White Album
White Album (ホワイト・アルバム, Howaito Arubamu) is the Stand of Ghiaccio, featured in the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo.
Taking the form of a suit protecting Ghiaccio, it allows the assassin to rapidly freeze anything he touches.
Appearance
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White Album takes the form of a light-colored suit, covering nearly all of Ghiaccio's body except for a small opening at the back of his neck, allowing air flow.
Its head bears two short cones, positioned somewhat like cat ears. It has a spiral on its forehead, which along with its cheeks pushes a clear visor into a Y-shaped fork, showing only Ghiaccio's eyes, nose, and mouth.
Its feet stand on long blades, in the style of ice skates (or speed skates).
Color Schemes
Abilities
White Album is rare among Stands in that it appears as a suit for Ghiaccio to wear.[2] Protecting its user from harm and giving him the potent ability to freeze everything, White Album is a fearsome Stand in battle. It does, however, possess a weak point in the form of a vulnerable hole at Ghiaccio's neck.
Cryokinesis
White Album's signature ability is to dramatically decrease the temperature of anything Ghiaccio touches.
When the assassin touches something, the affected object's temperature decreases dramatically. White Album's power is so powerful it can reach temperatures of about -100 °C easily,[2] freeze gasoline,[3] and rapidly create a large quantity of ice out of seawater (faster than someone could swim).[4] Naturally, the cold is dangerous to the human body: White Album can freeze people, dropping the temperature to the point vital functions are threatened[2] and can solidify limbs to the point they can break like ice.[3][4]
As White Album drops the temperature, so does the ability of objects to move. At low enough temperatures, Ghiaccio can simply stop attacks in their tracks, making conventional attacks like gunshots or punches ineffective.[2][5]
Ghiaccio can also precisely control his power. He can form specific shapes of ice such as blades to ice skate on[3] or redirect the freezing of a large body of water.[4] Moreover, if he cancels White Album's freezing willingly, the previously affected objects immediately return to their normal temperature.[4] If Ghiaccio stops contact with a frozen object, it will return to its normal temperature.[2]
Ice Armor
White Album can solidify the moisture surrounding him into an armor of ice.[3]The armor is invulnerable to bullets[3] as it stops their movement long before they fully penetrate, and is at least strong enough to withstand Gold Experience's punches.[3] However, a massive enough object like a large screw bolt can pierce through it[6] and if Ghiaccio trips on something sharp, his armor's weight is enough to push the sharp object through the layers and threaten Ghiaccio's life.[5]
White Album also enhances the physical abilities of its user. With the armor, Ghiaccio becomes strong enough to break a stone statue with a single punch[7] or can skate so fast he's easily able to reach a car running at 80 km/h.[3] Like an igloo, the inside of the armor is kept insulated, meaning he is always warm.[8]
The only opening in the armor is an air hole on the back of the user's neck, making it the Stand's greatest weak spot.[6] However, Ghiaccio can completely cancel this weakness by sealing the air hole and freezing the air solid to absorb the chunks of frozen air into his armor then return them to a normal temperature to breathe the fresh air.[5]
Techniques
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When using this technique, White Album can decrease the temperature to reach -210 °C or less, at which point the surrounding air itself freezes solid. With this technique, Ghiaccio is able to create floating sheets of invisible frozen air that are able to reflect bullets back to an attacker.[7] This technique has two downsides. Firstly, it burns through Ghiaccio's stamina[7] and secondly, it doesn't perfectly cover Ghiaccio's body: if exposed, Sex Pistols can guide their bullets through the frozen air sheets to hit Ghiaccio directly.[5]
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- 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 (Death)
Anime Appearances- Golden Wind Episode 18: Head to Venice!
- Golden Wind Episode 19: White Album (Death)
- Golden Wind Episode 21.5: determinazione
- Golden Wind Episode 28.5: destino
Creation and Development
Araki stated that he created White Album after being inspired to create an opponent that "would skate down a road" to attack.[9]
Gallery
Stats
Ghiaccio uses his Stand to encase himself in thick ice
Ghiaccio manifesting White Album midfall
The Stand's first full appearance
Taunting Mista from the safety of his Suit
White Album Gently Weeps first used
Chapter 510 Cover
Chapter 512 Cover
Chapter 512 Cover
Chapter 513 Cover
Chapter 515 Cover
Chapter 515 Cover
The Stand covering its master with a thick layer of ice
White Album freezing Sex Pistols No. 2
The Stand's form manifesting
- White Album Infobox Anime.png
Fully formed, Ghiaccio chases the duo using his Stand
Mista firing at the pursuing Ghiaccio
White Album's suit is strong enough to block bullets
The Sex Pistols sabotage the Stand's Skates
Falling on his face, cracking the helmet
Ghiacchio freezing the car fumes to create a makeshift rope
Ghiaccio's furious face, visible through the suit's visor
Freezing Mista's arm, after infiltrating the car
Not even Gold Experience could manage to break through White Album's armor
Giorno's frozen arm breaks
White Album Gently Weeps first used
Reflecting Mista's bullet...
Mista is struck by his own bullet as a result of Ghaccio's White Album's 'Gently Weeps' ability.
Ghiaccio froze the air with Gently Weeps
Reflecting Mista's bullets...
...and hitting Mista again
The final standoff
Using his armor this time to reflect Mista's bullets...
hitting him again
Ghiaccio froze his blood solid to create pillars of ice
White Album's Stats
White Album in Traitor's Requiem
White Album appearing near the bottom below Clash and Talking Head
White Album in GioGio's Bizarre Adventure
Ghiaccio using White Album to freeze the ground in a straight line
Ghiaccio freezing the ground around himself
Ghiaccio in Chapter 6-1's loading screen
Ghiaccio in Chapter 6-2's loading screen
Statue Legend figure
Chara Heroes; Part 5 Vol.3
Adventure Battle Card; White Album
Weiß Schwarz; Freezing World, Ghiaccio & White Album
Freezing World, Ghiaccio & White Album (JoJo Rare)
Ghiaccio & White Album Gently Weeps
JOJO A-GO!GO! (Inside Illustration)
Note
- ↑ "White Album" is a very common nickname used by fans to refer to the album.
References
- ↑ [citation needed]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 509: White Album, Part 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Chapter 510: White Album, Part 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 511: White Album, Part 3
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Chapter 514: White Album, Part 6
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 512: White Album, Part 4
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 513: White Album, Part 5
- ↑ Volume 55, in-between chapters Stand stats, Chapter 513: White Album, Part 5
- ↑ JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - White Album
