Sandmane || That Bizzare sprinter in the race!

A Stand (スタンド, Sutando) is a physical manifestation of a person's "life energy".[2] It is a power unique to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.

A Stand is an entity psychically generated by its owner, referred to as a Stand user (スタンド使い, Sutando tsukai).[3] It generally presents itself as an ethereal figure hovering over or near the user and possesses abilities beyond that of an ordinary human, which, depending on the Stand user, can be wielded for good or evil. Stands are defined as personifications of "life energy" (生命エネルギー, Seimei enerugī) whose abilities are given visual form. When first presented, the term is written as 幽波紋スタンド,[4] with furigana added to change the pronunciation of what literally means "ghostly Ripple" (幽波紋, Yūhamon) in kanji. According to Joseph Joestar, the name "Stand" comes from the fact the vast majority of Stands usually manifest themselves standing next to the user, ready to act on their command. The term 立ち向かうものスタンド has also been used by Mountain Tim to describe Stands, which translates literally to "that which stands and confronts" (立ち向かうもの, Tachimukau Mono).

Stands are typically used in battle To an extent, a Stand embodies the individual's psyche, usually as the representation of their user's "fighting spirit". However, the will required to manifest a Stand doesn't need to be confrontational, deriving from any exploration of the mind's possibilities, be it mastery of a craft, strong desire or even personal crises. Beyond that definition, Stands present themselves in a large variety of forms and with different behaviors, if they are sentient at all. They follow a loose set of rules, with no definite standard by which one can fully classify them. As an embodiment of someone's psyche, Stands are therefore as varied as human minds can be.

Due to their diversity, Stands are not made equal. Some can be incredibly powerful due to their user's outstanding grit, others can be highly situational because of a defining quirk of character, or even detrimental to their user if they do not have the necessary fighting spirit.

Stands and other supernatural abilities, like the Ripple, the Spin and the powers given by the Stone Mask, are all somehow linked in nature.[6] These abilities are said to be one of the potential stepping stones towards developing a Stand, which some Stands are an example of.

Stands are also connected to an alien virus contained in the rock of a meteorite that fell in Cape York, Greenland. It is explained that the virus can infect people and for the most part kills them, but the few who survive are granted a Stand ability. The Stand is created from someone's psyche, which includes not only humans but also other living creatures. That individual is referred to as the Stand user. The user then gives their Stand a name and uses it for various purposes.

A Stand and the user usually share wounds Unless bound to a specific object or automatic, Stands are attached to their user's body. In that case, any damage the Stand sustains results in an equivalent injury on the user's body and vice-versa. Exceptions to this rule include automatic Stands and bound Stands, which usually do not reflect the damage into the user, or special abilities like Silver Chariot's armor.

Except for rare occasions, when a Stand user dies, their Stand and ability disappears with them. If a Stand suffers so much damage they are destroyed, the user dies as well. However, a user can survive with their Stand destroyed[8] if the Stand is automatic or depending on the level of the user's injury. Inversely, some Stands can survive beyond their users through exceptional abilities like Notorious B.I.G.

Since a Stand is the form of its user's psyche, they share an intimate psychic bond. First and foremost, Stands usually obey their users' command without question. If a user demands it, the Stand will perform any task within its capacities, which includes attacking someone, defending the user, or any miscellaneous order. In the case a Stand is sentient, they can occasionally advise their user that an order is unwise but will carry it on all the same. Stands are also shown to protect their users in certain instances, such as when Jotaro tries to shoot himself,[9] or Weather Report tries to commit suicide.[10]

Holy falling sick from having a Stand However, there are instances when a Stand cannot be controlled by the user. It can be either automatic like Super Fly or the user can acquire a Stand but not have the fighting spirit to control it like Holy Kujo.[11] In both cases, a Stand can accidentally work against its user's interests through their unsupervised power. However, specifically in the second case, a Stand can go out of control and slowly kill its user like a disease. According to Muhammad Avdol, the user becomes ill, then falls into a coma only to never wake up again; moreover, such occurrences are common enough for him to claim having witnessed many people succumbing to this.[11]

One of the defining rules about Stands is that someone may only have one Stand (at a time). Although Stands may take different forms, or be split into several entities, no one is able to summon several Stands at once. Although exceptional circumstances may lead to someone wielding several Stands, only one will be the user's bona fide Stand. A Stand generally remains attached to its user, but it can sometimes change users. For instance, it can be stolen from its original user, or if the Stand's ability involves changing users. Thanks to Whitesnake's DISCs, a Stand can change users but will act to protect its new user instead. Others Stands, like Anubis or Cheap Trick, will actively try to change users, and their malevolent nature makes them harm their users instead of protecting them.

