Stardust Crusaders
Stardust Crusaders (スターダストクルセイダース, Sutādasuto Kuruseidāsu) est la troisième partie de JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Il a été publié dans le Weekly Shonen Jump de mars 1989 à avril 1992 sous le titre de JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Partie 3 Jotaro Kujo: Héritage pour le Future,[1] et compilé ensuite en 16 tomes de Jump Comics. Le titre Stardust Crusaders a été utilisé pour la première fois dans l'artbook JOJO A-GO!GO!.[2]
Stardust Crusaders a reçu deux adaptations anim"e, la première est un OAV de 1993 produit par Studio A.P.P.P., et la seconde est une série téléviée produite par David Production. La partie a été adapté en jeu vidéo de type RPG par WinkySoft et en jeu de combat par Capcom.
Stardust Crusaders se passe en 1988 et 1989,[3]. L'histoire suit le périple de Jotaro Kujo et de ses amis alors qu'ils voyagent de Tokyo au Caire pour sauver la vie de sa mère et vaincre l'ennemi juré de la famille, DIO, sorti des fonds de l'océan.
Résumé
La marque en forme d'étoile
- Main article: Jotaro Kujo (story arc)
En 1983, près des Îles Canaries, un trio de chasseurs de trésor retrouvent et hissent hors de l'eau un conteneur mystérieux. Alors que le soleil se couche, ils s'empressent d'essayer d'ouvrir ledit conteneur, sur lequel est marque "DIO". Il est dit que le bateau des chasseurs de trésor sera retrouvé quelques jours plus tard, vidé de ses occupants et avec le cercueil ouvert.
L'histoire débute véritablement en 1988, à Tokyo, capitale du Japon. Holy Kujo, fille de Joseph Joestar, est appelée au commissariat du quartier pour venir prendre son fils Jotaro Kujo, qui a été mis en garde à vue pour avoir battu quatre hommes, mais qui désormais refuse de sortir de sa cellule car il prétend être possédé par un esprit maléfique. Pour le montrer, Jotaro utilise son esprit pour voler l'arme d'un officier de police puis se tire dessus. Cependant, l'esprit attrape la balle. Etrangement, seuls Jotaro et Holy peuvent discerner la main de l'esprit. Jotaro refuse ainsi catégoriquement de partir pour éviter de blesser quelqu'un.
Holy part accueillir son père Joseph Joestar qui est venu au Japon avec son compagnon, le diseur de bonne aventure égyptien Mohammed Abdul. Au commissariat, Joseph ordonne à Jotaro de sortir et dit à Abdul de forcer son petit-fils hors de la cellule. C'est alors qu'Abdul invoque Magician's Red pour forcer Jotaro hors de sa cellule alors que Joseph introduit ce qu'il appelle les Stands, des manifestations de l'esprit combatif. Magician's Red possède le pouvoir de contrôler les flammes et est si puissant que Jotaro invoque complètement son propre Stand, qui lui possède une force fabuleuse. Il prend l'avantage mais quand il sort de sa cellule durant le combat, Abdul arrête le combat en disant qu'il a réussi sa mission.
Plus tard, Joseph explique la raison de sa venue. En utilisant son Stand Hermit Purple, Joseph créé une photo psychique. Expliquant que le pouvoir Stand se transmet aux descendants, Joseph montre une photo de DIO, l'ennemi juré de la famille, et prouve grâce à la tâche de naissance en forme d'étoile sur son épaule que DIO a volé le corps de leur ancêtre Jonathan Joestar. Ainsi, celà explique le pouvoir de Jotaro. Joseph exhorte Jotaro à venir avec lui combattre le Vampire, mais Jotaro décline, étant sceptique quant à cette histoire.
Cependant le jour suivant, un des assassins de DIO vient l'attaquer au lycée. Noriaki Kakyoin, un lycée à la solde de DIO, attaque Jotaro avec son Stand Hierophant Green en possédant une infirmière. Jotaro le vainc et l'emmène à la résidence des Kujo. On découvre alors un parasite sur son front qui contrôle son esprit. Jotaro extrait alors ce parasite au péril de sa vie, ce qui libère Kakyoin de l'emprise de DIO.
