JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

The Emperor and The Hanged Man: Part 1 (1x10)

Air date: Jun 06, 2014

The Joestar group arrives in Calcutta, India, and after an encounter with the local beggars the group stops at a nearby restaurant to relax. After having an unfortunate meeting with a pig in the restaurant's toilet, Polnareff sees a Stand in the mirror, and realizes that it must be J. Geil's Stand the Hanged Man. He smashes the mirror before the Stand gets too close, and afterwards decides he should hunt down his sister's killer on his own, despite Avdol's warnings that they should remain together. Elsewhere, Hol Horse, another of Dio's assassins, bids farewell to a young woman before meeting with J. Geil himself, with the two deciding to team up to kill Polnareff. The next day, as Joseph and Avdol worry that Polnareff has truly gone off on his own, Polnareff finds a local who has seen J. Geil, and points to the man nearby with Hol Horse. As the rainy sky clears, only Hol Horse remains, shocking both the old man and Polnareff. As Polnareff decides he needs to get through Hol Horse to get to J. Geil, Hol Horse uses his Stand the Emperor, which takes the form of a gun, to fire a shot at Polnareff, who attempts to block it with Silver Chariot only for the bullet to change trajectory around Silver Chariot's sword, revealing that it too is a part of the Emperor. Just as the bullet is about to strike its mark, Polnareff is saved in the nick of time by the arrival of Avdol, who realizes the bullet is arcing back. Avdol attempts to block the bullet but is stabbed in the back by Hanged Man, who was hiding in the reflection of a puddle, allowing the bullet to strike him straight through his forehead. As Kakyoin arrives on the scene and is shocked to find Avdol dead, he finds that, despite his words, Polnareff is just as mortified about his friend's death.