EPISODE 17: THE LOVERS, PART 2
What a nice bridge you make, Jotaro.
Hey, Jotaro. My back itches.
Scratch it!
Just a little lower.
Lower.
Oh yeah, that's it.
But not too hard, mind you.
-Mister Joestar? -Hey, what's the matter?
It feels like someone's tickling my back.
I can't concentrate much longer like this!
Mister Joestar!
Looks like we've got quite the captive audience.
Mister Joestar, keep your voice down!
People are staring!
They'll think you're crazy!
You think I'm screaming for the hell of it?
-Oh, no! -That poor man...
Let's give him some change.
Why are they throwing money?
Older relatives like that can be tough.
That is so true.
Kakyoin, go buy the TV.
Let's get out of this crowd.
Right.
Is this your store?
Uh... Yes it is...
I'd like to buy that TV.
Unbelievable...
Kakyoin's Hierophant and Polnareff's Chariot
shrunk themselves to a microscopic level
and infiltrated Joestar's body.
They intend to fight me?
I can see them!
They're traveling through the bloodstream
and heading toward the brain stem to my Lovers.
Quickly!
We don't have long before the flesh bud
in Mr. Joestar's brain eats clean through!
Hurry, you two!
There!
All right!
Do it, Mister Joestar!
Hermit Purple!
These are...
the flesh bud's tentacles!
We finally made it to the brain stem,
but the flesh bud's already taken over!
Damn it!
It's him!
Look!
He's using those weird claws to knead Mr. Joestar's brain cells
into a gooey mash so he can feed them to the flesh bud!
We have to destroy him and tear out the flesh bud's roots quickly,
or they'll completely devour his brain!
Okay!
I'll julienne him to ribbons!
You know on second thought.
A finer cut should do the trick!
Like grating a radish!
No you don't!
Now!
He did it!
No, not quite!
Gotta say, Kakyoin, that thing's pretty fast.
But I've already figured him out.
If that's all the little beast has, then he's no match for--
Polnareff!
Who are you talking to?
Huh?
Polnareff, that's not me.
And that's not a Stand you slashed!
It's melting away!
What?
I'm The Lovers!
Polnareff!
He disguised himself!
He was wearing Mr. Joestar's brain!
Somehow that thing used the kneaded brain cells
to disguise himself as my Hierophant Green!
All you destroyed was a decoy made of those brain cells!
And you dummies completely fell for it!
Come on!
Pull your head out of your ass!
Better shine these shoes right, Jotaro!
I'm in a fantastic mood, you know!
So until these shoes shine as bright as I feel,
and I can see that bright sun on them, clear as day,
I'm gonna need you to polish your little heart out.
If you'd like, you're welcome to use your uniform.
Actually, why don't you use your tongue?
Hey! You bastard!
What are you writing?
You're looking at your tab.
And you're gonna pay in full.
I wrote it down, so I won't forget.
You're a scoundrel, Jotaro.
Well, it doesn't matter.
It'll all be meaningless in the end.
Kakyoin, look!
Check out the decoy's head I just opened!
What the hell's going on?
He's splitting into two!
Listen up.
To win in life, one must thoroughly know oneself!
It's like Aesop's fable
when the unassuming tortoise beats the hare.
The tortoise outruns the hare
because he knows his abilities better than anyone!
Of course, the same applies to me.
I know perfectly well I lack the power and speed
to mortally wound either of you.
But remember this!
The spoils belong to those who admit their own weaknesses!
Emerald Splash!
Did it work?
More decoys are forming from the brain cells.
They're multiplying!
But a person can have only one Stand,
which means only one is real!
Where's the real one?
Right here!
Emerald Splash!
Close but no cigar! I was standing right next to--
The more decoys we hit, the more they multiply!
No, no...
It's me...
They're all me!
Polnareff, that's enough!
Withdraw your Stand now.
I can't just watch you get hurt, even if you are trying to save me.
No way in hell!
I can't stand the thought of giving up
and watching you die like this.
Withdraw your Stand! You'll be killed!
Do as I say.
It's over.
We fight to the end, Mister Joestar!
I can't tell...
They're all the same!
Which is the real one?
Which is the Stand?
I can't tell them apart!
The world's weakest Stand is...
The most...
the most powerful of all!
Hey now, Jotaro, look!
A beautiful gold bracelet.
Pretty impressive, eh?
It'd make any girl fall head over heels.
Jotaro,
see that space there in the glass?
Use your Stand to sneak through and steal it!
Steal it. What don't you understand?
Get a move on!
I mean...
I don't mind breaking the glass and taking the bracelet myself.
Then again, if I'm caught, I could be beaten to a bloody pulp.
Old Joseph would surely die from the pain.
Hurry it up!
While the salesman's looking the other way!
This guy's shoplifting!
Son of a--
THE LOVERS DAN OF STEEL
Mister Salesman!
Please, sir! Don't let him get away!
Sure thing!
You bastard...
All right? Where's the thief?
Who's the culprit?
That guy, there?
That Asian kid?
