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Petsounds's Stand has the appearance of a mechanical bird, slightly larger than its user. The head is small, with it having tubes protruding out from it, and a large ridge along the top. While its central body is unseen, it appears to have a thin torso with several appendages. These arms have several circular joints which connect to several circular reels. These reels can unfurl into long thin strips, similar to a tape dispenser.
The Stand's legs are also fully mechanical in appearance, with them starting from the center of one of the reels. These legs have another reels attached at where a knee joint would be, and they connect to large mechanical talons (similar to that of a large predatory bird)[1]
Abilities
Punch cards flying out of Hol Horse from Petsounds's Stand attack
Petsounds's Stand, while still hasn't been fully eplained, a devastating long-range Stand which focuses on psychological through replay events that Petsounds has observed in the past.
Memory Punch Cards
Petsounds's Stand's primary form of attack is to use punched cards. These punched cards are released from the reels on the body of the Stand. They are then punched and inserted into the target, before bursting out of their body through the mouth, ears, and other holes. Their eyes also gain a dimpled texture, with multiple holes appearing in them.
These Punched Cards replay a sound from the past inside of a person, such as when it was used on Hol Horse he began to relive his confrontation with DIO. When someone hears a sound played by the punch card, they are forced force to reenact the event, such as Hol Horse moving to shoot as he did in his confrontation with DIO.[2] This can even be done to those who have not lived through the said past event, as Hiraoka was forced to relive the experience of Wilson Phillips, which caused him to crash his car.[3] Petsounds can also do this to multiple people at a time, as he was able to force several pastry chefs to reenact the actions of women who sacraficed themselves to DIO. [4]
The only way to break stop oneself from reenacting an event is by focusing in a stronger memory. This was shown by Hol Horse when he was able to stop reenacting his interaction with DIO after thinking about him fleeing Cairo with Boingo.
While no direct connection has been made, the eyes on Petsound's victims bear a striking resemblance to that of Moody Blues, another Stand that revolves around replaying past events.
While she is driving to pick up her daughter, Mitsuki is tricked by the Eco-Terrorist so he can get in her car.
Mitsuki is killed by the Eco-Terrorist, but is later incapacitated by Rohan using Heaven's Door and arrested by the police.
July 7th
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rohan Kishibe is working on a manuscript for Hot Summer Martha at 12:42.
Later he decides to go for a walk with Bakin in which they end up going to Mutsu-kabe Shrine where he investigates a "Sacred Tree" and gets replaced by Yabubako-Hoshi.
October 6th
Yabubako-Hoshi goes to Rohan's house along with Eve at 21:35 which gets recorded by security cameras.
October 7th
Rohan with Bakin decides to go back home at 16:38 due to getting cold.
When he arrives back home at 16:48 he notices things have changed so he goes to check his security cameras.
Rohan reads Eve's memories with Heaven's Door and discoveres it's now October.
At 17:18 he runs back to Shrine and meets Mutsu-kabe Shrine Priests which explain the Sacred Tree to Rohan.
After learning the information Rohan tries to undo Yabubako-Hoshi's actions by rotating the mirror underneath the tree with his stand, but it fails.
2022
January 7th
At 18:54 He arrives back home thinking his plan worked only to find out it January and Mu has been killed by grown up Bakin which tries to attack Rohan, but stop after realising it's his owner.
Rohan discoveres Kyoka drugged in his closet which leads to him getting drugged as well by Eve who wants to raise her child with him.
Rohan tricks Eve into getting controlled by Heaven's Door and leads her to flipping the mirror undoing Yabubako-Hoshi's actions and replacing Eve with him.[2]
Rohan tells Kyoka about his confrontation with the Eco-Terrorist.
SAS Work
Phantom Blood Figures
Despite being the first part, the Phantom Blood figures are some of the more recent figures to be produced. They are larger than figures from other parts, being made during the Stone Ocean line where the scale had been increased.
• Removable Hat • Revolver Pistol • Spinning Hat Effect • Several Alternate Hands
Release
Price
Material
May 2022
TBA
PVC, ABS, Nylon
Size
Sculptor
JAN
TBA
PROGRESS
N/A
Battle Tendency Figures
The Battle Tendency figures were released shortly after the Diamond is Unbreakable figures and during the development of the Vento Aureo line. They are larger than most figures from other parts, though they are still smaller than the Phantom Blood figures.
