Straizo

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I, Straizo will show you no mercy.

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“	I am growing older, day-by-day... Eventeh Hamon isn't enough to stop my aging. During the fight with Dio fifty years ago, I admit that I admired him... That power, that beauty, that immortality! I want to power of the Stone Mask to myself! Now that I've grown old, I want to become a being that surpasses all!	„
	~ Straizo to Robert E. O. Speedwagon

“	I have no regrets... I want to go to hell, satisficed that I was able to momentarily turn the clock back rather than shriveling up and dying.	„
	~ Straizo to Joseph Joestar

Background

Straizo is a secondary ally to Jonathan Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood. He is a Hamon disciple of Tonpetty and a acquaintance of Will Anthonio Zeppeli and Dire. He would come to aid Jonathan by Will's request through a letter.

In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency Straizo returns as an antagonist who becomes a vampire who seeks to kill Joseph Joestar.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Straizo's story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Pre-Phantom Blood (1838-1888) Straizo was born sometime in the year 1868 and in his twenties would become a Ripple disciples under master Tonpetty. During his training he would meet Dire and Will Anthonio Zeppeli. Phantom Blood (1888-1889) In 1888 Straizo along with Dire and Tonpetty would receive letter from Will requesting their aid to defeat the vampire Dio Brando and his Stone Mask. They three would travel to Windknight's Lot the town where Dio was located. Once they arrived at the town at the zombie infected town they would meet Jonathan Joestar and Robert E. O. Speedwagon, two of Will's allies. Speedwagon would explain to the group that Will had died earlier when he sacrificed his life to save Jonathan during a battle. Straizo and his allies would team up with Jonathan and Speedwagon and make their way to Dio's castle. Once inside the castle Straizo, Tonpetty, and Speedwagon would fight off Dio's zombies while Dire and Jonathan would fight Dio. During the battle Straizo would witness Dio's vampirism first hand and would admire his power. Pre-Battle Tendency (1889-1938) Straizo would raise the child Erina Joestar had saved from the night of Jonathan's death. The child would be named Elizabeth and would be trained in Hamon under Straizo's wing. Straizo would also train others in Hamon succeeding Tonpetty as the head of his Hamon clan. Sometime in the early 1920s Straizo would help Speedwagon investigate the suspicious death of George Joestar II. They would find out the truth that George was killed by a zombie who was his commanding officer and would tell George's wife Elizbeth the truth as well. Sometime later Straizo would learn of Joseph Joestar's Hamon use to save Speedwagon during hostage situation. In 1938, Speedwagon would learn of the existence of a Pillar Man along with multiple Stone Masks. He would contact Straizo, who would give Elizbeth now known as Lisa Lisa the Red Stone of Aja and then bring his Hamon disciples with him to a meet up spot with Speedwagon. Battle Tendency (1938) Straizo and his Hamon disciples would meet up with Speedwagon and take an airplane to Mexico, the location of the cite where they would find various stone masks and the inactive Pillar Man. While investing the cite Straizo would ask a question about how Joseph was doing, bringing up how he is aware he used his Hamon to save Speedwagon. Speedwagon would question why Straizo was bringing up Joseph but before he could get an answer Straizo would kill his disciples in front and then attack Speedwagon, greatly injuring his head with a kick. Straizo would explain to Speedwagon that he is tired of growing older by the day and will use the Stone Mask to become a vampire like Dio. Straizo would read Speedwagon's notes about the Pillar Men and then use the blood of Speedwagon to activate to Stone Mask turning himself into a vampire. Straizo, believing Speedwagon had died from blood lost would dump his body near the Rio Dada River. Once in New York Straizo would attempt to stalk Joseph at a diner while he was eating. Joseph seeing Straizo would go outside to investigate what he was doing. Once he figured out he was a vampire Joseph blasted him with a tommy gun sending him flying into the diner. Joseph would try to attack Straizo with his Hamon but would be unable to harm him as he was using a special scarf that conducted Hamon which protected him from Joseph's attacks. Joseph would then plant grenades on Straizo to blown him up flee but Straizo would survive to explosion through his vampire regeneration. Joseph realizing he had no other chose deiced to run away from the vampire. Why Joseph was fleeing Straizo would kidnap a women and use her as a hostage once he caught up with Joseph. The two would battle on top of a Brooklyn Bridge with Joseph defeating Straizo. Before he could be killed by Straizo would tell joseph of the existence of the Pillar Men and would activate his Hamon to kill himself stated he rather die young then wither away as an old man.

