The poison rings in JoJo's chest and neck cannot be surgically removed.
Before the rings dissolve and the poison is released,
JoJo has to defeat Wamuu and take the antidote!
Venice, Italy
What a disaster!
I only said one month as a bluff, but they took it seriously!
I should've said one year!
Hey, JoJo...
Quit screwing around! Start thinking!
I-I am thinking!
But there's no point in thinking too hard about it.
Not only for me. You'll get depressed, too, Caesar.
JoJo, you need to at least learn to do what I am about to do.
The water isn't falling!
JoJo, catch!
Hold it like that.
That's all? Piece of cake.
Here's what went wrong.
The strength of our Hamon is about equal.
But you always release it in a burst from your palm.
That's why the water exploded.
But I was releasing Hamon from the tip of my finger alone.
Just one point.
Using one point creates a vibrating skin that holds the water.
Scattering Hamon like you do wastes energy.
A squirt gun with a smaller hole shoots farther. Got that, chump?
Listen, JoJo. You have to train to control your Hamon completely.
That is why we came to Venice, the home of my coach!
Oh, no!
The two words I hate the most are effort and work!
31 days until the rings dissolve
From the silent depths
The pillars awaken from ages-long sleep
Crimson blood
Summons the valorous to stand up
If inherited love is called fate
Then take another step with smiling eyes
Mystify the darkness, dodge in a blink
Avoid the blade, find an opening and strike
Conviction tested opens the way to the future
Like a bloody storm Hot like a bloody stone
Destiny written into your veins
The undying bonds of honor arise
Take hold of them
Chapter 16: Lisa Lisa, Hamon Coach
What's this?
I thought Venice was a tourist town.
Why would a master of Hamon be here?
Excuse me.
We want to go to Air Suplena Island.
Gondolier, are you listening?!
He's standing on a floating oar!
W-Who the heck is this guy?!
What the...?!
You'll get it now!
I don't know who you are, but you're going to pay for that!
You can use Hamon well enough to stand on water, hmm?
A woman?!
C-Coach!
She is called Lisa Lisa.
No one knows her true name,
her history, or where she learned Hamon.
But she will be our coach for the next month.
I still have to make you pay for hitting me with that oar.
I won't hold back because you're a girl!
I tested your talents and found them superb.
I'm impressed you can walk on water without training.
However!
You must be prepared to die if you want to master Hamon in a month!
S-She's made a high bar!
What the...?!
Joseph Joestar, you will wear that breathing correction mask at all times.
I can't--
Use rhythm. With proper rhythm, you'll have no trouble.
But if you fail to maintain rhythm, the mask will begin to suffocate you.
You will learn to run 100 kilometers with the mask on!
Take this stupid thing off right--
I-I can't breathe!
Your training has begun.
I'll take it off for meals and tooth brushing.
JoJo, just maintain your rhythm.
It'll be like wearing a Halloween mask.
Y-You're gonna get it, you--
I have one more thing to tell you.
I am not teaching you so that you can save your own skin.
I am forging warriors that can destroy our enemies!
Y-You witch.
You want another round with her?
I don't hit women.
Now, Caesar, JoJo...
...welcome to Venice!
Sheesh.
I respect her skill with Hamon, but I'd never marry a girl like that.
She's kinda cute, though.
Bow to her!
What? Why is a playboy like you so polite to her?
I respect my coach like my own mother.
I won't tolerate rudeness toward her.
Air Suplena Island is 30 minutes northeast of Venice by boat.
Compared to the city, it is dark and mysterious.
But the island's beauty matches Lisa Lisa perfectly.
This is our new training ground!
That entire island is my home.
We have to prepare to face death, eh?
Just how will we train?
I see.
You're safe, and so is my grandson.
I couldn't be happier.
Tell Granny about the poison rings and I'll beat you senseless!
I can't tell her. How could I?
This is the prologue, we call it Hell Climb Pillar!
W-What?!
What's this about?
C-Coach, are we really starting with Hell Climb Pillar?
I haven't ever attempted it.
Hell Climb Pillar has claimed many trainees' lives.
If you cannot overcome this test, you have no right to be here.
Hey, don't keep this a secret between yourselves!
What the hell is this Hell thing anyway?
Step through these doors and you'll see.
Coach, no!
Th-This is...
...oil!
It's flowing down this pillar.
It's 24 meters to the top. Climb using only your hands.
There is no other exit.
If you can't climb, you'll die down there.
We have to get up this slippery, 24-meter tall pillar?!
30 days until the rings dissolve
A test of endurance using Hamon, the grueling Hell Climb Pillar!
This is bad.
I can barely cling to the pillar.
Moving my fingers even a bit is exhausting.
Falling off of this pillar just once would leave me
with no energy to climb!
We'd starve and die!
JoJo and I both!
JoJo, the longer it takes, the harder it will get!
Hurry and climb!
N-No!
I have to worry about myself!
I lost control just by talking.
This is ridiculous!
I just got here!
She knows I don't have the power to climb this bloody pillar!
Damn her! Just tossing us down here like that!
She's lost my respect after all!
I've always been nice to girls.
But I'll come up with some way to torture her later!
Bloody hell!
A lot of trainees died trying to climb this thing, huh?
Are you sure they weren't simply too stupid?
Using anything but Hamon is an insult to the pillar!
Hell Climb Pillar loves only Hamon and rejects all else!
Never forget that!
Wait! Hold on, Lisa Lisa!
I mean, Coach!
Y-You won't really let me die down here
if I don't have the power to climb up.
It's my first day here.
This is just a test to fire me up. You'll pull me out later, right?
Such cold eyes!