• Red Stone of Aja • Bubble Launcher • Bubble Cutters • Alternate Grimacing Head • Several Alternate Hands • Text Plate translated as "Secret Ripple Bubble Launcher"
• Crossbow • Alternate crossbow Limbs • Divine Sandstorm Arm Effects • Alternate Blinded Head • Several Alternate Hands
Release
Price
Material
First Release Apr 2012 Rereleased Sep 2019
First Release ¥4,500 Latest Release ¥6,800
PVC, ABS, Nylon
Size
Sculptor
JAN
17cm
PROGRESS
4573488966046
Diamond is Unbreakable Figures
The Diamond is Unbreakable figures were released after the Stardust Crusaders figures. Improvements were made for this line, including better joints for all the figures, more proportional heads and a slightly bigger scale proportional to the characters. This part is notable for starting the Wonderfest exclusive figures line. Rohan is currently the character with the most unique sculpts and variations.
• Binoculars • Gold "J" Pin and Wrist Bracelets • School Bag • Swappable Coat Pieces • Alternate "Angry" Head • Alternate "Smiling" Head • Several Alternate Hands
Limited Edition Wonderfest Bonuses • Alternate "Smiling" Head • Text Plate translated as "GREAT!"
• Bullet • Bloody glass heart • "DORARARA" Text Plate • Alternate "Angry" head • Several Alternate Hands, Including hands to hold the Bullet and Glass Shard, and a Hand with a ball bearing
Release
Price
Material
First Release Mar 2010 Rereleased Nov 2012, Feb 2016, Jul 2020
• School bag and back attachment • broken Echoes ACT0 egg • Several Alternate Hands for both • Echoes ACT1 sound effects • alternate curled tail for ACT1 • alternate "original haircut" head for Koichi
• School bag and back attachment • broken Echoes ACT0 egg • Several Alternate Hands for both • Echoes ACT1 sound effects • alternate curled tail for ACT1 • alternate "original haircut" head for Koichi
• Stray Cat head • Stem • Pot (Note: Killer Queen's chest opens up, allowing you to put Stray Cat inside) • Several Alternate Hands • Sound Effect Plate
The Vento Aureo figures were released after the Diamond is Unbreakable figures. Currently, Vento Aureo has the most figures out of all of the parts. This part is notable for being the first to get brand new characters made years after its original run, with Medicos beginning with this part when they started revisiting older parts to add more characters.
• Two Metallica Pieces • Scissors • Gushing Blood • Cut Ankle with Metallica • Alternate "Yelling" Head
Limited Edition Wonderfest Bonuses • Alternate Hair Head • Text Plate
Release
Price
Material
Wonderfest Release Dec 2020 First Release TBA
¥8,800
TBA
Size
Sculptor
JAN
16cm
PROGRESS
N/A
Gallery
Wonderfest Bonuses
Stone Ocean Figures
The Stone Ocean figures were released after the Vento Aureo figures. The scale was altered slightly for this line, noticeably being taller than before. Stone Ocean had a considerable drop-off in quantity of figures from Vento Aureo, receiving half the amount of figures as the previous part, therefore a few of the main cast and stands have not received figures.
• Jotaro Stand and Memory DISCs • Alternate "yelling" head
Release
Price
Material
Jul 2016
¥6,800
PVC, ABS, Nylon
Size
Sculptor
JAN
16cm
PROGRESS Ｎ・Ｅ
4580122819576
Steel Ball Run Figures
The Steel Ball Run figures were released after the Stone Ocean figures. These figures started a trend of newly sculpted figures first getting a Wonderfest exclusive version with exclusive accessories, before later having a standard release that is identical, except for the accessories. This is why Wonderfest figures that later have full releases have the exclusive items outside their boxes, whereas Wonderfest releases without later releases have the accessories in the box.
They are also one of the few figures which came in bundles, with Johnny 2nd, Gyro 1.5, and Diego 2nd all having bundle options with their respective horses from the Super Figure Art Collection line. These bundles include special pieces similar to Wonderfest releases, with all 3 coming with special riding hands to pair with the horses.
Swarovski figures are variants of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Super Action Statues that are covered in Swarovski crystals. They are generally sold exclusively to conventions, and are very expensive and sought after by collectors due to there not being many in circulation.
