#my feelings have been unleashed ngl dkdbfkbfj

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Howdy there Joie! It's Tex @tex-treasures ! I wanted to invite you to gush about your platonic f/o, Joshuu- introduce me to him? Where's he from? How does your s/i meet him :o? What's your friendship dynamic :)? I'm looking forward to learning ✨💚!

Tex! Hello! I'd be super glad to talk about him!! (Also I do want you to know that I have your other ask as a W.I.P.! I wanted to answer much sooner, though my brain is hardwired to G.W2 and J.JBA that I am distracted a fair bit. 😅)

Rambles put under the cut because of spoiler images + long-ish paragraphs. I do apologize for the potential length, I just have... feelings™️ for this boy.

Again, thank you so much for the question, it means a lot to me to be able to talk about this 💕

So, Joshuu Higashikata is a minor protagonist of J.JBA part 9, also known as Jojolion. He's one of the first people that the amnesiac main character meets, alongside his childhood friend and crush named Yasuho.

This is one of the best panels of him, where he is posed along with his "stand", a representation of his powers called Nut King Call. (I colored it myself the other day for fun!)

There's a lot to unpack with Joshuu and how he acts in the story, not to mention points of arguments that have lead many to hating and/or clowning on him. (Which includes his looks and infamously "memorable" hairstyle)

With that said, I just want to make my stance clear that I do not encourage his bad behavior and questionable actions at points, and like I always thought to myself: I have him as the kind of friend f/o who I don't mind whipping into shape if need be.

I do, however, sympathize with him at lot during his low moments and genuinely want to make him a happier person.

The thing is, I don't have a proper S/I specifically to be Joshuu's friend yet. I already have an S/I in the works but they serve to be a Romantic F/O's significant other. (The Romantic F/O being the big antagonist of the Jojo part itself jshdkdhdj)

My platonic feelings for Joshuu first sprouted from hearing his voice lines for a game, specifically from hearing his laugh and giggles. It was... kinda like an awakening moment of sorts to me, when I found myself listening it over and over for a few days thinking: "Huh. Maybe I lowkey wanna hang out with him and laugh about things."

After that, I very slowly reviewed his character and found things that made me sympathize and relate with him a lot.

Joshuu isn't very good with social cues and is pretty confrontational, which I relate to a certain extent. Funnily enough, we both have these issues as students in Humanities and Social Science.

There was also his thought process by the end of the Milagro Man arc that deeply resonated with me:

Just the way he talks about himself and his worth as a person was an amazing moment for his character development, and it's something I just relate to so much. A part of me likes to believe that because of this, we'd make for surprisingly good friends.

Not to mention his relationship with his family and how he's the young brother that's shunted so often in the story. I can't say I relate with me being an only child instead, but still, I sympathize with Joshuu on that regard.

On a lighter note, I like to imagine that Joshuu and I would have a playful dynamic as friends full of light-hearted teasing, and that we indulge in each other's interests! I for one would really love hanging out and playing games with him, and maybe going out to town with him on shopping! Honestly, I just... love his genuine happy laugh and giggles so much that I wanna hear it often. 🥺

Thinking about him as a close friend these recent times has brought me so much comfort to be honest, and his presence helps a lot with the feeling on loneliness that I've been struggling with for a long while now... I genuinely want to be there for him so he doesn't feel alone when he's down too.