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Just this month, Stone Ocean anime has ended. Suddenly I want to discuss how universe reset actually works and a little bit about jolysui & irekiss.

First, about Pucci’s version of universe reset. The first time Emporio woke up in GDst prison, he saw a new version of Jotaro and Jolyne.

SO chapter 156: Made In Heaven – part 8

This version of ‘Jotaro’ and ‘Jolyne’ have similar fashion style, with minor alteration. But it could be seen that their face (and possibly their voice too) was different. So, Emporio saw them as different people, but let’s say that they were roughly like people cosplaying as Jotaro and Jolyne.

Not only about the costumes, but also their role. Let’s refer to them as Kunō Nōtaro and Jocelyn (for fun LOL), and that this Jocelyn also being incarcerated and has daddy issue like Jolyne.

So we are like back to the beginning of Stone Ocean (chapter 11 onwards), but since Jotaro, Jolyne and the likes did not survive the acceleration, they were gone and got replaced with Notaro and Jocelyn. It is also said that their soul and personality have been erased, in this case we don’t really see the personality of Notaro and Jocelyn, so this explanation is a bit ambiguous. However, Notaro and Jocelyn are clearly different people from Jotaro and Jolyne (based on appearance alone), but living their life.

Also, why we went back to chapter 11 and not chapter 1 in first reset? Because Jolyne’s first enemy under Pucci was Johngalli A., and the arc started on chapter 11. Gwess is the only enemy in Stone Ocean who had nothing to do with Pucci.

SO chapter 158: What A Wonderful World

Next, in second version of universe reset when Pucci got erased instead, Emporio met the new version of Jolyne’s gang. Based on face alone, they are all the same persons. But here they live a different life than in previous world (a world where they have bizarre adventured with Emporio). In this case, we can see that they were all never incarcerated in GDst.

And besides that they also have different identities, like Anakiss instead of Anasui and Irene instead of Jolyne. Is it possible that the actual names of Notaro and Jocelyn were previously Jotaro and Jolyne? Idk. But through the name change of Anasui and Jolyne, it shows that they have a completely different life than before.

Another interesting thing is their different style of dress. Particularly between Anasui and Anakiss, while the former dressed like a stripper, the latter is being modest. Wiki page said that the dead is still being replaced, but replacement in this second reset is clearly different from the first.

And in one of my old posts (!part 8 spoilers), I have mentioned how Irene’s personality feels different from Jolyne, as Jolyne is more tomboyish like her father whereas Irene is more gentle and affectionate like her grandma. -> skip to “Regarding Jolyne and Irene” and stop at “they might show them differently”.

So the breakdown is roughly like this:

Now, I’d like to talk about jolysui and irekiss.

In original universe, mostly it was treated like a gag and one-sided. But surprisingly, in second reset, they are dating and about to get married as irekiss.

However, near the end of Stone Ocean, during the climactic battle against 「Made in Heaven」, some time after Anasui proposed to Jolyne through her father Jotaro, Jolyne accepted it (much to her father’s shock lol).

You can watch the scene here (skip at minute 7:55):

Because just after Anasui said 「徐倫に結婚でも申し込むとするかな！」” Jōrin ni kekkon demo moushikomu to suru kana!” which roughly means “then maybe I’ll ask Jolyne to marry me”…

Jolyne said “yes” and indeed what she meant was about 「申し込む」”moushikomu” and it means:

To be honest, initially I did not believe this scene, because I did not recall having this in the manga. I thought this was an extra/improvisation scene in the anime. But after I checked again, it was the English translation of the manga version that made it sound more ambiguous.

SO chapter 153: Made In Heaven – part 5

Sometimes, there are few translation errors in English version, however I don’t think this one is the case.

Just “ask me” is not wrong, it directly translated to the “moushikomu” one, as marriage in Japanese is “kekkon”. However, it is Jolyne’s dialogue afterwards that makes the nuances in this scene difficult to comprehend.

Even though she accepted Anasui’s proposal, Jolyne hardly looked like someone being in love with Anasui.

“I’m not saying this because I’m not despairing over this situation” later she was talking about “hope” and “path”, that’s how I misinterpreted it that she was talking about Anasui’s plan in defeating Pucci and their probability to win, akin to another gag that she was being oblivious with his courting. Especially prior to that, something like this happened:

SO chapter 151: Made In Heaven – part 3

Just after Anasui’s asking about marriage to Jotaro, Jolyne kind of reacted to it, only for her to talk about how to fight Pucci, made me as a reader thought: “OMG, she assured him that she is into it!” -> “oh, it is about the fight”.

And back on how I think that she did not look like someone being in love, I expected that she said something like “because whenever I’m with you, I feel comfort in my heart”, it’s cheesy yeah… but it will spare me from misunderstanding (lmao).

At least, if I was more attentive, Jotaro’s reacting to her words is totally made sense now (lol).Tbh, seeing his reaction, I’m not sure he would approve it. After all, Anasui is still a criminal & murderer. However, things can be different with Anakiss, because like I said before, he got different life.

So now I can understand why irekiss happened, because jolysui was about to happen if only they survived. But personally, I’m still not a fan of jolysui, they really lack chemistry (in contrast to josuyasu/yasugap, my OTP). Jolysui has been treated as a gag until suddenly it became possible. It’s like a reversal role in old Shōnen trope when the girl constantly being in love with MC but MC being oblivious, yet the ending have them tied the knot (famous example is Goku-Chichi in Dragon Ball). But yeah, irekiss is canon and I simply accept it.

Caato: A reboot Jolyne in JJL verse

It’s already obvious that Caato’s character at some point is based on Jolyne Cujoh, the main protagonist in part 6. But to what extent Caato is written as the embodiment of Jolyne?

First, she appeared as a newly released inmate, as Jolyne’s early reference, Caato was incarcerated in a prison called Stone Ocean, wore the Stone Ocean prison uniform and wearing a space buns hairstyle. Not only that, her hair was tied back in a single low ponytail, similar to Jolyne, only the later’s hair was braided. In addition, Caato was arrested for murder and her prison term was 15 years, similar to how Jolyne ended up in prison.

After that, there weren’t so many references about Jolyne to her anymore. Caato’s appearance changed after she was released. Her role as a 52 years old former housewife is very different from that of a girl who is not even 20. Her personality also doesn’t really look exactly like Jolyne. Apart from being a reference of Jolyne, Caato’s characterization is also based on the theme of playing cards.

I thought that was the end of Caato as Jolyne’s reference, after her debut she only appeared only 4 chapters in total!

However, she reappeared at the end of the climax, even with her newly changed look.

And with her new design, she looks closer to Jolyne.

Jolyne wore a miniskirt at the beginning of her debut, but throughout the story, she wore long pants. At first, Caato wore a very stylish sleeveless long dress. But in her latest appearance, she wears long pants and a short-sleeved shirt. She also wears a medium split-skirt, and I think it sorta resembles the lower part of the long jacket that Jolyne wore.

Also, take a look to the changes in her bangs. At first, Caato modeled her bangs as wavy, slightly complicated and unrealistic just like Kira Holy’s. But in her last appearance, she modeled her bangs simpler, and in her last moment when her bangs fell naturally, that making her look more like Jolyne.

On top of that, they even got injured in similar place (only the sides were different, right and left) right before they died.

But, is Caato as Jolyne’s reference limited to her look and trivial coincidence? I think, it is much more than that.

Firebird (2021) dir. Peeter Rebane

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