Occasionally, a Stand can emit a Stand Cry, shouting repeatedly while delivering a beatdown.

When a user acquires their Stand, their control over it is partly instinctual but needs practice.

When a user discovers their Stand, they usually do not know anything about it and thus has to figure out what their power is. Sometimes the ability is straightforward and easy to understand like Koichi Hirose's Echoes, at other times a sentient Stand may explain the power directly to its user as Spice Girl did for Trish Una,[12] but sometimes the user will need time to know their Stand's power. For instance, both DIO and Jotaro possessed their Stands for some time until they discovered that they could stop time.[13]

DIO discovers his power to stop time Afterward, it is up to the user to discover what their Stand can really do with its ability. A Stand user will need practice to develop their Stand's potential and manipulate it in a more precise manner. Hidden subtleties and applications of the Stand's power may require time for the user to notice. Giorno Giovanna, for example, had to use Gold Experience on Bruno Bucciarati to discover what its Life-Giving ability did to humans,[14] and similarly had to figure out that its abilities could mend wounds.[15]

To use a Stand, the user has to consciously summon it. Likewise, to use its power, the user has to command their Stand. Thus, Stand users are still vulnerable to sneak attacks. This does not apply to automatic Stands which act by themselves. The Saint's Corpse (聖人の遺体, Seijin no Itai), also called the Holy Corpse (聖なる遺体, Sei naru Itai), is a central item in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run. It also plays a role in the eighth part, JoJolion.

The Saint's Corpse is a miraculously self-preserving human corpse from ancient times, being that of a saint. Scattered into nine Corpse Parts (遺体部位) by the forces of nature, the Saint's Corpse and its pieces are capable of imparting miraculous powers to their wielders, usually in the form of Stand abilities. Although their true identity is never outright stated,[2] the saint in question is heavily implied to be Jesus. Long ago, a certain Saint is executed by crucifixion. However, three days after his death, he comes back from the dead and appears before Joseph of Arimathea, to whom he shows a map with nine marks before departing. The Saint then travels eastward, eventually passing away on the western coast of North America. Shortly after his death, a massive earthquake and storm shake the land, splitting his Corpse into nine parts. The divided Corpse is then carried eastward by various forces of nature, resting and creating Devil's Palms at the locations indicated on Joseph of Arimathea's Map.[3]

Rumors begin to circulate that the complete Saint's Corpse promises a thousand years of glory and prosperity to its owner, as well as the land it resides in.[4][5] After discovering the first of the Corpse Parts by accident, United States President Funny Valentine learns that the Corpse is utterly unique, existing in only one of the parallel worlds he can access,[6] thereby establishing a "base world." In order to hunt down and assemble the entire Corpse, Valentine sponsors Steven Steel's Steel Ball Run race and chooses a route that aligns with the Corpse Parts' locations, as indicated by Joseph of Arimathea's Map. In parallel worlds where the Corpse does not exist, the race is held regardless, but the racers instead compete for other precious items such as diamonds.[7]

The Corpse Parts often grant Stand powers and similar abilities to those who obtain them, similarly to the Bow and Arrow of the original continuity. Unlike the Arrow, however, powers granted by the corpse only persist while their users have a Corpse Part in their possession, though certain Stands such as Tusk and Scary Monsters appear to be exempt from this limitation. Corpse Parts react differently to each person: when Gyro and Diego each obtain one of the Corpse's eyes, Gyro acquires the non-Stand ability Scan, while Diego gains ownership of a Stand previously used on him (specifically Dr. Ferdinand's Stand, Scary Monsters).

