58-543: Preceded by: Stone Ocean Followed by: JoJolion Steel Ball Run ( Japanese : スティール・ボール・ラン , Hepburn : Sutīru Bōru Ran ) (stylized in all caps when romanized) is the seventh story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki . Set in the United States in 1890, it stars Johnny Joestar, a paraplegic former jockey who desires to regain
116-672: A one-shot spin-off manga by Shō Aimoto, the creator of Kemono Jihen , was published by Shueisha in their seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump on December 18, 2021. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! recommended the series, and called Jolyne a distinctive character within the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise. In a 2015 poll on Charapedia, Japanese readers ranked Stone Ocean as having the seventeenth most shocking ending of all time in manga and anime. JoJolion Preceded by: Steel Ball Run Followed by: The JoJoLands JoJolion ( Japanese : ジョジョリオン , Hepburn : Jojorion )
174-607: A certain Josefumi Kujo had grafted a Locacaca branch to a tree in the Higashikata orchard, creating a new type of Locacaca that uses another person as collateral for the healing process. After Kira was fatally injured by the Rock Humans, Josefumi used the new Locacaca to cure him as the two of them fell into the site of the future Wall Eyes. Realizing that he is a fusion of Josefumi and Kira, Josuke resolves to retrieve
232-432: A fifty-million dollar grand prize. A paraplegic named Johnny Joestar enters the race to learn about the mysterious Spin ability of a former Neapolitan executioner named Gyro Zeppeli, who temporarily restored Johnny's mobility. Though they begin the race as rivals, Johnny and Gyro become friends as they travel through the wilderness while fending off various assassins, terrorists, outlaws, and other violent competitors. Although
290-457: A fruit named the Locacaca, which can heal one part of its consumer's body by weakening another. Norisuke remains unaware that his oldest son Jobin has been illegally obtaining and selling Locacaca in coordination with a group of mysterious stone-based beings called Rock Humans, who seek to eliminate Josuke and ascend the ranks of society. Josuke later learns that prior to his awakening, Kira and
348-411: A greater interest in the motivations for people who do bad things. He noted that Valentine's patriotism and goals seemed just and might line up with leaders in the real world, and that it is his sacrifice of powerless people to reach his goals that make him evil and completely unsuitable as a protagonist. The concept of having the United States president fighting the main characters came from when Araki saw
406-468: A loving family and a new life. JoJolion is written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki . It premiered in Shueisha 's Ultra Jump on May 19, 2011, and ended on August 19, 2021, making it the longest running part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series overall. In the first volume, Araki described the story of JoJolion as being the solving of a "curse" ( 呪い , noroi ) . Curses, he goes on, are
464-399: A plankton colony Whitesnake gave sentience to guard his stolen Stand discs and took over the body of a deceased inmate. They are soon joined by two inmates: a weather-controlling amnesiac, named Weather Report, and Narciso Anasui, who has an unrequited love for Jolyne. Whitesnake's user is eventually revealed to be a prison chaplain named Enrico Pucci. Pucci sought Jotaro's memories to learn
522-459: A reboot of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, and appreciated how its move to the monthly seinen magazine Ultra Jump enabled Araki to write longer stories and depict things that would have been difficult to do in a shōnen manga magazine. Erkael of Manga-News called the manga one of the best in the series, and said that it does not disappoint the reader at any point. Anime News Network called Steel Ball Run an interesting take on
580-595: Is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki , and is the eighth part of the larger JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Set in Japan in 2011, it follows Josuke Higashikata, a young man afflicted by retrograde amnesia , in his search to uncover his identity in Morioh Town, a coastal Japanese town affected by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . However, his digging pulls him and his adoptive family into
638-464: Is an alternate instance of Diego Brando taken from a parallel dimension by Valentine, wielding a time-stopping Stand known as The World. Johnny attempts to engage the alternate Diego, who defeats him with his own attack and easily takes first place in the race. The alternate Diego brings the Corpse to Trinity Church, only to run into Lucy, who annihilates him by forcing him to merge with the severed head of
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#1732791042488696-455: Is connected to a missing doctor named Yoshikage Kira. As Yasuho visits Kira's terminally-ill mother, Holy Joestar-Kira, Josuke learns that he is a fusion of Kira and someone else. When Josuke later confronts the patriarch of the family, Norisuke Higashikata IV, over his reasons for taking him in, he learns that the Higashikata family needs Kira's memories to end a family curse that petrifies each of their first children. Kira had been involved with
