Using Caesar's bandana, JoJo barely defeated Wamuu.
Lisa Lisa then faced off against Kars,
with Stroheim and Speedwagon
rushing to her side.
But in his usual shady way, Kars used a double to fight,
before launching a surprise attack,
placing Lisa Lisa in her most precarious position yet.
Now JoJo and Lisa Lisa
must fight for their lives!
Kars, you bastard! I'll make sure you rot in hell!
JoJo doesn't know.
He doesn't know that woman is his own mother!
Hang on tight, JoJo.
Below is a valley of razor-sharp crystal spikes!
One fall and she'll die instantly.
Kars!
You're rotten as a moldy, thrown-out pumpkin
that even flies would avoid!
Go ahead and scream. Whine. Throw insults at me.
After all, that's about all you can do while holding that rope.
EPISODE 24 - "THE TIES THAT BIND JOJO"
JoJo! Lisa Lisa!
JoJo doesn't realize that
it's his mother's life he's holding onto!
Mr. Speedwagon, we've got to tell him!
No.
Why not?
Now's not the time.
Stroheim, still fighting the vampires?
We have to help JoJo!
Are you blind?
Look at them all!
It's going to take more than just a minute or two to clear them out!
Out of my sight!
This is bad. They need more time!
JoJo...
Careful, let down your guard for a second,
and that rope will slip away.
Your legs may be quick,
but the rope will only let you move so far.
He landed a kick on Kars, but there was no Hamon!
We're running out of options!
Looks like you've used the last of your Hamon.
Perhaps you can muster up as a last resort one final attack?
Nevertheless, I, Kars, shall enjoy this lovely stroll
as I am about to uproot your life as I would a delicate flower.
Kars!
Maybe I do have enough juice left in me for one last all-out attack.
Maybe I don't!
Who knows!
But I've got a plan!
Something to make you cry uncle!
Interested? Bet you're dying to know!
Well I won't tell ya!
Hey!
Don't think you can tie Lisa Lisa's side of the rope to yours!
This is a match!
What do you think I'll do with it?
What is JoJo doing now?
He's lit his own scarf on fire!
Before this flame burns me,
I'll drive one last Hamon into you with everything I've got!
The fire is a gamble!
And it's going to motivate me!
Think of it as my little deal with death!
JoJo...
That's called...
desperation!
Quit toying with me.
You're just trying to buy time to catch your breath.
Listen again: I shall waste no effort in disposing of you.
I do not engage in childish games!
Come on! I gotta breathe!
You think I care if I look like an idiot?
Listen.
I can cut Lisa Lisa's rope whenever I please.
Run around again, and I will!
Understand?
You wouldn't want me to...
sever your precious rope
now would you?
Don't!
That's what you get for trying to run.
This time you come to me... slowly.
Of course, stay right there,
if you don't mind my cutting this rope.
Dirty crook!
The choice is yours!
Perhaps you consider your own life to be more valuable than hers.
Take this!
I don't know what you're planning,
but if I cut this one and only rope,
you'll fall into those lovely spikes too!
You fool!
JoJo!
Lisa Lisa!
Such a fool! That's two birds with one stone.
What the...
He...
This rope is tied to JoJo!
When did he tie it?
There was no time!
At his first kick,
he let himself get cut along with the rope to give it some slack!
Then he took the extra rope and,
while pretending to light the match,
he tied his leg to her rope and made a loop!
To keep me from looking at his legs,
he lit his scarf on fire!
Then, so that I would step right into that loop,
he lured me into cutting Lisa Lisa's rope!
Clever bastard!
Now you're keeping me and Lisa Lisa from falling!
You fooled me, JoJo!
I never expected to hear that from you!
You can dish it out, but you can't take it!
You may have lived for over 10,000 years,
but you'll need another ten,
if you want to even come close to besting me!
Kars!
Eat this!
Hamon Overdrive!
Did it work?
That was the last of my Hamon.
I've reached my limit.
I've got nothing left.
It got him!
Yes!
He did it! He got Kars with Hamon!
Off you go!
You...
Look! Kars fell directly onto the crystal spikes!
He finally did it! Look!
The Hamon's traveling right up his arm!
He's weakening! You're done for!
Even we could finish you now!
He's trying to spook us.
All right! Let's eliminate him for good!
Bring out the UV amplifier!
Yes, sir!
Master Lisa Lisa...
