Guido Mista
Guido Mista (グイード・ミスタ, Guīdo Misuta) is a major ally featured in the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo.
Mista is a member of Passione and by extension Bucciarati's team, who follows Giorno and Bucciarati in their mission to protect the Boss's daughter, Trish Una. He is a gunman and Stand User who shoots down his opponents with the help of his Stand, Sex Pistols.
Appearance
Mista is a teenager of above-average height and medium build. In contrast to the usual character design, Mista possesses large black irises. He wears uniquely shaped headgear with a diagonal grid pattern and the front shaped like an arrow pointing downward. He is known to keep a lot of things inside his hat, particularly ammunition, as he typically prefers to keep his hands free.[4]
Mista's attire consists of a turtleneck crop top cashmere sweater with a design similar to his hat, zebra striped leather pants that he uses to store his gun, a thick belt, and boots. Due to the quality of the material, he likely spends the most money on clothing out of Team Bucciarati.[4]
Mista carries with him a short-barreled, snubnosed revolver resembling a Smith & Wesson model, essential to his fighting ability. The revolver is equipped with a hammer shroud, contains six bullets in the swing-out style cylinder and is used with hollow-point bullets. The revolver is consistently portrayed as being purple across adaptations.
Trish Una has commented that Mista has a significant amount of body hair, including hair on his fingers. She also mentions that he smells comforting, albeit unpleasant at first.
Color Schemes
Personality
Easy-going and relaxed whenever the number "4" is not involved, Guido Mista is also a resolute gunslinger when in battle.
Mista comes off as a laid-back teenager, being one of the least serious members of Team Bucciarati, although not as childish as Narancia. His backstory describes him as a carefree individual, whose goal was to enjoy simple, daily, and worldly pleasures such as food or pretty girls.[5] During idle times, Mista can often be seen reading books or magazines.[6][7] His simplicity would be mistaken as idiocy by those that did not know him well, when, in reality, he'd rather not trouble himself by thinking of complicated matters. Mista is also one of the most sociable members of the group, regularly seen bringing random conversation subjects out of nowhere, such as asking if vegetarians would wear leather-based clothing, or if human flesh would taste bad as a result of a natural diet that includes meat.[8][9]
While Mista may act nonchalant, he is one of the most uncivil and violent members of the cast. He often commits violent acts without hesitation, having a history of getting into fights that he would sometimes lose, for the petty reason that someone had badmouthed his favorite movie star.[5] He displays a total willingness to commit outright torture or murder with a casual approach; he hooked Zucchero's eyelid to a fishing line and threatened to burn his retina with the sun,[10] had no hesitation in shooting Sale in the head on sight and leaving him for dead,[11] and threatened to execute Pesci if he didn't answer a question on the count of two.[12] Other such acts include readily sabotaging Narancia's new stereo because the music annoyed him[13] or knocking out a truck driver unwittingly transporting Team Bucciarati when the driver threatened them being discovered. He has also been shown to be very ill-mannered at times, using coarse language and often taunting his enemies when he has the upper hand in battle. He occasionally ogles Trish during his bodyguarding mission and gets Fugo to look at her as well, despite the imagined risks of the Boss finding out.[14]
However, Mista is still a decent individual at heart. He jumped to the rescue of an assaulted woman without hesitation and while he acts rough with civilians,[5] he doesn't endanger them as his enemies do, showing genuine shock at the destruction Green Day causes.[15]
Mista shows a great deal of confidence in his ability, stating that his Stand Sex Pistols is suited for assassination.[10] He often insists on his achievements, first when reminding Fugo that he defeated Sale alone and secured the group's coming to Capri,[16] and later getting upset that Giorno would doubt his swift "victory" against Carne, thinking that he was just that good.[17] However, in the Sleeping Slaves arc, if it came down to needing to save Bucciarati and then being confronted with a problem he cannot solve, Mista would readily beg Scolippi for advice.[18] He also knows better than anyone the limits of his gun and Stand.
