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Morioh Denizens

Josuke Higashikata

Josuke Higashikata (Stand: Crazy Diamond)

^{Controlled by Useful Idiot}

"I swore to protect Morioh from the likes of Kira and from the likes of you."

One of the stand users protecting Morioh who took down serial killer Yoshikage Kira last year. Best known for his explosive temper regarding his hairstyle and for his everyday kindness, Josuke is planning to either go into police force, taking after his late grandfather, or go into medicine to maximize the effectiveness of his stand.

Josuke's Stand is Crazy Diamond, which allows him to repair objects and heal people.

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• And I Must Scream: While under the influence of Useful Idiot. It's described that Josuke can't control his body, but can perfectly comprehend everything Kasuminome's forcing him to do, almost making him commit Psychic-Assisted Suicide.
• Beat Them at Their Own Game: In Chapter 26 Josuke defeats the Doress sniper, Johngalli, by using his very own Manhatten Transfer to shoot and ricochet a round back at him.
• Berserk Button: As usual, insulting his hair will trigger him into a frenzy. That's exactly how Oskar von Bismarck is defeated the first time around, accidentally triggering it and motivating Josuke to ignore the danger his stand presents.
• Bullet Catch: In Chapter 26 Crazy Diamond catches a bullet Johngalli shoots at Josuke, but only because Josuke had been expecting the shot. When the sniper suddenly changes the target, the stand has to block it otherwise.
• Chekhov's Skill: To defeat Johngalli, Josuke uses the shooting trick Jotaro taught him in Diamond is Unbreakable.
• Disabled in the Adaptation: In this work, Josuke's final confrontation against Kira in Diamond is Unbreakable left his hearing severely damaged. Without his hearing aid, which got lost in chaos in numerous occassions, Josuke is left near-deaf.
• Forced Out of the Closet: In Chapter 25 Dixie outs him to summon a hate mob after him to serve as a distraction while Maynard and Johnny plan to kill Ikuro.
• I Can't Hear You: While he actually couldn't hear him, Josuke mocks Karaiya with this in Chapter 5, missing the man's dramatic speech.
• LGBT Awakening: Has one in Chapter 3 when he sees Kars perform in his Battle Tendency getup and then also sees Mikitaka in a similarly exposed outfit.
• Oblivious to Love: In the first half he completely ignores the signs Okuyasu has an affection for him and vice versa, with other people noticing them. Between Chapter 15 and Chapter 16 Mikitaka sets them straight.
• Properly Paranoid: By Chapter 19, Josuke grows paranoid with how some of the most vile people he knew looked unassuming. Even while on a date with Okuyasu and Mikitaka, he can't help but wonder if any of the patrons are agents of Doress observing them. The thing is, he is correct, as Gold-Two and Johnny do spy on him, as does Dixie who follows them out.
• Psychic-Assisted Suicide: Almost forced into commiting one by Dr. Kasuminome in The Washington Package Arrives chapters.
• Reading Lips: Downplayed. It's mentioned early on that Josuke gets by hearing parts of conversations, following people's lips and understanding the context of the conversations he's involved in to fight his hearing issues.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: All the explosions going on in Josuke's final battle against Kira severely damaged Josuke's hearing, which is a natural result.
• Trauma Button: Josuke spirals into a panic attack in Chapter 19 when he meets Diamant, a Doress agent who previously tried to kill him, off-duty and notes that the man looks just like everyone else. That triggers his anxiety when he remembers that all the worst stand users he met, like Anjuro Katagiri, Yoshikage Kira and Dr. Kasuminome all looked like regular people he passed on the street.
• Unstoppable Rage: As usual, he reacts badly when somebody insults his hair, styled after his savior. In Chapter 12, Oskar insulting Josuke's hair in a moment of triumph is the thing that proves his undoing as Josuke abandons his instinct of self-preservation just to beat him up.

Ikuro Hashizawa

Ikuro Hashizawa (Ability: Eternal Soldier)

^{As a waiter in Trattoria Trussardi}

The carrier of the Baoh parasite who destroyed the Doress research facility eight years ago before ending up submerged in the ocean. A meteor shower unearthed him and a group of stand users found him at the coast of Morioh where he came to live.

Ikuro's Baoh form grants him various techniques rooted in body manipulation, as well as superhuman strength, speed and durability.

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• Amnesiac Hero: Ikuro retains none of his memories before he became Baoh and it's Discussed for a moment that he could have been a Doress agent who underwent the procedure willingly, though it's quickly dismissed as a theory. He also has temporary partial amnesia of the events of Baoh, but that one seems to go away after he meets Sumire.
• Blade Below the Shoulder: Baoh has two on his forearms, occasionally compared to Kars's.
• Boom, Headshot!: That's how Ikuro dies to Johnny in Chapter 25 before Maynard is forced to reverse it.
• Canon Welding: The Baoh research was inspired by reports of Kars and other Pillar Men that Doress uncovered. That led to Baoh being somewhat similar to them in his abilities.
• Character Development: Over the course of the story Ikuro grows to be more friendly and outgoing, but it comes at a cost of him getting more heated whenever Doress are involved as he wants to protect his newfound home and friends.
• Clothing Damage: The last attack of Forty Six & 2 blows away most of Ikuro's clothing.
• Combat Medic: Baoh can use his body manipulation technique to heal wounds of other people, which is mostly used on Josuke who can't heal himself with the use of Crazy Diamond. However, the ability has limits and is unable to fix Josuke's hearing, it being an old and complex issue.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Downplayed, but Ikuro becomes more emotional over the course of the story as he lives with the Hazekuras, with Kars in particular noting and taking delight in that Ikuro allows himself to unwind with the family.
• Driven to Suicide: When Maynard invokes Heroic BSoD for the second time in Chapter 26 by revealing the truth about how the Baoh inside Ikuro will kill him and destroy the world, he also convinces Ikuro to surrender to Undertow and allow it to kill him. Ikuro gets better later, however.
• Genius Bruiser: Demonstrated in his battle against Forty Six & 2 when Ikuro realizes that the other's Adaptive Ability takes a few moments to counter his techniques and uses his hairs to create a trap that would conduct Baoh Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon.
• Good Is Not Soft: He's mentioned to have killed Doress agents before, and was fully intent on killing Karaiya, the man only surviving the Baoh Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon thanks to his stand.
• Full-Name Basis: When in his Baoh form, Ikuro thinks of people in full names.
• Heroic BSoD: Enters it in Chapter 25 when confronted with the dossier that describes his past. It's actually Invoked by Maynard so that Ikuro lets his guard down and leaves himself open to Johnny's shot.
• Heroic Willpower: When the Baoh parasite attempts to take control of Ikuro's body after Maynard reveals that it will kill Ikuro when it turns into an imago, Ikuro forces it down and even completely restores control of his body once Sumire shows up. Though Ikuro wonders if Baoh simply allowed him to take back control.
• Hollywood Acid: Baoh Meltedin Palm Phenomenon that Ikuro uses to melt surfaces.
• Kiai: "BARU-BARU-BARU-BARU-BARU!"
• In a Single Bound: Ikuro's main method of transportation due to the enhancements Baoh grants him.
• Last of His Kind: It's mentioned by Doress agents that Ikuro has the last sample of the Baoh parasite in the world. With Kasuminome's research destroyed, there is no way to create a brand-new one.
• Odd Friendship: By Chapter 17 Ikuro, a well-mannered young man, befriends Yuya Fungami, a womanizing delinquent.
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Can dish it out not unlike some stand users with his own battle cry. In Chapter 27 Maynard ends up on the receiving end of this.
• So Last Season: Played With. Ikuro's Baoh abilities are no match for a number of stand powers, such as Useful Idiot or Undertow. He's even shown to struggle against Santana and Yoma Hashimoto in The Washington Package chapters, who simply outmatch him. However, Ikuro remains relevant as Baoh can be devastating if he reaches the user, something that Diamant and Carrey are acutely aware in their respective confrontations with him. That was the case with both Forty Six & 2 and Dr. Kasuminome.
• The Stoic: Ikuro is often the one who reacts in the most subdued manner to the happenings in Morioh and it's mentioned by others. Even moreso as Baoh who rarely shows any emotions. However, Ikuro shows true glee when reuniting with Sumire in Chapter 6 or when spending the day with Mikitaka's family in Chapter 20.
• Your Days Are Numbered: In Chapter 26 Maynard reveals that the Baoh parasite in Ikuro's head, once it matures in the odd eighty days, would kill him when it gives birth to its progeny.

Mikitaka Hazekura/Nu Mikitakazo Nshi

Mikitaka Hazekura/Nu Mikitakazo Nshi (Ability: Earth Wind and Fire)

"I had a family on my father's side that I never got to meet. The least I can do is honor them with this appearance today."

Close friend of Josuke, long presumed to be either an alien or the weirdest stand user around. He's confirmed to be an actual alien (kinda) when his actual father, Kars Hazekura, arrives on Earth.