Valentine eventually collects the entire Corpse, which merges with Lucy Steel. As Lucy begins slowly dying from the metamorphosis, Valentine's Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, manifests a new ability bestowed by the new "goddess." Despite finishing off most of his enemies, he is unable to defeat Johnny's Tusk ACT4, and perishes after an unsuccessful attempt to win him over. The Corpse is then stolen again by a Parallel World Diego, who places the Corpse in a vault beneath Trinity Church in New York City per Valentine's instructions.[8] Before he can seal it and complete his victory, Lucy Steel kills him and seals the vault herself.[9] Steven arrives to find that the Corpse has been safely sealed away, beyond the reach or control of any person or nation.

In 1901, anguished by his wife's terminal illness, Johnny decides to retrieve the Corpse from its vault and use its power to heal her. Despite the best efforts of government pursuers, Johnny takes the Corpse back to Japan and buries it beneath the sacred Meditation Pine in Morioh.[1] Johnny then sacrifices himself for his son, and the American government arrives to retrieve the Corpse and return it to America. Lucy Steel visits the area a decade later on behalf of the Speedwagon Foundation, and notes that its burial site exhibits similar properties to a Devil's Palm. Left Arm(左腕部 Hidari Ude-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 25: Tusk, Part 1

The Corpse's Left Arm merges with Johnny in the Devil's Palm near Monument Valley without him noticing. Like the Right Arm, its hand has a stigma in its palm. The Left Arm grants Johnny Tusk ACT1,[10] which he later evolves to subsequent ACTs, severing its connection to the Corpse. It also inscribes the Latin words "movere crus" ("move your legs") onto his left arm, which he uses to deduce the location of the Eyes. After Johnny battles Sandman, the Arm is stolen from him by Hot Pants, and is subsequently collected by Axl RO when the latter falls victim to Civil War.

Heart(心臓部 Shinzō-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 28: Scary Monsters, Part 1

Funny Valentine came across the Corpse's Heart as a soldier, falling onto it in the desert as his company perished. The Heart granted Valentine his Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and inscribed the Latin word "considērae" ("consider") onto his chest, inspiring him to focus on and continuously think about the Corpse.[11]

Left Eye(左眼球部 Hidari Gankyū-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 30: Scary Monsters, Part 3

Though originally stored as one Corpse Part, the Eyes are separated following the battle with Dr. Ferdinand. Each Eye has the word "turbo" written around the iris.[12] The Left Eye is taken by Diego Brando, who uses it to inherit the Stand Scary Monsters from Dr. Ferdinand as the latter dies. Eventually, Valentine confronts Diego and Wekapipo and seizes the Eye, which he uses in conjunction with the Right Eye to guide Lucy Steel to his boat.[13]

Right Eye(右眼球部 Migi Gankyū-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 30: Scary Monsters, Part 3

Though originally stored as one Corpse Part, the Eyes are separated following the battle with Dr. Ferdinand. Each Eye has the word "turbo" written around the iris.[12] The Right Eye merges with Gyro Zeppeli, who develops the special ability Scan and uses it to defeat Dr. Ferdinand. Gyro later relinquishes the Eye to Lucy Steel and tasks her with stealing Valentine's Corpse Parts. Eventually, Lucy loses the Eye in a confrontation with Valentine, and he later uses it in conjunction with the Left Eye to guide her to his boat.[13]

Spine(脊椎部 Sekitsui-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 37: The Green Tomb, Part 2

The Corpse's Spine is discovered by Lucy Steel near the end of the 4th STAGE, without a subsequent reaction. When Blackmore seizes the Spine, he and Lucy are transported 34 km (112,000 ft) away from its resting place, and he momentarily perceives Jesus's presence. Lucy then shoots Blackmore, allowing her to retrieve the Spine and deliver it to Johnny and Gyro. After Blackmore's defeat, the Spine fuses with Johnny Joestar.[14] After Johnny battles Sandman, the Spine is stolen from him by Hot Pants, though she allows him to retain a small piece of it and consequently his Stand.[15] Both racers' parts are subsequently collected by Axl RO during their battle with Civil War.

