CHARACTER PROFILE
Steely Dan
- Primary work
- Stardust Crusaders
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Steely Dan (鋼入りの ダン, Sutīrī Dan) is a secondary antagonist featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, specifically the " Lovers " story arc.
Steely Dan is a mercenary working for DIO sent to assassinate Enya the Hag and eliminate the Crusaders in Pakistan. A Stand user wielding the microscopic Lovers, he holds Joseph hostage as the Crusaders figure out a way to defeat him.
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02Appearance
Steely Dan is a well built man of average height, with shoulder length hair that frays out at the back and multiple irises with a ripple pattern on his eyes. He wears an open collar shirt extending below his waist with the sides split, resemebling a loincloth on the front and back. The sleeves of Steely Dan's shirt along with his pants are dark.↗
Before revealing himself, Steely Dan dons a thobe and keffiyeh to fool Joseph into thinking he was a simple kebab vendor.↗
03Personality
Steely Dan exhibits a particularly cruel, petty and cowardly personality.↗
Steely Dan is overly confident in his Stand's ability, revealing himself to the Crusaders after murdering Enya and threatening to take them out one by one. The Stand's microscopic nature lends him his cool demeanor and he takes advantage of his situation to torture Joseph and subjugate Jotaro. Whenever he doesn't get his way, Steely Dan becomes abrasive and cruel, taking out his anger in insults and petty punishments.↗↗↗↗↗
When he takes hostage of Joseph, he forces Jotaro to carry out his orders and torments him in a number of ways. He steals Jotaro's wallet, makes him position as a 'bridge' to walk on, forces him to scratch his back and clean his shoes, all while repeatedly taunting him. However, despite his seemingly overwhelming ability, he is shaken by Jotaro's threat to pay what he was owed. This cowardly trait is brought to the forefront at the very end of the fight, where he pleads for forgiveness and begs Jotaro to let him go.↗↗↗↗↗
04Abilities
Stand
Steely Dan's Stand is Lovers, a microscopic Stand which can infiltrate someone's brain and manipulate their pain receptors. Any damage that Steely Dan receives will be doubled in the victim.↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Stardust Crusaders (1988)
Steely Dan first appears as a Kebab salesman. When Joseph asks him how much do five kebabs cost, he tells Joseph that his price is 1,000 yen (or 120 rupees). They both haggle until they agree on a price of 425 yen, but Dan still comes out on top because he's tricked Joseph into spending 300 yen more than what he usually sells it for. Later Steely Dan confronts Jotaro Kujo and his friends in Pakistan.↗↗↗
Steely Dan announces that he will kill Joseph if he is physically assaulted once more. Kakyoin and Polnareff would not take any chances of killing Steely Dan and Joseph. This enables him to force Jotaro to obey his whim, and he punches Jotaro and hits him with a rock. Subsequently, he forces Jotaro to follow him and involves him in a number of actions at his expense, taking his money, forcing him to use his body as a bridge for him to cross the ditch, and wiping his shoes, among other actions.↗↗↗↗
Upon realizing this, Steely Dan attempts to run away, but is abruptly stopped by Jotaro. Steely Dan then tries to buy time by sucking up to Jotaro and attempts to have his Stand enter Jotaro's ear. However, Jotaro had anticipated this and stops The Lovers with Star Platinum's precision, and subsequently uses it to crush his arm and leg.↗↗
07Appearances
08Sources & attribution
- Steely Dan
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 (14)
- Chapter 160: Lovers, Part 1 P.15. Open ↗
- Chapter 161: Lovers, Part 2 P.14. Open ↗
- Chapter 163: Lovers, Part 4 P.8. Open ↗
- Chapter 164: Lovers, Part 5 P.15. Open ↗
- Chapter 162: Lovers, Part 3 P.18. Open ↗
- Chapter 163: Lovers, Part 4 P.5. Open ↗
- Chapter 164: Lovers, Part 5 P.20. Open ↗
- Chapter 165: Lovers, Part 6 P.9. Open ↗
- Chapter 160: Lovers, Part 1 Open ↗
- Chapter 161: Lovers, Part 2 Open ↗
- Chapter 162: Lovers, Part 3 Open ↗
- Chapter 163: Lovers, Part 4 Open ↗
- Chapter 164: Lovers, Part 5 Open ↗
- Chapter 165: Lovers, Part 6 Open ↗
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