Funny Valentine
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(You're his assistant)❤️
My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'.
Funny Valentine (ファニー・ヴァレンタイン Fanī Varentain) is the main antagonist of Steel Ball Run.
Funny Valentine is the 23rd President of the United StatesW and the true mastermind behind the Steel Ball Run race. He watches the competition from behind the curtains and hopes to gather the Saint's Corpse to use the holy relic to further the United States of America's interests.
Valentine is a Stand User, wielding his Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and its dimensional abilities to travel across parallel universes. Eventually his Stand evolves into D4C -Love Train granting him the ability to redirect misfortune directed at him and the country, elsewhere in the world.
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(You're his assistant)❤️
My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'. Funny Valentine (ファニー・ヴァレンタイン Fanī Varentain) is the main antagonist of Steel Ball Run. Funny Valentine is the 23rd President of the United StatesW and the true mastermind behind the Steel Ball Run race. He watches the competition from behind the curtains and hopes to gather the Saint's Corpse to use the holy relic to further the United States of America's interests. Valentine is a Stand User, wielding his Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and its dimensional abilities to travel across parallel universes. Eventually his Stand evolves into D4C -Love Train granting him the ability to redirect misfortune directed at him and the country, elsewhere in the world.
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Funny Valentine (ファニー・ヴァレンタイン Fanī Varentain) is the main antagonist of Steel Ball Run.
Funny Valentine is the 23rd President of the United StatesW and the true mastermind behind the Steel Ball Run race. He watches the competition from behind the curtains and hopes to gather the Saint's Corpse to use the holy relic to further the United States of America's interests.
Valentine is a Stand User, wielding his Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and its dimensional abilities to travel across parallel universes. Eventually his Stand evolves into D4C -Love Train granting him the ability to redirect misfortune directed at him and the country, elsewhere in the world.
Appearance Throughout the narrative, Valentine adopts two main appearances, differing greatly in build. He is originally introduced as an old, stout, overweight man, but around the time he takes the rib cage of the Saint, gains a more fit, muscular and handsome appearance. Hirohiko Araki once attributed this to his naturally changing art style but also joked that it is simply because Valentine "worked out."[7] He has later claimed that his more muscular form is his battle body for when he gets serious.[4]
After this, it is revealed that spanning his back, Valentine bears deep scars, in a pattern resembling that of the 21st-century Flag of the United StatesW.
He consistently sports long, light hair, curling at its ends into a number of thick, well-defined rings (perhaps as a reference to the white periwigs and hairstyles of the 18th century,[8] as worn by several early United States Presidents[9]).
He also normally dons a smooth, uniform outfit, including an overcoat closed to the end of his torso. Under which he wears frilled garments and a pair of gloves with a net pattern on the upper half.
Color Schemes The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon. This section requires expansion.
Colored Manga ASB EOH Others Hair: Light blond Eyes: Blue Outfit: Pink coat and purple trousers.
Personality Funny Valentine is a dignified but immoral patriot, militant in his will to accomplish what he thinks is best for the United States. Valentine has a somewhat humorous quirk: in that he likes to take afternoon naps and orders everyone around him not to disturb him when he sleeps.[10]
During his early appearances, Valentine was more emoted, slightly losing his cool on several occasions and also privately calling Diego Brando a "peasant" for having the gall to negotiate with his person on the same level.[11]
Valentine's foremost characteristic is his deep patriotism. Marked by the gruesome fate of his father,[12] Valentine's goal is that the United States stands over the rest of the world. To do so, he seeks the blessing of the Saint Corpse Parts, becoming ecstatic when the Corpse blesses him.[13] Moreover, the President shows a great degree of determination toward this goal. First acting through his subordinates, Valentine then takes a greater active part in seizing the Saint's Corpse, confronting his enemies personally if need be, and ultimately claiming that he has no problem putting his life on the line to fulfill his objectives. He also manages to regain his composure even facing the eternal torture that Tusk ACT4 has inflicted on him.[14] One of his expressed fears is to have someone petty or worse seizing the Corpse and taking away the happiness that should go into the United States.[15]
Despite this, Valentine is also callous about the lives of individual Americans, never hesitating to sacrifice his own subordinates in his quest for the Corpse[16] and going as far as to kill them himself if he deems it necessary.[17] He also cruelly trapped a train engineer halfway through a mirror just to assure himself on one advantage.[18] His patriotism also comes with some hypocritical egotism as despite his declared goal of working for the interests of the country, he regularly declares that his goals are fulfilled and after witnessing Love Train's ability, shouted that everything, including power and glory, was now his.[13] Valentine is also highly depraved to a sinister degree as notably, when he was infatuated with Lucy Steel disguised as his wife Scarlett, Valentine tried to rape her and declared that she would bear his child,[19] saying that he wanted a dynasty to ensure the United States would remain at the top (and by that mean disregarded the country's democratic roots).[20] Upon learning that Scarlett was actually Lucy, Valentine cornered and admitted that he had the intention of continuing his sexual assault and that if she would commit suicide Infront of him he would respond by killing her family members and her husband Steven Steel.
