Josuke Higashikata, a first-year student at Joestar High School in Morioh, wakes up one morning to a bizarre and terrifying discovery. His pants are way too loose. Looking in the mirror, he finds a stunningly beautiful girl staring back, a girl with a familiar face and a very unfamiliar body.
Panicking, he rushes out to find his home in utter chaos. His nephew Jotaro is now a hulking, muscular man. His mother has transformed into a stooped old guy. It seems a mysterious curse has swept through
A Bizarre Gender-Bender Rhapsody - A Girly Gorilla and the Worst Investigation Team Are Born! Joutarou's Tears and a Love Triangle
On the stairs leading to the fifth floor of the Duwang Grand Hotel, Jousuke let out a heavy sigh.
"Ahh, you've gotta be kidding me..."
Rohan was firmly latched onto his arm. Her long, emerald-green hair cascaded softly over Jousuke's shoulder.
"What's wrong, Jousuke? Nervous? Don't worry, I'm right here with you."
"I'm nervous *because* you're here! Get off me!"
Jousuke tried to shake his arm free. But Rohan, as if she'd been aiming for it, smoothly slipped her hand around his waist instead.
"You really are embarrassed, aren't you? Ever since you heard my confession at the café yesterday, your ears have been bright red."
"No, they haven't! That was anger! You went and peeked inside my head without asking!"
"Oh, but your heart back then—that memory of someone saving you on a snowy day. It was so beautiful."
Jousuke's movements stopped for just a moment.
"...You're still bringing that up?"
The gesture of combing his fingers through his hair came out unconsciously.
Right behind them, Yukako was stomping up the stairs, still carrying Kouichi in her arms.
"Kouichi-kun! Are you okay? You're not tired, are you? Should I switch to an easier carrying position for you!?"
"I'm already plenty tired... Just put me down... Jousuke-kun, help me..."
Kouichi swayed limply in Yukako's arms.
"...I've got my own problems right now. Sorry, Kouichi."
That was all Jousuke could manage to say.
Before long, the four of them arrived in front of Joutarou's room.
A door with a plate that read "Kuujou Joutarou."
Jousuke finally shook off Rohan's arm and knocked on the door three times.
"Joutarou-san! It's me, Jousuke! Please open up!"
No answer.
"...That's weird. He should be here."
He knocked again, harder.
"Joutarou-san!?"
He strained his ears—and thought he heard a small, faint voice from the other side of the door.
"...Jousuke-kun..."
Jousuke turned the doorknob. It wasn't locked.
The door opened.
The room was a little dim. The curtains were half-closed, letting in a thin sliver of afternoon light.
And—on the bed.
A massive, 190-centimeter frame lay face-down, trembling.
Short-cropped black hair. A wild profile with a stubbled jaw. Shoulders as brawny as a gorilla's. But that huge body was curled up into a tiny ball.
Face buried in a pillow, she was stifling her sobs, crying.
"Jousuke-kun... I'm... I'm not an old man..."
Jousuke froze.
"............"
Rohan, looking thoroughly entertained, pulled out her sketchbook and began running her pen across it with a soft scratching sound.
"My, my. This is wonderful material."
Yukako, still holding Kouichi, tilted her head.
"That person is Kuujou Joutarou-san...? She's... really big."
"That's why I said put me down..."
Steeling his resolve, Jousuke took a step into the room.
"...Joutarou-san. Um, I'm sorry about yesterday."
Joutarou's body just twitched slightly; she made no move to lift her face.
"...That's not what I meant. I didn't mean it like that. I was just surprised... I mean, you'd turned into such an incredible form, I just kinda..."
"An incredible form... So I really am ugly..."
The giant frame curled up even smaller.
"N-no! Incredible is a compliment! Like, manly! Or rugged!"
Jousuke rattled off in a panic.
"Manly... A twenty-eight-year-old like me... manly..."
Joutarou hugged her pillow and hung her head even lower.
From within Yukako's arms, Kouichi spoke up in a thin voice.
"U-um... Joutarou-san. Jousuke-kun really didn't mean any harm. Even yesterday, he kept saying, 'I have to do something about this'..."
Joutarou raised her face slightly.
Her sharp aquamarine eyes were glistening with tears.
"...Kouichi-kun, you're so kind."
