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“
Gimme a break... (やれやれだわ)
”

Jolyne Cujoh (空条 徐倫, Kūjō Jorīn) is the main protagonist of the sixth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stone Ocean, and the sixth JoJo of the series. She is the daughter of Jotaro Kujo, the protagonist of Stardust Crusaders, and an American woman.

Framed for a DUI murder, Jolyne is sent to Green Dolphin Street Prison, where she investigates and battles DIO's most trusted disciple, Father Enrico Pucci. Initially an ordinary girl, Jolyne quickly awakens her string-based Stand, Stone Free, during her time in jail.

Appearance

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Jolyne is a young woman of above-average height and a slim to athletic build.

Bold-eyed, she wears her hair in two "layers": A dark base including two large buns atop her head and a short length going down her neck; above which, lightly dyed or bleached, she keeps a plait or braid that winds around both buns, joining in a short length at back, and bangs that frame her face.

Like all other members of the Joestar family, Jolyne has a small, star-shaped birthmark on the rear of her left shoulder, close to her neck. She also has an image of butterfly wings tattooed on the top of her left forearm, superimposed with a downward-pointing dagger, which also appears on the chest of her outfits.

Jolyne's depiction in Part 6 transitions from a slim and smooth build to a somewhat more dynamic and athletic one. Simultaneously, she works through several primarily dark outfits, characterized by a spiderweb-like print.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Colored MangaAnimeAll-Star BattleEyes of Heaven
Skin
(Fair, chartreuse lipstick and nails, maroon birthmark)
Hair
(Black with blue highlights and chartreuse braid and bangs)
Eyes(Lime Green)
Outfit
(Blue suit with white spiderweb pattern, chartreuse accessories, and pink butterfly crest.)
First Coat
(Turquoise with white lettering, light gold button)
Second Coat
(Gray with white lettering and underside, silver button)
Final Outfit's Accessories
(Chartreuse belts with a blue buckle, blue armlet with with gold studs and gray cape with white underside.)
Skin
(Fair, olive lipstick and eyeshadow, light green nails and pink birthmark.)
Hair
(Green with blonde braid and bangs, light green hairband)
Eyes(Sea Green)
Outfit
(Dark aquamarine suit with beige spiderweb pattern, orange accessories.)
Butterfly Symbol
(Blue and teal butterfly with bright orange details, pink and indigo outlines)
First Coat
(Turquoise with white lettering, silver button)
Second Coat
(Dark gray with white lettering and underside, silver button)
Final Outfit's Accessories
(Orange belts with a gold buckle, dark aquamarine armlet with with gold studs and dark gray cape with white underside.)
Skin(Fair, lime lipstick and birthmark)
Hair
(Black with sky blue highlights and lime braid and bangs)
Eyes(Moss Green)
Outfit
(Sky Blue suit with white spiderweb pattern, lime and gold accessories, and magenta butterfly crest.)
Skin(Fair, bronze lipstick, lime birthmark)
Hair
(Black with blonde braid and bangs, emerald green hairband)
Eyes(Olive Green)
Outfit
(Black suit with pink spiderweb pattern, bronze accessories, and purple butterfly crest.)

Outfits

Stone Ocean Outfits
Chapters: 1 - 2 (Flashback)
Episodes: 1 (Flashback)
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A halter top that exposes her midriff, has a heart shaped hole below her neck, and is covered with several smaller decorative holes. Along with shin-high boots, she wears a long mesh skirt with her underwear visible through its holes.

Chapters: 1 - 2
Episodes: 1
MangaAnime
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A short skirt, shin-high boots, and a halter top that exposes her midriff. On her chest is a large heart-shaped piece with a butterfly emblem on top, in the same style as her tattoo. Her top has two lengths of cloth on each side attaching it to her skirt, like suspenders.

Chapters: 3 - 47
Episodes: 2 - 11
MangaAnime
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Similar to her previous outfit, except it has pants with boots attached and a prison jacket. The jacket is short, covering her lower back to the hip area. Worn during her first week in prison.

Chapters: 47 - 102
Episodes: 11 - 25
MangaAnime
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Her previous outfit but with a longer, slightly darker jacket (matching Jotaro's coat's length). There is a "JO" accessory on top of her pants.

Chapters: 75 (Flashback)
Episodes: 3 (Flashback)
MangaAnime
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A leotard with camouflage pants, a butterfly on her chest, and a bracelet on her right hand. She also has a star over her left eye and long, loose hair in the back. Her left arm is not tattooed yet.

Chapters: 96 - 102
Episodes: 23 - 25
MangaAnime
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After the events in Whitesnake - The Pursuer, she starts wearing a star-shaped navel piercing.

Chapters: 111 - 155
Episodes: 25 - 38
MangaAnime
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A shredded muscle shirt with two mini-belts over the rib area (one belt by the end), a cloth armlet on her forearm, and her navel ring. Another belt is around her waist with a long cape attached to the back. The accessory on her belt has a different design, but it also says "JO" like the previous one.[13]

Jolyne, Fly High with GUCCI

In the one-shot, Jolyne makes an appearance in many different outfits. She mainly wears a white linen peacoat with an elaborate flower motif with a matching scarf. Underneath the jacket, Jolyne wears a dress that also changes for no reason, the first version being black with the same flower motif, the second being a white gown.