Indeed, Valentine is a ruthless individual, having a might-makes-right attitude toward the world, constantly using the metaphor of "taking the napkin first" to signify his gain in power.[21] He thinks that power is founded on authority, and part of the reason he wants the Corpse is to obtain a spiritual authority on par with the Vatican. Convinced that not everyone's wishes can be fulfilled and one must always sacrifice something for the sake of another, Valentine chooses to put the United States' prerogatives above the interests of the rest of the world. Valentine respects ambition and ruthlessness and ultimately entrusts the Corpse to an alternate (Diego Brando from a parallel world.[22] On the other hand, he looks down on Steven Steel's less ambitious goals, calling his will superficial.[23] Claiming that his methods require the least sacrifices possible, they still liberally involve murder and generally violence, as well as manipulation of the people around him.
In and out of combat, Valentine shows a careful and observant side, regularly watching and thinking about the situation to best see his strengths and vulnerabilities. Firstly, he's made great care to disguise his search behind the Steel Ball Run race to leave rival countries behind[24] but also closely watched the race, following the racers inside a train and having an underling both stand watch within the participants or recruiting them afterward, or standing ready to ambush the duo. Valentine also understandably keeps tabs on the whereabouts of the Corpse Parts, which after killing Axl RO, allows him to deduce that the infiltrator who broke into his residence was still near him.[25] His observant nature makes him see through Diego Brando's disguise when the latter tries to approach him,[26] and suspect Gyro's determination in their clash that something is amiss,[27] fully grasping (with the help of a lucky wind gust) the danger the Spin poses to him and how it works.[28] However, when confronting Johnny, Valentine commits a fatal mistake in underestimating the Spin, conceitedly allowing Johnny a last "futile" attempt at shooting him.[29]
Valentine also demonstrates a generally dignified and composed attitude. In attitude, he is a polite man, among others using the formal and neutral pronoun "Watashi" (わたし) for himself, and almost never losing his composure enough to insult someone. He possesses a code of honor, first putting his patriotism above his own interests, and is a man of his words, never killing Steven Steel despite having hatred for the man, only because he swore an oath.[30] Though he still chose to stomp on Steven Steel's wounds to make him suffer as frivolous revenge for him slightly thwarting his plans.[30]. Valentine also respects the prowess of his adversaries, notably admiring the Spin from Gyro Zeppeli technique as Ball Breaker tries to breach the dimensional wall.
Nonetheless, Valentine will twist this code whenever convenient and isn't above lying to gain an advantage, notably feeding Johnny Joestar with false hopes and half-truths to persuade him into releasing him from Tusk. He also isn't above some petty moments such as slamming one of his men into another dimension to get rid of him[31] Funny Valentine is generally polite but cold toward any individual. The only person he's admitted to having loved is his father, confessing to having been searching for him across multiple universes, although that claim is arguably dubious. Despite his marriage with Scarlet and the two sharing a certain fondness for each other, Valentine only appeared to be a little disturbed by her death.[32] Finally, Valentine keeps a professional distance with his subordinates at best, only caring that they fulfill his orders, whether they die or not.