Right Arm(右腕部 Migi Ude-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 45: The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 1

The Right Arm is stored within the spring of a Giant Tree and guarded by its Stand, Sugar Mountain. When Gyro exchanges a rabbit's right arm for the Corpse Part, it merges with Johnny Joestar, to no particular effect.[16] However, in order to fulfill Sugar Mountain's conditions and free Gyro of its power, Johnny trades the Arm to the last of the Eleven Men for a bottle of wine.[17]

Ears(両耳部 Ryō Mimi-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 45: The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 1

The Ears are stored within the spring of a Giant Tree and guarded by its Stand, Sugar Mountain. When Gyro exchanges a rabbit's ears for the Corpse's, they merge with Johnny Joestar, to no particular effect.[18] However, in order to fulfill Sugar Mountain's conditions and free Gyro of its power, Johnny trades the Arm to the last of the Eleven Men for a bottle of wine.[17]

Legs(両脚部 Ryō Kyaku-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 54: Wrecking Ball, Part 4

The Corpse's Legs come into the possession of a small wolf prior to Johnny and Gyro's battle with the Eleven Men. When Johnny exchanges the Right Arm and Ears with the only surviving enemy, the latter briefly sees a map and an image of a wolf, allowing Wekapipo and Magent to deduce their location and incapacitate the wolf during the battle. Johnny and Gyro notice and claim the Legs after defeating Wekapipo. They are subsequently collected by Axl RO during Johnny and Gyro's battle with Civil War.

Torso(胴体部 Dōtai-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 56: Civil War, Part 1

At some point prior to his battle with Johnny and Gyro, Axl RO is assigned to await the Corpse Part holders in Gettysburg, where he acquires the Corpse's Torso. It is stolen by Valentine after his defeat, alongside the rest of his collected Corpse Parts.

Head(頭部 Tō-bu) Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 62: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

While hiding from Valentine, Lucy Steel perceives the Head within a chimney before being assaulted by its guardian. When Valentine finds Lucy, he discovers that she has seemingly become pregnant with the Head, its shadow visible within her stomach.[19] The Corpse's Head remains within Lucy's body, temporarily granting her the Stand Ticket to Ride and allowing her to hear Valentine's whispers through the Eyes. After Valentine recaptures her, she is transported to the final location on Joseph of Arimathea's map, where she and the Head fuse with the rest of the Corpse Parts to manifest D4C Love Train. Guardian Spirits (守護精霊, Shugo Seirei) are manifestations of spirits composed of energy that protect the Corpse Parts.[20] They sometimes appear in front of the wielders of the Parts to either guide the user or test them to see if they deserve to own the Parts.[21]

GUARDIAN OF THE LEFT ARM (TUSK)

Manga Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 26: Tusk, Part 2 Main article: Tusk Tusk first appears after Johnny gains the Left Arm of the Corpse while he is under attack from Pork Pie Hat Kid. Tusk repeatedly tells Johnny "Movere crus" (Latin for "Move your legs"), a clue to the location of the Corpse's Eyes. Tusk later becomes Johnny's own Stand as it evolves into further ACTs, allowing him to use and master the Spin by shooting own his fingernails.

GUARDIAN OF THE EYES

Manga Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 30: Scary Monsters, Part 3 The Guardian of the Eyes holds the Right and Left Eyes of the Corpse. Diego Brando gains the Left Eye, allowing him to inherit the Stand Scary Monsters from Dr. Ferdinand. As he escapes, the left half of the Guardian can be seen attached to the left half of his body. At the same time, Gyro Zeppeli gains the Right Eye, allowing him to use the Scan ability. When Gyro uses Scan during his fight with Ringo Roadagain, the right side of the Guardian briefly appears.[22] GUARDIAN OF THE EARS AND RIGHT ARM (SUGAR MOUNTAIN)

Manga Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 45: The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 1 Main article: Sugar Mountain (Stand) The Stand Sugar Mountain, bound to a Great Tree, is the Guardian of the Ears and Right Arm. It appoints human guardians to guard the Corpse Parts, waiting for the chosen people who deserve to wield them.[21] If someone drops an object into the spring near the tree, they will encounter the tree's current guardian, who gives them trials they must pass in order to not become a guardian themselves.[23]

