Plenty of anime series are able to endure for decades and evolve in surprising ways, but the progression of Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure continues to surpass expectations. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has been at the forefront of the industry ever since its debut back in the 1980s, but the latest installments in the series have taken bigger risks than ever before. JoJo's constantly embraces change, but the powerful Stands remain a vital element of the series.
These Stands have a wide range of abilities, many of which require some truly outside-of-the-box problem solving to survive and defeat. Some of the most dangerous and intimidating Stands in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure are the ones that involve the manipulation of time. This might seem like a simplistic concept, but Stands have gotten quite creative with how they warp time.
7 Leone Abbacchio's Moody Blues Replays The Past To Precision
Hirohiko Araki devises some truly brilliant ideas for the different Stand abilities, but there are sometimes Stands that serve such a specific purpose that it's difficult for them to be practical in any other situation. Leone Abbacchio from Golden Wind possesses the Stand Moody Blues. It doesn't exactly manipulate time, but instead exhibits retro-cognition where he can "replay" past events.
Moody Blues' ability to recreate the past, even from events that are from decades in the past, proves to be invaluable for investigative purposes, but Moody Blues is otherwise fairly useless. It's the perfect Stand for a private investigator or a detective.
6 Ringo Roadagain's Elusive Mandom Can Turn Back The Clock But Has Its Limitations
Steel Ball Run resets the slate for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in a lot of ways, which allows it to remix some old ideas in rewarding new ways. Ringo Roadagain is a somewhat early antagonist in the series, and his Stand, Mandom, can rewind time for up to six seconds.
A major disadvantage that Mandom suffers from is that its time manipulation abilities are dependent upon Ringo successfully moving the hand on his wristwatch. Ringo can engage in this act through many different manners, but most other time manipulation Stands would be able to prevent its activation.
5 DIO’s The World Can Halt Time And Has The Ability To Grow Even Stronger
One of the earliest and most memorable introductions of a time-manipulation Stand occurs with DIO's ferocious sentient partner, The World. In Stardust Crusaders, Jotaro and company learn just how frustrating time manipulation can be as DIO can freely freeze time itself while he continues to move around.
DIO's powers begin at a five-second time freeze, but he expands his Stand's power to eventually reach nine seconds. In Steel Ball Run, Alternate Diego Brando also has The World as a Stand, but this version can only freeze time for five seconds.
4 Yoshikage Kira's Two-Pronged Killer Queen And Bites The Dust Create An Explosive Time Loop
Yoshikage Kira from Diamond is Unbreakable is one of the most vicious antagonists from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and his Killer Queen Stand combines time manipulation with a series of devastating explosions. Killer Queen is enough of a headache to defeat, but Kira also has Bites the Dust, a miniature version of Killer Queen that functions as a bomb that implants itself into a host and detonates when Kira's identity is revealed, only to then trigger a rewind of time by an hour.
Bites the Dust guarantees that Kira's identity remains hidden for as long as possible and leaves anyone who's suspicious of him even more confused. One of the few saving graces is that he still needs to trigger Killer Queen to carry out its actions.
3 Jotaro Kujo's Star Platinum: The World Provides Its Own Take On DIO’s Classic
There are several instances across JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure where a character’s Stand evolves and takes on new and improved abilities. Jotaro Kujo’s Star Platinum Stand is powerful in its own right, but it’s a fairly basic Stand with generally strong stats that doesn’t do anything extra special.
Jotaro’s final fight against DIO triggers Star Platinum to evolve into Star Platinum: The World, where Jotaro can also freeze time. Star Platinum: The World functions just like DIO’s The World, but his skills are less developed. Star Platinum: The World initially can only freeze time for a few seconds, but at Jotaro’s peak, he can push it to a five-second freeze.
2 Diavolo's King Crimson Erases Time And Leaves Its User With The Key
Golden Wind really pushes the limits of how devastating time-manipulation Stands can be. Diavolo's King Crimson doesn't just manipulate time, but it can actively "erase" up to ten seconds where only Diavolo is conscious. Additionally, King Crimson provides Diavolo with precognitive insight that perfectly complements the use of his Stand.
King Crimson is practically invincible against all other time-based Stands due to the nature of how it works, and Giorno is extremely lucky that the circumstances surrounding Gold Experience Requiem are able to eternally trap Diavolo and make his Stand's powers irrelevant.
1 Enrico Pucci's Made In Heaven Can Alter Time Beyond Existence
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s Stone Ocean concludes with the most robust time-manipulating Stand ever, Enrico Pucci’s Made in Heaven. The unique powers of other time-manipulation Stands like The World, King Crimson, or even Killer Queen could potentially defeat Pucci if he’s caught off guard.
However, Made in Heaven doesn’t just freeze or skip time, but it alters the speed at which it accelerates. Pucci’s Made in Heaven increases the acceleration of time to such an intense degree that it culminates in the end of the universe and the birth of a new reality. Made in Heaven doesn’t always need to be used to such an extent, but it’s absolutely possible.