Jolyne also wears in order: a three-piece pink suit with spiked platform sandals and an elaborate necklace, a simple yellow dress with intricate flower and fruit decorations on the shoulder area, and a brown dress with a matching leather belt.

In the one-shot, Jolyne's hair is consistently portrayed as green with blonde strands of hair.

Personality

SPOILER WARNING: Part 6 spoiler details may follow.
“
Two men look out through the same bars, one sees the wall and the other, stars... Which one I am? [...] Of course I'll see the stars... until I see my father, I want to keep on looking at the stars. (『ひとりの囚人は壁を見ていた』……『もうひとりの囚人は鉄格子からのぞく星を見ていた』あたしはどっちだ？ [...] もちろんあたしは星を見るわ…父に会うまで……星の光を見ていたい)
”
—Jolyne's strong resolve to save her father's life
Despite their rocky relationship, Jotaro and Jolyne cherished each other

Flighty, abrupt, and snappy with her elders, Jolyne during her adolescence would undoubtedly be considered a delinquent and a lost cause. Bitter at Jotaro for being absent from her life, she tried multiple times to catch her father's attention by committing various minor crimes and was arrested several times as a result. Because of her father's absence, Jolyne was said to be dependent on the affection and approval of those around her,[14] and she was ready to cover Romeo's accident, resulting in her being sentenced to 15 years in prison for it.[4]

After acquiring her Stand and being told by Jotaro of his love for her, Jolyne noticeably matures, becoming more courageous and confident. "Reviving" Jotaro, who fell into a coma after Whitesnake stole his Stand and memory, becomes her top priority.[15]

Jolyne's Dark Determination

Jolyne retains her confrontational attitude throughout the story. A former delinquent living in a maximum-security prison, Jolyne had to toughen up and can be especially rude, frequently taunting her enemies. She also advocates aggressively asserting herself, especially in prison, and once told F.F. to violently confront an inmate who cut in the queue for buying their lunch.[16] Jolyne is particularly violent in her fights; she's used the cutting ability of her string to gruesomely wound her opponents, severing ears and nails,[17] for instance. Jolyne usually doesn't seek to kill and even says that she didn't want Ermes to become a murderer.[18] However, she readily uses lethal force against her archenemy Enrico Pucci, as he was the one enemy she explicitly said she would kill.[19]

Jolyne also has a vindictive side and repays tenfold any wrong committed against her, notably indirectly cutting Romeo's tongue for betraying her[20] and forcing her crooked attorney to crash his car.[9] Moreover, Jolyne still holds a slight grudge against Gwess, her first enemy, and wants nothing to do with her despite the latter's effort to behave in front of Jolyne. More humorously, Jolyne kept a grudge against alligators in general after Limp Bizkit revived one that attacked her, and she had fun tossing something at another alligator's head as a form of revenge.[21]

A bloodied Jolyne proudly declares her victory

Jolyne possesses a fierce determination, carrying her through several battles and inspiring her companions. After learning of DIO's plan, Jolyne took pride in her lineage and opted to continue Jotaro's effort to seal the menace that DIO had left behind. Jolyne stoically endures the hardships she faces and carries on her goal, disregarding the suffering and possible risks. For instance, when she was brought to the maximum-security ward, Jolyne was only momentarily disturbed by the horrible living conditions of the cell (the food tray was covered in insects) along with the harassment of the other inmates in the ward and quickly soldiered on through the ordeal.[22] Her determination is so great that she was willing to lose life or limb to defeat her enemy and save her comrades, an inclination so strong that it culminated in her sacrifice to keep Emporio away from Pucci.[11] One good example of the strength of her determination is when she set herself on fire to buy enough time to attack Rikiel, ignoring the risk taken to herself since her body was made of string.[23] Even still, Jolyne once expressed her doubts about her desire to stop Pucci after Weather Report's death and the priest's second escape.[21]

Common in her lineage, Jolyne has righteous morals and treasures her family and friends. She would selflessly do everything in her power to help her companions and random victimized people, once helping a mistreated prisoner to take back stolen money from her tormentors.[24] Jolyne is willing to believe in the good in people, which results in a share of betrayals, but also earns her F.F.'s friendship.[25] Jolyne is especially sweet to Emporio, her real first ally in Green Dolphin Street, and despite its status as an enemy, she didn't want to kill the Green Baby. Jolyne's primary motivation for investigating Whitesnake was her love for her father, though Pucci exploited this affection to escape her when he tossed Jotaro's memory DISC inside of a dying Anasui, putting her through a difficult choice and forcing her to try to save her father's memory.[26]

Jolyne makes fun of F.F.'s weird toes

Outside of combat, Jolyne behaves like an average young woman, if not a teenage girl, hanging out with her friends and occupying herself the best she can in prison, as she is also fun-loving. Jolyne notably played ball with F.F. and Ermes,[27] additionally making herself a navel ring while in isolation.[28] Unlike her father, Jolyne is fairly extroverted and easily expresses her feelings to others. She is an inherently social woman and can converse with her fellow prisoners easily, asking for explanations about the ins and outs of Green Dolphin Street.

