The Man Who Lives by the Pond, Part 1 (池の辺に住む男 その①, Ike no hen ni Sumu Otoko Sono 1) is the nine hundredth sixth chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the fifty-ninth chapter of JoJolion.
Summary
Josuke asks Norisuke to teach him how to ride the motorcycle being kept in the garage. However, Josuke really didn't care about the motorcycle and just used it as an excuse to talk to Norisuke away from his family.
He brings Norisuke's attention toward images taken at 4:08 A.M by the Higashikata House's security cameras. Norisuke is shocked at the sight of a rock appearing to transform into his son Jobin, who then examines a branch in the family's orchard. Norisuke finds it hard to believe that Tamaki Damo had any other allies because he was the boss and they were all defeated already. However, Josuke states that there is evidence toward Jobin and Damo being business partners, and believes that it is Jobin's job to launder the group's revenue by using Norisuke's fruit parlor to import the Rokakaka into the country.
Norisuke is angered about Josuke's accusations toward his eldest son, but Josuke is determined to find the tree with the grafted branch in order to save Holy. Since the Wall Eyes caused the ground to move, it's impossible for them to tell apart the tree with the grafted branch from regular trees, but they know that it's somewhere in the Higashikata House's orchard.
Josuke thanks Norisuke for taking care of him but states that he won't allow anyone to get in his way and that he's fine looking for the branch himself. Norisuke thinks of how Tsurugi was ill and feels guilty letting Josuke go off on his own, so he gives Josuke a secret photo of an unnamed plant appraiser that only he knows of. The man is capable of telling apart the grafted branch from ordinary ones. After Josuke is told to go meet him, Norisuke warns him to not let Jobin find about their plans.
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