Holy tombe alors malade car l'influence de DIO a éveillé son Stand. Cependant, Holy n'a pas l'esprit combatif nécessaire pour maîtriser son Stand et elle n'a que quelques semaines à vivre avant que son Stand ne la tue.
Voulant sauver sa mère, Jotaro décide de combattre DIO. Jotaro utilise la vue perçante de son Stand pour analyser la photo de DIO et discerne dans le fond une mouche, qu'Abdul identifie comme une mouche tsé-tsé, native d'Egypte. Kakyoin confirme cette théorie en révélant qu'il a rencontré DIO dans ce pays, et souhaite aussi rejoindre les héros. Alors que des docteurs de la Fondation Speedwagon viennent s'occuper de Holy, les héros partent pour l'Egypte. Abdul nomme alors le Stand de Jotaro "Star Platinum".
A Hong Kong
Les héros embarquent dans un avion long courrier en partance pour l'Egypte. Cependant, en pleine nuit, un scarabée géant qui se révèle être le Stand Tower of Gray attaque les héros. Tower of Gray est tellement rapide que Star Platinum ne peut pas l'attraper, mais Kakyoin vainc ce Stand en le surprenant avec les tentacules de Hierophant Green. L'assassin, Gray Fly, meurt mais on découvre qu'il a déjà tué les pilotes de l'avion. Joseph fait amerrir l'avion d'urgence, près de Hong Kong.
Les héros profitent de Hong Kong, véritable enseigne de la culture chinoise. Dans un restaurant de Hong Kong, les héros se concertent et décide de prendre un bateau privé pour l'Egypte afin d'éviter de mettre des innocents en danger. C'est alors qu'un Français prénommé Jean Pierre Polnareff vient pour défier les héros, Abdul en premier. Polnareff manie un Stand épéiste nommé Silver Chariot dont la dextérité et la vitesse sont impressionants. Cependant, Abdul parvient à prendre Polnareff par surprise en envoyant des flammes sous terres. Lorsque Polnareff a l'occasion d'envoyer un couteau dans le dos d'Abdul, celui-ci se refuse à utiliser des tactiques déshonorables. Cet esprit chevaleresque impressionne Abdul, qui le libére de ses flammes. Les héros extraient alors un bourgeon de chair de DIO, le libérant de l'emprise du vampire. Polnareff reprend ses esprit et révèle qu'il est à la recherche de l'assassin de sa soeur, Sherry. Il rejoint le groupe, sûr que l'assassin travaille pour DIO.
Vers Singapour
- Main article: Dark Blue Moon (story arc)
Joseph affrète un navire avec pour équipage des marins vérifiés par la Fondation Speedwagon partant pour Singapour. Durant le trajet, le groupe rencontre une jeune enfant qui avait clandestinement embarqué dans le navire. Ils sont attaqué par le Stand aquatique Dark Blue Moon, dont le manieur est un assassin qui se faisait passer pour le capitaine du navire. Jotaro est entrainé dans l'eau, où Dark Blue Moon a l'avantage, mais vainc facilement l'imposteur. Cependant, l'assassin avait posé des bombes dans le navire et elles explosent, forçant les héros et l'équipage à prendre refuge dans des canots de sauvetage.
Le groupe dérive pendant un temps dans l'océan jusqu'à ce qu'il se retrouvent nez-à-nez avec un étrange cargo. En effet, ce cargo est vide, sauf pour un orang-outan en cage. Des marins sont tués par un crochet d'une grue dans des circonstances mystérieuse et les héros fouillent le navire pour trouver un potentiel ennemi. La jeune fugueuse prend une douche, mais est alors attaquée par le singe. Jotaro intervient heureusement et découvre qu'il est l'ennemi, puis que le navire lui-même est le Stand du singe. Les parois et tuyaux du navire ligotent les héros, mais Jotaro parvient à vaincre le singe. Seuls les héros et la fugueuse survivent à l'attaque et ils rejoignent leur canot de sauvetage alors que le cargo coule.
