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Nut King Call

Character

Nut King Call is the close-range Stand of Joshu Higashikata in JoJolion. By embedding nuts and bolts into targets, it can take bodies apart painlessly, fuse separate objects together, and even detach and control its own user's parts, all keyed to how the hardware is turned.

Part: JoJolion
Stand Name: Nut King Call
Manga Debut: JJL Chapter 20
Namesake: Nat King Cole (American jazz singer)
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Overview

Nut King Call belongs to Joshu Higashikata and appears in JoJolion, standing about as tall as its user. Screws sit in the sides of its head and along its thin arms, its two shield-shaped eyes recall an insect, and a ruff of nuts and bolts rings its neck beneath a large V on its forehead. Ridged texturing runs over its face and arms, while a pattern of tessellated triangles covers its torso. Capable of a rapid flurry of strikes, it is best known for what its hardware can do to objects and bodies.

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Mechanics

The Stand drives nuts and bolts into a target to form working artificial joints. Backing a nut off its bolt, which can be done almost instantly, causes the object to come apart at that seam, and when the subject is a person the dismantling of body parts is painless. These separations tend to reverse themselves once the target leaves the Stand's range, as one thug discovered when his hands reattached, if crookedly, after Joshu fled.

The power also works in reverse, fastening together whatever lies between a nut and its matching bolt. Joshu has bound the bodies of a bar owner and his men into a stumbling mass to escape, and later fixed a cursed bill from Milagro Man onto Zaihei Nigatake's bottle to hand off the curse. The Stand can even remove pieces of its own user, such as a tongue, and Joshu keeps command and sensation over the detached part.

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Notable Users

Joshu Higashikata is the exclusive user of Nut King Call, relying on it for both mischief and survival throughout JoJolion, including the scheme that offloaded the Milagro Man curse onto Nigatake.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Nut King Call a reference to?

Nut King Call takes its name from Nat King Cole, the American jazz singer, following the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure tradition of naming Stands after musicians.

What does Nut King Call do?

Nut King Call is Joshu Higashikata's Stand in JoJolion. It drives nuts and bolts into a target to create artificial joints, letting Joshu painlessly take bodies apart, fuse separate objects together, and reverse the process by backing the nuts off.

What is the name of Joshu's Stand?

Joshu Higashikata's Stand is called Nut King Call, a close-range Stand that appears in JoJolion.

Can Nut King Call detach parts of its own user?

Yes, Nut King Call can remove pieces of Joshu Higashikata's own body, such as his tongue, and he keeps full command and sensation over the detached part.

What happens when Nut King Call's separations end?

Separations made by Nut King Call tend to reverse themselves once the target leaves the Stand's range, as seen when a thug's hands reattached, though crookedly, after Joshu fled.

Sources & Information

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