DU Episode 11

Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 1 (レッド·ホット·チリ·ペッパー その①) is the eighty-fifth episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime and the eleventh episode of Diamond Is Unbreakable. It covers Chapter 307 through Chapter 310 of the manga.

Summary
It is evening in Morioh; at the Higashikata's, Tomoko Higashikata angrily orders her son Josuke Higashikata to stop playing video games, repeatedly kicking him in order to disturb him. When he eventually loses, Tomoko leaves while telling him to do his homework and a disappointed Josuke turns off the television. However it turns on by itself, and Red Hot Chili Pepper appears out of it to confront Josuke.

Josuke asks Red Hot Chili Pepper what is it doing in his family room, to which the Stand answers that it's been spying on every known Stand user in town. Josuke angrily tells him to answer his question, and Red Hot Chili Pepper confirms that it is confident enough to take Josuke on. Wanting to test itself before fighting Star Platinum, Red Hot Chili Pepper is still taken by surprise by Crazy Diamond's might but manages to punches Josuke across the room before fleeing to muster more strength. Josuke, having repaired the whole room before Tomoko comes to investigate the ruckus caused by the brief fight, sees how dangerous the enemy Stand is. The next day, Josuke, Koichi Hirose and Okuyasu Nijimura meet in the middle of a deserted field. Josuke explains that Jotaro has summoned them to talk about Red Hot Chili Pepper, a news which makes Okuyasu become noticeably more serious. Jotaro also comes, explaining that they are in the middle of a field so that Red Hot Chili Pepper cannot eavesdrop on them from any electrical source. With it being able to sneak through the electrical grid of the entire town and to kill anyone in one blow, there is a urge to find the user. Jotaro then explains that a certain person able to find him will arrive in Morioh Port at noon and that their protection is a priority since he is old and frail, and his Hermit Purple will be dangerous for the enemy Stand user. Before Koichi and Josuke properly understand who is coming, Okuyasu's motorcycle starts up and Red Hot Chili Pepper appears on it, having heard the whole conversation.

Having sneaked into the battery of the motorbike, Red Hot Chili Pepper takes off toward that Port in order to kill Joseph Joestar. Okuyasu intervenes, and with The Hand, teleports onto the bike and tries to erase the electrical Stand. However it easily dodges to blow and gloats about its speed. Okuyasu then reveals that he's been aiming for the bike which crashes with Red Hot Chili Pepper while Okuyasu lands safely. Red Hot Chili Pepper is now trapped away from any energy source, but Jotaro is still careful about what it will do. Meanwhile Okuyasu, upon being asked if he wants to avenge his brother Keicho Nijimura, refutes the possibility as he knows that Keicho deserved his murder, but is still considerably enraged at Red Hot Chili Pepper. It taunts Okuyasu, who attacks, and it clashes with The Hand, which nonetheless manages to overwhelm it as Red Hot Chili Pepper depletes its energy reserves. Now truly powerless and at the mercy of Okuyasu while Jotaro and the rest closes on them, it resorts to psyching up Okuyasu by telling him that he may be faking weakness to attack Jotaro by surprise. Okuyasu then makes the mistake of attacking Red Hot Chili Pepper, erasing the ground beneath it at the same time, an revealing an electrical cable which powers the electrical Stand up. Red Hot Chili Pepper's gambit and use of its intimate knowledge of Morioh's electrical grid has paid off, and after cutting Okuyasu's arms, drags him into the cable. While Koichi is shocked by Okuyasu's apparent death, Josuke simplu uses Crazy Diamond on Okuyasu's arm to drag him back into the field, saving him. While Josuke and Jotaro head to the port, Okuyasu ponders on his mistakes.

In the SPeedwagon Foundation boat, Joseph Joestar is announced his imminent arrival.

Manga/Anime Differences

 * The moment where Jotaro Kujo is informed of Joseph Joestar's coming to Morioh has been moved to an earlier time in the narration, thus is not shown in the previous episode.
 * Josuke's line about Red Hot Chili Pepper knowing how he sucks at video games is removed.
 * Josuke's video game is changed to a Gradius-like shmup.
 * Red Hot Chili Pepper's codpiece is given a consistently less prominant appearance.

Trivia

 * The title of this episode was changed to "Chili Pepper, Part 1" by Warner Bros. Animation's American branch to avoid possible legal action.