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• Adaptation Origin Connection: His father here is Kars who became stranded on Mikitaka's home planet some time after the events of Battle Tendency, and one of the reasons Mikitaka ended up on Earth after his home planet's destruction is because he knew it to be his father's home planet.
• Adaptation Species Change: While in Diamond is Unbreakable he's only ever presumed to be an alien, here he's actually half-Pillar Man as well, partially explaining his abilities.
• Affectionate Nickname: Mikitaka's father calls him "Little Nu".
• Big Brother Instinct: Shows shades of it when interacting with Ikuro, especially once the latter comes to live with the Hazekuras after Chapter 6.
• Big Damn Heroes: In Chapter 26 serves as this, reeling Ikuro in from the school pool and saving him from Undertow.
• Bizarre Alien Biology: Mikitaka reacts badly to smoke in the aftermath of Forty Six & 2, requiring hospitalization.
• Happily Adopted: By Makoto Hazekura before and during the events of Diamond is Unbreakable.
• Heroic BSoD: Enters it in Chapter 10 when Kars meets Joseph Joestar, recovers the majority of his memories and freak out, trying to kill Joseph himself, as well as Josuke and Ikuro.
• Innocent Fanservice Girl: A Rare Male Example in Chapter 3, with Mikitaka wearing Stripperific Aztec-like clothes without realizing how hot he looks, contributing to Josuke and Okuyasu's LGBT Awakening.
• Non-Human Humanoid Hybrid: His actual essence, as his father is a pillar man and his mother is a full-on alien.
• Really 700 Years Old: Subverted. Mikitaka claimed to be 216 years old, but Kars clears up that it's because Mikitaka forgot to convert his age in human years. As it is, Mikitaka is 19 years old.

Okuyasu Nijimura

Okuyasu Nijimura (Stand: The Hand)

"Hey, I think they’re still rolling that Pokemon movie from last year! Like, re-rolling it, because it had a release in the States last week! Eh? Eh? How about that, guys?"

One of Josuke's best friend protecting Morioh with the use of his stand. Okuyasu works as an apprentice chef in Trattoria Trussardi and harbors feelings for Josuke as well as for Mikitaka, his other friend.

Okuyasu's Stand is The Hand which allows him to erase space.

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• Eye Scream: On the receiving end of this, losing an eye after his torture by Yoma in August 15th (Wednesday) arc.
• Facial Markings: Has two scars on the sides of his face for which Steel calls him "a baseball face". Ikuro initially assumed them to be simple markings but realizes those are scars when Okuyasu's kid photo doesn't have them.
• Hot-Blooded: Okuyasu is still prone to jumping into fights without much of a plan, which leaves him vulnerable to Oskar von Bismarck in Chapter 12.
• Kindhearted Cat Lover: The trope is highlighted as Tama/Stray Cat is a recurring character in the story, most notably in Chapter 12 where a good part of the chapter is dedicated to Okuyasu's relationship with the plant-cat.
• LGBT Awakening: Has one in Chapter 3 along with Josuke when the two of them see Kars perform in his Battle Tendency getup and then also see Mikitaka in a similarly exposed outfit.
• Oblivious to Love: In the first half he completely ignores the signs Josuke has an affection for him and vice versa, with other people noticing them. Between Chapter 15 and Chapter 16 Mikitaka sets them straight.
• Simpleminded Wisdom: When Okuyasu doesn't have a smart way to attack, he uses something so obvious but crude the others wouldn't guess. In Chapter 14 he needed to get Yoma away from Josuke, so he used the Hand to crash both of them through the wall.

Kars Hazekura

Kars Hazekura (Ability: Avalon)

^{Controlled by Useful Idiot}

"You may call me Kars. Kars Hazekura."

Mikitaka's doting father who arrived to Earth via crashing into the ocean after his spacecraft is hit by asteroids. His arrival accidentally unearthes Ikuro and sets the events of Peculiar Parasitic Phenomenon in motion. He was presumed dead by Mikitaka as the result of their home planet's destruction, and the half-alien rejoiced once learned of his survival.

He's also Kars, the Ultimate Life Form who Joseph Joestar defeated sixty years ago. After drifting in space for years, Kars's mind shut down and he suffered severe amnesia by the time he landed on Mikitaka's home planet. He settled down there and made a new family, content with life before their planet was destroyed.

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• Abusive Parents: Discussed. Kars himself, while still losing a good deal of his memories, wonders if he had acted like that towards Wamuu and Santana. It's part of why he tries to be a good parent to Mikitaka.
• Amnesiac Villain Joins the Heroes: By the time the story starts, Kars recovered part of his memories by isn't aware of the circumstances that sent him into space except for the knowledge that someone named JoJo was responsible for it. He assists the heroes before he meets Joseph, and after that has a Freak Out when he remembers him.
• Berserker Tears: When he regains his memories and launches at Joseph and Josuke to avenge Wamuu, Esidisi and Santana.
• Body Horror: When Kars unleashes his real power in Chapter 10, he does so very violently, with Mikitaka's point of view showing how visceral the transformation felt, uncanny compared to the ones he was used to observe.
• Eldritch Abomination: Kars's overall form he assumes in Chapter 10 following his Freak Out, with giant roots overtaking the Super Fly Tower and the main body of Kars transforming into a creature with his signature wings, but also the spider legs out of the stalk holding his torso.
• Fond Memories That Could Have Been: A major part of his regrets, especially as he recovers his memories and regrets his aloof treatment of Esidisi, Wamuu and Santana.
• Good Parents: Is one to Mikitaka and tries to be one to Santana after he resurfaces.
• I Hate Past Me: Implicitly, with how much Kars internally regrets his past behavior towards Wamuu and Santana in segments written from his perspective.
• Heroic BSoD: After being defeated in Chapter 10 he enters this, standing on his knees in the middle of the Super Fly Tower for several days straight.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: How Kars is defeated in Chapter 10 during his Freak Out, having his overcharged hamon attack reflected back at him with the Super Fly Tower, giving the others enough time to escape the tower stand and leave Kars as the last resident who would not be let out of Super Fly.
• Invincible Villain: Whenever he turns against the heroes he's this. As shown in Chapter 10, no one can really do anything against him, any damage dealt by stand and even by Baoh being superficial at best. He could only be brought down by invoking Hoist by His Own Petard via the Super Fly Tower.
  • The only reason the heroes even survive him being taken under Kasuminome's control in The Washington Package Arrives chapters is Mikitaka and Santana distracting the user.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: On the receiving end of this as a result of him being stranded in space with little stimulation for about forty years before landing on Mikitaka's planet. He gets better.
• Manly Tears: Sheds these in Chapter 24 after getting to see Wamuu and Esidisi once more via D13 Trouble No More.
• My Greatest Second Chance: It's implied he treats his role as Mikitaka's parent as this, even before recovering his memories and realizing how awful he had been to Wamuu and Santana. Even more so when Ikuro and Santana join the family.
• Papa Wolf: Very much so, launching into action and forgetting his feud with Joseph and the rest of the Joestars the moment Jotaro mentions that Mikitaka and Ikuro are in danger in The Washington Package Arrives chapters.
• Parental Substitute: Acts as one towards Ikuro, offering him to stay with the Hazekuras, mentoring him on the use of his Baoh abilities and generally trying to make him feel at home.
• Story-Breaker Power: Once Kars recovers his memories and remembers how his ability functions, he effectively gains this, easily dismissing Yoma Hashimoto in The Washington Package Arrives chapters once Useful Idiot is out of the picture.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: The Doress Group based their Baoh project on data of the pillar men that the Speedwagon Foundation, trying to emulate Ultimate Form Kars in particular.

Jotaro Kujo

Jotaro Kujo (Stand: Star Platinum)

"Good afternoon. Can you connect me to Johngalli A? He had to have arrived eight days ago. I am asking on behalf of the Speedwagon Foundation, the individual is presumed to be connected to the events at the convention a few weeks ago."

Josuke's nephew and the user of Star Platinum, reportedly the strongest stand in the world. He arrives to Morioh in the aftermath of the Forty Six & 2's attack at Pink Dark Rhapsody 2000 as part of the relief effort of the Speedwagon Foundation, but is quickly roped into the fight of local stand users against the malevolent Doress Group.

