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Jonathan Joestar
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“ | I want to be a true gentleman! You were a woman in trouble! There are times when a gentlemen has to be courageous and fight, even when his opponent is bigger than he is and he knows he's going to lose! | „ |
~ Jonathan Joestar to Erina Pendleton |
“ | There won't be a single bone of yours left in this world! I shall vanish your wicked soul! | „ |
~ Jonathan Joestar to Tarkus |
Background
Jonathan Joestar is the main protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood the first part in the main JoJo's series. He is the first protagonist of the series to use the nickname "JoJo" a tread his descendants would follow. He is the son of the wealthy businessman George Joestar and his wife Mary Joestar. Jonathan is a kind, noble, and honest person who's life would be forever changed by his evil adoptive brother Dio Brando, whose turn to vampirism would lead Jonathan to learn the breathing technique Hamon in order to defeat Dio.
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General Information
Name: Jonathan Joestar, JoJo (Nickname)
Origin: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
Sex: Male
Age: 12 during the beginning of Part 1 (Was born on April 4th 1868 with the beginning of Part taking place in 1880), 20 after time skip (It is now the year 1888 which would make Jonathan this age. Stated to be 20 in the 2005 English translation for Stardust Crusaders)
Classification: The First JoJo, Joestar, Hamon User, Stand User (Post-Mortem)
Species: Human
Occupation: Archaeologist
Status: Deceased (Succumbed to his injuries from Dio Brando)
Alignment: Neutral Good (Jonathan is correctly called a gentleman on numerous occasions, as he is one of the most polite members of the Joestar family, if not the most polite character in the entire series. Jonathan loves all things that bring peace and happiness, but despises evil to his very core. He holds very strong attachments to his friends and family, but will do what needs to be done to rescue lives, such as when he was forced to take on his own brother, Dio Brando. Jonathan forgives all people he meets with his gentle heart, all the while punishing the truly wicked without any apprehension)
Codex Statistics
Key: Chapters 1 - 5 | Chapters 6 - 18 | Chapters 18 - 34 | Chapters 34 - 44
Tier: High 10-B, Higher with Rage Power, 9-C with weapons | High 10-B, 9-C with weapons, 9-B with Rage Power | 9-B | 9-B
Cardinality: Finite
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Above Average Human level (Sent a someone flying into the air with an elbow), Higher with Rage Power (Able to beat down Dio Brando in a fit of rage and even sending him flying. Dio can one-shot a dog, knocking the teeth out of its feet, easily overpower and harm a calmer Jonathan Joestar and send him flying with his punches during a boxing match), Bone level with weapons (Used a knife to carve out words on a tree) | Above Average Human level (Able to throw Dio through wooden guardrails. While holding back he could send criminals flying with his attacks. Could easily knock off three athletes), Bone level with weapons (Has a access to a knife. Used a gun to shoot Dio Brando. Smashed a fodder Zombie's head in with a spear), Wall level with Rage Power (Stabbed a spear into a stone wall. Broke a stone wall by kicking it) | Wall level (Comparable to Will Anthonio Zeppeli, who can spilt a rock in half and destroy brick. Comparable to untrained Hamon users such as Joseph Joestar, who can crack a part of a pillar by throwing clackers at it) | Wall level (Amplified by Will Anthonio Zeppeli's life energy making him much stronger than before. Able to harm Dire, who can harm him)
Durability: Above Average Human level, Higher with Rage Power | Above Average Human level (Took a punch from Dio Brando), Wall level with Rage Power | Wall level (Took a punch from Will Anthonio Zeppeli. Comparable to untrained Hamon users such as Joseph Joestar, who was able to withstand being launched into metal with enough force to break it) | Wall level (Unharmed by a punch from Tarkus, who can reduce metal armor to scarps and is superior to his human self, who can spilt a rock in half. Took a kick from a vampiric Dio Brando, who can casually burrow his fingers within brick, cut several policemen in half, bend and snap a thick iron spear with ease, casually break through the wall through just walking on it, smash through the Joestar Mansion's roof, causally burrow his fingers within stone, dig through a stone pillar, crush a metal cross and was noted to be five times stronger than the combined power of Pre-Deep Pass Overdrive Jonathan Joestar and Will Anthonio Zeppeli with Jonathan noting he is on a completely different level then himself during the fire. Dio was able to easily break an enraged Jonathan's bones during the fire. Vampires are stated to be able to destroy four centimeter thick steel. Vampires are also stated to be able to greatly harm Joseph Joestar, who was able to withstand being launched into metal with enough force to break it, withstood jumping off a horse carriage traveling at 60 MPH, and withstood being smashed through a horse carriage. Dio is stronger than his Stardust Crusaders self, who can redirect Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash with enough force to destroy the roof of a car and with enough force to destroy to top of a building, along with being able to punch Jean Pierre Polnareff with enough force to send him flying into a wall destroying it in the process. Dio should be superior to newly formed Vampires and developing Vampires, who can break stone floors, punch large carters into walls which requires this much energy to do, and break stone walls by punching small dogs at them), Higher by concentrating Hamon (By concentrating Hamon into a specific part of their body, Hamon users can resist being pierced by pressurized oil, knifes, spikes)