Teasing the guards

Jolyne is notable for being somewhat libertine, being the first and only JoJo to admit to masturbating[29] and offhandedly commenting that a snail's ability to copulate with anything makes her slightly jealous.[30] Despite this, she is embarrassed to talk about masturbation in public, and having been caught in the act by a guard left her both flustered and deeply mortified.[29] She was also shown to be deeply embarrassed while mentioning to Weather Report that she needed to urinate in the middle of a fight.

Abilities

Stand

Main article: Stone Free
Stone Free

Stone Free grants Jolyne the ability to unravel parts of her body into a string. This makes it a very versatile Stand, enabling her to listen in on communications as well as escape and hide by unraveling parts of herself into string.

When she assembles the string, Jolyne can properly materialize Stone Free, partially or entirely. Stone Free is a humanoid Stand which has comparable physical prowess to the strongest Stands, with rankings of A in Destructive Power, Stamina, and Developmental Potential.

Unlike the rest of her family, Jolyne has awakened her Stand from being cut by an amulet (later revealed to be a Stand-creating stone arrowhead in disguise) given to her by her father.

Stone Free (ストーン・フリー)Link to this section
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Debut
SO Chapter 1 / SO Episode 1
Type
Close-Range, Reconnaissance, Natural Humanoid
Ability
String Decomposition
Cry
ORAORAORA ... !
PWR
A
SPD
B
RNG
C
STA
A
PRC
C
DEV
A

Personal Skills

Jolyne's fighting stance
  • Intelligence: Jolyne's greatest asset is her imagination. The versatile power of her Stand allows her a wide range of moves which she extensively uses. For example, when Pucci used C-MOON to invert Jolyne's body, she used Stone Free to create a "Möbius Strip" rendering her effectively invulnerable to its power.[31]

True to any other Joestar, Jolyne is particularly adept at using whatever presents itself to her advantage, among others the environment and the enemy's power. Jolyne's quick thinking has allowed her to prevail against enemies.

Jolyne combines her tactics with a high level of recklessness, often endangering herself to surprise enemies with an unanticipated move. The particular nature of her power nonetheless assures that she can shrug off some of the damage ordinary Stand users cannot risk in a fight. 

Jolyne's intelligence is intuitive to a degree, as she often shrugs off some of her moves as dumb luck,[32] although it is a valid interpretation of her actions.

  • Hand to Hand Combat: She has also shown to be capable of defending herself, seen in full detail against Officer Westwood. She has extensive knowledge of self-defense, which she demonstrates throughout the series, notably against Pucci.

Relationships

Family

Jolyne telling Jotaro off
  • Jotaro Kujo: Her distant and near-fatherless childhood bore a tinge of loneliness in her, at times resenting him but also wanting his affection. Her relationship with Jotaro is challenging at first, not really fitting the typical father-daughter mold. When Jolyne was fourteen, she was wrongfully accused of pickpocketing. Panicked, she stole a car, sloppily tried to make an escape from the authorities, and was arrested soon afterward. Jolyne anticipated that Jotaro would pay her bail, but was sorely disappointed when she overheard her mother's frantic and unsuccessful pleas with him on the phone. Her father's absence following this led to her teenage years of delinquency (she later reflects that these events were a desperate call for attention). During Jolyne's imprisonment, Jotaro visited her in an effort to break her out. Angered that he would come out of the blue to see her after years of absence, Jolyne blew up at him, citing his inattentive behavior and his divorce. However, after risking life and limb to get Jolyne out as well as losing his Stand in the process, Jolyne broke down and got Jotaro to safety, sacrificing her own freedom and vowing to get his Stand back. As time passed, Jolyne came to respect her father more and idolized him somewhat, adapting his trademark "Yare yare daze" into a more feminine "Yare yare dawa". When Jotaro returns later, both father and daughter show considerable care to one another, each in their own way.
  • Mother: Jolyne's mother rarely appears and is hardly talked about. It's assumed that she loves Jolyne very much and dotes on her in Jotaro's absence, as she was the only known person to be allowed to call Jolyne "JoJo".