Statistics

Key: Human | Vampire

Tier: 9-B | 9-B, Higher with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes

Name: Straizo

Origin: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood

Sex: Male

Age: 25 in Phantom Blood (Is the same age as Robert E.O Speedwagon, who was born on October 16th, 1863 making him 25 during Phantom Blood which takes place in 1888), 75 in Battle Tendency (It is the year 1938, 49 years since Jonathan Joestar's death, who died on February 7th, 1889)

Classification: Human, Hamon Warrior, Hamon Teacher | Vampire

Status: Deceased (After being defeated by Joseph Joestar, Straizo killed himself)

Alignment: Initially Neutral Good (Straizo helped aid Jonathan Joestar in his quest to defeat Dio Brando and would later adopt Elizbeth Joestar when her parents where killed), eventually became Chaotic Evil (As Straizo grew older he began to fear his aging which lead him to killing his own disciples and betraying Robert E.O Speedwagon in order to become a vampire. As a vampire Straizo came after Joseph Joestar in order to kill him and would take a woman hostage, ripping one of her teeth out during their battle)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level+ (Should be comparable to Dire who can harm Jonathan Joestar who took a hit from Dio Brando) | Wall level+ (Can grip a stone wall with enough force to crack it. Able to burrow his fingers within metal. Superior to Dio Brando who can casually burrow his fingers within brick, cut several policemen in half, smash a head to bits, casually cut off a police officer's head, 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, break the bones of an enraged Jonathan Joestar, who can stab a spear into a stone wall and break a stone wall by kicking it, 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, the latter of who can spilt a rock in half and destroy brick. Jonathan notes Dio is on a completely different level then himself during the fire. Dio is also 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 create an explosion of this level of energy, 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 is superior to his minions, who can throw a wagon with enough force to destroy the roof of a tunnel. Should be comparable to other newly formed vampires, who can break stone floors and punch large carters into walls which requires this much energy to do. Should be superior to developing vampires who can break stone walls by punching small dogs at them), Higher with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes (Can use Space Ripper Stingy Eyes which can easily harm Jonathan Joestar and Joseph Joestar. Space Ripper Stingy Eyes can slice through a pillar)

Durability: Wall level+ (Should be comparable to Dire who took a took from Jonathan Joestar) | Wall level+ (Superior to Dio Brando)

Striking Strength: Wall Class+ | Wall Class+

Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Should be comparable to Jonathan Joestar, who can pull back and lift Tarkus, who is far bigger than the average human, break off a steal chain, and lift and anvil) | Class 1 (Vampires strength are monstrous and are far beyond a humans and should be superior to zombies as they are minions created by vampires. Zombies can lift and toss wagons with ease which weigh up to 1,550 pounds)

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Went through similar Hamon training to Will Anthonio Zeppeli who was able to disappear from Jonathan Joestar's sight and then appear Infront of him. Should be comparable to Jonathan Joestar) | Superhuman (Superior to Dio Brando who was said to be as fast as a leopard, who moves at around 36 mph)

Combat Speed: High Hypersonic (Should be comparable to Dire who can tag Jonathan Joestar. Blitzed several Hamon users) | High Hypersonic (Superior to Dio Brando who's weaker self can tag Jotaro Kujo's Star Platinum, who's weaker self was able to stop time to dodge an attack from Josuke Higashikata's Crazy Diamond, who is able to block tank fire and bullets from Bad Company which was calculated at these speeds), Higher with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes (Can use Space Ripper Stingy Eyes which can blitz Jonathan Joestar)

Reaction Speed: High Hypersonic | High Hypersonic (Able to reacted to bullets about to hit his head)

Stamina: Superhuman (Went through similar Hamon training to Will Anthonio Zeppeli, who early in his Hamon training he was able to run dozens of Li without need for catching his breath. Masters Hamon which can allow it's users to go long periods of time without food, drink, or rest and run for hundreds of kilometers with ease) | Superhuman (Vampires are able to fight with lethal injuries)

Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with Hamon (Hamon users can use their Hamon to extend their limbs) | Standard Melee Range, Kilometers with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes (Can use Space Ripper Stingy Eyes which can reach all the way out to the clouds themselves)