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• The Ace: Is generally considered as such among Morioh stand users and is respected by several Doress stand users because of it. It's telling that even though Maynard has a time-reversing stand that he proved can match Star Platinum, he still uses manipulation to unbalance Jotaro via Ikuro's death before he would attempt to fight him head-on.
• Adaptational Badass: Downplayed, but in Diamond Is Unbreakable Star Platinum's time stop could only be maintained for two seconds. After using it frequently in that story and, implicitly, in the year after, in Peculiar Parasitic Phenomenon he has his limit back to five seconds.
• Big Brother Mentor: Continues serving as such to Koichi and Josuke occasionally as well as to Ikuro this time around.
• Bullet Catch: In Chapter 25 Star Platinum catches Johngalli's bullet before it hits the gas tank of Yuya's motorbike.
• Closet Geek: In a Funny Background Event in Chapter 16, Jotaro is mentioned to sneakily checking out one of the manga booths of Pink Dark Rhapsody 2000.
• The Dreaded: Notably Averted for Doress users. They are aware of Jotaro's Star Platinum and the danger the man presents, but they also have stands such as Useful Idiot and Lateralus to keep him at bay.
  • Played straight for Daniel Steel, aka Steely Dan however, since his beatdown by Jotaro is his Trauma Button and the man goes catatonic the moment he hears Jotaro's voice in the intercom.
• Intergenerational Friendship: His relationship with Koichi is depicted that way.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Jotaro's lackadaisical approach to hiding his stand ability allowed the Doress Group to deduce what DIO's stand ability had been, as well as allowed them to consider his own ability in their plans.
• Not So Stoic: In Chapter 22, when confronted with the apparition of Kakyoin, rebuilt with D13 Trouble No More, Jotaro gets teary and sentimental when he has the chance to say his last goodbyes.
• Oh, Crap!: In Chapter 15 when Jotaro sees Kasuminome shrug off Star Platinum's punches and gets caught with her Useful Idiot.
  • A subdued example in Chapter 23 when Jotaro learns who the Big Bad is. Maynard K. Jones is revealed to be a member of the Speedwagon Foundation's board of directors.
• Spanner in the Works: Became one for the Doress Group back in Stardust Crusaders by killing DIO before they could suss out all of his secrets and, potentially, kill him themselves.
• Story-Breaker Power: The signature time stop allows Jotaro to easily dispatch Yoma in Chapter 9 and Dr. Kasuminome in Chapter 15. However, Kasuminome does get an upper hand when she managed to catch Jotaro with her Useful Idiot and almost managed to exploit the story-breaking time stop to kill the heroes.
• Time Stands Still: The signature move of Star Platinum that generally allows Jotaro to deal with most enemies. Lateralus's ability, when interrupted by Star Platinum, shortens the duration of Jotaro's time stop.
• Torso with a View: Briefly ends up as this in August 15th (Wednesday) arc during his fight against Maynard. He gets better thanks to Josuke.
• We Have Become Complacent: Thinks of himself that way in Chapter 27 when he realizes that despite everything he did over the years, there are still DIO followers at large, gunning for him and his family.

Koichi Hirose

Koichi Hirose (Stand: Echoes)

"…when he shot me, I, really, lacked the fighting spirit necessary to have a stand. I would have died that day if it weren’t for Josuke."

Josuke's schoolmate and one of the stand users protecting Morioh. Polite and well-mannered most of the time, Koichi has grown interested in the theory of stands and what the Speedwagon Foundation does for the world.

Koichi's Stand is Echoes, which consists of several "acts" that use various sound-related abilities. He can use only one act at the time, but has grown proficient in using them and can switch between them at a moment's notice.

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• Adaptational Badass: While Echoes ACT3 has always been one of the Story-Breaker Power stands, it becomes an even bigger one here by the virtue of being a Semantic Superpower that can potentially cause mass destruction if Koichi uses random words to rhyme with ACT3. Echoes ACT2 also serves as one, as Koichi recognizes that using explosion sounds and the like as the onomatopoeia graffiti, especially large ones, can effortlessly waste the entire Morioh Grand Hotel if not a larger area.
• Ascended Extra: Not Koichi himself, but Echoes ACT2 which has been canonically overshadowed by ACT1's range and ACT3's raw strength. Here, ACT2 is used frequently.
• Godzilla Threshold: In Chapter 27 ACT3 Screech becomes this in Koichi's final confrontation with Yoma. It's also mentioned in Chapter 29 that despite Yoma being a harmless civilian after Lateralus Requiem induced Ret-Gone on the original version of him, Koichi still used ACT3 Screech, but against Maynard instead.
• Gravity Master: ACT3 can use it's Freeze ability to triple the target's weight, effectively stopping it in place. Its Screech ability goes the other way around, pushing everything outside of Koichi and whoever he's touching with extreme force.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: ACT1 is usually useless in a stand battle, but in Chapter 20 it's the only ability that can circumvent Manishu's defenses, shattering the illusion of D13 Trouble No More as it doesn't cause Manishu physical harm.
• Intergenerational Friendship: Between Koichi, a high schooler, and Jotaro, a doctor of oceanology.
• Mr. Exposition: Acts as one in early chapters, catching Ikuro up to speed on life in Morioh and on the details of the Joestars and Brandos and how they influenced the lives of the stand users in town.
• Person of Mass Destruction: Koichi recognizes that Echoes can become this if he uses disaster sounds as ACT2's onomatopoeia graffiti or if he uses a rhyme as an ACT3 ability without considering how the rhyme could manifest.
• Semantic Superpower: ACT3 in fact acts like this, with the stand only restricting itself to Freeze because it's something it knows and because Koichi is afraid to use other words as they can have unintended consequences because of the stand's mechanics.

Yuya Fungami

Yuya Fungami (Stand: Highway Star)

"Anyway, girls, watch how your man outdoes those losers."

A delinquent biker who enjoys the company of his three girlfriends and helps the other stand users whenever the occasion arises.

Yuya's stand is Highway Star, capable of draining a persona's stamina and follow them based on their scent by turning into a set of footprints.

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• Achilles' Heel: Yuya's Highway Star absorbs life energy from organic matter, which is why it's useless against cyborg Diamant in Chapter 17. Luckily for him, it's Played for Laughs.
  • Played for Drama, however, in Chapter 28 where it almost got Yuya killed when he tries to use Highway Star against Dordo, the cyborg assassin.
• An Arm and a Leg: Has his hand cut off by Yoma in Chapter 9, though Josuke heals him up after the battle is finished.
• The Dreaded: In a very short amount of time he becomes this to Maynard in August 15th (Wednesday) arc when the man learns that Yuya's ability is Lateralus's Kryptonite Factor.
• Dying Clue: Manages to tell Past!Ikuro about Maynard having Requiem as a stand and gives a clue to its loophole.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Ikuro in the second half of the story.
• Man of Kryptonite: Highway Star turns out to be this to Maynard, as it drains his superhuman stamina and limits the Time Rewind Mechanic length of Lateralus.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: By having Highway Star chase Yoma in Chapter 9, Yuya accidentally helped the latter to harness the abilities of hamon breathing as he pushed him to his limits.
• Odd Friendship: Yuya, a delinquent, becomes a close friend of the stoic and proper Ikuro Hashizawa.
• Paradox Person: After Lateralus Requiem flings him into the past, he becomes this, as even killing past Yuya can't remove the time traveler who warned Ikuro about the Requiem and its ability.
• Polyamory: The guy has three girlfriends that are fine sharing him. Yuya's example inspires Mikitaka to pursue both Josuke and Okuyasu at the same time.
• Ret-Gone: What Maynard's Lateralus Requiem induces onto him, the time travel ability implicitly killing the main Yuya and the two killing Yuya from prior of the events of Diamond is Unbreakable right after he had his traffic accident.
• Spanner in the Works: In Chapter 25, Yuya becomes this for Maynard as he turns out to be a Man of Kryptonite for him and messing up his Lateralus ability.
  • He becomes an even bigger one in Mass for the Forgotten chapters by giving Ikuro a clue to Lateralus Requiem's ability and very existence.

The Doress Group

The international pharmaceutical corporation who has a secret branch who are responsible for turning Ikuro into Baoh, making bioweapons in the past but falling on hard times as of late.

