The poison rings implanted onto JoJo's aorta and windpipe
cannot be surgically removed.
Before the rings dissolve and release their poison,
JoJo must defeat Wamuu and ingest the antidote!
VENICE, ITALY
What a disaster!
I was just bluffing when I said one month!
Those bastards took me seriously!
I should've said one year!
Hey, JoJo...
Quit screwing around, you ass! Start thinking!
I am thinking!
Even if I do think about it some more, no one can figure this one out.
It'll only get me down. Not just me, but you too, Caesar.
JoJo, at the very least, you'll need to be able to do this:
The water isn't spilling!
JoJo, catch!
Try to keep the water inside.
That's all? Piece of cake.
Here's what went wrong.
The strength of our Hamon is about equal.
The difference is you always unleash your Hamon from your palm all at once.
That's why the water exploded.
But I discharged the Hamon from a single point... my fingertip.
Just one point.
A vibrating Hamon membrane forms on the surface of the water,
holding it in place.
Your method of scattering Hamon is a waste of energy.
The smaller a water gun's nozzle, the farther the water travels!
Got that, fool?
Listen, JoJo. You have to train to control your Hamon at will.
That is why we have come to Venice, the home of my Hamon master!
Oh, no!
My least favorite word is "work."
My second least favorite word is "try"!
CHAPTER 16: "LISA LISA, HAMON COACH"
What's this?
Is this Venice place a tourist spot or something?
Is there really a Hamon master around here?
Hey you...
Ready your gondola for us. We want to go to Air Suplena Island.
Gondolier, are you listening?
He's standing on top of that oar!
Who the hell is this guy?
What the...
You'll get it now!
I don't know who you are, but you're going to pay for that!
You can use Hamon well enough to stand on water, hmm?
A woman?
Ah, it's Master!
Everyone calls her Lisa Lisa!
But her true name, upbringing, family,
and reason for studying the way of the Hamon is a complete mystery.
But for the next month she will be our master.
I won't let you get away with smacking me across the face like that!
I won't hold back... Even if you are a girl!
I tested you and it's clear you have great talent.
I'm impressed you can walk on water like that without training.
However!
You must be prepared to die if you want to master Hamon in a month!
She's using the water to turn the oar into a high bar!
What the...
Joseph Joestar,
you will spend the next month wearing that breathing correction mask.
-I can't-- -Your breathing rhythm!
As long as your breaths are steady, you can breathe without difficulty.
But as soon as your breath goes awry,
the mask will suffocate you till the last possible moment.
You will learn to run 100 kilometers with the mask on!
Take this stupid thing off right...
I can't breathe!
Your training has already begun.
I will allow you to eat and brush your teeth without the mask.
JoJo, watch your rhythm!
If you do, it's no different from wearing a surgical mask.
Dammit! You're gonna get it, you...
There is something else I must tell you.
I'm not teaching you the way of the Hamon to save your life.
I am turning you into a warrior who can defeat them!
You bitch...
Hey, you going pick a fight with her again?
I don't hit girls!
Well then, Caesar, JoJo...
welcome to Venice!
Sheesh.
I get she's a Hamon Master,
but no way could I ever marry a girl like that.
She is kinda cute, though.
Show some respect!
What? For a womanizer, you sure are concerned about being polite to her!
I respect her like I respect my own mother.
You'd better watch your manners.
Air Suplena Island is 30 minutes northeast of Venice by boat.
It stands, beside the bustling elegance of Venice,
a dark and mysterious enclave.
The island's mystical charm is the perfect symbol of Lisa Lisa.
Behold, our new training ground!
That entire island is my home.
We have to prepare to face death, eh?
What's going to happen now?
I see.
You're safe, and so is my grandson.
That's all that matters.
Don't you dare tell Granny Erina about the poison rings!
I'll slug you so hard...
I can't tell her. There's no way I could!
The prologue to your trial begins now. I call it the Hell Climb Pillar!