• School Bag and Back Attachment • Aalternate "Original Haircut" Head for Koichi • Broken Echoes ACT0 egg • Alternate
"Curled" Tail for ACT1 • Echoes ACT1 Sound Effects • Several Alternate Hands for both
• 2 California King Bed Chess Pieces • Large box of Mochi • Small Box of Mochi • Squirting Mochi • Cellphone • Alternate "Eating Mochi Incorrectly" Head • Several Alternate Hands
• 3 Alternate Heads (Head with Slightly Larger Horns, Head with Horns with Ringed Base, Original Design with shorter Horns and Holes on Face) • Full set of Alternate Hands with "Robotic" Fingers • Several Alternate Hands
Release
Price
Material
First Release Feb 2018
N/A
TBA
Size
Sculptor
JAN
16cm
PROGRESS
N/A
SAS BIG Variants
The Super Action Statue BIG range consists of large-scale variants of the Super Action Statues. Currently, there have only been two released; Jotaro and Star Platinum, with Dio Brando and The World announced to go up for pre-order in 2022.
The clear variants of the Super Action Statue figures are very limited and rare figures that were sold via lottery. There are only currently two clear variants, The World and Killer Queen, which had 100 and 25 manufactured respectively.
Penelope's Wound ability awakens due to her constant fear of Javier Cortes appearing in her dreams dressed as a clown, attempting to manipulate her into creating locked rooms so she can kill her mother. Penelope's Wound activates when she is enraged, distressed, or afraid, causing the creation of locked rooms that entrap anyone in the surrounding area.
Locked Room Suicide
Whenever Penelope is enraged, distressed, or afraid, Penelope's wound automatically activates and begins to form a locked room around whoever is causing her to feel that way. Usually, the Wound closes and locks doors around the target in order to trap them. Other times though, if the target is not in a room, the Wound will create a locked room from the enviornment around her, such as when she uses the dirt and grass outside to trap somone.
Welcome one and all, to hopefully the first of many blogs I will be creating on Powerscaling JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! This blog can hopefully be a point of discussion, friendly debate, and learning for all not just about JoJo, but about Powerscaling and my thoughts with it. Before we get into the fun though, I have a few things to get out of the way.
I won't lie to you, Powerscaling, Vs Debates, anything of the sorts, are weird. Most people really don't get much experience in the community, outside of watching a Death Battle video here or there. Honestly I don't blame anyone for thinking it is weird, especially considering how toxic it can be, and how convoluted it is. So of all things, why would I be interested in it, let alone talk about it with you all. Simply put... I don't know. I guess one of the main things I can pinpoint is just that natural incline many people have to represent the "most powerful character in fiction", and while I don't think any JoJo character is close to that level, I'm happy to represent a series I love and show people their true power among fiction. As well, I know many people will have a similar answer to this idea. How JoJo is more based on how people use their abilities rather than how powerful they are, and how it doesn't matter. That's valid, and I know it doesn't matter all in all, but I think it would be fun to talk about.
Now that that's out of the way, I have a few more things to say. Generally when going into powerscaling, it is important to understand a few concepts. Now, I'm not going to dump a bunch of knowlege onto you, but it is important to getting a quick idea of a few concepts out of the way. More in depth ideas will be discussed individually in certain sections, and I'll clarify many things later.
Destructive Capacity - The ammount of damage a character can produce
Attack Potency - The Destructive Capacity that an attack can be equivalent too. A character with a certain degree of attack potency does not need to cause destructive feats on that level, but can cause damage to characters who can withstand such forces.
Speed - The distance someone, or something can travel over a given time. This is split up into 5 types. Attack Speed (how fast something can attack), Combat Speed (how fast something can move in combat), Reaction Speed (how fast something can react to something), Travel Speed (how fast something can move/travel), and Flight Speed (how fast something can fly if it is able too)
Durability - The amount of force something is able to withstand
Dimensionality - The state of having any number of dimensions.
There are also a few important side concepts/notes:
A character's destructive capacity can be lower or equal to their attack potency, but it can not be higher.
Similarly, a character's attack potency can be lower or equal to their durability, but it can not be higher (this is due to Newton's Third Law).
All stats (attack potency, speed, durability) all have levels that exceed standard numbers
There are things beyond infinity.
Powerscaling is stupid, since the community accepts some laws like Newton's Third Law, but excludes things like the principle of Conservation of Energy.
Finally, just to give a basic rundown, I'll be going over my top 10 for JoJo Stands/Abilities in JoJo. This includes all of the Manga, Light Novels, and Games.
