Hierophant Green

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA) episode 2
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.

Jotaro faces another Stand user: Noriaki Kakyoin.
Original Japanese release date: August 25th, 2000

Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Manga differences


Synopsis

In Egypt, Dio thinks about how his body has sent a signal to his enemies, and given them new Stand abilities. Enya tells him not to concern himself, as plans have already been made to deal with the Joestars. In Japan, Jotaro is walking to school and sees someone down below. As he starts walking down some steps, something cuts his leg, causing him to fall. He finds the guy, Noriaki Kakyoin, was the one who cut him, using his own Stand, Hierophant Green. Kakyoin says he has pledged loyalty to Dio, and has his Stand possess a girl. He uses her to attack Jotaro.

Jotaro uses his own Stand to remove Hierophant Green from the girl. Hierophant Green unravels, and uses a projectile attack called the emerald splash. Jotaro's Stand is hit by this, and Jotaro himself is knocked back. Hierophant Green uses the same attack again, but Jotaro's Stand deflects it, and then punches down Hierophant Green, defeating Kakyoin.

Jotaro takes Kakyoin back to his home. Joseph says Kakyoin will die due to being implanted with one of Dio's flesh buds, which cannot be removed without killing the host. However, using his Stand, Jotaro is able to remove it without killing Kakyoin. The group then hear a crash nearby, and find Holy has collapsed. They see that she also has a Stand, a plant based one which is growing out of her back. Joseph and Avdol believe that due to Holy's quiet and gentle nature means she can't control her Stand, and it is in danger of killing her. The only way they can save her is by defeating Dio, but they don't know where he is.

Kakyoin looks at the image of the fly Jotaro's Stand drew, and recognizes it as being one from the Aswan area of Egypt. He says he'll go with them, and the group head off to the Speedwagon Foundation's private jet. Before they board it, Avdol gives Jotaro's Stand a name: Star Platinum. As they head to the plane, they are unaware that a man has been watching them from a nearby hanger. In Egypt, Dio realizes his enemies have figured out his whereabouts. He tells Enya that they're coming here to Egypt...

Manga Differences

-The episode's opening scene with Dio and Enya isn't in the manga.

-Joseph and Holy's first scene in this episode isn't in the manga either.

-The girls who follow Jotaro has different uniform designs in the manga.

-In the manga, when Kakyoin is first seen, he's painting a picture of Jotaro, which he brushes over the leg of. The real Jotaro's leg is then cut. The painting isn't seen in the manga.

-The manga has Kakyoin pass Jotaro a handkerchief to clean his wound up. He then introduces himself, and says he's just started at the same school Jotaro goes to. This doesn't happen in the episode.

-This is because things are quite different between the episode and manga at this point. In the episode, Jotaro confronts Kakyoin in the forest. In the manga, Jotaro goes to the nurse's office, where the nurse tries to see to his injury.

-In the manga, Kakyoin has his Stand possess the nurse, whilst in the episode, he has it possess one of the girls.

-In the manga, there are two other boys present, and the possessed nurse stabs one of them in the eye with a pen. Nothing like this happens in the episode.

-When Kakyoin appears in the nurse's office, he is seen with a puppet in the manga. He doesn't have this in the episode.

-In the manga, when Hierophant Green unravels, it immediately uses the emerald splash. In the episode, it tries to attack Jotaro with its tentacles first.

-The nurse gets injured in the manga, whilst the girl in the episode doesn't.

-In the manga, when Jotaro returns home with Kakyoin, he sees Holy. She asks him about what happened, whilst he wants to know where Joseph is. He also thinks she's looking pale and asks her if she's feeling alright, and she says she is. This scene isn't in the episode.

-The manga shows Avdol jumping out of a window to get away from Dio during the flashback, something the episode doesn't show.

-In the manga, Jotaro does not see visions of Jonathan and Dio like he does in the episode.

-The manga has Joseph destroy the flesh bud with a blast of ripple energy. In the episode, Avdol uses Magician's Red to destroy it.

-The incident with Holy happens the next morning in the manga. Jotaro realizes something is wrong when his mother isn't around to give him a goodbye kiss. This part got cut from the episode.

-Avdol is the one who finds Holy first in the manga. He turns her over, and sees that her Stand has covered her entire back. This part doesn't happen in the episode.

-In the manga, after Joseph says they must defeat Dio, the scene where Jotaro's Stand draws the fly is shown. In the OVAs, this scene was used in the previous episode.

-The manga has a scene where some Speedwagon Foundation doctors arrive to tend to Holy. Holy is in bed with a fever, and as Joseph tends to her, she passes out again. These scenes aren't in the episode.

-In the episode, Jotaro's group use a private jet to head to Egypt. In the manga, they board a commercial plane.

-Polnareff's cameo in this episode isn't in the manga.