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so far we've covered a close range humanoid stand with magicians red and a
bound stand with yellow temperance so I think it's about time we focus on our
first artificial humanoid long-range stand noriaki kakyoin Hierophant green
we've spoken about natural humanoid stands that have human-like features
such as arms legs eyes and a mouth however there is another type of
humanoid stand called an artificial humanoid kakyoin's Hierophant Green
falls under that category artificial humanoids are known to still
present body shapes like that of a natural humanoid
however they usually feature mechanical or other non-human attributes for
example Hierophant green boasts an athletic body type has green veiny skin
that has a rubbery texture and also it protects itself with light colored armor
as well as a facial mask this stand resembles a robot with his leg joints
for masks and robot esque I design behind its facial mask however is a very
human looking mouth which only gets shown briefly in the anime and manga
however as shown in cocoons fight with death 13 it appears that the true form
of Hierophant green is a network of connected tentacles that you can unravel
at will to use for reconnaissance attack or defense Hierophant green represents
the fifth Terra card in the Major Arcana the Hierophant which symbolizes the
bridge between heaven and earth this meaning also correlates to Hierophant
green's long-range abilities the stand was colored green so Araki could create
some color balance between the crusaders and the enemies Hierophant green shows
no personality traits following kakoen's instructions loyally and without
question like many stands IRF and green is sometimes used as a mouthpiece to
convey kakyoin's speech or thoughts to those around him
although the stand features no obvious personality traits kakuhen claims it
hates wide-open spaces and also that it enjoys ripping things apart which i
believe was made quite obvious in his fight with grey fly noriaki kakyoin was
born with Hierophant green which made it very difficult for him to make friends
as a child he felt that he could not connect with anyone and that no one
understood him that is until he met Jotaro and the other stardust crusaders
having had his stand since birth kakuhen has had many years to familiarize
himself with Hierophant green and his abilities honing his skills for over 17
years the speed of Hierophant green is one of its strongest points when kakuhen
was on the Dia's flash board control his stand displayed a good show speed when
fighting off against Jotaro as he was able to quickly defend Coquina a moment
as well as caps Jotaro in its grasp almost instantly - Green was also able
to push the buttons and the videogame controller at extraordinary speeds when
facing off against Ellen's T Darby alongside his above average speed
Hierophant green sacrifices close-range power by exhibiting strong ranged
attacks due to being able to unravel its body cocoons stand reveals its network
of tentacles which it launches towards the enemy with precision and power khaki
ween can freely control how many of these tentacles appear and where they go
he often uses these to attack and also to evade enemy assaults but they can
also enter small spaces and cracks like an insect can this ability can be used
to sneak around an enemy undetected or to scope out a building all the small
spaces that Hierophant greens tentacles can enter are the orifices in the body
of an animal such as humans will discuss it's coiled body in more detail in just
a few minutes when steely danced and the lovers infiltrated joseph´s brain Kakui
improved to the other crusaders that he held great knowledge of stands he
reveals that any sand could effectively shrink to a microscopic size however
this depends on how strong the stand uses spiritual energy is as it was a
huge strain on the user I would imagine that all stance would be capable of this
ability depending on whether the user could handle it or not Kakui and
polnareff managed to pull this off in an attempt to remove the lovers from
joseph's brain cocoons Hierophant green only has a handful of standout special
techniques that he shows with in part 3 the first one being his coiled body I
cast this as a special technique in itself as it is often used in battle for
multiple reasons similar to how laughs doles magicians read special technique
crossfire hurricane has a variety of different ways the technique can be used
Hierophant greens coiled body comes with its own variety of uses firstly he can
unravel himself to fire his tentacles aggressively towards the enemy in an
attempt to pierce their body these tentacles move incredibly fast and can
attack in numbers as displayed in his battle with Jotaro these tentacles can
also move very stealthily and quietly in an attempt to catch the enemy unawares
and blindside them as displayed when on the plane fighting tower of grey cocoon
can also use this on raveling of to quickly evade enemy attacks by
