Anubis

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“	You have unsheathed me... you will be my Stand user... you will be my body. I will make you a master of the sword. No one is stronger than you... use me and kill!	„
	~ Anubis corrupting Chaka.

Anubis is a minor antagonist in the third arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It is a Stand sealed in a Shamshir sword that represents one of the nine Egyptian gods of prosperity. This Stand is unique for being the oldest known Stand and a stand who doesn't have a permanent user.

In Japanese, Anubis was voiced by Takashi Nagasako in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future, Yasunori Matsumoto in the anime and the late Brad Venable (who also voiced Scratchmen Apoo in One Piece and Shisami in Dragon Ball Super) in the English version of the anime.

Biography[]

Anubis was the stand of a blacksmith named Caravan Serai, who died five centuries ago. Since his master died, he was confined in a museum in Cairo, until DIO stole it and offered a position amongst the Egypt 9 Glory Gods to the blade. Anubis, realizing that he cannot overcome the sheer power of The World, accepted, and passed through many hands until the sword possesses a young farmer named Chaka, making him slay his entire family. Chaka takes the sword and proceeds to kill Jotaro's group. He meets with Jean-Pierre Polnareff, challenging him openly to Polnareff's surprise. He viciously attacks Polnareff, who is obligated to use a secret technique to kill Chaka, taking the sword with him. He and Jotaro goes to a barber, where he asks the barber to put the sword somewhere. Anubis then possesses the barber, continuing his attack against Polnareff. He tries to use his secret technique again, but since Anubis memorized the move, it fails.

Jotaro then interferes in the fight, becoming the new target of Anubis. Jotaro manages to parry the sword by holding the blade between the palms of his hands, then breaking the sword in half. Polnareff then sheathe the sword, but as a policeman tries to take the sword from him, he accidentally unsheathes it, becoming possessed. Jotaro then has a much harder fight against Anubis, who memorized his attacks and now control Polnareff's stand, Silver Chariot, who is also a stand of sword. Jotaro is viciously slashed, but as he cut Jotaro and put the sword deep in his flesh, Jotaro starts punching the sword, shattering it completely.

But it was not over, as the other half possesses a kid who was passing by. As he tries to attack Jotaro again, he accidentally trip on Iggy, their dog, then fly all the way to the Nile River, which ends in a comic scene where Anubis desperately tries to not fall into the river. This is where Anubis' tale ends, alone and condemned to rust in the bottom of the river.

Powers and Abilities[]

“	Slaughter Joseph! Slice Polnareff! Cleave Jotaro in two! You are a fighting genius, a master of the sword! No one in the world is a match for your blade! No one!	„
	~ Anubis to Chaka.

Since Anubis is a Stand without a master, it can possess anyone who unsheathe it. It increases the wielder's strength and speed, is sharp enough to cut through almost anything, and can selectively phase through inorganic materials like obstacles and armor or even its own sheathe in order to cut the flesh behind them. Its most powerful ability, however, is to memorize its opponent's attacks and learn how to counter them after witnessing them a single time.

In spite of all of these abilities, and despite what Anubis itself says, it does not actually seem to increase its wielder's actual skill with the sword. Polnareff remarked when fighting Chaka that the possessed farmboy's stance and movements were "those of a complete amateur", but Polnareff was nonetheless overwhelmed by the stand's speed and strength and forced to turn to a secret technique to win. Jotaro had incredible difficulty fighting the Anubis-possessed Polnareff specifically because of Polnareff's own skill allowing him to dual-wield Anubis and Chariot together.

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Trivia[]

Anubis' name and appearance comes from the Egyptian god of the same name, who served as the patron deity of mummification and embalming.
Its original user, Caravan Serai, was named after the Santana album, Caravanserai.
- Meanwhile, its second and third users, Chaka and Khan, are both named after the stage name of the American singer Yvette Marie Stevens, Chaka Khan.
In spite of its bloodthirsty nature, Anubis repeatedly goes out of its way to avoid injuring cows, suggesting that it and/or its original user may have been Hindu, as cattle are considered sacred in that religion and must never be harmed.

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