Mannish Boy

Stardust Crusaders (1988)

Sent by DIO to kill the Joestar Group, Mannish Boy manages to reach Yarpline at the same time as the heroes. He tries to assassinate Noriaki Kakyoin but only manages to kill a nearby dog caught in Death Thirteen 's nightmare world before Kakyoin is woken up by Jean Pierre Polnareff. In the dream, Kakyoin's hand was cut by Death Thirteen's scythe and the wound carried over to the waking world. Meanwhile, Mannish Boy is found near a well and pretends to be sick.↗

Onboard an airplane, Mannish Boy uses his Stand to attack Noriaki Kakyoin and Jean Pierre Polnareff. Kakyoin remembers everything and tries to warn Polnareff but Death Thirteen begins its attack. It almost kills Polnareff but the Frenchman is woken up by Joseph Joestar, who orders him to change the baby's diapers. Kakyoin is left alone with Death Thirteen, revealing that he is the baby. Kakyoin tries to cut his arm with a knife but Mannish Boy dismisses the move as futile.↗↗↗↗

A scorpion crawls into Mannish Boy's crib, and he just as suddenly kills it with a pin. However, he's seen by Kakyoin who runs to the crib and tries to find the scorpion. Mannish Boy quickly and discretly hides the scorpion in his mouth which preserves his cover, although he's almost unmasked when Joseph tries to feed him. Desperate, Kakyoin reveals the carving on his arms, which only convinces the others that he's mad.↗↗

The Joestar Group find themselves in Death Thirteen 's nightmare world where he begins to torment the heroes. However, he's then attacked by Kakyoin and his Hierophant, because falling asleep with one's Stand out allows one to utilize them in the nightmare. Hierophant Green strangles Death Thirteen but Mannish Boy sees that Kakyoin's going easy on him because he's a baby.↗↗

In the morning, Kakyoin changes Mannish Boy's diaper as he openly reminisces about the dream and remembers his Stand after having brought Hierophant into the dream world. Due to his status as a baby, Kakyoin promises not to physically kill nor hurt him and would leave him at a nearby town to return to his mother. Instead, Kakyoin teaches Mannish Boy a lesson by mixing some of the baby's excrement into his baby food.↗↗

Personality

Though he can't speak, he can express his true self through his Stand, Death Thirteen.↗↗↗↗↗↗↗↗↗

Abilities / Stand

Mannish Boy's Stand is Death Thirteen, a clown-like Stand which can pull the consciousness of its sleeping victims into a dream-world where it has absolute control and where they cannot summon their Stands, then murder them with impunity.↗

Appearances

Chapter 168: Death Thirteen, Part 1↗

Chapter 169: Death Thirteen, Part 2↗

Chapter 170: Death Thirteen, Part 3↗

Chapter 171: Death Thirteen, Part 4↗

Chapter 172: Death Thirteen, Part 5↗

Chapter 173: Death Thirteen, Part 6 (Incapacitated)↗

Stardust Crusaders Episode 19: Death Thirteen, Part 1↗

Stardust Crusaders Episode 20: Death Thirteen, Part 2 (Incapacitated)↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Retired (Part 3)↗

Mannish Boy (マニッシュ・ボーイ, Manisshu Bōi) is a secondary antagonist featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, specifically the " Death Thirteen " story arc.↗

He tries to murder the Joestar Group inside the nightmare-world of his Death Thirteen.↗