Toshikazu Hazamada (Show Off) (Episode)

Toshikazu Hazamada (Surface) (間田敏和(サーフィス)) is the eighty-first episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime and the seventh episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.

Summary
It is evening in Morioh, a student in his room is reading magazines while listening to the radio, and suddenly cannot stop himself from piercing his eye with a mechanical pencil. Tamami Kobayashi meets Josuke Higashikata and Koichi Hirose at their school to inform them of another Stand user in town. He shows them a photograph of Toshikazu Hazamada, a student at the same school as Josuke, and tells them that after a dispute, one of Hazamada's classmate gouged his eye out with a pencil. Intrigued, Josuke decides to investigate Hazamada accompanied with Koichi. Upon being asked by Tamami why he is investigating too, Koichi answers that it is because, spurring admiration in Tamami, who nonetheless leaves. Josuke and Koichi head first to Hazamada's classroom where they do not find him, but are noticed by him nonetheless. They then investigate his locker, discovering his shoes (meaning he is still at school) and a strange wooden doll. When Josuke touches it, it transforms into himself in a puff of smoke. The fake Josuke then goes out of the locker and reveals its name: Surface, and its ability to control the movements of Josuke by mimicking them as long as they are in eye contact. The doll then takes out Koichi by having Josuke violently elbow Koichi, and effortlessly evades Crazy Diamond 's attacks. He then tosses a pen to Josuke and forces him to pierces his eye with it. Hazamada then reveals himself and, satisfied, decides to go for Jotaro. However Echoes mimicked the sound of Josuke's eye being pierced, fooling Hazamada, as Josuke secretly healed Koichi when he elbowed him. They decide to pursue Hazamada and are seen by a mysterious blushing girl call Jotaro's hotel room, but Surface has already called a meeting for Jotaro.

While Josuke and Koichi pursue Hazamada, the latter is being distracted by the numerous girls approaching Surface, mistaking it for Josuke. He then dirties a motorcycle, antagonizing two bikers. However Surface quickly takes out one of them and holds the second. Hazamada then threatens to cut the biker's mouth with a box cutter but is interrupted when a glass shard is thrown toward him. Surface catches the shard, but Josuke planned for it and has Crazy Diamond repair the shard into a bottle which cuts off Surface's right hand, then leaves. Realising that his plan is in danger, Hazamada decides to hurry toward his meeting place with Jotaro. At a railway, he hears the siren announcing an oncoming train and decides to take a detour. However, seeing Josuke and Koichi crossing the railway and Koichi's Stand, understand that he's been tricked. Josuke and Koichi manage to meet Jotaro first and warn him about Hazamada and Surface, but suddenly, Josuke takes a pen out of Jotaro's coat. He sees Surface controlling his movement from behind a window, and almost stabs Jotaro in the neck. Suddenly the two bikers Hazamada has antagonized earlier knock him out and drag him to be beaten elsewhere, saving Jotaro. Meanwhile, Josuke takes out his frustration on the doll. Later, Jotaro Koichi and Koichi oversee Hazamada being transported to the hospital but are being observed by Red Hot Chili Pepper.

Manga/Anime Differences

 * Toshikazu is introduced already slimmed down and short, as opposed to his tall muscular build and subsequent shrinking after being beaten by Josuke in the manga.
 * A scene depicting Toshikazu's friend stabbing his eye out is added, along with another radio show from Kai Harada.
 * One of the mangas in Toshikazu's locker is changed to Pink Dark Boy.
 * A scene introducing Yukako Yamagishi early, with her admiring Koichi from afar is added.
 * Red Hot Chili Pepper spying on Jotaro and Josuke is added.

Trivia

 * The title of this episode was censored to "Toshikazu Hazamada (Show Off)" by Crunchyroll subs to avoid possible legal action.
 * This is the first episode to feature Koichi's Stand, Echoes in the opening theme song.