Heir To The World (Medaka Box/JJBA) - Revamped SV Version!

[Alexander89]

[X] I want you
-[X] As a loyal and devoted underling
[X] Innocuous things like provoking and physiological traps are fine, right?

"Heh heh. What would you like to demand?"

"In that case, I want...you." You reply with the most serious and solemn expression you can muster while looking directly into Nabeshima's eyes. You let both her and Akune widen their eyes as the meaning of your words sink into their brains (with the nice addendum of Nabeshima blushing furiously) before continuing. "As a loyal and devoted underling. Who wouldn't want the support of the [Queen of Foul Play]?"

Nabeshima quickly ceases physical contact with you and steps back with a surprised expression, while Akune does the opposite: namely, grabbing the neck of your jacket and shaking you wildly while shouting in your face. "YOU DAMN LECHEEEEEERRR! ARE YOU SAYING MEDAKA-SAN ISN'T ENOUGH? HOW MANY GIRLS DO YOU INTEND TO SINK YOUR FILTHY CLAWS INTO?!?!"

Hey now. While you will never admit it out loud, you are an healthy teenager that has yet to do anything romantic or erotic with a representative of the fair sex. Medaka doesn't count.

"So that's how it is. I accept." Naneshima replies confidently, even if you can still see some traces of pink on her cheeks.

"Captain?!"

"Since for you winning means he becomes my underling inside the Judo Club, it's only fair I offer similar compensation in the case of your defeat." She winks at you again. "That aside, don't think you can win so easily, Hitoyoshi-kun~!"

[*]​

Since the rules of this match say [no time] for both you and Akune, it means there is no time limit you have to respect. Some think acting quickly and swiftly means gaining the advantage. They would be right...in some cases. In others, patience is the key to win. You have no intention of cheating...but Innocuous things like provoking and physiological traps are fine, right?

[*]​

"Oh? What a surprise: I expected Hitoyoshi-kun to try to end the match as quickly as possible, but he seems to know even that much about Judo." To the sidelines Nabeshima observes the two fighters not moving a inch from their initial positions. "But it's not use, whatever he will try Akune-kun can counter it. Geniuses can all do things like that." She sighs wistfully. "What a boring Judo."

Medaka, sitting seiza next to Nabeshima, silently regards the other girl. "From what I can gather, you seem to really hate the genius type, don't you senior Nabeshima?"

"Yeah, I do hate them!" The green-haired girl replies with a smirk and a wriggling finger. "I really hate them. You're also included in that category you know? The reason I'm doing Judo is to walk all over those who have talent with my hard work."

"I see." Medaka closes her eyes and smiles. "I guess that's the reason you got the name [Foul King], uh?"

"Ku ku ku! This is the way I see it Kurokami-chan: the geniuses should be with the geniuses, and the normal people should be with each other too. There is no need for Akune-kun on our Judo team, you can have him. I've rather have Hitoyoshi-kun."

"Hmph. If so, then there is no need for you to worry senior Nabeshima." Medaka opens her eyes. "There is no such thing as a genius!"

"...What?"

"When are you going to move Hiroyoshi?" Akune finally spits out with an annoyed tone. "Are you seriously trying to win by making me so bored I'll surrender? Get here so I can-"

"-send me to the mat with an [Koshi Waza], your favored beginning move?" Zenkichi finishes.

"Send you-" Akune's eyes widen. "How do you know that?"

"It's easy." Zenkichi smirks with a sense of superiority. "First, who do you think Medaka practiced her Judo on? I have memorized all allowed moves and the best positions to start with in order to pull them off flawlessly. And guess what? That starting position of yours, polished to near-perfection, is a dead giveaway to what you're planning!"

Akune gasps, followed by everyone else save Medaka.

"Also, your next line will be: [there are at least five others moves that use the same position, how can you be so sure it's the Koshi Waza?]." Zenkichi immediately adds, fists and elbows touching each other in front of his chest while he mimics a gun with both hands.

"There are at least five others moves that use the same position, how can you be so sure it's the Koshi Waza?" Akune shouts in irritation before a look of realization and dread flashes on his face. "Huh?!"

"Don't you get that I can read you like an open book, Kuoki Akune?!" Zenkichi hides half of his face, but not his eyes, with a hand. "You don't just want to win, you want to show off and humiliate me in front of everyone. That's why you're going to use such a showing-off technique. Plus, looks at your belt!"

Everyone's eyes are instantly draw to Akune's belt.

"It's slightly lower on the right side!" He dramatically declares. "Because it tends to shift up when you do a move like the Koshi Waza which requires you to stretch all your body on only one side, so you developed the habit of pushing it down!"

"Ahahaha!!" Medaka laughs, much to a stunned Nabeshima's consternation. "Admire Zenkichi's first Special Skill: [I Can read You Like An Open Book]! No matter who he faces, he can understand their thought processes as easily as his own!"

Akune grits his teeth, even as beads of nervous sweat appear on his forehead. "So what's your point? Even if you can partially predict what I can do, do you honestly think it will be enough to win?!"

"Of course not." Zenkichi scoffs with a shrug. "The real reason I'll win...is because you ignore one very important thing!"

"And what would it be?!"

Suddenly Zenkichi slyly smiles. "Do you know, that Medaka and I have the kind of relationship where I get to see her underwears every. Single. Day?"

Everyone's eyes, save Medaka and Zenkichi, bulge out of their sockets. Medaka quietly nods with a small smile and eyes closed, seemly not caring how embarrassing that line sounds.

"WOOOOOORRRRMMMMM!!!" And then Akune goes apeshit. He lunges at Zenkichi like an Asura straight out of Hell.

The next moment he is on the floor, having just being knocked down by Zenkichi's [Koshi Waza].

"Ippon." He mutters with a calm and serene expression.

Akune seems frozen in time, until he slowly blinks and realizes what just happened. "EEEEEEEHHH?!" He screams, soon followed by everyone's else.

"Zenkichi's second Special Skill: [Taunting]!" Medaka laughs again. "The moment you get angry at Zenkichi is the moment you lose!"

"W-What magnificent [foul]!" Nabeshima stutters. "He played Akune-kun like a fiddle despite him being a genius?!"

"I already said it Senior Nabeshima: there is no such thing as a genius." Medaka declares while standing up, Zenkichi's necklace still held against her chest. "But let's pretend they exist: in that case, I can tell you that Zenkichi absolutely love them."

"What?!"

"Zenkichi doesn't have any special talent. There isn't a single skill that he can master easily...and that's why, he tries harder than anyone else! He doesn't care about humiliating his opponents or proving he is stronger than them. All he wants, is a challenge!" Medaka smirks. "No matter how many times he fails, he never give up. No matter how much it hurts, he will always stand up and go at it again. And in doing so he learns and learns...until his efforts pay off and he wins the challenge!" She smiles softly while looking at a grinning Zenkichi. "That's why there are no geniuses and no need to separate people. All that's there is someone who honestly tries. There is no difference between you and me, senior Nabeshima."

Medaka fans herself while Akune starts chasing after Zenkichi in anger. "Although, I must admit that there is no one else who tries as hard as Zenkichi. That's why we like each other so much."

'Is that a confession?' Nabeshima sweatdrops. 'Defeated by a mind-game...Some [Foul King] I am.' She sighs before smiling at Zenkichi, who is gracefully evading Akune's lunges while...doing poses? 'Still, I guess there are worse bosses to work for. Even then...'

"Kurokami-chan. Akune-kun's Judo is beautiful, but do you know his handwriting also looks good?"

[*]​

The Next Day​

"Muuu! So that's what you guys were up to." Shiranui pirouettes while you walk to the Student Council's room.

"Yeah." To turn a trap into an opportunity, are you good or what?

"You've could asked for my help instead of shouldering everything yourself."

"I'll ask your help when I need it...and I don't care about the collateral damage." You deadpan.

"Ah hya hya hya!" Shiranui laughs, then she turns to the other person walking next to you. "So Nabeshima-sempai, who did you chosen as the next captain of the Judo Club?"

"Jounan, my vice." She replies. "Since he was the only one willing to take Medaka-chan on a match alone, she recommended him. He was actually my second choice if the plan [Snatch Zenkichi For Myself] failed." She giggles. "Instead, I was the one who got snatched!"

"I don't see you protesting too much." You give her a sly grin before reaching for the Student Council's room.

