03x15 - Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 2

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Koi: What was it?

I've had this feeling ever since last night that I'm supposed to do something...

Koi: Man, my shoes and bag sure feel heavy today.

Koi: Huh?

Koi: Th-This house...

Koi: Why?

Koi: I somehow ended up walking to Rohan-sensei's house without realizing it.

Koi: The door's open...

Koi: I'd like to stop by and thank him for yesterday,

Koi: but then I'd be late for school. It's probably a bad idea.

Koi: He might still be asleep, since he's a manga artist.

Koi: I really shouldn't just barge into his house.

Koi: It's a bad idea...

Koi: Rohan-sensei...

Koi: He's working so frantically.

Koi: But I wonder what it is...

Koi: I can't shake the feeling that being here is actually terrifying.

Koi: What is it?

rohan: I'm glad you came.

Rohan: I've been waiting for you.

You're right on time.

Koi: Huh?

Rohan: However, could I ask you to wait a little while?

Roha: Two more pages, and I'll be done with the manuscript for next week.

Roha: I think I'll be done in about twenty minutes.

Koi: Twenty minutes?

Did he just say he'd finish two pages in twenty minutes?

Koi: Did I hear him wrong?

Koi: Two totally blank pages of manuscript in twenty minutes?

Koi: No way... And he said next week's?

Koi: We only just read this week's manuscript yesterday, and he'd just finished it.

Koi: What?! You're not going to do pencils first?!

Koi: I-I can't believe it...

He didn't even draw that complicated story in pencil first!

Koi: It's getting more and more complete... And he's even drawing the backgrounds with it!

Koi: Wh-What was that just now?!

I couldn't really see it. What did he do?!

Koi: What?! H-He's doing the beta!

Koi: He's flinging ink around like shurikens,

Koi: and hitting exactly the right spots without going out of the lines!

Koi: Th-This technique...

Koi: Aren't you supposed to fill in beta by hand with a brush?!

Boom,Sfx: Boom

Koi: He's already done with the beta!

Koi: It's only been about two minutes since the page was completely white!

Rohan: It's all thanks to you, Koichi.

Rohan: The urge to work keeps welling up in me!

Rohan: I want to draw so bad, I can't help it!

Roha: I just want to keep drawing!

Roha: This is the first time I've been able

to draw nineteen pages in one night!

Roha: I'm drawing a masterpiece right now!

Roha: Your experiences are amazing!

Roha: It's because I'm using your experience as the source of my story, Koichi!

JoJo-top,Koi: Huh?

JoJo-top,Koi: What...

Roha: Hurry! I want your next reality!

Roha: Let me see your next page!

Roha: The more pages I take, the more weight you'll lose,

but you don't care, right?

Roha: Because you're going to become a masterpiece and live forever!

Flip,Sfx: Flip

Koi: I-I remember now!

Heaven's Door!

Y-You're a Stand user!

JoJo-top,Roha: Hey, now...

Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part

JoJo-top,: I've managed to make a book

JoJo-top,: from a single panel rather than an entire work!

Roha: This is amazing!

I'm growing as a manga artist and as a Stand user!

Roha: I'm going read this now, Koichi.

Roha: Oh, my...

Those faces belong to Shining Diamond's Josuke Higashikata

and The Hand's Okuyasu Nijimura.

Oha: How curious.

Roha: Why would those two be at my house?

Roha: There's no way Koichi would tell those two about me.

Roha: How strange...

Roha: Huh?

Koi: I-It's Josuke and Okuyasu!

I'm not sure how they found out I was here, but...

Koi: N-Now they can save me somehow!

Koi: Somehow...

Koi: I have to get them to save me!

Koi: Huh? Okuyasu and Josuke?

Koi: How did you know I was here?

Roha: Now, then...

Roha: Right now, I don't have any interest in Josuke and Okuyasu.

Roha: I'm just going to finish up the last two pages for next week,

and steal even more material from Koichi!

Roha: I'm so excited!

Oku: Huh? You were watching a manga artist do his work?

Oku: This is where that manga artist works?