Kars said he made sure she stayed alive.
Her vital organs should be safe.
If we can get her treatment soon, she should be okay.
We finally did it!
Yes. Thank goodness!
Hey, Mr. Speedwagon?
-Can I ask you something? -What is it?
Why did Granny Erina tell JoJo his mother died when he was little?
And why does Lisa Lisa hide her past from JoJo?
Smokey, that's...
Granny Erina told me not to ask you,
but I have to know!
She's his mother. Keeping that from him is awful.
Smokey...
JoJo and Granny Erina are my friends.
They saved me, a thief, from those crooked cops.
I owe them my life!
That's why I traveled all this way! So I could help in any way I can.
All right, Smokey.
I'll tell you.
But only because you looked after Erina
in New York in my absence.
But you must never tell JoJo!
This is a personal matter of the Joestar family.
It is not our place to judge.
"Lisa Lisa" is an alias.
Her real name is Elizabeth.
Raised by a Hamon-user named Straizo,
she fell in love with Erina's son, George Joestar, and married him.
George and Elizabeth had a son, JoJo.
JoJo's father George was a member of the Royal Flying Corps.
Aviation developed rapidly during the First World War,
and George was among the first men
brave enough to pilot the new machines.
He was a hero of the Royal Flying Corps.
But...
that's when a dark and sinister vestige from the past
crept back to haunt the Joestars.
Fifty years ago, Dio created vampire zombies.
Straizo, myself, and the others thought we had exterminated them.
But one managed to escape.
He blended in with society and lived on for decades!
He was also incredibly cunning...
He created no spawn,
and devoured his victims, bones and all,
until there was almost no evidence left behind.
And that zombie, by some terrible twist of fate...
became commander in the Royal Flying Corps!
The Royal Flying Corps?
Together with JoJo's father?
Yes.
George was the first to realize the commander's true identity.
I and Straizo had told him many stories, after all.
But George was still an ordinary man.
He had never trained in the Hamon,
though he had the makings of a Hamon master!
Before George could confirm the commander's identity,
the commander caught on to George's efforts!
He was murdered before he could send his message to Straizo!
He covered up George's death
by spreading rumors his plane had crashed during the night.
Straizo and I were suspicious.
We investigated and discovered the truth.
That night, I told Elizabeth as she held JoJo.
But before showing any grief...
she stormed out of the house!
Lisa Lisa was a Hamon expert, but she had become deranged!
A soldier spotted Lisa Lisa killing the commander.
The army knew nothing of the zombies or the Hamon.
To them, she had not only murdered their beloved commander,
she had burned his body beyond recognition!
Soon an international warrant was issued for her arrest...
for murder and treason!
We at the Speedwagon Foundation
did everything possible to cover her tracks.
Elizabeth fled England,
leaving her son behind, never saying goodbye.
In almost a whisper, Erina asked me,
"When Joseph grows up and asks about his parents...
you must tell him they both perished."
This child...
And so Elizabeth became Lisa Lisa.
Why?
Why does it have to be that way?
At least tell him his mother is alive!
I understand the pain all too well.
Erina lost both her husband and her son.
All because of the Stone Mask and the Hamon.
She didn't want her grandson, Joseph...
she didn't want JoJo to know about the Hamon,
or anything connected to it!
Lisa Lisa felt the same!
Such a tragic story.
Such misfortune!
But now...
Now JoJo...
JoJo saved his mother's life with that very Hamon!
Mr. Speedwagon...
Now there's no reason for Lisa Lisa to hide.
JoJo found out about the Hamon. He used it to save his mother!
True.
But it's not up to me.
We must ask Erina and Lisa Lisa first.
But...
Colonel!
We're ready to fire!
Right! Aim it right at him!
We will have the honor of executing Kars!
Eat this, Kars!
I can't tell you how good it feels to finally end your life!
Stop, Stroheim! The mask!
The Red Stone is in his mask! You mustn't blast him with UV rays!
Damn it!
Halt! Don't shine the light on him!
No!
I didn't know... I had no idea he had the mask.
I didn't see him lay the Red Stone into the mask!
Dear God...
Kars...
NEXT EPISODE
The ultimate life form...
He can manipulate life at will!
Is there no way to stop him?
Kars, the Ultimate Thing, is born!
EPISODE 25 - "THE BIRTH OF A SUPERBEING"
Subtitle translation by Matthew Hunter