"By the way, there is a surprise waiting for you in the Council Room, Hitoyoshi-kun." Nabeshima cryptically informs you.

"Uh?" You open the door and-

Spoiler

Great, the exhibitionists are multiplying. While Shiranui drools at the sight and Nabeshima grins like it's nothing new for her you turn to a sitting and tea-drinking Medaka. "Do I have to call the cops for obscene acts in public and sexual harassment?"

"There is no need Zenkichi." She calmly pours the liquid inside her mouth. "Meet the Student Council's new member, Manager of General Affairs Kouki Akune."

She chose this creepazoid?! Is this skinship between exhibitionists? Gah, just the thought is enough to make you puke!

"As you can see Hitoyoshi, I haven't given up on Medaka-san." The almost naked bastard gives you a challenging glare. Then he has the courage to smile. "That's why, from this day onward I, Akune Kouki, has been assigned to the Student Council as Manager of General Affairs."

"That's how it is. So Zenkichi-" Medaka lifts up an armband with [Vice-President] on it. "Are you willing now to officially join my side?"

Akune's betrayed face is exquisite.

[] Fuck it, take the armband. You will not let Medaka alone with this creepazoid!
[] You...still need more time to think about this.
[] It pains you, but the answer is no.
[] Write-in.

Unlocked two Trophies:

[In The Blood] You have some things in common with a certain [nephew] of you...

[Nabeshima Nekomi Route] You unlocked her, but can you handle the [Queen of Foul]?

Click to shrink...

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Please forgive my certain ignorance of Judo, I was going with rule of cool.

Now I'll rest, because *ouch* that was terrible!

 

[Alexander89]

[X] -Cross arms and say- I humbly and full heartedly...refuse!
-[X] Laugh

You expected Medaka to recruit more members before you. Granted you didn't expected from her to recruit a fanboy that worships the very ground she walks. It doesn't seem likely he would try anything improper, however....gaaah! Well played Medaka, really well played!

But!

You, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, are not the type of person who admit defeat! Ever!

You cross your arms. "I humbly and full heartedly...refuse!" And then you laugh. It's earlier than you thought, but it's time to use that! "That was a good move, but my own hand is far from empty! Now witness my counterattack!"

"Oh! Oh!" Medaka's eyes sparkle with delight. "What it is? What it is?"

With a dramatic and slow movement you insert your hand under your jacket...and then quickly remove a piece of paper before slamming it on Medaka's desk. "Madam President! I, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, submit the request for the creation a new club!"

"Oooh?" Medaka picks up and scans the form. "The [Devil's Council]?"

Akune, Shiranui and Nabeshima sweatdrop.

"What is its goal?" She continues.

"In the interest of healthy competition and personal development, the Devil's Council aims to provide the students of Hakoniwa Academy with challenges where they can put to the test their skills and events aimed to favor socialization, expanding one's own horizons and new perspectives for the future." You explain, revealing the plan you have engineered with great care.

"...Isn't it basically the opposite of the suggestion box? Creating problems instead of resolving them?" Nabeshima whispers to Shiranui.

"Yuuup!" Shiranui replies.

"Damn you Hitoyoshi! As if Medaka-san would seriously approve something so sha-"

"APPROVED!" Medaka slams the stamp for approval on the form.

"-dYYYYYEEEEEEHH?!" Akune screams in disbelief.

"What a beautiful initiative Zenkichi!" Medaka folds her fingers under her chin, eyes sparkling. "To dedicate your time to help fellow students growing as individuals!"

"Those who work eat. But, isn't food earned after a day of hard work more delicious?" You explain, as if revealing an universal truth. "If you, Medaka, focus on resolving problems that hinder people's efforts then I, Zenkichi, will provide them with the chance to put their efforts to good use!"

You and Medaka exchange a modern handshake. "Fufufu! And the fact it will allow you to be my enemy is a bonus?" Medaka grins.

"Muahahaha! As if that wasn't clear from the beginning!" You grin back. "You should know by now my goals: I shall always be at the opposite end of you, Medaka! After all if no one challenges you, then that spark of yours will die out and that'd be a true shame!"

"Shiranui-chan?"

"Yes Nabeshima-sempai?"

"Those two have a very twisted relationship, right?"

"Yes, yes they have."

"I am happy for your initiative Zenkichi." Medaka sits back and picks up the club form again. "But to start a club, one need a minimum of five members."

"Already thought of that. Hey Shiranui, are you-" You turn around, only for your friend to be nowhere to be sees. "Apparently not. Nabeshima-san?"

"I don't mind." She raises a hand. "But since I'm still part of the Judo Club, it's okay if I consider myself on rental?"

"Fine by me. Now, to recruit the other members!" You begin to leave before stopping at the door and turning to Akune. "By the way Akune-san: nice ass, though you might want to ask Medaka for pointers in showing off what you got."

Akune turns as white as a ghost, while Nebeshima turns as red as a tomato. Medaka is doing a pose that accentuate her [assets].

"...What? Just because I'm straight it doesn't mean I'm insecure enough to not compliment members of my own gender."

[*]​

"I have to say Hitoyoshi-kun, I didn't expected you to be so open-minded." Nabeshima comments after the two of you leave the Council Room.

"Mh? I suppose that, compared to the average Japanese, I am." You humm. "Must be the British blood in me."

"Oh, Hitoyoshi-kun is an half?"

"From my Father's side."

"I see." She nods. "So, do you already know who to recruit for this...Devil's Council?"

"Sure thing. Rica?"

"Yes." The black-haired girl raises a hand.

"Waaah?!" Nabeshima jumps away from the surprise, widen eyes fixed on the short girl. "Where do you come from?"

"I've always been there."

"No you're not!" Nabeshima points at Rica. "You, like, just appeared out of thin air!"

"Don't mind Rica, she doesn't like to stand out." You put a hand on Rica's shoulder. "Nabeshima-san, this is Rica Kageyama. Rica, this is Nabeshima-san."

"Nice to meet you sempai." She bows.

"With you two we have three members." You punch the air. "Two more and we will have the necessary numbers to work on the Devil Council's real goal!"

"Real...goal?" Nabeshima asks with the appropriate gravitas.

You throw your arms in the air. "The dream...of a true man: World Domination! Muahahahaha!!!"

Rica waves a flag with [Way to go Zenkichi!] on it.

Nabeshima wonders if she made some sort of horrible mistake.

None of the other nearby students seem to acknowledge the trio's words and actions.

[X] End of Chapter Two

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Time for another interlude. Suggestions?

 

[Alexander89]

Interlude - Medaka And Zenkichi's First Encounter​

1990 - Japan

A little girl with bored, almost dead eyes sneakily entered inside the nursery room of an hospital to escape her pursuers. Amidst the various toys there was a single person inside the room: a little boy around his age, wearing an yellow hoodie with green trims on his head. He was giving his back to her, and seemed busy trying to resolve a wire puzzle.

"Hey." The girl called out. "Why are you taking so long to figure out such a simple puzzle? Give it here: I'll solve it for you." She stood next to the seated boy, demanding the toy with an outstretched open hand.

The boy slowly turned around, revealing hints of blond hair and blue eyes under the hoodie's shadow. Instead of doing as told he simply stared up into the girl's eyes with a neutral expression.

"Well? What are you waiting for?" The girl asked again after the silence continued past the thirty seconds mark.

"For you to say please." The boy now was looking at her in annoyance. "Because, beside beating me it's the only way you will get this from me."

The girl was taken off guard for a moment, as if unused to be treated that way. "...Please?"

"See? Was it so hard?" The boy grinned and gave the wire puzzle to the girl.

"..." The girl stared a bit more at the boy before looking back at the wire puzzle. Her hands began to make a series of precise moves and, a few seconds later, she separated the two wires before tossing them at the boy. "Here, I'm done."

"Wow, you're amazing!" The boy smiled. "How did you solve-wait, don't tell me!" He shook his head. "Can you also put it back like it was before?"

"Easy." The girl took back the two wires and put them back together.

The boy took the reformed puzzle and started trying to solve it again. The girl expected him to take just as long, but much to her surprise his movements got more and more certain until, fifteen seconds later, he took apart the two wires. "Ah! Got it!" Then even faster he put it back, grinning all the while.

The girl was perplexed. "So you can do it. Why did you take so much before?"