In contrast to his usually easy-going attitude, Mista becomes noticeably more serious and proactive when in battle. Connecting with his habit of not overthink things, Mista is a supporter of taking initiative and often advocates for directly confronting his enemies, sometimes to the point of rushing too rapidly to battle.[10] With his direct attitude and a gun-related ability, Mista takes a very straightforward approach to battle, usually aiming for an immediate kill. Nonetheless, most enemies he's faced have had abilities countering bullets to some degree, forcing him to display more ingenuity to fight. Despite his obvious recklessness, Mista displays method in his battles. He regularly applies tactical insight, having accurately deduced Sale's most probable actions during his short hunt,[19] or making an effort to try and find an enemy's weak point, such as finding White Album's airhole,[7] or trying to attack Secco the moment he emerged from the ground.[20]
Moreover, Mista shows great calmness in battle, managing to keep his nerve most of the time despite wounds or even the threat of death.[21] The most notable example of his resolve is when he engages in a direct shootout with Ghiaccio despite the reflected bullets tearing through his body. If given the choice, Mista has no problem coming up with life-threatening moves such as willingly let Ghiaccio hit him to blind the assassin with his own blood, or throwing himself off a building with Rolling Stones in his hand.[22] That calmness has its limits, however, as he started to panic during the final encounter with the Boss.[23]
Mista's most noticeable quirk of character is his severe tetraphobia: fear of the number 4. If it is mentioned or visible, he will immediately become anxious and paranoid, visibly sweating.[24] Additionally, his Stand, Sex Pistols has bullets labeled 1-7, with 4 omitted. He occasionally displays other superstitious beliefs, for instance saying that urinating close to precious jewels would bring bad karma, or wondering if Giorno is a "lucky boy" that brings fortune to the group. Mista is also stated to believe in God to a fundamental level; whenever he's in danger, he always has thoughts along the line of "I'll certainly be saved!" or "It will definitely pass over!". This, however, is never demonstrated in the manga aside from his character profile.[25]
While Mista is friendly with every member of his group, he has a privileged relationship with Bucciarati or Giorno. Like all members of Team Bucciarati, Mista looks up to Bucciarati in all aspects and has ironclad confidence in him, even trusting Bucciarati to overthrow the Boss of Passione not long after the latter had announced his betrayal.[26] In parallel to his admiration for Bucciarati, Mista builds a partnership with Giorno, being one of the first to realize his talents. In time, Giorno would become perhaps the closest member of the team to Mista, with the two eventually creating a fruitful combination in battle.
Abilities
Stand
Mista's Stand Sex Pistols allows him to redirect bullets shot from his personal revolver.
Gunmanship
Even without his Stand, Mista is a gifted sharpshooter. His uncanny precision with a revolver, supported by his ability to keep his cool even in the middle of a gunfight, makes him a particularly deadly individual and assassin.
Chapters / Episodes
- Chapter 456: 5 Plus 1
- Chapter 457: Find Polpo's Fortune!
- Chapter 458: The Mystery of Soft Machine, Part 1
- Chapter 459: The Mystery of Soft Machine, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 460: Moody Blues Strikes Back, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 461: Moody Blues Strikes Back, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 462: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 1
- Chapter 463: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 2
- Chapter 464: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 3
- Chapter 465: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 4
- Chapter 466: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 5
- Chapter 467: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 6
- Chapter 468: The Hidden Six-Hundred Million Yen Stash
- Chapter 469: Capo Bucciarati; The First Order from the Boss
- Chapter 470: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 1 (Cover only)
- Chapter 475: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 6 (Cover only)
- Chapter 478: The Second Order from the Boss: "Retrieve the Key!"
- Chapter 486: Express Train to Florence, Part 1
- Chapter 487: Express Train to Florence, Part 2
- Chapter 488: The Grateful Dead, Part 1
- Chapter 489: The Grateful Dead, Part 2
- Chapter 490: The Grateful Dead, Part 3
- Chapter 491: The Grateful Dead, Part 4
- Chapter 492: The Grateful Dead, Part 5
- Chapter 496: The Grateful Dead, Part 9 (Cover only)
- Chapter 499: The Grateful Dead, Part 12 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 500: Baby Face, Part 1
- Chapter 501: Baby Face, Part 2 (Book only)
- Chapter 502: Baby Face, Part 3
- Chapter 503: Baby Face, Part 4
- Chapter 507: Head to Venice!
- Chapter 508: Venice's Santa Lucia Station - Get the "OA-DISC"!
