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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
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Description
An epic horror-action-adventure! Spanning the generations of the Joestar family, each arc focuses on a certain JoJo of the family and their battles with vampires, super vampires, and other Stand users. 1: Phantom Blood - Jonathan Joestar 2: Battle Tendency - Joseph Joestar 3: Stardust Crusaders - Jotaro Kujo (first use of Stands) 4: Diamond is Unbreakable - Josuke Higashikata 5: Vento Aureo - Giorno Giovana 6: Stone Ocean - Jolyne Kujo 7: Steel Ball Run - Gyro Zeppeli & Johnny Joestar (alternate universe Jonathan Joestar)
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Manga
Related Series
Associated Names
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険
jojo no kimyou na bouken
JoJo的奇妙冒险
Jojos Bizarre Adventure
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Latest Release(s)
Status in Country of Origin
97 Volumes (Ongoing)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 12, Chap 114
Ends at Vol 28, Chap 265
User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (98 votes) Bayesian Average: 7.81 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 9th 2010, 7:03am PST
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Year
1986
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Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Viz (12 Volumes - Ongoing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 743  (+183) Monthly Pos # 1651 (+352) 3 Month Pos # 2629  (-198) 6 Month Pos # 2663 (+43)
List Stats
On 239 reading lists On 211 wish lists On 31 unfinished lists On 28 custom lists
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| The Masterpiece of All Time by Lefance on November 20th, 2009, 5:10pm |
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I have read lots of manga since I started about ten years ago, and I still haven't found anything that is better than JoJo. The artwork is pretty crude at first and the story may seem pretty ridiculous but when you realise the greatness of it, there's no turning back. You keep reading and reading, and the best part is there's lots to read, 97 vols (currently, if you count in STEEL BALL RUN) and it never gets boring or repetitive. You have to be a total genius to manage doing it (or nearly god). There are longer manga, like Golgo #13 and KochiKame, but they are pretty episodic.
Go read it already.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on November 20th, 2009, 5:11pm |
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| Everyone MUST read this series by cruznik71450 on October 29th, 2009, 1:36am |
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Words can't describe how clever some of the situations are. I get left speechless with some of the stuff. It isn't comedy based but there is alot of humor in this series that makes you almost piss your pants your laughing so hard. You find yourself hating the enemy and rooting for the good guys. This is a long series but it does not get old. READ THIS NOW or else you will regret it.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on October 29th, 2009, 1:37am |
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| Yare yare daze... by AmishSamurai on February 14th, 2009, 4:09pm |
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This series covers so many bases across it's 22 (at the time of this comment) years of publication that it's hard to say what group it best caters too. Part 1 is closest to horror and action combined, and while short is very good. Robert Edward O. Speedwagon is the most awesome name ever. Literally anybody can die, and most do. Part 2 takes place 40 or 50 years after Part 1, and is more of a martial arts series a la Fist of the North Star. Like Part 1 is pretty short, and not as many people die but the body count is still pretty heavy. Part 3 is considered by many to be the crowning moment of the series, and introduces the psychic forces known as Stands. very actiony/RPG-ish with some of the most clever fight sequences out there. The gruesome body count of Part 1 returns, with some characters even dying twice. The final battle between the Joestars and Dio is one of the most memorable in the entire series.
Post Part-3 is where most of the fanbase has a schism. There's the group that considers JJBA done at this point since Dio is dead, and there's those who still read on. I didn't like Part 4 at first, but it grew on me. Good luck finding scans that aren't ohmaigawd awful though. It takes a far different turn from the earlier parts of the series, almost being like a mystery instead of an action series. Due to Araki being a fan of traveling, most of the series takes place in several real locations. Part 4 all takes place within a fictional town. The body count is drastically lower, with Josuke usually just "beating the evil" out of others. Part 5 attempts to cash in on Part 3, but localizing it to Italy instead of the whole world. How successful it was is up to you (I liked it, but I like Part 3 more personally). Part 6 was just silly. It's localized more like Part 4, but the art style is so odd and the Stands so off-the-wall it's hard to take seriously. Part 7 is semi-separate, but takes an interesting angle. Not enough has been released for me to make a final call on it, but I like it so far.
So tl;dr - Part 1 = good, Part 2 = also good, Part 3 = The best, Part 4 = very good, Part 5 = okay, Part 6 = subpar, Part 7 = good.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| Ora! by kapuppy on April 29th, 2007, 10:00pm |
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This is my favorite series for the last year... it's just so crazy and weird. The bizarre plot and unusual art drive a lot of people off, sadly. My friends and I found that if you just put up with the art for the first 5-10 books, you'll probably be brainwashed into loving it and then you'll go spend $100 on the artbooks. I gotta say I usually hate series that are longer than 20 books or have a lot of character death, but.. well, no one part of Jojo is over 20 books, and... eh... I dunno, I just love it so much I get over everyone dying, I guess. It's exciting because you never know if the heroes will live; you never know what crazy thing someone will think of in a fight (it's hard to see anything coming in this manga); the fights are blessedly short for shounen manga; and people use their brains to fight, not their hearts and inner goodnees and crap like that. Really you can say that most Jojo fights are really thinking contests, and your reward for outwitting your opponent is getting to punch that person in the face. XD
Regarding a previous comment, I guess there's not a lot of overt comedy, but... come on, this is still hilarious.The current story is basically a fetch quest to gather the mummified body parts of Jesus Christ while fighting off dinosaurs. How can this not make you giggle?! The series has a kind of internal drama that keeps you worried, but it's hard to actually take it seriously; I don't think even the author does that. He just thinks of more crazy crap every month. And no, there's very little romance, yay! No sappy idiotic useless girly shounen-manga-standard love interests who need rescuing. There are very few Jojo girls but at least they're all asskickers.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| This is Bizarre...I can't stop reading it... by Spike Coral on July 1st, 2006, 12:47pm |
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| I began to read it while it was still a gothik story about a strange mask and the rivalty against good and evil... then it became natural to keep on reading it but I didn't even know why... This Manga has a strange style, but this is to emphasize the strange story of Joystar Family... if you're keen on story i which you don't know where it lead you, just start to read it you'll surely be possessed by the stand of fun. |
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| it's not bad by Anonymous on June 9th, 2006, 9:39pm |
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| it's not bad but the poses often leaving thinking why do they do that? lol but it's still a really good read since i just can't stop myself from continuing to read it. |
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| One of the true greats by ReaperNaruto on January 3rd, 2006, 11:46pm |
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| this is ont of my all time favorite books. Yes at times it seems like you know what will happen next but it almost never does. The art has its own soul and style witch makes it even better. It is not about one person only. It is the story of a blood line and the journy each generation has to do to stop evil |
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| this series is awesome by Anonymous on December 25th, 2005, 10:07pm |
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| The fighting is some of the best I've ever seen. |
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| I like fighting but there is no comedy. by vosh on March 13th, 2005, 10:57pm |
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| I guess I like comedy & romance in action story. After reading 8 volumes, I got bored of it. I think pure action fan would rate this much higher. |
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