Jodio Joestar

Jodio Joestar (ジョディオ・ジョースター, Jodio Jōsutā) is the main protagonist of the ninth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, The JOJOLands, and the ninth JoJo of the series.

Jodio is a small-time gangster living in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his older brother Dragona and his mother Barbara Ann Joestar. He is a Stand user who wields November Rain, allowing him to create localized drops of rain that can crush his opponents.

Appearance

Jodio is a 15-year-old boy. He has light skin and light-colored hair with long jagged bangs partially obscuring both of his eyes and an undercut at the back. His hair is asymmetrical, as the right side is braided with a star-shaped ornamental hair clip attached, and the left side is cut just below his eye. He wears a large "JO" shaped earring that hangs from his left ear. As a descendant of the Joestar family, Jodio has the Star Birthmark on his left shoulder.^[2]

His outfit consists of a light short-sleeved shirt under dark hooded overalls with a winged heart emblem at the center of the chest. The emblem is marked by an hourglass symbol with both triangles split into a dark and a bright half, and the shirt has been shown to have the word "NOVEMBER" written on the front collar. The overalls bears a strong resemblance to a life preserver, having a belt fastened around the chest under the heart emblem, sporting rigid light-colored shoulder pads, and exposing most of Jodio's back. The overalls are also fastened to the shirt by two buttons at the back of the waist. The overalls' pantlegs are split under the knee, giving them a similar appearance to bell-bottoms, both also studded in a vertical column besides the slit.

For accessories, Jodio wears assorted fingerless gloves, the main pair consisting of simple wristbands with a triangular flap over the back of the hand. He also has armbands shaped like two triangles wrapped around each bicep. Jodio wears dark plain dress shoes.

As an eleven year old, Jodio wore almost the exact same style of clothing. Rather than the heart emblem, his hoodie had "JO" written in large centered letters with the top line of the J being elongated.^[3]

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Personality

Jodio Joestar is an ambitious hoodlum living a life of petty crime in Hawaii. When he was eleven years old, Jodio was diagnosed as possibly having antisocial personality disorder.^[4] In spite of his aversion for friendship,^[5][6] Jodio is popular at his school^[7] and grows a likening to Meryl Mei Qi's crew.^[8][9][10]

Jodio is protective of his family, and prone to violence when anyone threatens or mocks them.^[11] When he was eleven-years old, Jodio witnessed a band of classmates harassing Dragona and felt compelled to protect them. Jodio "handled" the problem by igniting an entire school bus full of students to hurt them. Although Jodio felt no guilt for igniting the fire, the absurdity of his family's subsequent dissolution perplexed him. This event was formative for his relationship with Dragona and their adolescence.^[3] Soon after, they began to work as gofers to financially support and protect their mother.^[12] He sometimes whispers his thoughts to Dragona for Dragona to speak on his behalf to others.^[13][3]

Jodio's sole aspiration is wealth,^[14] and contrary to his mother's hopes, he performs the worst in his class.^[3] Ever since he started out as a gofer with Dragona,^[15] Jodio gave his work professional-like diligence, garnering enough notoriety to earn recognition and trust in Hawaii.^[15] These experiences formed Jodio's outlook, and may have inspired his belief in "mechanisms."^[16] "Mechanisms" are a set of abstract rules that dictate the distribution of power and wealth shaping society. For example, Jodio cultivates respect, admiration, and protection through his popularity, but a bullied classmate won't.^[17]

Jodio is a big fan of Rohan Kishibe's work, Pink Dark Boy.^[18] He also listens to a lot of music, and plays with a handheld gaming console to kill time.^[19][20] Jodio is bad at remembering three letter acronyms.^[21]

According to Lulu, Jodio gives the impression of being the leader of his team despite him being young.^[22]

Abilities

Stand

Jodio wields November Rain, a Stand that is able to create localized showers of rain that can selectively become heavy enough to completely flatten an adult man into the ground within its 3 meter range.

Relationships

Family

• Dragona Joestar: Jodio's older brother. The two have a close relationship, working together to earn money and protect their mother. When Dragona is harassed by a police officer, Jodio angrily beats the man, leaving him half-dead. Dragona feels glad that Jodio did that for them and hugs him after.^[1]
• Barbara Ann Joestar: The mother of Jodio and Dragona, who raises them alone. Jodio and Dragona love her and ensure her social safety by helping her behind the scenes with their gang work.^[1]

Gangmates

• Paco Laburantes: Although they work together, Jodio does not consider Paco as his friend.^[1] Paco starts to appreciate Jodio after seeing his ability in action.^[23]
• Usagi Alohaoe: Usagi is in a higher grade than Jodio at their high school. Jodio is surprised when Meryl Mei Qi added him to the heist team but he trusts Meryl's word that Usagi is a good kid.^[1] Usagi is impressed with Jodio being on the same wavelength as him and asks if they can be good friends someday, but Jodio refuses.^[24]

Miscellaneous

• Rohan Kishibe: Jodio is an ardent fan of Rohan Kishibe and his work.^[23][25] He diligently follows Rohan's series, Pink Dark Boy, lauding his unique approach as heavenly. Jodio deeply respects Rohan, going as far as to prevent his gang members from harming him. After being outmaneuvered by Jodio, Rohan develops a mutual respect for him. He encourages Jodio to pursue his ambitions but also cautions him not to trust his gang blindly.^[26]

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