The guardian that Johnny and Gyro encounter is a girl also referred to as Sugar Mountain. Gyro and Johnny exploit the trial to gain the Ears and Right Arm,[23][21] but Gyro nearly fails the trial and becomes one of the tree's fruits by failing to use the Corpse Parts. However, Johnny successfully makes a deal with one of the Eleven Men, trading him both Corpse Parts in exchange for a bottle of wine. As the Corpse Parts have been delivered, all of the guardians are turned back to normal and allowed to leave.[24]

GUARDIAN OF THE HEAD

Manga Debut: Steel Ball Run Chapter 62: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap As Lucy Steel tries to escape from Funny Valentine, she accidentally discovers the near-complete Corpse hidden in his chimney. The Guardian of the Head then appears, telling her that she will "bear it" and seemingly impregnating Lucy with the Head of the Corpse. The Steel Ball Run (スティールボールラン, Sutīru Bōru Ran) is a race consisting of a series of checkpoints and routes on a rough course approximately 6,000 km (3,700 mi) long that runs from San Diego to New York City, USA. The race drives the plot of Steel Ball Run, which is named after this event. The Steel Ball Run is hosted by Steven Steel. As an open invitation to adventurers, the rules of the race permit competitors to use horses, camels, newly-invented automobiles, and even their own two feet, as long as they use the same method of transportation across the entire race. Different kinds of hazards and climates await, from the dryness of the Arizona desert to the harsh cold and unstable terrain of a frozen Lake Michigan strait.

The race's estimated completion time is 60 to 80 days. Participants must be at least 16 years old and there is a necessary participation fee of $1,200 (¥144,000) per person with no refunds. All expenses of the participants such as travel, medical, food, and hotel costs are covered. Participants are also permitted to carry weapons as long as they are not used for criminal behavior.[1]

SPONSORS The news company, East and West Tribune, has exclusive coverage of the race. Other sponsors include publishing companies, hotel groups such as the San Diego Beach Hotel, B&C Meat Packaging Corporation, Winchester Firearm Production, Horizontal Continental Railroad Corporation, and the Speedwagon Oil Company.[1]

The president of the United States, Funny Valentine, is backing the race as well and provides Steven with most of its funding.[2]

PRIZES At the end of each stage, points are awarded based on the racer's placement, following this table:[3][4]

Placement Points Placement Points 1st 100 12th 10 2nd 50 13th 9 3rd 40 14th 8 4th 35 15th 7 5th 30 16th 6 6th 25 17th 5 7th 20 18th 4 8th 15 19th 3 9th 13 20th 2 10th 12 21st 1 11th 11 Unplaced 0 The competitor who completes the race with the most points is declared the winner and receives the grand prize of 50 million dollars (6 billion yen). The racers who finish in second, third, fourth, and fifth place receive ¥1,000,000 ($8,333), ¥500,000 ($4,166), ¥250,000 ($2,083), and ¥120,000 ($1,000) respectively.[a] Special prizes up to tenth place such as the checkpoint award are also available. Participants who finish first in each stage receive a one-hour time bonus along with an additional $10,000 (¥1,200,000).[5]

There are extra prizes for the overall winner from the sponsors, including the Transcontinental Railroad Stockholder Award, the Horizon Newspaper Award, the North American Horse Owner Association Award, the Selective Breeding Vegetable Company Award, and the Communication Catalog Sales Award.[6]

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

The Steel Ball Run trophy The championship trophy of the Steel Ball Run is placed inside a block of ice from the South Pole. According to scientists, the ice froze over 300 million years ago. The trophy is transported to the goal in New York via railroad and the ice is calculated to melt by the time the race finishes.

