Let's Go Hunting!

Learning that Akira Otoishi had struck a rat with the Bow and Arrow, Jotaro Kujo recruits Josuke Higashikata to track it down before its Stand power spreads. Jotaro first coaches Josuke on ricocheting steel bearings to extend their reach, warning that a missed first shot will leave the rat forever out of range. Their search of an irrigation canal turns up a grisly pile of half-melted rats, confirming the danger. Following the trail to an eerily deserted farm, Josuke discovers the creature beside the liquefied remains of the household. Its Stand, Ratt, fires darts capable of dissolving even metal, but Josuke destroys the rat, only for both hunters to realize a second armed rodent is loose.

After the Speedwagon Foundation confirms there are just two targets, the pair pursue the survivor, nicknamed Bug-Eaten for its chewed ear. Craftier than the first, it dodges the traps and lures the hunters into an ambush. A dart clips Josuke, but Star Platinum freezes time to save him. Jotaro hands over rifle rounds that stretch their range to seventy meters and volunteers as bait. When a ricocheting dart melts Jotaro, Josuke fires and narrowly misses, yet the rat's startled flinch turns it into a wider target exactly as Josuke intended. Crazy Diamond flicks a second bullet clean through Bug-Eaten, ending the hunt and earning Josuke rare praise from Jotaro.

The Ratt Stand and its two rodent hosts are introduced and eliminated across a single standalone case. Star Platinum's time stop rescues Josuke from a lethal dart, and the finale hinges on Josuke's calculated miss that provokes Bug-Eaten into exposing itself. Jotaro closes by acknowledging Josuke as a genuinely dependable partner.

The adaptation drops several of Josuke's asides, including a comparison of the rat to Mickey Mouse and his griping about pricey shoes and socks, and it omits Jotaro displaying a map of the rats' locations. Jotaro's remark that his time stop lasts only a second while pulling the dart from Josuke's neck is also cut. A card error in Star Platinum's parameters swapped Jotaro's and the Stand's labels, a mistake later fixed for the Blu-ray release.