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Le Locacaca (ロカカカ, Rokakaka) est une espèce de plante mystérieuse qui apparaît dans JoJolion.
Description
La nature exacte de la Locacaca et de ses fruits continue d'être l'un des mystères centraux de JoJolion . Il est mentionné pour la première fois lorsque Tsurugi explique à son grand-père et Josuke pourquoi il faisait confiance à Yotsuyu Yagiyama; il avait vu l'homme nourrir un chien qui semblait se pétrifier avec un fruit et l'a vu être "guéri" en conséquence. Bien que les deux étaient sceptiques, Josuke est le premier à voir ce qui semble être un fruit disparaître dans l'océan lors de son combat avec Yagiyama au moment où ce dernier meurt et se désagrège en poussière avant de pouvoir lui dire quel était le fruit.
Norisuke IV note que le fruit sent la figue et, en utilisant les capacités de King Nothing, donne forme aux feuilles attachées aux fruits qui ressemblent à des feuilles de figuier.[1] Mistuba décrit le goût du Locacaca comme semblable à une figue mais amer au lieu de sucré.[2]
En utilisant King Nothing pour suivre automatiquement le fruit, Josuke découvre que le père de Tsurugi, Jobin Higashikata, porte l'odeur du fruit sur lui. Josuke, Tsurugi et Yasuho décident d'obtenir les données de la voiture de Jobin afin de savoir où il s'est rendu dans l'espoir de découvrir l'emplacement de l'arbre fruitier.
Yasuho et Tsurugi découvrent un arbre Locacaca en possession de l'associé de Yotsuyu, Aisho et c'est alors que son pouvoir d'"échange équivalent" est démontré lorsqu'un homme âgé sans jambe mange un fruit Locacaca et repousse sa jambe perdue, perdant ses yeux dans le processus après qu'ils se sont transformés en pierre.
La nature du fruit et ses capacités miraculeuses intéressèrent de nombreuses personnes, y compris Yoshikage Kira car ce fruit pouvait guérir sa mère malade Holy, et il est dit qu'après avoir détruit plusieurs arbres, il en a gardé un dans son appartement pour son usage personnel. Les Hommes-rocher recherchent également les fruits, car ce sont eux qui les importent et les vendent illégalement au Japon jusqu'à ce que Kira et Josefumi Kujo leur volent une branche.
Yasuho fait plus tard des recherches sur le Locacaca et constate qu'il provient de l'île de Nouvelle-Guinée, où il était connu des indigènes aussi récemment que dans les années 1930. À certaines périodes de l'année, les hommes se rendaient dans les montagnes pour récolter le fruit de Locacaca, qui ne provient pas d'un arbre mais plutôt d'une plante vivace qui en produit un à trois. Trouver un Locacaca était rare, même pour les peuples papous indigènes qui y ont vécu pendant 50 mille ans. Mais il y avait des histoires selon lesquelles des femmes souffrant d'infertilité mangaient les fruits et sont tombées enceintes, mais leurs seins donnaient du sable au lieu de lait, et les personnes âgées qui avaient perdu leurs dents au fil des ans avalaient des pièces de fruit, caussant la repousse d'une dentition en pierre pour les remplacer. Cependant, tous les rapports sur la Locacaca ont disparu après l'invasion et l'occupation de la Nouvelle-Guinée par l'armée impériale japonaise en 1942, jusqu'à ce qu'elle, Tsurugi et Josuke tombent sur les Hommes-rocher en possession et à la recherche de la Locacaca à l'époque moderne.
Abilities and Powers
Equivalent Exchange
Main Article: Equivalent Exchange
The fruit of the Locacaca tree follows the same principles of "equivalent exchange" as the grounds of the Higashikata estate; they are capable of granting anyone who eats it "something" by taking "something else" from them. The most faithful example of this concept is when the old man uses the Locacaca fruit to regrow his lost leg in exchange for his eyesight, both of his eyes transforming into stone and breaking apart soon thereafter.[3] Apparently this process can be repeated as long as someone has a fruit, continuously sacrificing random parts of their own bodies in order to gain back what they had given in the previous instance.