Les héros atteignent alors la ville prospère de Singapour, carrefour des cultures asiatiques. Voulant se reposer un peu, les héros louent quelques chambres dans un hôtel et Polnareff se retrouve alors seul. Il voit cependant que quelqu'un se cache dans sa chambre et il confronte Devo le Maudit, un shaman amérindien qui soit-disant lance des malédictions sur ses ennemis. Devo invoque son Stand Ebony Devil mais le Silver Chariot de Polnareff lui crève l'oeil. Devo bat en retraite, maudissant sa cible. C'est alors qu'Ebony Devil prend possession d'une petite poupée, qui arrive à ligoter Polnareff sous le lit et l'harcèle en essayant de le tuer. Polnareff parvient à briser un miroir pour regarder au-dessus du lit et touche la poupée, qu'il déchiquète avec l'épée de Silver Chariot. Devo est ainsi tué. Plus tard, Jotaro et Kakyoin sortent pour se promener avec la petite fugueuse. Dans leur chambre, Joseph et Abdul essaient d'espionner DIO avec Hermit Purple et une télé. Il apprennent alors que Kakyoin pourrait être un ennemi caché.
Dans les rues de Singapour, Kakyoin agit de façon suspecte, étant inhabituellement violente et vulgaire. Jotaro découvre vite que "Kakoyin" est un autre assassin déguisé. Rubber Soul se dévoile et utilise Yellow Temperance, un slime corrosif. Jotaro ne peut pas attaquer Rubber Soul directement et l'entraîne dans l'océan. Pour ne pas se noyer, Rubber Soul désactive son Stand, ce qui permet à Jotaro de l'attaquer. Rubber Soul révèle que d'autres manieurs de Stands représentant les cartes de la Mort, l'Empereur, le Pendu l'Impératrice vont attaquer les héros. Il révèle alors que le manieur de Hanged Man le Pendu est l'assassin de Sherry, la soeur de Polnareff. Après une dernière attaque surprise de Rubber Soul, Jotaro le tabasse et le vainc pour de bon. Les héros prennent le train en direction de l'Inde.
En Inde
- Main article: Emperor and Hanged Man (story arc)
A Calcutta, les héros subissent le choc culturel en constatant une culture très différente des pays plus développés. Dans les toilettes d'un restaurant, Hanged Man, un Stand qui peut attaquer depuis n'importe quel reflet, vient provoquer Polnareff. Celui-ci part seul à la recherche de l'assassin de Sherry. Dans les environs de Calcutta, le flingeur Hol Horse entre en scène avec une fille qu'il a récemment séduite, Nena. Il dit à Nena de partir avant qu'il ne vienne à la rencontre de J. Geil, le manieur de Hanged Man, et prévoit leur attaque. Plus tard, Hol Horse confronte Polnareff, isolé dans les rues de la ville. Hol Horse dévoile son Stand revolver, Emperor, dont il peut contrôler la trajectoire des balles. Polnareff est presque touché mais Abdul surgit pour le sauver. C'est alors que Hanged Man apparait dans une mare pour poignarder Abdul et Hol Horse lui tire sur le front. Abdul meurt sur le coup alors que Kakyoin les retrouve. Polnareff et Kakyoin battent en retraite à contrecœur dans une camionnette, et débattent du secret de Hanged Man, qui semble invincible. Hanged Man apparaît justement sur le volant métallique du véhicule et attaque, forçant Kakyoin à faire s'écraser la camionnette. Durant le crash, Polnareff réalise que le Stand est fait de lumière qui passe de surface en surfaces en ligne droite. Il parvient à forcer le Stand à aller dans son oeil et le blesse. Ils entendent un cri de douleur, ce qui veut dire que J. Geil est proche.
Although Geil baits the duo into a trap and gathers a group of beggars toward them, Kakyoin makes them focus on one shiny coin and tosses it into the air. Polnareff then blinds the one beggar with Hanged Man in his eye and forces the Stand to come out, defeating it with a slash. Polnareff then avenges Sherry by finishing off Geil, his death sensed by his mother Enya the Hag. Hol Horse arrives too late to learn of Geil's demise, only escaping the assembled Joestar group due to the intervention of a pretty Indian girl named Nena whom he seduced earlier. Jotaro and Joseph tell Polnareff that they have already buried Avdol and that they should move on.