Friends

  • Ermes Costello: Ermes is possibly the first true friend that Jolyne encounters in her life when they meet and bond in jail. Her relationship with Ermes resembles that of Jotaro's relationship with Jean Pierre Polnareff. Jolyne and Ermes see each other as worthy allies and friends, and because of their similar temper, get along well and kill time together. She has fought alongside Jolyne against many powerful enemies like Sports Maxx, Rikiel, & Donatello Versus.
  • Emporio Alnino: Emporio's relationship with Jolyne is somewhat similar to her ancestor Jonathan Joestar to Poco, as Jolyne treats Emporio like a little brother and trustworthy ally, while Emporio is inspired by her courage and determination. Jolyne saves him from many dangerous situations and eventually sacrifices herself so than he may live, trusting that Emporio will defeat Pucci. Emporio's relationship with Jolyne extends to Irene as well.
  • Foo Fighters: Foo Fighters initially met Jolyne as enemies. However, Jolyne spares Foo Fighters; grateful to Jolyne, they become an ally. Jolyne treats Foo Fighters with respect and is very friendly with them, and noting their naïveté, is protective toward them. Foo Fighters, nicknamed F.F. by Jolyne, is inspired by her determination, and cherishes the memories they have of her. They are ultimately willing to put themself in danger and even sacrifice themself to save Jolyne's life.
  • Romeo Jisso: Before Jolyne's growth as a person, she and Romeo were in a relationship; with Jolyne being particularly affectionate and meek and Romeo trying to keep some distance, as he was suspicious of her past as a possible gang member. Their relationship ended when Romeo framed her for his manslaughter with aggravating circumstance, landing her in prison for a crime she didn't commit. After she escapes from prison, Jolyne pays him a visit and he weeps for forgiveness. Romeo shows genuine repentance and actually helps her, but while Jolyne doesn't show any lingering anger, she takes the occasion to damage his tongue to silence him.
  • Weather Report: When they first met, Jolyne was flabbergasted by Weather's eccentric behavior. However, during the fight against Lang Rangler, both eventually see each other as allies, and trust each other. Anasui suspects Weather as a rival love interest to Jolyne and becomes jealous when Jolyne and Weather hug. Jolyne grows to care deeply about Weather to the point of being distraught at Weather's death.
  • Narciso Anasui: Though Anasui fell in love with Jolyne at first sight, the feeling wasn't mutual; Jolyne was not really sure what to think of him and isn’t really interested in him, either. Often times she would be oblivious to his advances. He would sometimes try to seduce her in underhanded ways, such as asking F.F. to trip her down the stairs so he could romantically catch her or prompting a French kiss from a temporary-mute Jolyne, resulting in him getting punched in the jaw. Even so, he's truly devoted to her and will do everything in his power to keep her from being distressed. He has risked his life for her on more than one occasion and turns murderous when Jolyne is severely hurt. Eventually, during the final confrontation at Cape Canaveral, Jolyne motivates Anasui by telling him that he can ask for her hand in marriage after they survive. At the end of Stone Ocean, Jolyne and Anasui's counterparts Irene and Anakiss want to marry each other.

Enemies

  • Enrico Pucci: Pucci only saw Jolyne as bait at first in order to get to Jotaro, but as she proved to be a persistent threat to his scheme while finding her father's Stand and memory disks, Pucci threaded carefully around her. Unaware of his involvement at first, Jolyne treated the priest with respect. They became enemies right away once she was informed that Whitesnake was Pucci's Stand and was eager to take his life. Jolyne became more than determined in stopping him and putting an end to his plans but her efforts would soon be fatal while she almost fell to Pucci's newly evolved C-MOON and would finally fall to his Made In Heaven while protecting Emporio, but has managed to cut the right side of his eye before dying.
  • Donatello Versus: Due to his alliance with Pucci, Donatello and Jolyne were enemies. An additional reason for their antagonism would be that Jolyne's father destroyed Donatello's father. Unbeknownst to either of them since Donatello was conceived when Dio possessed Jonathan's body Donatello is actually Jolyne's distant uncle.
  • Johngalli A.: As the man who got her framed for murder, Jolyne and Johngalli A. were enemies. Johngalli A. attempted to murder Jolyne and Jotaro to avenge DIO but failed. As payback, Jolyne pummeled Johngalli A. as the sniper realized that Jolyne was more resourceful than she looked and inherited Jotaro's blood.
  • Gwess: Jolyne's cellmate during her time at Green Dolphin. Jolyne tossing her pendant away inadvertently caused the chain of events that let Gwess gain her Stand power. Gwess originally used her powers to bully Jolyne by shrinking her, but after Jolyne beat her she acted like her subordinate, advising Jolyne during her early days in prison and being somewhat afraid of her. Jolyne still had an arm-length relationship with Gwess but nonetheless tolerated her afterward.
  • Miuccia Miuller: Miu is an assassin sent by Pucci to make sure Jolyne doesn't interfere with his plans. Miu manipulated Jolyne into forgetting her goals and friends. After Jolyne remembered them, she beat up Miu and used her to escape the prison.

Chapters / Episodes

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Chapters in order of appearance
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Episodes in order of appearance