#10 - D4C Love Train
Tier - 2-A
Attack Potency - At least Small City level (just the spine created a massive storm over Kansas)
Speed - MFTL-MFTL+ (reacted to both Johnny's Bullets and Diego's attacks), Passive (Love Train is a passive barrier around Valentine)
Durability - Small City level (Should be relative to Attack Potency), Multiversal + (Love Train is a construct that contains Infinite Worlds/Dimensions
#9 - Ball Breaker
Tier - 2-A
Attack Potency - Multiversal+ (Broke through Love Train)
Speed - MFTL-MFTL+ (blitzed Valentine), Infinite-Inaccessible (Should be comparable to Act4 which can passively move in The World's timestop)
Durability - Multiversal+ (Should be relative to Attack Potency)
#8 - Tusk
Tier - 2-A
Attack Potency - Multiversal+ (Broke through Love Train)
Speed - MFTL-MFTL+ (blitzed Valentine and D4C, hit The World), Infinite-Inaccessible (Can passively move in The World's timestop)
Durability - Multiversal+ (Should be relative to Attack Potency)
#7 - Gold Experience Requiem
Tier - 2-A
Attack Potency - Multiversal+ (Stated to be beyond any Stand by any measuring rod like Stand Stats, GER also reverts deaths infinitely across numerous spacetime continuums)
Speed - MFTL-MFTL+ (should be Superior to Gold Experience, Blitzed King Crimson), Infinite-Immeasurable (Can move in Erased Time)
Durability - Multiversal+ (Should be relative to Attack Potency)
#6 - Gold Experience Requiem (JORGE JOESTAR)
Tier - 2-A
Attack Potency - Multiversal+ (should be relative to cannon self)
Speed - MFTL-MFTL+ (should be relative to cannon self), Infinite-Immeasurable (should be relative to cannon self)
Durability - Multiversal+ (Should be relative to Attack Potency)
Attack Potency - Multi Solar System Level (Created the Over Heaven Area, a Dimension with multiple stars in it), Multiversal+ (Negated both the Infinite Spin, Return to Zero, and the Infinite Death Loop), Durability Negation via Existence Erasure, should be far higher with the Holy Corpse and Souls
Speed - MFTL-MFTL+ (Superior to his canon self, Comparable to Gold Eperience Requiem and Star Platinum, Superior to Stone Free and D4C), At least Infinite, possibly up to Immeasurable (Reacted to and negtated Gold Experience Requiem's Return to Zero)
Durability - Multi Solar System Level to Multiversal+ (Should be relative to Attack Potency)
The World Over Heaven breaks through the bottom of the top 5, and may I say that this Stand is a breath of fresh air for scaling. Simply because we definitely know what it's ability is, but that doesn't mean there isn't a little bit of inconsistency and wiggle room.
The World Over Heaven's primary ability is to overwrite reality. This lets Dio erase the existence of anything he wants, steal/absorb souls and use them as slaves, heal himself, resurrect the dead and completely negate almost any defense that exists in the main series. The only downside to this power is that he has to touch whatever he wants to overwrite. This downside IS crippling, but there is some inconsistency with it. You see, Dio does things in the game which he really shouldn't be able to do since he can't touch them. One main example is that he created the over heaven their, so unless he punched it into existence, there has to be some other explanation for it. The explanation I follow is that The World Over Heaven doesn't technically need to punch something. As long as he can react to something, and has his hands functioning, he can overwrite it.
#4 - Ultimate Lifeform (JORGE JOESTAR)
Tier - 2-A
Attack Potency - multi-City Block to Island Level (should be relative to cannon self), Large Mountain to Country+ Level (Withstood an impact which flipped Britain), Universe level (can withstand the end of the Universe), Multiversal+ (dought on par with Dio)
Speed - FTL (should be relative to cannon self) MFTL+ (activated Killer Queen's bombs Sextillions of times), at least Infinite, up to Inaccessible-Immeasurable (fought on par with Dio)
Durability - Multiversal+ (Should be relative to Attack Potency), Type 1-3 Immortality
#3 - Wonder of U
Tier - Undefined
Attack Potency - Undefined (varies based on attack)
Speed - MFTL-MFTL+ (faster than Soft & Wet) Passive (the Flow of Calamity is passively active for Wonder of U)
Durability - Undefined (Should be relative to Attack Potency), type 8 Immortality
#2 - Beyond/Trinity
Tier - At least 2-A
Attack Potency - Undefined
Speed - Passive
Durability - Undefined, type 8 Immortality
#1 - Soft & Wet: Go Beyond
Tier - 1-A
Attack Potency - Outerversal (by being beyond Logic, Go Beyond has bubbles which chould be beyond logical things like dimensions and even concepts)
Speed - Irrelevant (by nature of being Outerversal Projecticles, they should be above concepts such as distance, space, and time, and would thus be Irrelevant speed)
Durability - Outerversal (the bubbles should have a durability relative to their Attack Potency)
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I know pretty much all of the faces of the people that lived in Morioh at that time. That includes every last one of the middle and high schoolers.
