| abstract | - The tentatively named Josuke Higashikata is a quirky amnesiac determined to learn his true identity and his past. Josuke is afflicted by extensive retrograde amnesia, lacking memory of himself or events prior to meeting Yasuho Hirose, but retaining various degrees of knowledge. As such, Josuke is driven to discover who he was by investigating the circumstances of his presence in the beach prior to having been saved by Yasuho; that goal occupy nearly all of his activities and no action on his part isn't made without approaching him of learning the truth. That drive is sufficiently strong that he was willing to interrupt his sweet time with his love interest Yasuho to investigate Karera Sakunami. Josuke seems to have retained certain traits from both of his original identities. At times he displays strong emotions like Josefumi, while also being able to analyze situations and strategize like Yoshikage. Being amnesiac, Josuke places a great emphasis on one's family and legacy, wishing to learn his own past. The fact that no one came looking for him while hospitalized deeply unnerves him, to the point he can shed tears at the thought, and Josuke honors Norisuke Higashikata's adoption of him, considering himself a part of the Higashikatas. When Karera rejects her own parents, Josuke comments that they would never get along. While Josuke can be violent at times, he also has a degree of restraint toward his enemies. This is first shown when he initially warns Born This Way's user that he will be forced to resort to deadly force if the attack continues. On multiple occasions he has asked members of the Higashikata family for permission before pursuing an enemy that relates to them, and even kept his promise to not harm Jobin while trying to get information about the Rokakaka out of him. However, Josuke is willing to defend himself and the people he knows from anyone who wishes to harm them. Unlike his counterpart Jotaro, Josuke isn't disturbed at the idea of hitting women. Josuke is not afraid to threaten to kill, and he indeed killed Tamaki Damo in cold-blood in retaliation for threatening his adoptive family, his main goal of discovering his identity meaning that killing his aggressors is counterproductive. That killing intent is easily triggered when someone hurts Yasuho. Apart from that, Josuke approaches his task calmly and methodically. Josuke is extremely polite and has been shown to strongly value familial relationships. He's not only willing to defend his adoptive family, but he strongly desires to cure Holy of her illness despite not having any memories of her. However, Josuke continues to suspect members of the Higashikata family of working against him. Josuke cares for Yasuho on a stronger level than even his family, and any threat to her wellbeing greatly angers him. In fact, during his battle with Yotsuyu Josuke is shown to possess a similar type if willpower to Johnny Joestar's "dark determination". Josuke is also blunt with everyone he meets regardless of the circumstances, being straight to the point and he hardly tolerates any circling around the subject, reflecting his own focus on his goal. However, Josuke has proven adept at manipulating people, notably Jobin with whom he would adopt a more nonchalant persona to look harmless. Despite all this, Josuke also has a certain number of humorous quirks. He seems to be totally oblivious to mundane things while at the same time retaining in-depth knowledge of animal and plant species (likely a leftover component of Josefumi). Maybe lacking memories of the social norm, Josuke favors among others sleeping underneath a whole mattress rather than its bedsheets for its "increased compression", or regularly spills food he enjoys. During his earlier interactions with Yasuho, Josuke would pry on her breast size offhandedly, measuring it by sight (a trait that he probably gained from Yoshikage, as Holy was shown to possess a similar skill). Josuke has demonstrated a more childish side, implanting his hair into Joshu and Hato Higashikata for fun. Whenever the mood is right, Josuke seems to have fun declaring his victory, once consciously posing and claiming complete victory or smugly declaring his win in a beetle fight.
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