George Joestar II

"I couldn't just manufacture narrative flow. If I wanted this Beyond to work for all of us, not just myself, I needed courage. I had to start being more proactive."

- George in JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15: Beyond

George Joestar II (ジョージ・ジョースター 2世) is a minor posthumous character referenced in Battle Tendency.

He is the son of Jonathan Joestar and the late father of Joseph Joestar. He is also featured in the JORGE JOESTAR light novel as one of its main protagonists.

Appearance
George resembles his father Jonathan and his son Joseph. He is only seen wearing a military dress uniform. His hair is supposedly short and black.

Abilities
Assumed to be a capable fighter pilot, George was one of the first to fly an aircraft during World War I. It's hinted that he may have had a talent for the Ripple much like his father and son, though he was never given any training to properly use it.

In the novel, George becomes a trained soldier at the Royal Air Force, being a skilled marksman. He flies a plane named the Star Shooter with his co-pilot Jim Graham.

Beyond
In the light novel, Jorge meets a strange boy named Tsukumojuku, later on discovering that he can travel throughout other universes with an ability he names Beyond. After Tsukumojuku's death, his Beyond is split between three people: George, Joji, and Dio Brando. George shares his Beyond with Joji from the 37th universe. With him believing in Beyond, his role is being the story's main character and must act with audacity and courage.

Beyond grants him self-awareness in which he realizes that he is merely a character in someone else's story, and by believing in his Beyond, his Beyond will give him the means to do whatever it is he needs to do in his benefit as long as he believes in it. It currently stands as one of the most powerful abilities in the JoJo series, despite not being canon.

Background
George Joestar II was born just months after his father died to the eyes of Dio Brando. His mother, Erina, was pregnant at the time of Dio’s assault and raised George primarily by herself. He grew up to marry the child who was saved by Erina at the time. Together, they had a son named Joseph Joestar.

George became a pilot for the during. During his service, he discovered that one of his 🇺🇳 was a zombie that had been created by Dio and had been living secretly in darkness for years. George went to confront him, but unfortunately, was not trained properly in the art of Ripple and died in the battle. His death was covered up as a flying accident. Lisa Lisa mourned his death, causing her to leave the house and kill the zombie officer with Ripple.

JORGE JOESTAR
The novel begins when George was only just 11 years old. He lives in La Palma with Erina and Lisa Lisa. He is constantly bullied by a boy named Antonio Torres and his gang, with Lisa Lisa always having to save him. The next day, he decides to go to school early to avoid him, later learning that Antonio was murdered. He and Lisa Lisa are blamed because they had left school early by one of his friends Julio Gonzalez. It is revealed that Antonio was seemingly crushed to death and had only left a sheet of skin with no muscles or blood. Suddenly, a boy by the named of Tsukumojuku Kato enters the room, claiming he has solved the murder. He brings out a sheet of skin of Antonio and reveals it to the class. He reveals that the sheet was created by his mother, Maria Torres, who had been removing his skin piece by piece ever since he was a baby.

Lisa Lisa leaves for Italy with her father, and Jorge and Tsukumojuku quickly become great friends. Four years pass by, and they had been solving cases together during that time. When Tsukumojuku turns fifteen, he tells Jorge that he must leave to go back to Japan, making Jorge feel lonely again. Jorge states that one day he will come to Japan so they can solve more mysteries together. Tsukumojuku hands him a Japanese dictionary, doubting it will happen.

Three days pass, and Jorge learns that the boat Tsukumojuku was supposed to leave in had disappeared. After praying for 2 months, Jorge learns that the boat had sunk to the bottom of the sea. Filled with misery, Jorge curses God for have taking the life of his only and best friend. Jorge later meets a girl named Penelope de la Rosa, who is revealed to have developed an ability which he decides to call a Wound. He helps her with her trauma and lands her a job at the Star Marks Trading, she also works as his tutor and acts as an older sibling to him. Years pass, he later on gets framed for a murder of his friend, Kenton Motorize. After being cleared of suspicion, he joins the Royal Air Force and befriends a man named John Moore-Brabazon. As the first World War arrives, Jorge is tasked to spot enemy ships with Jim. After learning that zombies have invaded the Naval Air Force's base and are now flying planes, Jorge and Lisa Lisa fly and battle all of them, attempting to save London. After confronting Antonio, they rid of him temporarily and plan on marrying each other. On the day of the wedding, Jorge visits the Motorize manor and is attacked by Antonio and is nearly killed. He uses his Beyond to summon the deceased Tsukumojuku, who teleports him to a town called Morioh in Japan.

As he wakes up, he meets a boy named Doppio, who threatens to kill Jorge after he had refused to listen to him. A man under the name of Mista stops him, telling him to knock it off. A young man walks in, introducing himself as Giorno Giovanna. He explains to Jorge about the power of Stands and how he is able to see them from power of another man named Kishibe Rohan, who used his Stand Heaven's Door to allow Jorge to speak Italian and see Stands. Giorno explains that Jorge's parallel self was in charge of solving the case of their deceased Boss, and that the two Jorge's have swapped places. He explains the current state of Morioh and how it is now a floating island and how the other Jorge Joestar was sent to Mars.

Major Battles

 * George Joestar II Vs Superior Officer Zombie

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Trivia

 * Despite being deceased in the actual series of JoJo, the light novel reveals that George had actually been sent to another universe just moments away from being murdered by a Zombie, avoiding death.