754-530: Is convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years in Green Dolphin Street Prison, unknowingly taking the fall for her boyfriend. Prior to her incarceration, Jolyne pricks her finger on a pendant given to her by her estranged father, which is revealed to contain a fragment of a Stand-bestowing Arrow . Jolyne manifests her Stand Stone Free before being visited by Jotaro, who attempts to break his daughter out while revealing that she
812-399: Is forced to split up, with Josuke managing to bait the hospital director into pursuing him and Mamezuku. Meanwhile, Yasuho investigates the Higashikata household, eventually revealing the branch to the family by accident. Norisuke confronts Jobin, who incapacitates him; Jobin himself is killed shortly afterward by the force of a calamity as Toru arrives at the scene. Yasuho realizes that Toru is
870-536: Is the sixth story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki . Set near Port St. Lucie, Florida in 2011, the story follows Jotaro Kujo 's estranged daughter Jolyne Cujoh as she serves a 15-year sentence at Green Dolphin Street Prison. When her father's Stand ability and memories are stolen by a follower of Dio , Jolyne takes it upon herself to save her father, break out of prison, and put an end to
928-561: The Hamon abilities featured in the first part in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood ; they still enjoyed the shift in focus to Stand abilities later in the story, calling them "original and surprising". Kono Manga ga Sugoi! liked the depiction of the landscapes Johnny and Gyro travel through, calling them "beautiful". Stone Ocean Preceded by: Golden Wind Followed by: Steel Ball Run Stone Ocean ( Japanese : ストーンオーシャン , Hepburn : Sutōn Ōshan )
986-481: The Best Comic category in 2022. The first volume of JoJolion was the second best-selling manga for its debut week of December 19–25, 2011 with 237,374 copies sold. The second volume ranked third, with 204,791 copies, for the week of April 16–22, 2012. Its third volume debuted at number two for the week of September 17–23, selling 260,080 copies. All three were some of the best-selling manga of 2012; volume one
1044-491: The Corpse's head. Diego and Hot Pants ally against and fight Valentine on a moving train, but are overpowered and killed by the president. Lucy begins to fully merge with the completed Corpse, enhancing Valentine's stand with a new misfortune-redirecting ability known as D4C Love Train. Johnny and Gyro arrive and attempt to battle the seemingly-invulnerable Valentine, only for Valentine to overpower them both and kill Gyro. Mourning his mentor and friend, Johnny realizes how to achieve
1102-550: The Corpse's heart. After Johnny and Gyro encounter another piece of the Holy Corpse, it is absorbed into Johnny's body and he develops the evolving Stand Tusk, allowing him to fend off one of Valentine's subordinates. Later, they meet the spiteful and ambitious racer Diego Brando who obtains one of the Corpse's two eyes, while Gyro gains the other. Johnny and Gyro continue the race, encountering other racers, gaining and losing Corpse parts, and enhancing their Spin techniques along
1160-463: The Grand Prize for Manga Division at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2013. On Takarajimasha 's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list, which surveys people in the manga and publishing industry, named JoJolion the 12th best manga series for male readers in 2013. The manga has been nominated for the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2022. JoJolion was nominated for the 53rd Seiun Award in
1218-566: The Green Baby as bait for Whitesnake's user, but Foo Fighters and Anasui are mortally wounded in the ensuing battle, with Foo Fighters using the last of her strength to save Anasui's life and retrieve Jotaro's memory disc. Pucci successfully fuses with the Green Baby and leaves the prison for Cape Canaveral , where the new moon is expected to bring about the heaven Pucci seeks. Jolyne and her allies escape from prison to pursue Pucci to Orlando, Florida , arranging to give Jotaro's memory disc to
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#17327910424881276-411: The Higashikata orchard to identify the Locacaca branch. At the same time, Jobin's alliance with the Rock Humans falters, eventually forcing him to set the orchard ablaze to keep Josuke and the Rock Humans from obtaining the branch. Ultimately, two Rock Humans in an ambulance appear to seize the new Locacaca branch, unaware that Tsurugi has misled both them and Josuke's group using his own Stand; in reality,
1334-585: The Speedwagon Foundation to revive him while dealing with Pucci's final subordinates, three illegitimate sons of Dio. Weather Report eventually regains his own memory disc and remembers his tragic past as Wes Bluemarine, Pucci's long-lost twin brother. Weather Report unleashes his ability's full extent on Orlando before dying in a confrontation with Pucci, using his final moments to extract his Stand disc for his allies to use. As Pucci reaches Kennedy Space Center , Whitesnake undergoes an evolution into
