Esidisi (エシディシ, Eshidishi), as one of the Pillar Men, is a major antagonist featured in Battle Tendency.
After killing Loggins, he confronts Joseph Joestar in an arena of spikes on Air Supplena Island.
Esidisi's appearance is that of a tall, dark skinned, and very well-built man. He has light hair, protruding in a bouffant tuft from under a tall headpiece. A dark painted or tattooed X mark spans his face, joined at the bridge of his nose, touching the middle of his forehead and jaw. He commonly wears a nose ring in his right nostril, and great, thick hoop earrings. His brow rests in a sinister scowl.
During his fight with Joseph, his top is bare save for leather-like patches stitched to his skin at his shoulders and chest.
Despite this, Esidisi is very affable and acts calm a majority of the time, tranquilly asserting the situation before making his moves. Esidisi never loses sight of his goal, and will always act to get the Red Stone of Aja. However, he has a more violent temper than the others to the point that he has to cry and sob to calm himself down, tha tantrum also serving as a destabilisation tactic.
Esidisi has shown to act dishonorably and deceptively as long as it will bring Kars' goals to fruition, notably when he possesses the defenseless Suzi Q to stall Joseph and the others for some time. However, Joseph notes that this marks a loyal side to Esidisi's personality, in that he is willing to give up his own honor and pride for the success of his friends.
As a Pillar Man or super-being, Esidisi can only be killed if his brain is destroyed. If his brain is the only part of him left, he can grow tentacles from it to attach himself on someone else and possess them
Master Strategist: Despite his violent temper, Esidisi is a brilliant tactician, being able to see through Joseph's deception and even managing to thwart his insidious plans using his own, something no other villain in the series demonstrated. Esidisi also travelled to China and is knowledgeable about Sun Tzu's Art of War, including his theory "all warfare is based on deception".
Esidisi is a member of the race known as the Pillar Men. Along with Kars, he traveled with two children who would grow to be Wamuu and Santana.
Sometime between the formation of his group and the beginning of his millennia of rest, he and his comrades would travel to Rome and fight a battle against the Ripple users that would end in their victory; how they ended up resting in the wall is unknown.
Esidisi, along with Wamuu and Kars, were discovered by Nazis in Rome. He later appears with Wamuu and Kars in pursuit of the Red Stone of Aja held by Lisa Lisa before helping in attacking a Nazi facility and killing Mark, a Nazi Caesar befriended. He follows Wamuu when he is taken away by Joseph in order to protect Caesar and Speedwagon, foiling Joseph's plans by swallowing the dynamite he had planned to use. In desperation Joseph bluffs that with only one month of training he could defeat the two of them. Intrigued, Wamuu and Esidisi both implant a wedding ring inside him, which will kill him if he does not defeat them and take their antidotes within a month. On that note they leave in search for the Red Stone.
After learning of the whereabouts of the Red Stone of Aja, he attacked and killed Loggins, initiating a fight with Joseph Joestar. In his battle with Joseph, he tries to intimidate him by disabling Joseph's deceptive tactics. Esidisi cuts the hidden rope through which Joseph plans to send "Ripple" energy to hurt him with his boiling hot blood vessels, which he also utilizes to attack Joseph. Nevertheless, he falls for Joseph's more sophisticated deception, for Joseph had predicted his action and employed the Cut and restore rope trick.
His bones and muscles are destroyed but his brain and blood vessels possess Suzi Q, who takes the Red Stone of Aja and sends it to Kars in Switzerland. Esidisi then turns Suzi Q into a "blood bomb", but Joseph and Caesar attack Suzi Q at the same time, their Ripples cancelling each other out and keeping Suzi Q unharmed, but forcing Esidisi out of her body. Esidisi clings onto Joseph but is finished off by the sunlight.
Esidisi appears as one of the thirteen rivals who challenges the player's party during the RPG-like final battle. His attacks are "Heat Mode" and "Blazing King's Giant Wheel" and his special ability "It's not faaaaair!" boosts his attack power by 1.5 once his health is below 100.
Due to the game's release date being around the time Part II only reaching the portion prior to Esidisi's battle against Joseph, only Santana and Esidisi appear as the enemies faced during the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part of the game, leaving out Kars and Wamuu.
Esidisi makes his first appearance as a playable character in the PS3 title; he was confirmed alongside Caesar Zeppeli. In the English release of the game, Esidisi's Flame Mode is renamed "Heat Control Mode".
Since Esidisi never exactly fought extensively in Part II (he was only shown fighting Joseph), most of his normal attacks consist of punches and kicks. Along with Kars and Wamuu, Esidisi uses the Mode style as part of his moveset, which expends the Heart Heat Gauge to temporarily boost his strength and performance among other things.
During a fight, Esidisi can use several different attacks that were featured in Battle Tendency.
Esidisi can spend his Heart Heat Gauge to activate Heat Control Mode in order to increase the overall damage and hit number of his moves, and exclusive to him, make all attacks involving his veins set the opponent on fire and take gradual damage.
Esidisi can sacrifice even more of his HHG to activate Erratic Blaze King Mode, rapidly damaging opponents too close to him with the heat alone.
His HHA, "Think fast!" is the fire-powered kick he used to murder Loggins, before jumping and using the other leg to send the opponent off in a roudhouse-style kick. This move will also drain some of the victim's health so as to refill Esidisi's own.
His GHA attack, "Burned to a crisp!", is the same move he attempted to use on Joseph Joestar to finish him off. While the move was never followed through in the source, the game shows it in full; Esidisi sticking most of his veins into his opponent's body before violently pumping them with his boiling blood and incinerating them from the inside-out.
When beaten in the final round of any match using a skill that does not result in a hard knockdown, Esidisi's brain will tear out of his body and evaporate, referencing his demise in the series. When caught in Jolyne's string trap, he makes the same pose as when caught in Joseph's own string trap in the manga.
Naturally, Esidisi shares special introductions with the entire cast of Part II.
Esidisi appears as one of the Part II characters who possess a Metal Striker, and also as the one of the bosses faced in the events for the Part II Story Mode.
His FINISH move makes several of his Blood Vessels appear and attack the defeated opponent's Metal Striker.
Esidisi returns as a playable character in Eyes of Heaven, he was confirmed alongside the other Pillar Men, Kars and Wamuu.
Unlike the previous game, Esidisi's main color scheme is now based off his appearance in the anime.
He is paired with Mariah in the Eyes of Heaven Tournament.
Close up of Esidisi
Esidisi having a dynamite stick explode inside him
Cover, Chapter 80; Esidisi attacking with his blood vessels
Esidisi killed Loggins
Esidisi crying
Erratic Blaze King Mode
Esidisi's true form
Esidisi became only his brain and survived
Esidisi possessed Suzi Q
The Pillar Men are freed
.png)
Esidisi's identity was apparent
Esidisi's Wedding Ring in Joseph's throat
Esidisi's render in All-Star Battle
All-Star Battle concept art
Esidisi executing his HHA, All-Star Battle
Esidisi in development in All-Star Battle
Esidisi Illustration, Eyes of Heaven PS3/PS4
Esidisi in Eyes of Heaven PS3/PS4
Esidsi as a figure from Super Action Statue
Supernatural Beings | |
|---|---|
| Vampires | |
| Zombies and other Undead | |
| Pillar Men | |
| Ghosts | |
| Rock Organisms (Rock Humans) | |
| Miscellaneous | |
Battle Tendency Characters | |
|---|---|
| Main Characters | |
| Minor Characters | |
| Groups | |