Intelligence: Genius (Went through similar Hamon training to Will Anthonio Zeppeli, who trained in Hamon for decades and learned from those who had five thousand years of history behind their methods. Will Taught Jonathan Joestar how to properly use his Hamon. Jonathan Joestar is able to defeat 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. Will Knew how to minimize the damage he took when an attack that would hit him from any direction was about to injure him. Became an expert in Hamon)

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Powers and Abilities

Genius Intelligence, Human Achievements (Became an expert in Hamon), Martial Arts (Masters the Sendo fighting technique, the way of the hermit), Vibration & Energy Absorption (His scarf is able to absorb and conduct Hamon better than human any could)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics & Air Manipulation (Hamon users can launch themselves into the air and jump up high distances), Afterimage Creation (Hamon users can create afterimages), Body Control (Hamon users can extend their limbs with Zoom Punch), Surface Scaling (Hamon users can focus their fingers into a specific spot to scale up oily surfaces), Weapon Usage (Can use leaves to glid long distances), Water Manipulation (Hamon users can manipulate liquids with Hamon), Life Manipulation & Plant Manipulation (Can cause a wilted flower to bloom), Limited Enhanced Senses (Can feel Hamon and life energy from others), Water Walking (Hamon allows one to walk on water), Electricity Manipulation (Hamon can shock people, Joseph Joestar used this to knock out a pilot just from touching him), Fire Manipulation (Hamon users can light their arms on fire using Scarlet Overdrive), Precognition (Type 1 & 2; Hamon users can see someone’s future through touching them. Hamon users can see the future during battle), Biological Manipulation (Hamon can reorganize one's cell and make their functions go haywire. Hamon users can use Hamon to confuse the bodies of others), Reflection Manipulation & Attack Reflection (Hamon can redirect attacks through the use of objects imbued with Hamon), Longevity (Hamon keeps you in your prime much longer than usual), Healing (Hamon energy can heal broken bones, including a broken neck. Hamon can heal diseases like Gangrene), Pain Manipulation (Hamon energy can soften physical pain), Vibration Manipulation & Energy Manipulation (It is also called Ripple, as it creates vibrations that turn into energy waves), Light Manipulation (Hamon utilizes the powers of the sun allowing it to glow), Explosion Manipulation (Hamon can incur explosions), Durability Negation (Hamon can conduct through living organisms, thus ignoring durability. Can stop ones heart with Hamon), Non-Physical Interaction (Hamon can conduct over and affect Stands, and Stands are also referred to as Spirit Hamon; Stands are consistently referred to as spiritual energy, beings that are a powerful apparition created by the stand users own life energy, with it being known physical objects such as guns can't hurt stands), Purification (Hamon was shown to restore Bruford’s humanity), Self-Sustenance (Types 2 & 3; Hamon can allow users to go long periods of time without food, drink, or rest), Life Magnetism (Life Magnetism Overdrive magnetizes living things to bunch them together, such as leaves), Gliding (Hamon users can magnetize leaves and use them to glid across large distances), Hair Manipulation (Hamon users can use even hair and weaponize it to block attacks), Absorption & Power Bestowal (Hamon users can transfer their life energy to other allowing those who absorb it grow stronger from it. Those affected by Ripple Hypnosis grow stronger from it), Mind Manipulation (Ripple Hypnosis allows for the user to control the mind of whoever they touched with Hamon), Animal Manipulation (Able to inject Hamon into an animal to control them)

Used the Stone Mask to become a vampire making him unable to use Hamon without killing himself but gains: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Types 1 & 6; Vampires can live for eternity as long as they feed off of blood and can survive lethal wounds others can. Vampires like Dio can live as merely a head), Regeneration (Low-Mid; Vampires can regenerate from gunshot wounds. High-Mid through connecting their body; Through connecting their bodies back together, vampires can regenerate their entire body getting cut vertically in half and reattach limbs. Vampires are also able to regenerate from being blown into pieces by reattaching limbs), Body Control (Vampires are able to control their veins allowing them to reattach body parts. Vampires are able to move limbs that have be removed form their body), Enhanced Senses (Can hear one's breathing or their heart beat from putting his ear on the ground), Life Manipulation, Blood Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, & Durability Negation (Vampires can merge their fingers into one's body to suck one's blood or grab their arteries and pop a vein. Vampires can create flesh buds, made up of their cells), Age Manipulation (Through sucking one's blood a vampire can get younger), Corruption & Necromancy (When Vampires suck one's blood, they turn the corpse into an undead person that wants blood. Can bring the dead back to life as servants of him), Surface Scaling (Vampires have the leg strength to stand on walls), Mind Manipulation (Vampires can manipulate and hypnotize the minds of those that are evil, Dio, a vampire hypnotized a kid. Vampires can create flesh buds, made up of their cells, to connect to a persons brain and mind control them), Burrowing (Vampires can burrow through stone) Statistics Amplification (Vampires get stronger the more blood they suck), Heat Manipulation, Cold Manipulation & Ice Manipulation (Vampires are capable of manipulating their bodies moisture, freezing one's arm and controlling the water they vaporize from it), Energy Projection & Water Manipulation (Can fire out body fluid from his eyes with incredible pressure), Possession (Vampires can possess the bodies of the deceased), Acrobatics (Vampires can jump over 4 meters into the air), Flight (Vampires are able to fly through the air, or just hover in the air without wings) Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Vampires can be repeatedly burned to death and regenerate the damage as long as they have enough lifeforce)

