Stardust Crusaders

Emperor

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“
The gun is mightier than the sword!
”
—Hol Horse, Chapter 142: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 3

Emperor (エンペラー（皇帝）, Enperā) is the Stand of Hol Horse, featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders. The Stand takes the form of a gun that the user can summon into his hand, allowing him to shoot his foes with controllable bullets.

Appearance

The Emperor Appearance.png
The Emperor

Emperor is a Stand in the form of an elaborate, impractical-looking revolver with some futuristic elements. A metal frame covers the long barrel, under which is positioned a cylinder with no apparent use, as it is not connected to the barrel. It has no sight, and a large sphere is embedded in the metal frame between the hammer and the barrel.

Hol Horse summons it directly into his hand.

Araki comments that its design is that of a revolver combined with an automatic pistol.[1]

Emperor is portrayed as being silvery in most media, including the colored manga and anime. The OVA portrays it as being gold in color.

It represents the tarot card The Emperor, which symbolizes order and control.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Gun(Steel Blue)
Gun(Bronze)
Gun(Varying shades of Gold)
Grip Panel(White)
(Default)
Gun(Silver)
Grip Panel(Wooden Brown)

(w/ Boingo)

Gun(Gun-metal Grey)
Grip Panel(Wooden Brown)
Gun(Silver tinted-cyan)
Gun(Gun-metal Grey)
Gun(Silver)

Abilities

As a gun Stand, Emperor functions as a weapon for Hol Horse. Due to its straightforward nature, Hol Horse must compensate through cooperation with allies to gain the upper hand.

Homing Bullets

Hol Horse controls the trajectory of the bullets

The characteristic ability of Emperor, and its most dangerous is its ability to freely control the trajectory of its bullets as they are also a part of the Stand.[2] Hol Horse is able to control the bullets with enough precision that he was able to circle Silver Chariot's sword with no lag time,[2] do a u-turn,[2] and have them navigate through a narrow conduit without seeing them.[3]

However, since they are still part of Emperor, the bullets are still subject to limited range; although having a better-than-average range for a Close-Range Stand, Emperor's effectiveness still drops rapidly as the bullets reach the limits of that range.[2]

Point-Blank Summon

One of the lesser properties of Emperor is that Hol Horse summons it directly in his hand. It allows him to perform sneak attacks[4] and in a contest of summoning speed, Hol Horse is able to attack first.[5]

Chapters / Episodes

Book Icon.png Manga Appearances
Chapters in order of appearance
TV Icon.png Anime Appearances
Episodes in order of appearance

Gallery

  • Hol Horse summoning Emperor

    Hol Horse summoning Emperor

  • Emperor's bullet changing trajectory

    Emperor's bullet changing trajectory

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  • Chapter 220 Cover A.png
  • Chapter 221.jpg

  • Hol Horse summoning Emperor with its characteristic sound effect, "Megyan".

    Hol Horse summoning Emperor with its characteristic sound effect, "Megyan".

  • Emperor's bullet evading Silver Chariot's sword.

    Emperor's bullet evading Silver Chariot's sword.

  • Jojos bizarre adventure stardust crusaders-11-hol horse-emperor-stand-gun-cowboy-assassin.jpg

    Close-up shot of Hol Horse and Emperor

  • Tarot card representing The Emperor

    Tarot card representing The Emperor

  • Emperor's stats

    Emperor's stats

  • Colored Concept art

    Colored Concept art

  • Summoned by Hol Horse to shoot a snake (Ep. 4)

    Summoned by Hol Horse to shoot a snake (Ep. 4)

  • Killing the snake

    Killing the snake

  • Firing at Polnareff

    Firing at Polnareff

  • Silver Chariot trying to cut the bullet, but it changes trajectory

    Silver Chariot trying to cut the bullet, but it changes trajectory

  • Bullet brisk past Kakyoin's head and smashes a building (Ep. 5)

    Bullet brisk past Kakyoin's head and smashes a building (Ep. 5)

  • Ready and pointed at DIO (Ep. 6)

    Ready and pointed at DIO (Ep. 6)

  • Shoots at DIO, but he disappears

    Shoots at DIO, but he disappears

  • Justice forcing Hol Horse to turn his gun on himself

    Justice forcing Hol Horse to turn his gun on himself

  • Emperor in his mouth, about to fire

    Emperor in his mouth, about to fire

  • ADVENTURE. 5 DVD/VHS Clean cover

    ADVENTURE. 5 DVD/VHS Clean cover

  • Hol Horse and Emperor in the Stardust Crusaders Super Famicom Game

    Hol Horse and Emperor in the Stardust Crusaders Super Famicom Game

  • Hol Horse and his Emperor, Heritage for the Future

    Hol Horse and his Emperor, Heritage for the Future

  • Color B

    Color B

  • Color C

    Color C

  • Color Stand

    Color Stand

  • Color Start

    Color Start

  • Hol Horse (w/ Boingo) and his Emperor, Heritage for the Future

    Hol Horse (w/ Boingo) and his Emperor, Heritage for the Future

  • Color B

    Color B

  • Color C

    Color C

  • Color Stand

    Color Stand

  • Color Start

    Color Start

  • Hol Horse with Emperor Sprite

    Hol Horse with Emperor Sprite

  • Color B

    Color B

  • Color C

    Color C

  • Color Stand

    Color Stand

  • Color Start

    Color Start

Trivia

  • Araki came up with the idea of Emperor by thinking that it'd be novel to have a gun instantly appear in a user's hand, rather than having to draw it from a holster.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 JOJOVELLER: STANDS - Comments by Hirohiko Araki[1]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 142: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 3
  3. ↑ Chapter 221: Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 5
  4. ↑ Chapter 210: Shooting DIO?!
  5. ↑ Chapter 219: Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 3

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