On the way to Varanasi, joined by the Nena Joseph notices a boil on his arm as he heads to a clinic with Polnareff to have it treated. But the boil turns out to be the Empress Stand, who killed the doctor to frame Joseph for murder while Nena distracts Polnareff to keep him from aiding Joseph from escaping the police. Although Empress grows enough to physically threaten Joseph, the old man uses his Hermit Purple to find a barrel of coal-tar and use it to immobilize the Stand so he can kill it. This kills Nena as consequence, revealing her to be an short obese woman wearing the skin of a woman she murdered prior. The group then leaves Varanasi and continue westward.
En route to Pakistan, the party meet the stowaway girl again and take her with them. However, a mysterious car driver stalks them and eventually leads them to a cliff where he ambushes them. The enemy's car is revealed to be their Stand, Wheel of Fortune, which battles Jotaro. Wheel of Fortune sprays Jotaro with gasoline and sets him on fire. It seemingly kills the protagonist, but instead only burns up his coat; Jotaro has dug a tunnel to approach the car undetected and destroys it while exposing its user ZZ. The group ties him to a rock and leaves him. After dropping the stowaway girl in a plane bound for Hong Kong, the Joestar Group reaches Pakistan.
Du Pakistan à l'Arabie
Pakistan
On the way to Karachi, their travel is jeopardized by the heavy fog and find a town inhabited by strangely hostile people. Enya Geil appears, faking being a gentle hotel owner, then persuades the group to rest for the night at her establishment so she can personally kill the Joestar Group and avenge her son. Enya also attempted to kill Hol Horse for his role in his son's demise before attacking Polnareff with the zombies animated by her Stand Justice. But Jotaro intervenes and has Star Platinum inhale Justice to knock Enya out, revealing the town to be a graveyard while Hol Horse flees again.
Once the Joestar Group arrive to Karachi, they are powerless to prevent Enya from being executed by Steely Dan activating a spore DIO has planted in her brain to prevent her from revealing their master's Stand. Despite being betrayed, Enya dies refusing to help the Joestar group.
Steely Dan then reveals his Lovers Stand, which can become microscopic to enter someone's brain. He sends Lovers into Joseph's brain to plant more of DIO's spores and hold him hostage, forcing Jotaro to become personal manservant. Luckily, shrinking their Stands to microscopic size, Polnareff and Kakyoin managed to force Lovers out of Joseph. Meanwhile, Jotaro notices that Steely Dan is injured and proceeds to threaten him with a beating. Steely Dan attempts to first enter Jotaro's brain and then a little girl's head to take her as a hostage, but Star Platinum foils both attempts. Jotaro repays his humiliation with a long pummeling.
Arabia
After the group reaches the United Arab Emirates, they proceed to cross the desert on camelback before they are attacked by Stand in the form of the Sun. It shoots powerful blasts of energy down on the group and forces them to hide under a rock. The long wait under the scorching heat proves difficult to bear, and Joseph watches with horror as his companions begin to madly laugh. In truth, they have spotted the Stand user hidden behind a mirror and take him out with a pebble.
Kakyoin finds himself trapped in a nightmarish theme park where Death Thirteen attacks him. However, Polnareff wakes him up; Kakyoin somehow completely forgets about his dream.
The group buys a Cessna to cross the desert and are saddled with a baby. Kakyoin and Polnareff doze off and are attacked in their shared dream by Death XIII again. They realize with horror that they cannot summon their Stands to defend themselves. Kakyoin takes a knife and engraves the words "baby stand" on his arms and struggles so violently it translates into the real world, and his agitation eventually causes a crash.