Striking Strength: Above Average Human Class, Higher with Rage Power | Above Average Human Class, Wall Class with Rage Power | Wall Class | Wall Class
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human (Jonathan is an athletic boxer) | Athletic Human (With one arm he was able to lift up and toss Dio Brando who is 185 centimeters tall[1]. Able to easy life a large rock), Higher with Rage Power (Can lift his entire bodyweight with one hand) | Superhuman (Should be comparable to Zombies, whos' strength are monstrous and are far beyond a humans with Zombies being able to through a ship buoy with enough force to smash a human skull along with Zombies being able to casually carry large metal weapons while jumping around. Can pull back Tarkus, who is far bigger than Jonathan, who is 195 centimeters tall) | Superhuman (Amplified by Will Anthonio Zeppeli's life energy making him much stronger than before which allowed him to break off steel chains that his weaker self and Tarkus couldn't break off. Able to lift Tarkus. Can lift an anvil. Should be comparable to Dio Brando, who bend and snap a thick metal spear)
Travel Speed: Average human | Athletic Human (Briefly outran college football players) | Superhuman (Comparable to Will Anthonio Zeppeli, who can disappear from Jonathan Joestar's sight and then appear Infront of him) | Superhuman (Faster than before. Matches Dio, who was said to be as fast as a leopard, who moves at around 36 mph)
Attack Speed: Athletic Human (Jonathan is an athletic boxer), Higher with Rage Power (Able to tag Dio Brando who he could not tag before) | Athletic Human, Supersonic with a gun (Used a gun to shoot Dio Brando) | Supersonic (Can stop an attack from Dio Brando, who's weaker self can react to Star Platinum, which can stop a bullet from hitting Jotaro Kujo) | Supersonic (Faster than before)
Reaction Speed: Athletic Human | Athletic Human | Supersonic | Supersonic
Stamina: Above Average (Is a skilled boxer who fights with other boxers) | Athletic Human (He is athletic male that easily outruns and overpowers other athletic males), Superhuman with Rage Power (Was able to fight Dio Brando despite his broken bones) | Superhuman (Should be superior to Will Anthonio Zeppeli during his early years of training were he could run dozens of Li without need for catching his breath. Hamon can allow users to go long periods of time without food, drink, or rest and run for hundreds of kilometers with ease) | Superhuman
Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Luck & Pluck (Wields Luck & Pluck, a sword), Extended Melee to Several Meters with Hamon (Hamon users can use their Hamon to extend their limbs. Hamon users can create blades of liquid sharper than scalpels and can shoot them from their mouth. Hamon users can shoot Hamon through walls to attack their opponents. Hamon users can shoot Hamon through water to hit their opponents from large distances. Hamon users can use metal to send Hamon towards their opponents. Hamon users can Hamon infused bubble to attack their opponents), Tens of Meters with Hermit Purple (Though he is unable to use it, Hermit Purple reaches farther then The World which's maximum range is ten meters), Planetary with Spirit Photography (Hermit Purple can gather information about people far away, through technology such as cameras.)
Intelligence: Above Average Intelligence as a child (Likely went to a high class school. Taught his dog many tricks like how to close doors, put out small fires, catch shoes midair, how to skin berries, and how to spit out the seeds. Is skilled at boxing), Genius Intelligence as an adult (Despite never using Hamon before Jonathan easily impressed Will Anthonio Zeppeli with his Hamon skills and eventually was able to master Hamon in two weeks which took Will Anthonio Zeppeli decades to do. Defeated Bruford, who completed the 77 Rings challenge that has only been completed by five knights, which requires those who partake in it to fight seventy seven knights in a row while having to carry more weight each battle. Without Hamon he defeated and outsmarted[2] Dio Brando, who utilized 20th century swaying techniques when boxing against Jonathan, in the 19th century. Jonathan is a promising archeology graduate who attended a high class university. Was able to discover a large amount of information of the Stone Mask)
Powers and Techniques
Equipment
- Luck & Pluck: A powerful longsword once wielded by the legendary knight, Bruford. This sword was passed down onto Jonathan after he defeated Bruford and restored his humanity.
- Spear: A spear that Jonathan briefly used to combat Dio Brando, right after Dio’s transformation into a Vampire.
- Wine Glass: A simple glass of wine that Jonathan was tasked with carrying during his first battle against Dio’s minions. If he was to spill a single drop of wine from the glass, William Zeppeli swore he would no longer train him.
Notable Techniques
- Hamon: Hamon, also know as Ripple is life energy that produces the same type of energy waves as the sun. These waves are created by breathing in a special way that allows the user to use the energy produced by blood flow throughout the body. Jonathan learned this technique from Will Anthonio Zeppeli who would teach Jonathan Hamon in order to defeat Dio Brando. Hamon can be used to amplify the user's strength, heal wounds and diseases, send energy through objects, walk on water, and more. Hamon is especially good at harming Vampires as it is their main weakness.
