Volume 17 questions

[AFI]

Yay, I'm registered ! I'm so happy because I got Stone Ocean vol. 17 for only $6 (amazing, considering the other manga) which also happens to be my first Japanese manga. I probably should've started with 1, but oh well. After reading it (more specifically, looking at the characters' facial expressions and making second guesses, I have a few questions

1. Why DID Jotaro throw the arrow ?

2. How did Pucci get Stairway to Heaven (Araki's most innovative-looking Stand, I might add) and what is it's ability ?

3. What was with the huge space-shuttle crashing ? Was that courtesy of C-Moon ?

4. Why'd everyone freak at the rain (right after they thought Pucci was dead) ?

5. What happened to Empario's stand ? Did it get ejected by White Snake ?

6. Could someone please explain the whole 'everyone dies while Empario rides a dolphin into oblivion' thing ?

7. What was with all those freakky drawings that appeared every so often ? Are those the effects of STH ?

8. Could someone please explain the fight between Pucci and Empario after they landed in the other demension ? Also, how DID Empario get the Weather Report disc ?

9. The very last panel with Weather Report (forgot his real name) running to catch up with Jolyne and co. This ending reminded me of End of Evangelion. Is there any chance of Araki making a 'side-story' type of thing ?

10. COuld someone tell me how to read the stats Araki posts every so often in the manga during the intervals ?

All help will be greatly appreciated. Man, I hope my taking Japanese pays off. Thanks !

[Yuusuke]

yo, I shall try to answer your questions to the best of my ability~

1. the arrow that jotaro threw was just that: a regular arrow. he was just trying to kill Pucci :B

2. Pucci required a certain amount of gravitational influence in order for his stand to evolve. theoretically, this would come with the new moon, but he was able to artificially create the influence by using his stand, C-Moon. His new stand is called "Made in Heaven," and this raises a question of my own. For those of you reading Jojo in any other language besides Japanese, has this stand been translated as "Stairway to Heaven?" I've seen that name thrown out an awful lot, but it's not what's in the books I've been reading @@;

3. I think the shuttle you're referring to was just the exhibit shuttle at Cape Canaval, not a shuttle coming in from outer space ^^;

4. Everyone freaked out about the rain because just as the rain started coming down in sprinkles, it had suddenly stopped and everybody was already drenched. This occured because Made in Heaven's power caused the storm to fully pass in a fraction of a second.

5. ... ha? I don't think anything happened to Emporio's stand... are you referring to when he suddenly starts using Weather Report's power? ^^;

6. People also seem to have controversy over what happens here as well :B In short, Pucci speeds up time so fast that everything deteriorates, a new big bang occurs, and a new universe is essentially born. Since his power does not affect living things, all living things are now replaced in the new universe, though some people have come to live in different roles than they did before. Now, some people seem to think that Pucci's death did not affect this new world, but it is explicitly stated that his death will "undo everything he's done up until now." Takahan also seemed to think that the new versions of the jojo crew at the end are doubles, which I will disagree with here. My reasoning is that only living things continued on into the "new universe," and since Jolyne and crew were dead, they should not exist there. We know this because when Emporio arrived, he was stark naked (since his clothes deteriorated) and we see a scene where other people who lived into the new universe have met the same fate, implying that only people who lived were brought over through the speeding of time. Unless other people who looked EXACTLY like the jojo crew were born in the previous world, there's no reason why the people at the end would be doubles, and therefore I argue that Pucci's power was somehow reversed with his death and the ending is meant to imply as such (however, since the final scene itself is never explicitly stated, we can never know for sure :B)

7. grah? which freaky drawings? ^^

8. Jolyne had given Emporio Weather Report's disk after WR himself had died (in a battle with Pucci earlier on). Basically, Pucci was going to kill Emporio with his stand but Emporio unconsciously utilized WR to create 100% oxygen to poison him. Since Pucci was moving at super speed, he basically sped up the process, inhibited himself, and WR finished him off.

9. gaaah... I have no idea, I mostly just read jojo, I don't keep up with a lot of news ^^;

10. you mean the stand stats? since you read japanese, you can read the furigana at least, na? here's some quick translations for you:
hakairyoku: destructive power
speed: uh... speed ^^;
shateikyori: range
jisokuryoku: endurance
seimitsudousasei: I guess the best trans. for this is agility/precision
seichousei: ability to mature/grow/evolve
A is the highest mark, E is the lowest

hope that helped ^_^