1392-542: The Stand User of the calamity-controlling Stand Wonder of U, who Mamezuku and Josuke identify as Akefu himself. Mamezuku and Josuke unsuccessfully attempt to set a trap for Satoru Akefu; Mamezuku is fatally wounded by Akefu, but reveals the latent Spin within Josuke's ability as he dies. Yasuho then calls Josuke and informs him of her findings. Though Akefu escapes Josuke's attack, he and Yasuho combine their abilities with
1450-490: The Steel Ball Run is organized by the eccentric oil tycoon Steven Steel, United States President Funny Valentine has engineered the race to serve as a front for collecting the scattered pieces of a 1900-year-old corpse known as the Holy Corpse (heavily implied to be the body of Jesus Christ ). Valentine intends to reassemble the Corpse and gain limitless power through it on behalf of his nation, having already obtained
1508-547: The battle manga genre due to its positive portrayal of a hero with a disability, and found it, along with JoJolion , to represent a big shift in the evolution of Araki's art, following his earlier shift from muscle men to thinner characters and fashion. K. Thor Jensen of Geek.com called the portrayal of Johnny and Gyro's relationship one of the best platonic friendships in comics, citing their transition from rivals to close allies who make sacrifices for one another and help each other with their respective abilities. Erkael liked
1566-495: The branch remains in Jobin's possession. After defeating one of the Rock Humans posing as a doctor, the three heroes plan to hunt down the hospital's director. The group encounters an intern at the hospital named Toru, who points them in the direction of hospital director Satoru Akefu. While attempting to pursue him, the three are attacked by Akefu's ability, which manipulates the laws of nature to attack those who pursue him. The group
1624-481: The child's head, changing his fate. Pucci reactivates Made in Heaven in order to counter Weather Report, but Emporio uses Weather Report to increase the concentration of the surrounding oxygen to a lethal amount . Poisoned, paralyzed, and unable to deactivate Made in Heaven's ability, Pucci pleads with Emporio to spare him until he can make Made in Heaven's effect permanent. Emporio refuses and declares that fate follows
1682-431: The details of Dio's written plan to establish heaven on Earth, which Jotaro had destroyed twenty-two years earlier after killing Dio . After retrieving Jotaro's Stand disc and sending it to the Speedwagon Foundation, Jolyne discovers that Whitesnake has used a subordinate to revive one of Dio's bones, which eventually absorbs the souls of several prisoners and forms a homunculus named the Green Baby. Jolyne's group seizes
1740-522: The film Independence Day , and liked the idea of a president who fights. The first chapter title of each pair is the title that is used in the volumization of Steel Ball Run . The second title is the title used in the original serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump and Ultra Jump . Kono Manga ga Sugoi! recommended Steel Ball Run as a good place to start for people who have not read previous parts, due to how it effectively serves as
1798-414: The gravity-manipulating C-Moon and overpowers Jolyne's group. Though Jotaro arrives in time to save his daughter, Pucci realizes that he can use C-Moon to replicate the new moon's gravity, allowing him to complete his Stand's evolution into Made in Heaven, which gives him superhuman speed and exponentially accelerates time (except for living beings). The group makes a desperate stand against Pucci, but most of
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1856-484: The ground beneath them gaining the ability to swap traits of objects buried within it. A local college student named Yasuho Hirose finds a mysterious amnesiac youth buried under one of the Wall Eyes, who she decides to temporarily name "Josuke," and the two set out to recover his memories and identity. Yasuho conducts her investigation while leaving the youth in the care of the Higashikata family, hypothesizing that Josuke
1914-418: The group is soon killed. Jolyne sacrifices herself to allow Emporio to escape as the sole survivor. Pucci's Stand accelerates time until a new cycle of time occurs, where people have subconscious precognition of their fate . Emporio awakens to find himself back at the Green Dolphin Street Prison. Pucci attempts to kill Emporio to tie up loose ends, only to inadvertently insert Weather Report's Stand disc into
1972-442: The high speed and intensity of the story, saying that it was as if Araki wanted the reader to feel like they were part of the race themselves, and how the story eventually opens up to follow several different characters whose paths at times intersect, leading to a world that feels "rich and dense". They wrote that the lack of Stands early in the story, with Gyro instead using steel balls, was surprising but refreshing, and reminiscent of
2030-653: The inside cover of volume 2, Araki explained that the "-lion" ending in the title comes from both the Christian concept of blessing and the gospels ("evangelion" in Greek ), and the Ancient Greek myth of Pygmalion . The first chapter title of each pair is the title that is used in the volumization of JoJolion . The second title is the title used in the original serialization in Ultra Jump . JoJolion won
