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- According to Joseph Joestar, the name "Stand" comes from the fact the vast majority of Stands usually manifest themselves standing next to the user, ready to act on their command. The term 立ち向かうもの スタンド has also been used by Mountain Tim to describe Stands, which translates literally to "that which stands and confronts" (立ち向かうもの, Tachimukau Mono).
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It's probably due to the fact that the name has been passed down through history due to their "Standing beside their users"; given that he's a friend of Joseph and was a Stand-user by birth, he'd have known what these entities were called from the other Stand-user.
Jotaro was the only one to call them "evil spirits", everyone else (literally people from all kinds of different places and backgrounds) somehow knew that the general colloquial name of these abilities is Stand, but how? That also brings the question of how Keicho knew about Stands and Dio.
It's possible that everyone in Jojo just really likes music. Whether they randomly name their stand after a song/band they like (Superfly, Boy II Man, Surface), they name their stands after something really original that just happens to be a band reference (The Hand, The Lock), or they think that a song just represents their stand very well ...
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Stands are defined as personifications of "life energy" (although it's later changed to "spiritual energy") whose abilities are given visual form. When first presented, the term is written as "Stand"(幽波紋(スタンド), Sutando), with furiganaW to change the pronunciation of what literally means "Ghostly Ripple"(幽波紋, Yūhamon) in kanjiW. According to Joseph ...
The Stand is created from someone's psyche, which includes not only humans but also other living creatures. That individual is referred to as the Stand User. The User then gives their Stand a name and uses it for various purposes. Unless bound to a specific object or automatic, Stands are attached to their User's body. In that case, any damage the ...
Most Stands display no personality, sometimes because they do not have a form with which to emote, but the majority of humanoid Stands simply hover behind and above the user awaiting a command. Some Stands display bits of personalities through facial expressions, but it is ambiguous whether the emotions come from the Stand or simply reflect the Use...
In Part 3, Stands were typically named after Tarot CardsW. Also in Part 3, certain Stands were named after Egyptian gods ( such as Anubis). But from Part 4 onward, nearly every Stand is named after either Music song names, or an Album. Examples would be Killer Queen, White Album, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, King Crimson, Tusk, Atom Heart Father, S...
The concept of Stands were inspired by the 'guardian spirit' from Jiro Tsunoda's Ushiro no Hyakutarō manga.Araki explains that Stand abilities are often the first element he thinks of when he creates a character, and that he then develops the character's personality and appearance based on the harmony w...Starting from Part 3 to Part 6, the name of each Stand that is used by the main protagonists are referring to their own representative sub-titles (e.g. Star Platinum, Stand of Jotaro Kujo from Star...Throughout the majority of Part 3, Stands were named after Tarot cards often followed by another element such as a colour or a number, such as Hierophant Green and Death 13. Starting with Cream lat...Oct 20, 2024 · This article lists every Stand to appear so far in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and related media. Descriptions for Stands with names that have not been revealed are found in the List of Unnamed Stands. There are 180 unique Stands in total so far across Parts 3-9 in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Oct 30, 2020 · In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, each Stand has a name, but many fans noticed that quite a few of those names had changed when the anime reached the U.S. So why did Viz Media change the Stand...
Sep 25, 2021 · Jotaro's Stand, Star Platinum, begins to manifest on its own, causing Jotaro to think he's being haunted by some sort of demon. Similarly, Jotaro's mother, Holly, starts manifesting a Stand that seemingly exceeds her body's capabilities, threatening her life and kickstarting the plot.
