Melone
Melone (メローネ, Merōne) is a minor antagonist featured in Vento Aureo, and the fifth member to attack Buccellati's gang from La Squadra di Esecuzione.
Appearance
Melone is a young man of athletic build and average height. He keeps long straight hair descending down to his shoulder.
Inspired by Venetian design[1], Melone's most distinctive feature remains his clothes. He wears a dark suit with concentric circle motif, lacking the right sleeve and a large part of the right side. Melone also wears matching gloves and shoes, as well as a transparent mask covering his right eye. Over his trousers, Melone sports two decorative chains at the shins' level in each leg.
Personality
Melone shows himself to be a polite man in most circumstances. Approaching every activity with cold professionalism, he physically inspects his future victims, looking them more as cattle to breed his Stand than fellow human beings.
Melone always reacts jovially when circumstances match or exceed his expectation, exclaiming himself "Molto Bene!" On the other side, when things don't go his way, he becomes nervous, still remaining cool-headed enough to issue tactical instructions, possibly due to the fact that he isn't the one facing immediate danger.
Melone is one of the least confrontational character in the series, favoring hit-and-run tactics or laying traps, never reacting with violence to every setback, and even advising his stand to flee instead of fighting.
Abilities
Stand: Main Article: Baby Face
Melone wields the Stand Baby Face, which is a computer like humanoid Stand he uses to create autonomous long range Stands also named Baby Face he can direct to kill his targets.He needs to find a woman to breed said Stand before he can act.
Pseudoscience knowledge: Melone is well-versed in pseudosciences used to divine things such as character compatibility or a future child's characteristics. This serves him to determine the quality of the Stand he will breed in function to his target.
Synopsis
Melone is first shown collecting a blood sample from Bruno Buccellati for the Homonculus Materialization of his Stand, Baby Face. He later encounters a woman in train, with a hot temper and proceeds to use her to materialize Baby Face, who he then educates to kill off Buccellati's group and capture Trish Una.
When Baby Face launches its attack within Coco Jumbo, Melone is seen giving it orders from his computer. However, as Melone's plan inadvertently causes Giorno Giovanna to cause damage to Baby Face, Melone eventually loses control of Baby Face, who proceeds to act independently and ends up nearly burning to death.
After the defeat of his Stand, he's called by Ghiaccio about the wreckage. Ironically, a cube portion of his burning Stand finds its way back to him as a poisonous snake animated by Giorno and bites his tongue, killing him off-panel.
In Video Games
Vento Aureo (PS2)
Melone dosen't appear as an enemy character that can be faced, however Melone's battle against Giorno appears as one of the Story Drama that can be seen on the Gallery Mode.
All-Star Battle (PS3)
Melone appears on the PS3 title as an explanatory character in one of the game menus, being the player's guide during the Option Mode.
Gallery
Melone's first appearance
Melone entering a woman's personal room
Melone tasting a woman's finger
Melone's mugshot
"Di Molto! Very Good!"
Melone feeling nervous for Baby Face's uncontrollable
Melone's Death
Trivia
- His catchphrase Di Molto (ディ・モールト, Di Mōruto) translates to "Very" in English.
References
- ↑ JOJOVELLER Stand Guide (『JOJOVELLER - STANDS』)
