Achtung Baby
Achtung Baby (アクトン・ベイビー, Akuton Beibī) is the Stand of Shizuka Joestar, featured in the fourth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Diamond is Unbreakable.
It is a Stand that grants Shizuka the power to turn herself and her surroundings invisible.
Appearance
Achtung Baby is bound to Shizuka's own body, granting her the ability to turn invisible. According to Araki, it's possible that the Stand has a physical form which is invisible as well, or it just doesn't have one.[2]
Abilities
While theoretically useful, Achtung Baby is in practice an inconvenience as the user is a vulnerable baby that hasn't yet learned to control her power.
Invisibility
Achtung Baby has the power to render its user Shizuka invisible.[3]
Shown to be linked to Shizuka's stress level, hinting at the ability being a defense mechanism, Achtung Baby enables her to become invisible. In cases of great distress, it will also cause everything within a certain distance of her to become invisible, be it Joseph's hands holding her,[4] her baby carriage or even the ground. At its full power, the invisibility will expand to a several foot-radius.[4]
The invisibility status seems to last even when affected objects leave Achtung Baby's ability range, as shown when the carriage which was carrying Shizuka had left a trail of objects with visually voided portions.[4]
Although everything under Achtung Baby's influence is invisible, they can still be detected if they emit a sound or an odor, as Joseph discovered when Shizuka defecated in his hand.[5]
By default, Shizuka is always shown to be invisible when calm, but the range of her power increases if she's startled. Should her emotional state be recovered, objects that were turned invisible by the ability will return back to normal.[4]
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Chapter 315: We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 1
- Chapter 316: We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 2
- Chapter 317: We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 3
- Chapter 321: Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 4 (Cover only)
- Chapter 351: Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella, Part 4
- Chapter 375: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 5
- Chapter 376: Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 6
- Chapter 412: Cheap Trick, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
Anime AppearancesGallery
Achtung Baby's effects of invisibility
Shizuka disappearing in Josephs arms after getting upset
Chapter 321 Cover
Chapter 398 Cover
Chapter 359 Cover
Chapter 376 Cover
Chapter 318 Tailpiece
Weekly Shonen Jump #13, 1997
Achtung Baby's namesake confirmed in Vol.16 "Shueisha Jump Remix Diamond is Unbreakable Edition
Chara Heroes; Part 4 Vol.2
Trivia
- Araki admitted the sole reason for creating the Stand was for Josuke and Joseph to have a bonding adventure.[2]
- Achtung Baby is one of the few Stands in the anime that never received an eyecatch illustration displaying its Stand parameters. Other Stands that are missing an eyecatch illustration in the anime include Tenore Sax, Love Deluxe, Echoes ACT2, Ratt, Boy II Man, Burning Down the House, Marilyn Manson, and Bohemian Rhapsody.
References
- ↑ Heaven's Door - Vol.16 "Shueisha Jump Remix Diamond is Unbreakable Edition P90 The origin of STANDS! Part 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Achtung Baby
- ↑ Chapter 315: We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 317: We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 316: We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 2