"Because it was boring with no one else around, but I had nothing better to do." The boy replied. "But you got me motivated! Thank you!"

"You don't need to thank me. I could've done it in my sleep." She said, back to a bored tone.

"Oh really?" The boy picked up a different puzzle. "Then can you do this one too?"

The same series of events repeated itself many times. There were a lot of puzzles too hard for kids of their age, yet together they resolved them all: the girl would always do it first, followed by the boy quickly learning to do the same. He even started resolving some puzzles before her, but by then there were no toys left.

"Wow!" The boy jumped in joy. "We solved all the puzzles! That was so much fun." He grinned at the girl. "You're really amazing!"

"It's not amazing." She replied with a bored tone. "And even if it was, there is no merit to it. From me being born. To me living right now. There's no meaning to either of them."

"Uhu? You really think so?" The boy replied with a frown. "I don't think there's something meaningless in this world."

The girl scoffed in disbelief. "Then you tell me: why on Earth was I born?"

"What kind of question is that?" He asked back. "Don't you know? People decide by themselves the meaning of their own lives."

The girl's eyes widened. "People...decide their own reasons for being born?!" That answer shook her to the core. "N-No...so many lives came to an end after meeting me. All of their efforts were made futile by me!" She held her head, a haunted look on her face. "But I never wanted that!"

"That doesn't surprise me. You act mean, so you probably hurt them without realizing it. But I don't think you're a bad person."

The girl looked up at the boy, who slowly removed his hoodie: revealing a mess of spiky blond hair and a large, innocent grin.

"So, this is just a suggestion, but why don't you start by making the people around you happy? After all, being happy feels better than being bored or depressed! And then, when you find something that make you happy...then, wouldn't that something be the reason for your existence?"

And just like that, the negativity she accumulated since the day of her birth was blown away. The girl, who was looking for a reason to live and almost became convinced that life itself was worthless, found herself trusting this unknown boy from the bottom of her heart.

"What's your name?" The boy continued.

"...Medaka. Medaka Kurokami."

"Nice to meet you Medaka-chan. My name is Zenkichi Brando-Hitoyoshi." He grinned. "Let's get along."

 

[Alexander89]

[X] Start of Chapter Three

"The Boxing Club?" Nabeshima raises an eyebrow at the tag. "I wondered why, of all fighting sport clubs, you haven't been to Judo and Boxing."

"No sense in hiding it: I didn't to go your club because I didn't want to meet Akune-san." You shrug.

She smiles at the response. "And Boxing?"

"Because there was the risk of having a match with him, and he hasn't learned how to hold back yet." You don't mind pain, but like everyone else you prefer to avoid it if possible.

Nabeshima opens her eyes just to blink. "Him?"

"Our fourth member." You reply while opening the door and walk inside, soon followed by Rica and Nabeshima. Normally the Boxing Club members would protest about non-members barging into their clubs unannounced. However, as you predicted those people's attention is wholly focused elsewhere.

The glove-clad fist impacts the punching bag with a sound akin to a shotgun. The bag bends and stretches until the plastic surface gives up and is torn apart in multiple points simultaneously, the sand escaping as if under high pressure.

That's a normal sight for you and Rica, but it makes Nabeshima and the rest of the Boxing Club wince.

"Not good enough." The culprit mutters while looking at his glove, now burst apart to reveal the unscathed fist under it. Just by looking at him one would call the male an adult instead of the fifteen-close to sixteen boy he really is. More than two meters tall and built like a brick, he is of clear African heritage, with black eyes and dreadlocks held back by a headband.

"On the contrary: I would say it's an improvement compared to when you made holes in the wall with the air pressure alone." You comment while walking closer. "Yo Sugar."

"Zenkichi." He gives you a small nod with a quiet, polite tone. "Rica." She nods back. Then his eyes set on Nabeshima. "My name is Sugar Ray. Nice to meet you sempai."

"N-Nabeshima Nekomi." She greets back, a little unnerved by Sugar's height, appearance and previous display.

You point a thumb at yourself. "Sugar, the time has come: I need you."

He nods again. Taking off the gloves he hangs them before turning to one specific member of the peanut gallery. "Captain, I'm quitting the Boxing Club. Please forgive the short notice."

"GOD YES!" The Captain shouts before composing himself. "It's not a problem at all Ray-san, it's clear you have to deal with a more important matter. Please have no regrets -absolutely no one!- and go where you wish to go!"

"Thank you. It has been an honor to learn from all of you." Performing a formal bow Sugar retrieves his personal effects before following you out of the club. Your group has moved barely ten meters away from the club when wild howls of joy came from it.

"Now that I think about it, I heard a rumor about a monster joining the Boxing Club." Nabeshima mutters. "But I thought they were exaggerating things. Rica-chan, is this what Hitoyoshi-kun meant with [he hasn't learned how to hold back yet]?"

The short girls nods. "Sugar-san is so strong, he ends all fights with one punch."

"Oh, so he's learning to hold back to enjoy fighting more?"

"No, to avoid being charged with murder."

Nabeshima stops in her tracks, eyes wide. You roll your eyes and wait for her to regain motor control before continuing.

[*]​

"Hakoniwa has a Manga Club?!" Nabeshima gapes. "I had no idea."

"Trust me, this school has a knack for approving a lot of clubs, from the mundane to the bizarre." You reply before knocking on the door and waiting. A few seconds later a mousy looking girl shyly opens the door just enough for her face to be seen. "Good morning. How can I help you?"

"Is Suzuka there?"

"I'm sorry, but Her Majesty doesn't give audience right now."

Great, she brainwashed them already. "Tell her it's Zenkichi: she will receive me."

The girl seems skeptical but nods and closes the door again.

"...Her Majesty?" Nabeshima questions.

You sigh. "Just treat it as a bad case of Chuunibyou." If only it was as simple as that.

One minutes later the mousy looking girl opens the door fully, standing to the side and bowing deeply. "Please enter Zenkichi-sama. Her Majesty grants you and your minions audience."

"Minions?!" Nabeshima protests.

"It gets worse." The inside of the Manga Club resembles a western-style royal hall, with things like carpets, statues and tapestries. All painted on walls, the ceiling and every other available surface, but they're so realistic the effect is astounding. The members of the Manga Club are working on their desks, made to resemble altars.

"Ohohohoh." The haughty laughter comes from the [throne], once a professional drawing board and high chair combination. "So you finally come to my castle, Zenkichi. Have you finally decided to accept my magnanimous offer and become my right hand? I assure you, there is no greatest honor than being the herald of my, the Great and Powerful Suzuna Mizuno, will!"

The girl who speak and sit down like a queen has a slim figure and pale skin. She has black hair in two large twin-drill pigtails, red eyes, gold earrings and black nail polish. She wears a gothic Lolita-style outfit consisting of a white blouse with a Peter-Pan collar, a black jacket that includes a white ribbon lacing down the sleeves, fastened by a simple ribbon across her chest to show her red tie with a butterfly pattern on it and the waist of her skirt, which is many-tiered and features white lace. She also wears knee-high stockings trimmed in ladder lace, red mary janes with a thick heel, a white lace headpiece and a silver, almost weapon-like ring on her index finger.

"Wait! Suzuna Mizuno? That Suzuna Mizuno?!" Naneshima gapes and point at Suzuna. "The author of Gothic Doll, that long-running manga known to explore many genres while retaining the theme of Gothic Lolita?"

"Ohohoh! That's right, that right. Why are you so surprised? I see, you must awestruck that my royal persona is even more gorgeous than your wildest dreams. No need to be embarrassed my dear fan: it is only expected for royalty to surpass the common sense of peasants." She holds out her hand like she expects Nabeshima to kneel down and kiss it: except there is no [like], she really want Nabeshima to do that. "Give me your name. When the world will bow to me, you will be granted the honor of a portrait of my noble figure."

Seeing Nabeshima start to shortcircuit you decide to interfere. "Suzuna. I have started the Devil's Council, and I want you at the final founding member."

"So you have decided to start your crusade against the Dark Goddess in earnest. Quite a fine specimen that one, fit to become part of my royal guard." She sensually passes a finger over her jawline. "However, why should I leave my kingdom unattended in order to aid you?"

"Because, as you know, my final goal is not Medaka but Domination over the whole World!" You declare, back straight and head held high. "And to achieve it, there isn't a better ally than you, Suzuna! Someone who also walk the path of being a Supreme Ruler!"

