CHARACTER PROFILE
Jack the Ripper
- Primary work
- Phantom Blood
Other recorded work links
- Species
- Zombie | Human (Formerly)↗
Jack the Ripper (切り裂きジャック, Kirisaki Jakku) is a secondary antagonist featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood.
Jack is a serial killer who encounters Dio Brando and is transformed into a zombie to fight Jonathan and his allies.
Image attribution details
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
- Japanese Name
- 切り裂きジャック↗
- Romanized Name
- Kirisaki Jakku↗
- Aliases
- Jack of the Darkness (by Dio)↗
- Gender
- Male↗
- Nationality
- British↗
- Species
- Zombie | Human (Formerly)↗
- Affiliation
- Agents of DIO↗
- Manga Debut
- Chapter 6 (1st mentioned) | Chapter 18 (Debut) First appearance↗
- Anime Debut
- Episode 2 (Flashback)↗
- Game Debut
- Phantom Blood (PS2 Game) (Playable)↗
02Appearance
03Personality
Above all else, Jack the Ripper detests women who are enjoying themselves. As such, he takes immense pleasure in his murders of unarmed victims, cutting out their organs with a scalpel and hanging them on nearby walls. However, Jack is also meticulous in his actions, using a gentlemanly facade to seduce his victims until he can safely perform the deed. Unexpected hinderances have been shown to unsettle the killer, and his murderous tendencies can easily be turned toward witnesses to his heinous actions if need be, as seen when he attempts to kill Dio Brando.↗↗
As a zombie, Jack's already-disturbed personality becomes even crueler. Rather than murder itself, the zombified Jack now takes pride in his victims' fear and despair, to the extent that he is willing to harm himself without hesitation to invoke it. Jack's instrument of choice remains the scalpel, though he is quick to improvise with other sharp weapons. He also retains his former cunning, and is capable of using his surroundings to isolate and terrify his victims. Even after being seriously injured by Will Anthonio Zeppeli 's Ripple energy, his outburst of anger does not prevent him from devising a plan to further separate his victims.↗↗↗↗
04Abilities
After being turned into a zombie, Jack becomes even more brutal than he was as a human. The zombified Jack is not only unable to feel pain, but also has incredible speed: he is shown to be able to kill a man, decapitate two horses, and hide inside the body of one horse in a matter of seconds.↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Phantom Blood
After killing his final victim as a human, Jack was approached by a then-incapacitated Dio Brando who saw the evil in the man's heart and decides to make him one of his zombie minions. Refusing at first, Jack accepted after a failed attempt to kill Dio. (In the anime, Dio instead hypnotizes Jack to come forward so that the former could suck his blood to turn him into a loyal zombie servant.)↗↗
Later, he corners Jonathan Joestar, Robert E. O. Speedwagon and Will Anthonio Zeppeli in a tunnel on their way to Windknight's Lot, decapitating their coachman along with the horses as he hid in one of them. Once revealing himself, Jack proceeded to throw the coach wagon into the mouth of the tunnel to prevent Jonathan and his companions from escaping.↗↗↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
Appearances
Chapter 23: Ripple Overdrive, Part 1 (Death)↗
Chapter 24: Ripple Overdrive, Part 2 (Corpse only)↗
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 4: Overdrive (Death)↗
Phantom Blood Musical Scene 15: Underground Cemetery (Death)↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 1)↗
Date of Death: Late November 1888↗↗
Cause of Death: Obliterated by Jonathan Joestar 's Ripple energy↗
07Appearances
Chapter 6: A Letter from the Past, Part 1 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1↗
Chapter 21: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 4↗
Chapter 22: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5↗
Chapter 25: Ripple Overdrive, Part 3 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
08Sources & attribution
- Jack the Ripper
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 (6)
- Chapter 41: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 3 (No later than December 1st) Open ↗
- Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1 Open ↗
- Chapter 6: A Letter from the Past, Part 1 Open ↗
- Chapter 22: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5 Open ↗
- Chapter 23: Ripple Overdrive, Part 1 Open ↗
- Chapter 21: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 4 Open ↗
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