The World (Steel Ball Run)

"Time has stopped... and now the fun begins!"

- Alternate Diego Brando, SBR Chapter 92

THE WORLD is the Stand of Diego Brando from a Parallel World, featured in Steel Ball Run.

An alternate version of the original The World from Part 3, it appears alongside its user during his confrontation with Johnny Joestar in the arcs High Voltage and The World of Stars and Stripes.

Appearance
THE WORLD is a humanoid Stand with a build similar to Diego's and design similar to its alternate counterpart. It wears a headpiece covering its face to below the place of its nose, slanting at a steep angle from the base of its forehead to a peak situated above the rear of its head by about half its height, leaving the face of an inverted triangle visible to the front; somewhat similar to the.

On its back are twin, connected via short twin ridged cables to the rear of its mask; perhaps secured by thick, ridged or puffed-up straps running from the rear of its waist over both its shoulders to its front. The back of its hands bears the shape of a clock with similar emblems on both its shoulders and hips. Its chin and belt region are decorated with hearts, while its knees are capped with D-shaped pads.

THE WORLD is yellow in all media featuring it.

Abilities
Inherent in most short-range Stands, THE WORLD demonstrates an above-average attack strength, delivering strikes powerful enough to cleave through its own limbs and presumably eliminate enemies with a single punch. Its range of manifestation is a few meters effective, as it separated from Diego at one point to deliver a pincer attack.

Time Stop
"There’s really no reason for it, but.. THE WORLD. My ability can stop time for only 5 seconds.. and then resume it."

- Diego Brando explaining his time-stop

As described by Diego, THE WORLD possesses the ability to stop time, allowing only itself and its user to act within the stopped time.

The maximum duration of the ability is approximately 5 seconds. During this period, objects that were thrown by THE WORLD or its user will eventually stop in midair and once time resumes, will continue traveling at the velocity they were thrown at.

Diego prefers to use his power to set up traps against Johnny rather than attacking him in close combat so to avoid Tusk ACT4, as well as the fact Act 4 is able to move in stopped time.

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Trivia

 * Unlike The World, its name is distinctively spelled in English with capitalized letters, similar in convention to DIO from Part 3 and forward.
 * It can be presumed that THE WORLD is the same type of stand as original The World and Star Platinum.
 * In Eyes of Heaven, THE WORLD rarely performs a Stand rush, only doing so as his Dual Combo Finish, while most of its combos consist of punches, chops, and kicks at a normal rate unlike the original The World.
 * While the original The World is entirely yellow in the manga and gray-skinned with yellow armor in most other media (video games, the TV anime, etc.), THE WORLD is entirely yellow in all media featuring it.