Radio Gaga
The Guard Rail (ガードレール, Gādorēru) is an unnamed tertiary antagonist featured in the eighth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, JoJolion.
It is a mysterious creature who preys on Lucy Steel and Joseph Joestar during their investigation of the Radio Gaga Incident.[2] Based on Joseph's comment about its skin and Lucy comparing it to a guard dog, it is inferred to be a Rock Animal which Tooru uses to prevent trespassers from getting near the Locacaca he is harvesting.[1]
Appearance
The guard rail creature is a long snake-like creature that is either disguised as a guard rail or resembles one. According to Joseph, the creature's skin is hard and dry.[3] It has eyes resembling screws, with a thin slit in between them.
Personality
The guard rail creature is malevolent, as it uses the bodies of its victims to mimic human voices to lure other victims into its reach. It's also shown reprimanding Lucy and Joseph for abandoning their seemingly dead driver, calling them low-lives and their actions inhumane. Lucy compares the creature to be similar to a snake or guard dog.[3] The creature is shown to have a cowardly side, as it decides to flee after being beaten up by Joseph Joestar and his Stand.
Despite having the ability to speak humanly with bodies of its victims, the creature itself makes rather unintelligible sounds, more commonly "ga ga" (ガガ).
Abilities
Luring
The guard rail creature is capable of luring in potential victims by mimicking human voices. Any individual who is lured near the guard rail seems to act strange, such as muttering "ga ga" or taking off their clothes. Once the victim is near it, the guard rail then inhales them between the steel plates and crushes them.
Body Manipulation
The guard rail creature is capable of controlling the bodies of its crushed victims. The bodies are noted to be barely kept alive.[3] The controlled body is seemingly held by its intestines that stick out from the guard rail's gaps where it crushes its victims. From this, the guard rail can mimic human voices. It also uses the body-puppet to extend its grasp and drag in potential victims.
History
Background
Its origin unknown, the guard rail creature preyed on victims in the town of Morioh. At some point, the creature was responsible for the disappearance of a woman, having lured and devoured her, though it's implied that it claimed more lives. The disappearance of the woman was dubbed "The Radio Gaga Incident", making the spot it inhabited famous.[4]
1941
During her time in Morioh, Lucy Steel investigates the location of the orchard where the creature lies, and encounters a young man named Fumi. She hires Fumi as a local guide to the orchard, despite his warnings. As they investigate the Morioh Hunting Grounds, the guard rail creature mimics a human voice to lure in their driver. Lucy and Joseph watch as the driver walks towards the rail and strips himself naked. Then, as a truck passes by, the creature swiftly snatches the driver and crushes him between its plates.
Next, the guard rail lures Lucy towards it. It then snatches Lucy's shirt and tries to pull her in. However, Joseph intervenes, throwing his geta between the guard rail's plates to prevent it from crushing Lucy's arm, and then pulling her out. Joseph then carries Lucy, who is suffering from a lung disease, to the driver's car.
However, the guard rail uses the driver's body as a puppet and grabs Lucy by the neck. Via the corpse, the creature reprimands Lucy and Joseph for leaving their driver behind. Joseph tries punching the body-puppet away, but the guard rail creature ensnares him by the neck and tries to drag him in. However, Joseph throws his geta sandal at the car trunk and grabs an electrical cord. He then unleashes his Stand ability and produces vines around the cord to turn the car to ignition. Then Joseph makes the car run forward and ram into the guard rail. The guard rail now vulnerable, Joseph uses his Stand to pummel it, causing it to break off. Joseph and Lucy then flee.[3] On the ground and now frightened, the guard rail creature decides to retreat and slithers away into the tall grass.
Chapters
Manga Appearances- JoJolion Chapter 109: The Radio Gaga Incident (1941) (Flashback)
- JoJolion Chapter 110: Higashikata Fruit Parlor (Flashback)
Gallery
Crushing Lucy's driver to death
Being interfered by Joseph
Dragging Joseph in
Rammed by a car
Being pummeled by Joseph and his Stand
Knocked off
Fleeing
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JoJolion Chapter 110: Higashikata Fruit Parlor - Tooru is shown planting a Locacaca in a pot in the forest beyond the guard rail
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 109: The Radio Gaga Incident (1941)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 JoJolion Chapter 110: Higashikata Fruit Parlor
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 109: The Radio Gaga Incident (1941)
