusaders (World)
Joseph and Avdol go for breakfest
21:33
21:56
Apparent Crisis
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
The "great" Alessi appears
21:57
23:26
Last Train Home
Last Train Home
Ending
23:27
23:43
Fists of Platinum
Stardust Crusaders (Destination)
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Manga/Anime Differences

  • A scene of Polnareff wondering who would be stupid enough to cut off a train line (unaware that Avdol was forced to do it) was added.

Commentary

This is the direct sequel to Episode 30, but with a lot more small objects on screen, because of the magnetism. Yuta Takamura found the direction rather difficult to sort out.

The old lady gets a third appearance while Joseph and Avdol are locked into each other. Will she appreciate the show? (laughs)

Just like the last episode, Joseph is a thrown around by Mariah's magnetism in a comical scale. It's only at the very end that he feels cool and brings down his adversary once and for all, as expected of a Joestar.

The scene of the final attack teaming up with Avdol is formidably well rendered, the one in charge of the animation gave full disclosure to the teams and didn't really need to make modifications.

Mariah is a female character, which is priceless in JoJo. We poured all our heart into showing her sexy side every time she appeared.

The episode finished on a mysterious guy stalking Jotaro and Polnareff... It's a way of inviting the audience to watch the next episode.

Note that in the manga, there's no precise indication of the chornology of the events. But in the anime, we made it so you could understand that the fights against Mariah and Alessi were roughly happening at the same time.
Naokatsu Tsuda, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries

Trivia

  • The English Dub of the episode was set to air on April 1, 2018 at 12:00am, but as an April Fool's joke, Adult Swim premiered a sneak peek of FLCL: Progressive in its place.[2] The episode aired later at 2:45am in Japanese with English subtitles.
    • The English version was eventually aired the following week, on April 7, 2018, at midnight.

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