- Chapter 509: White Album, Part 1
- Chapter 510: White Album, Part 2
- Chapter 511: White Album, Part 3
- Chapter 512: White Album, Part 4
- Chapter 513: White Album, Part 5
- Chapter 514: White Album, Part 6
- Chapter 515: White Album, Part 7
- Chapter 516: The Boss's Last Orders
- Chapter 519: The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 2
- Chapter 522: The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 5
- Chapter 523: The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 6
- Chapter 524: The "G" in Guts
- Chapter 525: Clash and Talking Head, Part 1
- Chapter 526: Clash and Talking Head, Part 2
- Chapter 527: Clash and Talking Head, Part 3
- Chapter 528: Clash and Talking Head, Part 4
- Chapter 529: Clash and Talking Head, Part 5
- Chapter 530: Clash and Talking Head, Part 6
- Chapter 531: Clash and Talking Head, Part 7
- Chapter 532: No Flightcode! Headed for Sardinia
- Chapter 533: Notorious B.I.G, Part 1
- Chapter 534: Notorious B.I.G, Part 2
- Chapter 535: Notorious B.I.G, Part 3
- Chapter 536: Notorious B.I.G, Part 4
- Chapter 537: Notorious B.I.G, Part 5 (Cover only)
- Chapter 540: Spice Girl, Part 2
- Chapter 544: King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 1 (Cover only)
- Chapter 549: King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 6
- Chapter 550: Beneath a Sky on the Verge of Falling
- Chapter 551: Pronto! On the Phone, Part 1
- Chapter 552: Pronto! On the Phone, Part 2
- Chapter 553: Destination: Rome! The Colosseum
- Chapter 554: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 1
- Chapter 555: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 2
- Chapter 556: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 3
- Chapter 557: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 4
- Chapter 558: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 5
- Chapter 559: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 6
- Chapter 560: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 7
- Chapter 562: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 9
- Chapter 563: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 10
- Chapter 565: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 12 (Photo only)
- Chapter 566: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 13 (Photo only)
- Chapter 568: His Name Is Diavolo, Part 1
- Chapter 570: His Name Is Diavolo, Part 2
- Chapter 571: What Lies Beyond the Arrow
- Chapter 572: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 1 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 573: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 2 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 574: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 3 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 575: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 4 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 576: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 5 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 577: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 6 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 578: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 7 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 579: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 8 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 580: Diavolo Surfaces, Part 1 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 581: Diavolo Surfaces, Part 2 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 582: Diavolo Surfaces, Part 3 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 583: Diavolo Surfaces, Part 4 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 584: Diavolo Surfaces, Part 5 (In Trish Una's body)
- Chapter 585: King of Kings
- Chapter 586: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 1
- Chapter 587: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 2
- Chapter 588: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 3
- Chapter 589: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 4
- Chapter 590: Epilogue: "Sleeping Slaves" (Flashback)
- Chapter 591: Sleeping Slaves, Part 2 (Flashback)
- Chapter 592: Sleeping Slaves, Part 3 (Flashback)
- Chapter 593: Sleeping Slaves, Part 4 (Flashback)
- Chapter 594: Sleeping Slaves, Part 5
- Steel Ball Run Extra Chapter 3: Untitled Stand Chapter (Mentioned only)
- Golden Wind Episode 4: Joining the Gang
- Golden Wind Episode 5: Find Polpo's Fortune!
- Golden Wind Episode 6: Moody Blues Strikes Back (Mentioned only)
- Golden Wind Episode 7: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 1
- Golden Wind Episode 8: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 2
- Golden Wind Episode 9: The First Order from the Boss
- Golden Wind Episode 10: The Hitman Team
- Golden Wind Episode 11: Narancia's Aerosmith
- Golden Wind Episode 13.5: Inizio del vento aureo
- Golden Wind Episode 14: Express Train to Florence
- Golden Wind Episode 15: The Grateful Dead, Part 1
- Golden Wind Episode 16: The Grateful Dead, Part 2
- Golden Wind Episode 17: Baby Face
- Golden Wind Episode 18: Head to Venice!
- Golden Wind Episode 19: White Album
- Golden Wind Episode 20: The Boss's Last Orders
- Golden Wind Episode 21: The Mystery of King Crimson
- Golden Wind Episode 21.5: determinazione
- Golden Wind Episode 22: The "G" in Guts
- Golden Wind Episode 23: Clash and Talking Head
- Golden Wind Episode 24: Notorious B.I.G
- Golden Wind Episode 25: Spice Girl
- Golden Wind Episode 26: A Little Story from the Past ~My Name Is Doppio~ (Eyecatch only)
- Golden Wind Episode 28: Beneath a Sky on the Verge of Falling
- Golden Wind Episode 28.5: destino
- Golden Wind Episode 29: Destination: Rome! The Colosseum
- Golden Wind Episode 30: Green Day and Oasis, Part 1
- Golden Wind Episode 31: Green Day and Oasis, Part 2
- Golden Wind Episode 32: Green Day and Oasis, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Golden Wind Episode 33: His Name Is Diavolo
