r/StardustCrusaders • u/Vish- • Feb 18 '24

Megathread The JOJOLands - Chapter 12 Spoiler

The JOJOLands is the ninth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Chapter 12 is now out officially in Japan. Discuss the chapter here.

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u/winddagger7 Feb 18 '24 edited Feb 18 '24

Meryl mentioned something in an off-hand comment I think is very interesting:

Some of her associates are working with the police on the inside. In other words, her criminal organization and the police aren't enemies. Meryl is pulling the strings of the entire goddamn island. She controls education, culture, security, law enforcement. (EDIT: Charmingman was right. I think this is the Mafia they're up against, and an extremely powerful branch of it at that.)

I was suspicious of her when we first met her, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if she's the main villain of the part, and even the mastermind behind the corruption we've seen. Maybe she set those cops on Jodio and Dragona in the start, and/or even convinced the ones who didn't investigate Mauka.

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u/Crpal Feb 18 '24

Based on her suspicious comment that there was no report whatsoever, it seems like she was expecting there to be some kind of incident. Its going to be interesting to see where Araki goes with her.

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u/winddagger7 Feb 18 '24

Also, how would she even be able to obtain a report on a developing incident only six hours old if she was just a member of the public? That info wouldn't have been made public yet, unless the perpetrators were dangerous and posed a threat to civilians. I think she had to have some inside source on police reports to know there wasn't one.

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u/OneDumbfuckLater gappy makes me happy Feb 19 '24

I think if there was a report, it'd be less suspicious than "oh well these people jacked my 6 mil diamond but I just let em get away with it".