JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Episode 20

Caesar: A Lonely Youth
General information
Episode	20
Season	1
Japanese Name	シーザー孤独の青春
Romanized	Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun
Localized Title	Young Caesar
Runtime	23:39 (TV) 25:11 (BD)
Chapters Adapted	BT Chapters 45-49 (89-93)
Air Dates
Japanese	February 23, 2013
English	March 12, 2017
Other Information
Opening Theme	BLOODY STREAM
Ending Theme	Il mare eterno nella mia anima (Final scene) Roundabout (BD) (Ending)
Episode guide
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Next →	The Hundred vs. Two Strategy

“

I'll bow out by demonstrating the Zeppeli spirit, passed down from generation to generation, which I now entrust to the future! An unmistakably human spirit! (おれが最期にみせるのは代代受け継いだ 未来にたくすツェペリ魂だ！人間の魂だ！)

”

—Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, BD/DVD Volume 7

Caesar: A Lonely Youth (シーザー孤独の青春, Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun) is the twentieth episode of season one of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. It is also the eleventh episode of Battle Tendency. It covers Chapter 89 to Chapter 93 of the Battle Tendency manga.

Caesar loses patience and goes alone to seek the Pillar Men and avenge his family. On the way to their lair, he encounters Wamuu again and prepares to fight.

Summary

Caesar's childhood with his father and siblings

Lisa Lisa tells JoJo of Caesar's childhood. When he was young, Caesar adulated his father, Mario, before Mario inexplicably left his children and the money he left them was taken by unscrupulous relatives. Believing that Mario abandoned his children, Caesar repudiated the traditional family pride of all Italian men and took to crime with the exception of murder at a young age. However, when Caesar turned sixteen, he saw his father again and stalked him to murder him. Caesar came across the wall containing the Pillar Men, which was booby-trapped by Kars. Suddenly, Mario saved Caesar from the trap, getting absorbed into the wall, but lived long enough to tell Caesar to find Lisa Lisa and learn the Ripple. Afterward, Caesar understood everything Mario did and redoubled his pride for his lineage.

Wamuu fighting in broad daylight thanks to his wind suit

Back to the present, Joseph is impressed by Caesar and changes his mind, deciding to head for the hotel with Lisa Lisa. As Caesar arrives at the hotel, he is attacked by an invisible Wamuu who is using streams of moist air to both protect him from the sunlight and reflect the light around him. Messina arrives to assist, but Wamuu then swiftly takes him down and drags him into the hotel, coming back for Caesar. However, Caesar has made progress and his Savon Cutter are more resistant than ever. He throws bubbles at Wamuu and forces him to flee inside the hotel, then follows him to the main hall. An intense exchange of wind blasts and soap bubbles ensues, in which Caesar takes the advantage. Moreover, using a series of refractive bubble lenses, Caesar manages to redirect the sunlight inside the hotel to pin down Wamuu. However, when Caesar is short of delivering the final blow, Wamuu takes advantage of the split-second the sun is blotted by Caesar's attack to deliver a critical counter-attack.

Caesar reminisces about his grandfather and father

Too injured to continue the fight, Caesar recalls how his father and grandfather gave their lives to turn death into a fighting chance to survive and uses the last of his strength to steal the piercing containing the antidote for the ring around JoJo's heart. He then uses his Final Ripple to create a blood bubble to deliver the piercing and his headband to Joseph before being crushed by a cross-shaped debris. Wamuu, finding Caesar's fight and loyalty to be admirable, allows the bubble to remain.

Joseph yells for Caesar's name in tears

Joseph and Lisa Lisa are attracted to the hotel after Messina does not return, and unknowingly see the light of Caesar's Final Ripple. They discover the state of the hotel, finding the bubble with the antidote and Caesar's scarf. They try to find Caesar, but only see blood leaking out from under a cross-shaped debris. Realizing it's Caesar's blood, all they could do was weep over the loss of their friend and ally.

Appearances

Characters

(Death)

Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli

(1st appearance) (Flashback)

Caesar's Siblings

(1st appearance) (Flashback)

Caesar's Distant Relative

(1st appearance) (Flashback) (Death)

Mario Zeppeli

(Mentioned only) (Flashback) (Death)

Caesar's Mother

Wamuu

(Flashback)

Kars

(Flashback)

Esidisi

(Flashback)

Will Anthonio Zeppeli

Lisa Lisa

Joseph Joestar

Messina

(Flashback)

Jonathan Joestar

Credits

Staff

Script (脚本)

Yasuko Kobayashi

小林 靖子

Storyboard (絵コンテ)

Toshiyuki Kato

加藤 敏幸

Episode Director (演出)

Toshiyuki Kato

加藤 敏幸

Animation Director (作画監督)

Manabu Akita
Masahiko Komino

秋田 学
小美野 雅彦

Effects Animation Director

Tatsuya Shiraishi

白石 達也

Animation Director Cooperation (作画監督協力)

Shunichi Ishimoto

石本 峻一

Key Animation (原画)