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General

• Adaptational Karma: In Baoh, they only lose one facility in Japan and are little worse for wear. 3P reveals that Baoh deal a heavy blow to their military branch that they had to disband it, and two out of three investors have pulled a great deal of their financing from the ESP branch.
• Adaptational Name Change: Depending on the translation, the original group in Baoh was called the Doress Organization or the Judas Group. This version seems to mesh them as The Doress Group.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Can be perceived as one to Passione whom they're mentioned to be in opposition. Both are organizations with criminal intentions that got their hands on a stand arrow, have many stand users in their ranks and, while mostly disconnected from DIO, are still eventually envolved in a fight against the Joestars. However, while Doress are a legitimate international business, Passione is a mafia gang in control a single country. Doress agents are also most civil with each other outside of occassional You Have Failed Me and several people showing Undying Loyalty to Gold-Two, while Passione's command is brought down by the infighting Golden Wind.
  • Even certain stand users mirror members of Passione, with Maynard's philosophy reflecting Diavolo's and Lateralus and King Crimson having time-related abilities to allow their users escape consequences of their actions, Kasuminome being a Mad Scientist not unlike Ciocolatta, Dixie using a laptop to control his stand akin to Melone, the Forty Six & 2 user being an Ax-Crazy who wears his stand as a suit like Ghiacchio and Secco, Ada Carrey's Rosetta Stoned impacting communication like Tiziano's Talking Head does, and so on. Maynard eventually having his stand accidentally pierced by the stand arrow and evolving also contrasts Diavolo, who actually knew about the Requiem stands but never managed to get one.
• Evil Counterpart: The entire group is effectively one to the Speedwagon Foundation, being a pharmaceutical company who also researches supernatural phenomena. However, while the Speedwagon Foundation protects the world and keeps the supernatural under wraps, the Doress Group used to sell their projects to the military and are now aiming to elevate the mankind via their research of Baoh and stands.
• Evil Versus Evil: It's referenced a few times that Doress have issue expanding their Doress Europe operations to Italy because of Passione, with Diamant apparently being in charge of identifying their stand users and developing ways of containing them, something that is hampered with him being forced to stay in Morioh in this story.
• Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke: Their modus operandi, with them designing Baoh, trying to crack the genetic code to the stand phenomenon and still producing mutants akin to Aroma Bats and Sap Spiders that Jotaro encounters in Chapter 27.
• MegaCorp: They're direct competitors of the Speedwagon Foundation, being their Evil Counterpart, utilizing stands for their own means.
• Musical Theme Naming: All brand-new stands of Doress agents are named after tool songs.
• Private Military Contractors: Used to have a group of these in Baoh, but Ikuro de-facto wiped them out back then and what was left had to be disbanded. It's implied that Doress use their stand users to do their dirty work these days.
• Sinister Surveillance: They've been operating in Morioh and observing the local stand users since before Diamond is Unbreakable. Several stand users who work for Carrey and Diamant and fight Josuke and Ikuro in Chapter 21 have abilities that imply they were part of the surveillance team.
• They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: A running theme with their agents. Numerous members of Doress, including Gold-Two, Johnny and Dr. Kasuminome interact with heroes with them none the wiser about their allegiance. It's Exploited by Doress, allowing them to perform surveillance and sneak attacks on the heroes.
• War for Fun and Profit: Implied by Diamant to be the intent with which Doress Japan was created, though that idea had been steadily filtered out of the corporation.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Doress Europe and, thanks to Maynard, the Doress Group as a whole. As Diamant tells Ikuro in his Motive Rant, Doress Europe had been created to advance humanity, even though the means of such are questionable.

Gold-Two (SPOILERS)

Maynard K. Jones (Stand: Lateralus)

^{Stand Card}

^{Lateralus Requiem}

"I, Maynard K. Jones, am a man with no regrets in his life. And I don’t intend to regret whatever it is I choose as a deserved prize for my efforts."

One of the Golds, the nebulous investors of the ESP branch of Doress, implied to be a man in high position within the public Doress Group. After Dr. Kasuminome meets a grisly end, he takes direct control of the operations of Doress ESP department in Morioh.

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Tropes pertaining to Maynard K. Jones:

• Affably Evil: Maynard is courteous with his employees, is generally pleasant if you don't push his Berserk Button and in Chapter 23, despite at first being furious about Jotaro and Ikuro getting on his tail, he takes it in good fun by the time they actually confront him.
• Ambition Is Evil: Maynard contrasts his fellow investors, Gold-One and Gold-Three, by being ambitious enough to change the world, evolving humanity to superhumans akin to DIO with research Doress conducts on stands and on Baoh.
• Ascended Extra: In Baoh, the three masked men, investors of Doress, only appear for a brief scene where Dr. Kasuminome explains how the Baoh parasite works. Here, one of them is promoted to Big Bad.
• Benevolent Boss: Appears to be that, as he's described as soft by Miyagi Kasuminome for chastising her You Have Failed Me policy, is noted to be generous with salary for ESP branch employees by Ada Carrey and is generally nice to his assistant, Johnny, even buying him snacks on a whim.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Maynard goofs around in his initial appearances, but he's also a shrewd businessman who controls both Doress and, to an extent, the Speedwagon Foundation. He has a time-manipulating stand that can keep up with Star Platinum and he himself, via Bio-Augmentation, can keep up with Baoh. It's also revealed in Chapter 19 that he even chooses recreational activities in the vicinity of Morioh stand users to learn their connections to each other and understand what makes them tick.
• Big Bad: The man who kickstarted the stand research as the head of Doress America ESP department in the past, leading to Miyagi Kasuminome's presence in present-time Morioh, the investor who ensured the Baoh project's fruition and the one who tries to recover the parasite by killing Ikuro. After Kasuminome dies, Maynard becomes the primary antagonist of the story.
• Bio-Augmentation: Maynard took BAOH Boosters based on Baoh DNA which granted him Super-Strength, Super-Reflexes and Super-Speed.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist:
  • Maynard himself points out the differences between him and DIO. Both are ambitious men with numerous followers and extensive resources. They both have superhuman abilities outside of stands, and their stands allow them to control time. However, Maynard is a Benevolent Boss while DIO is a Bad Boss, and while the latter has Evil Cannot Comprehend Good moments related to his Lack of Empathy, Maynard is effectively The Empath who can guess people's motivation and predict their behavior, planning his attacks around it. While DIO is a blatant Card-Carrying Villain with plans to Take Over the World, Maynard is more of a Well-Intentioned Extremist who wants humanity to ascend beyond their limitations even if it takes a few sacrifices.
  • Maynard also heavily contrasts with Diavolo. The two of them are powerful stand users in charge of powerful organizations who keep their identities secret. Diavolo is a paranoid Bad Boss who suffers a lot because of it, while Maynard is a Benevolent Boss who enjoys loyal employees and instead incites paranoia in heroes. Most notably, both of them use their time-manipulating stands to escape consequences of their actions, but the abilities reflect their different ideologies: King Crimson puts Diavolo out of the harm's way, as Diavolo only cares about results; Lateralus allows Maynard to turn back time and remove the issue, "a regret", completely. It's also notable that Doress and Passione are mentioned to be in opposition to each other. Maynard acquiring a Requiem ability on accident is a cherry on top.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Was implied to be in charge of Doress to an extent, before Chapter 25 revealed him to be the vice-president of Doress America and, de-facto, the chief of the entire corporation due to his connections and manipulations. In Chapter 23 it's also revealed he sits on the board of directors of the Speedwagon Foundation.
• Cold Ham: Maynard doesn't usually raise his voice or engage in grandiose laughter, while still remaining dramatic and eccentric in his speeches, most notably in Chapter 19.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Maynard is shown to love his parents dearly and right before leaving for Morioh, a flashback shows him visiting their graves.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Maynard shows dissatisfaction with the Kasuminomes' You Have Failed Me policy, especially with Miyagi's. And he detests the latter's ruthlessness in general, in a relationship not dissimilar to the relationship of Diavolo and Ciocolatta.
  • While he does recruit him and send him after Okuyasu, Maynard is creeped out by Yoma Hashimoto and his murderous glee.
• Good Parents: Is revealed to have had these in his backstory in Chapter 25.
• Greater-Scope Villain: As one of the Golds, he was responsible for the events of Baoh.
• I Regret Nothing: Played for Drama. This is Maynard's entire philosophy as he tries to live a life with no regrets.
• Intergenerational Friendship: Between Maynard (who's in his later 40s) and Johngalli (who's 24 in this story).
• Karma Houdini: In Baoh, none of the Golds received their comeuppance, being virtually untouched by everything that Ikuro managed to accomplish, only losing research data at most.
  • Maynard's Lateralus basically invokes this, rewinding time so that Maynard evades any consequences of his actions.
• Manchild: Maynard, despite being in his forties, gleefully indulges in comics and manga, is excited to visit a Fan Convention, plays darts to win an action figure of a videogame character and generally acts goofy from time to time.
• Manipulative Bastard: He has an interest in psychology, is empathetic and knows how to manipulate people, inspiring Undying Loyalty in Johnny and, in Chapter 25, using the lure of Ikuro's past to stun him and leave him open for Johnny's lethal shot. In Chapter 26 he basically manipulates Ikuro into surrendering to Undertow and getting killed to protect his friends and family from Baoh.
• Mole in Charge: Downplayed. He's not the ultimate authority of the Speedwagon Foundation, but he does sit on the board of directors and has enough influence to tamper with their stand user database.
• O.C. Stand-in: The original Masked Men in Baoh didn't have much personality outside of being Kasuminome's mysterious investors, despite being Greater-Scope Villains and still being at large by the end of the story.
• Older Than They Look: It's mentioned a few times that he looks younger than his age would assume, stemming from a healthy lifestyle and the BAOH Booster.
• Oh, Crap!: Chapter 25 has several of them in quick succession, with Maynard freaking out when Yuya's attack drains his stamina and actually impairs his time rewind ability and then freaking out when he realizes Ikuro briefly knocked him unconscious, fixing the starting point of his ability.
  • Chapter 27 has arguably an even bigger one when Yoma invades the villa he and his assistants were recuperating.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: In the "August 15th (Wednesday)" arc Maynard changes his outfit into a black and red, as well as his hairstyle, to throw off the scent while the heroes are expecting him to wear his white business suit all the time. This is also the arc where Maynard enacts his plan and becomes a truly proactive villain, coming very close to killing Ikuro and several others.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Played With. Initially Maynard seems to be the Red Oni to Johnny's Blue. Chapter 19 begins to show them in a different light. Maynard shows his craftier side, holding Johnny back from acting rashly, while the other get agitated relatively easily where the Joestars are concerned. In the end, Maynard acts as the Blue to Johnny's Red.
• Sickly Child Grew Up Strong: In Chapter 25, Maynard's backstory as a sickly teen of a well-off couple is shown, easily catching various viruses and falling ill frequently. It's even mentioned to follow him into an adulthood, only fully going away after he obtained Lateralus and had a BAOH Booster used on himself.
• Super-Strength: As first shown in Chapter 18, it's one of the superhuman abilities granted to Maynard by boosters that Dr. Kasuminome developed from Baoh DNA.
• Villain in a White Suit: Maynard is always described to wear a white business suit with black turtleneck.
• Villainous Friendship: Has one with Johnny and, to a lesser extent, with Dixie and Oskar, sincerely enjoying their company and allowing himself to act goofy around them.
• Villain Respect: Zigzagged. Maynard respects DIO's charm, the powers he possessed and the way he amassed followers. However, it's implied he doesn't think much of him as a person, referring to DIO as an immature and regretful man "who spent too little time in the real world to know how it worked".
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Played With. Maynard does have the best of humanity's interests in mind, intent on evolving them to match or even surpass vampires and pillar men. He's also very concerned about the potential of Baoh to run amok after hatching its progeny and killing Ikuro and intends to destroy it after it's studied. However, he doesn't deny he intends to reap profits all the way through.

