Coveting the Stone Mask
Blood siphoned by Dio Brando
Rescuing a self-decapitated Dio from the cliffside
Head destroyed by a dying Jonathan Joestar
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Wang Chan (ワンチェン, Wan Chen) is a secondary antagonist featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood.
Originally a black market merchant in the slums of London, he becomes a faithful servant of Dio Brando after being transformed into a Zombie.
Wang Chan is a short, scrawny, elderly Chinese man. His hair is spiky and firmly stands upwards. Along with a prominent widow's peak, he has very long eyebrows, a small mole under his right eye, and a fu manchu mustache. After becoming a zombie, he grows fangs and a long tongue.
As a human, Wang Chan shows a nasty and greedy personality, selling a poison to Dio for fun without any regard for its use.[3] He also doesn't mind violence, smiling when Dio stabbed George Joestar. Later, he heads back to the Joestar Mansion after it burns to the ground to salvage the Stone Mask in order to sell it for a profit.[4]
Upon becoming a zombie, however, Wang Chan becomes entirely devoted to Dio's wishes. At first very quiet, the zombified Wang Chan becomes more brutal and cruel, being overall unrestrained in expressing his urges. He would notably recklessly attack Jonathan, underestimating him despite being warned by Dio that Jonathan was still dangerous.
Being versed in the art of fortunetelling, Wang Chan is supremely confident in his predictions and knew that Dio would escape imprisonment at the Joestar mansion.
As a human, Wang Chan was a fortune teller and an expert on oriental poisons. He successfully predicted that Dio would have great luck in his life, which proved to be true in his many near-death survivals.
After being zombified, he appears to have retained his personality, though he shows a more bloodthirsty side and selflessly serves Dio. In terms of physical ability, he can jump great distances much like one trained in martial arts. However, as one of the zombies shorter in stature, he usually takes to running away or hiding in self-defense, unless directly told by Dio to attack. After Dio loses his body, Wang Chan is also shown capable of fighting one-handed, whilst the other hand holds Dio's head. He also turns the head to fixate Dio's vision, allowing the vampire to use his Space Ripper Stingy Eyes.Claws: In battle, Wang Chan chooses to wear gloves with giant-sized claws. This way, he is able to increase his power and attack range. He is confident enough to kill a human by a simple swipe of his rigid claws, but is unsuccessful against Jonathan's Zoom Punch.[5]
Wang Chan was a shop owner operating in Ogre Street, the most dangerous part of London. When a young Dio Brando came to buy a slow acting poison from him to kill his father Dario Brando, he was unconcerned by Dio's evilness and even told him of a man in his own land who had a similar birthmark to Dio's. Said man had a harsh life, but in the end lived to be over 183 years old.[3]
Years later in 1880, Dio reuses the same slow poison to murder of George Joestar. However, Jonathan discovers Dio's schemes and, with the help of Robert E. O. Speedwagon, manages to find Wang Chan's shop. Wang Chan is arrested by the police and taken to the Joestar Mansion. As he witnesses Jonathan approaching Dio to cuff him, Wang Chan claims that Dio is far too lucky to fully have to give up this early. Dio uses George's blood to become a vampire but Wang Chan manages to flee during the chaos. Afterward, Wang Chan goes back to the mansion to steal the Stone Mask but a heavily injured Dio sucks his blood and turns him into a Zombie.[6] From that point on, Wang Chan serves as Dio's subordinate.
Wang Chan then takes care of Dio while he is recovering from his injuries, showing great loyalty to him. He is seen pushing Dio around in a wheelchair during their encounter with Jack the Ripper.[7] He attacks Jonathan during his training, but is defeated and escapes, informing Dio about the Ripple.[5] When the group of heroes reach Dio's mansion, Wang Chan remains hidden, being the only zombie to survive the battle. He finds Dio's head and guards it, lamenting that Dio didn't have another body.[8]
Dio trusts him enough to be responsible for his head and implanting it onto Jonathan's body. He manages to stow away on the ship Jonathan and Erina board and after being spotted by Jonathan, he retrieves Dio's head from a coffin. However, Jonathan uses the last of his strength to crush Wang Chan's head and sends a ripple throughout his body. The impact from the attack sends Wang Chan's headless body flying into the ship's machinery and disrupts it due to the ripple controlling his carcass, causing the ship full of zombies to explode.[9]
Wang Chang appears as the "child" version of Shadow DIO when attacked by Alessi's Stand. After the move, Shadow DIO turns into Wang Chang holding the jar containing Dio's severed head. In this state, Wang Chan can attack by using his claws, or the head of Dio can attack using Space Ripper Stingy Eyes.
Wang Chan appears in the PS3 game as a navigation character for the GALLERY MODE STORE.
Coveting the Stone Mask
Blood siphoned by Dio Brando
Rescuing a self-decapitated Dio from the cliffside
Head destroyed by a dying Jonathan Joestar
Wang Chan's shop in Dio's flashback
Speedwagon grabs Wang Chan
Wang Chan in The Joestar Mansion
Wang Chan rakes The Joestar Mansion ruins
Taking Dio to Jack the Ripper
Wang Chan picks up Dio's head
Wang Chan on Jonathan and Erina's honeymoon ship
Wang Chan with Dio's head in a jar
Wang Chan pounces on Jonathan
Wang Chan's idle sprite in Heritage for the Future
Attacking Jonathan in the Phantom Blood PS2 game
Spotted by Jonathan on his honeymoon voyage
Holding Dio's head
Defeated by the last of Jonathan's Ripple
5-star statue, Diamond Records
Wang Chan aiding Dio in recruiting Jack the Ripper (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
A Zombie Wang Chan Holding Dio's head in a Jar (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Wang Chan pulling rubble over at the Joestar Mansion from the 2004 Movie Pilot
Wang Chan's appearance from the Phantom Blood Movie
Concept art from Phantom Blood Movie
Human Wang Chan's Body Perspective from the Phantom Blood Movie
Human Wang Chan's heads of perspective from the Phantom Blood Movie
Vampire Wang Chan's Claws perspective from the Phantom Blood Movie
Vampire Wang Chan's heads of perspective from the Phantom Blood Movie
Chara Heroes; Part 1 Vol.1
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