Stone Ocean
| Stone Ocean | |
 Volume 1 cover art, featuring Jolyne Cujoh | |
| ストーンオーシャン (Sutōn Ōshan) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Hirohiko Araki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | January 1, 2000 – April 21, 2003[1] |
| Volumes | 17 |
Stone Ocean (Japanese: ストーンオーシャン Hepburn: Sutōn Ōshan) is the sixth story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2000 to 2003 and was collected into 17 tankōbon volumes. In its original publication, it was known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 Jolyne Cujoh: Stone Ocean.[lower-alpha 1] It was preceded by Vento Aureo and followed by Steel Ball Run.
Synopsis
Characters
- Jolyne Cujoh[lower-alpha 2] is an inmate at Green Dolphin Street Jail, and is the daughter of the Stardust Crusaders character Jotaro Kujo. Her Stand is Stone Free (ストーン・フリー Sutōn Furī), which allows her to turn her body into elastic thread.
- Ermes Costello[lower-alpha 3] is an inmate who got her sentence on purpose, intending to get revenge on her sister's killer, Sports Maxx. She uses the Stand Kiss (キッス Kissu), which allows her to place stickers on objects that duplicate the objects perfectly until the sticker is removed, at which point the duplicate and the original will violently fuse together, leaving the object damaged.
- Foo Fighters,[lower-alpha 4] shortened to F.F., is a sapient being consisting of plankton, and is its own Stand.
- Emporio Alniño[lower-alpha 5] is a boy born to an unknown inmate in Green Dolphin Street Jail. His Stand, Burning Down the House (バーニング・ダウン・ザ・ハウス Bāningu Daun Za Hausu), manifests in the form of a ghost room that he secretly lives in, together with Weather Report and Narciso Anasui.
- Weather Report[lower-alpha 6] is an amnesic inmate who aides Jolyne at Emporio's request. His Stand, also named Weather Report, allows him to manipulate the weather and the atmosphere.
- Narciso Anasui[lower-alpha 7] is an inmate who is in love with Jolyne, and wishes to marry her. He uses the Stand Diver Down (ダイバー・ダウン Daibā Daun), which allows him to phase himself or Diver Down into objects, and Diver Down into others' bodies to absorb damage dealt to them.
- Enrico Pucci[lower-alpha 8] is a priest at Green Dolphin Street Jail, and uses the Stand Whitesnake (ホワイトスネイク Howaitosuneiku), which allows him to extract people's memories and Stands in the form of compact disks, which can be inserted into other people and objects.
Plot
Set near Port St. Lucie, Florida, the story follows Jotaro Kujo's daughter, Jolyne Cujoh, who is framed for a murder and ends up in Green Dolphin Street Jail. She is given an amulet inherited from her father, which cuts her hand and unlocks her Stand ability, Stone Free, which allows her to unravel her body into living string. The string can form a humanoid Stand within two meters of her body, and can extend further as string. In the prison, she soon becomes uneasy allies with fellow convicts and Stand users Ermes Costello (user of Kiss) and Gwess (user of Goo Goo Dolls).
Her father Jotaro soon comes to visit her and informs her that a Stand user named Johngalli A, a disciple of DIO's, framed her so that he could kill her in prison, and urges escape. Jolyne's anger at her father, who has been absent for most of her life, is interrupted by a double attack by Johngalli A's Stand, Manhattan Transfer, and another mysterious Stand named Whitesnake. Whitesnake uses its power to remove Jotaro's super-powerful Stand, Star Platinum, and also his memories. Jotaro sinks into a deathlike state, and Jolyne must somehow find a way to recover Star Platinum from Whitesnake's user, the mysterious Enrico Pucci. Along the way, she picks up allies such as Emporio Alniño, a boy whose late mother gave birth to him in prison, Foo Fighters, a Stand of sentient plankton that took the form of a dead prisoner, and the convicted murderer, Narciso Anasui (user of Diver Down), who likes to take things apart and put the pieces side by side (he was imprisoned for doing the same to his girlfriend and her paramour). Most notable of her allies is the amnesiac Weather Report, who controls the weather and in one baffling instance, has the sky rain poison frogs. It is strongly implied that Jolyne may have harbored some romantic feelings for him, though no such luck for Anasui (who is madly in love with Jolyne).