"Ohohohohoh!" She laughs, fingertips gently supporting her chin. "Is that boldness, bravery or wisdom? Maybe all three and more? It cannot be helped: it is not a goal that can be achieved without my intervention. I, the Great Ruler, will show magnanimity and lend you my assistance Zenkichi. Lord Chancellor!"

"At your commands, Your Majesty!" A boy stands on attention.

"I entrust to you the wellbeing of my castle and subjects during my absence." She commands while standing up.

"I'm unworthy of such honor!" He bows so deeply his forehead slams against the ground. "I swear I will not betray your trust in me!"

"What the hell is going on...?" Nabeshima whispers.

[*]​

"So tell me Zenkichi: have you chosen already a fitting castle for us and the rest of our alliance?" Suzuna asks after the now complete Devil's Council leave the Manga Club.

'Can't you say [a classroom] like everyone else?' You think before realizing that, no, you haven't decided on a location yet.

[] Follow the rules and have Medaka assign one to you.
[] Just occupy the best classroom not currently in use.
[] Why compromise? Choose the best classroom: if it isn't free, kick out whoever is using it.
[] Write-in.

Name: Sugar Ray
Stand:「RED GARLAND」

Name: Suzuna Mizuno
Stand:「RAMMSTEIN」

Click to shrink...

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To be clear, you aren't restricted to only five members: you can recruit more later on.

 

[shibosho]

Indeed, in game The 7th Stand User, a lot of the stands aren't at their optimal uses due to the RPG format. Take Sonic Youth, my favorite stand in the game, for example. In game, its used as a de/buffer with some wind spells put in. Its description, however, gives it what is basically sonic manipulation as a skill. It can do the shockblast thing like the assassins from Kung Fu Hustle, locate dudes with echolocation, even hypnotize people. Its a stand that's kinda meh for the game but would be fucking KILLER if revealed in the Jojo universe without the shackles of the RPG system.

Click to shrink...

You're right about that. If it wasn't for the limitations of the game system, a couple of stands in 7th Stand User would have made a good deal of the plot trivial. Since we're talking about the stands in the game and how they would really be like outside the boundaries of the game, let's take a look at them.

「RED GARLAND」

Okay since Red Garland is someone's stand in the quest, we've already gone over what it can do and what it means in reality outside the game but for the sake of this analysis, let's go over everything again. Red Garland is a stand similar to Star Platinum, in that they are both close-range power type stands. However, Red Garland is actually stronger than Star Platinum, capable of tearing itself out of Yellow Temperance when Star Platinum could not. Unfortunately, it is nowhere near as precise or as fast as Star platinum.

That doesn't matter though since unlike Star Platinum who has regular punches that do regular damage, Red Garland is capable of punching so hard that he actually does damage on a conceptual level, allow him to hurt the mind and the soul with his punches. Like Star Platinum, being a close range combat stand means that Red Garland is going to be right in the front lines during battles and his relatively poor range means that his opponent has to be fairly close or else he can't punch them into oblivion.

Of course, being as powerful as he is, plus taking Alexander's off-hand comment about how Sugar can punch holes through walls with just the air pressure from his punches, it's safe to say that Red Garland has ways of dealing. All in all, Red Garland and his power to punch the mind, body, and soul all at once makes him a powerful contender. Hope that you never have him as an enemy.

「HOWLIN' WOLF」

Howlin' Wolf is a beast-like stand in the form of a cyborg wolf. It can howl to unleash powerful shockwaves as well as do damage with its claws and fangs. Pretty much in line with the stands in Stardust Crusaders in that a lot of the early stands had more combat-oriented abilities rather than the more esoteric and ability-specific stands that the later series had that required creative thinking to use to their full potential. Its ability to fire off powerful shockwaves by howling is probably sound-based or just sheer air pressure or something along those lines.

As a wolf-like stand, it acts very much like a wolf and it can apparently speak with other canines. Oh and it's apparently big enough that the user can ride it. Would be kinda hilarious to see that in action. Stand users see a guy riding a wolf while normal people see someone flying through the air. Still, as a power-type stand that can attack effectively from any range, Howlin' Wolf is a strong stand from a combat point of view. Dealing with the weirder kind of stands would require creative thinking but I could say that about all other stands.

「OCEAN BLUE」

Ocean Blue is another battle-oriented stand that is able to charge its user's bodily fluids and fire them as off as projectiles. When touched, these shots create an impact not unlike being punches by a powerful Stand. Pretty gross if you think about it using saliva, sweat, snot and urine. Cooler if you think of it using blood. Not sure how it actually works. Does it take the fluids out of the user directly or does the user need to produce said fluids first? Probably the latter which would make scenes involving the user very awkward when they need some emergency ammunition.

Since it can use blood as well to attack, it means that the more injured its user gets (Or bloodied since being beaten black and blue doesn't necessarily cause you to bleed externally), the stand gains more fluids to use for a counter-attack. In a way, this stand is a high risk, high reward kind of stand. Sure, you could sweat up a storm, mace yourself to force out tears and snot, but blood is easily accessible with a sharp pointy object or just biting yourself really hard.

In any case, considering that it uses body fluids to attack and nothing else, the user would be at major risk of dehydration and anemia. It's kinda limited if you compare it with other stands in the jojoverse. But being able to attack your enemies from afar by shooting them with your snot and drool is a pretty funny thought.

「THE JOYKILLER」

Next up on 7th Stand user's Stand List is The Joykiller, yet another battle-oriented stand. (Seriously, now that I've taken a look, a lot of stands in 7th Stand User are battle-oriented types with straight forward abilities, understandable due to it being an RPG game.) As you can see, Joykiller looks like Jason from Friday 13th. Its ability to make things rot gradually by chopping at them with its axe does little to dissuade the idea that this guy is a nice and friendly stand.

Its strength isn't anything to get excited about that's not what you should be worrying about. What you should be worried about is the fact that its axe can phase through objects and cleanly slice through anything regardless of how hard it is, meaning that blocking is the worst thing to do if you had to fight this fellow. Oh, and if you look closely, that's not an axe-hand. It's just holding it so it can also fucking throw the decay inducing axe at you as well. Plus it also apparently carries a chainsaw somewhere as well. So in Jojoverse, it would be a pretty tough opponent or at least something you wouldn't want to fight without a plan.

May or may not be able to "rot the earth" and thus cause plants to grow rapidly like Emukae-chan.

「SONIC YOUTH」

Since Ardion talked about how Sonic Youth would be OP in reality, I'll just say that I agree with him. Sonic Manipulation by itself is incredibly powerful already. Being able to launch sound blades, sonic shockwaves, and even keep track of everyone with echolocation makes Sonic Youth a very potent stand. Throw in hypnosis and that makes it even scarier.

Of course, it has a blaring weakness in that it needs to play a specific melody to do a certain effect. So the best way to fight it would be to break its guitar so that it can't play your funeral song. Sonic Youth would be cool in that you can get it to play BGM whenever you want. Though there is just one thing that's bugging me though. While I know that stands can only be seen by other stand users, I've always wondered if stands can only be heard by other stand users?

In any case, Sonic Youth got my approval as an all-round stand with both utility and combat capabilities.

「WILDHEART」

Here we have Wildheart, a long-range stand. The best way to describe Wildheart is that it's essentially a werewolf that goes after your enemies, whether you want it to or not. Also large enough to ride on, Wildheart according to the fluff description has a mind of its own and is apparently crazy fast as well. To normal people, it's a really fast invisible werewolf that's going to rip and tear you to shreds and will pursue you relentlessly. To stand users....It's a really fast werewolf that's going to rip and tear you to shred and will pursue you relentlessly.

Just think of it as Wolverine. An invisible, super-fast Wolverine that will go after your enemies the moment it spots them. Since it has a mind of its own, you should be able to talk to it but since it isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, good luck trying. Being more beast than man, your best bet would be to treat Wildheart like any dog that you want to get friendly with.

It can send out an Automatic Stand in the style of Killer Queen's Sheer Heart Attack, if you were to take its move in the game, Endless, Nameless that debuff's the enemy's stats, does SP damage, and inflict Wildheart's character specific debuff, Eagle which does continuous damage for several turns while lower hit rate as well. This is one dog that you hope its users has on a good leash.

And I'm hungry and got stuff to do so I'll continue this 7th Stand User Stand analysis that I've randomly started doing later.

