JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Episode 20

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I'll bow out by demonstrating the Zeppeli spirit, passed down from generation to generation, which I now entrust to the future! An unmistakably human spirit! (おれが最期にみせるのは代代受け継いだ 未来にたくすツェペリ魂だ!人間の魂だ!)

Caesar: A Lonely Youth (シーザー孤独の青春, Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun)[1] is the twentieth episode of season one of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. It is also the eleventh episode of Battle Tendency. It covers Chapter 89 to Chapter 93 of the Battle Tendency manga.

Caesar loses patience and goes alone to seek the Pillar Men and avenge his family. On the way to their lair, he encounters Wamuu again and prepares to fight.

Summary

Caesar's childhood with his father and siblings

Lisa Lisa tells JoJo of Caesar's childhood. When he was young, Caesar adulated his father, Mario, before Mario inexplicably left his children and the money he left them was taken by unscrupulous relatives. Believing that Mario abandoned his children, Caesar repudiated the traditional family pride of all Italian men and took to crime with the exception of murder at a young age. However, when Caesar turned sixteen, he saw his father again and stalked him to murder him. Caesar came across the wall containing the Pillar Men, which was booby-trapped by Kars. Suddenly, Mario saved Caesar from the trap, getting absorbed into the wall, but lived long enough to tell Caesar to find Lisa Lisa and learn the Ripple. Afterward, Caesar understood everything Mario did and redoubled his pride for his lineage.

Wamuu fighting in broad daylight thanks to his wind suit

Back to the present, Joseph is impressed by Caesar and changes his mind, deciding to head for the hotel with Lisa Lisa. As Caesar arrives at the hotel, he is attacked by an invisible Wamuu who is using streams of moist air to both protect him from the sunlight and reflect the light around him. Messina arrives to assist, but Wamuu then swiftly takes him down and drags him into the hotel, coming back for Caesar. However, Caesar has made progress and his Savon Cutter are more resistant than ever. He throws bubbles at Wamuu and forces him to flee inside the hotel, then follows him to the main hall. An intense exchange of wind blasts and soap bubbles ensues, in which Caesar takes the advantage. Moreover, using a series of refractive bubble lenses, Caesar manages to redirect the sunlight inside the hotel to pin down Wamuu. However, when Caesar is short of delivering the final blow, Wamuu takes advantage of the split-second the sun is blotted by Caesar's attack to deliver a critical counter-attack.

Caesar reminisces about his grandfather and father

Too injured to continue the fight, Caesar recalls how his father and grandfather gave their lives to turn death into a fighting chance to survive and uses the last of his strength to steal the piercing containing the antidote for the ring around JoJo's heart. He then uses his Final Ripple to create a blood bubble to deliver the piercing and his headband to Joseph before being crushed by a cross-shaped debris. Wamuu, finding Caesar's fight and loyalty to be admirable, allows the bubble to remain.

Joseph yells for Caesar's name in tears

Joseph and Lisa Lisa are attracted to the hotel after Messina does not return, and unknowingly see the light of Caesar's Final Ripple. They discover the state of the hotel, finding the bubble with the antidote and Caesar's scarf. They try to find Caesar, but only see blood leaking out from under a cross-shaped debris. Realizing it's Caesar's blood, all they could do was weep over the loss of their friend and ally.

Appearances

Characters
Caesar's Siblings
(1st appearance) (Flashback)
Caesar's Distant Relative
(1st appearance) (Flashback)
Mario Zeppeli
(1st appearance) (Flashback) (Death)
Caesar's Mother
(Mentioned only) (Flashback)(Death)
Kars
(Flashback)
Esidisi
(Flashback)
Jonathan Joestar
(Flashback)

Credits

Staff
Script (脚本)
小林 靖子
Storyboard (絵コンテ)
加藤 敏幸
Episode Director (演出)
加藤 敏幸
Animation Director (作画監督)
秋田 学
小美野 雅彦
Effects Animation Director
Tatsuya Shiraishi
白石 達也
Animation Director Cooperation (作画監督協力)
石本 峻一
Key Animation (原画)
Hideyuki Sugiura
Shunichi Ishimoto
Toshihiro Irie
Hisashi Samejima
Eisuke Matsubara
HIGA★KING
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Mayumi Oda
Dai Imaoka
Hiroki Abe
Yoshinobu Ando
Daisuke Agata
Toshiharu Sugie
Masashi Nomura
Manabu Imura
Masaki Takasaka
Noriyasu Murata
Hideaki Matsuoka
杉浦 英之
石本 峻一
入江 俊博
鮫島 寿志
松原 栄介
HIGA★KING
青井 清年
小田 真弓
今岡 大
阿部 弘樹
安藤 義信
阿形 大輔
杉江 敏治
野村 雅史
井村 学
高阪 雅基
村田 憲泰
松岡 英明
White Line
Cha Myoung Jun
2nd Key Animation (第二原画)
Mari Futamatsu
Aya Nishimura
Kimitaka Ito
Megumi Itoi
二松真理
西村 彩
伊藤 公崇
糸井 恵
White Line
Kang Sul A
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju
Kang Sul A
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju

Ace Company
Studio Mark
Mouse
Hebaraki
FAI Studio
Triple A
エースカンパニー
スタジオマーク
マウス
ヘバラギ
F.A.I
AAA
In-between Animation (動画)
In-Between Animation Inspection
Kumiko Ohta
太田 久美子
White Line
Kim Jong Kyu
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Yung
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung
Kim Jong Kyu
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Young
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung

Hisashi Mawatari
Triple A
Ace Company
AI
CL Corporation
F.A.I
Jinbun
Eslite Animation
Hayashi
Studio Mark
Azeta Pictures
馬渡 久史
AAA
エースカンパニー
AI
CLコーポレーション
F.A.I
じんぶん
誠品動画
ハヤシ株式会社
スタジオマーク
アゼータ・ピクチャーズ
david production
Shuhei Fukuda
Sae Akama
Takahiro Okawa
Asami Yamaguchi
Makoto Yaguchi
福田 周平
赤間 紗枝
大川 貴大
山口 朝美
矢口 真琴
Design Cooperation (デザイン協力)
小美野 雅彦
石神 潤
糸井 恵
3DCGI
Shinsaku Hidaka
ひだか しんさく
Digital Works (デジタルワークス)
David Production
亀井 隆広
工藤 かよ
Puavaranukroh Taweeporn

Music

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 20: Caesar: A Lonely Youth
Start End Title OST Description

00:00
00:15
Il mare eterno nella mia anima ~Lunetta~
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Caesar's flashback: happy childhood
00:16
03:15
Pain Just Like Strange Rain
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Caesar and Mario's backhistory
03:16
04:46
BLOODY STREAM
BLOODY STREAM
Opening
04:47
05:35
Mystic
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Joseph and Lisa Lisa decide to go after Caesar
05:44
06:57
Chaos
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
An invisible man
07:13
08:41
Demon
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Wamuu's wind suit
08:42
11:23
Small Soldier
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Caesar's Bubble Cutters make Wamuu retreat
11:37
12:37
Abyss
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Caesar vs. Wamuu
12:49
13:38
Oh please...
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Bubble Lenses!
13:45
14:17
Burning Colosseum
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Divine Sandstorm!
16:16
19:14
Never Be Mine
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Zeppeli Family spirit/Caesar Zeppeli's death/Crimson Bubble
19:42
23:24
Il mare eterno nella mia anima
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Joseph and Lisa Lisa crying for Caesar
23:25
24:55
Roundabout
Roundabout
Ending
24:56
25:08
Oh please...
Battle Tendency (Musik)
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Manga/Anime Differences

  • Caesar's flashback at the beginning of the story is told by the narrator rather than Lisa Lisa directly.
  • The entire scene from when Caesar entered the hotel up until the use of the bubble lens was present in the anime only.
  • In the manga, Joseph and Lisa Lisa enter the hotel to find a badly wounded Messina and attempt to find him medical care, only to notice Caesar's crimson bubble soon after. In the anime, the Messina scene is skipped; they enter the hotel and immediately see the crimson bubble.

In other languages

Language Title Translation
Japan Japanese シーザー孤独の青春 Caesar: A Lonely Youth
China Chinese 西撒孤獨的年少時光 Kaiser's Lonely Youth
Hong Kong Chinese (Hong Kong) 凱撒孤獨的青春 Caesar's Lonely Youth
United States of America English Young Caesar
Spain Spanish La solitaria juventud de Caesar The lonely youth of Caesar
Brazil Portuguese Jovem Caesar Young Caesar
France French La jeunesse solitaire de Caesar The lonely youth of Caesar
Germany German Der junge Caesar The young Caesar
Israel Hebrew סיזר הצעיר The young Caesar
Flag of the Arab League Arabic قيصر الصغير Young Casear
Italy Italian Il giovane Caesar The young Caesar
Czech Republic Czech Mladý Cézar Young Caesar
Denmark Danish Unge Caesar Young Caesar
Poland Polish Młody Cezar Young Caesar

Commentary

Link to this sectionCommentary
Here's an episode where a lot of things are narrated, but not necessarily with words. Toshiyuki Kato was in charge of the storyboard and the direction. I wanted him to do a good job but he ended up surpassing every expectation; the image of a homerun is what I felt in front of his exemplary work. I have nothing to say about it, it is a genuine lesson on direction. As for animation, Manabu Akita and Masahiko Komino formed a golden duo and the result is excellent. Again, I have nothing else to say.

For the music, Taku Iwasaki directly came to the studio for the final editing to ensure that the soundtracks perfectly fitted the images.

People aren't sensitive to the same scenes. For some, the real emotional sequence comes when Caesar hits Wamuu in vain with his last strength, others are more sensitive to Lisa Lisa's tears or Joseph's cry. I think it's a generational thing. (laughs).

Anyway, every member of the team's fits together brilliantly, it's one of our best episodes.

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Trivia

  • This episode was widely considered by fans and staff alike to be one of the most moving episodes of the TV anime.[2][3][4]

References

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