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“
I'm not teaching you the Ripple to save your life. I'm teaching you to become warriors that can defeat the Pillar Men... that's all.
”
—Lisa Lisa to her students, Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 2

Lisa Lisa (リサリサ, Risa Risa), full name Elizabeth Joestar (エリザベス・ジョースター, Erizabesu Jōsutā), is a primary ally featured in the second part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Battle Tendency, but introduced as a tertiary character in the first part, Phantom Blood.

Lisa Lisa is a Ripple master and mentor to Caesar Zeppeli and Joseph Joestar, residing in Venice but whose past is initially unknown. She leads the Ripple Users' efforts in battling the Pillar Men.

She is also a primary ally in the light novels JORGE JOESTAR and rey infinito.

Appearance

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Lisa Lisa is a tall and fit woman. Beautiful and poised, she has light eyes and long, dark hair. Lisa Lisa's real age is 50, but her Ripple training has allowed her to appear as though she were still in her late 20s.

Her most known clothes were worn during the last fight with Kars. She wears earrings, a dark strapless dress with shorted-skirt, black pantyhose, a pair of high heels and a long, Ripple-conducting scarf. Occasionally she also wears a pair of aviator sunglasses.

rey infinito

The information below derives from El Aleph which was not written by Araki. As such, it may not be considered canon.

In 1973, Lisa Lisa has long silver hair and continues wearing her scarf and high heels. At some point, she stopped concerning herself with upkeeping her appearance with the Ripple's anti-aging effects. However, she still aged naturally and beautifully according to J.D. Hernández.[4]

Concludes non-canon section.

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(Pale, pink lipstick)
Hair(Auburn)
Eyes(Light Blue)
Main Outfit
(Purple and crimson clothes with white gloves and gold scarf.)
Skin(Pale, dark burgundy lipstick)
Hair(Brown)
Eyes(Blue)
Main Outfit
(Navy and dark gray clothes with red scarf.)
Skin(Pale, pink lipstick)
Hair(Reddish-brown)
Eyes(Gray)
Main Outfit
(Magenta and crimson clothes with pink scarf.)
Skin(Pale, purple lipstick)
Hair(Brown)
Eyes(Navy)
Main Outfit
(Indigo and black clothes with red scarf.)

Personality

Lisa Lisa is the dignified Ripple master of Air Supplena Island. She spent decades of her life studying Ripple as well as imparting it’s lessons to others. She takes charge in the hunt for the Pillar Men.

"Climb the pillar with just your hands, that's the only exit. If you can't climb out then you'll stay here until you die."

Lisa Lisa is a quiet, stoic woman, so much so that she comes across as apathetic to her comrades. She can’t stand antics[5][6] and doesn’t offer her students any sympathy for the gruelling, life-threatening training.[7] She is not cruel though, she doesn’t mind Caesar saving JoJo from nearly falling at the top of the Hell Climb Pillar for example.[8] Lisa Lisa’s cold-demeanour is enigmatic, and she intends to keep her true identity a secret until the time is right.

Lisa Lisa acts as she does to keep her allies focused, and her attitude hides a tragic family history. Even after all the loss she’s experienced, she can still shed tears for her departed student Caesar.[9]

Lisa Lisa is the most skilled Ripple user of her time, and the last master remaining in the world. Wamuu sings her praises, and she bluffs Kars into a spar by threatening to destroy the Red Stone of Aja. Joseph describes her movements “Smooth as silk. Not a moment of wasted effort!”[10], and that they make his look amateur by comparison. For all her experience, Lisa Lisa still understands the grave danger the Pillar-Men represent, and warns JoJo to the anticipate the very worst.[11]

Abilities

Ripple

Lisa Lisa is a Ripple master, trained by Tonpetty's successor, Straizo.

Illustrating her talent and skill, she first appears standing on an oar on a surface of water, turning it into a high bar on charged pillars of water. It is mentioned during the events of the chariot arc that her Ripple is at least three times more powerful than Joseph's.[1] Her ability for training others results in Caesar and Joseph's rapid growth into Ripple masters in their own rights.