 

[shibosho]

Welp, just finished dinner so let's continue on with Shibosho's 7th Stand User Stand Analysis!

「DEEP PURPLE」

Right, so here we have is the short-range control type stand Deep Purple. The in-game description says that this stand is made out of smoke, and can manipulate atmospheric density. It can poison the air around it, change the air pressure, and detonate hydrogen and oxygen particles. Damn, even just considering the air pressure/density manipulation by itself, that'd be tough to handle.

Even the small changes in air pressure can affect a human body and with Deep Purple's high precision, you can bet your ass that the changes won't be small. Imagine being able to catch your enemies in a vacuum or firing off a bullet of pressurised air to explode in their faces. This guy can do what Stray Cat can and a whole lot more. With the ability to actually detonate oxygen and hydrogen particles, Deep Purple can do a very good Killer Queen/Stray Cat Combo impression. Not only that, by manipulation the air pressure, it can manipulate the weather in a very local area.

And that's not even getting into the fact that it can fucking turn the air into poison gas, sleeping gas and flammable gas. Fortunately, its range is short so its danger becomes limited. If you get into its range however...well, you've got problems.

「PIXIES」

Next up, we have is Pixies. Now Pixies is actually the tree but it can manifest its energy into these tiny fairy-like entities. Now with these fairies or 'pixies', it can invade small objects, living or otherwise, and take control of them. Now that would be really terrifying if it wasn't for the fact that these pixies can only invade objects the size of a small child - that and the more pixies that the user manifest, the weaker and harder the control becomes. The tree part of the stand is also capable of using its roots to control the earth.

Being able to control small objects has a lot of uses and the fact it can extend to living things is also something to consider. You essential get telekinesis that usable on small objects. You can become an earth-bender with this stand and In-game, Pixies does have a lot of earth-elemental attacks. Interestingly enough, it can learn moves that allow it to inflict status effects such as Berserk, Confusion, and Sleep on pretty much any enemy that are vulnerable to them. This suggests that Pixies can affect larger targets but not outright control them.

So be wary of Pixies, it's a tree that will fill you up with tiny floating entities that will fuck you up.

「MIRACLES」

And now for one the Stands that you all already knew and love, it's Miracles! Now as mentioned before, Miracles is considered to be one of the weaker stands in the 7th Stand User Game. However, that is only from a game perspective since the Stand's full potential could not be fully explored within the restraints of an RPGmaker game. The truth of the matter is that Miracles is in fact extremely powerful and dangerous, even by regular Jojo standards. The power to manipulate the subconscious is absolutely nothing to laugh about, in fact you should all be god damn terrified and wetting your pants. The in-game description says that Miracles can make the user invisible as well as induce hallucinated pain.

What Miracles actually does is force other people to subconsciously ignore the user and their actions and probably anyone that the user decides to include in this IGNORE ME field. And when it causes enemies to hallucinate pain, Miracles is actually affecting the synapses and neurotransmitters in the body in order to simulate the sensation of burning, to such a degree that the body react as if it actually were burning. That may sound impossible until you remember that Weather Report from Stone Ocean can turn people into snails through the subliminal messages so causing actual damage the same way isn't so farfetched.

Being able to hurt people by tricking their bodies into doing so is scary but then there's the fact that you're also controlling the subconscious. You all heard the situation where someone 'subconsciously' held back their strongest attack, or 'subconsciously' made their attack miss, or 'subconsciously' got in the way of an attack. Well thanks to Miracles, you can make your enemy do those things as well! Essentially, Miracles can take control of a person's subconscious and change their behaviour. Early in 7th Stand User, you can use Miracles to control the subconscious of cat to make it behave and stop running away from its owner. Since you can do the same to normal people, Miracles is much more horrifying than the game makes it out to be.

Then there's the fact that being able to control the subconscious also means that you can control the autonomic nervous system. That means you can control a person's breathing, heartbeat, and bowel movements. Even if it's partial control, you can seriously mess up a person.

All in all, Miracles, even by the insane standards of the Jojo universe, ignoring Stands such as The World over Heaver, Made in Heaven, Requiems and other time bullshit stands, is one of the most overpowered Stands to have ever existed.

「NAPALM DEATH」

And now we come to the Special Type of Stands that are playable in 7th Stand User. First up is the close-range Napalm Death. This Stand, according to the game's description, takes the form of a calligraphy pen that uses the alphabet as bombs and napalm as ink. In other words, you write stuff and what you write explodes - the literal writing, not the subject of whatever you're writing about. The bigger your writing, the bigger the explosion. You can also set time bombs up as well with a limit of ten seconds using this stand. Apparently, as the user grows in experience, the repertoire of words that Napalm Death uses expands as well. I assume that writing certain words alters what kind of explosion judging by that fluff.

This Stand is the kind of stand that you'd expect from Jojo part 4 and beyond. Lacking in utility and durability, this stand compensate by being highly destructive because, you know, explosions. Not much to say about Napalm death except for the fact that it can learn how to rewind time. In-game, Napalm Death learns a move called Time Bomb which rewinds time back to day 1 of the game at the cost of 20 levels. Not sure how this would translate in reality but I'd say that the strain of rewinding time takes a lot out of the user.

This stand is pretty much an unholy combination of Rohan, Koichi, and Kira's stands put together. Use with care, stand user.

「CARPENTERS」

Let's me introduce to you all to Carpenters, the next special-type stand on my analysis list. This stand, like its namesake, is capable of using carpenter tools in order to remodel and disassemble anything, living or otherwise. To simply put it, this guy can take apart a living person without killing them and remake them stronger and better than before and it is more than capable of doing the opposite as well. It can 'fix' injuries, remodel an enemy so that it becomes weaker or remodel an ally to make them stronger. It can also use its tools to hurt an enemy as well - said tools includes: Wrench, Nailgun, Hammer, Chainsaw, High Voltage, Diamond Cutter, and a Road Roller. Yes, the same kind as the one DIO uses. In-game, this remodelling ability was limited to buffs and debuff as well as turning cheap items into better items (Though with a high chance of failure and destroying said item). It's not very strong and it isn't the most precise of Stands but it's fairly fast.

By Jojoverse standards, Carpenters would a very interesting stand as it is capable of remodelling anything to suits its user's needs. It can heal people by repairing their damage. Fix objects or just change them into something else. Carpenters would be Naze Youka's wet dream with how it can simply remodel a person into a much more powerful version of themselves with hardly any trouble.

I'd say that the way Carpenters does it stuff is the same way Marii Yukari, a character from a manga called Qualia the Purple (Go read it, it's fairly short but a good read), who sees all living things as robots, can save people by using mechanical parts, dismantle them (Cutting them up which would be the equivalent of cutting someone up for anyone else's eyes) without even any bleeding and change the programming in their brain, even as their head is still very much alive and capable of speaking. This image is probably the best way to describe the process.

Spoiler

So Carpenters is another Stand that would be rather powerful by Jojo standards outside the game. Now onto the next Stand!

「QUICKSILVER」

Wanna be like megaman and shoot stuff out of an arm cannon? Well, with Quicksilver as your stand, you now can! As you can see, Quicksilver is a stand that appears on its user's arm. It can convert minerals into Stand Power and blast it at its foes, like a battery that uses metal as fuel. It is also detachable and it is the very epitome of a Glass Cannon. Since it's attached to the user most of the time, the user has to rely on their own physical abilities in order to defend against attack from their enemies.

In-game, you can use Scrap Metal to fill up your SP. However, it's worth mentioning that when you're buying scrap metal, you're actually buying broken appliances, old tv sets and the likes. Taking that fact into account, one can safely assume that rather than using just minerals to fuel its attacks, Quicksilver is actually able to take pretty much any kind of junk and use that to fuel its energy blasts. From the in-game moves that Quicksilver has, you can see that this Stand can also fire off elemental attacks - Fire, Ice, Water, Electric, Air, Light, and even Poison can be shot from the barrel of this weapon. It can also absorb the iron in a human body as fuel as well. Most of its attacks take the forms of rays, lasers, beams and its strongest attack is a Wave Motion Gun.

This very straightforward Combat Stand has some impressive offensive capabilities. Unfortunately, it's usually the more esoteric stands that win the day in this age. Still, Quicksilver is nothing to laugh about as it's still a goddamn energy cannon on your arm. Center the targer, pull the trigger, Stand User.