The trophy itself is golden and resembles the logo of the race, with a horseshoe symbol on the center of a sphere. On top of the sphere is a jockey with long hair and a hat riding a horse.[7]

HISTORY The concept of the Steel Ball Run was conceived by Steven Steel and a young Lucy Pendleton at some point around 1888. Listening to Steven's ramblings about organizing a long distance horse ride, Lucy proposed that Steven make it a race across America instead with an enormous prize. Steven first found the idea ridiculous, but talked about it at a bar anyway, which caught the attention of numerous sponsors ready to gamble on such huge event.[8] Around 1889, the president of the United States met Steven and became a backer for the race, structuring the race's route around a map created by Joseph of Arimathea and secretly turning the event into a front for the search for the Saint Corpse Parts.[4]

The race takes place in the USA, starting September 25, 1890 at 10 A.M. on San Diego Beach and concluding at the final finish line in front of New York City's Trinity Church. The total distance covered is estimated at around 6,000 km (3,700 mi), which is divided into nine stages separated by known landmarks. In cases where the stage's order of arrival is not clear, five judges are able to examine a photograph of the racers as they cross the finish line in order to determine their placement.[3]

The race concludes on January 19, 1891, with Pocoloco declared the winner on account of Diego Brando's unexplained disappearance. Out of 3,652 initial competitors, only 39 manage to complete the entire race. The race ultimately produces 50 billion dollars (7 trillion yen) in total profit. Although the race is initially heavily criticized for being inhumane due to the deaths of numerous competitors, the news that Steven Steel had donated everything he earned from the race to various causes satisfies most of the dissent. The first stage is the second-shortest stage of the Steel Ball Run. However, it is also a high-intensity stage with a wide variety of terrain that serves as an exciting introduction to the race. The entire stage is set parallel to train tracks so that journalists and VIPs can follow and report on the first stage from the comfort of a train car. The open and flat ground of the San Diego Beach starting line was chosen to accommodate the thousands of participants. The first kilometers of the stage take place over relatively-forgiving open terrain, with no notable obstacles besides a few cacti, trees, crevices. At the three kilometer point, there is a bridge over a dried-up river.[10]

The path then becomes a winding uphill with a rise of about 50 meters. There's a swerve around a large rock formation where racers can choose to take a shortcut at the tip of the formation through a forest and run the risk of bumping into trees; taking this shortcut saves an hour compared to the standard route. The shortcut rejoins the main path at the six kilometer point.[11] A downhill slope starts here, where riders are expected to reduce and control the pace of their horses to avoid tripping. After passing an abandoned farm, the racers sprint toward the finish line over 2,000 m (1.2 mi) of flat terrain.

Sandman (サンドマン(砂男), Sandoman), real name Soundman (サウンドマン, Saundoman), is a secondary antagonist featured in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run.

Sandman comes from a community in the Arizona Desert. Despite being ostracized, he hopes that winning the Steel Ball Run race will earn him the money to buy back his ancestor's land and becomes one of the fiercest competitors in the race thanks to his running technique. He eventually sides with Funny Valentine and battles Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli near the Mississippi River to take their Saint's Corpse parts.

Sandman is a Stand user who wields In a Silent Way in battle. Sandman is a man of average to above-average height and athletic build. He wears his mostly light hair in two long braids crossing his face. He is sparsely clothed, with a few tattoos around his body. On both side of his biceps is a tattoo of a slithering snake inside a circle, lined with triangles pointing inward, while on his right chest are three lines that resemble check marks. Sandman is a Native American with a singular and cynical outlook on the world but who is also loyal to his people.

Sandman hopes to gather enough money through the race to buy his ancestors' land for his tribe Sandman is introduced as an open-minded member of his community, for instance shown in the possession of books expressively forbidden by them due to originating from white settlers[4] and having developed his unique and admittedly extraordinary running style while ignoring his people's own techniques.[5] Sandman is critical of his community, highlighting to his sister their outdated views and their misconceptions. For instance he claims that the idea of a claim to an ancestral land is out-of-date when the majority of the population now thinks on a financial level.[6] Nonetheless, he is ready to take the risk to participate in a continent-spanning horse race to give back stolen lands to them, showing a great degree of loyalty.[7]

Despite his open-mindedness, Sandman still treats the "white man" fundamentally as an enemy and sustains the idea that their society is governed by money. He ultimately sides with Funny Valentine, working to take the Corpse Parts to negotiate the necessary money to buy back his ancestors' lands. Disinterested in the corpse and the stakes at play, Sandman only considers it as a potential bargaining piece. When he confronts Johnny, Sandman also ultimately blames the white man's obsession for money as the reason of their current feud.[8]

Sandman shows a great deal of determination and confidence. During his first appearance, he notably jumps under a running horse to purposefully be kicked high in the air and escape pursuit.[9] Learning about the Steel Ball Run race, Sandman also decides without hesitation to leave his home to cross the United States on foot alone, expressing great confidence in his skill. However, his sister also points out that he is also solitary and stubborn to a fault since childhood, making it difficult for others to understand him.[10] Sandman also doesn't shy away from committing questionable actions and readily fight Johnny and Gyro with the intent of killing them.

