Parallel World Diego

“

Johnny Joestar. In this world , for me , you are the greatest challenge!!

”

—Diego Brando

Alternate Diego Brando
Birth Name	Diego Brando
Namesake*	Diego Brando
Stand	The World
Horse	Silver Bullet (alternate universe)
Profile
Age	20
Birthday	1870
Gender	Male
Nationality	British
Favorites
Hobbies	horses
Other Information
Hair Color	Blond
Status*
Date of Death	January 1891
Media
Manga Debut	Steel Ball Run Volume 23 Chapter 65: New World 1
FinalAppearance	Steel Ball Run Volume 23 Chapter 95:

Diego "Dio" Brando is a racer in the Steel Ball Run and serves as an antagonist of Part VII: Steel Ball Run. This article is about the second Diego Brando, who confronts Johnny Joestar in the final chapters of Steel Ball Run.

Personality

The "new" Diego appeared to be more sadistic than the original one, trying to kill Johnny with very violent ways as throwing knives or trying to burn Johnny alive with matches. He did not care for others, and had no scruples in his actions, even sacrificing others for his sake. His sadistic side makes him more similar to the original Dio Brando than his counterpart in Steel Ball Run.

Synopsis

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Funny Valentine founds another Diego Brando while talking with Johnny.

During the 8th round, the original Diego turned against Funny Valentine. But he was quickly defeated by his stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Later, after the final battle between Johnny and Valentine, the president tried to make a deal with Johnny, making the promise he can bring back Gyro Zeppeli (Switching a Gyro from another universe with the deceased Gyro). However, Valentine was planning a last trick and uses the time talking with Johnny to search for an ally in another universe. With this objective in mind, Funny Valentine negotiated with this alternative version of Diego to take the Corpse Parts and to kill Johnny.

After Johnny finally beat Valentine, he was surprised to see the Corpse Parts were gone again. He pursued the thief only to discover he was none other than Diego Brando. Johnny was at first surprised by the new Stand, The World, but still managed to discover the nature of its power after a few attacks. This time, Diego had the advantage of knowing Tusk's powers and Johnny super spin technique predicting his attacks and using his fans as human shields when Johnny attacked. In his final attack, Diego used his five seconds to make a double attack: He fired a gun while The World attacked Johnny's back. Johnny was badly hurt again falling from his horse and could not use his new attack. However, he had accumulated enough spin to make their final attack, using Tusk lvl 4 starts climbing Diego's leg. At that time, Diego remembers what Valentine told him about the Super Spin technique and how to overcome it . Cutting his leg and throwing it to Johnny, Diego manages to beat the Spin User with his own technique and mount his horse, leaving him to die.

Moments later, Diego wins the race and fulfills the last will of Funny Valentine by keeping the body in the secret chamber of Holy Trinity. When all hope seemed lost, Lucy Steel appears ready to stop Diego. She exposes the head of the first Diego, killing him when the heads of both dimensions merged and subsequently split into cubes.

Stand

The second Diego's version of The World has the same power as the original, with a small difference in appearance. This time the Stand has a letter 'D' instead of the Hearts of the original Stand.

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Diego using his fans as Human Shield.

Trivia

• He is the second final villain to die at hands of a secondary character. The first was Enrico Pucci, killed by Emporio Alnino in Stone Ocean.
• He is also the first antagonist to fight a JoJo at the end of a series without being a main antagonist himself.
• The original Diego Brando with the stand Scary Monster bears a homage to Dio's transformation to a vampire in Part I. The second Diego Brando with The World bears a homage to Dio with the same stand in Part III.
• This Diego has the same Stand as Dio Brando, with similar sadistic techniques. Like Dio, the alternate Diego died when his head split into several pieces and exploded.
• The Alternate Diego finally defeated his Joestar Rival. However, this time he only left him to die while the original Dio successfully killed Jonathan Joestar.