Eventually, Pucci's motives for power are made clearer as the story progresses. He knew DIO sometime before the events of Part 3 occurred and idolized him as the vampire instantly cured his disfigured foot. While in DIO's company, DIO spoke of "Heaven" and how to create a "perfect world" when certain conditions were met. Before he could act on DIO's plan, Part 3 occurred. Pucci, keeping DIO to his word, became obsessed with the idea and worshiped DIO like a god. First, he needed to absorb remnants of DIO's bones as to acquire the knowledge and power that was lost to him. Second, he needed to arrive at a predestined place on the night of the new moon. Of course, being as Dio and Joestar bloodlines are connected, he too gains a star birthmark, inadvertently letting Jolyne know where he was going.
Jolyne, Ermes, and Emporio escape from prison on their hunt for Pucci while Anasui and Weather Report also escape in pursuit of Jolyne. Through a lot of hardship, she succeeds in sending both discs to the Speedwagon Foundation and the "resurrection" of Jotaro quickly goes underway. Soon, Jolyne and her allies are confronted by the illegitimate sons of DIO, each of whom has had their Stand abilities awakened thanks to Pucci obtaining DIO's abilities after reading Jotaro's memory Disc. During the confrontation with the third son, Versus, Weather's memory disc is returned to him, after which he remembers that Pucci is in fact his long-lost brother who was responsible for having Weather attacked and, unintentionally, killing their older sister in the process. As Weather unleashes his Stand's true powers as Heavy Weather on the world, Pucci faces off with him in combat. Weather Report is ultimately killed after being distracted by Jolyne's arrival, and Pucci continues on to Cape Canaveral in time for the new moon.
Jolyne and company engage in hot pursuit with Father Pucci, only to face the next evolution of Whitesnake, C-Moon, a Stand which alters the gravitational field around Pucci. Though a revived Jotaro arrives to aid his daughter and her friends in fighting, Pucci is able to achieve his goal as C-Moon evolves once more into its final form: Made in Heaven. Using Made in Heaven, Pucci is able to speed up Earth's rotation (and thus time itself), during which time he proceeds to kill Jolyne, Jotaro, Anasui, and Ermes in front of Emporio. The final effects of Made in Heaven are completed when time accelerates to the end of the universe, leading to a new cycle of time and a parallel universe in its place where all surviving humans have precognitive understanding of fated actions in their lives. Pucci, believing that such knowledge of one's fate will bring them happiness, proceeds to hunt down Emporio to ensure that the future does not change. As he is about to kill Emporio, he inadvertently helps Emporio insert Weather Report's Stand Disc, which he had been carrying since Weather's death, allowing Emporio to gain the powers of Weather Report to suffocate Pucci to death and reset time entirely.
Within the newly reset universe, Emporio meets a young woman who looks identical to Ermes that has just been kicked off of the bus for not having exact change. After this, a couple in a car needing gas money introduces themselves as Irene and Anakis, who look similar to Jolyne and Anasui, to Emporio and the other woman, offering the two a ride as they head to see Irene's father so Anakis may ask for Irene's hand in marriage. As Irene takes off her jacket to keep Emporio dry, he spots her star-shaped birthmark, and he finally introduces himself. As they drive off in the rain, Irene pushes Anakis to pick up another hitchhiker who bears a striking resemblance to Weather Report.
