JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure STONE OCEAN | Official Trailer 3
「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険: ストーンオーシャン」予告編3
Netflix Anime -- Jul 02
Jolyne Cujoh is framed for a crime and incarcerated in the maximum-security Green Dolphin Street Prison, also known as “The Aquarium.” Intent on getting her out, Jolyne’s father, Jotaro Kujo, comes to visit… but that is exactly what the mysterious Stand and mastermind Pale Snake planned for all along.
Pale Snake wants what is within Jotaro’s memory: “a pathway to Heaven,” which was sought by DIO, who Jotaro defeated long ago.
Pale Snake attacks Jotaro, removing both his Stand ability and memory in the form of discs, leaving him in a dormant state. In order to recover her father’s discs, Jolyne decides to remain in the prison.
Along with her new companions Ermes Costello, F.F., Emporio Alnino, Weather Forecast and Narciso Anastasia, Jolyne fights against other Stand users who have infiltrated the prison so she can uncover who is behind Pale Snake and reclaim her father’s Stand ability and memory.
A new and more intense chapter of the final battle that will put an end to the century-spanning, intertwining fate of the Joestar family and DIO begins!
Episodes 13-24 of "JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure STONE OCEAN" premiere worldwide on September 1, only on Netflix!
Jul 02 (Netflix Japan) - 西暦2011年、アメリカ・フロリダ州
空条徐倫は、罠に嵌められ、無実の罪で州立グリーン・ドルフィン・ストリート重警備刑務所――別名「水族館」に収容される。徐倫を救い出そうと面会に訪れた父・空条承太郎だったが、それこそがすべての策略の首謀者・謎のスタンド「ホワイトスネイク」の目的だった。かつて承太郎によって倒されたDIOが求めた『天国へ行く方法』。その記憶をホワイトスネイクは求めていたのだ。 ...continue reading
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