Tropes pertaining to Lateralus (Requiem):

• 11th-Hour Superpower: In Chapter 27 while under Yoma's assault, Lateralus accidentally has its shoulder pierced with the stand arrow Maynard retrieved from the local Doress office. It then undergoes a transformation, becoming a Requiem stand.
• The Blank: Lateralus lacks a face, its head reminding Jotaro of Cobra Commander.
• Dark Is Evil: Lateralus is a stand with almost nothing by black and shades of dark gray in its design.
• Evil Knockoff: Lateralus Requiem attains an appearance that's similar to Baoh and shares at the very least his ability to produce forearm blades.
• Evil Sounds Deep: Both Lateralus and its Requiem form are described as having deep dark voice.
• It Can Think: Lateralus Requiem is shown to be contemplative and mostly independent of Maynard, giving name to itself (the weirdness of which is Lampshaded by Johngalli), activating its ability and dealing with Yoma Hashimoto all of its own will to demonstrate what it can do.
• Life Drain: Implied to be what happens when a person thrusts themself into the Requiem's ability.
• Logical Weakness: The secret to the ridiculous length of Lateralus's time rewind ability is his superhuman stamina. When Highway Star drains that stamina in Chapter 25, Maynard is left stumbling, requiring much more effort to use his ability.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Lateralus Requiem defies the style of in-story illustrations, being depicted with an actual face in all its illustrations. Its eyes and features also have curves while almost all illustrations are entirely sharp and angular.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: Lateralus, contrasting its user, has black and red as its colors.
  • Even more so for Lateralus Requiem that has red veins running all over it.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Lateralus Requiem has red eyes with segmented irises and is a very dangerous Requiem stand.
• Story-Breaker Power: As is usual for JoJo villains with time manipulation abilities. Lateralus allows its user to turn back time at least a whole day, reversing any "regrets" he might have. Not only that, but Maynard has superhuman abilities of his own via BAOH Booster, Super-Strength and Super-Speed, and can combat Jotaro and Ikuro in Chapter 23 in what's basically a Dual Boss fight against him and his stand.
  • Lateralus Requiem is even more so, allowing Maynard to Make Wrong What Once Went Right by reversing time as much as he needs to get rid of a person by inducing a Ret-Gone on them.
• Time Rewind Mechanic: The ability of Lateralus that allows Maynard to rewind time and fix whatever he wants, from avoiding a spilled drink on his suit to tanking attacks from Star Platinum and Baoh just to evade them on the second go. It also has a side effect of shortening Star Platinum's Time Stop duration when it hits mid-rewind.

Johnny (SPOILERS)

Johngalli A. (Stand: Manhattan Transfer)

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"If you pardon me, sir, should we really be indulging? We did have a mission, to deal with Baoh and with the Joestars. You have great resources at your disposal, and even with Kasuminome’s failure, many powerful stand users. I do not mean to doubt your means, but what are you waiting for?"

Maynard's personal assistant, serving as his chauffeur, bodyguard and frequent conversation partner. He's also one of the former followers of DIO, seeking vengeance on the Joestars for the man's demise.

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• Abled in the Adaptation: Downplayed and Justified. Peculiar Parasitic Phenomenon takes place ten years before Stone Ocean, and Johngalli's cataracts haven't completely robbed him of his vision completely yet. He also take Tonio's healing food, alleviating the symptoms.
• Abusive Parents: Once he was diagnosed to lose his vision young, his parents deemed him a liability, dragging him to Egypt on a pretense of a family vacation and stranding him there. It's even said that his father would have likely killed him if he wasn't afraid of the law.
• Affectionate Nickname: Johngalli is affectionately called "Johnny" by his boss and he doesn't seem to mind it.
• Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics: Invoked by his stand that allows him to ricochet in ridiculous circumstances and gather significant power from those shots, cutting down the cables of an elevator with just one shot.
• Boom, Headshot!: How Johnny kills a nurse at Budogaoka General, tries to kill Kars and almost kills Jotaro and Koichi. He also kills Ikuro this way in Chapter 25 before time is reversed.
• Canon Character All Along: In Chapter 20, Johnny's physical description and stand ability heavily implies his identity to be Johngalli A. from Stone Ocean, and in Chapter 22 his identity is confirmed.
• The Dragon: Johnny serves as Maynard's confidante and right-hand man in the second half of the story. Arguably, he's Co-Dragons with Dixie.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In Chapter 26, this is revealed to be the foundation for Johnny's grudge against the Joestars. DIO took him in when he was a child abandoned by his Abusive Parents for having cataracts, and a few of DIO's minions like Hol Horse and the Oingo Boingo brothers helped look after him. DIO's death at Jotaro's hands and Hol Horse's disappearance made Johnny determined to kill Jotaro in revenge, even at the cost of his own life.
• Hero Killer: Kills Ikuro in Chapter 25. Because of Lateralus, that doesn't stick.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: In Chapter 26, Josuke defeats the sniper by shooting a round into Johngalli's Manhattan Transfer, ricocheting it back into him.
• Intergenerational Friendship:
  • Johnny is mentioned by Maynard to be half the latter's age, making them this.
  • In his childhood, Johnny befriended Hol Horse, who by Stardust Crusaders was a grown man. Hol Horse became something of a father-figure to Johnny and showed him how to use a gun, something that Johnny's birth father originally intended to to do before he was diagnosed with cataracts. Hol Horse's disappearance while on a mission to kill the Joestars in part fueled Johnny's grudge against the bloodline, especially Jotaro.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Played With. While initially it seems that Johnny is the Blue Oni to Maynard's Red, given his boss's outgoing nature, Chapter 19 begins to show them in a different light. When focused on a mission, Johnny gets agitated and eager to throw himself forward, being the Red Oni, while Maynard prefers to plan and observe, being the Blue Oni.
• Undying Loyalty: Shows religious loyalty to DIO and, to an extent, shows that some of his loyalty went to Maynard.
• Villainous Friendship:
  • He has one with Maynard who also on occasion serves as a mentor to him, underlining the importance of personal connections to him.
  • In his youth, this was his relationship with Hol Horse, who taught him how to use a gun. Hol Horse's disappearance during a mission regarding the Joestars fueled his grudge against them, especially Jotaro.

Dr. Kasuminome (SPOILERS)

Miyagi Kasuminome (Stand: Useful Idiot)

^{Stand Card, using Useful Idiot on Jotaro}

"Humans are a life form with possibilities."

The head researcher of Doress in Morioh. The daughter of Sendai Kasuminome, Big Bad of Baoh who's responsible for turning Ikuro into Baoh. She's a ruthless mad scientist with ambitions to enhance humanity via Baoh abilities and stands, most importantly, by learning how stands function on a genetic level to tailor them for various needs.