-What? -What's this about?
Master! Must we begin with the Hell Climb Pillar?
I've never once attempted it.
Hell Climb Pillar has claimed many a challenger.
If you cannot complete this trial,
then you have no right to remain on this island.
Hey, don't keep this a secret between yourselves!
What the hell is this Hell Pillar thing anyway?
Step through these doors and you'll see.
Master, are you...
This is...
oil!
There's oil all over this marble pillar!
It's 24 meters to the top. Climb using only your bare hands.
There is no other way to leave.
Fail to climb to the top, and the pit will be your grave.
We have to climb this slippery, 24-meter tall pillar?
30 DAYS UNTIL RINGS RELEASE POISON
A test of Hamon stamina, the grueling Hell Climb Pillar!
This is bad.
It's taking all I have just to hang on to the pillar.
Just moving my finger a centimeter is exhausting!
If I fall... If I fall even once off this pillar
there's no way I'll be able to climb it again!
We'll starve!
JoJo and I both!
JoJo, the longer you dawdle, the less energy you'll have to climb!
Hurry and climb!
No!
I can't afford to be worrying about him!
Just talking disrupted my Hamon!
Come on!
I just got here!
She knows I don't have the power to climb this stupid pillar!
Damn her! Throwing me down here like this!
I have absolutely no respect for her now!
I've never picked on a girl before...
But I'll sure as hell think of some ways while I climb up this tower!
Dammit!
A bunch of people died trying to climb this thing, huh?
Must've been lacking in brain cells then...
To use anything but Hamon to climb the pillar is to desecrate the pillar!
The Hell Climb Pillar approves only of Hamon.
It repels everything else!
Never forget that!
Wait! Hold on, Lisa Lisa!
I mean, Master!
You know I don't have the strength to climb this thing...
You didn't throw me in here to kill me, did you?
This is my first day here.
You're just trying to intimidate me.
You're gonna throw me a ladder or something later, right?
Those eyes!
She really is gonna let me die!
Blast it all!
Who do you think you are?
Your beauty only deepens my rage!
Twenty-eight hours later.
Caesar is at 15 meters.
JoJo is at zero meters.
The rings will release their poison in 28 days.
More than a day has passed and Caesar's only made it that far.
I shouldn't be worrying about others, but he's struggling.
He's holding himself up, but his fingers... they're about to slip!
He's approaching his Hamon limit!
Hang on, Caesar!
He's about to slip again!
He's on his fingertips!
Caesar!
Whoa!
Wait a minute. Were his hands always like that?
He wasn't about to slip! He was...
The smaller a water gun's nozzle, the farther the water travels.
No way!
I'll give it a shot!
Could the mystery of Hamon be...
This?
I did it! I'm stuck to the wall! I'm sticking to the pillar with Hamon!
I thought pressing my palms to the pillar
would support my weight better.
But the opposite is true!
Hamon concentrated into the fingertips is much stronger!
Ha! Some mystery! I've got it!
Now all that's left is to climb this pillar!
Now how should I torment Miss Supreme Master?
So JoJo finally figured it out.
Another 24 hours have passed.
Caesar is at 18 meters. JoJo is at 16 meters.
The rings will release their poison in 27 days!
Now I know why Caesar slowed down at the 18-meter mark.
The pillar widens toward the top!
This is where the real challenge begins!
The pillar is as mean as that woman!
Three hours later.
Caesar is at 19 meters. JoJo is at 18 meters.
Oh? What's that?
It's a crack!
And it's just wide enough to fit my fingers in!
Lucky me! Finally a break!
Phew!
Yes! Now I can catch my breath!
What was that?
It felt like a switch!
What's happening?
No!
The Hell Climb Pillar approves only of Hamon.
It repels everything else!
Watch out! Something's coming!
Shit! I turned something on!
How are we supposed to break through that
when we can barely hang on to this pillar?
A wall of oil erupts at the pillar's 20-meter point!