He is a student residing in Morioh who finds himself entangled in a murder incident, prompting him to hunt for Josuke Higashikata and his friends after their investigation leads to him as a major suspect.
Takuma is also a Stand user wielding The Book, which allows him to utilize his photographic memory and cause his opponents to relive his memories when they touch the Stand's pages.
Appearance
Takuma is a teenager with a slender build. His hair is described as light-colored, with bangs covering his forehead. His eyes are narrow, sharp, and pitch black, almost perpetually cold like the void of space.[1] His distinctive features are the horse-shaped birthmark on his right shoulder and several permanent red marks on his arms, which had scarred from his habit of continuously scratching them.
To hide his scratch marks, Takuma wears his black school uniform at all times to the point that it had become symbolic of himself.[1] He also wears a set of three belts on his neck and earrings on his right ear. He constantly keeps a fountain pen in his chest pocket, a gift from the Crybaby Boy.[2]
Personality
Takuma is an aloof and immoral boy burdened by his memories and dedicated to avenging his mother.
Takuma's personality is heavily influenced by his eidetic memory. Cursed by the inability to forget, Takuma is an especially cold and solitary person. During his youth, Takuma was a fairly normal boy, but as he kept remembering every bad memory between him and his comrades, the boy cut off all relationship with them. Notably, Takuma sought to console a comrade nicknamed the Crybaby Boy from the abuse the latter suffered.[1] Takuma is formal and doesn't try to be sympathetic with people. His only current acquaintance and friend is Chiho Futaba, with whom he still acts rather coldly. Takuma is utterly incapable of love. Even toward Chiho his sister, Takuma notes that he doesn't love her. The only person he values is his mother, who took care of him and sacrificed herself for him.
In order to avoid collecting more memories and burden his mind and Book, Takuma has chosen to live a reclusive life, living alone and trying to do as few things as possible. Nonetheless, he is seen observing a routine and hanging out in the same places, such as the Thorn Library[1] or often visiting his deceased grandparents' house. Takuma still regularly reads, notably his own notebook, and values the activity, stating that interrupting a lecture session is especially rude.
Because of The Book, Takuma has learned about the tragic circumstances of his birth. Knowing of his mother's suffering, Takuma is seeking revenge on his father Teruhiko Futaba. Takuma is dedicated on this goal, having spent years investigating his father to uncover his crimes, and planning his every move even several years in advance to maximize the pain he would inflict on Teruhiko.[3] Also because of this knowledge, Takuma is an atheist as in his mind, believing God wouldn't allow someone as wicked as his father to thrive if he truly existed.[4] He doesn't consider that he will be free of his past until he takes his revenge. Yet, Takuma has not formed any real plan beyond avenging Akari, and his ultimate suicide hints that he thought he was done with his life after having avenged his mother.[3]
In his quest for revenge, Takuma is particularly callous and ruthless. He has killed Hanae Orikasa with his Stand,[5] and sought to assassinate Josuke Higashikata when he learned that he was investigating the first murder.[5] However his greatest misdeed is to have manipulated his half-sister Chiho into falling in love with him and have sex with her so that she became pregnant with his child. He then hinted his actions to Teruhiko to crush his spirit when he would realize them. However, he still felt guilt for his crimes and was sick at the idea of his incest.[3]
In a fight, Takuma typically aims to kill his enemy as efficiently as possible. Particularly knowledgeable, Takuma has a tendency to look down on uneducated types or rough-looking individuals like Okuyasu Nijimura, underestimating them in the process, but is able to learn when he misjudges someone and recognizes his enemies' merit.[4]
Takuma is adept at throwing knives in order to kill. As he cannot easily murder with The Book, Takuma took it upon himself to learn how to attack from a distance outside of his Stand's range. He can determine the distance between him and a target, thus know how to throw his knife so it lands on the tip, throw multiple knives at the same time, and can play with them with his hands easily.[4]
Lip Reading
Takuma is able to read lips and understand what people are talking about without hearing them.[4] It enabled him to learn that Josuke was investigating him.[2]
Takuma is the son of Akari Hirai and Teruhiko Ogami. After Akari gave birth to him, Teruhiko abandoned him in a temple according to their deal. Takuma was then taken to an orphanage called Tsutsuji no Oka (Azalea's Hill), and got this name from the orphanage dean, inspired by his horse-shaped birthmark. Later, the orphanage staff found out about his natural ability to not forget anything and thought he was a genius, but were disappointed when they realized he could only store data, but not actually put them together to solve problems.