The group sets up camp for the night, while the baby waits eagerly to be free to kill them. Kakyoin rightfully suspects the baby, but only convinces his companions that he's delirious. When he summons Hierophant Green to attack the baby, Polnareff knocks him out. Everyone falls asleep and finds himself in the dream, unable to fight Death XIII. Fortunately, Kakyoin being knocked out with his Stand still summoned allowed him to keep it in the dream, and Hierophant Green manages to defeat the enemy Stand. All finally wake, having forgotten about the dream except Kakyoin who intimidates the baby into leaving them alone by scooping up some of his feces from his diaper and mixing it into his baby food.
The Red Sea
On an island in the Red Sea, the group meets Muhammad Avdol's father, who doesn't want to see them because of his son's death. Afterward, Polnareff wanders alone and finds an Arabic oil lamp. Rubbing it, the Frenchman summons Judgement and is convinced that he's encountered a real genie. He wishes for his sister Sherry and for Avdol to come back to life, but he is attacked by their zombies instead. However, the real Avdol reveals himself and intervenes, destroys the revenants - which are revealed to be Judgement's clay sculptures, and defeats the enemy Stand. Avdol then discovers Judgement's user and defeats him.
When Polnareff reunites with the group, he learns that Avdol merely had faked his death, and everyone hid the truth from him for fear he might reveal it to an enemy. Free to act, Avdol reveals a submarine which the group board in order to enter Egypt unnoticed.
However, they soon come under attack by High Priestess, a Stand that can take the form of anything metallic. It destroys the submarine, forcing the Joestar Group to equip diving gear and swim to the surface of the Red Sea. High Priestess then takes the form of a giant head made out of the sea's bedrock and sucks the group inside its mouth. Jotaro is seemingly crushed between High Priestess's teeth, but Star Platinum destroys them all, defeating and disfiguring the user. The Joestar Group has finally reached Egypt.
Egypte : Remontée du Nil
Coincidentally, N'Doul ambushes the group in the desert with Geb, a Stand of water. Not only can it hide under the sand and attack from everywhere, its user is kilometers away. Kakyoin's eyes are slashed and Avdol's throat is cut, taking out both. Jotaro forces Iggy to help because he can sense the attacks, but the dog tries to flee by making a glider out of the sand. Jotaro exploits this to approach N'Doul and land a decisive punch, defeating him.
As the Joestar Group arrives in Aswan, Oingo and Boingo, users of the face-altering Stand Khnum and the future-predicting comic book Tohth respectively, attempt to assassinate the heroes. At first, Boingo predicts that Joseph, Jotaro, and Polnareff will drink poison and infiltrate a cafe where the group is headed to. Although everyone sips their poisoned tea, Iggy causes a ruckus, making them spit the poison.
Boingo then predicts that Jotaro's head will be split by a bomb. Oingo tries to plant a bomb hidden inside an orange in the group's car but is surprised by Joseph and Polnareff. He is forced to mimic Jotaro, taking the bomb with him on the ride. Already envisioning the worst, Oingo tries to get rid of the bomb and get away from Joseph and Polnareff, but events conspire to keep him trapped. When he manages to flee, he accidentally triggers his own bomb and is sent to the hospital. Oingo and Boingo are defeated without being noticed.
As the Joestar Group navigates down the Nile, Anubis, a sword inhabited by a Stand, possesses a farmer named Chaka. It brainwashes him into wielding it to kill the heroes. In the Temple of Kom Ombo, Chaka fights Polnareff and although Silver Chariot is weaker, it unveils a secret technique. The Stand shoots its sword and defeats Chaka, then Polnareff takes Anubis with him, unaware of its true nature.
In Edfu, Polnareff and Jotaro to go a barber named Khan to have a shave. Khan gets possessed and easily defeats Polnareff because of its power of memorizing the techniques of the enemy. Jotaro intervenes and defeats Khan with difficulty, but the situation worsens when Polnareff is possessed. Star Platinum is overwhelmed by the combination of Anubis and Silver Chariot and Polnareff stabs Jotaro in the gut with Anubis. With the sword in his stomach, Jotaro manages to break it into many pieces and wins. A last assassination attempt by Anubis is thwarted by Iggy and Anubis is thrown into the Nile.