Quotes

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  • “
    It's all over... I'm finished... He saw me last night. The guard... A man! I can't go on living... I just want to die! Dammit! Damn it all!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh's first line, Stone Ocean Chapter 1: Stone Ocean, Part 1
  • “
    Well... It's, uh... um... It starts with an M... Mas... um... mastur... uh... bation... (つまり…だからその…マで始まる言葉で……マ…マス……そのマスタ～～つまり…………ベ～～～ション……………をよ……)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 1: Stone Ocean, Part 1
  • “
    I'm innocent. What do you think about that? Do you believe me? (「無実」よ…って言ったらどうする？あんた信じる？)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 1: Stone Ocean, Part 1
  • “
    Sometimes you can come to love things you used to hate. (最初ヤな事って後でケッコーくせになるのよ)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 2: Stone Ocean, Part 2
  • “
    Should I get down on all fours? Or should I lie on my back? How about a mix of both? (よつんばいでいいですか？　仰向けにありますか？　それともブリッジするとか…)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 3: Stone Ocean, Part 3
  • “
    I don't yet have the range or nearly enough strength, but I can't wait 15 whole years for our paths to cross again! (今は手の届く距離ではないし…力もぜんぜんないけれど…１５年なんて待ってられない！必ず会いに行く)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh to her crooked attorney, Stone Ocean Chapter 3: Stone Ocean, Part 3
  • “
    Pass this to him, too. Feeling comfy? But you will keep sweating. Now... and forever. (彼にも伝えて。快適？でも汗はかき続ける。今も…これからもずっと。)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh's letter to her crooked attorney, Stone Ocean Chapter 3: Stone Ocean, Part 3
  • “
    My energy's clumped up! When lines gather and clump up, they become three-dimensional! (あたしのェネルきーの…『固まり』線か集まって固まれば『立体』になるッ！この概念！！)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh upon discovering Stone Free, Stone Ocean Chapter 9: Stone Free, Part 2
  • “
    Gimme a break, Gwess. You said everything has a name, right? Then I'll give my power a name too. Stone Free. I'm going to free myself from this stone ocean... Did you hear me? Stone Free... That's its name! Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora (やれやれだわ…グェスあんた何でも名前はあるって言ったわよねあたしも名前をつけるわ「ストーン・フリー」あたしは…この「石の海」から自由になる 聞こえた？「ストーン・フリー」よ…これが名前オラオラオラオラオラオラオラオラ)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 9: Stone Free, Part 2
  • “
    If there's a hierarchy in this prison, then I'll obey it... but I'm the one who'll give out the orders. (この刑務所で上下関係があるというならそれに従うわ……ただし命令するのはあたし)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 9: Stone Free, Part 2
  • “
    You've got some nerve, coming in here and acting like my father! Get the hell ouuuut!! (のこのこ父親面して 来てんじゃあねェ─────ッ！！)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 11: The Visitor, Part 1
  • “
    I'm going back inside. I'm going to defeat Johngalli A. before he shoots that kid. (たし中に戻るわあの子をアツが撃つ前に あたしがジョンガリ・Aを倒す)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 14: The Visitor, Part 4
  • “
    I was just looking to see what the best angle for pounding you would be... I think my favorite... was when your chin was aiming a little more to the right. Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora!! (捨てろとは一言も言ってないわ……角度を見ていただけだもの一番たたき込みやすいあなたの体の角度を……気に入るのは……もう少しアゴが右向いてくれた時だけオラオラオラオラオラオラオラオラ)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 19: The Visitor, Part 9
  • “
    The killer went back inside the jail on purpose! He won't come out again... because he's someone who belongs inside! That's why I'm going back inside! (「犯人」は牢獄の方向にわぎわざ戻って「犯人」は外へは出ない………刑務所の中にずっといる誰かという事よッ！)
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 20: Prisoner of Love
  • “
    Are you saying that I'm cheating? But I don't see the collector anywhere! It's because I definitely just caught it with my hands. And, that rewinding time is 10 seconds... the clock is now reset! Just enough time for me to beat your ass... (イカサマだとでも？だがおまえの「取り立て人」は現れないようだな！あたしは今まぎれもなく「手」キャッチしたんだからな……そして時間は 残り10秒『リセット』された！！おまえをブちのあす時間がな)
    ”
  • “
    How many throws do you want to bet on, huh? 100 throws, was it? No, it was 1000 throws!!! Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora!!!!
    ”
  • “
    Using force... I guess I'll have to get used to it.
    ”
  • “
    I... I don't know why this happened so suddenly. But, uh, you could know, it could happen to anyone! Even the pope probably doesn't have control over this! You know, there's that thing "number 1" and "number 2", has to do with bowel movements, the one that starts with a "p"!!! I might do it in my pants!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 43: Operation Savage Garden, Part 4
  • “
    You should have just released [the zero-gravity zone] when I told you to... You could have gotten away before, using this burst of air when Stone Free and I were farther away from you... This rush of air is blowing you towards me!!!!! Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora!!!!!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh to Lang Rangler, Stone Ocean Chapter 46: Operation Savage Garden, Part 7
  • “
    Just say, "Don't cut me, bitch!!!"
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 51: Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 1
  • “
    The one thing I can't do here... is wear my mental strength away, build unnecessary stress! It'll also wear me down physically... I, in this ultra security punishment ward! Have a mission that I have to fulfill! I have to see it through... to do that... I can't wear myself down for stupid reasons!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh about the Ultra Security House Unit, Stone Ocean Chapter 58: Ultra Security House Unit
  • “
    Two men look out through the same bars, one sees the wall and the other, stars... Which one I am? [...] Of course I'll see the stars... until I see my father, I want to keep on looking at the stars.
    ”
  • “
    Game set!
    ”
  • “
    I never thought that I would find you like this!... There are three things I need to take from you! My father's memory! The DISC that you just took from F.F., and your life!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh to Enrico Pucci, Stone Ocean Chapter 93: Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 5
  • “
    Is this your first time being cuffed? I've been cuffed every day since I came here, just as you fucking planned...
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh to Pucci, Stone Ocean Chapter 93: Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 5
  • “
    I'm going to get your disc back from the priest! Your Foo Fighters disc! Then you can come back!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh to F.F., Stone Ocean Chapter 95: New Moon! New Priest
  • “
    I am Jolyne Cujoh! I have to seal whatever the priest just obtained!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 96: Jail House Lock!, Part 1
  • “
    If the world was coming to an end, I've already decided that chocolate would be the last thing I ever eat!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 100: Jail House Lock!, Part 5
  • “
    I'm already prepared for anything that could happen. Even more than when I was here...
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 102: Jailbreak...
  • “
    Something like burning my own body...! Compared to everything else I've gone though...! If this is what I need to do to get to the priest, it's absolutely nothing!!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 115: Sky High, Part 4
  • “
    Emporio! Right now, Ermes is in a plane that's going to crash! The plane is in a big hole in the floor of the hospital! I'm flying a fighter jet or something! It's gonna crash, too! Find a way to get us out!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 122: Under World, Part 4
  • “
    An organism that can mate with anything it encounters... I'm kinda jealous. I mean... no, NO! It's just gross!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Stone Ocean Chapter 130: Heavy Weather, Part 6
  • “
    Come on, Father Pucci... Stone Free!
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh's last words, Stone Ocean Chapter 155: Made in Heaven, Part 7
  • “
    ... Is this a dream? Is it real? The unicorn was hiding in the pattern of mom's scarf... Yes... This is a dream, but it's an important dream. I'm sure my mother's clothes made me see it. It's planted new hope in me. This dream is a message. It's also power.
    ”
    —Jolyne Cujoh, Jolyne, Fly High with GUCCI