Takuma was once involved in a traffic accident when he was in grade 2. He was recalling a classic music he heard on music class, and found that music so familiar but had no clue. During his concentrating, Takuma accidentally walked down to the road and got severely hit by a car. Though saved after a few days of coma, the crash left a scar on his right thigh root.
It turns out his ability made his life much worse, as he could never forget anything in his head, even those unpalatable scenes and experiences. Overwhelmed by the infinitely increasing memories and the horribly actual feelings, Takuma excluded himself in a single room in the orphanage and cut off all communication. Yet the memories still didn't stop emerging, Takuma started to hurt himself, mainly scratching his arms strongly. He even tried suicide for multiple times, including stabbing the veins in his wrists with a scissor, jumping down the building, but never succeeded. During his hospitalization, he developed his Stand, The Book, and the memories once stored in his head were all transferred in the Stand, so his long pain was finally solved. He soon recovered and returned to the orphanage, but still lived in the single room in case something happened again. Later, he found nobody could see The Book except himself, and he could remember anything in his life anytime he wanted just by looking at the pages of it.
By reading the distant past of himself from The Book, with the hints of that classical music and his annual nightmares, Takuma got to know Akari, who gave birth to him in a dingy place and dedicated her utmost to him for only 3 days (when that classical music was played and left impression on Takuma). Then a man came along with a woman, took him away and dropped him in a temple. The Book recorded the whole process including their conversation. From this information, he ascertained Teruhiko and Hanae, and understood what happened between them and Akari. To verify this, Takuma made his way to the building gap in which Akari was trapped, and found Akari's corpse there. Takuma regathered Akari's scattered bones and hair, collected Akari's necklace, as well as the postcard with a horse on a grassland which was decorated in Takuma's room later. After knowing that Akari died due to Teruhiko, Takuma vowed revenge.
Takuma started to practice throwing knives when he was in grade 6. With the help of The Book, he soon mastered this skill no matter what kinds of knives he used. When Takuma was 13, on a winter night, he encountered the 12-year-old Chiho Futaba, Teruhiko's daughter, who was being entangled by a delinquent on her way of home leaving. Takuma then used a knife to cut down one of the delinquent's ears, saved Chiho and left. From then on, Takuma continued his reclusive life, remaining unfamiliar to anyone, but having a plan of his revenge.
After Takuma graduated from middle school, he moved into a house where a family suicide case happened before. It is revealed later in the story that Takuma still keeps contact with the orphanage and occasionally goes there to help the work, probably implying Takuma's living is supported by the orphanage.
When Takuma gets to know that his father's former lover Hanae Orikasa is searching for him, he makes his first move, goes to Hanae's house, shows her his identity and kills her with his car crash memory from his Stand, so her death would reach Teruhiko's ears. He then meets Chiho again at Thorn Parlor, a local public library Takuma likes to go, and develops a friendship with her.
It is mentioned by Chiho during their communication that Takuma likes going to bookstore, second-hand bookstore, stationery shop, library. He also visits a deserted house located in the farmland of east Morioh a lot, for some fresh air, quoting his words. The house used to be Akari and her parents' home. Several years after Akari was missing, her parents died of illness one after another, hence the house was deserted. Takuma also claims that he knew the old couples who used to live there (who were actually his grandparents), but only their appearances.
Believing Hanae's death to be the work of a Stand user, Rohan Kishibe and Koichi Hirose start an investigation on the death of Hanae, which is later accidentally known by Takuma. When Takuma secretly observes Koichi as he was the first discoverer of Hanae Orikasa's body, along with his fellows, Josuke Higashikata and Okuyasu Nijimura, he realizes they are in pursuit of a student with scratches on the arms. Then Takuma passes by Koichi along with Josuke and Okuyasu, yet Okuyasu unintentionally steps on his pen and breaks it, which was received from Crybaby as a gift when Crybaby got adopted and left the orphanage. Josuke then uses Crazy Diamond to repair the pen, being seen by Takuma's eyes and causing Takuma's vigilance to them. In order to confuse them, Takuma later uses The Book to implant his memory of strongly scratching his arms to multiple male students in the high school, causing the actual scratches on all of their arms.
