Charming Man
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- The JOJOLands
Charming Man (チャーミング・マン, Chāmingu Man) is a primary ally featured in the ninth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, The JOJOLands.
He is introduced as an antagonist who stalks Jodio Joestar and his allies to try retrieving the Lava Rock, believing it has a connection to his younger brother Mauka 's disappearance. He is also a Stand user who wields Big Mouth Strikes Again, which lets him disguise with his surroundings and confuse his enemies' perceptions.

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02Appearance
Charming Man is a 21-year-old man with an athletic build, and dark, spiky, shoulder-length hair. His hair is flat at the top with spiky bangs, and the back of his hair juts out in all directions. Charming Man wears makeup, including eye shadows and dark lipstick. He has distinct vertical face markings that run down from his lower eyelids to just above his jawline.↗
His outfit consists of a sleeveless jumpsuit with shoulder straps that connect to an upward-facing triangle at the back, and he has a large bow tie on his chest. The shoulder straps have a dark jagged pattern with triangles pointing outward. There are oval-shaped lace-like decorations of varying sizes on his chest behind his jumpsuit and bow tie. In addition, Charming Man wears dark wristbands, knee pads, and sneakers. In his first appearance, he has bow ties on his knees instead of the knee pads. In his flashback, he wears a t-shirt underneath his jumpsuit and the shoulder straps also lack the dark jagged pattern. While bicycling, he wears a helmet with a dark visor and has a backpack.↗↗
03Personality
Charming Man is an energetic and caring elder brother, yet also demanding and aggressive. He is athletic and enjoys participating in recreational activities such as bicycle races and 2-mile swimming marathons with his younger brother. He looks forward to those events with excitement and has a competitive spirit. He gains an interest in the Lava Rock after his younger brother falls into a lava tube where the Lava Rock came from. However, he doesn't desire it for money since he thinks that it's impossible to become rich using it. Rather, he thinks using it would help him find his younger brother.↗↗↗
Charming Man resorts to violence when he doesn't get his way, using brutal methods such as siccing Wild Cat Size onto Jodio and his friends to strangle them when they steal Rohan 's diamond and Lava Rock. He also has no qualms about trying to murder them himself, nearly slashing Jodio's throat and stabbing Dragona in the neck. Charming Man is manipulative and cunning, since he attempts to psychologically persuade Jodio into handing over the Lava Rock. He aims to scare Jodio into thinking the mafia might be after him and his friends, and shows an illusion of his cats' decapitated heads inside Jodio's food bag. Moreover, he intelligently uses his environment to trick his opponents.↗↗↗↗↗
Charming Man doesn't tolerate drug addicts, declaring that "100% of junkies are liars". Assuming that Usagi is a drug addict, he suggests to Dragona that they should abandon him after he suffers from a pulmonary edema. On the other hand, he has respect for people who take things on alone, and changes his mind about Usagi upon seeing his bravery.↗↗
04Abilities
Stand
Big Mouth Strikes Again manifests as sand-like skin particles, allowing Charming Man to alter the perceptions of his enemies by camouflaging with his surroundings and creating fake disguises. This also allows him to impersonate another person using another layer of sand-like skin. It's possible to hide objects under the disguised skin, such as a knife. The disguise can also be destroyed with enough force, such as Jodio's heavy rain.↗
Personal Skills
Bicycle Riding: Charming Man is a skilled bicyclist who can do bunny hops to dodge fallen trees.↗↗
Knife Proficiency: Charming Man fights with a knife he carries with him, frequently swinging it around. He is more adept at using it for surprise attacks than for hand-to-hand combat, as Paco is easily able to dodge and counter his attacks. Paco also notes that his skills with a knife aren't good enough for him to be an assassin.↗↗
Physical Disposition
According to himself, Charming Man possesses several beneficial natural traits. His family members and villagers are able to easily bear with the heat and cold, and have long life spans.↗↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
Charming Man was born on the island of Hawaii and lived on a farm with his younger brother, Mauka. In his village, his family and whole community have rough rock-like skin and long lifespans, but the top cause of death in old age for them is the calcification of waste products. One day, Charming Man committed a traffic violation on Highway 180. The police officer grabbed Charming Man's arm hard, causing his palm to scrape against Charming Man's rough skin and turn red.↗↗↗
The following day, Charming Man and Mauka went racing on their bicycles on a valley at Hualālai. Charming Man taunted Mauka for being too slow, causing Mauka to wonder if he was planning on doing an ironman triathlon. Just as Charming Man mentioned that they'll be racing each other in a 2-mile swim as well once they get to the beach, he saw a fallen tree in their path.↗
The JOJOLands
Act One / Pursuing the Lava Rock
While Usagi and Dragona are testing the Lava Rock's capabilities inside Diamotch, Paco goes to get chicken burritos for himself and Jodio while they wait. Charming Man transforms into Paco and returns with fake bags of chicken burritos, with one having three potatoes in it instead. He pretends to be excited to eat them, believing they're tastier in the island of Hawaii because the chicken are raised high in the mountains.↗↗
Act One / New Allies
Paco decides to make Charming Man their ally, so Dragona tells Jodio to stop fighting him. Charming Man joins them at Kona Airport, where Jodio relaxes with him. They have a casual conversation, with Jodio inquiring about Charming Man's recent music preferences. While Jodio chuckles at his choices all being artists with 3 letter names, Paco, more pressingly, inquires about his name. Charming Man introduces himself and mentions the lava tubes at Hualālai.↗↗
Act One / The Land Exchange Operation