Rohan Kishibe?

Oku: Is he famous or something?

Oku: Have you heard of him, Josuke?

Josu: Nah. Even that villain Hazamada

made fun of me for not knowing what Perman was.

Koi: That wasn't it.

That wasn't what I wanted to say to them just now.

Koi: But what was it?

Josu: Well, we were following you because we were worried

since you were just wandering around,

Josu: but if nothing's wrong, then good. I'm relieved.

Koi: Thanks.

Do you want to come inside and watch with me?

Josu: Nah, I'll pass.

Josu: I'd get nervous around somebody famous.

Oku: Same here.

I'm just satisfied knowing that you

didn't come here to meet some chick.

Josu: See ya, Koichi.

Koi: Okay.

Koi: I know I'm forgetting something.

I know I forgot to tell them something really important.

Koi: I remember now!

Koi: I-I was going to ask for help!

Koi: Josuke! Okuyasu!

Koi: I'll head to school soon!

Oku: Sure!

Josu: Don't be late.

Koi: Got it!

Koi: N-No!

Koi: That's not what I wanted to say!

Can_Not,Sign: I can not att*ck the manga artist, Rohan Kishibe

Can_Not,Sign: can not

Koi: It's no use! I can't ask them for help.

Koi: C-Can there be a Stand as terrifying as this?!

Koi: Heaven's Door is way too strong! There's no way to att*ck it!

Sign: Scribble Scribble Scribble

Roha: Ah, I see...

Sign: Scribble Scribble Scribble

Roha: At this rate, he's going to rip everything out of me and k*ll me!

Stop,Sign: Stop

Roha: Someone's coming into this mansion!

Roha: What did you do downstairs just now, Koichi?

Koi: Huh?

Koi: Okuyasu!

Oku: Whoa, there! Don't you dare turn around.

Oku: Try anything funny, and I'll crush you with my Stand, you .

Koi: Okuyasu!

I don't know how you knew that I was in danger, but I'm so happy!

Roha: It appears he figured it out coincidentally.

Roha: I just realized, but the wound on your hand

must have signaled him that something was wrong.

Roha: It looks like you scratched it or caught it on something while crawling.

Koi: I-I was so absorbed, I didn't even notice...

Roha: That's how you figured it out, right, Okuyasu Nijimura?

Stand name: The Hand...

Roha: You have a complex regarding your dead brother, Keicho,

and whenever you try to make a decision,

you wish that your brother were there.

Oku: Wha...

Oku: What? Who is this guy?

Oku: Hey, Koichi, tell me what this guy's Stand is!

Koi: W-Well...

Koi: I-I can't!

Koi: I can't say anything that'll put Rohan Kishibe at a disadvantage.

Koi: If you see even one panel, you lose!

I want to tell you not to look!

Koi: Don't look at that manga!

Okku: Hey, I told you not to move!

Roha: Okuyasu, I wasn't interested in you,

but now that you're in this house, I have no choice.

Roha: I'll have to turn you into material, too.

Oku: You!

Oku: What?!

Koi: H-He's fast!

Koi: Okuyasu!

Oku: What is this?!

Roha: Josuke Higashikata,

Rooha: you're there, aren't you?

Signtop: Ro

Signtop: Rohan

Signtop: Rohan Kishi

Signtop: Rohan Kishibe

Signbot: Hea

Signbot: Heave

Signbot: Heaven

Signbot: Heaven's

Signbot: Heaven's Do

Signbot: Heaven's Doo

Signbot: Heaven's Door

Koi: Okuyasu!

Oku: What is up with this manga artist?

Roha: Oh, shut up.

Roha: Now, then... Koichi, I have a question for you.

Koi: Huh?

Roha: Why do you think Josuke Higashikata

is hiding behind that door there?

Roha: Well? What do you think?

Why won't he come out, Koichi?

Koi: Josuke is hiding so he won't see your manga.

Roha: Yes, that is correct. You're pretty smart.

Roha: Okuyasu Nijimura there didn't know about my Heaven's Door,

so I was able to trick him.