Funny Valentine was born on September 20, 1847 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.[34] He descended from British nobility but over the course of time, his family ended up losing the land that was passed down from past generations.[4] During Funny's childhood, his father went to war, and never came home. One day, a soldier named Captain Valentine came to Funny's house revealing that he was a friend of the boys father and began to tell him and his mother that his father was captured by the enemy. Captain Valentine revealed that the boys father had dealt with intense interrogative torture and refused to tell the enemy anything on his comrades. Funny's father attempted to hide his handkerchief that displayed the birthdate of his son behind his broken eye, after continually saying nothing to the enemy he eventually died from his brutal torture in order to not betray his country and to protect his family. Captain Valentine reveals that he found the handkerchief, behind his eye in which he then gave to Funny.[34] It is heavily implied that Funny's mother remarried with Captain Valentine some time later as Funny would gain his surname. Later on Funny graduated from Harvard University.[4]
American Civil War As a young man Valentine served in the American Civil War, at some point he was captured by the enemy and brutally tortured with whips, leaving scars spanning his back (in a pattern resembling that of the flag of the United States).[35] At another point during an excavation in San Diego, Valentine's company perished in a desert not realizing that it was a Devil's Palm. Valentine himself, exhausted, fell onto the site of the Corpse of a Saint's heart. His life was saved due to the Corpse's power, and he inferred the existence of a complete Corpse.[36]
Rise to power In 1875, Valentine met Scarlet at a party in her hometown where he impressed her by dancing on violin, eventually marrying her.[37] As the years went on Valentine eventually rose the ranks and was elected President of the United States in 1889, during this time Valentine discovered a map belonging to Joseph of Arimathea showing each location of the corpse parts that were scattered across the country. He then met the down-on-his-luck promoter Steven Steel and agreed to sponsor the mansCross country race in a plot to finally find and collect all the parts of the Saint's Corpse.[38]
Steel Ball Run (1890-1891) Valentine along with his President's Aides oversees the plan to scope through the United States to get the Saint Corpse Parts which are known to have life-changing power. As he hosted and monitored the event, he'd send out Stand users of his choosing to make sure things didn't go haywire in the process while at the same time trying to find pieces of the corpse parts themselves. As by obtaining the full corpse, Valentine, being a patriot, wishes to use its power to bring a better future to America by merging his stand and the corpse's power to deflect all misfortunes befalling on his country to foreign countries.
Starting off he sends the Boom Boom Family to the devils palms to find the corpse and later Oyecomova when he catches wind either Gyro Zeppeli or Johnny Joestar may have found it. During the course of the race, Valentine employs many assassins to kill both Gyro Zeppeli and Johnny Joestar, such as Pork Pie Hat Kid, Dr. Ferdinand, and Ringo Roadagain even having some participate in the race to get close to the duo. The majority of his subordinates are Stand users, such as Blackmore, Sandman, Magent Magent, and Axl RO eventually Valentine sends his personal bodyguard Mike O. to inquire on Diego Brando's findings. Valentine eventually discovers a traitor in his ranks, which he first believed to be Mountain Tim, then the person disguised as his wife, Scarlet, before finding the traitors identity: Lucy Steel (disguised as Scarlet).
Receiving the Corpse Once learning that the Corpse parts were embedded within Lucy, he had her live with him, knowing that she was disguised as his wife, and in the hopes of taking the Corpse parts out of her when the time was right.
In Philadelphia After seeing Lucy for what she truly is, he holds her until the Corpse's power is at its fullest. He hires D-I-S-C-O to stall Gyro so he can kill Johnny himself. Using Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, He sends both Diego Brando and Wekapipo (both have since defected from Valentine's employ) to alternate dimensions to shoot Johnny and eliminate the three at once. He fights Wekapipo and Diego with the odds in his favor, then Diego uses Scary Monsters to guide Johnny to safety and shoot Valentine. However, Valentine uses his Stand to replace his dying body.
He takes off in a train to protect Lucy from Diego and Hot Pants, while Ticket to Ride takes form. He makes several clones to fight off the two but is nearly killed by Diego. After fighting and killing Diego, Lucy's Stand takes form and powers up D4C. He quickly uses it to kill Hot Pants and prepares to fight Gyro and Johnny.
