Episode 22

A True Warrior
General information
Episode	22
Season	1
Japanese Name	真の格闘者
Romanized	Shin no Kakutōsha
Runtime	24:00
Chapters Adapted	98-102
Air Dates
Date	March 8, 2013
Other Information
Opening Theme	N/A
Ending Theme	Roundabout
Credits
Script	Shinichi Inotsume
Storyboard	Noboru Misawa
Episode Director	Naomi Nakayama
Animation Director	Shuichi Hara Yoshifumi Terai
Assistant Animation Director	Toshiya Kouno
Key Animation	Shuichi Hara Tomoyuki Munehiro Kazunobu Hoshi Shigeki Sato Mayu Matsushima Ayaka Yasumi Hironori Tanaka Noboru Kawamori Teruaki Tokumaru Yoshihiro Maeda Kazuya Nakanishi Sonomi Sugimura Kazuya Sakamoto Xing Huo Makoto Shimojima Miyuki Nakayama Matsuko Hira Shunsuke Imanaka Keisuke Endo Shingo Ogiso Norikazu Ishigaoka Tatsuya Shiraishi
2nd Key Animation	Toshiya Kouno Sonomi Sugimura Tetsuya Takai Ayaka Yasumi Nobuo Iino Eiji Shirai Sakura Takagi Tomohito Matsuhiro Shoko Suzuki Rikako Kon Haru Watanabe Naoki Hiramura Jia Mei Deng Tsuyoshi Moriyama Masafumi Nakagawa Aya Nishimura Production EN Asahi Production Hebaraki Pierrot KJP Studio Liberty Candy Box Trigger White Line
Design Cooperation	Jun Ishigami Yoshifumi Terai Gorou Murata
Episode guide
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Next →	The Warrior of Wind

A True Warrior (真の格闘者, Shin no Kakutōsha) is the twenty-second episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime. It is also the thirteenth episode of Battle Tendency. It covers Chapter 98 to Chapter 102 of the manga.

Summary

Before the match begins, it is revealed that during each lap, there will be a different weapon for whoever can grab it from a pillar first. JoJo manages to get a headstart by obstructing Wamuu's wheels with rubble, allowing him to get ahold of a sledgehammer. However, anticipating the maneuver, Wamuu grabs hold of the pillar itself, forcing JoJo to abandon his chariot, though JoJo manages to use the hammer to avoid getting trampled by Wamuu's horses. Wamuu launches an attack on JoJo by hiding in his horse, but JoJo manages to use his cunning to turn his sandstorm attack against him with the Ripple. In order to regain his focus, Wamuu gouges out his own eyes and grows a horn that can sense the wind in its place.

As the second lap offers a pair of crossbows, JoJo ends up picking one that is too big for him to use whilst Wamuu uses the wind to guide his shots with the smaller crossbow, managing to hit JoJo's sides with a reflected shot. As he is thrown to the ground, he uses the momentum of the fall to cock his crossbow without the others noticing. JoJo appears cornered, but manages to hit Wamuu with a ripple-charged shot from his crossbow by distracting his senses with pebbles. Wamuu makes a desperate last attack by firing his severed arms at JoJo to cut off his breathing before gathering up wind for his final attack.

Appearances

Joseph Joestar Lisa Lisa Wamuu Kars

Manga/Anime Differences

• In the manga, Joseph stalled Wamuu by collapsing the ground under one of his wheels. In the anime, he simply places rocks in front of it.
• The anime removed the scene where one of the zombies demonstrates the crossbows by firing one.
• The impact from Wamuu's pillar caused Joseph's chariot to lose a wheel in the manga. In the anime, it simply bent the chariot.
• In the manga, Joseph's chariot was already destroyed by the time he grabbed his crossbow. Joseph was already on the horse when Wamuu headshot it, forcing him to jump onto the other one. In the anime, Joseph's chariot was still intact, and it was only when Wamuu shot the horse's head did Joseph jump from the chariot onto the other horse.