Short random notes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood

Last Update: 2023-06-24

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Physical differences between "Vampire" and "Zombie"

"Vampire" and "zombie" that appear in the first part of JoJo are very similar in action pattern, but physically they are completely different beings. A vampire, a human transformed by wearing a Stone Mask, is a "creatures" that extended a human being in a spiritual and blasphemous direction. The reason he sucks human blood is to steal life energy and strengthen himselves. On the other hand, a zombie, which is a human being whose blood is sucked by a vampire, is a "corpse with minus life energy". They crave human blood because they are subject to an acute hunger for plus life energy. And if they drink blood, it's like pouring water into a hollow bucket, and they don't get the same enhancements that a vampire do.

Body regions that can emit ripple energy

According to Will Anthonio Zeppeli, releasing ripple energy is the same principle as releasing water from a hose, so it can only be released from the extremities of the body, such as hands and feet. However, if a ripple user bends his arms and legs into a dogleg shape, he can emit ripple energy with his elbows and knees at the ends. This is the same logic that when a ripple user bends his fingers to deliver a punch, ripple energy is emitted from a striking surface rather than fingertips.

Why Tonpetty avoided shaking hands with Jonathan

Ripple master Tonpetty has an ability to predict the fate of a person from the "Form of Life Wave" of the person he shakes hands with. In addition, he can detect sign of fate without shaking hands with those who is in the midst of a huge flow of fate. When Tonpetty was asked to shake Jonathan Joestar's hand, he lied and deliberately avoided shaking hands with Jonathan. This is probably because he sensed from Jonathan's hand a hint of a gigantic fate that he should not yet know, namely, a tragedy that would happen to Jonathan during his honeymoon in two months.