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Josephine Joestar (広瀬 康穂, Hirose Yasuho) is the main protagonist of a fan-created part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Love Once Buried.
Josephine is an ordinary high school student who accidentally discovers the ruins of a Locacaca Organization hideout under the city of Las Vegas. She leads the charge in discovering its story and the history behind it.
Josephine eventually awakens her Stand, Deep Purple, which she utilizes to investigate the city's mysteries.
Appearance
Yasuho is a young woman of slim build, 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall. She has light, shoulder-length hair, tied into several pigtails with spherical hair clips. Josuke observes that she has a 65 cm waistline, 88 cm hipline, and wears a C-cup, although he also notes that she pads her chest.[3]
Her first outfit featured a wide-necked, cap-sleeved blouse. Her second features a sleeveless top with roses on both shoulder straps. Both blouses are light-colored. She wears a short skirt half-covered with roses, short leg warmers, and footwear that has alternated between walking boots and athletic shoes with socks.
Color Schemes
Personality
Yasuho is a mild-mannered and inquisitive young woman living in Morioh. She is somewhat innocent, in one instance naively following Josuke's requests to look elsewhere while he beat Ojiro during interrogation.[4] She is more easily upset than Josuke. Despite this she does show a level of intelligence, using Josuke's cap as a lead to discovering his past, which led to their discovery of Yoshikage Kira.[3] She is also somewhat understanding of others, as she was also able to discern, after discovering photos of bound women in Kira's home, that Josuke was not the type of person to do such a thing. She named Josuke after her dog since he resembled him.
She disagrees with her mother's carefree lifestyle, suffering some unhappiness with her domestic life as a result.[5] On the other hand, Yasuho used to idealize her father and after the divorce of her parents, always cherished the moments she would spend time with him, to the point an illusion of her father wanting to cut off ties with her broke her heart and pushed her to try to commit suicide.[6]
She harbors a growing fondness for Josuke, with whom she shares a close and warm alliance. As JoJolion progresses, this fondness develops into a sincere attachment. Being eager to reunite with him, she expresses tears when they finally do, a sentiment that Josuke shares.[7] It can be inferred that their feelings have developed into a genuine romance, as the two are shown holding hands as they walk when they finally meet back up.
In addition to her growing feelings for Josuke, she seems to get along quite well with Tsurugi Higashikata. While Tsurugi initially kidnapped her on orders of Yotsuyu Yagiyama, Tsurugi developed an attachment to her (along with a possible crush) and revealed the family secret including his real gender to her. She, in turn, grew fond of him as the two worked together to find out Josuke's identity and more about the Locacaca fruit. They have even fought enemies together, such as Aisho Dainenjiyama, and the two could be seen hanging out together.[8]
Throughout the story, Yasuho grows into a fiercer woman due to the repeated fights she has to participate in. While at the beginning of the story she was completely helpless against foes as she didn't master her Stand, she progressively shows more resourcefulness in the face of the enemy and has shown a readiness to hurt them. Against Dolomite, she threatened to sink him into a mud pit to force him into yielding,[9] and against Wu Tomoki, she quickly found a way to stop him from taking over her body despite being immobilized.[10]
Abilities
Stand
Yasuho is aided by Paisley Park, a Stand of great scope able to guide individuals significant to Yasuho towards safer or more mutually beneficial goals or destinations. By manipulating technology, Yasuho can research about various information easily.
Personal Skills
Yasuho is shown to be able to lick her own elbow. Although it does not assume a significant role, she states that it makes herself feel accomplished.[11]
History
Love Once Buried
Meeting Josuke Higashikata
Yasuho is introduced huddled on the ground near the Wall Eyes, hiding from Joshu Higashikata, a childhood friend. She sees a man half buried in the ground. Wary, she calls an ambulance between simple questions. He sinks into a spring, prompting her to pull him out of the water. At this point, she discovers that he's completely nude and has four testicles. She is interrupted by Joshu, who misinterprets the scene; becoming jealous and launching a lethal attack on the man. The man subdues Joshu with a mysterious power, and they are all collected by an ambulance.