And I'm gonna take a short break and continue after I've had a cup of tea and a chance to rest my eyes.

 

[shibosho]

Alright, break's over. Onto the next group of Stands in Shibosho's 7th Stand User Stand Analysis!

「CARDIGANS」

Hello Nurse! Meet Cardigans, a close-range support-type stand. As its appearance suggest, this stand is primarily a healer. It can cure wounds and heal ailments of others' using Stand Power and in a pinch use scalpels and medical tools to do damage as well. It can also transfer Stand Power to other Stands as well so that's a plus. Cardigans is pretty much the White Mage of Stands in 7th Stand User, capable of healing entire groups of people with ease and even bringing people back from the brink of death. Its offensive power amounts to using its scalpels to cut up the enemy, anaesthetics to put enemies to sleep, giving an enemy some shock therapy, and slicing up an enemy using a laser. Oh and test shady experimental drugs on enemies.

Wait. Eirin, is that you?

Anyways, Cardigans can also raise attack and defence of your allies by playing an anthem. It can also perform completely safe without any side-effects doping on its users and others to raise all stats. Remember kids, don't do drugs unless under the supervision of a medical professional or a ghost nurse! In jojoverse, Cardigans would be a godsend to any group that needs major healing.

EDIT: As said by Ardion Prosili, Cardigans in comparison to other healing-type stands is pretty much the ultimate healer as it is able to heal any damage with no downsides. Cardigans can heal without requiring years of vigorous training (Hamon/Ripple Healing is a neat trick but needs way too much time to learn), heal its user with no problem (looking at you Crazy Diamond though your power is more personal time rewinding so that's understandable), heal others without pain (Gold Experience can heal others by turning non-living stuff into living stuff or in this case replacement flesh and the likes but it really hurts like hell so combat healing isn't a very good idea), has no limitations beyond Stand Power costs, and no remunerations like the Holy Corpse does. It is without a doubt the greatest healing Stand. Just straight up SP cost for top-notch healing.

「CARAVAN」

Next up is Caravan, the merchant stand! This stand is capable of creating and transforming items by rearranging their atomic structure. Sounds incredibly powerful, right? Unfortunately, Caravan is a fully independent Stand with only one thing on its mind, business. In exchange for the spirit energy of the user, it creates objects - not unlike the exchange of goods for money. In-game, Caravan moves are essentially it creating weapons such as grenades, machine guns, and bazooka for the user to fight with. Item creation ability is pretty much limited to making healing items and weapons.

Interestingly, Caravan is an Evolved Stand, in the same vein as Echoes. Its ACT 2 ability is to take its users and other people into a pocket dimension inside its pouch. There, time doesn't progress and the user can rest up like they do at an Inn. There's also a shop that sells more powerful medicine and weapons as well as skillbooks that are normally not easy to obtain. Caravan ACT 3 ability...I don't know what it is but it does severe damage on all enemies and also inflicts Darkness, Fear, and Bleeding as well along with a rare One hit KO.

Now outside the restraints of the game, Caravan is interesting as it can essentially provide whatever item its user needs on the fly. Without being limited to Medicine and a small range of weapons, Caravan's potential uses skyrockets. Need to get up a wall? Caravan will sell you a ladder for 50 SP, and that's a bargain! Forgot your anniversary and need a gift quick or else you're stuck in the doghouse? Caravan has got your back! Need a very hard to obtain substance that is normally not available to normal people? Caravan always has some in stock! Dragged down to the bottom of the ocean and running out of air? Caravan got oxygen tanks on sale! Need to utterly destroy your enemies? Look no further! Caravan has Nuclear Warheads for 300 SP!......Wait what?

You heard me! Caravan learns how to make nuclear warheads at level 50 in-game. Don't question how using one doesn't kill everyone else in the area. Caravan knows what its customers want and if the customer wants a nuke to blow up the enemy, Caravan is gonna well give them a nuke that kills only the enemy and nothing else.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of its ability as well as its poor offensive abilities, Caravan can't actually fight other stands. And since most of its offensive ability is all about giving its users physical weapons that don't harm immaterial Stands, ignoring flamethrowers and nukes, Caravan is very vulnerable to enemy stand attacks.

All in all, Caravan is a stand whose potential is limited by the mechanics of the RPG system of the game. Now you gonna buy something or what?

「MR. BIG」

Last of the Support Type Trio is Mr. Big, a rifle made out of Stand Energy. Similar to Hol Horse's Emperor, Mr. Big is essentially a gun that the user can summon anytime, normal people can't see, and it can fire elemental, status-inflicting and healing bullets. It can also be used as a club at melee range as well. Not too much to say other than it being a sweet-ass gun and that you can use it to support your allies from afar. Healing, easy. Screwing up the enemies plans? Easy. Setting the enemy on fire, freezing them, electrocuting them, or simply sending them flying? Also easy.

Taking on a small army? Not so easy.

Like Cardigans, Mr. Big can also dope allies and its user with steroid bullets. Heck, with this Stand, you can pretend you have an Invoker and shoot yourself in the head to awaken hidden power! Heh. But seriously, Mr. Big, despite being a gun, is more of a long range support. Now that I think about it, Mr. Big pretty much lets you be Ana from Overwatch. Jojoverse-wise, Mr. Big is a pretty neat Stand but its capabilities aren't much different from the game.


And that's all for tonight. I've got classes tomorrow and I need to get up at 6 something so I'm gonna finish this up tomorrow or something during the break.

 

[Alexander89]

[X] Why compromise? Choose the best classroom: if it isn't free, kick out whoever is using it.
-[X] If it isn't free, issue the occupants a challenge to a competition (they choose its nature) for its use. If they refuse then kick them out; it'd be one thing if they were willing to defend their claim and you lost, but simply refusing to defend against a challenger it at all as if they had some inherent right to deny you? Unforgivable.

"There is no need to decide: after all, which but the absolutely best castle is fitting to hold the activities of the Devil's Council?" You declare, stuck by sudden inspiration. "We just need to find and occupy it."

"Alright, so with castle you mean a classroom, right?" Nabeshima asks. "What if a club is already using it?"

"We will kick it out, of course."

"But wouldn't that cause pro-oh yeah, that's the point." She facepalms.

You go over the idea again in your mind and suddenly realize that it's good, yes, but not perfect yet. "On second thought, we'll first offer them a fair challenge. This way no-one will be able to protest after our victory." And it will help the club itself grows in order to responds with the crisis.

Oooh, you're good alright! Devil good!

[*]​

"Okay, is everyone present?" The Movie Club President asks to the assembled members, receiving a general nod in response. "Good. The activities of today include a vision of the whole Pirates of the Caribbean saga, followed by a discussion on-"

Someone knocks on the door.

"Uh? Were we expecting someone else?" The Vice-President shakes her head. "Oh well. Let's see what they want: you can enter, it's open!"

And that's when the door slams open, stroboscopic lights flashing inside and delineating five silhouettes while metal music fills the air.

"A delightful greeting to you, Movie Club of Hakoniwa Academy and its members!" You begin, right hand supporting your left elbow and left hand partially covering your face, smile stretched and eyes narrowed just enough to not appear hostile, just focused. "We are...THE DEVIL'S COUNCIL!!!"

Suzuna is leaning on your left right side, standing up on her right leg while both hands are holding up from below the knee the left leg she brought close to her chest.

Sugar is standing by your left side, left hand on his waist while the right hand is raised to chest level and clenched into a fist.

Rica is standing next to Suzuna, showing her right profile with the left hand laying on the top of her head and the right hand behind it.

Nabeshima is standing next to Sugar, hands raised like a cat ready to pounce and an awkward smile on her lips. "Please tell me no one is recording this..."

The Movie Club members reel back as if physically struck, mouths hanging open and eyes wide.

"We have come to issue you a challenge to a competition!" You slowly raise your right hand before pointing it at them. "You can choose its nature, and if we win this classroom is ours!"

"Eeh...Eh? Eh? Eeeehh?!!" The President cries. "I don't understand what's going on!"

"Oh My God!" A guy puts his palms on his cheeks. "This is just like in Fist of Fury! And...I don't think we are Bruce Lee!"

"Worry not: we only require this classroom, you can keep your lives and possessions." Not that you would really take either of them, especially the first.

"W-Wait! We don't have to accept anything! You guys are breaking...the...rules..." The Vice-President begins only to wither under your glare.

