JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1
Dio the Invader
Context
Characters
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Jonathan Joestar (JoJo)
Protagonist, Dio's adoptive brother, a young man squire.
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Dio Brando
Antagonist, a young man who wants every piece of wealth and power in the world.
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Mary Joestar
Posthumous, JoJo's mother, a woman who died in a carriage accident.
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Dario Brando
Dio's father, a rogue man who stole from George after a carriage accident.
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George Joestar
JoJo's father, Dio's adoptive father.
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Erina Pendleton
Love interest, a young woman who falls in love with JoJo.
The Stone Mask Prologue
- Using blood as a catalyst, a man brought a stone mask to life.
- The mask grants immense power and eternal life by piercing the wearer's brain.
- The thriving Aztecs of central Mexico mysteriously disappeared from 12th to 16th centure B.C.
Chapter 1: Prologue
- After a carriage accident, Dario stole from George, but George thought he was being saved.
- Dario gives Dio a letter for George before dying, and Dio is taken care of by the Joestar family.
- Jonathan gets beaten trying to save Erina from being bullied and Dio kicks Jonathan's dog.
Chapter 2: Dio Brando the Invader
Part 1
- Dio strives to be better than Jonathan and make him look bad in everything.
- Dio bets his monthly allowance to beat Jonathan in boxing and beats him up.
- Dio tells to everyone that he will teach them boxing moves and makes them hate JoJo.
Chapter 3: Dio Brando the Invader
Part 2
- Jonathan feels friendless and Erina returns Jonathan his handkerchief in a basket with fruits.
- Jonathan and Erina have fun until they fall in love, and JoJo carves their names into a tree.
- Dio sees the heart carving of JoJo and Erina, so he kisses Erina in front of JoJo's old friends.
Chapter 4: Dio Brando the Invader
Part 3
- Erina washes her face in the gutter and Dio slaps her face.
- George tells Dio how Danny saved JoJo from drowning and Erina runs out when she sees JoJo.
- Jonathan finds out what Dio has done and beats him until he cries as revenge.
Chapter 5: Dio Brando the Invader
Part 4
- The stone mask awakens to Dio's blood, as he cries out to JoJo with a hidden knife.
- George stops the fight by sending the two to their room, and later Dio incinerates Danny.
- After Danny's death, Jonathan grieves while unable to speak to Erina, and seven years pass.
Chapter 6: A Letter from the Past
Part 1
- Jonathan and Dio win a rugby match and rush home to tell their sick dad.
- Jonathan investigates the stone mask with his archeological notes and discovers Dario's letter.
- Dio poisons George's medicine, and JoJo asks him about George's symptoms resembling Dario's.
Chapter 7: A Letter from the Past
Part 2
- Dio bought medicine for Dario, but he told him to buy booze with mother's dress instead.
- Dio bought poison for George from the same oriental man who sold him poison for Dario.
- Jonathan takes the poison from Dio and throws him off the top railing to the ground.
Chapter 8: The Stone Mask
Part 1
- Jonathan tells George not to take any medicine from anyone, as he is going away for three days.
- Dio breaks into JoJo's drawer and obtains the stone mask, intending to use it to kill JoJo.
- Jonathan fights off two of three thugs on Ogre Street and asks where they sell eastern poison.