The bony spines of this mask are able to "push" the human brain further.
But they haven't the power to "push" the brains of our immortal bodies.
The masks require more power.
Oh! What is this?
This is the Red Stone of Aja, a rare and beautiful gem.
Light is internally reflected millions of times,
before a single ray escapes from a single point.
Its power is miraculous.
But it is not enough!
This small stone is too weak to enable the spines to "push" us.
To complete our mask, we need a flawless Red Stone.
We need the super Aja.
Once we have it...
we will conquer the sun and undergo our final evolution to become
completely perfect beings!
The masks were created by the most intelligent among them: Kars.
In search of the super Aja,
Kars took Wamuu and Esidisi and crossed the Atlantic.
Suzie Q.
Yes, Madam Lisa Lisa, here it is.
Thank you.
In my hand is a perfectly flawless, natural crystal.
The super Aja!
So it was you who had the Red Stone of Aja?
The Pillar Men wiped out the warriors of Hamon.
But this Stone narrowly escaped them,
and now I carry on the role of stone guardian.
Caesar, I know how you must feel.
Our grandfathers, along with so many others,
met with tragedy because of the stone mask.
And we've met its creator, Kars.
Destroy it!
Destroy the Red Stone!
Turn that thing into dust, and let 'em cry like babies!
I cannot.
Why not?
Legend says they cannot be defeated without the Stone.
Why the hell not?
I have no answer.
But I must carry out my duty to protect it at all costs.
JoJo, Caesar...
You will soon begin your final trial.
-A final trial? -A final trial?
Caesar, you must defeat Messina. JoJo, you must defeat Loggs.
EPISODE 17: "THE DEEPER PLAN"
Are you ready, Caesar?
I'm more than ready!
It's almost dawn.
But the night is always darkest before dawn.
Damn Instructor Loggs! Where the hell is he?
I have to stay sharp.
I'll punish him for all he's put me through!
Is that Instructor Loggs?
I think I feel sick!
He's perverted!
Instructor Loggs!
He's dead!
Esidisi!
That you've come to Venice, to this island, means...
I suppose it is the neighboring island
on which the woman who holds the Red Stone of Aja resides.
He gouged out his lungs.
Lungs are vital for Hamon-users.
It had to have been one swift kick.
The tyrannical Loggs.
You ranted and raved at me for three weeks.
I hated you.
I was finally going to get you back for all that.
Well, my dear instructor, I hope you're watching from up there.
So you can see what your training has done for me!
Hey, Esidisi, you're six days early, but I'll be taking it now!
The antidote in the ring you've got stuck in your nose!
Out of my way. I do not have time to deal with you.
Time? You've got way more time than I've got!
Hmmm... that gaze... It has become piercing.
But I must warn you that those in possession of such a stare...
die quickly when facing me.
I will say it once more: begone!
Touch me and you'll lose half your body!
Make me!
What's this?
What's wrong? Make me move!
I only get out of the way if I'm about to step in a pile of shit!
His Hamon has pierced my skin and is flowing into me!
He was able to acquire this much Hamon knowledge in three weeks?
However!
I must admit, I am surprised by all you have learned.
But you're still far from ready to fight against me!
I met and devoured countless Hamon-users like you 2,000 years ago!
I will twist your arm into knots before you ever use Hamon on me again!
Take this!
You finally noticed?
There's some string tied around your arm.
It's soaked in vegetable oil so it conducts Hamon well!
I was going to tie it around your neck, but you left me no opening!
When did you have a chance to tie this string?
It's...
It's a little morbid for my taste.
First blood goes to my instructor and me, Esidisi!
2,500 years ago, a Chinese general named Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War...
and said this:
Victory is decided before the battle is fought.
In other words, my game plan was set way before you even noticed.
I skipped school a lot.
But I was always good at remembering Granny Erina's history lessons!
You may have lived a long time, but you don't have a head for strategy!
Take this!
Why you...
Oh? Are you mad?
Are you upset that I disintegrated your arm?
Go ahead, get angry! I'm beyond furious!
Because of that poison ring you put in my throat,
I haven't gotten a good night's sleep in weeks!
I can't take it!
I just can't take it!
What's he doing?
He's crying?
I thought he'd blow his top for sure. This Esidisi is full of surprises.
This is disturbing. He's throwing a temper tantrum!
My poor arm!
I guess I'd rather he be creepy than furious.
Better finish him quickly!
Ah, I feel better now.
My personality is a bit wild.
When I lose my temper, a little bawling always cools my head.
You quoted Sun Tzu earlier...
I know him as well, you see.
Long ago, I journeyed to China.
"To fight is to deceive."
Anger the enemy, disquiet his mind, and create an opening.
That's what you are trying to do, correct?
I am not naive.
But, oh one called JoJo, your improvement impresses me.
I commend you on your Hamon abilities.
I've long waited for a worthy opponent.
What are you doing to his arm?
Hmmm a bit slender, but I'll develop the muscle anew.
He's unbelievable!
First he's angry, then he's crying, and now this?
Oh, JoJo, I believe I've frightened you!
Are you afraid of me right now?
I can't read him!
I've always read my opponents and used their minds against them.
But his mind is different.
Maybe I'm the one being read!
Instructor Loggs's corpse!
It's hot!
His corpse is simmering!
How in the...
An animal's temperature rises during periods of physical exertion.
I can raise my blood's temperature to 500 degrees and release it.