- Overdrive: A basic form of attacking using Hamon which amplifies the attack of the user to a superhuman degree.
- Zoom Punch: Using Hamon, Jonathan is able to dislocate his arm while punching in order to hit his opponent from a distance. The Hamon Jonathan produces is able to soften the pain of his arm dislocating and relocating it once the attack is finished.
- Ripple Detector: By using some type of liquid, a Hamon user is able to detect and feel the life force of others around them. Jonathan used this to detect Jack the Ripper during their battle.
- Sendō Hamon Overdrive: Jonathan is able to send his Hamon through a wall to attack his opponent. Jonathan used to kill Jack the Ripper during their battle
- Sticking Ripple & Repelling Ripple: By creating ripples in the water using Hamon, Jonathan is able to walk across the surface of it. This is caused by the surface of the water repelling the Hamon in the Hamon users body like if it were opposing magnets of the same polarity.
- Sunlight Yellow Overdrive: Jonathan is able to release Hamon infused strikes on to his opponents. This attack is especially deadly for Zombies and Vampires whose bodies can't handle Hamon.
- Scarlet Overdrive: Jonathan is able to charge Hamon into his hand setting it one fire allowing Jonathan to light opponents and objects one fire. Jonathan used this to burn off Bruford's hair during their battle.
- Turquoise Blue Overdrive: Jonathan is able to use water as medium to conduct Hamon and is able to send his Hamon through water to attack his opponent. Jonathan used this to attack Bruford while underwater.
- Overdrive Barrage: Jonathan can unleash a barrage of punches infused with hamon.
- Life Magnetism Overdrive: Using Hamon, Jonathan is able to pull leaves together as if they were magnets connecting and form them into a large sheet which he can use to glid across large distances.
- Ripple Hypnosis: Jonathan is able to make the cells of his opponent go haywire using his Hamon. Jonathan used this to make Doobie's snakes attack him as well as making Wang Chan's dead body grab a ship's paddle screw shaft during his finale battle.
Other
Standard Tactics: Jonathan will usually fight his opponent head on with hand-to-hand combat | Same as before. | Jonathan will usually fight his opponent head on with hand-to-hand combat while amplifying himself with Hamon | Same as before but if he can't use his hands for combat he will use his sword.
Weaknesses: If he can't breath he will eventually run out of Hamon. If Jonathan were to use Ultimate Deep Pass Overdrive he will rapidly age until he becomes an old man. If A Hamon user's Hamon unable to connect with its target, the target will be unaffected. A way to prevent Hamon from connecting is by freezing the users way of attacking with it before it could reach it's target. Is unable to use his Stand because he died before gaining it. If A Stand is damaged the user will by proxy take damage and if they're damaged, their Stand will take damage. A Stand's energy or power is inversely proportional to their range of operation, the farther away the Stand goes, the weaker, slower, and less precise its movements become. The less air a Stand user has the weaker their Stand becomes. If a Stand user becomes unconscious their Stand will deactivate. Stands that imbue themselves into objects, take the shape of an item, or merge with a user’s body can be seen by normal humans. Stands are tied to the mental abilities of the user, with Stands becoming weaker if the user's mental abilities are weakened. Stands require the spirit to fight in order to be used or else the Stand will harm it's user making them sick with a deadly fever.
Trivia
- Jonathan Joestar's was created at a Denny's where Hirohiko Araki and his editor Ryosuke Kabashima had their first meeting about the JoJo series.[3] The two decided on the first name and Jonathan with Araki wanted the main protagonist to have matching initials in a similar way to the American filmmaker, Steven Spielberg (S.S). They eventually landed on the named Jonathan Joestar (J.J) thus creating Jonathan's nick name JoJo.[4]
- Jonathan has been rumored to be named after "Jonathan's Family Restaurant" however both Araki and Kabashima have confirmed this is a myth. Araki had brought up the restaurant in a 2006 interview but later stated this was an accident.[3]
- Araki wanted Jonathan to exude an aura of strength similar to the protagonist of the manga Karate Master after his martial arts training in the mountains.[5]
- Jonathan has a similar appearance to Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star although if it was intentional or not has neve been confirmed by Araki. Fist of the North Star was at the very least used a reference martial for some panels of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood.
- In the 2000s Stardust Crusaders OVA the voice actor for Jonathan Joestar, Jurota Kosugi, voiced Jotaro Kujo in both the 1993 and 2000 parts of the OVA. Along with this Kosugi voices Norisuke Higashikata IV in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven.
- The 2007 Phantom Blood movie's voice actor for Jonathan, Katsuyuki Konishi, also does Diavolo's Japanese in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
References
- ↑ JOJO magazine 2022 WINTER pg. 40-45
- ↑ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood Chapter 12
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 JOJOVELLER (September 2013)
- ↑ Phantom Blood PS2 (October 2006)
- ↑ JoJonium Volume 1 (Jonathan Joestar) - Special Interview
Gallery
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Battle Records
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