Spoilers for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion aheadOne of the most important elements of the story of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's eighth installment, Jojolion, is a strange fruit known as the Locacaca fruit. But what makes the Locacaca so special, and what role might it play going forward?
In JoJo's Biazarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion, the Locacaca (sometimes transliterated as "rokakaka") is a rare fruit with some incredible powers at its disposal. Locacaca are first mentioned in chapter 32, in the possession of a villainous "Rock Human" named Yagiyama. Yagiyama is defeated and the fruit sinks into the ocean, but this inspires Josuke to investigate the fruit and find out what it is. The fruit itself is strange-looking, covered in pointed bumps and vaguely resembling a very large Lychee.
The Locacaca Fruit is JoJo's Bizarre Adventures' Form of Equivalent Exchange
When how Josuke came to be in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and his destiny is closely tied to the Locacaca as a result.
The Locacaca Fruit Could Pay a Role in JoJo's Part 9
The Locacaca fruit are kept secret, smuggled, and sold around the world by Jobin Higashikata using the family's fruit company as cover. However, over the course of Jojolion, all the Locacaca fruits and trees that are known to exist have been destroyed. Characters speculate that the fruit may still exist somewhere on tropical islands far to the south of Japan, although they have no way to know for sure. This is where the yet-to-be-released part 9 comes in. the part 8 universe's Joseph Joestar, and Part 9's protagonist is similarly descended from Joseph.
While nothing has yet been confirmed, it's looking a lot like the Locacaca may still have an important role to play in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