At a day when Takuma is walking with Chiho, he is stopped by Josuke sitting near a pool in front of the train station, for asking time. When Takuma is watching on his watch, Josuke uses Crazy Diamond to loosen the watchband with a clip and make it drop into the pool, forcing Takuma to pick it up with his sleeves rolled up so that he can check Takuma's arms. Understanding Josuke's intention, Takuma picks up his watch without rolling up his sleeves, causing Josuke's suspicion. The small interrogation ends up with Okuyasu running to Josuke and telling him the discovery of several students with scratches on their arms.
Regarding the investigation of Josuke and his fellows as an obstruct, Takuma decides to kill Josuke. He tears down one page from the forbidden area of The Book, recording his painful memories during his childhood, such as suicide commitment, car crash (which is the one Takuma used to kill Hanae Orisaka), and influenza. Planning to use the page recording his wrist-cutting suicide memory to kill Josuke, he seals the page in an envelope and directly sends the letter to Josuke's home. However, Takuma's plan unexpectedly fails because Josuke's mother, Tomoko Higashikata is the one checking the letter and reading the page. Though Tomoko's life is safe thanks to Josuke's immediate rescue, what Takuma's done has seized Josuke's attention and made his mind to catch the culprit.
As time goes by, Takuma and Chiho start a relationship, based on Chiho's growing affection to Takuma and her discovery of the truth that Takuma is actually the teenager who saved her from a delinquent with a knife during her home-leaving. Later, Takuma is invited to Chiho's home for dinner, getting the chance to confront his father, Teruhiko Futaba. Though surprised at finding out Teruhiko can also see The Book, Takuma manages to show his tracking research of Teruhiko's social circle, Teruhiko's illegal commitments, and his idea of marrying Chiho to Teruhiko, making him panic. After that, on the way of Chiho sending Takuma off, she receives a black amber necklace from Takuma, which is the one Teruhiko gave Akari, and Takuma gained from the building gap while searching for Akari's corpse. The necklace gives the final hint about Takuma's identity to Teruhiko, arising an enormous despair to Teruhiko. Right at this point, Takuma's revenge is considered as completed, for his true purpose is not killing Teruhiko, but making Teruhiko live the rest of his life in deep regret.
Takuma plans to leave Morioh Town, for he has achieved his goal here. Before he sets off, he wants to finish Chiho's manuscript at Thorn Parlor. However, Okuyasu finds Takuma and tries defeating him. Lacking experience of Stand battle, Takuma has had a hard fight. Even though Takuma manages to defeat Okuyasu using his influenza memory, he is later chased by Josuke to the roof. During their fight, Takuma is being overpowered. Takuma finds out that Josuke was saved by an student with a pompadour in his past and tries to use it against him, but this just upsets Josuke more. While Takuma is able to heavily injure Josuke, he is eventually defeated by Josuke. When Josuke holds Takuma off the edge of the building by his jacket, he dislodges himself from the jacket, falling to his death on his own accord. After this happens, the orphanage claims Takuma's body from the police and holds his funeral at the temple where he was initially found.
It is revealed Chiho is pregnant with his child.
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I suppose that a novel is something made up of many lines of characters. The characters are symbols which, when strung together, form words. When words are strung together, they form sentences. And then when sentences are linked together, they become a novel. Much like how DNA is made up of base sequences, characters are arranged into a sequence. That is what I consider a novel. I expect that the job of an author is a lot like weaving a thread to create a carpet. The shape woven with the thread that is the long sequence of characters is not a simple visual image, but a certain type of value or an emotion that cannot be put into words.
Have you ever felt it? The power of a story? A long string of characters can undulate, arrest your heart, and carry it to a far-off place. When you read a novel with real power, it makes you feel like the characters in the story truly exist. The pain and joy of the characters start to feel like your own. Your heart sympathizes with them. Sometimes when the characters in the story suffer an injury or are betrayed by a friend, you the reader also feel a largely physical pain. That is empathy. Similar to how a shaman is writing on a charm that jinxes his target's body, an author kills a person with empathy.
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