Yasuho visits and brings flowers to both Joshu and the man. She gives them both Morioh-specialty Dango balls while staying in the man's room to converse. She is entertained by his innocence and moved to sympathy by his attention and predicament. She decides to follow him in his escape from the hospital and offers to help him discover his identity. Identifying the brand on the label on his distinctive sailor's hat, Yasuho takes the man to the "SBR" hat shop; finding its sale on the shopkeeper's record under Yoshikage Kira, with an address. Yasuho thinks the name an ill-fit and tells him that he comes off as more of a "Josuke", as he reminds her of her childhood dog of the same name.
Both travel to the apartment. Inside, they find sailor's clothing that fits the man perfectly. They hear noises from the apartment above, but decide to ignore them. Then they hear noises coming from the bathroom. When they check, they find a young woman bathing completely naked inside the bathtub. Surprised for walking in on the naked woman and retreating outside, Yasuho asks Josuke who the woman is, and why that woman is completely naked in the man's apartment, but the man doesn't know. Back in the bathroom, Yasuho introduces herself to the woman and asks her if she is Josuke's girlfriend. The woman doesn't answer, but instead begs Yasuho and Josuke for help, to their suspicion. Yasuho searches for other clues and finds a photo album containing sordid images of the woman engaged in bondage with what appears to be Josuke. Despaired and convinced that Josuke is a sadist, Yasuho tearfully yells at Josuke to leave Morioh and never return, and then runs out of the apartment.
Outside, she meets two school friends and passes on their offer to meet later. She cries, feeling betrayed. Eventually, she returns to the apartment, reflecting that what she had learned previously of Josuke's nature is not consistent with the tastes reflected in the album. However, she is attacked upon entering the apartment, as Josuke is now being controlled by a Stand user based in the flat above. Although Yasuho had her right hand branded, Josuke is ultimately able to steal the friction from the floor above to make him fall and slip towards the veranda from which he pulls Ojiro Sasame to him. Josuke interrogates Ojiro and discovers that Yoshikage Kira was a different man from him. Yasuho, alongside the protagonist, returns to the spring where Josuke was and discovers the real Kira's corpse.
Without any leads, she decides to lodge the protagonist with the Higashikata family until they can find his real identity (they independently give him the name "Josuke"). After a quick introduction to the family, Yasuho is eventually escorted out of the Higashikata household by the maid and is threatened to never return, meet with Josuke, or "tempt" Joshu.
Investigating the Bloodline
Yasuho returns to her house, finding her mother inebriated beside the couch with the mark of a kiss on her breast. Crying, she denounces her mother's lifestyle. Before leaving, she opens a letter of reply from an agency that she sent a sample of Kira and Josuke's DNA, learning that "to within 95.8% accuracy", the two represent "the same person". Yasuho receives a call while she's in the street. However, the caller hangs up before she can answer and she cannot identify them. Intrigued, Yasuho returns to the Higashikata House and incidentally meets Daiya Higashikata going out with Josuke behind her. However, Josuke doesn't recognize her because of Daiya's ability and Yasuho instinctively hides as she realizes something is wrong. However, the problem is solved by Josuke. The two eventually discover that Yoshikage's mother Holy Kira was a world-renowned ophthalmologist and is currently being kept in Morioh's hospital as a patient.
She makes a call to Josuke and agrees to meet with him at the hospital. Unbeknownst to her, Paisley Park begins to develop and remotely guides Josuke. Meanwhile, Yasuho manages to get into the hospital and briefly speak with Holy, but is taken away by hospital security for talking to Holy without permission. Out of the hospital, Yasuho feels a sharp pain in her ankle. Looking ill, a nearby medical assistant helps Yasuho onto a stretcher without asking and takes her into the hospital. The assistant eventually leaves her, and Yasuho notices that she is near where Holy is staying. She manages to listen in on a conversation between Holy and her doctors, and finds out that they've detected that parts of Holy's brain and vital organs are somehow missing, despite her denying having had any surgery.
The next day, Josuke calls Yasuho at school, but she doesn't answer as he was using Joshu's cell phone. She does, however, notice that he was, at the time, located on Shakedown Road and near a landmark statue called the Joestar Jizō. She discovers, with Paisley Park's help, that the jizō was built as a memorial to Johnny Joestar, who died in Morioh from what was ultimately determined to be a freak accident in 1901.
