The Devil

The Joestar party reaches Singapore, reunites with the young stowaway Anne, and brings her along before checking into a packed hotel. Unable to secure adjoining rooms, the group scatters, and Jean Pierre Polnareff soon notices a strange spear-backed doll on his nightstand. Sensing an intruder, he calls out whoever is crouched in the minibar and comes face to face with the hired assassin Devo the Cursed.

Devo's giveaway is the drinks stacked on the counter, all emptied from the fridge he was hiding in. His opening strike goes nowhere; Silver Chariot cuts him down at once and drives him out onto the balcony, though not before Polnareff's ankle is gashed. Avdol later warns Joseph that Devo takes contracts from criminals worldwide and that his Stand draws strength from resentment.

Deciding no one should be alone, the men agree to gather in Polnareff's room. While hunting for his key beneath the bed, Polnareff is lashed to its underside, blinded with shampoo, and pinned when the legs are sawn through. The doll, now animated by Ebony Devil, murders the arriving bellhop and torments its helpless target. Polnareff turns the tables by scattering shards of the broken mirror to track the puppet, letting Chariot skewer and shred it. Cleared by the Speedwagon Foundation after a police scare, the crusaders press on, while Joseph's divination ominously names Kakyoin a traitor.

Devo the Cursed and his grudge-powered Ebony Devil both debut and are destroyed within the same episode. Polnareff survives two ambushes thanks to Silver Chariot's precision and his own trick with the mirror shards. The closing beat plants suspicion around Noriaki Kakyoin, setting up the imposter who follows.

The eighth chapter of Stardust Crusaders adapts most of chapter 133 through the first half of 136. Added footage shows the group dividing up the hotel rooms and Polnareff's interrogation by Singapore police, while Joseph's television vision drops a cameo nod to one of Araki's earlier manga in place of the original gag. It pairs the STAND PROUD opening with the Walk Like an Egyptian ending.