Milagroman
Milagro Man (ミラグロマン, Miraguro Man) is the Stand of a weapon merchant from a certain era, featured in JoJolion.
Appearance
Milagro Man takes the appearance of a humanoid figure of ambiguous sex. Its body is patterned in upward-facing triangles, including triangular horns on its elbows and shoulders, and its face, palms, arms and legs have holes that can be seen through.
Abilities
Monetary Manipulation: The story of Milagro Man's curse originated from its ability. Anyone afflicted by its power will constantly earn money until they are literally buried in cash. No matter how they try to spend the money, it will be returned to them and they will somehow receive more money in return. The only way to escape Milagro Man's power is to have the money stolen from them, or destroyed by another person, after which Milagro Man is transferred to the new victim.
Synopsis
Joshu Higashikata comes under the thrall of Milagro Man after he steals a wallet belonging to Zaihei Nigatake, a fan of a local idol group, and cuts up Nigatake's bank card after stealing the man's money. From this point onward, no matter how Joshu attempts to spend any of his money, he is refused service and given back more money than he originally planned to spend. He attempts to buy an expensive watch, but the crystal is scratched and he is returned all of the money and is accidentally given back another 10,000 yen. He goes to the movies and buys out several seats near him, but upon leaving wins a collectible figurine that another moviegoer buys off of him. He goes to a fancy restaurant but he finds a hair in his food and the meal is given to him free of charge and he is given money back. He goes to a night club and upon trying to pay the bill with his money, the owner accuses him of being associated with "the Milagro Man", and is given all of his money back, and more.
Now with more than 50 million yen, Joshu begins to suffer from Milagro Man's effect that he is being burdened with more money than before. Even a vending machine spits back out more change than he originally spent on a drink. He bets on a boat race, only to win millions of yen, and the bag carrying all of his cash tears apart, from even more money being put into it. He tries to store it in a coin locker, only for the locker to break, give him back multiple coins in change, and money to fly everywhere, only to be returned to him. At some point, he realizes that all of the bills have a serial number ending with "13R". Joshu finally realizes something is amiss when after finally convincing a taxi driver to get him home, and the driver refuses pay upon reaching a closed bridge, he forces the money onto the taxi driver, accidentally hitting a lighter in the man's pocket, causing the money to grow into a humanoid shape and bury him. The next morning, Joshu awakens at home on the living room couch at the behest of his father. Believing the previous night's events to be a dream, he enters his room, only to be buried alive by millions of yen banknotes, all with a serial number ending in "13R".
Joshu successfully tracks down Nigatake, who reveals that he was cursed by a being he calls the "Milagro Man", after an arms manufacturer who went mad after losing a lawsuit over his weapons causing a death, leading to the murder-suicide of his whole family, all of which was left was a single dollar bill with a serial number ending with "13R". Nigatake received the curse after he stole a Euro note from a man in Italy posing as a homeless beggar, all to pass the curse onto an unwilling thief. The existence of Milagro Man is an open secret in the population, which is why everyone returned money to Joshu, and the curse prevents the afflicted from ever buying anything, again, despite having all the money in the world. Nigatake finishes by explaining that the only way to pass Milagro Man is to have someone steal money from you and then destroy a bill, after which he takes a drink from a bottle of juice. Joshu then reveals he has used Nut King Call to attach one of the cursed bills onto Nigatake's juice bottle beneath the label which Nigatake has just torn. Joshu leaves just as Nigatake is buried by money that Joshu was previously burdened with as a result of Milagro Man's power.
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