Death Thirteen, Part 2

The ambush drags on as the group camps in the desert after their crash. Kakyoin's suspicion of the baby only makes the others doubt his sanity, and though he watches the infant kill a scorpion that slipped into its basket, Mannish Boy hides the proof before anyone else sees. His open accusations and the message on his arm convince no one, and when he lunges at the child, Polnareff knocks him out, sure he has lost his mind. With everyone asleep, they lie helpless before the dream killer.

Jotaro, Joseph, and Polnareff are pulled into the amusement park, which Polnareff now recognizes, and there they fall under Death Thirteen's control. Even Jotaro cannot call Star Platinum, and the Stand amuses itself by having a counterfeit version beat him. What Mannish Boy does not know is that Kakyoin summoned Hierophant Green before losing consciousness, letting him bring his Stand into the dream to fight back.

Mannish Boy tries to slice Hierophant Green apart, but Kakyoin instead drives his Stand into Death Thirteen's ear, forcing the infant to heal himself and surrender. The next morning, as the others forget the night's events, Kakyoin chooses to spare Mannish Boy and leave him in a nearby town, ensuring he stays cowed by secretly mixing the baby's own filth into food that Joseph later feeds him. Crossing the Red Sea, Joseph steers the group toward an island to meet someone of importance.

Kakyoin's warnings are ignored and Polnareff knocks him out, leaving the group asleep and exposed. The rest of the team enters the dream where Death Thirteen torments them with a fake Star Platinum. Kakyoin, having summoned Hierophant Green beforehand, brings his Stand into the dream and defeats Mannish Boy by attacking through his ear. Kakyoin spares the infant and abandons him in a town before the group heads toward an island meeting.

The twentieth episode of Stardust Crusaders adapts chapters 171 through a few pages of 174, completing the two-part arc. The anime cuts Mannish Boy smoking and increases how often the fake Star Platinum smashes itself with a frying pan, adding a new face as a nod to Anpanman. Director Naokatsu Tsuda described the deliberate choice of a black sky and green-lit park for the climax, and highlighted the striking white-haired coloring given to Kakyoin, a touch pushed by the color coordinator to contrast the darkened dreamscape.