CHARACTER PROFILE
Dire
- Primary work
- Phantom Blood
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Dire (ダイアー, Daiā) is a secondary ally featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood.
Dire is a Ripple user studying under the Ripple master Tonpetty, alongside Straizo. As a close friend of Will Anthonio Zeppeli, he aids Jonathan in his fight against Dio Brando and his army of zombies.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
Dire is a very muscular mature man who has chiseled facial features and has light hair and an oversized flattop with a widow's peak.↗
He wears ample cotton clothes with padded tissue shoulder pads, with fringes of cloth sticking out from his shoulders and ankles. He also wears a leather vest and dark wristbands. He rolls up his sleeves to let his arm in the open.↗
03Personality
Dire is portrayed as a fierce but honorable Ripple user and fighter. Upon meeting Jonathan, he tests Jonathan's fighting ability at countering an imperfect Thunder Split Attack, and later asks Jonathan that he lets him fight Dio one on one to avenge his friend Will Anthonio Zeppeli.↗
04Abilities
Dire has shown incredible mastery of the Ripple. He has complete control of his body and its speed, to the point of making afterimages when moving. He manipulates his speed to look slower than he actually is, a technique to make enemies over-confident and eventually lower their guard. He is also able to infuse objects with the Ripple and manages to use it just after being decapitated (on a rose), with the remaining oxygen in his brain.↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
Dire was a good friend of Will Anthonio Zeppeli, who trained with him and Straizo to be Ripple masters under Tonpetty. When Tonpetty received a letter from Zeppeli revealing the location of the Stone Mask, Dire travelled to Windknight's Lot with his master and Straizo.↗↗
Phantom Blood
Dire first introduced himself after suddenly attacking Jonathan, where Dire used his Thunder Split Attack against him. However, Jonathan countered the move by headbutting him. The Ripple user then revealed that he only attacked Jonathan to test his strength and see if he really was Zeppeli's friend. To prove he came to help, Dire gave Jonathan the letter Zeppeli wrote.↗↗
Before Dio Brando and Jonathan had their last fight, Dire fought Dio to avenge Zeppeli. However, even Dire's best attack, the Thunder Cross Split Attack, didn't stand a chance against Dio's Freezing Attack, which completely turned his body into ice and then shattered it. Dire, now only a head, was able to use his last ounce of Ripple energy to shoot a rose into Dio's eye. For that, Dire's head was turned into ice as well and destroyed.↗↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
Even in death, Dire is determined, taunting Dio one last time by sending a Ripple-infused rose into the vampire's eye.↗
Appearances
Chapter 38: The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 3 (Death)↗
JoJo & Dio (Death)↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 1)↗
Date of Death: December 1, 1888↗↗
Cause of Death: Frozen, then shattered into pieces by Dio Brando↗
07Appearances
08Sources & attribution
- Dire
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