Relationships
Family
- Suzuyo Hirose: She is Yasuho's mother. After she and her husband divorced, Yasuho since then lives with her mother in an apartment. Despite Suzuyo being her mother, Yasuho dislikes and is sensitive about her mother's way of living.
- Father: Yasuho's divorced father, whom she loved more than her mother. One day, he appears as a vision to Yasuho, in her youth. Yasuho is at first happy to see him, but then he tells her that he is having an affair with another woman and is happier with her than with Yasuho. Heartbroken, Yasuho attempts to commit suicide but is treated in a hospital.
Friends and Allies
- Josuke Higashikata: Moved by Josuke's innocence, she eagerly helps Josuke solve his identity crisis. Her involvement in finding out Josuke's mystery often leads her into trouble, such as having been dragged into Josuke's situation with Ojiro Sasame, but that does not stop her from helping Josuke out. There was one time when she saw a photo album of a woman having erotic bondage with what appeared to be Josuke in what was thought to be his apartment, and she bailed out thinking that Josuke was a sadist. However, after thinking more about Josuke's personality, she returned to him and continued helping his search. She is hinted to have also developed feelings for Josuke,[11] as shown when she is tearful when she meets up with Josuke again and the two can be seen holding hands together; she also mentions that she "has someone [she] like[s]".[12]
- Rai Mamezuku: Despite Yasuho helping Mamezuku investigate Morioh's mysteries such as the Locacaca, Mamezuku cares little to nothing about her. In fact, during the conflict with Urban Guerilla and Doremifasolati Do, Mamezuku pushed her off as a disposable. Later when she told Mamezuku about her past with a hair clip and her ambitions of obtaining the Locacaca, Mamezuku just ignored her story and only showed interest in the hair clip Rock Animal.
- Tsurugi Higashikata: Although Tsurugi would lecherously lick her from time to time — he's even groped her when they first met — both of them still got along. Their trust in each other expands when they face off against Aisho Dainenjiyama and Doobie Wah!. Tsurugi often makes implications of him having developed a crush on Yasuho.
- Joshu Higashikata: Although the two were friends and had kissed at some point, Yasuho would try to hide herself from Joshu. Despite her disliking him, Joshu would continuously chase after Yasuho, and once nearly had intercourse with her in a bathroom when she was tricked by Paper Moon King; he ended up getting knocked out by her. Later, devastated by his family's tragedy, Joshu tries to protect an injured Yasuho during the calamity cast by Toru and his Wonder of U.
Enemies
- Toru: Yasuho and Toru first met when she was a kid at camp, the latter using her Paisley Park to find someone for his Stand to impersonate. They later dated at some point when she was in high school, but they broke up for unknown reasons. Toru pretends to still have feelings for Yasuho and tries to become her boyfriend again when they reunite at TG University Hospital. However, the two become enemies when Yasuho discovers that he is the Stand user of Wonder of U, who caused her and the Higashikata family severe anguish.
- Aisho Dainenjiyama: Aisho is a Rock Human whom Yasuho and Tsurugi investigate due to him selling Locacaca fruits. After realizing he is being pursued, Aisho tries to use Doobie Wah! to subdue Yasuho and Tsurugi.
- Jobin Higashikata: Jobin knocks out Yasuho when she was trying to help Josuke during the conflict with Blue Hawaii, and later tries to kill her by drowning her Paisley Park in the toilet. Jobin also considers Yasuho as an enemy.[13]
Quotes
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Trivia
- According to the author, Josephine was originally intended to be male.
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 101: The Wonder of You, Part 18, p.14
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 23: Paper Moon Deception, Part 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 JoJolion Chapter 2: Soft & Wet, Part 1
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 6: Soft & Wet, Part 5, p. 9
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 8: California King Bed, Part 1
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 71: The Qing Dynasty Hair Clip
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 43: Love Love Deluxe, Part 1, p. 14
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 47: Hato Brought Her Boyfriend Home, Part 1, p. 6-7
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 63: Dolomite's Blue Lagoon, Part 5, p. 40
- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 79: Doctor Wu and Awaking 3 Leaves, Part 1, p. 25-27
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ JoJolion Chapter 96: Just Don't Move