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• Achilles' Heel: Tunnel vision. Useful Idiot requires Kasuminome to see the target and focus on them. It being able to hold only one target at a time is the reason she's not as proactive as she could be and why she heaps contingencies upon contingencies that ultimately backfired on her.
• Bio-Augmentation: The designer of such, but she also took boosters herself, shrugging off Star Platinum's hits in Chapter 15.
• Birds of a Feather: Chapter 29 reveals she's been in contact with Dolcio Ciocolatta, who's just as depraved a doctor as her, and the two of them bonded on discussion their horrific exploits.
• Canon Foreigner: In an inversion of Canon Character All Along, Miyagi Kasuminome is this, as the story up to her appearance built up Sendai Kasuminome, her father appearing in Baoh, as the real mastermind behind the Doress agents in Morioh.
• Climax Boss: Is one for the first half of the story, after which the local Doress agents take a backseat, having realized how outmatched they are against the heroes, and Maynard picks up the slack as the primary antagonist.
• Complexity Addiction: Discussed by Gold-Two in Chapter 19 as she used all the strongest tools to dispose of Josuke Higashikata and get rid of a potential threat, rather than go straight for Ikuro and Baoh, whether to eliminate or capture him.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Miyagi is trapped within Undertow that fills her body with water to the point is starts to burst, and then pulls her underground, presumably ripping her into pieces with the water pressure.
• Death by Irony: After Oskar failed, she gave the order to cut him loose. However, he was just fine and pissed off by the attempt, coming back in Chapter 15 to kill Miyagi herself.
• Disc-One Final Boss: She's effectively the Big Bad of the first half of the story. After that, the Doress office of Morioh doesn't bother the heroes much and the active villainy is relegated to Gold-Two who has his own team of stand users.
• Dragon Ascendant: The one to her father, Sendai Kasuminome. Especially since it's implied in the story that she was around the events of Baoh, working off-screen on what would become BAOH Booster.
• The Dreaded: Diamant and Carrey, as well as their Morioh office, are uneasy around her and even Maynard finds her methods too ruthless and distasteful, despite admitting that she gets results most of the time.
• Evilutionary Biologist: Her core beliefs as she wants to find a way to create artificial stands and elevate humanity with the power they can grant.
• Fatal Flaw: Her ruthlessness. It alienated her employees and made Diamant and Carrey save Steel after the latter failed Kasuminome. She went after Josuke, as a critical ally of Baoh, but that backfired because the agents she sent counteracted each other, not to mention weren't the most loyal and ready to leave at the sight of true trouble. In the end, she's killed by Oskar, whom she tried to dispatch after he failed to kill Ikuro and his friends.
• Foil: To Kars. Both are Unfettered Mad Scientists who want to push their species beyond their natural limits. However, Kars has people he cares about and tries to avenge after completing his goal, while Kasuminome shows full disregard of both her employees and of her late father. Their similarities are Discussed by Mikitaka in Chapter 15.
• Hated by All: Absolutely no one likes her, with even her supposed student, Manishu, brushing aside her death at the end of Chapter 15, after having possibly assisted her to-be killer. The employees of Doress in Morioh fear her and dislike her in general, Yoma is passive aggressive with her because of her forcing him to join Doress with her Body Snatcher stand and Maynard, while appreciative of her input, is frequently infuriated by her.
• Knight of Cerebus: Whenever Kasuminome is involved in person, the seriousness of the narrative picks up, as she goes straight for the kill with the strongest tools in her disposal.
• Mad Scientist: She's a woman who cuts people up to research the stand phenomenon and wants, along with Maynard, to elevate humanity to a new level.
• Manipulative Bitch: In Chapter 15 she accepts to guilt trip Ikuro, pinning the blame of Doress attacks on him. It doesn't hit too hard, since the other heroes give her an Armor-Piercing Response, but the damage was done and she could have got results if not for them.
• Motive Rant: She goes on a rant in Chapter 15, explaining her desire to research the stand phenomenon and learn to manufacture stands to gain any ability imaginable and elevate humanity.
• Professor Guinea Pig: Implied. She has Super-Reflexes to prove she used one of the BAOH Boosters on herself, and with Maynard saying there was only enough source material to work with, it's entirely possible the trope was in action.
• Psychic-Assisted Suicide: What she attempts to do with Steely Dan in Chapter 7 and with Josuke in Chapter 13, failing on both accounts, though it's implied those are the exceptions.
• Samus Is a Girl: The heroes assume that Kasuminome they've been dealing with is her father, Sendai Kasuminome, while actually it's her. She uses it to catch Mikitaka off-guard in Chapter 15 and almost kill him.
• Super-Reflexes: One of the enhancements granted via her boosters.
• The Unfettered: She has no moral restrictions in her pursuit of research and cleaning up loose ends that could endanger her operations. If she needs to, she'll open people up alive to understand the physiology of stands.
• Villainous Breakdown: When cornered by heroes, Miyagi's already on the verge of breaking, but when Oskar unleashes Undertow to kill her, she completely freaks out.
  Miyagi: "Oskar! Don’t be unreasonable! Think of what you’re depriving the world of, you stupid fleabag! I-I CAN’T DIE HERE!"

Yoma Hashimoto

Yoma Hashimoto (Ability: The Grudge)

"You have made me re-examine my regiment, Rohan-sensei. I have begun to sought knowledge. To be as much of a perfect athlete as a perfect trainer. You can't gather all the knowledge in the world, of course, but one can try. Have you heard of Hermes, the patron god of athletes in Ancient Greece? I certainly feel a kinship with him. Like Hermes, known for his own trickery, I’ll fall for your tricks no longer. Such is the power of a divine grudge."

A spirited athlete and a model Rohan met in Tokyo. He's also a serial killer who goes after anyone who interferes with his training regiment. After the events of The Run he develops a grudge against Rohan and seeks him out to kill in brutal fashion for his defeat.

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• Alternate Self: The Yoma seen in Mass for the Forgotten chapters, having been diverted from the path of becoming a serial killer, with that version of him being Ret-Gone by Lateralus Requiem.
• Body Horror: In Chapter 24 Okuyasu lands a hit on him with The Hand, diagonally scraping his body and leaving Yoma a horrific mismash of a person, especially since it doesn't kill him.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: His draconian training regiment left him capable of superhuman feats, includuing maintaining speed over 50 km/h to escape Highway Star.
• The Dreaded: Initially Rohan was the only one who knew about him, and the very thought of him gave the man a panic attack. After Yoma reveals himself and takes on Josuke and Yuya at the same time, other residents of Morioh start to fear him on similar levels.
• Faux Affably Evil: Yoma puts on a polite mask, but he's quick to flip into a murderous mood and describe in detail how he'll kill you.
• Foil: One to Boingo. Both are heated rivals of Rohan, but while Boingo is a Friendly Rival, especially as the story goes on, Yoma is Rohan's Arch-Enemy out for blood. Yoma is an avatar of Hermes, and Boingo uses Tohth, presumed to channel Thoth. The two gods in question are considered counterpart to each other, which is Lampshaded in-universe.
• Good Powers, Bad People: In Chapter 9, after being pushed by Highway Star to his limits, Yoma manages to get his breathing just right to achieve Hamon Breathing, an ability previously used to combat vampires and the undead. He, however, uses it in attempts to kill the heroes.
• Instant Expert: Downplayed. Yoma doesn't master hamon techniques immediately, but his status as Hermes's avatar enables him to train his techniques relatively quickly.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: For all his arrogance, knowing when he's outmatched a trait Yoma repeatedly demonstrates. The first time he's forced to retreat by Jotaro's Star Platinum, though he also shows he wants to test his newfound hamon powers before committing to his vengeance.
• Lone Wolf Boss: Yoma isn't an employee of the Doress Group and mostly operates on his own. Downplayed in that Dr. Kasuminome brute-forced him to assist in The Washington Package arc and later, in Chapter 24, Maynard recruits him for his own attack on the heroes.
• No-Sell: His divine patronage leaves Rohan unable to use Heaven's Door to stop Yoma from attacking. In Chapter 24 The Grudge evolves to cancel out stand abilities nigh-immediately, nullifying the effects of Echoes ACT 3 and Love Deluxe the moment Yoma comes in contact with them.
• Oh, Crap!: His reaction to Kars using rainbow hamon to counter his Divine Overdrive.
• Ret-Gone: On the receiving end of this from Lateralus Requiem, the current Serial Killer version being written out of existence when Maynard and Requiem travel to the past and cripple Yoma.
• Signature Move: Hamon Pulse.
• Stalker without a Crush: In the second half of the story he continuously stalks Rohan in his house, regularly bringing him fruit baskets.
• Wrong Context Magic: He's an avatar of Greek god.
• Villainous Breakdown: Was on the verge of it in Chapter 24 after Okuyasu mutilates him with The Hand, behaving much more erratically and muttering like a maniac. He gets slightly better when Maynard contacts him.
  • He completely loses it in Chapter 27 after Koichi uses ACT3 Screech to launch him away, implicitly mangling him even worse once he lands. Yoma turns completely Ax-Crazy and decides to turn his rage onto Maynard and his assistants, killing the latter in brutal fashion before Lateralus reverses that.
  Yoma: "Y-you! Heh-heh… You will pay the price! T-the price… of y-your lies! ALL OF YOU STAND USING WRETCHES WILL DIE! YOU! WILL! DIE! DIE! DIE!"

Dixie Flatline

Dixie Flatline (Stand: Remote Romance)

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"Did she put you in a foul mood, boss? We could send someone to straighten her up."

A professional hacker in employment of the Doress Office, serving as Maynard's chief tech specialist. Dixie is also the user of Remote Romance, a stand that can appear anywhere in the world no matter the distance to relay messages and perform business.

