Joshu Higashikata
Joushuu Higashikata is a character from Part VIII: Jojolion.
Personality
Despite being an eighteen year-old in college, Joushuu has the personality traits of a spoiled child. Joushuu complains that the center spot in the family photograph was taken by the protagonist whereas he claimed to have been at the center of every photograph, and expresses exasperation at having his room given to the protagonist while he had to move out to a room above the garage, only being pacified when his father bribes him with money.[3] However, despite his one-sided hatred towards the protagonist, he does respect his father and calms himself down when told to do so, and even enlists the protagonist's help in helping him deal with Robbing Road upon becoming confident in the protagonist's intelligence. Joushuu has also stated that he does not believe in God, airplanes give him the chills, and that he will never go to Hawaii.
His childhood friend Yasuho Hirose also notes that he has no social skills whatsoever. This is backed by Joushuu's blatant misunderstanding of Yasuho's relationship with the protagonist, all the while openly regarding Yasuho as "[his] Yasuho" and refusing to listen to her side of the story. Of comical note is that he interprets Yasuho's gesture of giving him twice as many mochi as she gave the protagonist as a sign of her loving him "twice as much".
Despite his generally immature demeanor, Joushuu is quite intelligent and bears the same precise sensitivity and logical reasoning present in most named characters in the series. When he tells Nijimura that the milk was expired, he states that even if it was just a day old, consuming it would be baseless and the lack of logic in that action would give him the chills, and then proceeds to ask if Nijimura made pancakes with the milk, a stark contrast to the idiocy he has demonstrated previously. In order to expose the mystery behind Robbing Road, Joushuu also makes sure to record Josuke in hopes of exposing the swindling nature of the road. However, upon actually recording evidence that Josuke was guilty (unintentionally, of course), Joushuu feigns idiocy and claims that he forgot to press the Record button.
Synopsis
When Yasuho rescues the mysterious naked sailor from under the rubble at the Wall Eyes, Joushuu immediately misunderstands the situation and tries to attack the man with a rock out of jealousy. He is quickly taken out by the man, who uses his stand ability to "vanish" Joushuu's eyes.[4] Joushuu is later seen at the hospital, having received the same bite marks on his leg that the sailor had, implying that he too had received a stand ability.[5]
From the point he leaves the hospital forward, Joushuu is mostly seen getting into arguments with the protagonist that are often broken up by his own father, though he never actually learns from his father's chastisement of his antagonism. However, when Joushuu is told to take Josuke to school, he tests Josuke's intelligence first before leading him to Robbing Road, where he hopes to enlist Josuke's help in exposing the swindling nature of the road.
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Trivia
- Ironically, as noted by Yasuho, Joushuu applied for the Sociology department in his college, despite his complete lack of social skills.[6]
- He used Kakyoin's and Yellow Temperance's battle cry RERO RERO RERO RERO in chapter 18.
- Chapter 19 mentions that Joushuu had gotten a fever after visiting the Wall Eyes in Morioh, this hints at the fact that he may have acquired a stand from the fever.
References
- ↑ JoJoLion Chapter 11: Family Tree p.8
- ↑ JoJoLion Chapter 11: Family Tree p.20
- ↑ JoJoLion Chapter 7: Josuke Higashikata p.23
- ↑ JoJoLion Chapter 1: Welcome to Morioh pp.31-32
- ↑ JoJoLion Chapter 2: Soft & Wet (1) p.26
- ↑ JoJoLion Chapter 2 Soft & Wet (1)
