The cherry café scene beside Singapore’s low-rise waterfront in 1987.

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Rubber Soul / Noriaki Kakyoin, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Rero rero rero.

— JoJo's Bizarre Adventure · 2012

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The grotesquely ordinary habit turns a small social discomfort into a running joke. Discovering that the real Kakyoin does it too denies Jotaro an easy explanation.

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In context

Spoilers for JoJo's Bizarre AdventureShow the scene

In the Yellow Temperance story, Rubber Soul impersonates Kakyoin and makes the cherry-licking habit particularly unsettling. The real Kakyoin repeats the same sound later, so the joke is not exclusively the impostor’s. Chapters 137–139 become Stardust Crusaders episode 9; “rero” and “lero” are alternative renderings of the sound.

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