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• Ambiguously Gay: Dixie is very much Camp and in Chapter 27 he admit that he would hate if someone forced him out of closet the way he did to Josuke.
• Co-Dragons: Is arguably one to Maynard along with Johnny.
• The Cracker: The hacker who's implied to be partially responsible for the Doress Group siphoning the Speedwagon Foundation's research.
• Dark Is Evil: Remote Romance is a stand in all black and belongs to a malevolent hacker.
• Digging Yourself Deeper: Does so very well in Chapter 27, pleading for Jotaro not to beat him up and accidentally revealing that he outed Josuke to a hate mob, something Jotaro hadn't yet known, only giving him more reason to beat him up.
• Dirty Coward: Shows shades of this in Chapter 27, begging for his life when Jotaro defeats his Sap Spiders and when Yoma breaks into the villa he, Maynard and Johngalli are staying.
• Flunky Boss: In Chapter 27, Jotaro has to fight genetically-modified Sap Spiders Dixie transported to Budogaoka High School, effortlessly folding Remote Romance itself once the spiders are through.
• Jabba Table Manners: Maynard is visibly perturbed and makes note of that when he and Dixie dine in Trattoria Trussardi.
• Invisible to Normals: Averted. Remote Romance can explicitly be seen by non-stand users.
• O.C. Stand-in: Canonical Dixie Flatline never made an appearance, being a Posthumous Character who had once been the user of Remote Romance, "everybody's stand", leaving his identity to interpretation.
• Remote Body: Remote Romance effectively projects Dixie himself or whoever he appoints to wherever in the world he wants.
• Undying Loyalty: Despite his playfulness and shades of Dirty Coward, he generally demonstrates great loyalty towards Maynard.
• Villainous Friendship: With Maynard and Johnny, though seemingly not the extent of the one between those two.

Ada Carrey

Ada Carrey (Stand: Rosetta Stoned)

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"All my employees are harmless, well, mostly harmless analysts and researchers. It’s very obviously not me you have to worry about."

The stand user who spent time as a secretary of Dr. Kasuminome. She's de-facto in charge of the civil side of the Doress office in Morioh. Carrey's stand, Rosetta Stoned, enable universal translation of speech and texts in its area of effect, with Carrey being able to perform finer tuning.

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• Affably Evil: Despite being weary, she takes her defeat in Chapter 18 gracefully and doesn't even seem to resist Rohan's Heaven's Door much during her questioning.
• Beleagured Bureaucrat: Implied to be that with how she's described to be worn out in most of her appearances.
• The Cynic: Shows shades of this in Chapter 18 when she says that stand users are fated to fight one another and Morioh being a safe haven where stand users co-exist peacefully is an aberration.
• The Dragon: Is effectively one to Dr. Kasuminome in the first half of the story, being the scientist's secretary, main survelliance agent and a battle partner to relay Useful Idiot's ability.
• Evil Redhead: Downplayed as Carrey is a Punch-Clock Villain.
• Heel–Face Turn: After Gold-Two arrives to Morioh, Carrey and her team are sidelined and in Chapter 22 she basically says she doesn't want to have to confront any of the Morioh residents and just wants to do her office job in peace.
• Non-Action Guy: Rosetta Stoned doesn't have direct combat abilities and usually stays out of fights, assisting other stand users, such as Kasuminome or Oskar, and fleeing when heroes focus on it.
• Punch-Clock Villain: Carrey is shown to be weirded out by Kasuminome and the methods that the doctor uses, and she doesn't harbor particular loyalty for the company, not going out of her way to cause trouble for Morioh stand users.
• Sinister Surveillance: How Rosetta Stoned is often used in the first half of the story, spying on various denizens of Morioh.
• Support Party Member: For Useful Idiot, greatly extending the range of its ability and putting distance between Kasuminome and the target.
• Translator Microbes: The main ability of Rosetta Stoned. She uses it to ease the communication of her staff and it's said she had been using Rosetta Stoned during the events of Baoh allowing the Golds to converse freely with Kasuminome.
  • Curse of Babel: Just as it can break language barrier, Rosetta Stoned can build them, as shown in Chapter 18. It can even scramble text-related stand powers, such as Tohth and Heaven's Door.
• You Are in Command Now: This is effectively what happens after Kasuminome ends up dead. Ada commands the Doress users in Morioh and is implied to take over the operations of the Doress Japan ESP department as a whole.

Erich Diamant-Berger

Erich Diamant-Berger (Stand: Third Eye)

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"Do not presume to know what is proper for Doress, Baoh!"

The analyst of Doress, transferred to Morioh from Europe. His stand, Third Eye, has two modes. When it's a monocle on Diamant's face, it has the ability to reveal other people's stands, their names and the way those stands work. When it assumes a humanoid form, it's a strong fighter and has a railgun in its stomach that shoots rays of light which explode the end point.

Diamant is also the grandson of Rudol von Stroheim who joined Doress to investigate the cause of his grandfather's suspicious death, suspecting a stand user to be behind it. Diamant's grandmother was also one of the founding researchers of Doress Europe and so Diamant wants to serve the legacy she built and uphold the ideals Doress Europe started with.

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• Affably Evil: Diamant is a pleasant and empathetic person who's passionate about his job and shows his better side to the heroes even before his Heel–Face Turn.
• Combo Platter Powers: The Enemy Scan and Having a Blast cannon that Third Eye has in different modes.
• Cyborg: After the events of Chapter 14, he had to install mechanical replacements for the limbs Santana consumed. It has a side effect of partially protecting him from Yuya's Highway Star.
• Enemy Scan: The primary ability of Third Eye in its monocle mode.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: When comforting Josuke during the latter's panic attack, he mentioned his beloved mother's death. He's also shown to have his maternal grandparents, Dennis and Rudol von Stroheim, in high regards.
• Establishing Character Moment: in his first appearance in Chapter 12 Diamant chastises Dr. Kasuminome for callous attitude regarding other agents.
• Having a Blast: The primary ability of Third Eye in its humanoid, the "railgun" in its belly being able to create explosions wherever its ray lands. However, Diamant doesn't use it often, aware of collateral damage.
• Heel–Face Turn: Begins to show doubt in his mission in Chapter 17 and completes the turn in Chapter 22 where he helps Jotaro against Johnny's stand and uncovers Johnny's stand and his true identity, that of Johngalli A. with his stand being Manhattan Transfer.
• Large Ham: He occasionally shows sides of this, especially when Ikuro gets him ranting.
• Like Father, Like Son: Both Diamant and Stroheim were forced to become cyborgs after they were attacked by Santana.
• Motive Rant: Ikuro accidentally triggers him to have one in Chapter 17, making him reveal his grandfather to be Rudol von Stroheim. His odd death was half the motivation of Diamant to join Doress to uncover the truth of it. The other half was his grandmother's status as one of the founding scientists of Doress Europe.
• Oh, Crap!: Diamant's reaction when Baoh closes on to him in Chapter 14.
• Pet the Dog: In Chapter 19 he accidentally triggers Josuke's panic attack but tries his best to help him through it in a tender moment.
• Redeeming Replacement: To his grandfather, Rudol von Stroheim, who was a Nazi officer who renounced the Final Solution.
• Spanner in the Works: The first of the several for Maynard in Morioh, as he reveals Johngalli's name to Jotaro and Maynard only learns about it only after his Lateralus can no longer revert the action.
• Token Good Teammate: Despite his attempts to kill Josuke and his friends in The Washington Package chapters, he's also the most moral of major Doress agents, his Establishing Character Moment attempting to chastise Dr. Kasuminome for Steel's dismissal and attempted murder, as well as Oskar's attempted dismissal. He's uncomfortable with the way Kasuminome tries to induce Psychic-Assisted Suicide on Josuke and geniunely believes Doress to be more moral than they actually are.
• Undying Loyalty: To the Doress Group. A important distinction is that his loyalty is to the corporation and the noble ideas of human evolution its European office was founded, rather than the corporate individuals.
  • Diamant also has the loyalty to the Joestar family, once he puts it together that the "JoJo" his grandfather was in debt to was Joseph Joestar. He ceases offensive actions against them immediately and actively turns on Maynard, finding out and revealing Johngalli's name and stand while assisting Jotaro, which plays a crucial role in his investigation.

Manishu (SPOILERS)

Manishu Brando (Stand: D13 Trouble No More)

"Manishu Brando. It is, against all odds, a pleasure to meet you properly, Jotaro Kujo."

A genius kid stand user in employ of Doress who had previously tried to kill Jotaro Kujo and his friends during the events of Stardust Crusaders. In truth, he's Manishu Brando, the youngest son of DIO, who learned restraint over the years, pursuing vengeance against Kakyoin for the humiliating defeat the man handed him.

