Mikitaka Hazekura is a minor character, ally and probable Stand user appearing in Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable.
Mikitaka professes to be of extraterrestrial origin, the validity of which claim is never fully examined.
Appearance
Mikitaka appears as a teenage boy of average to above-average height and slim to average build. He has pointed ears, and long, straight light hair flowing back over his head.
He is introduced wearing a nose chain, missing in later chapters. He decorates his uniform with various cosmological and alien-themed symbols.
Personality
In either an elaborate, prolonged charade or a stark, extended close encounter, Mikitaka claims to be a 216 year old extraterrestrial. He exhibits great curiosity in human culture. Unafraid, when offered a handkerchief, he eats it.
Mikitaka is however a rather calm and pleasant person, not hesitating to risk his life to save his friends, and more than willing to return favors. His kindness and gentleness are seen first when he thanks Okuyasu and Josuke for the handkerchiefs by giving them two ice-creams (fabricated with the flesh of his own hands).
Abilities
- Main article: Earth, Wind and Fire
Designated as the effect of a Stand-like power named Earth, Wind and Fire; Mikitaka may transform any part of or his entire body into almost any object at almost any scale.
Mikitaka's powers are more likely to be the result of a Stand ability bound to his own body (like Yellow Temperance or Khnum) than alien powers; but, behaving as if he has always possessed them, it is unclear quite how he obtained them.
Synopsis
Diamond is Unbreakable
While looking for more people to transform into Stand users in order to protect his son, Yoshihiro Kira was guided by the Arrow into piercing Mikitaka. However, the Arrow didn't pierce him perfectly, bouncing off of his neck instead and leaving the boy with just a scratch.
The following morning, Josuke Higashikata and Okuyasu Nijimura discover a series of mystery circles in the middle of a crop field: half buried in the crop of the larger central circle lies Mikitaka. He is waken up by Josuke and Okuyasu's arrival and his strange personality is immediately revealed: instead of introducing himself, he asks if he is currently on planet Earth and claims to be an alien. The protagonists think he's just kidding, but when he eats Josuke's handkerchiefs and puts two frozen ice-creams out of his bag, they realize there's something strange about him.
He finally reveals his name to be Nu Mikitakazo Nshi, a 216 year-old space pilot. He says his planet lies within the Magellanic clouds and is slowly dying, and that he came to earth to see if it was a nice planet and if its inhabitants were friendly. As a fire truck passes by, its noise causes Mikitaka to experience a violent skin reaction. He begs Josuke to take him away, revealing his transformation power for the first time.
Josuke, now believing Mikitaka to be an alien, asks him to return the favor, by exploiting the alien's ability and making him assume the shape of three dice. The two new friends play dice with Rohan Kishibe and, despite the mangaka's suspicions and Mikitaka's discomfort, they manage to trick him and earn a lot of money. The following day, Josuke meets Mikitaka's mother, who reveals that they had to move from Tokyo because of her son's obsession with aliens. Mikitaka, on the other hand, explains Josuke that his "mother" is just a human woman he hypnotized to make her believe he is her son.
Later in the story, Josuke and Okuyasu meet Mikitaka again, staring at an abandoned telephone tower. In this place, Josuke gets trapped by Yoshihiro Kira and Toyohiro Kanedaichi, but thanks to Mikitaka, who transformed into an iron cable, stopped the tower owner from his evil plan. However, tables are turned when Toyohiro exploits his Stand's deflection to trap Mikitaka and Josuke returns into the tower to save him. After Toyohiro's defeat, Mikitaka only reappears at the end of part IV with the other protagonists to say goodbye to Reimi.
Stand User or Alien?
Mikitaka is an enigmatic character who produces more questions than answers. His true nature is never revealed by Araki, and evidence exists for both his alien and human nature.
Alien
- He is initially chosen by the arrow to become a Stand user, but, scratching him, it bounces off, unable to pierce him perfectly for some reason.
- When Josuke and Okuyasu find him, he is sleeping in the middle of a crop circle.
- When he hears the sound of a siren he suffers a violently adverse reaction, blisters covering his skin.
- As tested once by Josuke, he seems unable to see other people's Stands.
- He says that the reason he can't perfectly mimic a human appearance when morphing is because all humans look the same to him, which he shows when trying to mimic the appearance of a man on a Yen banknote.
Stand User
- Named as Earth, Wind, and Fire, Mikitaka might have acquired his ability when the arrow scratches him. Describing events after this, Mikitaka claims to have felt sick and fallen asleep for thirteen hours, suggesting the arrow had some effect.
- He may already have been a Stand User and the arrow bounced off for that reason, giving him no new abilities and knocking him unconscious.
- He may have created the crop circles intentionally or unintentionally while asleep, with or without his Stand.
- His reaction to the siren might be the result of a combination of its Stand ability and a nocebo effect.
- On the premise that he cannot see Stands, one could say that his Stand presents a purposeful exception.
- If he did acquire his Stand through the arrow, the fact that he was not completely pierced may allow for several anomalies.
Neither identity will be proved, however, as it is possible that Araki intended for Mikitaka to be of unknown origins and open to speculation.
Trivia
- If he actually was an alien Stand user and he didn't lie about his age, he would be born in 1783, thus making him the oldest Stand user in the series.
- Mikitaka's character may be inspired by science fiction novel and film K-PAX.
- Mikitaka exhibits traits similar to that of an Indigo Child / Star Seed, a New Age concept.
Gallery
Yoshihiro's Arrow bounced off
Just a Scratch?
Josuke and Okuyasu find the crop circles
Two cold ice-creams in the bag
Mikitaka's reaction to the siren
Mikitaka's mother
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chapter 379: I Am An Alien! (2)