Bohemian Ecstatic (2)
Anastasia tracks down Weather Report and his cloned body in the hopes of learning more about his Stand. She fears that the Stand user may want to kill his body because it is vulnerable without it. ..
Anastasia chases after his clone, spotting Weather Report standing near a wall. He realizes that Weather isn’t influenced by the enemy’s Stand power. Even if Weather can’t hear him, Anastasia requests for him to track down the Stand’s user while he chases his body. A shop owner notices Anastasia and attempts to call the police.
Anastasia is approached by the police after seeing his clone running around the store. The clone had just committed a robbery and Anastasia was able to escape before they could apprehend him. He continues to pursue the clone, who has already fled the scene. ..
Anastasia sees the shop owner portraying the role of Snow White’s prince. She is irritated and breaks a nearby Grandfather Clock since he heard some strange sounds originating from it. Suddenly, a baby goat from The Wolf and the Seven Goats jumps from behind the Grandfather Clock. The goat recites the story in front of Anastasia, but she swipes at him to stop him.
Anastasia grabs the goat’s book and transforms into the wolf from the narrative. Anastasia realizes the enemy’s Stand wasn’t after his body- it simply wanted to drag him into different stories. Meanwhile, Weather bumps into a fictional interpretation of Van Gogh. However, since Weather was inspired by Van Gogh he starts getting wrapped up in the enemy’s Stand power. ..
At the same time, Anastasia prepares to fight the goat’s mother from their story. Suddenly, the baby goats end up in Anastasia’s body as their mother plans to cut open his body with scissors. A news report confirms that this incident involving fictional beings entering the real world started in Florida, USA. He confirms that figures from artwork are being sighted alongside the fictional characters.
Weather plans to combat Van Gogh as he realizes that the Stand user is attempting to protect Pucci from them. Weather tries shooing Van Gogh away as he delves into how the real Van Gogh ended his life. His story beats correspond to the events starting to unravel before Weather’s eyes. As Van Gogh continues delving into his story, Weather unleashes his Stand and plans to shut down the highway with a rainstorm. ..
Anastasia, a young girl, fights off a mother goat and manages to cut open her torso. The goat flees in terror and Anastasia hops on the back of a police car to escape. She realizes that the officers who had earlier confronted her are also on the scene. She plans to hijack the car but is ambushed by the goat and mother again. ..
Weather realizes that the enemy Stand user’s changed his course and is resting in an airplane. It’s revealed that the Stand user is the same drug addict that threatened to murder Pucci. The drug addict flaunts his newfound powers and remarks that he can only be defeated directly—we flashback to the night before. Pucci lectures the drug addict and his ally about Jolyne and his plans to attain heaven.
The men are given a taste of Dio’s power and declare themselves the sons of Dio. Pucci asks for their help in getting him to Cape Canaveral. In the present, the drug addict is thrilled to have found a new purpose in life. He vows to protect Pucci since he’s grateful for the power he bestowed upon him. Weather realizes he can’t summon a storm that’ll match the airplane’s speed.
He turns his attention to Van Gogh’s gun. Weather realizes he has one shot left before the story ends. He warns the fictional Van Gogh not to grab the pistol. Although Weather tries fleeing the scenario, he gets pushed back by Anastasia, who leaps out of the police vehicle. The gun opens fire on Weather and shoots him in the head.
At the same time, Weather and Anastasia drown to follow suit with the goat storyline. On the airplane, the drug addict overhears a girl reading Aladdin’s story. He’s wondering why Aladdin’s still in the book. Then, Weather grabs Van Gogh and reveals that he had him create a new character. This character can use an ability where it sucks all the fantasy heroes back into their stories. ..
This character’s story will conclude when he restores order to their reality. The hero proceeds to suck up every character, including Weather and Anastasia. Weather believes they’ll be heading back into their normal bodies, though. On the airplane, we receive a report that every fictional character has returned to their narrative except for Pinocchio. The small girl asks the drug addict for her story back.
We receive a title card revealing that the character Ungalo is named after a Brazilian percussionist and that his stand’s name is Bohemian Ecstatic. The narrator informs us that Ungalo is no longer capable of harming our heroes, and Jolyne shows up at her ex-boyfriend Romeo’s house to surprise him. Romeo has a mental breakdown after remembering what he did to Jolyne in earlier episodes of the series. ..
Jolyne tells Romeo she’s willing to look past his betrayal because it wasn’t entirely his fault. She asks Romeo for cash, his vehicle, and if he could keep their meeting on the down low. Romeo complies by handing her some money and his car keys. He promises he’ll confess his crimes and asks if she’ll take him back. Unfortunately, she flees his household instantly.
Jolyne meets Emporio and Ermess and hands Emporio the keys to his car. Jolyne’s holding Emporio’s tongue as they listen in on his conversation with the police. Ermess had given Jolyne a sticker prior to her meeting with Romeo to clone his tongue. Romeo pulls through for Jolyne and fabricates the truth for the feds. Emporio informs Jolyne that Romeo not only gave Jolyne keys to his car, but they also have keys to his helicopter. ..
Jolyne ripped off Romeo’s cloned tongue as it returned to Romeo’s mouth. They plan to use his helicopter to reach Pucci in a few hours. At Pucci’s new hideout, Ungalo’s comrade promises to protect Pucci. The episode concludes with him asking Pucci to fix his eyelid issue.
The Episode Review
This was a bizarre episode of Stone Ocean. Fans will be delighted to see Weather Report and Anastasia prevailing over Ungalo’s insane Stand power. Furthermore, it’s nice to see Romeo follow through with his promises to Jolyne, considering he’s partially responsible for getting her locked up in Green Dolphin’s prison.
Although many would argue for Jolyne to be with Anastasia, it’s pleasant to give Romeo some redeemable qualities. On the other hand, this chapter of Stone Ocean was a little easier to follow than the previous one. While some explanations aren’t as simplified as I’d hoped, the chapter addresses Ungalo’s powers sufficiently. Like in previous chapters of Stone Ocean, this episode’s resolution offers mixed baggage.
The artificiality of Weather’s solution to the problem with Ungalo’s Stand felt too convenient. Many may have preferred if we saw a lead-up to Weather making that call. ..
It’s the “tell and not show” approach in Stone Ocean that makes our heroes’ victories feel more unnatural than anything else. Hopefully, our heroes’ fight with Ungalo’s comrade and Pucci is more authentic and intense. Otherwise, this was a fun chapter of Stone Ocean with great action and tension. It’ll be exciting to see what else series creator Hirohiko Araki has in store for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime fans.