Hideyuki Sugiura
Shunichi Ishimoto
Toshihiro Irie
Hisashi Samejima
Eisuke Matsubara
HIGA★KING
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Mayumi Oda
Dai Imaoka
Hiroki Abe
Yoshinobu Ando
Daisuke Agata
Toshiharu Sugie
Masashi Nomura
Manabu Imura
Masaki Takasaka
Noriyasu Murata
Hideaki Matsuoka

杉浦 英之
石本 峻一
入江 俊博
鮫島 寿志
松原 栄介
HIGA★KING
青井 清年
小田 真弓
今岡 大
阿部 弘樹
安藤 義信
阿形 大輔
杉江 敏治
野村 雅史
井村 学
高阪 雅基
村田 憲泰
松岡 英明

White Line

Cha Myoung Jun

Cha Myoung Jun

2nd Key Animation (第二原画)

Mari Futamatsu
Aya Nishimura
Kimitaka Ito
Megumi Itoi

二松真理
西村 彩
伊藤 公崇
糸井 恵

White Line

Kang Sul A
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju

Kang Sul A
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju

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Ace Company
Studio Mark
Mouse
Hebaraki
FAI Studio
Triple A

エースカンパニー
スタジオマーク
マウス
ヘバラギ
F.A.I
AAA

In-between Animation (動画)

In-Between Animation Inspection

Kumiko Ohta

太田 久美子

White Line

Kim Jong Kyu
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Yung
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung

Kim Jong Kyu
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Young
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung

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Hisashi Mawatari
Triple A
Ace Company
AI
CL Corporation
F.A.I
Jinbun
Eslite Animation
Hayashi
Studio Mark
Azeta Pictures

馬渡 久史
AAA
エースカンパニー
AI
CLコーポレーション
F.A.I
じんぶん
誠品動画
ハヤシ株式会社
スタジオマーク
アゼータ・ピクチャーズ

david production

Shuhei Fukuda
Sae Akama
Takahiro Okawa
Asami Yamaguchi
Makoto Yaguchi

福田 周平
赤間 紗枝
大川 貴大
山口 朝美
矢口 真琴

Design Cooperation (デザイン協力)

Masahiko Komino
Jun Ishigami
Megumi Itoi

小美野 雅彦
石神 潤
糸井 恵

3DCGI

Shinsaku Hidaka

ひだか しんさく

Digital Works (デジタルワークス)

David Production

Takahiro Kamei
Kayo Kudou
P. Taweeporn

亀井 隆広
工藤 かよ
Puavaranukroh Taweeporn

Manga/Anime Differences

• Caesar's flashback at the beginning of the story is told by the narrator rather than Lisa Lisa directly.
• The entire scene from when Caesar entered the hotel up until the use of the bubble lens was present in the anime only.
• In the manga, Joseph and Lisa Lisa enter the hotel to find a badly wounded Messina and attempt to find him medical care, only to notice Caesar's crimson bubble soon after. In the anime, the Messina scene is skipped; they enter the hotel and immediately see the crimson bubble.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Japanese	シーザー孤独の青春	Caesar: A Lonely Youth
Chinese	西撒孤獨的年少時光	Kaiser's Lonely Youth
Chinese (Hong Kong)	凱撒孤獨的青春	Caesar's Lonely Youth
English	Young Caesar
Spanish	La solitaria juventud de Caesar	The lonely youth of Caesar
Portuguese	Jovem Caesar	Young Caesar
French	La jeunesse solitaire de Caesar	The lonely youth of Caesar
German	Der junge Caesar	The young Caesar
Hebrew	סיזר הצעיר	The young Caesar
Arabic	قيصر الصغير	Young Casear
Italian	Il giovane Caesar	The young Caesar
Czech	Mladý Cézar	Young Caesar
Danish	Unge Caesar	Young Caesar
Polish	Młody Cezar	Young Caesar

Commentary

Commentary

“

Here's an episode where a lot of things are narrated, but not necessarily with words. Toshiyuki Kato was in charge of the storyboard and the direction. I wanted him to do a good job but he ended up surpassing every expectation; the image of a homerun is what I felt in front of his exemplary work. I have nothing to say about it, it is a genuine lesson on direction. As for animation, Manabu Akita and Masahiko Komino formed a golden duo and the result is excellent. Again, I have nothing else to say.

For the music, Taku Iwasaki directly came to the studio for the final editing to ensure that the soundtracks perfectly fitted the images.

People aren't sensitive to the same scenes. For some, the real emotional sequence comes when Caesar hits Wamuu in vain with his last strength, others are more sensitive to Lisa Lisa's tears or Joseph's cry. I think it's a generational thing. (laughs).

Anyway, every member of the team's fits together brilliantly, it's one of our best episodes.

”

—Naokatsu Tsuda, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries

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Trivia

• This episode was widely considered by fans and staff alike to be one of the most moving episodes of the TV anime.
  • Tomokazu Sugita and Takuya Sato shared a brief character exchange over Twitter after the episode aired.