Joel

Joel
Biographical Information
Japanese Name	ジョエル
Rōmaji Name	Jyoeru
Personal Description
Race	Human
Age	21+ (Physically) 3700+ (Chronologically)
Gender	Male
Status
Status	Petrified
Petrification Date(s)	Year 2019 (petrified by unknown) Year 5741 (revived by Minami) Year 5741 (petrified by himself) Year 5741 (revived by Yuzuriha) Year 5742 (Petrified by Whyman)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Watchmaker
Affiliation	Kingdom of Science
First Apppearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 177

Joel (ジョエル, Jyoeru) is a watchmaker that was found in North America. He was revived to take apart the Petrification Weapon and see what makes it tick.

Appearance

Joel is a young man with a bowl cut and two errant hairs sticking out of the top of his head forming a '12'. His eyes are white with no visible pupil, almond-shaped, and have dark shadows underneath. They are also mostly hidden by his bangs. His eyebrows and nose are both narrow. His mouth seems quite small, with no visible lips.

His outfit is heavily clock themed, consisting of a graduated collar with a set of heart-shaped clock hands dangling down the front, a black long-sleeved shirt with '9' on the left arm and '3' on the right in swirled writing, and a white apron with side pockets and a '6' on the front in a similar font. The numbers along with the clock hands on his chest creates a simplified clock across his whole body. He also wears black pants, shiny leather shoes and has a watchmaker's loupe (magnifying eyeglass) strapped to his head. Upon arrival at the American Colony's base, he made himself a watch to wear as well.

Personality

Joel is very confident in his abilities, showing great pride in himself. He believes a man with who minds his time should always wear a watch, as it's proof of good taste. He prefers to work in silence, albeit without a desk, squatting on the floor.

Depending on who he is interacting with, Joel mannerisms change drastically. With women, Joel is very shy and stutters, not saying much. This is because he spent his whole life working and never learnt how to act around women. In contrast, Joel is quite rude, cocky and verbose when interacting with other men, showing them no respect whatsoever.

Abilities and Skills

According to his former boss, Joel is a very skilled watchmaker and was the star employee. He was able to craft a wristwatch in a day after reviving. He was also able to study the mechanics of the petrification weapon, succeeding in restoring its ability to function.

Synopsis

South America Arc

Joel is revived by the Kingdom of Science. When he awakens, he's immediately embarrassed as he is naked in front of three women, to which Minami remarks "is a normal reaction". After arriving back at the American Colony's base, Joel is put to work by Dr. Brody. He is given the petrification device to analyse and is amazed by its intricacies. Joel soon finds the central core, noting it was blackened, and tries removing and placing it back in to see if it will function. Testing his theory, Joel gives it a command, and sure enough, the device activates and he is petrified a second time.

Not long after, he is revived again by Yuzuriha. Joel once again shows his shyness to women and rudeness to men. In spite of this, he intends to continue working on the device.

Joel would later confirm that the diamond the KOS made was a true diamond, and was up to the task of creating a diamond identical to the one in the medusa, claiming no one has ever seen skills like his, and would continue to work on perfecting the diamond.

However, this would prove to be a challenge, as Joel was said to be struggling to perfect the battery alongside Kaseki. Kazeki would later find the key to perfecting the battery, that being splitting it down the centre. However due to no longer being able to communication with Corn City, they couldn't relay this information to Joel, would have to find this fact on his own. When Francois and Suika were captured by the Americans, Francois sent a message to Corn City telling them they have split into two groups.

To the Americans in Araxa, this message didn't seem suspicious to them, however Dr. Brody thought something was off about sending such a pointless message, and prevented the group at Corn City from hearing it. However it is revealed that the watch Joel made when he first arrived at the base received morse code of incoming messages. Joel claims he did this as he only trusts his own work. Joel would use the clue he recieved from Francois and finsihg the medusa. Upon finishing it, Joel activated it inside of a glass of alcohol, declaring a toast to not just finishing the job, but also to Kaseki, who was the master craftsman that discovered this.

After seeing the medusa complete, Brody grabs the medusa from inside the glass, shattering the glass in his hands, claiming that Joel tried it out inside a class to prevent the Americans from stealing it. Brody would go on to put the medusa in a safe and had the other soldiers put guns up at Joel and the other KOS members. Joels watch would receive a message in Japanese from Senku, and after having Minami translate it, Joel and everyone else is shocked at the orders from Senku that its do or die. As the rest of the KOS charges into battle, Joel states he cant go on with a toast of victory with Kaseki, believing in everyone and Senku.

Joel watches as everyone charges in and is shot down one by one. After the quick battle ends, the Americans stand atop the pile of bodies, believing to have killed everyone. However, Joel was still alive, and he reaches out for the medusa in the open safe while the soldiers are off guard, using Kinro as a shield. Joel taps and button on his watch and grabs the medusa, as Brody slams the safe on Joel's arm, crushing in. When Brody questions why he betrayed them, Joel says its Bourbon Revenge, and that they interfered with his toast of victory. Brody realises that Joel's watch is a radio and orders it to be taken, however he is too late, as Why Mans regular radio wave is received by Joel's watch. The order '12,800,000 meters, one second' is given, and the world wide petrifaction is activated again. Joel is once again petrified as the petrifaction beam covers the whole of Corn City.

Chapter Appearances

Appearances

South America Arc 170. Staring Up at the Same Moon Absent 171. Staring at the Same Light Absent 172. Marked with an "X" of Wisdom Absent 173. Earth Race Absent 174. The Specter of the Panama Canal Absent 175. Ultra Race Across South America Absent 176. Net-Breaking Battle Plan Absent 177. Medusa Mechanism Debut 178. Science Scales Mountains Appears 179. Bonds on the High-Wire Absent 180. Sickening Yet Beautiful Pictured 181. New World Science Absent 182. Diamond Heart Pictured 183. Stone Sanctuary Appears 184. Fort Medusa Mentioned 185. Lovely Cleavage Plane Appears 186. To Each Their Own Blade Absent 187. Cyber Guerilla Absent 188. What I Once Sought to Destroy Absent 189. Our Dr. Stone Absent 190. Science Transcends Life Appears 191. Divine Scream, Down to Earth Appears 192. Until We Meet Again Petrified

Trivia

• The hairs making the '12' seem to have only popped out after depetrification.
• All of the swirls on his body spiral clockwise outwards.