"Huh...? Oh, um, thanks..."
"Hey! Kouichi-kun is mine! Don't go calling him kind!"
Yukako squeezed Kouichi tightly.
"C-can't... breathe...!"
Joutarou slowly sat up.
She perched on the edge of the bed. The 190-centimeter giant sat demurely, hands folded on her knees.
"...Jousuke-kun. You really didn't mean any harm, did you?"
"Of course I didn't! I seriously respect you, Joutarou-san!"
Jousuke puffed out his chest.
A tiny smile tugged at the corner of Joutarou's mouth.
"...I see. I understand."
Jousuke let out a breath of relief.
"But the next time you call me 'old man'—you'll get the Joutarou Punch."
Joutarou's aquamarine eyes flashed coldly for just an instant.
"...Y-yes, ma'am."
Jousuke straightened his back.
Joutarou stood up and opened the Speedwagon Foundation terminal sitting on the desk.
A world map appeared on the screen. Countless red dots were scattered across the globe.
"...Right now, Stand users all over the world are undergoing gender reversal. The estimated number is over three thousand."
Data flickered across the terminal screen one after another.
"The cause is an unknown Stand ability called Twin Soul. A tremendously powerful Stand, close to the realm of a god."
"Twin Soul...?"
Jousuke peered at the screen.
"The source is estimated to be somewhere within Duwang Town. That's why we have to be the ones to resolve this."
Joutarou looked over at Kouichi.
"Huh...? Me?"
Kouichi trembled slightly in Yukako's arms.
"You're the only one who hasn't been affected by this curse. We still don't know why, but Kouichi-kun—there's a high possibility that you are the key to breaking it."
"Th-the key...? Me...!?"
Kouichi's face went pale.
"And Jousuke-kun. Your Crazy Diamond is the greatest weapon we have to counter the enemy Stand."
Jousuke clenched his fist.
"...Got it. I'll definitely protect Kouichi."
Jousuke's blue eyes stared straight at Kouichi.
Meeting that gaze, Kouichi felt his trembling ease just a little.
"Jousuke-kun..."
"So, let's form an investigation team."
Before Joutarou could even finish her sentence—
Rohan smoothly raised her hand.
"The leader will be Jousuke. The vice-leader will be me, his lover. I won't accept any objections."
"Hold on! You as vice-leader!? Don't screw with me!"
Before Jousuke could finish shouting, Yukako moved.
She produced a chair from somewhere and slammed it down next to Kouichi.
"The spot next to Kouichi-kun is my reserved seat! I won't give it up to anyone!"
"The spot next to me..."
Kouichi stared at the chair with tear-filled eyes.
"I'd also like... to be the coordinator."
Joutarou raised her hand gently, a maidenly smile on her face.
However—neither Rohan nor Yukako was looking at Joutarou at all.
"I'm the one who read Jousuke's heart. I understand him better than anyone."
Rohan stepped forward, flicking back her long, emerald-green hair that reached down to her waist.
"So what! You went and peeked into someone's heart without permission!"
"I've been watching Kouichi-kun ever since high school! I've been following him longer than anyone!"
Yukako shouted back, not to be outdone, swinging her muscular arms around.
"F-following me...!? Yukako, what did you just say...!?"
Kouichi's voice cracked.
"The time Kouichi-kun goes to school, where he changes his shoes, where he eats lunch—I know it all!"
"Eeeeeeh!? That's stalking, isn't it!?"
"Oh my. Then I won't lose either."
Rohan smiled eerily.
"The color of the socks Jousuke wore yesterday was white. The day before, black. Three days ago, blue. I remember every single one."
"You too!? That's way too creepy!"
Jousuke backed away.
Rohan began sketching something in her sketchbook with a soft scratching sound.
"Compared to that, Yukako, your love for Kouichi-kun is shallow. I've even investigated the exact number of hairs on Jousuke's head."
"The number of hairs...!?"
Trembling, Kouichi looked at Jousuke.
"Jousuke-kun... Rohan-san is serious..."
"Bring it on!! Are you making fun of my love!?"
The moment Yukako screamed—
Her hair billowed outwards.
Love Deluxe—Yukako's Stand, which allows her to freely manipulate her hair, activated.
"My love for Kouichi-kun won't lose to anyone! I'll prove it!"
