Body(Purple and cyan, light yellow armor)
Eyes(Light Green)
Features(Gray joints, red and blue wires)
Judgement
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“
Hail 2 U! (HAIL 2 U (君に幸あれ)！)
”
—Judgement's catchphrase
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
The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Body(Blue-gray, light brown armor)
Eyes(Yellow-orange)
Features(Gray joints, tan wires)
Body(Brown, light yellow armor)
Eyes(Orange)
Features(Aqua joints, orange and navy wires)
Body(Magenta, white armor)
Eyes(Cyan)
Features(Dark Purple joints and wires)
Personality
Cameo speaks through Judgement, pretending to be a kind Genie and goads Polnareff into activating its ability.[2] However, it soon reveals its true plan 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. It was 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. Despite it's physical prowess though, it usually never involves itself in direct combat. It rather uses its acted role as a Genie to defeat it's opponents
Wish Granting
Judgement's primary power is to grant wishes to those who ask of it. It creates clay constructs of whatever the wisher ask for[5]. These clay constructs are nearly perfect to the original, such as fake gold having a similar weight, look and feel to actual gold,[2] and fake having the appearance, voice and memories of the real person.[5] Judgement more often than not uses these wishes against it's victims.
This is a representation of Judgement's power; to toy with a person's heart, or to directly harm them. It tricked 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, Clone Sherry appeared monstrous (due to Judgement changing her appearence) and tried to devour Polnareff, who couldn't muster the strength to hurt his sister's figure.[3] He later pulled a similar trick by creating a clay clone of Muhammad Avdol who acted the same way, working off of Polnareff's guilt of him dying
Chapters / Episodes
Manga AppearancesChapters in order of appearance
- 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)
Anime AppearancesEpisodes in order of appearance
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 21: Judgement, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 22: Judgement, Part 2
- Golden Wind Episode 33: His Name Is Diavolo (Flashback)
Gallery
A close-up to Judgement's lamp
Judgement's first appearance
Judgement blocks all of Silver Chariot's attacks
Treasure appearing from the wish
Hail 2 U!
Tarot card representing Judgement
Judgement in trouble
Judgement's defeat
Magician's Red destroys Judgement's eyes
Judgement's first appearance
Hail 2 U!
Treasure appearing from the wish
Tarot card representing Judgement
Judgement's stats card
Polnareff remembers his fight with Judgement as his life flashes before his eyes
Judgement appears from the locked box (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (SFC Game))
Judgement's sprite animation from Heritage for the Future
Judgement: Super K.O
Chara Heroes; Part 3 Vol.2
JoJo's Bizarre Mini Figure Stardust Crusaders Part.2 (Bandai)
Weekly Shonen Jump #13, 1997
Adventure Battle Card; Judgement
Trivia
- Judgement's ability to grant wishes was inspired by the classic tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp.[1]
- The notation for Judgement's catchphrase,
HAIL 2 U , is styled after the names of Prince's songs, Nothing Compares 2 U and I Would Die 4 U.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Judgement
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Interview: Billboard Japan (August 2021) - Interview with Hirohiko Araki on Prince