Creation and Development

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The idea of a female JoJo protagonist was something that Araki had wanted to do since Part 5, with the main protagonist Giorno Giovanna.[33] Araki had previously written a female protagonist for his older series, Gorgeous Irene, however, he decided against doing it again as he felt that female leads never worked out well for him,[34] and that it was too hard to get away with depicting violence against women in a shonen manga at the time.[35] This was also the reason why not many female characters were featured until later in the series,[34] as he thought the idea of drawing a girl getting beat up was far too cruel.[35] During Part 5, Araki said that he still had plans for a female protagonist, but couldn't promise that the protagonist of his next work would be a woman.[34]

For Part 6, Araki finally thought it was time that he could properly draw a tough female protagonist, and so decided to make the main character Jolyne Cujoh, the daughter of Jotaro Kujo.[35] According to Hideto Azuma, Araki's editor at the time, he had requested that Jolyne's character was to be a man as Weekly Shonen Jump was a magazine for young teen boys. However, Araki insisted on Jolyne's gender, saying that the fact that readers wouldn't accept a female lead was exactly the reason why Jolyne had to be a woman.[33] The role reversal between her and her father was devised for her character to go beyond the typical archetypes found in Japanese fiction.[36] Araki was also inspired by action films where the notion of women fighting in battles became more mainstream, like the Alien series featuring Sigourney Weaver as the strong female lead.[37]

Since Jolyne was to be a JoJo protagonist, Araki wanted her to be tough enough to not get disheartened even if she got punched in the face.[38] A lot of scenarios that a JoJo protagonist would have to overcome, like crawling through a ditch or falling from the top of a building with their legs wide open, also proved quite challenging for a woman.[38] However, Araki thought that this difference would be interesting to depict.[38] Furthermore, he wanted Jolyne to be someone with great humanity, like the Virgin Mary. For this reason, he felt that he had to make the protagonist a woman.[38]

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空条(ＣＵＪＯ) 徐倫(ＪＯＬＹＮＥ) (Jolyne Cujo)
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Trivia

  • In a 2020 Valentine's Day poll in the official app, Jolyne Cujoh won first place for "characters I'd like to give me chocolate", having 4,489 votes.

Notes

  1. ↑ In Stone Ocean Chapter 6: Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh, Part 3 / Stone Ocean Episode 2: Stone Free, Gwess sings Jolyne's name similarly to the song's lyrics.
  2. ↑ Reborn as Irene

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 13: The Visitor, Part 3
  2. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 51: Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 1
  3. ↑ JOJO magazine 2023 WINTER: The History of JOJO
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Stone Ocean Chapter 2: Stone Ocean, Part 2
  5. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 4: Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh, Part 1
  6. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 21: Ermes's Sticker, Part 1 (15 years plus an additional 5 years for prison break)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 10: Green Dolphin Street Prison (Originally 174 cm (5 ft 9 in))
  8. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 63: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 4
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 3: Stone Ocean, Part 3
  10. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 10: Green Dolphin Street Prison, p.2
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 155: Made in Heaven, Part 7, p.16-17
  12. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 6: Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh, Part 3
  13. ↑ SO Chapter 118 Tailpiece
  14. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 75: Father: Jotaro Kujo, Daughter: Jolyne Cujoh, p.16
  15. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 20: Prisoner of Love, p.17
  16. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 51: Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 1, p,2
  17. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 64: The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 5, p2,1
  18. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 52: Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 2, p.6
  19. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 93: Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 5, p.9
  20. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 111: It's Been a While, Romeo, p.15
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 138: At Cape Canaveral
  22. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 58: Ultra Security House Unit, p.8-9
  23. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 116: Sky High, Part 5
  24. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 10: Green Dolphin Street Prison
  25. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 33: Foo Fighters, Part 3, p.8
  26. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 95: New Moon! New Priest
  27. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 34: Debt Collector Marilyn Manson, Part 1, p.9
  28. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 96: Jail House Lock!, Part 1, p.12
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Stone Ocean Chapter 1: Stone Ocean, Part 1, p.6
  30. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 130: Heavy Weather, Part 6, p.15
  31. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 146: C-MOON, Part 6, p.17
  32. ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 117: Sky High, Part 6, p.13
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 JOJOVELLER History book
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Kappa Magazine (December 1996)
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 SPUR Magazine (August 2018)
  36. ↑ Eureka (November 2007)
  37. ↑ Hirohiko Araki's New Manga Techniques - "Part 6: Enrico Pucci—The Priest as a Facade"
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 SO Volume 1 Author's Note