Her hair, extending like tentacles, lunged toward Rohan.
"You lack realism."
The air around Rohan wavered—Heaven's Door materialized.
"I'll read your heart too, turning it into a book."
Yukako's face peeled open like the page of a book.
"Ugh...!? Wh-what are you doing!?"
"Thrills and suspense... This could make for some good material in its own way."
Rohan's golden eyes glinted sharply.
Yukako stretched her hair out further, trying to wrap it around Rohan's entire body.
"Stop it!! Don't drag Kouichi into this!!"
Jousuke activated Crazy Diamond.
"Dorarararara!!"
Crazy Diamond pummeled Yukako's hair.
"Jousuke! You're my lover, so you should be protecting me!"
Rohan shouted, sounding delighted.
"Who's your lover! Give it a rest already!"
"Please, just stop it!!"
Kouichi activated Echoes.
"Echoes! Stop those two!"
The words generated by Echoes stuck themselves around Yukako's body.
"Stop."
But—
Yukako ripped the words off with a tearing sound.
"For Kouichi-kun's sake! I'll endure any Stand attack! This is love!!"
"Wh-why isn't it working!?"
Kouichi let out a despairing cry.
Yukako's hair coiled around Rohan's arm.
Even so, Rohan didn't lose her smile.
"Something of this level won't stop my creative drive."
Heaven's Door tried to turn Yukako's arm into a book.
"My love for Kouichi-kun is much deeper!!"
The Stand power of the two clashed, making the very air in the room crackle and tremble.
"This is bad! They're seriously going at it!!"
Just as Jousuke tried to step in between them—
"Stop it!!"
The air in the room froze in an instant.
Behind Joutarou, a humanoid Stand materialized.
Long black hair reaching its shoulders. A taut, muscular physique.
Star Platinum.
"Oraoraoraora!!"
Star Platinum caught both Yukako's extended hair and Rohan's Heaven's Door with its bare hands.
DOGOOOOON!!!
A shockwave spread throughout the room.
However—
She lost her balance.
Joutarou's giant body slammed into the wall of the room with a tremendous CRAAAASH!!
A huge hole opened in the wall, sending fragments of concrete scattering into the hallway.
Immediately—
BRRRRIIING!!! BRRRRIIING!!!
An alarm blared throughout the entire hotel.
Red lights flashed on and off.
"Oh crap!!! The alarm!!"
Jousuke looked up at the collapsed wall.
Through the hole, he could see the other side of the hallway. He could see the front desk clerk running over in a panic.
"Crazy Diamond!!"
Jousuke's Stand leaped out.
"Dorarararara!!"
Crazy Diamond began restoring the fragments of the wall.
The shattered concrete returned to its original form, as if time itself was being rewound.
The wall was completely fixed.
The alarm stopped abruptly.
"A-amazing... That's Jousuke-kun for you..."
Kouichi let out an admiring gasp.
Rohan, clutching her sketchbook, gazed at Jousuke in rapture.
"You really are wonderful. That face you make when you yell at me, that serious face just now—I want to sketch it all."
"Kouichi-kun, it's so good you were protected by Jousuke-kun too!"
Yukako offered her off-the-mark comment while squeezing Kouichi tightly.
"Just stop... Seriously, stop..."
Jousuke took a deep breath.
And then—
"That's enough, stop it alreadyyyyyy!!"
Jousuke's roar echoed throughout the room.
Everyone's movements stopped.
"You guys!! Figuring out what to do about the enemy Stand user is the top priority right now, isn't it!? Why do you always, always go berserk!?"
Jousuke shouted, his fists trembling.
"Rohan! Stop messing with me! Kouichi! Put up a little resistance yourself! Yukako! Let go of Kouichi! Joutarou-san! Please get a grip!!"
Still embedded in the wall, Joutarou hung her head.
"...Was I not keeping it together?"
"...That one was my fault. I apologize."
Jousuke aimed Crazy Diamond at Joutarou.
"Dorarara—"
Joutarou's injuries healed. The bruises and scrapes from the impact of slamming into the wall vanished in an instant.
"Jousuke-kun... You really do have the power to bring everyone together."
Joutarou said, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Huh?"
"I have a suggestion!"
Kouichi raise
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