Ya know, back where I come from,
when someone steals something we chop off their fingers!
Hey, Jotaro.
You better not use your Stand against civilians.
Punk!
Take this!
Despicable!
Dirty thief!
Now get the hell out of our country!
Good-for-nothing asshole!
We'll let you off easy. You can keep your fingers for now!
That was great! Nicely done, my friend!
Thanks to the commotion you caused,
I was able to get my hands on an even better piece!
Jotaro!
What the hell are you laughing at?
What's so damn funny?
Nothing. I'm just a bit excited.
I was laughing 'cause your punishment just doubled.
And I've been waiting for this moment!
It's almost payback time, and it's really got me tingling.
Why, you!
It would seem we have something of a misunderstanding.
Sorry, but your Old Man isn't long for this world.
That's the reality you're facing.
How sad.
You don't know us very well, do you?
I see you don't know Kakyoin at all.
Come again?
It seems to me you're obsessed with the notion of knowing oneself.
It makes sense.
I suppose I'm inclined to agree.
To know oneself is an important lesson.
But so is "know thy enemy."
You should have done your homework.
Can't you see?
My Hierophant...
has the power to stretch out its feelers!
I've been inspecting every one of you!
How could I've not noticed something touching me!
So you're the Stand!
Emerald Splash!
Success!
Well, well...
Looks like Kakyoin got you pretty damn good.
I'm wondering...
Will I get my payback once he's done?
He's realized he's out of his league!
He's trying to escape into the artery!
He's trying to escape!
He's trying to escape from Mr. Joestar's brain!
Huh? Did you say he's leaving?
All right! That's great news, isn't it?
-Mister Joestar, hurry! The flesh bud! -Right!
Overdrive!
The flesh bud's vanishing!
Thank God.
This whole experience sure has done a lot to bring us together.
You're incorrigible, Polnareff.
Hold on a minute.
If that thing's really trying to leave my brain.
It'll go back to its Stand user, Dan of Steel...
The bastard is returning to its user!
This is bad!
Jotaro has no way of knowing!
What's wrong? Why are you backing away from me?
Aren't you going to tell me more about my grandfather's death?
Hey...
What's with the big hurry?
Got somewhere to go?
You're not actually trying to run away, are you?
After all you've done...
Please, Jotaro, sir, forgive me!
I admit it, you win!
I'll change! I'll lie on the ground and lick your boots!
I know what I did was wrong!
You can pummel me as much as you'd like!
Hit me! Kick me!
But please, don't kill me!
Soon,
very soon, the Lovers will return to me!
And this idiot, Jotaro, doesn't have a clue!
This time it'll infiltrate your brain!
Kakyoin is hundreds of meters away. Just you wait!
I'll make you suffer pain so horrible
you'll wish you were never born!
It's here!
Now! Enter his ear!
I figured you'd try something shitty like this.
Don't you know my Stand, Star Platinum,
has superior eyesight and reflexes?
Didn't you check up on us at all?
I wasn't planning anything!
Not against your Stand's immense power.
Did you just say "Your" Stand?
Just "your"?
No! I meant your awesome and powerful Stand
is far superior to any other!
I knew I didn't stand a chance, so I had it come back!
Please look!
You've already shattered my arm and leg to pieces!
I can't possibly fight anymore! I can't even move!
Yeah...
All the crap you did to me,
I guess an arm and leg should make up for it.
Do you swear you'll never show your face to us again?
I swear!
I'll head for some deserted island!
I'll go to the ends of the earth and never return to bother you!
You'd better not be lying.
The next time I see that face, it'll get a thousand punches.
I'm not lying! I'd never ever lie to you!
Get lost.
Let's play soccer over there!
But then I can't play!
Jotaro!
You're an utter fool!
Just take a look at that girl!
My Stand, The Lovers, just went into that girl's ear.
Now he's heading for her brain.
You'd better not move, Jotaro!
I'm going to stab you in the back with this knife,
and make sure you never move again!
Attack me with your Star Platinum,
and this girl's pathetic life ends right here and now!
You'd never allow
such an innocent child to die, would you?
Oh, good grief. Go ahead and stab me, then.
Hey! Didn't you hear me? I said don't move!
Don't...
What? Huh?
What's the matter?
Didn't you say something about stabbing me?
Like this, right?
My body won't move! Why?
What's this thing wrapped around me?
I see you didn't notice.
Kakyoin tied Hierophant's tentacles
around the leg of your fleeing Stand.
They stretch all the way back to him like a kite string.
Guess you were too self-absorbed to realize it.
Please forgive me!
Ask for forgiveness from Enyaba, the woman you killed.
I never had the slightest intention of forgiving you.
Dio paid me to do this. You can have it all.
Good grief.
You really are a piece of work.
What you owe me, can never be paid back with money!
Your receipt. Keep the freakin' change.
JOTARO KUJO
I have this feeling like someone is staring at us,
so I keep looking back.
Are you sure you're not just being paranoid?
I can't help but feel that presence, too.
I really can't shake the feeling that someone's staring at us.
Something's strange.