Judgement, Part 1

The Joestar Group sails toward a small island in the Red Sea to meet a contact known only to Joseph, who turns out to be Avdol's father, a hermit living alongside his chicken. Confronted by the travelers without his son present, the old man flatly refuses to hear whatever news they bring. Polnareff, still gutted by guilt over Avdol's death, drifts away along the beach while the others attempt to reason with the father.

On the shoreline, Polnareff finds a weathered lamp and gives it a rub, whereupon a genie calling himself Cameo materializes and offers three wishes. Doubtful at first, the Frenchman jokes that he would like to be wealthy, then becomes a believer when a chest brimming with old gold coins turns up. After weighing his next request, he asks whether the wishes can raise the dead and demands the return of both his sister Sherry and Avdol. Cameo appears to comply before vanishing, and Polnareff spots a figure moving through the tall grass.

Chasing the shape, Polnareff comes face to face with Sherry and is overwhelmed with joy, only to recoil in horror when she lunges at him to devour his flesh. Cameo then reveals his true nature as the Stand Judgement, which molds earthen, zombie-like beings shaped by the wisher's own longings. Terrified, Polnareff tries to spend his last wish sending Sherry away, but Cameo informs him that the third wish is already gone, having been used to bring back Avdol.

The group reaches the island to consult Avdol's father, who rejects them without his son. A mourning Polnareff discovers Cameo's lamp and is granted three wishes, then squanders them by asking for riches and the revival of Sherry and Avdol. The gold proves real, convincing him the genie is genuine, but the resurrected Sherry attacks to eat him. Cameo unmasks himself as the Stand Judgement, which builds zombie doubles from the earth, and traps Polnareff by declaring his final wish, Avdol's return, already spent.

Scripted by Yasuko Kobayashi with storyboard by Taizo Yoshida, the episode debuted on August 23, 2014, and covers most of chapters 174 through 176. It uses STAND PROUD as its opening and Walk Like an Egyptian as its ending. The adaptation weaves in several extra flashbacks to Polnareff's past that the manga did not include, deepening the sense of loss that Judgement exploits. It forms a two-part pairing with the following episode.