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| “ | DO YOU UNDERSTANDDDDDD!? | „ |
| ~ Rubber Soul's most famous quote. |
Rubber Soul is a minor antagonist from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. He's one of the many mercenaries hired by DIO to kill the Joestar group. He wields the shapeshifting stand known as Yellow Temperance.
In Japanese, he was voiced by Mitsuaki Madono in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future and Shinji Kawada in the anime. In the English dub of the anime, he was voiced by Ray Chase, who also voicedRustal Elion in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Donovan in Battle Tendency, Ryomen Sukuna and Choso in Jujutsu Kaisen, Fyodor Dostoyevsky in Bungo Stray Dogs, Roswaal Mathers in Re:Zero, Dr. Genus in One-Punch Man and Bishop Mozgus in Berserk, and Gabriel May in Malignant.
Biography[]
Rubber Soul encounters the Stardust Crusaders in Singaproe while they're seeking train tickets to get to India. Using his stand's shapeshifting power he disguises himself as Kakyoin to get close to the group and kill them.
Joseph Joestar first become suspicious when his stand, Hermit Purple, tells him that Kakyoin is a traitor, however Jotaro and the fake Kakyoin go off alone before Joseph can give a warning. Jotaro becomes suspicious himself when he sees Kakyoin brutally beat and torture a pickpocket that stole his wallet. The fake Kakyoin plays it off as simply acting out because he's having a bad day and Jotaro lets it go, but Anne becomes suspicious next when she catches the fake Kakyoin eating stag beetles, and she tells Jotaro.
At the train station, Jotaro fakes buying the tickets and then confronts the fake Kakyoin, who he believes is possessed. He punches his friend in the mouth, accidentally dislocating his jaw. The fake Kakyoin laughs and says he's not possessed. He then drops his disguise and peels back a layer of slime revealing himself as Rubber Soul, user of the stand Yellow Temperance.
Jotaro fights against Rubber Soul, but realizes that Yellow Temperance can block even Star Platinum's strongest blows. Rubber souls reveals another surprise: he left a bit of Yellow Temperance's slime on Jotaro's hand after being punched earlier and the slime begins burning Jotaro's hand with its acid. Realizing he's outmatched, Jotaro flees the cable car, but Rubber soul call after him to tell him he can't get away. Rubber Soul condescendingly suggests that if Jotaro wants to live he should cut off his hand before the slime consumes his entire body.
Jotaro tries to remove the slime, first with a zippo lighter, but the fire only makes the slime expand. Spotting a little boy with a popsicle, Jotaro jumps to the next cable car. He takes the boy's popsicle, promising to buy him another one, and tries to freeze the slime, but this only causes the slime to sprout needles and dig deeper into his hand.
Suddenly, a woman in the cable car begins talking to Jotaro. She explains that not even fire and ice will work, as Yellow Temperance has no weaknesses. She then covers the boy's dog, Pocky, in slime to consume it before revealing that she's also Rubber Soul in disguise. Rubber Soul expands Yellow Temperance, threatening to engulf the entire cable car as well as Jotaro, the little boy, and the boy's father.
In order to save the bystanders, Jotaro punches a hole in the bottom of the cable car, jumping down into the water below and bringing Rubber Soul with him. Pulled into the water and being dragged under by Yellow Temperance, Rubber Soul is forced to release his stand so he can swim to the surface. This allows Jotaro to get a hit in to his face. Rubber Soul immediately forfeits after a single punch, saying that his beauty has been tarnished as Jotaro broke his nose and his jaw with that punch, and begging to be spared any further injury. Jotaro interrogates the wounded villain. Rubber Soul can't tell him any of the actual powers as his allies always kept their abilities a secret, but he does reveal the names of their tarot cards: Nena's Empress, Hol Horse's Emperor, J. Geil's Hanged Man, and Mannish Boy's Death Thirteen. He also reveals that Hanged Man's user is the man with two right hands who raped and murdered Polnareff's little sister.
Just then, Rubber Soul spots a storm drain nearby. He climbs out of the water and sends Yellow Temperance through the drain, splattering Jotaro with slime and covering him head to toe. Jotaro turns the tables, however, using Star Platinum to force a high pressure burst of water through the drain and out the manhole that Rubber Soul is sitting on. With Rubber Soul caught off guard, Jotaro finishes him with a barrage of punches to the head.
Powers and Abilities[]
Yellow Temperance
| “ | My Stand is the perfect defense and offense! It's a wall of armor that absorbs all impact and fights back at the same time! | „ |
| ~ Rubber Soul |
Rubber Soul's Stand, Yellow Temperance, is an amorphous golden slime that covers his body. Yellow Temperance can shapeshift to look like anyone else, an ability Rubber Soul uses to impersonate Noriaki Kakyoin and later a random woman in order to get close to Jotaro. The slime can absorb other organic matter such as animals or people in order to grow bigger.
In combat, Yellow Temperance is primarily a defensive stand. It is impervious to physical damage, and fire and ice don't work either; fire makes the slime burst and spread faster, while ice makes it grow sharp spikes and dig deeper into an enemy's flesh. If an opponent makes direct contact with Yellow Temperance, such as by punching it, the slime attaches to the person and begins to dissolve them. Once attached, it can't be removed unless Rubber Soul is knocked unconscious.
Naturally, since Yellow Temperance is seemingly invulnerable itself, an opponent's best bet is to ignore it and attack Rubber Soul directly. This is easier said than done, however, as Rubber soul can surround himself with the slime to block all attacks.
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Trivia[]
- Rubber Soul's name is named after the 6th Beatles album of the same name.
- His stand, Yellow Temperance, is named after the 14th Tarot card of the major arcana, Temperance, which symbolizes balance, patience and moderation.
- Ironically, Kakyoin's iconic "rero rero" scene is actually of Rubber Soul doing it.