In Luxor, Joseph discovers an electrical outlet poking out of a rock and is shocked. It is, in reality, Bastet, the Stand of Mariah, one of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods. Joseph is magnetized and begins to attract all kinds of metallic objects. He and Avdol discover and pursue Mariah, but Avdol has been magnetized too. Their chase is made all the more difficult because the duo attracts each other and attract other objects, but they manage to surround Mariah. Joseph and Avdol, covered in myriads of metal items, then turn Bastet against its user and crush Mariah by rushing toward each other.
Meanwhile, Jotaro and Polnareff are stalked by DIO's next assassin, Alessi. Polnareff notices Alessi stalking him and confronts him alone. However, Alessi's Sethan reduces Polnareff and Silver Chariot to children. Polnareff flees and is taken by a kind woman who brings her to her home. Alessi then attacks Polnareff again, and the child finds himself trapped in a room without exit, Alessi banging at the door.
When Alessi enters the room, Polnareff ambushes him from a clever hiding spot and forces him to jump down a window. He then encounters Jotaro and turns him into a child too, only for Jotaro to still pummel him. Jotaro and Polnareff are transformed back into adults and finish off Alessi.
Shooting DIO?!
Hol Horse reports to DIO in his lair. DIO reveals a speck of his ability when Hol Horse tries to shoot him from behind and frightens the cowboy into going against the Joestars a third time.
Le Caire
The heroes are forced to gamble their souls and Joseph loses a second game, his soul taken by Osiris. Jotaro challenges D'Arby to a game of poker and despite D'Arby having rigged the entire bar in his favor, loses when Jotaro confidently gambles the whole party's souls plus his own mother Holy. Goaded into gambling information on DIO's Stand, D'Arby panics. He folds, releasing all of his stolen souls, and goes mad.
Hol Horse returns from Aswan with Boingo, whose Tohth can give him an edge against the Joestar Group. He discovers first hand the potential of using the comic book's prediction when he saves a woman from a scorpion and is rewarded with jewels.
Hol Horse's first attempt is foiled but he is saved when a car knocks everyone over. While the heroes are recovering, Tohth gives the prediction that Jotaro will be shot in the head by midday. Hol Horse shoots in advance and Jotaro evades Emperor's bullets by accident, which return to Hol Horse and pierce through the comic book where the bullet holes were drawn, fulfilling the prophecy. Hol Horse is taken out while Iggy defeats Boingo.
While the group is busy searching for DIO's Mansion, Iggy discovers it by accident and meets Pet Shop, a pet falcon and the user of the ice-slinging Stand Horus.
A fight ensues when Iggy saves a child from Horus, but the dog can only flee the bird. Taking refuge in a sewer, Iggy is followed by Pet Shop but manages to land a single blow. In response, Pet Shop unleashes the full power of his Stand and eventually forces Iggy into the Nile, where he builds a sand dome to protect himself. Pet Shop attacks Iggy within, but dies when Iggy bites his beak shut as he tries to spit an icicle. Iggy is then saved from the river by the child from earlier.
Le Manoir de DIO
When the group opens the front door, they are welcomed by Telence T. D'Arby, younger brother of Daniel J. D'Arby and butler of the mansion. His Stand, Atum, manages to drag Jotaro, Joseph and Kakyoin deeper inside the mansion. The three find themselves in Telence's room, a facsimile of a tropical island in the middle of the sea. Telence challenges Kakyoin to a game of "F-Mega" and, after a heated match, wins his soul.
He subsequently plays against Jotaro at "Oh! That's a Baseball!". It is then that Telence secretly uses his ability to read through souls and guess Jotaro's plays and takes the advantage. However, Jotaro's soul then contradicts his plays, shocking D'Arby who cannot discover how Jotaro is cheating. When he loses, freeing Kakyoin, Telence discovers that Joseph has been discreetly playing in Jotaro's place all this time. Jotaro then pummels Telence.
While Jotaro, Joseph and Kakyoin exit Telence's room, Vanilla Ice, one of DIO's last minions, informs the Vampire of their status. DIO orders Vanilla Ice to kill himself and offer his blood, which the latter executes without question. Encouraged by this demonstration of fealty, DIO resurrects Vanilla Ice as a vampire and sics him on the Joestar Group.
