Dio Brando (japanese: ディオ・ブランドー , Hepburn: Dio Burandō ) , later also known only as DIO ( DIO ( ディオ ) ) , is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Japanese manga series Jojo's Bizarre Adventure written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. He is featured initially as the main antagonist of the series' first part, Phantom Blood and later returns as the main antagonist of the series' third part, Stardust Crusaders, now solely referred to as DIO. In the alternate universe of the series' seventh part, Steel Ball Run, a character named Diego Brando ( ディエゴ・ブランドー , Diego Burandō ) bears resemblance to Dio and appears as a major antagonist. The poor son of Dario Brando, an abusive alchoholic who worked Dio's mother to death, Dio first appears as a young misanthropewho, via the power of an ancient stone mask, becomes an immortal vampire A century after the events of the first part, he resurfaces as the user of the time-stopping Stand named The World. As t...
Hamon , is an energy used in the ancient form of martial arts, Sendō . Through self-controlled respiration, a trained person can produce an energy manifesting as ripples throughout their body and that is identical to the energy of the Sun, in polar opposition to the energy exerted by Vampires, Zombies, and the Pillar Men. The Ripple is an energy identical to the Sun's rays, which the human body can produce through controlled breathing, having the effect of producing ripples of energy propagating from the bloodstream to the rest of the body and other objects in contact with it. The Ripple manifests itself as electricity-like sparks, and it can be seen by ordinary humans. The Ripple can also affect non-living things. An object charged with the energy of the Ripple will have one or several attributes enhanced by the energy, making it a more effective tool or weapon. Liquids conduct the Ripple especially well (and the user's Ripple shows on liquids as actual ripples...