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In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood, in the climax ending,
Jonathan sacrifices his life to defeat Dio and save Erina, his unborn child
Jorge and baby Lisa Lisa.

Erina manages to save herself and Lisa Lisa by hiding in Dio's coffin, but
then in Stardust Crusaders, another coffin with "DIO" engraved on it is
rescued from the bottom of the ocean where Dio had been sleeping for the past
century, having survived by stealing Jonathan's body.

Where did that second coffin come from? I've came back to this to try and make
sense of it but I don't know if it's a plot hole or not.

I enjoy JoJo's Bizarre Adventure so much, and there are instances where it
really stretches it too far.

Like some bizarre happenings have some kind of explanation in it (see King
Crimson) but this one is the one that still evades me.

Is there an explanation for this?


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How did Dio Brando survive the ship sinking?


Originally, Dio did die at the end of Phantom Blood, but when Araki decided to
write Stardust Crusaders, he retconned the ending of Phantom Blood. These
retcons were applied to the anime accordingly.

After retconning, the coffin had a second compartment that Dio hid in while
Erina hid in the top compartment. After Erina got in the coffin, Dio ripped
off Jonathan's head and got into the same coffin Erina was in. When Erina was
rescued, they did not rescue the coffin, they let it sank, without knowing
that Dio was within the second compartment.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2dpBy.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2dpBy.png)

However, an alternate explanation is provided in the novel [Over
Heaven](http://jojo.wikia.com/wiki/JoJo's_Bizarre_Adventure_Over_Heaven),
where Erina placed Dio and Jonathan's body along with herself in the coffin.

> **Chapter 79**
>
> Dio knows that Nukesaku is falsely guiding the Joestar Group, buying time
> for Dio, who uses that time to write in his notebook. He tries to recall the
> last moments before ending up in the coffin, but his memory is hazy. Despite
> having surely entered the casket, Erina had survived with the child. Dio
> suspects that the four of them were in the same coffin, but Dio admits that
> he would never have shared the casket with someone. Yet he did lose
> consciousness, so who put him into the casket? Saving someone she hated
> would indeed be in accord with Erina's character. Dio is now sure that Erina
> took pity on him and pulled him into the casket to protect him, and put him
> to rest at the bottom of the ocean. Dio's memories become more and more hazy
> and he ends up confusing Erina with his own mother.


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