Polnareff, Iggy, and Avdol enter the mansion and find themselves in an illusory maze, but easily dispose of the Stand user. Vanilla Ice ambushes the group and kills Avdol as he pushes his companions out of the way. Cream, a Stand that can swallow Vanilla Ice and create a portal into the void that disintegrates everything around it while remaining undetectable by the senses, is beyond Polnareff and Iggy's power to defeat.
The two flee to the second-floor gallery and try to ambush Vanilla Ice by using Iggy's Stand to mimic DIO with a stand statue, but it fails and Vanilla Ice repeatedly and violently kicks him. Polnareff is disabled and Vanilla Ice hides again inside his Stand. Scattering sand around the room, the Frenchman manages to stab Ice's throat, but Ice has begun transforming into a Vampire and breaks free while wounding Polnareff.
Unable to move, Polnareff is almost killed by Cream, but Iggy spends the last of his strength to lift Polnareff out of the way and expires. Polnareff manages to push Vanilla Ice into the sunlight and slays him.
Suzi Q Joestar Visits Her Daughter
Suzi Q arrives in Tokyo from New York City to visit her daughter. Holy is very weak but both her and Suzi Q trust that Joseph and Jotaro will succeed in their mission.
DIO's World
Jotaro, Joseph, and Kakyoin encounter the Vampire Nukesaku but easily defeat him.
Polnareff confronts DIO, who finally reveals his Stand The World, but is confounded by the vampire's powers. Before the fight can continue, Jotaro, Joseph and Kakyoin break through an outer wall and make DIO retreat away from the sunlight. They ascend a tower with Nukesaku in tow, but when they reach its top, Nukesaku is instantly ripped to pieces. Fearing DIO's ambush, the Joestar Group jumps out of mansion through a window and see the dusk with dread.
The group splits in two: Kakyoin and Joseph luring DIO while Jotaro and Polnareff will follow him. A car chase ensues between DIO and Joseph and Kakyoin across the streets and then the roofs of Cairo. Risking his life, Kakyoin probes The World's ability. Kakyoin unravels Hierophant Green to attack DIO from all sides, and the Vampire finally uses his power.
DIO stops the flow of time and within the five "seconds" he's allowed, has The World punch through Kakyoin. While the Vampire gloats, Kakyoin manages to grasp the power of his foe. Unable to speak, he shoots a clock tower before dying, making Joseph understand The World's ability. DIO pursues Joseph and just as the old man warns Jotaro about DIO, the latter stops time and launches a knife to his throat. Joseph is stabbed and loses consciousness.
Jotaro and Star Platinum clashes with DIO and The World. Jotaro can move briefly during the stopped time and manages to wound DIO. The Vampire regenerates anyway and forces Jotaro's bluff about how much he can move during the time stop by throwing a myriad of knives at him. Jotaro is stabbed in multiple limbs and falls to the ground.
DIO approaches to deal the final blow when Polnareff tries to stab him from behind, but DIO doesn't die and punches Polnareff into a wall. To save his companion, Jotaro, who has been playing dead, must move a little to make DIO focus on him. During the following seconds, DIO tries to discover if Jotaro's really alive, and pushes the youth to even stop his own heart. At the last moment, DIO is convinced and approaches Jotaro, but Star Platinum appears and deals a crushing punch to the head.
DIO is disabled, but lures Jotaro into punching him towards Joseph's corpse. The Vampire feeds on Joseph's blood and, now fully synchronized with Jonathan Joestar's body, becomes more powerful by the second. DIO tries to crush Jotaro under a road roller, but pushed to his limits, Jotaro stops time. He manages to sneak up on DIO and crushes his leg. On the ground, DIO tries a last futile attack, and Star Platinum breaks The World, defeating DIO for good.
The Faraway Journey, Farewell Friends
After his victory, Jotaro oversees a blood transfusion from DIO to Joseph and revives his grandfather. Afterward, they expose the Vampire's remains to the sun and disintegrate him.