Slowing Aging Process Link to this section
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Constant exercising of the Ripple can slow one's aging process, as Ripple breathing imbues the user with life force. However, aging isn't completely stopped. As such, Joseph thinks that Lisa Lisa appears to be in her late twenties despite being fifty years old.


Techniques

Sticking Ripple & Repelling Ripple(くっつく波紋とはじく波紋 Kuttsuku Hamon to Hajiku Hamon) Link to this section

A Ripple user is able to use the Ripple as a repellent and to adhere either themselves or objects to other objects and liquids. As per Lisa Lisa's training, Joseph and Caesar manage to climb a pillar covered in oil with adhesion, and Caesar uses it to deflect a high pressured oil jet.

Ripple Hypnosis Link to this section
Debut: Chapter 83: Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back, Part 1 / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 18: Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back
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Lisa Lisa can hypnotize people and animals by using the Ripple on them. The process involves touching one's head with her hands. She can extract forgotten memories using this technique, which she uses on Suzi Q to determine the location of the Red Stone of Aja.

Satiporoja Beetle Cloth(サティポロジアビートルの布 Satiporojia Bītoru no Nuno) Link to this section
Debut: Chapter 94: Climb Out of the Fortified Hotel / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 21: The Hundred vs. Two Strategy
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A Ripple Master can use cloth woven from the dried intestinal fibers of the Satiporoja Beetle. The cloth is capable of conducting the Ripple at 100%. Straizo and Lisa Lisa use scarves that are made of 30,000 beetles. As it conducts and disperses the Ripple far better than the human body, it acts similarly to a lightning rod and can completely absorb an opponent's Ripple attack.

Snake Muffler(蛇首立帯(スネックマフラー) Sunekku Mafurā, lit. Snake Neck Standing Belt) Link to this section
Debut: Chapter 105: The Bond That Binds Lisa Lisa and JoJo, Part 1 / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 23: The Warrior Returns to the Wind
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Lisa Lisa's primary method of fighting involves a scarf made with the yarn of the Satiporoja Beetle, which can conduct the Ripple at 100%. She can channel her Ripple through her scarf to stand upside down, leaving the now rigid scarf the only part of her in contact with the ground. She may also use the sensitivity of the scarf to detect life signs and know the direction of incoming attacks, even when out of sight.

Ripple Detector(波紋探知機 Hamon Tanchiki) Link to this section
Debut: Chapter 105: The Bond That Binds Lisa Lisa and JoJo, Part 1 / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 23: The Warrior Returns to the Wind

The user imbues a contained liquid or object with the Ripple. The Ripple will pass through the holder's body and the environment, enabling the holder to sense their surroundings and detect others even through walls. Lisa Lisa uses it with her scarf, sensing a zombie's sneak attack.

Non-Canon

Indigo Blue Overdrive(藍色波紋疾走(インデイゴブルーのオーバードライブ) Indigo Burū no Ōbādoraibu, lit. Indigo Ripple Dash) Link to this section
Debut: JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 1: Tsukumojuku
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Lisa Lisa charges Ripple into her fist and hits the ground. The Ripple travels across the floor, creating a circle filled with a complicated pattern. It instantly disintegrates Alejandro Torres into ashes.

Sunset Orange Overdrive(茜色波紋疾走(サンセツトオレンジのオーバードライブ) Sansetsuto Orenji no Ōbādoraibu, lit. Madder Red Ripple Dash) Link to this section
Debut: JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 16: Beyond II
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Lisa Lisa holds the Red Stone of Aja in one hand and presses it against the opponent before charging it with the Ripple. Her Ripple resembles the color of sunset and creates a red firework, burning the enemy.

