01Basic information

Japanese Name
ドナテロ・ヴェルサス↗
Romanized Name
Donatero Verusasu↗
Stand
Under World↗
Age
25↗↗
Birthday
~1986-1987↗↗↗
Gender
Male↗
Height
181 cm (5 ft 11 in)↗
Weight
72 kg (159 lb)↗
Nationality
American↗
Occupation
Unemployed↗
Affiliation
Agents of Pucci↗
Manga Debut
SO Chapter 103 (Glimpse) | SO Chapter 111 (1st Full Debut)↗
Anime Debut
SO Episode 25 (Glimpse) | SO Episode 28 (1st Full Debut)↗
Game Debut
All-Star Battle (NPC) | Jumputi Heroes (Playable)↗

02Appearance

Donatello Versus has short light hair with a black stripe in the middle which extends to the back of his head in the shape of a 'Y'. He has long sideburns which point toward his mouth, blunt bangs that cover his entire forehead, and two ponytails. He appears to have prominent eye bags.↗

Versus wears a choker necklace that has a spiral pattern in the center. He sports a deep V-neck long-sleeved shirt along with matching pants. The front and sides of his shirt and pants have an excessive amount of thick loops. He has shoulder straps going through three front loops on his shirt, as well as two more straps from his belt which travel downward through the front loops on his pants.↗

03Personality

Having been abandoned, abused, and unjustly imprisoned, Donatello Versus developed a grudge against society at large, desiring to become happy at any cost. Enrico Pucci finds Donatello aimlessly drifting through life, getting by on petty crime, and without having ever been employed. Even though he inherited DIO 's ruthlessness, selfishness, and quick thinking, Donatello lacks his father's megalomania or cunning. As such, although he seems more outwardly well-adjusted, Versus is, in fact, incredibly rash and impulsive.↗↗

Donatello isn't opposed to cooperation or even following orders, as at first he puts his trust in, and tries to maintain a respectful relationship with Enrico Pucci. However, being pushed around by authority figures for most of his life left Donatello with little tolerance for disrespect and a lot of pride. When Pucci begins doubting Donatello's abilities, the feeling of being used drives Donatello first to verbally snap at the priest, and then to betray him, considering it his right to inherit DIO's plans in Pucci's place.↗↗↗↗

04Abilities

Stand

Under World allows Donatello to excavate memories in the form of past events from Florida's soils and even imprison people in them, forcing his victim to experience whatever happened.↗

05Story

SPOILERS

Background

Donatello Versus was raised by his mother and stepfather, a man who "did nothing but tell long stories of his womanizing ways," who his mother married at an unknown point in Versus's life.↗

While running away from home at age 13, a pair of baseball cleats mysteriously fell from the sky and landed on his head. Wondering where they came from, he tried them on. They were way too big, but he decided to keep them anyway because they smelled very good and he liked the clacking noise the spikes made whenever he walked.↗

However, four months after Versus's arrest, the true criminal confessed. The criminal was a thief, who, after stealing the shoes, was afraid that the shoes would get traced, and dropped the shoes down a ventilation shaft while on top of a building.↗

When word reached the facility he was being held in that he had been wrongly condemned, Versus had already been physically and emotionally drained, and he was almost too weak to even move because of a string of strange events that had occurred over the course of his incarceration. For instance, Versus tripped while walking in the field of the facility and his hand was impaled by a knife that had been buried there sometime before.↗

Stone Ocean (2011-2012)

In 2012, Donatello crossed paths with Enrico Pucci after he was shot in the leg and jumped off the sixth story of a building during a botched burglary and was brought to the Orlando State Hospital. He thus met the priest and his half-brothers Ungalo and Rikiel. Pucci subsequently all revealed them their heritage and Stand powers. While Ungalo and Rikiel headed out to confront the heroes, Donatello kept on recovering at the hospital.↗

Battle Against Jolyne Cujoh & Ermes

He instinctively summons a memory of a boy being shot and the stray bullet attracts the attention of the heroes. Donatello and Pucci subsequently take refuge in a cavern under their room. When Jolyne enters it, Under World traps her in the memory of a plane bound to crash. Jolyne partially exits the airplane and tries to call for help. Under World thus tries to attack the string linking Jolyne to Ermes but Jolyne manages to shoot a pen into its hand, driving it away.↗

Heavy Weather Unleashed

While Donatello escapes the hole and the hospital, everyone has to contend with a contagious snail invasion. Donatello thus seeks Emporio, expecting to find Jotaro 's memory DISC and discover what Pucci 's plan is. He unearths a memory of Jolyne calling Emporio and detects him. He easily takes out the boy but Jolyne and Ermes then crash near Versus and Emporio.↗

Versus summons the Miami Dolphins to push Jolyne away but she hides inside a pipe, rolls towards Versus, and attacks. When Versus summons a memory of the salt to dehydrate Jolyne's body, her arm is desiccated and Versus obtains Jotaro's memory DISC. Nonetheless, Jolyne has touched Emporio who has touched Versus, and thus Versus is turned into a snail. The heroes subsequently capture Versus and force him to drive their car.↗

06Plot details

SPOILERS

Appearances

Stone Ocean Chapter 137: Heavy Weather, Part 13 (Death)↗

Stone Ocean Episode 32: Heavy Weather, Part 3 (Death)↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 6)↗

Date of Death: March 19, 2012↗↗

Cause of Death: Impaled in the head by Diver Down 's fingers↗

07Appearances

Stone Ocean Chapter 103: Three Men Taken to the Hospital (Glimpse)↗

Stone Ocean Chapter 111: It's Been a While, Romeo (Flashback)↗

Stone Ocean Chapter 112: Sky High, Part 1 (Cover only)↗

Stone Ocean Chapter 117: Sky High, Part 6 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗

Stone Ocean Chapter 118: Time for Heaven: Three Days Until the New Moon↗

08Relationships

CharacterRelationshipNotes
DIO (Father)Via Jonathan 's body↗
Giorno GiovannaHalf-Brother↗
RikielHalf-Brother↗
UngaloHalf-Brother↗

09Sources & attribution

Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
Source bibliography (9)
  1. SO Chapter 122 states that the shoes Versus found was donated by Ichiro in 2002 or 2003 while Versus was 13 years old at that time, meaning he had to be born in or after 1989. This is corrected in the anime, which removes the year that Ichiro donated the shoes. Open ↗
  2. JOJO magazine 2023 WINTER: JoJo by Generations lists "~1985-1986? Some say 1989". However, 1985 doesn't fit with Versus's age. Open ↗
  3. Stone Ocean Chapter 119: Under World, Part 1 Open ↗
  4. Stone Ocean Chapter 134: Heavy Weather, Part 10, p.7 Open ↗
  5. Stone Ocean Chapter 120: Under World, Part 2 Open ↗
  6. Stone Ocean Chapter 122: Under World, Part 4 Open ↗
  7. Stone Ocean Chapter 120: Under World, Part 2, tailpiece Open ↗
  8. Stone Ocean Chapter 121: Under World, Part 3, p.7, p.15 Open ↗
  9. Stone Ocean Chapter 122: Under World, Part 4, p.8 Open ↗

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