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Personality

Flighty, abrupt, and snappy with her elders, Jolyne in her teenage years was easily considered a delinquent and lost cause. Bitter at Jotaro for neglecting her, she tried multiple times to catch her father's attention by committing multiple minor crimes and went to jail several times for them. Because of Jotaro's neglect of his child, Jolyne was said to be dependent on the affection and approval of those around her, and she was ready to cover Romeo's accident, even if she was sentenced to 15 years in prison for it. As explained in Eyes of Heaven, she was fixated on spending time with her absentee father, and prolonged neglect was what made her start to resent him.

After acquiring her Stand and being told by Jotaro of his love for her, Jolyne noticeably matures, becoming more courageous and confident. "Reviving" Jotaro, who fell into a coma due to Whitesnake stealing his Stand and memory, turns into her first priority.

Jolyne retains her confrontational attitude throughout the story. A former delinquent living in a maximum security prison, Jolyne had to toughen up and can be especially rude. Her rare interactions with villains are either surly taunts or death threats, knowing how despicable most of them are. She also advocates aggressively asserting herself, especially in the prison, and once told F.F. to violently confront an inmate who cut in the queue for buying their lunch. Jolyne is particularly violent in her fights; she's used the cutting ability of her string to gruesomely wound her opponents, cutting off ears and nails for instance. Jolyne also has a vindictive side and repays tenfold any wrong committed against her, notably indirectly cutting Romeo's tongue for betraying her, moreover, Jolyne still holds a little grudge against Gwess, her first enemy and wants nothing to do with her despite the latter's effort to behave in front of Jolyne.

Jolyne possesses a fierce determination, carrying her through several battles and inspiring her companions. After learning of Dio's plan, Jolyne took pride in her lineage and opted to continue Jotaro's effort to seal the menace Dio left behind him. Jolyne stoically endures the hardships she faces and carry on her goal, disregarding the suffering and possible risks. Her determination is so great that she was willing to lose a limb or even her life to defeat her enemy and save her comrades, an inclination especially prevalent in her that culminated in her sacrifice to get Emporio away from Pucci. Even still, Jolyne once expressed her doubts about being able to stop Pucci after Weather Report's death and the priest's second escape.

Common in her lineage, Jolyne has honorable morals and treasures her family and friends. She would selflessly do everything in her power to help her companions and random victimized people, once helping a fellow mistreated prisoner to take back stolen money from her tormentors. Jolyne is willing to believe in the good in people, which resulted in a share of betrayals, but also earned her F.F.'s friendship. Jolyne is especially sweet to Emporio, her real first ally in Green Dolphin Street, and despite being an enemy, Jolyne didn't want to kill the Green Baby. Jolyne's primary motivation for investigating Whitesnake was her love for her father, and Pucci exploited that affection to escape her the first time.

Outside of combat, Jolyne behaves like an average teenage girl, hanging out with her friends and occupying herself the best she can in the prison, as she is also fun-loving. Jolyne notably played ball with F.F. and Ermes, and made herself a navel ring while in isolation. Unlike her father, Jolyne is rather extrovert and easily expresses her feelings to others. She is a sociable woman, and can converse with her fellow prisoners easily, asking for explanation about the ins and outs of Green Dolphin Street.

Jolyne is notable for being somewhat libertine, being the first and only JoJo to admit to masturbating, and offhandedly commenting that snails' ability to copulate with anything makes her slightly jealous. Jolyne also mention her need to urinate in the middle of a fight with another person, a man at that. She is horribly embarrassed to talk about it in public and being caught in the act by a guard flustered her deeply.

Araki created Jolyne with the hopes of "making up" for his previous (and in his eyes, failed) attempt at a female protagonist. Aside from offering an interesting contrast to most shonen comics, he thinks she is a "real woman" sorely lacking in the medium. The role reversal between her and her father was devised for her character to go beyond the typical archetypes found in Japanese fiction.[1]

