Nukesaku

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Can I ask you one thing though? How did you know they call me "Nukesaku"? (ひとつ問いてもいいですか?どうしてわたしのアダ名が「ヌケサク」ってわかったんですか?)
—Nukesaku, Chapter 247: DIO's World, Part 1

Nukesaku (ヌケサク) is a tertiary antagonist featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders.

He is a Vampire henchman of DIO that disguises himself as a woman as an attempt to attack Jotaro when the Joestar Group infiltrates DIO's mansion. Having no Stand,[2] he is used as a punching bag and unwilling guide to his master's coffin.

Appearance

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Nukesaku is a small, pale-skinned male vampire.[3] He has long dark unkempt hair spiked backwards and a large widow's peak. Nukesaku wears a dark jumpsuit with an assorted vest and scarf on top. He also wears boots, a loincloth, multiple ringlets on his wrists and ankles, and an animal print taqiyah.

Nukesaku's back is the face and physique of a woman, used to disguise himself and fool the Joestar Group. Disguised as a female, Nukesaku wears simple earrings, a light dress, and a stylish belt. However due to his clumsiness, he forgets to fixate his hands to match his body.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
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Skin(Pale, black lipstick)
Hair(Black)
Eyes(Gray)
Hat(Gold with black stripes)
Outfit
(Blue tights with a tan vest and waist cloth, an orange scarf, gold bracelets, and brown shoes)
Dress
(Lavender dress, tan and gold belt, gold earrings)
Skin(Fair, pink lipstick)
Hair(Black)
Eyes(Black)
Hat(Pink with black stripes)
Outfit
(Pink tights and shoes with a white waist cloth and gold bracelets)
Skin(Ashy, purple lipstick)
Hair(Black)
Eyes(Gray)
Hat(Gold with black stripes)
Outfit
(Blue tights with an ashy brown vest, an orange scarf, a tan waist cloth, and gold bracelets and shoes)
Skin(Pale, dark blue-gray lipstick)
Hair(Black)
Eyes(Purple)
Hat(Orange with black stripes)
Outfit
(Dark burgundy tights with a tan vest, a light purple scarf and waist cloth, a dark green belt, gold bracelets and shoes)
Dress(Light purple dress)

Personality

Nukesaku is the dim-witted and loyal servant of DIO. He is looked down by the others within DIO's mansion, and ordered to not interfere in the climactic battle. DIO's henchmen seem to detest him so much that he was nicknamed idiot (抜作, nukesaku).[3] Although he accepts his nickname,[4] he acts snide when the other henchmen are defeated before him, mocking them for being the useless ones.[3] Since Nukesaku lacks combat strength, he acts as a crying woman to lure his opponents to him. However, he overestimates his bizarre ability and immortality as he is easily defeated by the heroes who coerce him to reveal DIO's location.[5] Despite this, though largely out of fear, Nukesaku displays naive loyalty to DIO.[6]

Abilities

Nukesaku's second face.

As a vampire, Nukesaku has the natural ability to dislocate his body parts. In conjunction with his "Female Face", he can use it to trick people into believing he's actually just an innocent woman.

Female Face

Nukesaku has the face and physique of a woman on his backside. Using the female face, he can use it to talk and make expressions. While somewhat useful, he often forgets to fixate his body to match the way this face is looking.[7]

History

Background

Nukesaku is one of DIO's many servants within the mansion. He was turned into a vampire at some point by drinking DIO's blood.[8] Nukesaku, disliked by his allies so much, was nicknamed idiot (抜作, nukesaku).[3]

Nukesaku shakily aims the weapon

At some point after DIO's awakening of a Stand, he decides to experiment with his potential. Nukesaku is seen wielding a sawed-off double-barrel shotgun to test the power of The World. He fires and DIO mysteriously discovers the true extent of his power.[9]

Stardust Crusaders (1989)

DIO swaps places with Nukesaku

Nukesaku is refused any involvement in the climactic battle with the Joestar Group by his allies who threaten to murder him should he interfere. However, after the deaths of DIO's remaining loyalists, he hopes to gain the chance to prove his value.

Nukesaku attempts to use his ability to trick Jotaro and company into believing he's an innocent woman trapped in DIO's mansion. He, however, is greeted with a punch to the face by Star Platinum, and it is then that Jotaro tells him that he was careless, due to the fact that he had not reversed his hands as well. Nukesaku notes that he forgot his thumbs pointed in the opposite direction when he was clasping his hands. He is forced to lead the group to DIO[4] and believes that DIO will use this opportunity to defeat the Joestars, but when he removes the lid of his master's coffin, he finds himself sectioned to pieces in the coffin instead.[10][11]

Chapters / Episodes

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Video Games

Heritage for the Future (PS1/DC/Arcade)

Nukesaku appears on the cutscene where the group finds DIO's coffin and he appears inside totally injured, much like the original storyline. Nukesaku can also be a playable character via Alessi's Stand ability on DIO character, where instead of becoming a younger version of himself, DIO will turn into Nukesaku, who can only run away or use medium punch.

If censorship (regulation in the arcade options, triggered by certain region settings) is enabled, or in the HD remake, expressions disabled, he will instead be wholly trapped inside DIO's coffin in utter disbelief, without the dismemberment of the original, and the crusaders leave him helpless upon realizing DIO is in the vicinity.

All-Star Battle (PS3)

Nukesaku appears as a stage hazard on DIO'S MANSION stage, after one of the players is thrown into the hazard indication area, Nukesaku will appears on the stage's wall. Excited, he will drop down on a location equally distant between both fighters, skewing towards whichever character has more health. Characters he lands on will bounce on the ground and take considerable damage. If hit himself by any source, Nukesaku will be sent reeling before retreating back to the ceiling. Attacked or not, he will continue to drop down from the ceiling periodically for the rest of the match.

JoJo's Pitter-Patter Pop! (Android/iOS)

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Nukesaku
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Woman-Disguising Vampire ver.
女に化ける吸血鬼 ver.
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Rarity: PPPBR.png
Max Power: 905 (Lvl 50) / 2015 (Lvl 80)
Release Date: October 10, 2018
Skill: It was me
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Erases all Nukesaku panels and makes them not appear for some seconds
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Skill Lv 1
Effect Duration (in seconds): 4
Cooldown: 80
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Skill Lv 2
Effect Duration (in seconds): 8
Cooldown: 80
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Skill Lv 3
Effect Duration (in seconds): 8
Cooldown: 70
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Skill Lv 4
Effect Duration (in seconds): 12
Cooldown: 70
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Skill Lv 5
Effect Duration (in seconds): 12
Cooldown: 60


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References

  1. Yuji Kishi "CODE RED" Official Website - Biography of YUJI KISHI
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chapter 505: Baby Face, Part 6, Author's Note
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 247: DIO's World, Part 1 P.3.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Chapter 247: DIO's World, Part 1 P.14.
  5. Chapter 247: DIO's World, Part 1
  6. Chapter 249: DIO's World, Part 3 P.13.
  7. Chapter 247: DIO's World, Part 1 P.11.
  8. Chapter 247: DIO's World, Part 1 P.12.
  9. Chapter 257: DIO's World, Part 11 P.7.
  10. Chapter 249: DIO's World, Part 3
  11. Chapter 250: DIO's World, Part 4

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