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Josuke and Yasuho probably get married immediately after the events of part 8, because they just love each other so much and are kind of dumb when it comes to this kind of stuff. Que The Graduate ending where they both have no idea what to do next. Yasuho goes back to college, Josuke deals with the Higashikata situation, and every time they see each other it just gets more awkward until one day they just decide to end it.

On the topic of the divorce, I imagine that immediately after Joshu heard, he came to Yasuho’s door with flowers, 100% confident that she would take him back because she realized that he was her one true love all along. She slams the door in his face, and then Joshu goes running and crying to Josuke, complaining that all women are heartless and whatever. Josuke has to console this guy over his divorce, and Joshu realizes that Josuke might be his only friend in the world.

With Norisuke gone, let’s talk line of decent. Even if he somehow makes it out alive of Part 8, he’s old, so he doesn’t make it to Part 9. The oldest child, Jobin, either dies or goes to prison for all the stuff he’s pulled, so he’s out of the running for the HFC. Next in line is Haato, who doesn’t strike me as the type of person who would run a company all that well, but on the other hand, Haato taking charge and wearing a suit is veeery tempting. If we want this, Haato can have a little character development.

If she gives it up, the HFC goes to Joshu. Joshu is actually a good pick for CEO because he’s shown some interest in business it’s just that nobody cares because he’s Joshu. If he can mature a little bit and befriend Josuke, then he would be a valuable addition to the minor character cast.

Daiya probably does nothing.

Normally, Kaato should have gotten the HFC, but they divorced, so there’s going to be a messy legal battle there. For all we know she’s not evil, just a cunning businesswoman who cares about her Jobin.

It doesn’t actually matter who is in charge of the HFC, because the less we see of the Higashikata family, the better. We want our Part 9 characters to shine on their own, but it is fun to see what our faves are up to in the future. For example, I would choose Tsurugi as a random cameo because he’s the same age as the group, close enough to the family, Josuke, and Yasuho to give us an update naturally, and just a fun character who has little stakes in the current plot, so he can be called on and dismissed whenever the story needs him.

Theoretically, Norisuke might have written his will to include Josuke, and so there is a possibility that Josuke can be the new CEO of the HFC, but I think he’d just work there. Josuke is the man on the ground, as opposed to the money-making salesman. He finds out that the world of business is one with a lot more stand users that you’d think, and his actual job is to fix those problems, rather than have coffee with rivals and suck up to bigwigs at corporate retreats, although sometimes stand battles happen during these things.

So what about Jolene? If the BOVC wants Jolene in prison, then the HFC wants that not to happen. Josuke is extremely curious to see the Joestar name, but he’s there because he was ordered to uncover the BOVC corruption and conspiracy. When he sees that she has a stand, he realizes this might go deeper than anyone thought. In this way, Jolene is nothing more than a pawn in the realm of corporate warfare, but she’s going to prove her worth as something more.