"Who say you have the liberty to refuse? You don't!" You slowly move your left hand to the side, as if removing a mask to expose the beast behind. "Aren't my terms fair? To defend your claim with everything you have is worthy of praise, but to refuse as if you had some inherent right to deny me? Unforgivable! If you really are so cowardly, then we will just beat you up before throwing you out!"

Sugar takes out a nut with his left hand and tosses it in the air, where he flicks it with a single finger of his right hand.

The nut explodes.

All objections die that instant.

[*]​

"The challenge will be a Trivia Movie Quiz." The Vice-President begins while you and the Movie President sit on opposite ends of a table. "In this box there are tags with forty different questions regarding various movies: half of them was chosen by me, and the other half by Mizuno-san of the Devil's Council."

She actually wanted to do the challenge herself, but as the leader it's your duty to do so, especially since this is the first activity of the Devil's Council.

"You will take turns trying to answer the questions I'll randomly pick up from within the box. The first to guess ten correct questions win. The first to start will be decided by tossing a coin. Questions? Objections?"

You and the Movie President both shake your heads.

She produces a coin. "As the challenged, you choose first." You tell the Movie President.

He nods. "Head."

She tosses the coin. It lands on head.

"Let's begin. In the movie Star Wars, what is the Emperor's last name?"

"Palpatine!" He answers.

"Correct. Now it's Hitoyoshi-san's turn: Mary Catherine Collins scored acting success as who?"

Easy. "Bo Derek."

[*]​

"How could you not know the name of the Queen witch in Sleeping Beauty?!" The Vice-President cries while berating the Movie President. "She's even in Kingdom Hearts!"

"B-But I only like action movies!"

She hits him before looking at you with a pleading look. "Do we have time to find a replacement classroom and move the equipment there?"

"Granted." You magnanimously concede. "Of course, what happened here today will be our little secret."

She gulps before nodding. Satisfied you turn to your comrades: the five of you are seated on a circular table set in the middle of the classroom's stage. "I hereby declare the first activity of the Devil's Council a resounding success." Even if it was very easy.

"Uhm..." Nabeshima raises a hand. "I went along with the flow, but where exactly did the music and the light came from?"

"Bizarre, isn't it?" You reply with a small smirk. Suzuna is also smirking, her fingers behind the table spinning a weird-looking calligraphy pen. It's black in color, save for the silver gothic skull in the middle of it with a red cross on the forehead. Her fingers stops moving and the pen vanishes as if it was just a mirage.

Meanwhile, on the wall opposite to the ex-Movie Club's door, the drawings of light projectors and a portable radio also vanish.

"But it isn't important. What's important, is that we now have a base of operations." You fold your fingers together and rest your elbows on the table. "Redecorating goes later, now we must decide what the second official activity of the Devil's Council will be. You all know our objectives, so out with the ideas."

[] Write-in.

Spoiler: Rammstein

Power: E
Speed: E
Range: E
Precision: A
Durability: D
Development Potential: A

Ability:
-The drawings made with Rammstein can interact with objects and living beings of the real world as long as the latter touch the surface the former are drawn on.

 

[shibosho]

Like a bolt from the blue, it's 7th Stand User Stand Analysis With Shibosho! Time to finish up with the Swarm type Stands starting with the Specials!

「SPECIALS」

Specials is the close-range Stand of the Swarm type group. Getting this stand means that you get your very own secret service! Okay, I'm exaggerating but you essentially get six superhuman secret agents that are completely loyal to you. Each member of this special corps has their own mind and personality. Agent 1 is a calm and collected martial artist, Agent 2 is a nihilistic gunman, Agent 3 is a peppy knife user, Agent 4 is a gentle giant, Agent 5 is a young lady who likes to play pranks, and Agent 6 is a timid coward who fights with traps. Any damage that any of them take is split across the group.

Now since this Stand is a group of varied individuals with their own specialties, that means that the user can deal with various situations or at least those that can be solved without the aid of flashy superpowers. Martial arts, guns, knives, brute strength, pranks, and traps are what you've got available when you've got Specials at your sides. In a fight, you'd have Specials gang up on the enemy, using cunning and tactics to maneuver them into the optimal formation in order to take down the target. Though I have to admit that it can probably get wearisome what with having a group of bodyguards with you all the time, each acting on their own outside orders.

EDIT: The Specials also have an ability that halves an enemy's stats when the Specials have them surrounded. So I suppose having the Specials surrounding someone will make that person weaker or something. Still makes have Specials ganging up on a single target the smart move.

Still, if there's one group of special agents that you can put your trust in, it's the Specials.

「PHAROAH SANDERS」

Up next is Pharoah Sanders, a mid-range swarm type stand that takes the form of a unit of Egyptian foot-soldiers. 30 in total, all made out of electricity. Despite attacking with spears, it actually does damage through electric currents rather than physical force, making Pharoah Sanders an extremely elemental based stand. As a result, its destructive power is relative to the conductivity of its target, and it can disperse its attacks at will. Now what can you do with a unit of electric spearmen?

Having recently completed a playthrough using Pharoah Sanders, I can say that this stand is all about taking out groups of enemies with large amounts of electricity. Using that same electricity, it can power up machinery, recharge generators, and other electrical based uses as long as the Stand User has the SP to spare. Being made out of lightning, this stand ensures that you'll never be in the dark. In a pinch, Sanders can act a defibrillator to revive fallen allies with electric shocks. Since it's a unit of Spearmen, you can easily have them surround a small group of enemy and electrocute them into ashes.

Remember kids, electricity can cause paralysis, dizziness, bleeding and really hurt. Of course, the best way to deal with Sanders is to make sure you are well insulated from electric shocks and ground yourself. It'll help though the best way to deal is not having to fight in the first place.

「ADAM ANT」

Last but not least, we have Adam Ant, a long-range stand that takes the form of a microscopic insect swarm numbering 1,000 bugs in total and It can slowly corrode living flesh. At first it sounds like a small budget Skitter but it quickly becomes apparent that the crazy precise control that Skitter had over her immense swarm does not apply to Adam Ant at all. It has no mind of its own, simply eating away at whatever is closest. While it is weak due to the fact it's just a swarm of bugs, it specializes in wearing away an enemy's will to fight. Damage that Adam Ant takes doesn't transmit back to its user which is a good thing but it is also difficult to control since it can only follow simple instructions.

Due to the large variety of different types of insects that make up the horde that is Adam Ant, you can have it do certain unique moves. Have a horde of gnats obscure your foe's vision! Get your mozzies to bite and bite and suck, driving your enemies up the wall with insect bites and itchiness. Somehow summon the shell of a rhinoceros beetle to shield yourself from attacks. Sting your foes into submission with Killer bees. Send out your army ants to devour your enemies! Blast your opponent with an insect cannon! Okay, having fewer bugs and less control doesn't mean you're not as horrifying as Skitter is. In fact, since Adam Ant is invisible to normal people, it might even be worse!

In Jojoverse, this would be a fairly dangerous stand due to its lack of control and precision. The collateral damage that would ensue in a fight with Adam Ants would be terrible. Frankly, I don't know what's worse - Skitter's humongous horde of insects or Adam Ant's invisible killer horde of insects. In either case, we all lose.


And I am done! That was surprising fun to do. Still not sure why I did it though but I guess I really like Jojo and 7th Stand User is awesome. Go play it if you haven't. Now if only 7th Stand User 2 had a completed version out already.

 

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Interlude - How I fell in love with a Vampire: a bizarre love story​

My name is Hitomi Hitoyoshi and I'm in love with a Vampire.

Bizarre, uh?

It all began when I met this handsome blond man, who called himself Dio Brando, in a backstreet of Cairo in 1985. He was obviously ill so I tried to help him, but he just shrugged off my attempts and walked away, forcing me to follow after him. Come hell or high water, I swore I would help him!

Though I soon realized it wasn't like my most normal cases when a robber appeared and demanded everything, even our clothes. He may also made some comments about my body and how he was going to use it, but honestly at the time my Arabic wasn't that good. I love children, but scummy adults are another story.

That was why when Dio, with a burst of super-speed, jammed his fingers into the man's neck and proceeded to drain him completely of blood I was more surprised than shocked.

