01Relationships

02Basic information

English name

Mansaku Nijimura

Japanese name

虹村 万作

Aliases

Father Nijimura; the Nijimura brothers' father

Voice actor

Naomi Kusumi

Portrayed by

Kenji Mizuhashi (live-action film)

Children

Keicho Nijimura; Okuyasu Nijimura

Ability

Rapid regeneration after his mutation

Stand

An unnamed Stand; its appearance and powers are unknown

03Appearance and personality

Mansaku Nijimura
Mansaku Nijimura.

Mansaku was once an ordinary company employee. Bankruptcy, debt and his wife's death left him bitter, and he became abusive toward his sons. He accepted money from DIO and allowed a Flesh Bud to be implanted in his brain.

After DIO's death, the implanted flesh merged with his own body and changed him into a misshapen creature. His speech and behavior became extremely limited. Keicho kept him chained in the attic and initially mistook his persistent searching through a chest for meaningless behavior.

04Regeneration and its limits

Mansaku's mutated body can recover from injuries that would kill an ordinary human, including severe damage to his head and dismemberment. His flesh itself is fragile; the danger lies in the fact that the damage repairs itself. The ultimate limit of this regeneration is not established.

He is also said to have possessed a Stand when serving DIO, but neither its appearance nor its ability is revealed. His mutation should not be given an invented Stand name or treated as proof that he has a known combat ability.

05Story

Story spoilers

Keicho uses the Arrow to create new Stand users, hoping to find someone with a power that can kill his father and end his condition. This search brings Josuke and Koichi into the Nijimura household.

Josuke discovers that Mansaku has been looking for the torn pieces of a family photograph. When Crazy Diamond restores it, Mansaku becomes calm and cries over the image. The moment shows that his attachment to his family has survived beneath his changed appearance. It does not establish that Crazy Diamond can cure the mutation.

Red Hot Chili Pepper kills Keicho and steals the Bow and Arrow, but Mansaku survives. Okuyasu continues to look after him. At the end of the story, he is shown with Stray Cat, which becomes a companion in the Nijimura home.

06Adaptation note

The anime adds an attempt to improve his condition at Tonio Trussardi's restaurant. The treatment does not reverse the mutation, but the scene emphasizes Okuyasu's continuing affection for his father. It is an anime addition rather than an event shown in the original manga.

07More images

Mansaku Nijimura
Mansaku Nijimura.
Mansaku Nijimura
Mansaku Nijimura.

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