Lately, Fortnite has change into a wacky and eclectic ensemble of the very best anime characters of all time with its Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and My Hero Academia crossovers. Nonetheless, some followers are calling out the battle royale’s newest authentic pores and skin for not being so authentic in any respect, however moderately what they see as an egregious JoJo’s Weird Journey knockoff.
Yesterday, the official Fortnite Twitter account made a publish about its latest character pores and skin, Hana. Hana sports activities a fashionably quick chartreuse coiffure whereas sporting a blue go well with with an uncovered midriff and matching chartreuse patterns. Hana’s additionally acquired a ghoul-like “interior demon” outfit named Keleritas. If you happen to’ve watched the Netflix anime JoJo’s Weird Journey: Stone Ocean, you wouldn’t be remiss in pondering I simply wrote a word-for-word description of its titular character Jolyne Cujoh and her ghost-like Stand, Stone Free.
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For these with out JJBA mind rot, Jolyne Cujoh is the principle character of JoJo’s Weird Journey’s sixth half, Stone Ocean. Jolyne makes use of a magical ghost-like being known as a stand to help her in battles. Stone Ocean just lately completed streaming on Netflix final month, although the present was poorly promoted on-line by the streaming service.
Whereas some followers had been extra charitable than others when calling out Fortnite’s new character on Twitter for her uncanny resemblance to Jolyne, modifying the character into the “Is That A MF JoJo’s Reference” meme and making requests for a future Fortnite x JJBA crossover, others noticed it as a blatant rip-off.
“You gotta love that legally distinct power,” Reddit person Vera_Verse wrote on the r/TwoBestFriends subreddit.
“Nice Worth Jolyne,” wrote one Twitter user.
“Johnson’s Peculiar Journey,” wrote another.
Kotaku reached out to Epic Video games however didn’t obtain a remark by the point of publication.
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JJBA isn’t any stranger to battle royale video games or wacky crossovers. Previous to the discharge of JoJo’s Weird Journey: All-Star Battle R, Bandai Namco launched a third-person battle royale motion recreation known as JoJo’s Weird Journey: Final Survivor in Japan again in December 2019. Extra just lately, JJBA introduced a collaboration with the style firm Bradelis New York for a Jolyne Cujoh-themed lingerie line.