In order to acquire the rights to the lands in HOWLER's possession, Meryl directs the gang to Hawaii's land registry office so that they can make the Lava Rock touch all the original copies of the ownership deeds of the company. She assigns Dragona, Usagi, and Charming Man to go inside while Paco and Jodio stay in the car as support. While they are waiting for the office to open, Charming Man drinks from a water bottle. They eventually enter the building at 10:00.↗
After they are done, the trio quickly exits the building. As the plan seemingly went smoothly, Dragona is enthusiastic to see the results of their operation. Charming Man calls Jodio and Paco so that they drive back and pick them up but Usagi suddenly feels sick. Usagi collapses on the floor and starts to vomit, no longer being able to breathe. Charming Man notices that he's not throwing up food but a cloudy liquid and when he examines Usagi, he sees that his neck is covered in rock-like scabs.↗↗
Act One / At the Hospital
After arriving at the hospital, Jodio mistakenly presses the elevator button to the ICU. They see Sophie, the clerk from the registry office, unconscious. Her father, Congressman White, believes HOWLER poisoned her. He plans to seize HOWLER's land and signs a document on his tablet, but his assistant warns him not to. Before he decides to submit it, Sophie's ECG monitor suddenly flatlines. Amidst his grief, he leaves his tablet behind when he rushes into Sophie's room.↗↗
Act One / The Asset Collection
After the crew leaves the hospital, Charming Man impersonates the banker Yokohama and infiltrates his office. Firstly, he manipulates the security passcode of the bank's system so that when there is a transfer of Hacca Howler 's assets, the money will be actually transferred to the gang's bank account. Secondly, he also takes the time to enjoy the luxuries inside Yokohama's office, such as his mini golf course, the pralines or the alcohol.↗
Key West then announces that several fireboats are approaching the megayacht. Hacca's earlier shots have set fire to the yacht's electrical system. With police boats surrounding them, Charming Man and Jodio pressure Hacca further, emphasizing that he's running out of time to protect his assets and must sign the land exchange immediately. As the authorities approach, the gang quietly keeps the pressure on Howler in spite of his rage.↗↗↗↗↗↗↗↗
Act Two
Nine months pass since the land exchange operation. Since the army and government now control the land on Hualālai despite Meryl Mei Qi owning the rights to it, the team is unable to investigate the land or sell it. Charming Man returns home to the island of Hawai'i.↗↗
07Relationships
| Character | Relationship | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mauka | Younger Brother | ↗ |
| Wild Cat Size | Pets | ↗ |
Family
Mauka: Charming Man is Mauka's elder sibling, often engaging in friendly bicycle races or swimming contests with him. Despite the occasional argument, they have a close bond. Charming Man panics when Mauka suddenly falls off his bicycle into a lava tube and demands for help from police officers.↗↗
Wild Cat Size: He is the owner of a trio of cats, using them to spy on Rohan as well as Jodio's gang. In his own words while disguised as Paco, he doesn't have the least bit of love for the cats despite being their owner. However, this was likely a lie as Paco believes that he's a good person and keeps the cats as pets in the jungle.↗↗↗
Allies
Paco Laburantes: Charming Man and Paco begin as enemies after the crew steal the Lava Rock. Charming Man charges at Paco using deadly force with his knife, though Paco derides Charming Man for having amateurish knife skills. After seeing through Charming Man's tricks, noting that he didn't really kill his pet cats, Paco changes his mind about him and is the first to decide to recruit him. He helps Dragona persuade Meryl Mei that Charming Man is really a good guy.↗↗↗
Usagi Alohaoe: Charming Man considered Usagi to be untrustworthy at first and looked down on him for allegedly being a drug addict. However, upon witnessing Usagi cut himself open to survive, Charming Man realized that Usagi also had initiative and courage, qualities that he admires. Thus, he comes to respect Usagi and helps him get rid of an enemy Stand.↗↗
Jodio Joestar: Although Jodio and Charming Man aren't close, they share a lot of music tastes such as SZA, H.E.R. and SIA. While on trying to get Hacca Howler to sign the Dolphin Bank papers, Jodio whispers to Charming Man to relay it to Howler.↗↗↗
08Sources & attribution
- Charming Man
- Charming Man ★ History
Source bibliography (22)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 12: Charming Man Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 9: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 1 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 10: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 2 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 13: Joestar Brothers Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 8: Hualalai - Cat Size, Part 3 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 11: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 3 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 15: Aim for That Fifty Billion Dollars, Part 2 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 22: Board the Megayacht, p.6 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 23: 200 Balloons and Lyin' Eyes, Part 1 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 12: Charming Man Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 22: Board the Megayacht Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 8: Hualālai - Cat Size, Part 3 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 14: Aim for That Fifty Billion Dollars, Part 1 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 16: Lulu's Bags' Groove, Part 1 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 24: 200 Balloons and Lyin' Eyes, Part 2 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 26: 200 Balloons and Lyin' Eyes, Part 4 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 28: Those Who Lurk in the Gaps, Part 1 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 29: Those Who Lurk in the Gaps, Part 2 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 30: Those Who Lurk in the Gaps, Part 3 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 31: Those Who Lurk in the Gaps, Part 4 Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 32: System Reversal - Total Shutdown Open ↗
- The JOJOLands Chapter 33: Usagi, Fraud, and Suspicion, Part 1 Open ↗
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