Some time later, Jotaro, Joseph, and Polnareff say their goodbyes to one another before going their separate ways. Holy finally awakens back in Japan and eagerly awaits her son and her father's return.
Personnages & Stands
Combats Majeurs
Publication
Volumes are published in English by VIZ Media, and in Italian by Star Comics.
English Language Edition
Stardust Crusaders was the first part to be officially released in English. This release of Stardust Crusaders used the original Japanese Tankōbon's chapter count and page layout with the exception that Volume 1 had the last chapter of Japanese Volume 12 and a summary of previous events since Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency were not released in the US. The series is edited by Jason Thompson, author of Manga: The Complete Guide.
Some of the characters and Stands' names were changed due to copyright laws as many of the names were musical references. One example would be that the character of Devo's name was changed to Soul Sacrifice in the English release.
Minor edits were made to artwork, as various scenes of animal violence were redrawn by Hirohiko Araki for the English release. Volume 4 featured a single panel of a dog being decapitated which was redrawn from an alternate angle, and Volume 6 has several redrawn panels where a mutilated dog was changed into a large rat.
Due to a controversy regarding one scene involving DIO apparently reading the Qur'an in the OVA, Viz Media and Shueisha paused publication for a year, even though the manga did not feature that specific scene. However, Shueisha had Araki (or his assistants) redraw scenes that depicted characters fighting on top of or destroying buildings resembling mosques. Viz resumed publication on April 7, 2009, with Volume 11 and this publication ended on December 7, 2010 with Volume 16.
On November 1, 2016. Stardust Crusaders was released in English as part of Viz Media's English Language versions of the JoJonium edition volumes. These volumes contained an increased chapter count, hardcover release and the original colored pages from Weekly Shonen Jump, this release of Stardust Crusaders would continue until February 5, 2019 when it's final volume was released completing the story with 10 hardcover volumes. Currently this release of Stardust Crusaders can be found on Viz Media's Shonen Jump Digital Library.
Adaptations
Animation
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders l'animé télévisé officiel produit par David Production. La diffusion a commencé au Japon le 4 avril 2014.
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA), produit par Studio APPP en 1993 et en 2001.
Jeux Vidéo
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Super Famicom), 1993
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future; Capcom, 1998
- Les personnages Stardust Crusaders sont les mieux représentés dans le jeu All Star Battle, avec tous les héros et un certain nombre de personnages secondaires présents.
- Les personnages de Stardust Crusaders ont aussi un plus grand rôle dans le jeu JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven, avait un grand nombre de personnages de la partie qui sont jouables et aussi d'autres qui ont un rôle dans le mode histoire.
Autres
Galerie
Volume 1 through 29 spine art
Current "The End" page for Part 3: Joseph and Jotaro on board a plane to Japan.
Détails
- Stardust Crusaders contains the most popularly known characters and episodes of the series; introducing Stands to the series, and the emblematic main protagonist Jotaro Kujo.
- Many characters were not named until the release of additional materials like the artbooks.
- Araki describes the basis for Part 3 as like a board game, traveling between a series of stops; and further inspiration from the film Around the World in 80 Days.[4]
- While he began plotting for this part, Araki first pitched it as a modern retelling of Dracula. There was only one person in the room who thought it was a good idea; the rest were utterly confused. His editors told him to have at least one Japanese character/story arc prior to this part, as they felt the story had too many foreign characters and settings for the comic's target audience.[5]
- Clamp in Wonderland represents a popular, classic tribute/doujinshi to Part 3.
- Part 3 is the last part to feature any vampires or the Ripple ability.
Références
- ↑ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Jotaro Kujo: Heritage for the Future (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第三部 空条承太郎 ―未来への遺産―, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai San Bu Kūjō Jōtarō -Mirai e no Isan-)
- ↑ JOJO A-GO！GO！
- ↑ SO Chapter 152: Made in Heaven, Part 4 (Note : la date originelle était 1987-1988 mais celà a été changé)
- ↑ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnzt4x_araki-hirohiko-interview-english-sub_creation
- ↑ 2007 Eureka issue
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