Judgement
Judgement (ジャッジメント(審判), Jajjimento) is the Stand of Cameo, featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders.
Judgement is a burly mechanical humanoid Stand whose ability is to sculpt fakes out of dirt, "granting" wishes by creating things that its victims ask for.
Appearance
Judgement appears as a large, mechanical humanoid robot. Barrel-chested, it wears massive shoulder pads and has three fingers of a metallic sheen on its hands. A piece in the shape of a round helmet sits atop the left side of its head. Its design is inspired by Android Kikaider and Kamen Rider by Shotaro Ishinomori.[1]
Color Schemes
Personality
Judgement bursts out of a lamp, claiming to be a genie named Cameo and acts friendly, goading Polnareff into expressing wishes.[2] However, it soon reveals itself as Judgement and exposes its pleasure at turning the wishes of his victim against themselves.[3] Judgement often shouts "Hail 2 U!", after granting a wish, and as a battle cry.[2]
The stand represents the tarot card, Judgement, which symbolizes rebirth and self-reflection. The Stand's nature is also consistent with the card's symbolism in reverse: casting doubt and deceiving people into making poor decisions.
Abilities
Judgement is a fairly powerful Stand, having above average strength and speed as far as Stands go and is able to clash with Silver Chariot and come out without a scratch.[2] Its large metal body is particularly hard to damage. However, it yields against more brute-force Stands like Magician's Red[4] and relies on tricking unwitting victims to use their wish against them.
Wish Granting
Judgement's unique power is to create clay constructs out of humans' deepest desires[5] but it will turn the wishes against its victims. This is a representation of Judgement's power; to toy with a person's heart. The fakes are nearly perfect: fake treasures will have the weight and texture of real gold[2] and fake people will have the appearance (although Judgement purposefully makes them more monstrous), voice and memories of the real person.[5] Passing as a genie, it tricks Jean Pierre Polnareff into wishing for his sister to come back to life and then used his emotional power to form a visage of her out of the dirt. However, Sherry's clone tried to devour Polnareff, who couldn't muster the strength to hurt his sister's figure.[3]
Chapters / Episodes
- Chapter 174: Judgement, Part 1
- Chapter 175: Judgement, Part 2
- Chapter 176: Judgement, Part 3
- Chapter 177: Judgement, Part 4
- Chapter 178: Judgement, Part 5
- Chapter 179: High Priestess, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 213: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 571: What Lies Beyond the Arrow (Flashback)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 21: Judgement, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 22: Judgement, Part 2
- Golden Wind Episode 33: His Name Is Diavolo (Flashback)
Gallery
Trivia
- Judgement's ability to grant wishes was inspired by the classic tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JOJOVELLER: STANDS - Comments by Hirohiko Araki
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 175: Judgement, Part 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 177: Judgement, Part 4
- ↑ Chapter 178: Judgement, Part 5
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 176: Judgement, Part 3