Dire

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Dire
File:Dire.png
Namesake	Dire Straits (along with Straights)
Debut	Vol. 4, Chapter 36. The Three From A Far Away Country
Final Appearance	Vol. 5, Chapter 38. Thunder Cross Split Attack
Seiyuu	Yukitoshi Hori
Profile
Age	late 40s to early 50s
Date of Birth
Date of Death	1888
Blood type	???
Eye color
Hair color
Height	cm
Weight	kg

Dire is a minor ally featured in Part I: Phantom Blood. Dire is a hamon ("ripple") user and a student of Ripple Master Tonpeti.

Synopsis

History

Dire was a good friend of William Antonio Zeppeli in their training as ripple masters.

Phantom Blood

He first introduced himself after a short match against Jonathan Joestar. Before Dio Brando and Jonathan had their last fight, Dire fought Dio to avenge Zeppeli. However, even Dire's best attack, the Thunder Split Attack, didn't stand a chance against Dio's Freezing Attack, which completely turned his body into ice and then shattered it. Dire, now only a head, was able to use his last ounce of ripple energy to shoot a rose into Dio's eye. For that, Dire's head was turned into ice as well and destroyed.

Gallery

• Dire&Zeppeli.png

  Young Dire and young Zeppeli

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  Dire testing Jojo's ability

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  Dire performing his most powerful attack on Dio

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  Dio destroys Dire's frozen body

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  Dire's last attack, shooting a ripple charged rose at Dio



Trivia

• Guile from Street Fighter appears to be based on Dire. However, due to Guile's military background, it seems more logical that he has been inspired by Rudolph von Stroheim, who also shares a similar hairstyle.