Diamond is Unbreakable - Episode 22

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Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 2 (吉良吉影は静かに暮らしたい その2, Kira Yoshikage wa Shizuka ni Kurashitai Sono 2)[1] is the twenty-second episode of Diamond is Unbreakable and the ninety-sixth episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime. It covers the second half of Chapter 345 through Chapter 347, and Chapter 354 through first few pages of Chapter 355 of the manga.

After Shigechi discovers the severed hand of a woman in his lunch bag, the serial-killer has no choice but to reveal his Stand Killer Queen and dispose of the boy.

Summary

Killer Queen detonates the coin held by Harvest

Having been discovered by Shigechi, Kira sends out his Stand, Killer Queen, to eliminate him before word gets out. However, Shigechi summons his own Stand, Harvest, to try and incapacitate him. Kira deduces from his incident in the school that Josuke and Okuyasu are also Stand users while revealing a 100 yen coin. Shigechi orders Harvest to take the coin, right before Kira reveals Killer Queen's ability to turn anything it touches into a bomb. The coin explodes, maiming Shigechi but not killing him. After revealing his knowledge of Reimi, Shigechi uses Harvest to distract Kira and hide. He then hobbles to the high school section of the school, aiming to warn Josuke & Okuyasu, but the moment he touches Josuke's classroom's doorknob, Kira detonates the bomb he planted on it, causing Shigechi to explode from the inside-out without leaving a trace.

Shigechi shouts for Josuke before dying from explosion

Josuke hears his cries for help and is greeted by the last member of Harvest, who delivers a button taken from Kira's jacket before disintegrating. Josuke & Okuyasu note that the way Harvest disappeared was atypical of a Stand and investigate Shigechi's whereabouts, only finding his possessions on his classroom desk. Meanwhile, Reimi witnesses Shigechi's ghost disintegrating in agony while ascending to Heaven, immediately realizing that this was Kira's doing.

Josuke unknowingly crosses paths with Kira, Shigechi's murderer

Josuke organizes a meeting consisting of himself, Okuyasu & his dad, Koichi, Jotaro, Joseph and Shizuka, Yukako, Hazamada, Tonio, Aya, and Rohan and brings them to meet Reimi. They are all informed about the killer and deduce that he must be a Stand user. The deduction prompts Jotaro to decide tracking down the culprit using his button. While Josuke leaves, he briefly crosses paths with Kira.

Killer Queen's second bomb, Sheer Heart Attack, reveals itself

Four days pass with no results before Koichi runs into Jotaro and accompanies him on his search for someone who may have repaired a jacket with similar buttons. The two find a shoe store that also specializes in tailoring. Jotaro admits that while he did check every tailor in Morioh, he did not consider a place like this, and goes in to try and find some leads. There, they learn that the store owner recognizes the button, pointing out the recently-repaired purple jacket that the button came from. However, the store owner decides to check the tag on the jacket to ensure that he's remembering the owner's name right, only to have his right hand suddenly blown off. As it turns out, Kira had been hiding in the back room and had deployed another bomb in the event that someone would use his lost button to track him down. Killer Queen's second bomb, a miniature tank-like object, rushes into the unconscious store owner's mouth before Kira grabs and shakes his jacket to bait Jotaro & Koichi within the bomb's range. Koichi runs up to try and take the coat back, but is pulled away by Jotaro as the bomb goes off.

Appearances

Characters
(1st appearance) (Death)
Kai Harada
(Voice only)

Credits

Staff
Script (脚本)
Storyboard (絵コンテ)
Episode Director (演出)
Hitomi Ezoe[1]
Animation Director (作画監督)
Haru Watanabe
Kenji Yokoyama
Megumi Itoi
Natsue Chibayama
Yui Kinoshita[1]
Assistant Chief Animation Director (総作画監督補)
Mitsuko Baba
Shunichi Ishimoto
Action Animation Director (アクションディレクター)
Key Animation (原画)
Kazuhiro Fukuchi
Hiroki Handa
Ryuta Ura
Kaori Ikeda
Kazuya Miyoshi
Yoko Uchida
Ryo Yamauchi
Masumi Hattori
Eri Kojima
Yoshihiro Maeda
Tsuyoshi Moriyama
Aiko Sonobe
Shiori Nakasone
Kohei Hashimoto
Ryon Tsuchida
Yasunori Matsuki
Kiyoshi Nochi
Hitoshi Kamata
Takashi Tomioka
2nd Key Animation (第二原画)
Mahora Muraki
Atsumi Sakai
Yu Matsuo
Shuhei Fukuda
Asahi Production
Ace Company
Big Owl
MSJ Musashino Production
TAP
White Line
Eyecatch Illustration (アイキャッチ原画)