A look like that means she'll really let me die!
Blast it all!
Who do you think you are?!
You being cute just makes me even angrier about this!
Twenty-eight hours later.
Caesar is at 15 meters.
JoJo is at zero meters.
The rings will dissolve in 28 days.
More than a day has passed and Caesar's only made it that far.
I shouldn't be worrying about others, but he's struggling.
The fingers supporting him look like they're about to come loose!
His Hamon is about to run out!
Fight, Caesar!
He's about to fall again!
He's on his fingertips!
Caesar!
W-Whoa!
W-Wait a minute. Were his fingertips always like that?
He wasn't about to fall off at all! He was...
A squirt gun with a smaller hole shoots farther.
N-No way!
I-I'll give it a shot!
Let's solve a Hamon mystery!
Is this it?
I did it! I'm sticking! My Hamon is sticking!
I thought having your hands flat supported your weight.
It's odd, but the opposite is true!
Hamon concentrated into the fingertips is much stronger!
What a simple puzzle! I've got it!
Now that I understand, I just have to climb.
So how will I torture that awful woman?
Looks like JoJo's got it.
Another 24 hours have passed.
Caesar is at 18 meters. JoJo is at 16 meters.
The rings will dissolve in 27 days!
Now I know why Caesar slowed down so much at 18 meters.
The pillar widens out as it goes up.
This is where it gets hard.
The pillar is as mean as that woman!
Three hours later.
Caesar is at 19 meters. JoJo is at 18 meters.
Oh? What's that?!
I-It's a crack! And it's big enough for my fingers!
Hooray! Time for a break!
What luck!
Yes! Now I can catch my breath!
W-What was that?!
It felt like a switch!
W-What's happening?!
No!
Hell Climb Pillar loves only Hamon and rejects all else!
Watch out! Something's coming!
Crap! I turned something on!
Even climbing this thing might be too much.
H-How can we get past that?!
A sheet of oil shoots out at the 20 meter point of the pillar!
The high-pressure stream cuts like a razor!
W-What's up, Caesar?
A-Are you mad at me or something?
S-Sorry, Caesar.
But I know any sane person would've tried to rest there.
Whoever made this was twisted to set a trap like that!
I wasn't looking at you with blame, JoJo.
It was worry.
Can my Hamon get me through that razor-sharp barricade?
There's one way!
W-What the...?!
He's sticking with his feet!
Caesar!
Hamon to attract and repel!
My Hamon is focused at my feet to stick
I have to control two opposing types of Hamon at the same time!
I-I did it!
I hate to say it, but JoJo can't yet control two types of Hamon.
He can't get through!
S-Spectacular!
I'm glad Caesar found a way through.
But I'm not sure I can perform a stunt like that.
Nine hours later.
Caesar reaches the top after 61 hours!
C-Coach!
JoJo can't take any more! Stop the oil, please!
Knowing JoJo, he'll attempt some try-or-die stunt any second now!
But will he make it?!
Hanging around like this is getting me nowhere.
If he tries to break through, that oil will split him right in half!
Even if he's blasted away, he'll just fall and starve to death.
Coach!
To hell with it!
I have to try or die!
Here goes nothing!
Don't, JoJo! Just stay there!
The beat of my Hamon cuts like a knife!
JoJo!
JoJo... He...
He's using Hamon to slide along the oil sheet!
The oil loses momentum as it shoots out.
And so!
He used the speed of the oil to jump on top of it!
He didn't fall! In fact, he's up three meters!
No one has ever climbed the pillar that way before.
Turning his weakness into strength, he's quite clever.
I-I made it!
But it's not over yet. I'm on the wall.
But its overhang is even worse than the pillar's.
I'm completely exhausted.
There isn't even a meter to go, damn it!
I-I can't control...
...my breathing any longer.
C-Caesar!
Don't misunderstand.
I wasn't mad at you earlier.
Coach, please forgive me for saving JoJo like this.
That's fine, but aren't you exhausted, too?
I forgot!
Don't let go, please!
Caesar!
Ten seconds later, after saying Don't let go, 13 times...
...JoJo reached the top!
Hold it, Miss Lisa Lisa.
While I was clinging to the pillar for my life, I was thinking.
How am I gonna get back at her?
Shall I strip you bare, or pinch your nose till you cry?
I thought he was easygoing, but I guess he's the vengeful type.
Which will it be?!
I-I did it! I'm holding water in a cup while it's upside-down!
Marvelous!
In only three days, he's learned how to control Hamon!
JoJo's talent is incredible, but Coach Lisa Lisa's training is even more so!
Coach!
I-I'm impressed. G-Give me more training, please!
You'll see. I can overcome anything!
Forget it. I guess he's easygoing after all.
Believe me, I have many activities ready for you.
I'll impress you into the ground.
Yes, ma'am!
The next three weeks will be harder than this warm-up.
And who are you, sneaking up on me?
Wh-Who are these guys?
The water is like pudding!
These two are my servants and your instructors, Meshina and Loggs.
I-I couldn't even begin to do that.
Do you want to learn?
I asked if you want to learn.
O-Of course I do!
I have to!
Do you?
Then come here and take a good, close look.
Tell us your names already!
From here on, we're gonna...
...forge you into real men!
Breathe! If your breath is strong, your muscles will be, too!
You have to breathe ten times a second!
T-This sucks!
Inhale for ten minutes, then exhale for ten minutes!
If you can, the mask comes off!
Th-This is crazy!
Seven days until the rings dissolve!
Next episode
You must take a final examination.
We need more power.
He's good deep down.
This is unnatural!
I can't take it!
Chapter 17: The Deeper Plan