| “ | Don't you wish to conquer the sun? Don't you wish to rule over all? Don't you wish to purge your fears?! | „ |
| ~ Kars |
| “ | The ultimate being embodies the powers of each and every living being. All lives gather as one. | „ |
| ~ Ultimate Kars |
| “ | Hamon-users means nothing to me now. But you...Wamuu and Esidisi needs to be avenged, and I must celebrate. JoJo, your death...will be dedicated to my birth! | „ |
| ~ Ultimate Kars to Joseph |
Background
Kars is a major character and one of the main antagonists of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency. He is a Pillar Man who was asleep for 2000 years, and eventually woke up alongside his brothers Esidisi and Wamuu. He is an advanced lifeform, superior even to vampires, being also the creator of the Stone Mask. Kars's goal is to obtain the Red Stone of Aja which will make him turn into the Ultimate Life Form, "conquering" the Sun.
Powers and Stats
Key: Kars | Ultimate Kars
Tier: 8-A | 7-C
Dimensionality: 3-D
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses, Immortality (Types 1, 3 and 6), Regeneration (High-Mid. Should have regeneration superior to vampires, who can recover from being blown apart by grenades), Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery, Body Control (Even a weaker Pillar Man like Santana is able to fully control and manipulate his own body), Acid Manipulation & Absorption (Pillar Men are capable of absorbing matter upon contact since they can digest targets with any part of their bodies), Possession (Pillar Men are able to partially control people's body and movements by entering inside them), Bone Manipulation & Light Manipulation (Kars can create blades on his arms and legs. Furthermore, Kars can additionally create miniature blades that constantly rotate along the edge of the blade which reflect light), Shapeshifting
All previous abilities greatly enhanced, plus Regeneration (Low-High), Flight, Enhanced Senses (His vision is comparable to an astronomical telescope, can sense heat and air pressure), Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2 and 3), Shapeshifting & Biological Manipulation (Can shape his biology on a cellular level to transform himself into any living being that exists. Transformed his hand into a squirrel, who was capable of denting advanced steel. Was able to turn his feathers into Armadillo shells and fire them hard enough to break glass. Survived magma by creating a crab shell to act like an armor, and air bubbles to act as a sink), Transmutation (Can remotely change the biology of what he creates as well, such as turning his previously armadillo shells into piranhas and an octopus), Light Manipulation & Heat Manipulation (Can use his own Hamon which liquefies and evaporates matter upon contact), Reactive Evolution, Power Mimicry, Resistance to Poison Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation, Heat Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Cold Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Disease Manipulation and Light Manipulation (Due to becoming the Ultimate Lifeform, he possesses the DNA and traits of every single conventional living being combined, with not even Hamon being able to affect his body)
Attack Potency: Multi-City Block level (Much stronger than vampires such as DIO, with the latter being merely his food. Superior to Santana, who is above vampires and zombies in the food chain) | Town Level (He is hundreds of times more powerful than Joseph, and Stroheim compared his power to the intensity of the Sun)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Comparable to Joseph, who was able to dodge Straizo's high pressure liquid jets at point-blank range, with those being able to reach Mach 3. Can easily cut through bullets from a gun firing at 600 rounds per minute. Should be superior to Dio Brando) with Massively FTL+ combat speed and reactions (Blocked an ultra-violet beam from the Aja Stone at close range. Should be superior to DIO, who can react to Star Platinum, with Kars also being shown to capable of blitzing many vampires, with them not even knowing what exactly happened and also being shown to dissapear in an immensly fast speed before the light could dissapear, despite Kars being the source of the already said light)
Lifting Strength: Class M (Stronger than Tarkus, who casually lifted a boulder)
Durability: Multi-City Block level | Town Level
Stamina: Very High | Limitless
Range: Extended melee range | Extended melee range, Tens of meters to Kilometers with abilities
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (He is a genius even compared to other lesser pillar men, who can comprehend languages and complex technology in seconds. Kars was the creator of the Stone Mask, a tool intended to allow the Pillar Men to overcome the Sun. Capable of understanding and adapting to languages and complex technology in seconds, even when guns didn't even exist back on his ancient times. Possesses thousands of years of fighting experience) | At least Extraordinary Genius (After becoming the Ultimate Life Form, his intellect became much greater, achieving IQ of 400)
Weaknesses: He will quickly burn to death if exposed to sunlight | Although he can survive in space, he can't exactly deal with the nature of the vacuum, being incapable of properly moving and prone to drift in the void forever depending on the circumstances.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Pillar Man: Kars is one of the four remaining Pillar Men, the ancient and extremely powerful beings who once ruled the Earth and created vampires, for use as a food source. While humanoid in appearance, the Pillar Men have incredibly unusual biologies, with the most obvious sign of their inhuman nature being their horns. They can control their bodies with exceptional versatility, such as transforming their skeletal structure for combat purposes and flattening themselves and their organs. Like the vampires he created, Kars is an immortal being, but he is also weak to sunlight, which will turn him to stone, as well as to the Hamon, which can be used to destroy his body completely.
- Absorption: Each of a Pillar Man's cells produces a highly caustic digestive acid that can quickly break down a victim on a cellular level on contact, making even the slightest touch potentially fatal. Esidisi was able to utilize this ability to replace an arm destroyed by the Hamon. This is not effective on Hamon users, however, as Kars' cells instinctively avoid the danger this presents.
- Biological Possession: Even if reduced to merely a nervous system, a Pillar Man can invade the body of an opponent and take control of them.
- Light Mode: Kars' "mode" granted by the usage of the Stone Mask to unlock his own heightened capabilities. In his case, this allows him to grow bladed appendages, covered in tiny, shark-like teeth, which can reflect exceptionally bright light to blind his opponents. These blades are also exceptionally sharp, and can easily cut through multiple layers of steel.
- Regeneration: The Pillar Men have regenerative capabilities superior to the already exceptional regeneration of vampires, which Straizo utilized to pull his body back together after he was blown apart by grenades.
- The Ultimate Lifeform: By using the Red Stone of Aja combined with a specially modified Stone Mask, Kars evolved into a new, ultimate form that contained the DNA of every single living thing on Earth. In this form, not only is Kars vastly more powerful than before, but he has also transcended the limitations of the Pillar Men, losing his weakness to Hamon and conquering the Sun itself. His senses are vastly superior as well, with his sight proving comparable to that of a space telescope.
- Ultimate Body Control: With the genetic information of every living thing on Earth running through his veins, Kars can transform parts of his body into any other organism and shapeshift as he chooses, picking and choosing any trait from the tree of life as he wishes. He can transform his limbs into animals, like hyper-aggressive, cannibalistic squirrels which are under his control, grow wings for flight, turn his feathers into protective scales without losing his ability to fly, and create a crustacean's shell and a heatproof layer of bubbles to shield himself from lava.
- Hamon: As the Ultimate Lifeform, Kars has gained the ability to utilize the Hamon, also known as Sendo and the Ripple, using it to produce energy of a much higher magnitude than Joseph was capable of. Drawing from the light of the sun and the steady breathing of its user, Hamon energy is used to combat beings of darkness such as zombies, vampires, and the Pillar Men. A user of Hamon can channel it through all sorts of objects, animate or inanimate, to reach a target. Liquids conduct Hamon especially well, but as it is reliant on the user's breathing, if this is cut off, the Hamon cannot be utilized.
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