Chapter 223. The True and False [The World]

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  ←—To Be tinued

  That iic closing line.

  Along with the leisurely tuhat pys alongside it.

  Under normal circumstances…

  Even if it's not the first time, the audieill 't help but grumble.

  This isn't just because every episode of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" ends at the most critical moment.

  It's also because it's like finding a video with an intriguing title, only to download it and realize it's actually an episode of "Cabash Brothers". Who could uand that disappoi?

  But now, few in the audieually care about that feeling.

  Even though the current "Stardust Crusaders" storyline pces Jotaro and his allies ireme danger:

  The sun has set.

  DIO, who has been fined within his mansioo his fear of sunlight, is finally free to roam, like a cat toying with a mouse, hunting down Jotaro and his friends.

  Then there's the secret hidden behind [The World]'s Stand ability.

  And the impending shohere Kakyoin and his allies, pursued by DIO, are left with no choice but to make a desperate st stand uhe overwhelming power of [The World].

  Especially in the final moments of this episode—

  Kakyoin, fully aware of DIO's power, realizes that his [Hierophant Green] is a le Stand, whereas [The World] is a cle power type.

  For his own safety, he keeps [Hierophant Green] from getting too close to DIO.

  Otherwise, it wouldn't just be a matter of being wounded alongside his Stand.

  He would die!

  Absolutely die!

  This is the same clusion both he and Polnareff reached after a brief frontation with DIO.

  Even the long-fotten fear of DIO, buried ever siaro removed the flesh bud from his body using [Star Ptinum], resurfaces.

  And this time, it's not because of the flesh bud but rather through [The World]…

  At this point, Kakyoin clearly uands: they must uhe true nature of [The World]'s Stand ability!

  To quer the fear in his heart.

  And to gain a ce at defeating DIO!

  …One could say that DIO, as a "veteran" actor who's already starred in one series, does not disappoint.

  Simirly, Kakyoin and the others truly live up to beiined actors.

  Their portrayal of fear and ce shines with such vividhat only they could pull off sutensity.

  The audience, fully engrossed, 't wait to see what happe.

  To see what method Kakyoin, having rekindled his ce, will use to test [The World]'s Stand ability.

  However, as stated at the beginning…

  This would be the rea of viewers under normal circumstances.

  But now, things are anything but normal~~

  …

  [ ]: "Why is DIO's Stand this golden humanoid—[The World]—instead of [Hermit Purple]!?"

  As he gradually regains his posure from the shock due to the passage of time, Sora's first thought upon seeing the "←—To Be tinued" isn't about wanting to know what happe.

  Instead, he immediately voices this question in the already bustling eion.

  Kirito: "It's not strahat DIO's Stand isn't [Hermit Purple], right? Didn't [White Snake] mention this before, saying that DIO's true Stand is hidden in the sed OP of Stardust Crusaders."

  Sweet Joy: "So, was [White Snake] right again?"

  [ ]: "Then if that's the case, how do we expin the vine-like Stand that previously appeared in DIO's hands, resembling [Hermit Purple], and how DIO always seems to know Jotaro and his friends' location?"

  Of course, Sora had seen [White Snake]'s OP analysis.

  Not knowing that [White Snake] is Pucci's alias, he always regarded the analysis with some skepticism.

  After all, if he admitted it…

  Wouldn't that mean they'd lost to [White Snake] in the game of pig out plot holes?

  That just wouldn't do!

  Also, Pucci believed that being right every siime would definitely raise suspi.

  So, most of the time, when Pucci used his [White Snake] at to release OP analyses, he would only start with a brief opening and leave the rest to the wildly imaginative online fans to fill in the gaps with their theories.

  Without the influence of the inal story's preceptions, the fans' theories blossomed wildly; some ideas were so ving that, if Pucci hadn't read the inal and written the script himself, he'd almost believe those bizarre theories were the actual storyline.

  Naturally, Pucci's test OP analysis of "JoJo Sono o Kioku" stirred up siderable debate.

  In it, he suggests that the golden figure mirrored with [Star Ptinum] in the OP is DIO's Stand.

  But DIO's Stand had already been revealed in "Stardust Crusaders"!

  When Joseph psycho-graphed DIO, the purple vihat interfered with Joseph's ability were clearly DIO's Stand!

  How could DIO suddenly have a and?

  This has made the true identity of DIO's Stand—[Hermit Purple] or [The World]—one of the hottest topics of debate among "Stardust Crusaders" fans.

  They eagerly awaited DIO's appearance, partly for this reason.

  And now…

  With the appearance of the golden figure [The World], matg the faored desigly, the answer is clear.

  Yet Sora finds it hard to accept!

  After all, if [Hermit Purple] emerged from within DIO once, why should that memory be so easily discarded just because it happened early on?

  Little Tong Tong: "Huh? That does seem to make sense, doesn't it?"

  [ ]: "Exactly! So by the logic of first e, first served, and with the principle that one person has only oand, [Hermit Purple] should logically be DIO's true Stand!"

  Genius Little Pne: "But DIO doesn't t as a persht?"

  [ ]: "…"

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