Gold Experience Requiem
Gold Experience Requiem (ゴールド・エクスペリエンス・レクイエム, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Rekuiemu) is the Requiem Stand of Giorno Giovanna, featured in the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo.
It is a humanoid Stand resembling an evolved Gold Experience and has the ability to turn everything back to "zero". This Stand is the evolved 'Requiem' form of Gold Experience, created when pierced by the Stand-creating Arrow.
Appearance
Gold Experience Requiem is a humanoid Stand of a height and build similar to Giorno's. Many of its features resemble the original Gold Experience, including the ladybugs on its hands and the oblong grooves across its body. Its head extends into pointed tips with the back of the head hollow, giving it the appearance of a crown or a flower that's grown up and bloomed.[1] Its eyes have a unique design among Stands, with the 'eyeballs' embedded in cross-like structure within slanted sockets. It has an extended ridge collar on the back of its neck and several indentations and various other patterns covering its body.
When it first appears, it wears the Arrow on its forehead; which eventually falls to the ground.[2]
Color Schemes
Personality
Gold Experience Requiem possesses a rather mechanical and polite tone, akin to a robot and similar to other Stands capable of speech. It speaks to Diavolo in the erased time normally occupied only by him and his Stand King Crimson, explaining that it is able to operate independently of Giorno's consciousness.[3]
Gold Experience Requiem is aware of the fact that not even Giorno knows what its ability is, and confidently states that no other Stand ability can ever oppose it. The Stand counters the idea of Diavolo's arbitrarily-chosen "reality" (the outcomes of King Crimson's ability) by ominously telling him that he himself will never reach truth at the hands of its own power.[3]
Like Gold Experience, its lengthy Stand Cry is "Muda Muda Muda...!"[3]
Abilities
Gold Experience Requiem is a self aware close-range Requiem Stand that boasts an incredible increase in both speed and destructive power compared to its previous form. It also wields the arcane power of reverting anything to "zero", effectively undoing their actions; a power that trumps even the time erasure/nullification of King Crimson.
Gold Experience Requiem is capable of flicking a stone fast enough that it ceases to be visible to the human eye, and has enough power behind it to penetrate through a hand and destroy part of a building.[4]
As it has an attack power exceeding existing Stands as of the end of Part 5, it is stated to be the Ultimate Stand (究極のスタンド, Kyūkyoku no Sutando). It is impossible to compare Gold Experience Requiem's stats using the same measures as other Stands.[5]
Return to Zero
Gold Experience Requiem's ultimate ability is to revert actions and willpower directed against Giorno back to the state of "zero", completely nullifying them and preventing them from becoming "real".[3][6] Hence, it is virtually invincible, as all "supposed" actions created by an opponent would have been reset (back to point zero). Once struck by this effect, there is no escape from it, and the opponent will have every action they perform reverted back to "zero". It is mentioned by Giorno himself that he is unsure of the exact workings and limits of GER's powers,[7] but it has been shown that its range of influence extends from surface contact to even being in the mere attention field of GER.
If the opponent is hit as the result of an attack by Gold Experience Requiem, then they will also continuously experience death, as they will die but repeatedly return to point "zero": the point immediately before the process of death (i.e Diavolo's endless death loops). Through this ability, GER creates a new "truth", as it calls it, for Diavolo as a form of poetic justice for the many times the mob boss has manipulated reality to his advantage with King Crimson.[7]
Life Giver
Despite its transformation, Gold Experience Requiem appears to have not only retained its life-giving abilities after evolving, but said abilities are noted to be vastly more potent compared to the original Gold Experience. This is demonstrated briefly when Requiem fires a small stone at high-speed with enough power to pierce Diavolo's hand, before it transforms into four scorpions that attack him.[4]
Life Sensor
Similarly, Requiem appears to grant Giorno the ability to sense life and lifeforms much in the same vein as the original Gold Experience, but now without the need for direct physical contact. This is demonstrated when he was able to sense Trish's location (in the room of Mr.President), despite standing a fair distance away from Coco Jumbo, and the turtle being outside of his view.[8]
Chapters/Episodes
Manga Appearances- Chapter 586: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 1
- Chapter 587: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 2
- Chapter 588: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 3
- Chapter 589: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 4 (Cover only)
Anime Appearances- Golden Wind Episode 37: King of Kings
- Golden Wind Episode 38: Gold Experience Requiem
Quotes
Quotes- “This is... "Requiem"!! (コレが………『レクイエム』…………ダ！！)”—Gold Experience Requiem, Chapter 587: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 2