- Golden Wind Episode 34: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 1
- Golden Wind Episode 35: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 2
- Golden Wind Episode 36: Diavolo Surfaces
- Golden Wind Episode 37: King of Kings
- Golden Wind Episode 38: Gold Experience Requiem
- Golden Wind Episode 39: Sleeping Slaves
Quotes
- “It's bad luck to take something from four things! It's fine if you're choosing from five! It's also fine if you're choosing from three! But if you choose something from four things, something bad'll happen.”—Guido Mista, Chapter 456: 5 Plus 1
- “Which one do you want me to use? The glasses, or the fishing line? We're gonna make you answer some questions. If you don't, we're gonna be trouble! Lots of danger ahead, you understand. So, "Mr" Zucchero. You've got a partner, right? He's probably a Stand User too, huh? What's why I'm going to have to have to use these? You don't want to answer me? Not even about which one I should use? Well, if you're not going to choose... I'm gonna use both! Whoops!”—Guido Mista, Chapter 462: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 1
- “My Stand's suited for assassinations. I'm good at that stuff.”—Guido Mista, Chapter 462: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 1
- “There's only one way out! We'll end it right here, right now. Time to bust a cap in his mouth!”—Guido Mista, Chapter 466: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 5
- “Assassination's the surer bet as long as we're using my Sex Pistols.”—Guido Mista, Chapter 489: The Grateful Dead, Part 2
- “Whether you answer me or not, I got one simple question to ask you, just one. And if you don't answer me in two seconds, I'm gonna put a bullet in each of your eyeballs. One, two. I won't wait any more than that! If you don't feel chatty, then I'll just figure out the answer myself! Understand? Okay, here we go. Where's your buddy hiding? Uno! Due! Now die! Ready to meet your maker?”—Guido Mista, Chapter 491: The Grateful Dead, Part 4
- “I don't like your idea of victory! We'll send this guy to Hell, find the thing, and the both of us will make it safe and sound! That's what victory is, are we clear, Giorno!?”—Guido Mista, Chapter 511: White Album, Part 3
- “You asked me... if that was all the resolve I had left... right? Well it wasn't. No, it fucking wasn't... You're about to find out. But you'd better show some resolve of your own! You'll need it 'cause it's gonna be a long ride all the way down to Hell!”—Guido Mista, Chapter 515: White Album, Part 7
- “Brute force is our only option! It's time for my resolve to shine! Pistols! You guys better get your asses in gear, too!”—Guido Mista, Chapter 515: White Album, Part 7
- “Aahhh!! Giorno! Not so rough! No, not there! Nonono!! Oh! Be gentle! Gentle! Don't strip me! I can feel you! Ohh! No! No more!”—Guido Mista, Chapter 515: White Album, Part 7
- “If you wanna knock bullets around, that's my Sex Pistols' specialty!”—Guido Mista, Chapter 556: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 3
- “Go, Pistols! Blast those bullets through his skull!”—Guido Mista, Chapter 559: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 6
- “I'm missing something real important!”—Guido Mista in Trish's body, Chapter 572: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 1
Trivia
- In Hirohiko Araki's Top Ten Favorite Characters in 2000, Mista ranked as seventh, being the fourth Part 5 character on the list behind Bucciarati, Giorno, and Diavolo.
- Mista's tetraphobia ties into a cultural belief in much of East Asia, including Japan, that the number four is one of misfortune; this belief originates from the words for "four" and "death" being homophones in the languages of these parts of Asia. This extends even to his Stand power, Sex Pistols, which will encourage Mista not to shoot his gun when his cartridge only contains 4 bullets.
- According to Araki, it's suspected that Mista's zebra striped leather pants breaks the Washington Convention, an international treaty for protecting endangered plants and animals.[4]
- In a 2019 interview with VIZ Media, Araki stated that Mista was his favorite character to draw in Part 5. He likes how Mista's Stand fires from his pistols, and also likes that Mista is a positive person who accepts himself without any doubts.[27]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Chapter 575: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 4
- ↑ Golden Wind Model Sheet no CR200-20
- ↑ Chapter 490: The Grateful Dead, Part 3
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “Feelin’ JOJO - WSJ N°9 (1998)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 508: Venice's Santa Lucia Station - Get the "OA-DISC"!
- ↑ Chapter 457: Find Polpo's Fortune!, p.10
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 512: White Album, Part 4
- ↑ Chapter 524: The "G" in Guts
- ↑ Chapter 590: Epilogue: "Sleeping Slaves"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Chapter 462: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 1, p.21
- ↑ Chapter 464: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 491: The Grateful Dead, Part 4
- ↑ Chapter 457: Find Polpo's Fortune!, p.12
- ↑ Chapter 486: Express Train to Florence, Part 1
- ↑ Chapter 558: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 5, p.7
- ↑ Chapter 468: The Hidden Six-Hundred Million Yen Stash
- ↑ Chapter 533: Notorious B.I.G, Part 1
- ↑ Chapter 593: Sleeping Slaves, Part 4, p.4
- ↑ Chapter 464: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 3, p.10-14
- ↑ Chapter 556: "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 467: Sex Pistols Appears, Part 6
- ↑ Chapter 594: Sleeping Slaves, Part 5
- ↑ Chapter 581: Diavolo Surfaces, Part 2
- ↑ Chapter 456: 5 Plus 1
- ↑ Volume 62, Chapter 575: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 4 tailpiece
- ↑ Chapter 523: The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 6
- ↑ VIZ 2019 Interview with Araki