uncoiling the part of the stands body that would be receiving the attack as
demonstrated in his battle with mannish boy's death 13 stand - green can also
completely uncoil itself and spread its uncoiled body across a 20 meter radius
creating a giant web of tentacles which surrounds and traps the enemy in this
form Hierophant Green will attack anyone that touches any part of the web network
this network will sense any motion including from stands and shoot off an
emerald splash attack towards the enemy from different directions when fighting
steely dance the lovers inside joseph's brain kakuhen
uses this tentacle network ability to distinguish where the real lovers stand
was hiding in the sea of clones by grabbing on to it and detecting its
spiritual energy the final use for Hierophant greens coiled body technique
is that you can enter a very small space almost like an insect can in the
strength arc kakuhen senses stands tentacles into the crevices of the ship
to try and determine if there are any other living organisms aboard alongside
investigation and his detection abilities kakuhen can also send his
stand inside small orifices of a living body he makes a point of telling Jotaro
that Hierophant green does not like wide open spaces and prefers hiding somewhere
kakuhen was meaning that his stand finds comfort hiding inside the body of
another this ability has the potential to finish any enemy if it succeeds in
entering their body from the inside all of the enemy's internal organs are at
the mercy of cocoons Hierophant green and could easily be crushed at will
entering an enemy's body also allows for cocoon to control their body we're
moving his stand would effectively move the enemy in the same way some consider
cocoons puppeteering in the battle with Jotaro as some sort of marionette
control ability that he's never shown again however the puppeteer display was
purely for dramatic effects to simulate the movement of the nurse who Hierophant
Green was inside of at the time the other special technique is his strong
projectile ability emerald splash emerald splash is a burst of energy the
IRF and green creates within his body which it then focuses into his hands it
exudes energy in the form of liquid which it then shapes into the form of
multiple emerald shaped projectiles the stand then shoots these emeralds in a
gun motion towards the enemy covering a wide range with incredible speed and
power this was enough to even catch Joe taro off-guard
however kakuhen doesn't always use this technique for raw power in his battle
with tower of grey kakuhen uses the emerald splash technique to guide the
enemy into a set position on the plane unbeknownst to the enemy stand user this
then allows the tentacles that he snuck around the seats of the plane to strike
tower of grey in one fell swoop emerald splash is also shown in full effect in
the final battle would do when he creates the 20 meter web of uncoiled
appendages Hierophant green demonstrates here that it does not always need to
fully focus the liquid in the palms of his hands as it is able to shoot them
out from all the tentacles in the 20 meter web with great accuracy and speed
my final thoughts for Hierophant green are that in terms of general stats such
as power speed range and so on it falls into the average category it's not
overly powerful nor is it overly weak I would say the Hierophant green could
tangle with the majority of stand users in part 3 and hold its ground however I
think he would have a hard time against most close ranged power based stats such
as star platinum and magicians red however with its speed Hierophant Green
would have to keep its distance as much as possible which would then put close
range stance at a disadvantage if they got close to Kaku in stand he would then
be the one in trouble it's difficult to really discern which particular stance
would be able to beat it other than the world for obvious reasons but due to
Hierophant Green being a well-balanced and all-round with the added bonus of
being adept at sneaking around and also having the ability to go inside the
enemy and ripping into shreds from the inside cocoons Green stands may have the
potential to defeat a good amount of the enemy stand users that do pick them up
against in status Crusaders if in a fair one-on-one fight some of the stands that
I believe would still defeat kakuhen a Horace the Empress and the Sun as it
would be much harder to enter the body of the stand than the user I do feel
like his bodily controllability was underused only being used in his fight
with Jotaro and death 13 however I do believe this might be because a rocky
thought he would be far too overpowered if he could just constantly destroy the
enemy stand user from the inside out do you agree with my final thoughts on
kakyoin's Hierophant green did I say something that you disagreed with let me
know in the comments below also I thought I should mention Hierophant
green stand analysis was suggested by John Chauncey Savas and Ryan Beshear
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