Relationships

Family

  • Jotaro Kujo: Her distant and near-fatherless childhood bore a tinge of loneliness in her, at times resenting him but also wanting his affection. Her relationship with Jotaro is challenging at first, not really fitting the typical father-daughter mold. When Jolyne was fourteen, she was wrongfully accused of pickpocketing. Panicked, she stole a car, sloppily tried to make an escape from the authorities, and was arrested soon afterward. Jolyne anticipated that Jotaro would pay her bail, but was sorely disappointed when she overheard her mother's frantic and unsuccessful pleas with him on the phone. Her father's absence following this led to her teenage years of delinquency (she later reflects that these events were a desperate call for attention). During Jolyne's imprisonment, Jotaro visited her in an effort to break her out. Angered that he would come out of the blue to see her after years of neglect, Jolyne blew up at him, citing his inattentive behavior and his divorce. However, after risking life and limb to get Jolyne out as well as losing his Stand in the process Jolyne broke down and got Jotaro to safety, sacrificing her own freedom and vowing to get his Stand back. As time passed, Jolyne came to respect her father more and idolized him somewhat, adapting his trademark "Yare yare daze" into a more feminine "Yare yare dawa". When Jotaro returns later, both father and daughter show considerable care to one another, each in their own way.
  • Mother: Jolyne's mother rarely appears and is hardly talked about. It's assumed that she loves Jolyne very much and dotes on her in Jotaro's absence, as she was the only known person to be allowed to call Jolyne "JoJo". It's mentioned that she is an Italian-American, making Jolyne 1/4 Japanese, 5/8 Italian, and 1/8 British.
  • Holy Kujo: It is unknown if Jolyne has a relationship with her grandmother. However, she is shown at times to demonstrate the kindness Holy often did.

Friends

  • Ermes Costello: Ermes is possibly the first true friend that Jolyne encounters in her life due to the two being held up in the same holding cell in the very beginning. Her relationship with Ermes is possibly the closest she had beside her mother, resembling Jotaro's relationship with Polnareff. She has fought alongside Jolyne against many powerful enemies like Sports Max, Rykiel, & Donatello Versus.
  • Emporio Alnino: Emporio's relationship with Jolyne is somewhat similar to her great-great-great grandfather Jonathan to Part I's Poco, due to how she saves him from many dangerous situations & even giving her life so than he may live. Emporio's relationship with Jolyne extends to SBR's Irene as well.
  • Foo Fighters: Foo Fighters initially met Jolyne as enemies however, after that they became quick friends. Foo Fighters, nicknamed F.F. , is shown as the more comical of the trio, as "she" has a more light-hearted disposition to life in the Green Dolphin Street Prison. The two have aided each others lives many times, as F.F. healed Jolyne after her many battles. 

Love Interests

  • Romeo Jisso: Jolyne's former boyfriend is depicted as a cowardly rich kid. She gave him permission to call her Jojo (if she could call him Rome-chu). Their relationship ended when Jolyne discovered that Romeo had framed her for a murder, landing her in prison for a crime she didn't commit. After she escapes from prison, Jolyne pays him a visit and he weeps for forgiveness. She hushes him, asks for cash and a car, and, after warning him not to betray her again, leaves him. Ermes held a duplicate of his tongue which transmitted whatever he said aloud and also served as a quick silencer should he chose to report them. Romeo gets a call from the police moments later but he misleads them, saying that Jolyne was headed for Mexico (when she's actually hunting Pucci). Though touched by his surprising loyalty, Jolyne still removes the sticker to rip his tongue apart.
  • Weather Report: When they first met, Jolyne seemed somewhat speechless around him (rare for her usually energetic personality). Anasui even suspects him to be a rival for Jolyne's love and is jealous when Jolyne is with him. For a while, fans in Japan speculated that these two were the official couple for series 6 until his past revealed him to be well into his thirties. Regardless, there are hints of Jolyne caring for Weather in a more-than-fraternal way.
  • Narciso Anasui: Though Anasui fell in love with Jolyne at first sight, the feeling wasn't mutual; Jolyne was not really sure what to think of him. He would sometimes try to seduce her in underhanded ways, such as asking F.F. to trip her down the stairs so he could romantically catch her or prompting a french kiss from a temporary-mute Jolyne. His romantic ploys are sources of comic relief, earning him a punch or tears of melodrama when he fails. Even so, he's truly devoted to her and will do everything in his power to keep her from being distressed. He has risked his life for her on more than one occasion and turns murderous when Jolyne is severely hurt. He's probably the closest to marrying Jolyne, as is hinted at the end of series 6 when Jolyne's alternate universe counterpart (Irene) states that Anasui's alternate universe counterpart (Annakiss) was going to drive them to meet with her father so that they could get married (In the first universe although he asked her father to marry her he didn't get a answer 

Enemies

  • Enrico Pucci: To Pucci, he only saw her as bait at first in order to get to Jotaro but proved to be a bigger threat upon her determination on getting her father's Stand and memory disks. They became enemies right away once informed that Whitesnake was in fact Pucci and was eager to take his life but Pucci proved himself to be a lot more challenging when he threw her father's memories into a dying Anasui which gave Pucci the edge of achieving victory. Jolyne became more then determined in stopping him and putting an end to his plans but her efforts would soon be fatal while she almost fell to Pucci's newly evolved C-Moon and would finally fall to his Made In Heaven while protecting Emporio, but has managed to cut the right side of his eye before dying.
  • Donatello Versus: Due to his alliance with Pucci, Donatello and Jolyne were enemies. An additional reason for their antagonism would be that Jolyne's father destroyed Donatello's father. Unbeknownst to either of them since Donatello was conceived when Dio possessed Jonathan's body Donatello is actually Jolyne's distant uncle.
  • Johngalli A: As the man who got her framed for murder, Jolyne greatly hated Johngalli. Johngalli attempted to murder Jolyne to avenge Dio but failed.

References

  1. ↑ 2007 Eureka issue
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