Yasuho's research into the fruit of the Locacaca shows that the equivalent exchange provided by the fruit takes the form of part of the afflicted's body turning to stone. Infertile women gave birth, but their breast milk turned into sand and the elderly grew back teeth made of stone in order to eat again.[4] Dr. Wu Tomoki has performed research on the fruit and discovered that 125 grams of the fruit are needed to perform one unique equivalent exchange. Upon being ingested, the fruits begins being absorbed as early as in the labial frenum down to the small intestine, in time invading the whole body through the blood. Then the Locacaca takes 3 minutes and 21 seconds to heal a specific lesion in the body, prioritizing the gravest one over others, and taking the cells and nutrients from another region of the body which turns into rock. However, the chosen region is random and no one knows how it chooses. Until then, Wu has used the Locacaca in conjunction with Doctor Wu to prevent the Locacaca from entering vital areas like the brain and cancel the risk of death.
Urban Guerrilla mentions that while the process is beneficial for Rock Humans, there is some incompatibility between the plant and regular humans due to the carbon in a human's body cells and its differences with the qualities of silicon-compound organisms.[5]
Miraculous curative powers
Perhaps the most intriguing and relevant ability of the fruit to the storyline is the effect it has on those afflicted with the stone sickness; namely the Higashikata family, the Joestar family and the dog Iwasuke. As shown in the case of the latter, Yotsuyu was able to 'cure' it of the stone sickness by feeding it a piece of a Locacaca fruit.
The abilities of the fruit and their correlation to the Rock Humans and stone sickness make them a constant source of interest to the antagonists of JoJolion, which motivates the conflict between them and the allies of the amnesiac Josuke.
New Locacaca
It's eventually revealed that the branch stolen and grafted by Josefumi Kujo resulted in a New Locacaca (新ロカカカ, Shin-Rokakaka). Although the fruit cultivated with this branch had not yet ripened, it demonstrated a unique ability compared to typical Locacaca fruits. Upon feeding Kira the fruit that they had grown, Josefumi began transforming into stone, beginning with parts of his body that were in direct contact with his late friend. No negative side effects were shown on Kira's end, implying that this species allows an individual to undergo the fruit's effects by using another person's body as collateral for the equivalent exchange, rather than their own. The specifics behind it are currently unknown, but according to Urban Guerrilla, the New Locacaca could be used by Rock Humans to gain a significant advantage over the rest of society. Obtaining the New Locacaca is the main objective of the Locacaca Research Organization, including Poor Tom and his associates.[6]
Locacaca 6251
Locacaca 6251 (
The equivalent exchange ability of Locacaca 6251 is noticeably more potent then that of the raw Locacaca fruit— just one dose is able to heal Josuke Higashikata's multitude of injuries, some of which are life-threatening. In addition to this, the parts of Josuke's body lost in the exchange were all relatively benign. With the exception of his left eye, the only matter taken during the regeneration process are small patches of skin around Josuke's face and neck. This suggests Locacaca 6251 is engineered to produce greater results with minimized risk of life-threatening side effects. However, as stated by developer Satoru Akefu, the drug is still incomplete, as evidenced by Josuke's aforementioned loss of vision in one eye.
The abnormally speedy development of the drug is due to the Locacaca Organization's use of Holy Joestar-Kira, a doctor at TG University Hospital, as a test subject. Soon after taking over the hospital from the inside, the members of the organization began administering Locacaca 6251 to her without her knowledge, causing a rapid deterioration of both her mental and physical well-being. As the drug was developed further, the group continued to test it on Holy, exchanging her health for the success of the drug.
People who have eaten the Locacaca
Gallery
A portable, bonsai tree sized Locacaca plant.
Yasuho holding half a Locacaca
A locacaca in Iwasuke's mouth
The new Locacaca grafted onto a tree
The new Locacaca grafted onto a cactus
The matured new Locacaca
Détails
- The Locacaca 6251's name is a reference to the JoJo6251 artbook.
Références
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 33: Josuke! Go to the Higashikata Fruit Parlor
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 82: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 4
- ↑ JJL Chapter 39: Doobie Wah (1)
- ↑ JJL Chapter 47: Hato Brought Her Boyfriend Home (1)
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 69: Urban Guerrilla and Doremifasolati Do, Part 2
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 64: Mother and Child
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 92: The Wonder of You, Part 9
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