When I severed that corpse's arm,
I injected my blood into the wound and made him boil.
Wamuu can control the wind with his Divine Sandstorm.
I am "Esidisi of the flame."
Heat is my domain!
Your ability to obliterate the human body is truly sickening.
But your measly attempt to scare me is pathetically obvious!
Try a Clacker Volley!
My Hamon isn't like it was a month ago!
You were afraid.
It looks like you're the one who has attacked hastily, JoJo.
I'll drive these veins into your face
and send boiling blood into your body, turning you into stew!
Behold, the Erratic Blaze King!
JoJo...
Take this, Caesar!
Bubble Launcher!
Stop! That's enough!
If we continue, one or both of us will die.
As much as I hate to say this, I would be the one to lose this match.
I have trained here ten years longer than you.
And yet you still managed to
burn the hair off my right arm with your Bubble Launcher Hamon.
What can I say? You've truly trounced me.
Without a doubt, you have passed your final trial!
You're more interested in whether
your loud-mouthed pal passed his trial than what you've just achieved, Caesar?
I am only this strong because I didn't want JoJo to outpace me.
Both JoJo and I will survive our battle against the three of them.
I'll say this, JoJo may be loud and arrogant,
but deep down, he's as good as it gets.
You're bad at making friends,
but when you do, I guess it's true love.
That's...
Esidisi!
That was a clever dodge.
The mask protected me from his vein attack, but...
Hot!
That blood is insane!
Damn! Just when I finally get to flash these sexy lips again!
You've got to go and leave a burn mark next to 'em, you bastard!
JoJo, on the surface you play the role of clever quipster.
But you're really just strategizing, aren't you?
Oh, why so pale, JoJo?
Did I guess right? Looks like I was spot on!
For my next plan...
I think I'll stick with the string!
I'll act like I'm dodging,
as I wrap the string around the spikes, in four different directions.
But he won't see the string...
Once he steps into my string "barrier,"
I'll wrap him up and defeat him with Hamon!
That laugh means trouble.
Could he have seen through my plan?
No, there's no way!
Erratic Blaze King's Prison!
How long can you keep avoiding my attacks?
So you finally noticed...
why my hat is disappearing, that is!
You've stepped inside my barrier!
My hat is 100% wool. It conducts Hamon just fine.
Oho?
What are you laughing at?
How can you laugh at a time like this?
Your next line is, I'll wipe that smirk off your face!
But that's my trick!
A "barrier," you say? Look around you!
I am the one who set the barrier!
I knew about your little plan all along!
JoJo, what did you say?
Victory is decided before the battle is fought, was it?
True!
How very true your words are!
Looks like my plan has propelled me to victory again!
And now I'm going to send my boiling blood into
all the holes my veins bored into your body!
I'll light you on fire like a lovely birthday cake!
He's a goner!
This is it!
Caesar!
I assume Loggs is dead.
If he takes JoJo down, we will be the ones to face Esidisi!
JoJo's too far away for us to help now.
It is a bitter pill to swallow,
but we must focus on protecting Lisa Lisa and the Red Stone.
Now, we must prepare for battle.
JoJo...
Now let me hear that guttural howl of despair!
You laugh as I push you closer to the edge of death?
Has fear driven you mad?
Well...
Standing like this, with arms crossed, eyes closed, chuckling...
is the pose of victory, Esidisi.
You lost today because you snoozed away 2,000 years.
Lost? You say I've lost?
Oh? You don't get it?
You don't know what I'm thinking?
You don't know that you've already lost?
That you thought you outwitted me, but in fact it was I who outwitted you!
You see, humans have been progressing,
little by little, for the past 2,000 years.
You probably already know this,
but in the 18th and 19th centuries, magic became popular entertainment.
I happen to be a big fan...
of illusion that is!
How could it? The string was...
How is it not broken?
My string magic worked!
I set up my barrier so that
it would work even if the string was cut.
A simple trick.
Now you'll say,
"I'll drive my veins into you before your pathetic Hamon can work!"
I'll drive my veins into you before your pathetic Hamon can work!
Take this! Beat of my Hamon Overdrive!
I've been...
beaten by a mere human!
I am the definition of greatness!
I won't be beaten!
How dare...
How dare you...
Esidisi's body is releasing some sort of energy!
Is it the life force of someone who has lived for thousands of years?
Hurry up and let it out!
May you lose that light
along with all the power you stole from all your victims!
Instructor, thank you for pushing me through that grueling training.
Grazie, Loggs!
Santviento lived on in a petrified state after I beat him.
Yet Esidisi disintegrated down to his bones.
Why is he different?
Maybe that's just proof that my Hamon abilities have improved.
Well, he's dead now, and I've got the antidote for the throat poison ring.
Maybe it's because he had this on his nose,
but it sure does look a lot like snot.
Oh well, down the hatch...
All right! The antidote worked.
The ring around my windpipe is gone.
Guess I'll head back to see Caesar and Lisa Lisa.
I think I used my head too much.
My shoulders feel stiff.
6 DAYS UNTIL RING AROUND JOJO'S AORTA RELEASES POISON
NEXT EPISODE
How about the white one?
Wait until we cross!
But I really do like this design.
I'll eradicate them.
Which to choose?
Damn it! I can't hit her!
EPISODE 18: "VON STROHEIM'S REVENGE"
Subtitle translation by Matthew Hunter