Misfit Adventures part Chu

Interesting JJBA headcannon/theory

(This is a weird mix of theory and headcannon and I already know that lonely, unemployed 50 year old guys living in their mom's basement are gonna try and roast me by telling me to "post this shit on Tumblr only". Don't worry I won't forget to post this on my Tumblr, instead worry about getting a fucking life, while I figure mines out)

So I was on Tv Tropes and I found a very interesting question: "Most of the time in the series, despite the characters being presented as speaking Japanese, it's obvious what language they're actually speaking (English for part 1, Italian for part 5, etc.). But does Joseph know Japanese? I always assumed he might have picked up some (he mentions being able to read some of the kanji in Hong Kong) but I doubt he's fluent, so most likely all the Stardust Crusaders are speaking English (and Jotaro would obviously pick up English from his American mother), which begs the question of how he's able to speak to anyone in Morioh."

"I personally like to think they were speaking English in Stardust Crusaders, except that Jotaro doesn't know English, which is why he remains silent most of the time (except at the beginning, where he was clearly speaking Japanese, and in Diamond is Unbreakable)."

"He definitely knows how to speak Japanese. Since he met Josuke's mother before Part 3 it's probably that he was fluent even then. He's a fan of Rohan's work so he can probably read it too. Although it is possible he picked up a copy in some other language."

Which brings me to my headcannon/theory: Jotaro is trilingual, speaking Japanese, English and Italian fluently. Which also means other characters (minor and major ones) in JJBA are also multilingual.

The reason I think this is because, Jotaro's mom, Holly Kujo née Joestar is half-English (Joseph) and half-Italian (Suzie Q). Holly grew up with a Italian mother and a English father, it's possible that her parents taught her both languages and when she meets her future husband Sadao, she also learns Japanese from him (or she could have learned it from someone else, this is a pretty loose and open idea).

Later on as Jotaro is born and growing up, he learns his native language of Japanese and English, since English is a very popular language to learn in East Asian countries such as South Korea, China and Japan, it's possible that Holly helped Jotaro learn English at home (also his dad was kind of a dick for barely being around) and when possible bring him to his grandparents. There Joseph and Suzie teach him English and Italian, just by talking to him and child Jotaro teaches them both Japanese by speaking to them and showing them how to write. Kanji (a Japanese writing systems that uses Chinese characters, for the 50 year old men that don't know) is pretty complicated, so that can explain why Joseph can only read a few, I should know I'm learning Chinese and it's hard to remember which characters are which and how it's pronounced.

Now let's look at Joseph, Suzie and his (really hot) mother Elizabeth (Elisabeth?) "Lisa Lisa" Joestar. Joseph being from England knew British English, later learning American English, but during his Hamon training time in Italy did he have time to learn Italian, maybe not, probably a few phrases here and there, but that's not a lot. What about Lisa Lisa? She's probably fluent, hiding away ever since Joseph was a babe. So what about Suzie? Well in Europe, education is ACTUALLY teaching them shit, unlike here in the states, in fact a majority of Europeans are fluent in two or more languages, since they learn as early as possible, so Suzie could have learned English in school and when she meets Lisa Lisa, she teaches Lisa Lisa, Italian, while Lisa Lisa helps Suzie improve her English.

Ok so what about Kakyoin, Polnareff and Abdul? *Sighs* Like I said earlier, English is a really popular language to learn in East Asia, Europe has a much better fucking education system than us Americans and......I'm not sure about education in Egypt but...I'm sure Abdul learned somehow.

You know all this talk makes me wonder: What languages does Jolyne know? It is said she was raised by her mother, a Italian-American woman, so...does Jolyne know any other languages? Does Jolyne know Japanese? During moments in the manga where Jotaro and Jolyne were communicating was Jotaro speaking to her in English or Japanese? I'll let you guys decide.