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Stone Ocean

EpisodeS5Ep. 1 (153)

The opening episode of Stone Ocean introduces Jolyne Cujoh, framed for a crime and locked away for fifteen years by a scheme involving her own boyfriend. A cursed pendant from her father awakens a power inside her, and her first act with it is delivered from behind bars.

Arc: Stone Ocean
Air Date: December 1, 2021 (Netflix only)
Manga Chapters: 595-597
Opening Theme: STONE OCEAN
Ending Theme: Distant Dreamer
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Summary

The story opens on Jolyne Cujoh sobbing in a holding cell, admitting to her irritated cellmates that a guard caught her touching herself. The taunting turns into a crude contest, which Jolyne wins by exposing that her chief tormentor is jailed for sexual assault. A lawyer visits and tells her that her father left a pendant for her, but when she picks it up the object cuts her, and in a flash of pain and anger she hurls it into the sewage.

On the bus to Green Dolphin Street Prison, she rides alongside Ermes Costello, the cellmate who mocked her, who warns her to keep money hidden and reveals she stashed hers inside breast implants. When a guard orders Jolyne off the bus, she overhears corrupt officers assaulting Ermes to strip her cash, and without thinking she tears the man's ear away.

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Key Events

Flashbacks fill in how she landed here. Her boyfriend Romeo struck and killed a pedestrian, and rather than face prison he begged Jolyne to conceal the body. Loving him, she hid the corpse in the car. Her lawyer pushed a plea bargain promising a one to two year sentence if she confessed, and though she insisted on her innocence, in court she pleaded guilty to everything. The deal was a trap. Because she had hidden the corpse, the bargain was worthless, and she drew a fifteen year sentence. Confronting the lawyer, she discovers he and Romeo plotted the whole thing.

Stripped of her name and rebranded FE40536, she mocks the guards through processing and her mugshot. Determined not to wait out her term for revenge, she has the warden Loccobarocco forward a letter to the smug lawyer.

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Notes

The lawyer reads the note in his car, dismissing the prison as beneath him and switching on the air conditioning. A thread from Jolyne's new ability, Stone Free, coils around his neck and begins strangling him. He tries to shut off the cold air so the string will dry and release, and although the power does slip free, his car has already crashed into the pavement. The episode fades out on the closing theme Distant Dreamer.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Stone Ocean season 5 or 6 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?

Stone Ocean is season 5 of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime; its premiere episode, "Stone Ocean," aired on Netflix on December 1, 2021.

Does JoJo's Bizarre Adventure start on Stone Ocean?

No, the anime does not start with Stone Ocean; the premiere episode "Stone Ocean" is episode 153 of the overall series, following the Golden Wind episode "Sleeping Slaves."

What happens in the first episode of Stone Ocean?

In the premiere episode, "Stone Ocean," Jolyne Cujoh is falsely imprisoned after covering up a hit and run for her boyfriend Romeo, and a cursed pendant from her father awakens her Stand, Stone Free, while she is still behind bars.

Why is Jolyne Cujoh sent to prison in Stone Ocean?

Jolyne hides a body after her boyfriend Romeo strikes and kills a pedestrian, and a lawyer's plea bargain that promised a light sentence turns out to be a trap, leaving her convicted with a fifteen year sentence instead.

How does Jolyne first use her Stand power in the episode?

Jolyne's Stand, Stone Free, manifests as a thread that wraps around a corrupt lawyer's neck and strangles him after she has a letter sent to him from prison, causing his car to crash.

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