The high-pressure stream cuts like a razor!
What's up, Caesar?
Are you mad at me or something?
Sorry, Caesar.
But anyone would've tried to take a rest back there.
Whoever made this thing is twisted!
I wasn't looking at JoJo with contempt.
It was worry.
Can my Hamon get me through that razor-sharp barrier?
There's only one way to find out!
What the...
He's stuck his feet to the pillar!
Caesar!
"Sticking Hamon" and "Splitting Hamon"!
I'm focusing my "Sticking Hamon" into single points at my feet,
and focusing "Splitting Hamon" into my hands touching the barrier.
I have to control these two opposing types of Hamon at the same time!
I did it!
But unfortunately for JoJo, he can't yet control those two types of Hamon.
He won't be able to get through!
Amazing!
Thank goodness Caesar found a way through.
But do I have the coordination to pull that off?
Nine hours later.
Caesar reaches the top after 61 hours!
Master!
JoJo's reached his limit! Turn off the oil, please!
I know JoJo. He'll go all-or-nothing to break through that barrier!
But when he does...
Hanging around like this is getting me nowhere.
If he tries to break through, that oil will split him right in half!
And even if he survives the blast,
he'll be sent back to the bottom to starve!
Master!
Shit!
It's all or nothing! I'm going for it!
Don't, JoJo! Just stay there!
Cut finely, beat of my Hamon!
JoJo!
JoJo... He...
He's using Hamon to slide along the wall of oil!
The momentum of the oil weakens
the farther it travels away from the pillar.
And so!
He used the speed of the oil to jump on top of it!
He didn't fall! He climbed three meters!
No one has ever climbed the pillar that way before.
Using his weaknesses to his advantage is quite clever.
I made it!
But, well... shit! It's great I made to the wall,
but its overhang is even worse than the pillar's!
I'm completely exhausted.
There isn't even a meter to go, damn it!
My breathing... It's...
all off.
Caesar!
Don't get me wrong.
I wasn't mad at you earlier.
Master, please forgive me for saving JoJo like this.
That's fine, Caesar, but aren't you exhausted, too?
I forgot!
Don't let go, please!
Caesar!
Ten seconds, and 13 "Don't let gos" later...
JoJo reached the top!
Hold it, Miss Lisa Lisa.
While I was hanging on for dear life, I was thinking.
I was thinking about how I was gonna get back at you!
Shall I strip you naked? Or should I pinch your nose till you cry?
I thought he was a simpleton, but he's actually quite vindictive.
Which will it be?
I'm doing it! I can hold the cup upside down and keep the water in!
Incredible!
In only three days, he's learned how to control Hamon!
JoJo's talent is impressive,
but even more impressive are the results of Lisa Lisa's training!
Master!
You've convinced me.
Please, allow me to move on to the next phase of training!
I'll overcome anything!
I don't get it. I guess he is a simpleton after all.
No need to ask... I've already prepared an extensive training regimen for you.
I'll impress you to the death.
Yes, ma'am!
The next three weeks will be even more difficult.
And who are you, sneaking up on me?
Who are these guys?
The water is like pudding!
These two are my assistants and your instructors, Messina and Loggs.
I couldn't even begin to do that.
Do you want to learn?
I asked if you want to learn.
Of course I do!
I have to!
Do you?
Then come here and look very closely.
Tell us your names already!
From here on, we're gonna...
-forge you into real men! -...forge you into real men!
Breathe! If your breath is strong, your muscles will be, too!
You must learn to take ten breaths in one second!
This sucks!
Inhale for ten minutes, then exhale for ten minutes!
If you can do that, I'll remove the mask!
What the hell?
Seven days until the rings release their poison!
NEXT EPISODE
You must take a final examination.
We need more power.
He's good deep down.
This is unnatural!
I can't take it!
CHAPTER 17: "THE DEEPER PLAN"
Subtitle translation by Matthew Hunter