- “Yes, what you see is indeed reality. Your ability indeed sees the actions that we will actually perform. However, you will never arrive at the reality that will occur. None who stand before me shall ever do so. No matter what abilities they may wield! This is Gold Experience Requiem!”—Gold Experience Requiem, Chapter 587: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 2
- “Not even my master, Giorno Giovanna, knows of this. (コノコトハワタシを親ルジョルノ・ジョバァーナさえも知ルハコトハナイ)”—Gold Experience Requiem, Chapter 587: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 2
- “You... will not... go anywhere... More precisely, you will never reach the truth! (オマエは………ドコヘモ………向カウコトハナイ………特ニ…「真実」ニ到達スルコトハ………決シテ！……)”—Gold Experience Requiem, Chapter 588: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 3
Gallery
First glimpse of Gold Experience Requiem
Gold Experience Requiem with Giorno
Gold Experience Requiem defeats Diavolo
Stand stats page, showing how Gold Experience Requiem cannot be measured using the same metrics as other Stands
Chapter 586 Cover A
Chapter 586 Cover B
Chapter 587 Cover
Chapter 588 Cover A
Chapter 588 Cover B
Chapter 589 Cover
Weekly Shonen Jump 1999 Issue #13 (Title Page)
Gold Experience Requiem's first glimpse when struck by King Crimson
Gold Experience Requiem's foot
Gold Experience Requiem's arm
Gold Experience Requiem's forehead
Gold Experience Requiem appears
Gold Experience Requiem's face
Gold Experience Requiem aiming a life-imbued rock at Diavolo
Gold Experience Requiem's closeup of face alongside its user
Gold Experience Requiem next to its user
Gold Experience Requiem's ability taking effect
Diavolo under the effects of Reset to Zero
"This is Requiem"
Giorno and Gold Experience Requiem charging at Diavolo
Gold Experience Requiem moments away from assaulting Diavolo
Gold Experience Requiem performing a barrage attack on Diavolo
"In particular, you will never arrive at the truth."
Gold Experience Requiem's legendary finish
Gold Experience Requiem summoned
Gold Experience Requiem's Stats, showing how it cannot be measured using the same metrics as other Stands
Countdown to the final episodes
Gold Experience Requiem beginning to appear in Uragirimono no Requiem
Gold Experience Requiem breaking out of Gold Experience in Uragirimono no Requiem
Gold Experience Requiems signature pose in Uragirimono no Requiem
Gold Experience Requiem performing in Uragirimono no Requiem
Gold Experience Requiem at the top of the mural
Giorno and Gold Experience Requiem in GioGio's Bizarre Adventure
Gold Experience Requiem declares Diavolo's destined fate
Gold Experience Requiem in a loading screen
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Gold Experience Requiem's render for All Star Battle
Gold Experience Requiem's alternate colors
Giorno & Gold Experience Requiem
3D model
Giorno & Gold Experience Requiem, All Star Battle R
Gold Experience Requiem's render for Eyes of Heaven
Gold Experience Requiem Normal
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GER in the synopsis of Vento Aureo
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Giorno and Gold Experience Requiem
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Alt. colors
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GER during its version of Giorno's solo DHA
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Alt. colors
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Win pose including Giorno Giovanna
Gold Experience Requiem in "Diamond Records"
GER during Special Attack in "Diamond Records"
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GER in Last Survivor
Gold Experience Requiem in Jump Force
Close up shot of GER in Giorno's super move, Jump Force
GER's finishing blow from the anime recreated in Jump Force
Model from Jump Force
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GER Super Action Statue figure
Super Action Statue Limited Edition (Wonderfest)
GER solid figurine
Chara Heroes; Part 5 Vol.3
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Adventure Battle Card; Giorno Giovanna
Gold Experience Requiem
Weiß Schwarz; Final Form, Gold Experience Requiem
The World's "Truth"
The World's "Truth" (JoJo Rare)
Part 5 Stands
'The World of JoJo' Promo
JOJO A-GO!GO! (Inside Illustration)
Animation concept art showing G.E.R posing alongside Giorno in Uragirimono no Requiem
Trivia
- In All Star Battle, Gold Experience Requiem functions normally under the time-accelerating effect of Made in Heaven and Giorno remains immune to the slowing effect as long as he has Requiem active.
- According to an Animation booklet released alongside the Blu-Rays of Golden Wind, Gold Experience Requiem was originally supposed to pose alongside Giorno in the third version of Uragirimono no Requiem, but this was ultimately scrapped from the final version.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Gold Experience Requiem
- ↑ Chapter 589: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 587: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 586: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 1
- ↑ JOJO A-GO!GO!: STANDS, p.116
- ↑ Volume 63, in-between Stand stats, Chapter 588: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 3
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 588: Gold Experience Requiem, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 594: Sleeping Slaves, Part 5