2088-418: The manga's theme as "seeking for satisfaction". Like with other parts of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , Araki also used "an affirmation that humanity is wonderful" as a theme, which he explained as a description for humanity's ability to grow and overcome hardships through one's strength and spirit, portrayed through people succeeding in fights through their own actions, without relying on machines or gods. Because
2146-424: The new Locacaca fruit and use it to cure Holy, just as Kira and Josefumi intended to. Meanwhile, Jobin's mother, Kaato, leaves prison after a 15-year sentence for killing a child to save Jobin's life. Even as Jobin reunites with his mother, he keeps his plot to use the Locacaca branch to cure his own son, Tsurugi, to himself. At Norisuke's behest, Josuke meets with a plant appraiser named Rai Mamezuku, who he leads to
2204-412: The open landscape would have meant that he could not have escaped due to a lack of places to hide, an experience he found useful when drawing the manga. Like other protagonists in the series, Johnny was designed to symbolize the part's story and setting, and to stand out among the previous protagonists in terms of appearance, clothing, and silhouette. He was not specifically planned to have a disability at
2262-419: The original Diego. As the race ends, first place is awarded to the carefree Pocoloco, who had slept through the start of the race and only caught up by sheer luck, while Steven Steel arrives to save Johnny. Valentine's death is covered up as retirement from public life, with concerns over the race placated by the donation of the prize money to charitable causes. Johnny, having regained his ability to walk through
2320-401: The parking lot, Josuke decides not to introduce himself to her, as he has accepted being neither Josefumi nor Kira. The two meet with what remains of the Higashikata family at a cake shop, as the family tries to decide on a cake to celebrate Norisuke's release from the hospital. The family eventually decides to leave the decision to Josuke as Yasuho takes her leave, satisfied that Josuke has found
2378-494: The path of justice as Weather Report obliterates Pucci's head into the floor. Following the undoing of Made in Heaven's effect, Emporio finds himself at a gas station near Green Dolphin Street Prison, where he encounters a hitchhiker named Eldis who bears an uncanny resemblance to Ermes. As it begins to rain, the two offered a ride by a couple named Irene and Anakiss, resembling Jolyne and Anasui, who are on their way to meet Irene's father for his marital blessing. Emporio, recognizing
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2436-468: The perfect form of the Spin technique, enhances his Stand, and overwhelms Valentine with his new power. Valentine attempts to fake his surrender, but Johnny kills him, avenging his companion but putting an end to any hope of his return. The Holy Corpse separates from Lucy, only to be stolen by an unknown antagonist. Pursuing the thief into the final stage of the Steel Ball Run, Johnny is shocked to find that it
2494-455: The power of his Stand and the Spin, leaves America to return Gyro's body to his family. On the boat, he meets the Japanese runner-up racer Norisuke Higashikata. Johnny later marries Norisuke's daughter Rina, leading to the events of Part 8, JoJolion . Written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki , Steel Ball Run was originally serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from January 19 to October 16, 2004. It
2552-472: The power of the Spin to attack Toru with a transient bubble. A gravely-wounded Toru eats a ripening fruit from the branch and attempts to initiate an exchange, only to be pinned to the ground by Kaato. Kaato forces Toru to exchange with Tsurugi and receive his curse, killing both Toru and herself. The last of the new Locacaca branch is destroyed in the process. Josuke and Yasuho visit Holy in the hospital after reuniting. Though Yasuho glimpses Josefumi's mother in
2610-967: The reincarnations of his former friends, tearfully reintroduces himself to Irene. The group departs in Anakiss's car, picking up another hitchhiker resembling Weather Report before driving off in the rain. The anime adaptation of Stone Ocean was personally announced by series creator Hirohiko Araki on the "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure the Animation Special Event: JOESTAR Inherited Soul" live stream in April 2021. The first twelve episodes premiered on Netflix worldwide on December 1, 2021; episodes 13–24 were released on September 1, 2022, and episodes 25–38 were released on December 1, 2022. Fujiko no Kimyō na Shoseijutsu: Whitesnake no Gosan ( フジコの奇妙な処世術 -ホワイトスネイクの誤算- , "Fujiko's Bizarre Wisdom: Whitesnake's Miscalculation") ,
2668-727: The series follows a race across America, Araki had to split his research into three trips: one from the West Coast to the deserts, one from the Great Plains to the Mississippi River and Chicago , and one to New York . He said that it would have been impossible to get an understanding for the vast scale without having gone there personally, describing the scenery of the Midwest as endless and unchanging. The feeling of distance made him think that if an enemy had approached,
