Catch the Rainbow
Catch the Rainbow (キャッチ・ザ・レインボー, Kyatchi za Reinbō) is the Stand of Blackmore, featured in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run.
Worn by Blackmore as a mask, it grants him the ability to walk on rain and manipulate raindrops.
Appearance
Catch the Rainbow takes the form of a mask worn by Blackmore. It has a prominent brow ridge above its eye holes, no nose, and the bottom has five vertically long triangular slits, dotted by five holes above them.
It has a light color aside from three colorful stripes crossing from its left eye hole to its right cheek. The stripes were designed to be a rainbow version of a hockey mask.[1]
Color Schemes
Abilities
Rain Manipulation
Catch the Rainbow allows Blackmore to utilize or manipulate rain in various unusual ways, most notably by immobilizing the raindrops midair.
The most basic ability of Catch the Rainbow is to stop raindrops in their tracks and make them float in mid-air,[2] becoming solid enough to support Blackmore and also deflect projectiles such as a Steel Ball.[3] With this, Blackmore is able to tread on them, literally walking on the rain, and reach high altitudes unassisted. This allows himto walk midair and peek inside the upper floors of a building from outside or go above a flying bird. He can either stop a few select raindrops to walk on, stop several of them over a large zone[3] or create blades out of them.[4] Blackmore demonstrates the ability to plug his wounds with raindrops and stem all bleeding, although it is only a temporary measure.[5]
However, if someone else attempts to move through rain stopped by Catch the Rainbow, the drops will tear and penetrate them, potentially creating fatal wounds.[4]
Blackmore is also able to meld with rain.[2] He can let the raindrops fall through him and create holes in his body, with the disappearing body parts materializing from the same raindrops at a distance from the body and remaining functional despite the separation. For instance, he can project his mouth at a distance and talk to someone.[4] He can also fuse entirely with the rain and become intangible like water, evade gunshots, and also travel at high speed across great distances as long as there is rain.[4]
Chapters
Manga Appearances- Steel Ball Run Chapter 36: The Green Tomb, Part 1
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 37: The Green Tomb, Part 2
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 38: Catch the Rainbow (On a Stormy Night...), Part 1
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 39: Catch the Rainbow (On a Stormy Night...), Part 2 (Death)
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 95: The World of Stars and Stripes - Outro (Flashback)
Gallery
Explanation of ability
Blackmore using his stand to walk on raindrops
Using his stand while searching for the intruder
Catch the Rainbow's intangibility in effect, allowing rain to pass through the body effortlessly
Blackmore, using his Stand, relocates his mouth to attack Mountain Tim
Using weaponized rain to slice through Mountain Tim's face
Broken upon Blackmore's death
SBR Chapter 38 Tailpiece
Trivia
- The idea of walking on the rain with its ability comes from the Stand's namesake, Catch the Rainbow.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Catch the Rainbow
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Steel Ball Run Chapter 36: The Green Tomb, Part 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Steel Ball Run Chapter 39: Catch the Rainbow (On a Stormy Night...), Part 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Steel Ball Run Chapter 37: The Green Tomb, Part 2
- ↑ Steel Ball Run Chapter 38: Catch the Rainbow (On a Stormy Night...), Part 1