Roha: But unfortunately, because of that, Josuke Higashikata now knows who I really am.

Roha: On that point, I feel I'm seriously,

no, without a doubt, put at a very big disadvantage.

Roha: There's also another reason that Josuke Higashikata is hiding behind the door.

Roha: What do you think that is?

Roha: In order to prevent that from happening,

Roha: I have to somehow drag him out from behind that door.

Oku: He's in the middle of trying to figure out how he's going to k*ll you!

Roha: That's also true.

But it's not the exact answer I'm looking for.

Roha: The correct answer is...

Roha: Josuke Higashikata is contemplating whether

he should flee this mansion alone or not.

Koi: Josuke would never do that!

Roha: Right, Koichi.

Roha: It was written in your files that Josuke Higashikata's personality

would never allow him to abandon you two.

Roha: But you see, manga artists have a habit of thinking about

every conceivable possibility because of their job.

Roha: Like, what are all of the possible actions

that the protagonist can take in this situation?

Roha: In this case, having Josuke run away now that he knows who I really am

is truly troublesome to me.

Oku: Run... Actually, that might be a good idea.

Oku: He'd be able to get Jotaro,

and if Yukako finds out what's happening to Koichi,

she'll be super annoyed.

Koi: Ah! We could win with her hair!

Though I don't want to see her!

Oku: Do that, Josuke! Hurry up and let them know!

Roha: You fools!

I explained that to you so that it wouldn't happen!

Roha: Okuyasu! I already wrote that into your body!

Koi: Huh?

Roha: I'll allow you to explain what I wrote in there to those two, Koichi.

Koi: No!

Oku: What's written there, Koichi?

Koi: B-But that's... No...

Koi: We can't run anymore!

Koi: You can't run away from this!

Oku: I'm asking you what's written there, Koichi!

Sign: If Josuke Higashikata makes trouble for Rohan Kishibe, I will commit su1c1de by self-immolation

Sign: If Josuke Higashikata makes trouble for Rohan Kishibe, I will commit su1c1de by self-immolation

Oku: S-su1c1de?!

Koi: You'll commit su1c1de if Josuke even tries to help us!

Oku: H-Hey, hey! I'll commit su1c1de by self-immolation?

Oku: Don't be stupid! Like I'd die in such a horrific way!

Oku: Huh?

Koi: But you will! He's invincible!

We can't defy him, no matter what!

Oku: Stop! My right hand!

Roha: So you've come out.

Koi: It's not that he came out, but he was basically dragged out.

Roha: Ah... That's rather childish and simple, but it might be quite effective.

Roha: This room is small and there's nowhere to run.

Roha: If you can defeat me in a single blow, Heaven's Door will disappear,

and Okuyasu won't commit su1c1de.

Koi: Josuke!

Koi: Closing his eyes is pretty simple, but it might be a good idea.

Koi: As long as he doesn't see the manuscript, Heaven's Door is powerless.

Koi: Just come charging straight in like that!

Roha: Which means...

Roha: I just need to open your eyes somehow.

Roha: Oh! He was able to withstand that.

This isn't good...

Roha: If he comes charging at me, I'll be finished.

JoJo-topinternal,Roha: If I were a protagonist in a manga, what would I do in this situation?

seconds,Sign: seconds

JoJo-topinternal,Roha: How would I get him to open his eyes?

Koi: Go, Josuke!

Oku: Hurry up, Josuke!

Roha: I know!

There was something written in Koichi's file...

Roha: There! This is it!

Roha: I'm going to laugh at your hairstyle, Josuke!

Roha: That's from, like, twenty or thirty years ago!

Roha: You actually think that's cool?

Roha: How's that?

Roha: Looks like he gets angry if I say that.

Roha: It's sort of hard to believe, but the file doesn't lie.

It's % true.

Josu: What did you say just now?

Oku: J-Josuke, calm down!

Josu: Just try and say that one more time!

Roha: You opened them...

Roha: Didn't you hear me?

It appears that you think that hairstyle is cool,

but it doesn't look good on you at all.

Roha: It's lame!