Sandman also shows a slightly honorable side. During the first stage, he gives some of his time to tip Pocoloco and help him climb a cliff[11] and, after he wins the first place in the first stage due to a technicality, makes the effort to "repay" Gyro and warn him about an incoming storm.[12] Finally, although he was ready to kill Johnny and Gyro, he is the only enemy to have taken the time to ask them for their Corpse Parts, even though he threatened them.

Sandman is very close to his sister. She is the only person with whom he shares his personal opinions and his final thoughts are to her, hoping for her happiness. Sandman is a pre-eminent athlete, possessing fantastic skill and technique in running and gymnastics; able to run distances other racers consider sensible only by horse as well as rivaling a horse's speed, and quickly negotiate a range of natural geographies.

Steven Steel explains that through sheer training, Sandman can make his heels only briefly touch the ground when he's running, meaning he can "recycle" the energy of his feet's impact on the ground into running, and at the same time preserving his legs from fatigue. When going down a slope or a cliff, Sandman can only hop on the relief several times in order to reduce the impact. This running style allows him to take shortcuts through natural obstacles horses can't cross.

In a Silent Way (イン・ア・サイレント・ウェイ, In a Sairento Wei) is the Stand of Sandman, featured in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run. It is a humanoid Stand with a tribal theme that allows Sandman to create constructs out of sounds.

In a Silent Way is a humanoid Stand, decorated with an assortment of references to the art of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, including a war bonnet and a head/face resembling the Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca.[1] Its arms and torso bear small, evenly spaced studs/bumps, and it wears two columns of two or three roses on its chest.

The Stand's design comes from Native American wall art and paintings, with roses on its chest in order to create a mismatch. In a Silent Way fights through indirect means such as planting sound hazards like traps or remotely piloting constructs. It never shows any form of combat ability.

The nature and versatility of In a Silent Way's sound power enables Sandman to attack enemies from afar in various ways. As a result, it is subpar at close range, which proves fatal against a point-blank shot from Johnny Joestar. In a Silent Way's basic ability is to store sounds in objects[3] or even people.[3]

By affecting an object with a characteristic action, like stabbing it, Sandman stores the corresponding sound in the object.[4] If someone touches said object, the sound is released as a hazard that is characteristic of the same sound (e.g. "burning", "cutting", "stabbing") affecting the thing it has touched.[4] For instance, if a cutting sound is stored inside a ladder, anyone or anything touching the ladder would be cut to pieces.[3]

It allows Sandman to ambush enemies with environmental hazards while hiding.

THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOUND CONSTRUCT

Sandman deflecting a nail bullet with a "whoosh" sound effect Sandman is able to construct three-dimensional sound effects with properties pertaining to what the sound effect is. For example, Sandman swings his knife around to create a "whoosh" sound effect that allows him to deflect Johnny Joestar's nail bullets.[5] Additionally, Sandman is able to use this sound effect as a platform to levitate above the ground.

These sound effects are similar in appearance to Japanese kana.

SOUND HOMUNCULUS

A homunculus spawned from a beehive If he needs to direct his attacks, Sandman can create and manipulate artificial homunculi out of the environment.[4]

Those constructs are able to move around and, with the right form, can fly to a target to attack them. Unlike the sound storage, sound constructs can selectively affect the object they touch, and like sound they can make the hazard either go through objects to affect a chosen target directly, bounce against obstacles, or create a constructive interference with several sounds to strengthen the attack. Depending on the material, the sound attacks can be dampened or enhanced. A "fire" sound going through mud will be weakened, and it is said that water is the best medium through which he can send sounds.[6][6][7]

In conjunction with Diego Brando's Scary Monsters, constructs can even be turned into dinosaurs that track targets while charged with destructive sound.

“I will cross the continent with my Feet Alone.”