Thousand-Color Overdrive(千紫万紅の波紋疾走(サウザンド・カラー・オーバードライブ) Sauzando Karā Ōbādoraibu, lit. Thousand Colors Ripple Dash) Link to this section
Debut: rey infinito Chapter 1

Lisa Lisa creates a massive electrified dome by imbuing the Ripple on leaves, flowers, and dyed sawdust from destroyed rugs. The materials pile on top of each other in layers to cover an entire plaza from El Señor de las Moscas's swarm of flies.


Chapters / Episodes

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Quotes

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Quote.png Quotes
  • “
    Hey the big guy on the left, I don't like your face. I'm gonna have to hurt you.
    ”
    —Lisa Lisa to Joseph, Chapter 71: Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 1
  • “
    I'm impressed you can move that well on water without training. But! You'll need to be able to face death to fully grow in a month!
    ”
    —Lisa Lisa to Joseph, Chapter 72: Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 2
  • “
    I'm not teaching you the Ripple to save your life. I'm teaching you to become warriors that can defeat the Pillar Men... that's all.
    ”
    —Lisa Lisa to her students, Chapter 73: Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 3
  • “
    A crude individual like you... I don't want to either talk to nor see. And if you want to "hug" me tight, give it a try... and be ready to die doing so!
    ”
    —Lisa Lisa, Chapter 94: Climb Out of the Fortified Hotel
  • “
    My life hasn't been so peaceful that I'd hide behind a kid who's not even in his twenties yet!
    ”
Quote.png Quotes
  • “
    My breathing gives me power, Jorge. I promise I'll protect you.
    ”
    —Lisa Lisa, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 1: Tsukumojuku

Creation and Development

For the second part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Hirohiko Araki decided to have a female character play the part of the Ripple master. He wondered what it would be like for a female to follow up the Ripple master Will Anthonio Zeppeli from Phantom Blood. There also weren't "too many female characters" in the series at the time. Araki also thinks Lisa Lisa works well when paired with Joseph and Caesar.[12]

Araki mentions that the first obstacle in designing Lisa Lisa was her name, saying, "Back then, if you picked a non-Japanese name for your character, it was a challenge to get the audience to remember it." Thus, "Lisa Lisa" was chosen. Araki believes that a repetitious name like "JoJo" would help, and that it phonetically resembles Japanese to some extent.[12]

At the time of Battle Tendency's serialization, the females in other shonen manga were depicted as "a man's ideal girl": cute types who would giggle during conversations. Because of this, Araki felt that a warrior-type female like Lisa Lisa felt fresh. Lisa Lisa's personality was inspired by an incredibly smart girl in Araki's neighborhood who tutored him when he was in elementary school, since he felt intimidated by her.[12] He also personally admits that he's fond of female characters who are capable of fighting for themselves. He commented on his intents to have Lisa Lisa portrayed with "uncommon realism" for women in shonen comics, but he was held back from going as far as he would have liked with her.[13]

Finally, Araki states that in addition to functioning as a master people weren't used to seeing a woman fight. In battles, the one who is physically stronger would win, but Araki realized that if supernatural abilities were involved a woman can fight evenly with a strong male. "In other words," Araki says, "if the battle is between those with supernatural powers, physical appearance has nothing to do with strength."[12]

Trivia

Lisa Lisa shown with a Star Birthmark
  • In a piece from the Hirohiko Araki JoJo Exhibition 2012, Lisa Lisa is erroneously depicted with a Star Birthmark, despite her not being a Joestar by blood.
  • Rose from the Street Fighter series is based off of Lisa Lisa; Rose's outfit is almost identical to Lisa Lisa's and both share a similar fighting style that consists of channeling energy into their scarfs (Soul Power in the case of Rose and Ripple in the case of Lisa Lisa).[14] Additionally, both characters like to take baths and Rose's stage in Street Fighter Alpha 2 is Venice, which is the same city where Joseph Joestar meets Lisa Lisa in the story.


Notes

  1. ↑ Lisa Lisa would be 84 in the Guatemala Arc as it takes place in April 1973. She would be 85 in the Peru Arc as it is in 1974.

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