Diamond is Unbreakable - Episode 6

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Koichi Hirose (Echoes) (広瀬康一(エコーズ), Hirose Kōichi (Ekōzu))[1] is the sixth episode of Diamond is Unbreakable and the eightieth episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime. It covers Chapter 284 through Chapter 288 of the manga.

One day, Koichi meets the hustler Tamami Kobayashi who attempts to guilt-trip him into giving him money. Not only is Koichi too timid to resist, Tamami has a Stand named The Lock which can multiply one's sense of guilt.

Summary

Tamami Kobayashi extorts money from Koichi

Koichi is gleefully riding on his new bike to school when suddenly he runs over a strange bag then hears faint meows and sees a dark liquid oozing from the bag. Koichi understands that he has just run over a cat and a stranger named Tamami Kobayashi tries to extort 500,000 yen out of Koichi with his Stand, The Lock, which works on guilt, and will automatically grow when the victim feels guilty. Suddenly, Josuke and Okuyasu who have seen the two from afar appear to rescue Koichi. While Tamami manages to make Okuyasu feel guilty after punching him, Josuke uncovers a toy cat from the bag and heals Tamami with Crazy Diamond, exposing his schemes and making The Locks disappear from Koichi and Okuyasu's chests. However, Tamami flees and steals Koichi's 7,000 yen. Around 4:07 PM, Koichi comes back home and sees with shock that Tamami is massaging his mother's shoulder and chatting with her.

Koichi unlocks Echoes ACT1

Screaming at Tamami what he is doing here, Koichi is presented the 7,000 yen Tamami stole from him and is now pretending to return. Tamami adds that when Koichi bumped into him with his bicycle, they exchanged their wallet, and Tamami claims that his contained over 500,000 yen. Tamami successfully makes Koichi's mother feel guilty and The Lock appears on her. When Koichi's sister appears with The Lock on her chest too, this enrages Koichi who pushes his mother and sister out of the room and summons his Stand, which hatches Echoes. Echoes is incredibly weak, but instead creates several loud noises by planting sounds on Tamami, which drive him crazy. However, Tamami refuses to surrender and stabs himself, throwing the knife toward Koichi. When Koichi's family barges into the family room, they see Koichi having seemingly stabbed Tamami. The guilt makes Koichi's sister faint and his mother try to kill herself, but Koichi uses the sound "Believe me!" to relieve his mother of the guilt. His Stand defeated, Tamami yields and begs a more confident and assertive Koichi to spare him.

The next day, Josuke and Okuyasu see Tamami sucking up to Koichi and wonder what happened between them.

Appearances

Characters
Tamami Kobayashi
(1st appearance)
(1st appearance)
Koichi Hirose's Mother
(1st appearance)
(1st appearance)
Mr. Hirose
(1st appearance) (Photo only)
Keicho Nijimura
(Mentioned only)
Kai Harada
(Voice only)
Stands
The Lock
(1st appearance)
(1st appearance)

Credits

Staff
Script (脚本)
Storyboard (絵コンテ)
Episode Director (演出)
Chief Animation Director (総作画監督)
Animation Director (作画監督)
Action Animation Director (アクションディレクター)
Mechanical Animation Director (メカ作画監督)
Takashi Tanazawa
Key Animation (原画)
White Line
Cha Myoung Jun
Hyun-ae Kwan
Seong-woon Ko
Jung-ah Seo
Jung-hwa Jung
Yeong-ha Kim
Kang-won Kim
Yuichi Nakasawa
Shigemi Aoyagi
Haru Watanabe
Shuhei Fukuda
2nd Key Animation (第二原画)
White Line
Jin-hee Park
Soo-kyung Park
Hyun-ae Kwan
Jung-hwa Jung
Sul-ah Kang
Design Cooperation (デザイン協力)
Eyecatch Illustration (アイキャッチ原画)

Music

Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 6: Koichi Hirose (Echoes)
Start End Title OST Description

00:00
00:29
Morioh Radio
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Morioh-cho RADIO
01:14
02:52
Doze Meeting
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Tamami Kobayashi appears and demands to be paid back for his cat
02:52
04:06
Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town
Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town
Opening
04:07
06:31
Tension
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~
The Lock's guilt power
06:31
08:11
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Stand Activation~
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
Josuke & Okuyasu come help Koichi
08:12
08:23
Gentle Sunlight
Stardust Crusaders (Journey)
Tamami falls on the pavement
08:47
09:28
Tension
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~
Okuyasu victim of The Lock
09:31
10:09
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Stand Activation~
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
Josuke fixes the situation
10:21
10:33
Doze Meeting
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Tamami gets away
11:00
11:20
Doze Meeting
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Tamami at Koichi's house
11:48
13:18
Doze Meeting
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Tamami claims he and Koichi switched wallets
13:19
14:53
Tension
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~
Tamami guilt trips Koichi's family
14:54
16:11
Courage
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Echoes ACT1 appears
16:33
16:58
Cornered
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
Tamami is unhurt, but there are sounds on him
17:22
18:35
Echoes ACT1
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Echoes ACT1's sound power
18:36
19:57
Confrontation
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~
Tamami makes it look like Koichi stabbed Tamami
19:58
21:50
Courage
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Koichi convinces his mother & Tamami yields
22:07
22:26
Peaceful Street Corner
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Tamami becomes Koichi's lackey
22:27
23:35
I Want You
I Want You
Ending
23:36
23:41
Diamond is Unbreakable -Main Theme-
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
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Manga/Anime Differences

  • Tamami is introduced already slimmed down and short, as opposed to his burly muscular build and subsequent shrinking after being beaten by Koichi in the manga.
  • Added introduction by Morioh Town Radio.
  • Many graffiti tags are added, especially on the road where Tamami meets Koichi.

Commentary

This is the episode where Koichi really shines on his own. The storyboard and directing were in the hands of Mr. Yasufumi Soejima, who portrays Tamami Kobayashi as a very interesting antagonist.

Echoes Act 1 enters the scene for the first time and with it comes the difficulty of showing a Stand that fights with sounds. Tamami’s own power, The Lock, doesn’t directly kill its targets and isn’t made for face-to-face combat. I think in that regard, this particular battle nicely represents Part 4 and what will be following. The fights until episode 5 were some kind of introduction and here we are in the development phase.

In regards to the animation, we decided to shrink Tamami’s proportions from the get-go. He's much smaller, but this also reflects his personality.

The second half of the episode happens at the Hirose’s. The house is quite small compared to other residences in Morioh and we had this information in mind when directing the battle in this rather cramped space. We also remember from this episode that Koichi’s sister is also very beautiful (laughs).
Naokatsu Tsuda, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries

Trivia

  • In the official English subs and dub, this episode's title is changed to "Koichi Hirose (Reverb)" to match Echoes' name change to "Reverb".
  • On Morioh Town Radio, Kai Harada can be heard reading a write-in letter from the alias "RIP Big Bro" and then wondering how his brother died. This letter is most likely from Okuyasu.

References

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