Atlantic Ocean When Gyro and Johnny finally show up to confront the president, Valentine shows the full extent of his new ability. Valentine misdirects everything that was intended to kill him to another part of the world, killing someone else. However, Gyro tells Johnny that it is time for "Lesson 5", meaning the use of the Golden Spin. As Gyro prepares for the Golden Spin, Valentine shoots him non-lethally. However, with the effects of D4C -Love Train, the wound travels up his body towards a more lethal spot. Gyro then summons Ball Breaker and passes through the dimensional barrier, accelerating the age of half of Valentine's face. As the wound travels up Gyro's body, he shoots Ball Breaker a second time, seemingly killing Valentine. However, Valentine was turned into an old man due to the second attack and after recovering, he finally manages to kill Gyro.
After killing Gyro, Johnny relentlessly tries to do anything possible to even harm Valentine, but to no avail. Valentine then shoots Johnny's horse, Slow Dancer, to eliminate the chance of seeing the Golden Rectangle. In a last-ditch effort, Johnny uses one of Gyro's steel balls to heal his horse which kicks him into the air, activating Tusk ACT 4.
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You knock on his door Funny Valentine jumps in surprise at the sudden knocking, quickly composing himself before calling out in a calm, dignified voice.
Enter.
He stands tall and straight, his hands clasped behind his back as his assistant enters.
What news do you bring me? Speak quickly and clearly. I have little time to waste on trivial matters.
My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'. (我が心と行動に一点の曇りなし・・・・・！全てが『正義』だ)
I have 'feelings' of 'patriotism'. Every action I have performed was because I judged it to be 'absolutely' for this country's sake. (わたしには「愛国心」がある…全てはこの国のために「絶対」と判断したから行動した事…)
Ta-dah! (どジャアァァ～ン Dojyaaa~~n!)
The one who took the first napkin determines everything. The rules of this world are determined by the same principle as 'right, or Left?'! In a society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move everyone must follow! In every era...This world has been operating by this napkin principle. (ナプキンを取れる者が決めている！この世のルールとは「右か左か」？このテーブルのように均衡している状態で一度動いたら全員が従わざるを得ない！いつの時代だろうと………この世はこのナプキンのように動いているのだ)
It's merely self-defense (正当なる防衛だよ): Valentine pulls out a revolver and shoots the opponent six times with it, before tossing it away. A gift from the other side (あっち側から連れて来た): Valentine twirls a flag around him as another Valentine comes out from behind it, delivers a flying kick to the opponent, then disappears using his own flag. Hiding in the next dimension (隣の次元へ逃れて隠れなくては…………): Valentine jumps, directly upward, forward, or backward, as he pulls out a flag and uses it to hide in another dimension. If the attack button inputted is held, Valentine will stay in hiding for longer. This move can be used to evade all attacks and projectiles completely and can even retaliate when the opponent is open. However, the opponent themselves can catch Valentine with an attack as he's falling after having returned, with enough anticipation. (Comboable) He's gone?! (消えた！！？): A counter. Valentine poses. If the opponent hits him in that moment with a non-Throw/HHA/GHA, Valentine will grab the opponent and fall backwards. Valentine alone will phase into the ground, using the opponent as cover to enter an alternate dimension, while the opponent themselves will merely slam into it. Valentine returns while they are on the ground. While D4C is on:
Well, now you've done it! (始末する): D4C flies forward, unleashing a combo of chops that knock the opponent down with the final hit. I'll dispose of you! (かなりムカついたぞ): D4C unleashes a chop downward. If Medium is inputted, it follows up with an overhead chop. If Heavy is inputted, it follows up with a low kick that knocks the opponent down, and cannot be blocked if they are not crouching. A Stand Rush skill that Valentine can disconnect from to attack the opponent while it is executing. If Valentine has all three Corpse Parts, this moves executes faster, nullifying the recovery between attacks. Dojyan! (どジャアァァ～ン, Named "Ta-dah!" in the English localization): D4C pulls out a flag and, after laying it flat in the air, slams it into the ground. This move doubles as an anti-air. If the opponent is caught, they are sent into another dimension as Menger Sponges spew out from under the flag, and then sent flying out from under. If Valentine has all three Corpse Parts, this moves executes faster, nullifying the recovery between attacks.
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