Roha: Though a dirty little bird might like to make your head its nest.

Roha: That's just a maybe, though.

Roha: Heaven's Door!

Roha: I've won.

Koi: Huh?!

Oku: What?!

Roha: Wh-What was that?

Roha: I-I know that I opened his eyes and showed him the manuscript!

Koi: W-We're back to normal!

Roha: I'm certain that I showed it to him... Why?

Josu: Where did you fly off to?!

Josu: Come back out here, !

Oku: No, he totally didn't see...

Koi: He didn't see?

Do you mean that he's so worked up,

he doesn't even know what he's doing?

Josu: Where are you hiding, you foolishass?!

Josu: Get out here!

Oku: Yeah... He's the kind of guy that loses sight

of everything, even that manuscript, when someone disses his hair.

Koi: I had no idea he actually got this mad.

Koi: This is way worse than I imagined.

Roha: What?

Roha: S-Something about Josuke's personality that Koichi didn't know?

Roha: That means it's information that's not in the file!

Roha: Why? Why does he get so mad about his hairstyle?

Roha: There has to be a reason... Why?

Josu: I won't forgive anyone who disses my hair!

Josu: I won't keep quiet, no matter who it is!

Koi: The reason behind his hair...

I think I heard a little about it before.

Koi: That just might be why...

Oku: Huh? What are you talking about?

Koi: It has to do with when Josuke was a kid, but...

Koi: This story is going to include my own

guesses about why this happened.

Koi: Apparently, when Josuke was four,

he passed out from an inexplicable high fever,

Koi: and for fifty days, they weren't sure whether he'd live or die.

Tomo: Josuke...

Koi: He found out later that it was right around the time

when Jotaro and Mr. Joestar

went to Egypt to defeat the man named DIO.

Koi: But at the time, they had no idea it happened,

so Josuke's mom drove him to a hospital in S City.

Koi: But on that day, Morioh was hit with its worst blizzard in years.

Tomo: It's no use... What should I do?

Tomo: Cars don't come by here often,

: and there are no pay phones.

Tomo: I should have called an ambulance at the house.

Tomo: I shouldn't have brought Josuke out in this snow.

Koi: That's when it happened.

Tomo: Wh-What do you want? Go away!

Sign: That kid is sick, right? I'll push your car for you.

Tomo: Huh?

Sign: Hurry up and step on the gas.

Sign: Once you get moving, don't stop. Just keep going... Or your tires will get stuck in the snow again.

Tomo: O-Okay...

Tomo: Thank you!

Koi: His mom looked for that boy later,

but couldn't find a single lead.

Koi: Though the boy didn't personally save Josuke's life,

Koi: the four-year-old Josuke thought that what the boy did

made him his hero.

Koi: He's an inspiration that's b*rned into his heart,

and his example of how to live.

Koi: So when someone insults that,

something deep in his heart snaps.

Josu: I don't know who he is,

: but I admire him so much that I copied his hairstyle.

Josu: And I won't forgive anyone who insults it,

Josu: because it's the same as insulting him.

Koi: I think that story might be the reason.

Koi: Though I thought Josuke was making it up,

so I wasn't listening very carefully.

Oku: Huh... I had no idea something like that happened.

Koi: Rohan's holding a pen!

Oku: villain! You're going to try again?!

Roh: N-No...

I-I wanted to sketch this and write a memo before I lost consciousness.

Roha: What a wonderful story! And I just experienced something amazing.

Roha: I'm so happy.

I don't get to experience something like this often.

Roha: If I can make it work in my own project...

Roha: I'm so lucky.

I'm so glad I moved to Morioh.

Oku: It's no use.

Until he dies, he'll keep trying to use anything as material

for his manga, no matter how horrible the experience.

Koi: At this point, you have to commend him.

Koi: Putting good and bad aside, I have to admire that attitude.

Koi: He really is a super manga artist.

Josu: There you are, manga artist!

Josu: I'm not done punching you!

Oku: You sort of have to commend him, too.

Koi: Y-Yeah...

Speech bubble: Sorry!

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