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Standard Equipment

• Hamon Conducting Scarf: Straizo wears a scarf that can conduct Hamon better than any human could. This allows him to be protected against any Hamon attacks.

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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. 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. Straizo became a master of using hamon being able to use it to slow his aging and would use it to kill himself when he was a vampire.

• Ripple Overdrive: A basic form of attacking using ripple to amplify his attacks to a superhuman degree.

*Vampiric: After using the Stone Mask Straizo became a vampire giving him a wide range of abilities such as superhuman strength, quick healing, and eternal life.

Wallcrawling: Straizo has shown being able to cling onto walls using his superhuman strength.

Space Ripper Stingy Eyes: Creates two pressurized fluid jets from the eyes. Strong enough to cut cleanly through a stone column and split huge clouds.

Regeneration: The body is able to live even after having vital body parts amputated. It will regenerate and the body parts can reattach themselves. Vampires can also control their detached body parts. However, Vampires can still die if their head is damaged sufficiently.

Immortality: Vampires do not age or get sick, possessing the eternal life that allows them to live for thousands of years maintaining the same appearance as when they became.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Straizo passively amplifies himself with his Hamon and will use its abilities when they are best suited during combat. | Straizo will try to finish his opponent off quickly with his Space Ripper Stingy Eyes.

Weaknesses: If he can't breath he will eventually run out of Hamon. If he where to transfer his life energy to someone else he would rapidly age until he becomes an old man. Straizo fears aging into an old man. | Used the Stone Mask to become a vampire making him unable to use Hamon without killing himself. Straizo isn't fully aware of his vampiric capabilities. Vampires are weak to sunlight. Vampires need to absorb one's life force (drink one's blood) in order to regenerate wounds. Destroying a vampire's brain causes them to die. Flash freeze does not work on fire and will be melted if fire falls on the frozen part.

Trivia

• Straizo's name is a reference to the English rock band Dire Straits
• After the release of JoJo's 52th chapter in January 1988, a fan of the series sent a letter to series creator, Hirohiko Araki bawling over Straizo's death. Her letter would be published in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency's 5th Volume in the reader submission section, where the writer of the letter would refer to Straizo as "Suto-sama". The letter would become popular on Japanese forums and would result in serval memes being made using the letter as a format.

When translated into English the letter states the following:

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NOOO! Suto-sama is dead! "I'll make a Suto-sama doujin & Suto-sama fan club!" I thought to myself, and yet... Sniffle... What a cruel fate for such a beautiful man... Ahhh! Uuuurgh... You're a meanie... Hmph!! It's only been two weeks since I sent you that postcard saying "It's finally Straizo's time!" Whyyy, whyyyy?! It's already over?! You're lying, right?! I can't believe it.... To have that pathetic JoJo kill him!! That's such a fall compared to Dio!! He's coming back to life, right? Right? Right? ......I'm gonna cryyy... He was frighteningly apathetic (even though he's from the country! Hmph!) and I loved him so much!! Suto-samaaaa! I hate it that you're deeaaaaad!! You're a hippo, sensei! Waahh! P.S. In WSJ 1988 Issue #1-2, the young lady was too close!!

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Gallery

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  A younger Straizo as he appeared in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

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  A older Straizo as he appeared in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

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  Straizo as a vampire as he appeared in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

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  Straizo (left) as he appears in JORGE JOESTAR

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