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1985 - Cairo​

"So you gained your powers through this artifact?" My fingers brushed against the surface of the stone mask. Holding it by the face I dropped some of my blood I collected in a vial on it and watched as tendrils of stone extended from the edges. If someone were to wear the mask they would have pierced the skull and the brain, yet it was fascinating how precise their movements were. Too precise for what, for all intent and purpose, looked like an execution item.

"Not the same, but a similar one: I spent quite a lot of time and resources acquiring one due to...nostalgia, if I have to give it a name." Dio replied, lounging on the couch while reading a book. He was quite the studios fellow, his vast library including all sorts of topics. "It's similar to acupuncture, though on a massively higher level than today's medicine could even hope to achieve. Astounding really, considering they were created 800 years ago, maybe even before that: the spikes find and trigger certain precise points of the brain, and the process released the mask's wearer from the constraints of humanity."

My mind was awhirl with questions: what were those points? Did they change from brain to brain, and if yes how did the mask find them? Why did piercing those specific points granted a vampire its strengths and weaknesses? Were they artificially induced, or it was something humans developed through evolution but couldn't access without an external stimulus? The researcher in me was salivating to find the answers. "It sounds fantastical...no, I cannot use such words. After all, initially I thought you possessed an Abnormality."

"Abnormality?"

I began to tell him about the rare, almost unnatural talents and abilities some children exhibited since birth and were studied at the hospital I was working for. At some point he closed and put down the book to give me his undivided attention.

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1986 - Cairo

I stared at the five ancient bows with relative arrows arrayed on the table before me. According to Enya they were mystical artifacts she managed to acquire almost by chance, with the strange metal the arrows were made of being extraterrestrial in origin and able to awaken in those with the potential a power called「STAND」: a reflection of the user's soul made manifest. It was something she and her own son possessed since birth and have demonstrated to us already: the Stands「JUSTICE」and「HANGED MAN」.

At first I thought them to be Abnormals: Skills disappear when the holder enters adulthood, around 20, but in extremely rare cases they persist for more time or even their entire life. Incidentally Minuses have been observed to have an higher chance of retaining their Skills. The mother and son didn't look like a Minus, nor they gave off the aura of one: something unpleasant yes, especially the son, but not to the degree of the many cases I studied.

She already demonstrated the power of the Arrows by awakening the Stand of Dio, who described it as a tall and muscular golden humanoid. Stands couldn't be seen by normal people, thought I was wondering if an Abnormal could to some degree.

"Lord Dio! As a fortune-teller, allows me to divine your Stand's name." Enya held up a deck of cards. "The Tarot Cards, the cards of Fate. Without looking I'll chose one..."

She mixed the cards with great ability many times before flipping out the top card...revealing an angelic figure surrounded by a man, an eagle, a bull and a lion.

"The World card! It represents completion, integration and accomplishment! Your Stand's name is thus「THE WORLD」!"

"The World...a fitting name." Dio proclaimed, obviously pleased. "What do you think Hitomi?"

"It has a nice sound to it." I hummed. Dio always had a big ego, but I found that part of him oddly endearing. "Uh? Enya, do the Arrows have more special abilities other than awakening Stands?"

"Not that I know of. Why?"

"Because..." I pointed at the arrayed artifacts. "One of them is movi-"

And that was when the shaking Arrow jumped up by itself and stabbed my outstretched hand. "Ah!" I immediately pull it back, but to my mild surprise what I thought being a deep wound was only shallow.

The surprise went from mild to huge when a pair of pink hands clad in white half-gloves cupped my own hand before retreating, leaving behind unblemished skin. Looking to my side I saw a pink-skinned, pink-haired female humanoid dressed in a white nurse outfit floating next to me, her black eyes with pink pupils staring at me with calm satisfaction.

"A Stand! You developed a Stand!" Enya shouted in awe. "It must mean...that the Arrow can sense who has the potential to have a Stand! Not only that, it tries to awaken that potential at all costs!"

"Very interesting. It will make finding fellow Stand Users easier." Dio walked closer, his Stand floating next to him. I would have commented about why he didn't mentioned the heart emblems or the elfin shoes, but I was too busy staring at my Stand in childish wonder. "And you have a Stand too Hitomi. I knew you were special. What name will you give it?"

"One moment, I'll divine-"

"Cardigans."

Enya stopped fiddling with the cards. "Uh?"

"My Stand's name, it's「CARDIGANS」!" I laughed while I had her pick me up and rest on her shoulders. "Because, she has the same color scheme of this old cardigan my mom weaved for me!"

"Uhh..." The old woman gaped, while Dio looked just mildly amused.

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1987 - United States of America​

"Dio!" I held up the beaker. "Want to test Shady Experimental Drug #18?"

"No, and stop calling them that if you want people to take you seriously." Dio sighed while feeding Pet Shop another mouse. The falcon took the morsel and hopped back to its perch. "Telence is still scratching himself."

"Well, he deserved it! He was being mean with Boingo!" I pouted. "He always acts so bratty, Daniel should be firmer with him instead of letting him win all the time!"

"...Just don't go overboard."

"Oookay!" I nodded with a large smile. "On another note, it's examination time! Take off your shirt!"

Once Dio laid down on the bed I used Cardigans' machine-like senses to check his body structure. "Progress is good, though not as fast as I hoped. Do you still take the Artificial Blood I prepared?"

"If you mean that bland soup that only looks like blood, then yes." He replied with his eyes closed. "No matter how little it fills me."

"Aah, that cannot be helped!" I shrugged while sighing. "That batch is not to give you nutrients, but to remove the traces of this 'Hamon' thingy. Seriously, sunlight doesn't work like that. Alright, hold still."

Cardigans injected a liquid with a syringe. Then, using her tools, performed an operation faster than the human eyes could follow. All that escaped Dio was a small grunt.

"Now, test." Using a scalpel I cut lightly the area I operated: it healed within seconds.

"Success!" I began to write down note. "With this we are 60% done. Next we will go over reducing your UV sensitivity with my genetically altered melanin and-"

"Doesn't it bother you?" Suddenly I was sitting on Dio's lap, his left hand on my shoulder. Looking up I saw he was resting his chin on the right hand.

I blinked. "Hue?"

"I feed on people's blood and I already revealed to you my body from the neck down is that of my old enemy Jonathan." He raised his chin, revealing the fading scar on his neck. "Yet you still help me getting rid of my few weaknesses and fully synchronize with this body. Most people would try to destroy me for this and many other reasons, yet you do the opposite. Why?"

"What are you talking about?" I had Cardigans tap his forehead with a finger. "Don't you remember what I said? I will stick with you until you're back to full health. That's as good as a promise! Beside-" I shrugged. "I am a doctor. Healing and helping people is what I do. Good people, bad people...it doesn't matter: the world isn't so convenient to allow me to make distinctions, nor I would want to if able."

"Are you a saint woman? No, not a saint..." He closed his eyes, seemly lost in reminiscence.

"Hey Dio?"

"Mh?"

I rested my head on his chest. "Can we stay like this for a while?"

"..." He didn't answered, but neither pushed me away.

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1987 - United States of America​

"AHAHAHAHA!!! IT WORKS! IT WORKSSSSSS!!!!"

Daniel, Telence, Mariah and Oingo looked up from where they were playing poker. "Wasn't that the good doctor?"

"She must have got her hands on some new poor sod."

In that moment the door slammed open. "It works!"

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"Who the fuck are you?!"

"Language Telence!" I scolded him. "It's me, Hitomi!" Cardigans appeared next to me as proof.

"Doctor?!" Oingo shouted. "What happened to you?!"

"My new hormonal drug!" I began to dance. "Now no one will call me a child ever again!" I needed to take the drug regularly, but it worked!

"She took one of those herself?" Daniel shuddered. "Such courage."

"Ah, that's right!" Deciding to show my new body to Dio I hurried towards his chambers, but found them empty. "Now where did he go?"

"So that's you Hitomi." He materialized from the shadows, The World briefly visible next to him before fading. "I didn't recognize the footsteps, but now I see why."

"Yep!" I winked. "What do you think of my new body?"

"Very attractive. Does it work well?"

"About that~" I grinned before leaping and latching my arms around his neck. "Want to help me test it?"

"And thus your real goal is revealed." I just grinned even wider. "What a saintly, troublesome woman you are." He remarked while putting an arm around my waist.

My name is Hitomi Hitoyoshi, I'm in love with a Vampire and I will never regret it!