Chapters
| No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | |
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| 1 (64) | Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh Shūjin Bangō FE40536 Kūjō Jorīn (囚人番号FE40536空条徐倫) | May 1, 2000[2] | ISBN 978-4-08-872866-7 | |
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| 2 (65) | Visitor to Green Dolphin Street Prison Gurīn Dorufin Sutorīto Keimusho no Menkainin (グリーン・ドルフィン・ストリート刑務所の面会人) | August 4, 2000[3] | ISBN 978-4-08-872899-5 | |
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| 3 (66) | Prisoner of Love Purizunā Obu Ravu (プリズナー・オブ・ラヴ) | October 4, 2000[4] | ISBN 978-4-08-873027-1 | |
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| 4 (67) | Go! Foo Fighters Iku zo! Fū Faitāzu (行くぞ!フー・ファイターズ) | December 4, 2000[5] | ISBN 978-4-08-873051-6 | |
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| 5 (68) | Operation Savage Garden (Head for the Courtyard!) Saveji Gāden Sakusen (Nakaniwa e Mukae!) (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 (中庭へ向かえ!)) | February 2, 2001[6] | ISBN 978-4-08-873077-6 | |
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| 6 (69) | Flash Flood Warning Shūchū Gōu Keihō Hatsurei (集中豪雨警報発令) | April 4, 2001[7] | ISBN 978-4-08-873103-2 | |
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| 7 (70) | Ultra Security Solitary Urutora Sekyuriti Chōbatsubō (ウルトラセキュリティ懲罰房) | June 4, 2001[8] | ISBN 978-4-08-873126-1 | |
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| 8 (71) | Enter the Dragon's Dream! Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu (燃えよ竜の夢（ドラゴンズ・ドリーム）) | September 4, 2001[9] | ISBN 978-4-08-873160-5 | |
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| 9 (72) | Green Birth Midoriiro no Tanjō (緑色の誕生) | November 2, 2001[10] | ISBN 978-4-08-873183-4 | |
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| 10 (73) | Awaken AWAKEN-Mezame (AWAKEN-目覚め) | February 4, 2002[11] | ISBN 978-4-08-873225-1 | |
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| 11 (74) | Head Out! Paradise Time Mukae! Tengoku no Toki (迎え! 天国の時) | April 4, 2002[12] | ISBN 978-4-08-873250-3 | |
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| 12 (75) | For Escape... Datsugoku e... (脱獄へ…) | July 4, 2002[13] | ISBN 978-4-08-873284-8 | |
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| 13 (76) | Sky High Soars High! Sora Takaku Sukai Hai (空高くスカイ・ハイ!) | September 4, 2002[14] | ISBN 978-4-08-873315-9 | |
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| 14 (77) | Paradise Time: Three Days to the New Moon Tengoku no Toki Shingetsu made Ato Mikka (天国の時 新月まであと3日) | December 4, 2002[15] | ISBN 978-4-08-873346-3 | |
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| 15 (78) | Heavy Weather Hebī Wezā (ヘビー・ウェザー) | February 4, 2003[16] | ISBN 978-4-08-873383-8 | |
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| 16 (79) | In Cape Canaveral Kēpu Kanaberaru nite (ケープ・カナベラルにて) | April 4, 2003[17] | ISBN 978-4-08-873410-1 | |
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| 17 (80) | Made in Heaven Meido In Hebun (メイド・イン・ヘブン) | July 4, 2003[18] | ISBN 978-4-08-873483-5 | |
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Reception
In a 2015 poll on Charapedia, Japanese readers ranked Stone Ocean as having the seventeenth most shocking ending of all time in manga and anime.[19]
Notes
- ↑ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 Jolyne Cujoh: Stone Ocean (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第6部 空条徐倫 ―『石作りの海』（ストーンオーシャン） JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai Roku Bu Kūjō Jorīn: Sutōn Ōshan)
- ↑ Jolyne Cujoh (空条 徐倫 Kūjō Jorīn)
- ↑ Ermes Costello (エルメェス・コステロ Erumēsu Kosutero)
- ↑ Foo Fighters (フー・ファイターズ Fū Faitāzu)
- ↑ Emporio Alniño (エンポリオ・アルニーニョ Enporio Arunīnyo)
- ↑ Weather Report (ウェザー・リポート Wezā Ripōto)
- ↑ Narciso Anasui (ナルシソ・アナスイ Narushiso Anasui)
- ↑ Enrico Pucci (エンリコ・プッチ Enriko Putchi)
References
- ↑ "週刊少年ジャンプ ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 Part6 ストーンオーシャン(荒木飛呂彦)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 01". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 02". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 03". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 04". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 05". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 06". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 07". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 08". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 09". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 10". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 11". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 12". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 13". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 14". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 15". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 16". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Stone Ocean Volume 17". Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ Schley, Matt (July 23, 2015). "Japanese Fans Rank Anime and Manga's Most Shocking Endings". Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2017.