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• Adaptational Wimp: Oddly enough, Invoked. Manishu deliberately had his ability evolve into a less destructive one so that the power he spent on creating and controlling the dream world to the point where he was a Reality Warper could be used to create Living Memory and trap people into his Lotus-Eater Machine even when they're completely awake. It's also Downplayed, as while he's not a Reality Warper within his ability anymore, he's shown to be an Invincible Villain, with neither Star Platinum, Ultimate Being Kars nor Echoes ACT3 making the slightest dent in his defenses, only defeated by a very specific ability of Echoes ACT1.
• Child Prodigy: Graduates into this from the Brainy Baby he was in Stardust Crusaders, with his intelligence stated to be an abnormality connected to his parentage, rather than him getting a stand.
• Didn't Think This Through: Discussed in Chapter 22 when Manishu admits that his attempt to kill Jotaro and his friends would have ended up with him dead as well, since they were in the middle of the desert at the time and Manishu wouldn't even be able to use his stand to get himself out.
• Heel–Face Turn: Cements on in Chapter 22 when it's revealed that Maynard tricked him about Kakyoin still being alive to take revenge on.
• Grim Reaper: D13 Trouble No More retains the appearance of Death Thirteen, but it also gains an extra meaning to its ability, being able to recreate departed people via people's memories of them.
• Invincible Villain: Subverted. His initial appearance within D13 Trouble No More's ability, posing as Dr. Akefu, shows that he's virtually untouchable while inside the ability, any stand attack bouncing off him harmlessly. However, when all else fails, Echoes ACT1, usually more or less useless in a direct fight, circumvents the ability by not actually harming Manishu but driving him mad with the repeated noise to the point he can't keep up the D13 ability and it breaks.
• Living Memory: One of the primary uses of D13, allowing Manishu to recreate departed people via others' memories of them. Different perspectives on the same person allow him to create a more true-to-like copies that are all independent of his will.
• Lotus-Eater Machine: The way D13 Trouble No More works, immobilizing people in the real world while placing them inside the ability with them none the wiser.
• Master of Illusion: D13 Trouble No More is the combination of this and Lotus-Eater Machine, creating a perfect copy of the real world and trapping a person within unless they're physically touched in the real world.
• Named In The Adaptation: Mannish Boy is given the name of Manishu Brando. Somewhat Downplayed, as "Manishu" was a name that he had in localization.
• Not So Stoic: Manishu plays it off cool, trying to look Wise Beyond Their Years, but when confronted with the Morioh stand users in person, he shows timidness and fear. He also briefly blows up and reverts to his Part 3 character after learning that Maynard duped him into believe Kakyoin was still alive for him to have vengeance on him.
• Pet the Dog: He had no reason to use D13 Trouble No More to give Jotaro closure, but he chose to show his gratefulness that way.
• Related in the Adaptation: In this story, Mannish Boy is the youngest of DIO's sons, introducing Jotaro to the idea that DIO might have procreated.
• Shared Family Quirks: In his first proper encounter with Jotaro in Chapter 20, posing as Dr. Satoru Akefu, Manishu tries out the familial "Useless, useless, useless," proclamation, even if it's a statement rather than a battle cry. He also lets out a "WRY!" when loosing his cool and learning Maynard tricked him about Kakyoin.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Manishu is considerably nicer than his Stardust Crusaders incarnation, at least when things go his way. It's Justified in him being humbled over the years.
• Vengeance Denied: What ultimately cements his Heel–Face Turn, as it's revealed to him that Kakyoin was killed by DIO years ago, and he was just strung along by Maynard who wanted to have his powerful stand ability on his team.

Forty Six & 2 (SPOILERS)

Kazuki Karaiya (Stand: Forty Six & 2)

"Josuke Higashikata… For the brief moment that you survived, I considered making you suffer in full, picking out your associates of no worth one by one, savoring your despair as you failed to save any of them. But, perhaps, the wisdom imparted to me was not to be disregarded the way I did."

A mysterious stand user who attacked Pink Dark Rhapsody 2000, alerting the heroes to the Doress presence in Morioh and causing dozens of casualties. In truth, the policeman who almost killed Josuke before the events of Diamond is Unbreakable via two stolen stands, now back with a vengeance.

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• Adaptive Ability: Forty Six & 2's main gimmick, allowing him to transform in ways similar to Ultimate Being Kars, adopting traits of various animals and more. It also protects him from Baoh's techniques, given he has enough time to react to them.
• Ax-Crazy: Forty Six & 2's user is a maniac, irreverent of civilian casualties on his warpath.
• The Bus Came Back: Karaiya returns in Chapter 20 as a patient in Budogaoka General Hospital, still mentally reversed. He provides them with a clue to the stand users potentially in Gold-Two's employ.
• Canon Character All Along: For a given definition of canon, Forty Six & 2's user is reveal as Kazuki Karaiya, the Big Bad of Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak, with vengeance for the defeat Josuke handed him there.
• Clothes Make the Superman: Akin to Ghiaccio and Secco, Karaiya wears Forty Six & 2 as his battle armor.
• Evil Counterpart: Forty Six & 2 has abilities that are comparable to Baoh and Ultimate Being Kars, on which Baoh was based, but its user works for Doress and causes massive destruction.
• Fate Worse than Death: Baoh Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon doesn't kill Karaiya but fries his brain, erasing his memories and life experiences back to being a kid who had yet to learn about The Ultimate Thing from his grandfather. Heaven's Door being unable to read the experiences of his adult self implies Death of Personality of a sort and in Chapter 20 Kars wonders if death would be more merciful.
• First-Episode Twist: The identity of Forty Six & 2's user is built up to be a mystery, but he's also revealed early on in Chapter 5 and is continuously referenced later in the story.
• Invisible to Normals: With emphasis on invisible. While wearing Forty Six & 2 as his armor, Karaiya is invisible to normal people, but he's not intangible, forcing him to weave through the crowd before revealing himself.
• It Cannot Be: A part of his Villainous Breakdown.
• Large Ham: After his identity is revealed to Josuke, he embraces this trope, ranting for the rest of the battle, even though Josuke can't hear him and Ikuro, in his Baoh form, can't respond to him.
• Lightning Bruiser: Karaiya is strong and fast enough to overpower Crazy Diamond with sheer brute force. He proves to be just as tough for Baoh, with the Adaptive Ability nullifying the latter's abilities.
• Knight of Cerebus: His appearance marks the point where the story's villains begin their invervention and the body count starts up.
• Person of Mass Destruction: Karaiya intentionally uses Forty Six & 2 to cause mass destruction once he starts actually fighting the heroes.
• Spanner in the Works: By getting distracted with Revenge and showing off, Karaiya user revealed Doress presence to the heroes, derailing Kasuminome's plans.
• The Starscream: In his confrontation with Ikuro he implies that he intended to double-cross Doress, though it never came to fruition.
  Karaiya: "Without your presence, I would never have been granted this perfection by Doress. They have served their purpose. And so have you. The victory is mine."
• Starter Villain: He's the first Doress agent to be encountered in the story.
• Took a Level in Badass: In Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak Karaiya was a Badass Normal at most, using borrowed stands of Pet Sounds and Boingo. Here, however, he's a stand user in his own right, and a very strong and destructive one at that.
• Wake-Up Call Boss: He's the first stand user of Doress who attacks the heroes, giving the idea of how much more dangerous Doress are compared to civilian stand users in Diamond is Unbreakable that Josuke had to deal with before.
• Villainous Breakdown: Has a big one when Ikuro traps him in his hair and conducts Break Dark Thunder before the Adaptive Ability can kick in.
  Karaiya: "I-it cannot be! I-I'm the highest evolution! I-I’m the U-ultimate Thing! I-I AM THE INHERITOR OF PERFECTION!"

The Washington Package (SPOILERS)

Santana Hazekura

"It was a relief to see my… guardian after a long time. But… he was different in his behavior. It was a significant change that I do not fully comprehend."

The ancient pillar man who had remained in the custody of the Speedwagon Foundation for 60 years since the events of Battle Tendency, only to be abducted by the Doress Group, with Dr. Kasuminome intending to use him against the Morioh stand users with the use of her Useful Idiot.

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• And I Must Scream: On the receiving end of this via Useful Idiot that Kasuminome uses to control him throughout The Washington Package Arrives chapters.
• Godzilla Threshold: His nature as the Washington Package. The Doress Group brought him in somewhat hesitantly.
• Heel–Face Turn: Once Kasuminome is defeated and Santana is freed from her control for certain, he joins the Hazekura household.
• Never Given a Name: Santana hadn't been given a name due to how much of a disappointment he had been to Kars, and he's only called "Santana" because that's what Stroheim called him back in Battle Tendency.
• The Un-Favorite: Was this back before the events of Battle Tendency, compared unfavorably to Wamuu to the point Kars and Esidisi didn't even give him a name.
• Walking Spoiler: Santana becomes a recurring secondary character in the second half of the story and it's hard to explain or discuss Kars's story arc without mentoning his survival and prominence to the plot.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: Earned for Kars's approval back prior to the events of Battle Tendency and does so during the events of Peculiar Parasitic Phenomenon, being surprised when he actually receives it.

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