2726-519: The setting for the following arcs of the series, JoJolion and The JoJoLands . Viz Media has licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the first volume set to be released in Q3 2025. Steel Ball Run has been universally acclaimed for its art, characters, and story. Its 95 chapters were combined into 24 tankōbon volumes (volumes 81–104 of the entire series), following
2784-404: The sins of the ancestors and this makes people "unclean" ( 穢れ , kegare ) , and if this curse continues it will only turn into "resentment" ( 恨み , urami ) . Another theme is that from birth we see things as black and white, but this produces a "friction" ( 摩擦 , masatsu ) from what humanity really experiences. From these, the "curse" is lifted, this being the goal of the story. On
2842-421: The start of the production; rather, his disability was the result of the series' focus on protagonists growing through overcoming hardships, and Araki wanting to create a character who was forced to rely on people and horses during the race and had room to grow both mentally and physically. Valentine was created as part of Araki noticing more and more that good and evil is not always easily distinguishable and taking
2900-419: The thief's grand machinations. It was serialized in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 7, 1999, to April 8, 2003, and was collected into 17 tankōbon volumes. In its original publication, it was known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 Jolyne Cujoh: Stone Ocean . ( ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第6部 空条徐倫 ―『 石作りの海 （ ストーンオーシャン ） 』 , JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai Roku Bu Kūjō Jorīn: Sutōn Ōshan ) . It
2958-482: The title of Steel Ball Run , seemingly without any connection to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. However, when the series moved to seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump in 2005, Steel Ball Run was officially announced to be the seventh arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , albeit one set in a separate continuity from all the prior arcs. The new continuity that began in Steel Ball Run also serves as
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#17327910424883016-408: The trend set by the previous part, Stone Ocean , of starting over the volume count. Several chapters were adapted into a "vomic" series, which has voice actors act over the manga pages as they are shown on screen. In September 1890, racing jockeys from all over the world flock to the United States to take part in the Steel Ball Run, a cross-country horse race from San Diego to New York City with
3074-417: The unfinished business between his previous life and an impending inhuman threat. It was serialized by Shueisha in the seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 2011 until August 2021, and has been collected in 27 tankōbon volumes. In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , strange structures known colloquially as the Wall Eyes appear near the coast of the town of Morioh, with
3132-414: The use of his legs, and Gyro Zeppeli, a disgraced former executioner who seeks to win amnesty for a child on death row. They compete in the titular cross-country horse race for a $ 50 million grand prize, but find themselves targeted after discovering the hidden agenda of the race's sponsor. The first 23 chapters were serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2004 under
3190-435: The way. Eventually, Valentine succeeds in taking Johnny and Gyro's corpse parts, seizing Diego's eye soon afterward with the aid of his dimension-traversing Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Meanwhile, Steven's wife Lucy tries to uncover and foil Valentine's plan with later assistance from another racer, Hot Pants. However, Valentine discovers Lucy and takes her captive after she fuses with the Corpse and becomes pregnant with
3248-496: Was framed by a follower of Dio , but it is revealed to be a trap set for Jotaro as a Stand named Whitesnake extracts Jotaro's memories and Star Platinum in the form of two discs , leaving him in a coma. Jolyne realizes the extent of her father's love for her and resolves to recover his discs from Whitesnake's user. She is joined by Emporio Alniño, a boy born in prison whose mother was killed by Whitesnake, Ermes Costello, who came to prison to murder her sister's killer, and Foo Fighters,
3306-424: Was later moved to Shueisha's monthly seinen magazine Ultra Jump on March 19, 2005, and ran until April 19, 2011. Araki found that the new, monthly schedule with longer chapters suited him better, as he was not as restricted in what he could draw and no longer had to write stories with momentum building up excitement for the next week's chapter, and had more flexibility to draw at his own pace. Araki described
3364-584: Was preceded by Golden Wind and followed by Steel Ball Run . A 38-episode anime adaptation, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean , was released on Netflix from December 2021 to December 2022. Viz Media began to digitally release the manga in English through its Shonen Jump service in January 2022, and released the first physical volume in November 2023. Jotaro Kujo 's daughter, Jolyne Cujoh ,
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