Music

Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 22: Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 2
Start End Title OST Description

00:01
02:01
Between the Silence...
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
Killer Queen revealed/Killer Queen's bomb power
02:11
02:16
Killer
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
"I'll be sleeping soundly tonight"
02:17
03:29
chase
chase
Opening
03:40
06:05
Mystery
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~
Shigechi grievously injured/Kira inquires about the heroes
06:05
06:18
Looming Crisis
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Harvest distracts Kira
06:19
06:26
Mystery
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~
Kira follows the one Harvest he sees
06:30
08:53
Irreversible Sadness
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Shigechi is assassinated by Kira
09:16
09:53
Silence
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~
Harvest leaves a clue
09:54
10:06
Killer
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
Kira notices a button has fallen from his jacket
10:07
10:59
Separation and Departure
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
Reimi sees Shigechi's soul
11:04
12:04
Malice
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Aftermath of Shigechi's death
12:04
13:56
The Fate Which Still Remains
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
The button is a clue to the killer
13:57
14:17
The Man of Stardust Appears
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
The heroes go on their separate ways
14:17
15:37
Killer
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
Kira has his next victim in sight
15:42
16:20
Morioh Radio
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Morioh-cho RADIO
16:21
17:00
The Hand
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Koichi's worried about the killer
17:01
19:21
The Man of Stardust Appears
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
Jotaro & Koichi cross paths/Investigating a shoe store
20:07
21:21
Second Bomb
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
A new enemy Stand appears!
21:21
22:22
Secret Plans
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~
Kira has sent his Secondary Bomb to kill Jotaro & Koichi
22:28
23:36
I Want You
I Want You
Ending
23:36
23:42
Diamond is Unbreakable -Main Theme-
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~
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Manga/Anime Differences

  • When Killer Queen is revealed, its skull is shown briefly before forming skin and morphing into the iconic face.
  • Kira's neck injury done by Harvest remains through the rest of this arc, even including him licking his own blood when interrogating Shigechi and having neck bandages after the gathering of the protagonists.
  • A sign warning middle-schoolers from going to the high-school section is included when Shigechi tries to escape Kira.
  • During the gathering of Josuke's comrades, Aya Tsuji is included; making a statement foreshadowing her encounter with Kira.
  • When Kira crosses paths with Josuke in the manga, he is seen wearing a different tie and shirt. The anime replaces this with his outfit from the Sheer Heart Attack arc.
  • Kira is shown destroying his previous hand before following the woman complaining about her boyfriend.
  • During the scene of the woman complaining about her boyfriend, the anime added a background character. This character is also shown before Koichi meets Jotaro.
  • Added scenes with Kira and the hand of the woman who was complaining about her boyfriend, a Morioh Radio segment and Koichi walking through the streets before finding Jotaro.
  • Before meeting up with Jotaro, a scene with Koichi walking past St. Gentlemen's where girls are talking about their friend is added.
  • Added that Kira has been found four days after Shigechi's death and 3 days before the 1st of July.
  • Added that the tailor can not see Sheer Heart Attack but only its trail.

Commentary

This is the episode where Shigechi meets an unfortunate end. The series director, Toshiyuki Kato, handled the storyboard this time, we're pretty familiar with his style. Seeing Shigechi being pulverized in the corridor was so sad I was tearing up. I was also touched by the scene where all the Stand Users gather after Shigechi goes to heaven.

The drawing of Shigechi’s father and mother on his desk was an idea from Mr. Kato. It was here that I realized that Kato was an expert when it came to making the audience cry.

We designed Killer Queen’s explosions to be out of the ordinary, that's why the colors are different. We returned to an effect that was often used back in the day: explosions with black smoke.

In this episode, Jotaro changes clothes. This signifies the day changing as well.

For the record, we asked permission from the manufacturer to use their brand of children's biscuits that the shoemaker eats. I believe that it was starting from this episode that we’ve done this more and more.
Naokatsu Tsuda, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries

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