Diavolo

"The Emperor is me, Diavolo! And nobody will change that! "

- Diavolo to Giorno Giovanna

Diavolo (ディアボロ) is the main antagonist of Vento Aureo.

As Passione's boss, Diavolo oversees a pernicious influence on the Neapolitan population. He is the father of Trish Una. The other half of his split personality is Vinegar Doppio.

Vinegar Doppio (ヴィネガー・ドッピオ) is Diavolo's apparently younger, more innocent and eccentric alter ego; however, he believes he is another member of Passione and thinks of himself as the most loyal subordinate to Diavolo.

Appearance
Diavolo is a tall 33-year-old man with a fit and semi-muscular build. He has long pink hair, patterned with either green or violet spots, parted in a zig-zagging manner; the bangs of which are propped are parted slightly to the side. The rest of his hair is cut straight across at his shoulders. His shirt, hidden under Doppio's sweater, is black and appears to be made of mesh-wiring: it covers his shoulders and torso but down his back and abdomen are linked circles that are tucked under his belt, which in the back end in two~three long "coat tails". On his biceps are spiral tattoos inked black, red, and green with long black lines that end on his wrists, but according to the final chapter he appears in, the tattoos are literally his sleeves. He also wears wristbands and he shares his pants and sockless brown loafers with Doppio.

His eyes, in the manga, are unique: his irises are "fragmented", forming as spots with a triangular shaped highlight to them. However, while Buccellati is in control of his body, they become normal with circular highlights.

In his first appearance, covered in shadow, he appears to have short, combed back straight hair and is wearing a suit and tie.

His appearance differs greatly while operating as his alter-ego, /Doppio/.

Appearance (Doppio)
Doppio appears as a fairly slim and muscular young boy with a neck-length ponytail, tied back with either a complicated weave-like braid or a hair clip. The front is left loose and sweeps over to one side, but the side flips often, and the length isn't consistent. He also appears to have freckles and pink irises that disappear when he is not in control of the body; however, like Diavolo, if he has his eye highlights they tend to be triangular. His clothing consists of a light-colored sweater with gash-like openings on it that ends right above the midriff and purple jeans with studs openings on the thighs and ankle sides. Presumably he wears Diavolo's black mesh shirt underneath, though it is much longer than the sweater itself and is not seen through the holes (or at all) until the sweater is removed.

It is theorized that Doppio may have been what Diavolo looked like at 17~19, considering that the glances at their youngest shown self looks more similar to Doppio than Diavolo.

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APPEARANCE
Doppio appears as a fairly slim and muscular young boy with a neck-length ponytail, tied back with either a complicated weave-like braid or a hair clip. The front is left loose and sweeps over to one side, but the side flips often, and the length isn't consistent. He also appears to have freckles and pink irises that disappear when he is not in control of the body; however, like Diavolo, if he has his eye highlights they tend to be triangular. His clothing consists of a light-colored sweater with gash-like openings on it that ends right above the midriff and purple jeans with studs openings on the thighs and ankle sides. Presumably he wears Diavolo's black mesh shirt underneath, though it is much longer than the sweater itself and is not seen through the holes (or at all) until the sweater is removed.

It is theorized that Doppio may have been what Diavolo looked like at 17~19, considering that the glances at their youngest shown self looks more similar to Doppio than Diavolo.

Personality
Doppio is more of a regular kid: friendly, honest, and a bit cowardly. Doppio regularly hallucinates random objects as "phones" with which he talks with his alter-ego, not knowing that they share the same body.

Doppio mostly behave like a good-natured teenager, and is by default a friendly and polite individual. Doppio seems good with children here and there as he once successfully borrowed a toy phone from a child while taking a train and risked his life to save another one. Whenever attacked, automatically Doppio reverts to a state of true fear and submission, often choosing the safest option such as comply with his aggressor's demands. He believes himself to be unlucky, which provides an ironic contrast to Diavolo's good fortune.

Fiercely loyal to his boss to a point of attempting to fulfill the mission first and foremost, Doppio is smart and quite resourceful, even if Diavolo has to counsel him from time to time. Despite this, though, bits of Diavolo are in Doppio: during the battle with Risotto Nero, Doppio refused to leave the battle or have his boss step in, remaining and doing all he could to find weakness in Metallica.

As Diavolo is very gentle and patient with Doppio, he is usually completely unquestioning, agreeing to whatever his "boss" says. As he dies, Doppio's last thoughts are of his boss. He remains faithful until the end and smiles, saying that if Diavolo is going with them he'll surely win and asks Diavolo to call him, remarking that he feels lonely.

He shares his alter ego's collected nature when in battle, and while his first actions are usually panic and screaming he soon and very quickly calms down, carefully using his tools to identify the enemy and his powers, and is able to think several steps ahead, having baited Narancia to attack Risotto Nero by taking advantage of his own weak position and predicting Risotto's moves. However, Doppio is also quick to anger, but unlike Diavolo he is less controlled and focused with it. Snappy, Doppio flat-out disobeyed and argued with his direct superior during the battle with Risotto, and he berated Buccellati for nearly falling into the street. He also has low tolerance and almost zero patience for "idiots" and people who withhold "phones" from him.

Doppio has been shown questioning fortune telling, as he stated that some of the guesses the fortune teller made were simply that due to his appearance ("you're a tourist" because of his bag, "you have a secret" because everyone does, etc.).

Even with the bridge of personality to personality, however, he is seemingly unaware of their co-inhabitance and appears to consider himself Diavolo's underboss and, furthermore, an entirely separate person. The source of this ignorance is unknown; Diavolo was shown moving Doppio out of the alley shortly after killing the fortune teller so he didn't see the corpse, but it's also possible that Diavolo withholds memories from Doppio. Doppio seems to be ignorant of what the objects he calls "phones" really are and seems to bend reality while he converses with Diavolo, being capable of hearing the Boss's voice come from whatever he's grabbed be it ice cream or a frog. He seems to have a poor memory to top it off, but whether it's due to Diavolo's ability to withhold information from Doppio is unknown: before encountering Risotto, Diavolo warned his alter ego that the assassin was in the area and gave him strict instructions on how to deal with him and how to complete the mission. However, upon "hanging up", it took one solid panel for Doppio to immediately forget his mission, what he was just ordered, the fact that Risotto was in the area, and above all how he managed to talk to the boss despite his phone being broken.

It's theorized that Doppio is the original personality or alternatively the dominate one, as the Diavolo seen in the flashbacks had fashioned his hair into a braid like his future alter ego and Doppio better fits the "honest but dim" description. However, whether this is true or not is unknown.

Relationships

 * Diavolo: While Doppio never learned the truth between themselves, he highly respects Diavolo and always called him "Boss" - though, whether or not Doppio knew Diavolo's name is unknown. Doppio also seems to be Diavolo's gopher, something he takes pride in considering how loyal he was to a point of stubbornness, and he seemed heed most of Diavolo's orders when he remembered them.
 * Risotto Nero: Both of these characters have a mutual dislike for each other. Risotto dislikes Doppio simply becasue he is connected to "the boss" and vice versa because Risotto is looking for the boss. As Risotto continues to try to kill Doppio this dislike grows to the point that Doppio is willing to risk his own life for a chance to kill Risotto.

Abilities
Doppio's stand Epitaph allows him to see ten seconds into the future. He is also able to communicate with his alter ego (Diavolo) when he hallucinates fake phones.