Stardust Crusaders - Episode 17
The battle against Steely Dan continues. While Kakyoin and Polnareff have sent their Stands in Joseph's brain to hunt Lovers. Meanwhile, Jotaro has to act as Steely Dan's temporary servant.
Summary
As Jotaro continues to put up with Steely Dan's whims, Kakyoin and Polnareff's Stands arrive in Joseph's brain where the Lovers and the flesh bud is. Although Polnareff acts first, he is hurt when the Lovers uses Joseph's brain cells to disguise himself as Hierophant Green and make several dummies of itself, leaving them unable to determine which one is the real Stand. Elsewhere, Jotaro shines Steely Dan's shoes and takes a beating from him, all while taking note of everything he is doing for him so he can make Steely Dan pay later. He is enraged when he takes a beating because Steely Dan forced him to steal from a jewelry shop.
In Joseph's brain, Kakyoin manages to use Hierophant Green to find and attack the real Stand and force it out of Joseph's body, giving Joseph the opportunity to destroy the flesh bud in his brain with the Ripple. Realizing he has been defeated, Steely Dan tries to divert Jotaro's attention so the Lovers can enter him instead, but he is quickly spotted and caught by Star Platinum. In desperation, Steely Dan tries to have the Lovers enter a young girl's ear, but it is stopped by Hierophant Green's tentacle, which Kakyoin attached before it escaped. This stops Steely Dan's movements completely, allowing Jotaro to finally get his revenge for all Steely Dan put him through.
Appearances
Credits
Sayaka Maruyama
Sachiko Mori
Akihiro Otake
Takayuki Nakao
Tsuyoshi Moriyama
Toshiharu Sugie
Ryuichi Baba
Masao Takeda
Kazuo Takematsu
Takashi Hirabayashi
Ken Mukaigawara
Kazuyo Nakamura
Takeshi Imai
Shou Hamada
Rie Oomori
Shuhei Fukuda
Hitomi Shiraki
Young-tai Yoon
Eun-young Lee
Yuki Yabuta
Gakushi Maeda
Reiji Sakagami
Takahiro Ohkawa
Hitomi Shiraki
Sunshine Corp.
White Line
Triple A
TAP
Asahi Production
Ace Company
Jumondo
Fumiaki Kouta
Kohei Ashiya
Masahiko Komino
Music
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Manga/Anime Differences
- In the anime, Joseph uses the Ripple on himself to kill the bud in his brain. Its removal is never explained in the manga.
Commentary
The Stand itself, Lovers, has a funnily ...cute side. Especially in the scene where they all shout "the most, most (...) fearsome of the Stands!" together. We even see two of them shoulder by shoulder, they seem to be friends.
The storyboard and direction were given to Fujimoto, who has skillfully worked with everything that had to be managed. Kakyoin and Polnareff fight side by side again, but it seems the latter is rather useless (laughs). The fight against Lovers is above all the victory of Kakyoin's smarts.
Let's note how much Jotaro believes in Kakyoin during the episode. "You don't know Kakyoin." With this line alone, the trust remains unshakeable.
As soon as Lovers is captured, Jotaro becomes cheerful again, satisfied to finally hit back. Dan had it coming by acting so odiously. The onslaught of ORA ORA following this is the longest in the series yet.Trivia
- Similar to its manga counterpart, this episode has a lengthy Stand-Rush beatdown, clocking in at twenty seconds.
