JoJolion
JoJolion (Japanese: ジョジョリオン, Hepburn: Jojorion) is a seinen manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki, and is the eighth part of the larger JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. It has been serialized by Shueisha in the magazine Ultra Jump since May 2011, and has been collected into 25 tankōbon as of December 2020.
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JoJolion volume 1 cover, featuring Josuke Higashikata and his Stand, Soft & Wet | |
ジョジョリオン (Jojorion) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Hirohiko Araki |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Ultra Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | May 19, 2011 – present |
Volumes | 25 |
Plot
Set in the same continuity as Steel Ball Run, S-City, M-Prefecture (M県S市, Emu-ken, Esu-shi) was devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In the aftermath, strange structures known colloquially as the Wall Eyes (壁の目, Kabe no Me) appear all over the town of Morioh (杜王町, Moriō-chō), with the ground beneath them having the strange property of swapping traits of whatever two objects are buried there.
A local college student named Yasuho Hirose finds a mysterious youth buried under one of the Wall Eyes, and they set off on an adventure together to try to recover his identity and his relation to the corpse of a man named Yoshikage Kira who was buried near him with parts of his body missing. Yasuho conducts her investigation while leaving the youth under the care of her suitor's father Norisuke Higashikata IV, who names him "Josuke". The two soon learn the Higashikata family are related to Kira by marriage, with Yasuho finding Yoshikage's hospitalized mother Holy Joestar-Kira, who suffers memory loss from an incurable disease. Meanwhile, Kei Nijimura, Holy's daughter who works as a maid for the Higashikata household, reveals to Josuke that he is a composite of Yoshikage's missing body parts with that of another person, having undergone an equivalent exchange from being buried under the Wall Eyes.
When Josuke later confronts Norisuke's reasons of taking him in, he learns that the Higashikata family need Yoshikage's memories to end a family curse that is gradually petrifying them. The solution is explained to be the Locacaca fruit, which cures a person of any ailment at the cost of losing an aspect of themselves in exchange. Jobin Higashikata, Norisuke's oldest son, has been using the family fruit parlour to smuggle Locacaca trees into the country in cooperation with mysterious stone-based beings called Rock Humans. Josuke and Yasuho's further investigation of the Locacaca Fruit result with them being targeted by Rock Humans who attempt to hinder them, the former discovering the truth of his own existence by meeting Karera Sakunami and later Tamaki Damo who both knew him as Josefumi Kujo.
In a series of flashbacks, having been saved by Holy in 1997, Josefumi helped Yoshikage steal a Locacaca branch from the Rock Humans to cure Holy, grafting it onto another tree. But it resulted in the Rock Humans attacking the two, with Yoshikage fatally wounded as Josefumi uses their last Locacaca Fruit in an attempt to save him before they were buried alive during the Tōhoku earthquake under the ground on which Wall Eyes emerged - the same area of land where Yasuho later found Josuke. Coping with the revelation that he is Josefumi fused with some parts of Yoshikage, Josuke resolves to retrieve the Locacaca fruit and cure Holy while the Higashikata family have their own goals in mind.
Josuke's search for the grafted branch brings him to a plant appraiser named Rai Mamezuku, putting him in conflict with Jobin and the Rock Humans. Jobin's failure to obtain the branch upsets the Rock Humans, with this conflict escalating greatly when a Rock Human named Poor Tom attacks the orchard, forcing Jobin to set the Higashikata orchard on fire to protect both his family and the branch. Poor Tom is killed by an unseen person and the branch is seemingly taken by two Rock Humans disguised as EMTs; however, Jobin had his son Tsurugi mislead them with his Stand, and in reality they are the ones with the branch. One of the Rock Humans is later discovered to be a doctor named Wu Tomoki; by chance, Yasuho and Jobin's wife Mitsuba happen to be in the hospital where they encounter Tomoki, and the Rock Human attacks them while revealing the hospital's involvement in Locacaca research. The doctor is defeated when Josuke and Mamezuku arrive, and the two (alongside Yasuho, despite her butting heads with Mamezuku on multiple occasions) plan to hunt down the hospital's head doctor.
While searching for info on the head doctor, an elderly Rock Human named Satoru Akefu, the group is caught off-guard when the head doctor walks right past them. The group begins to pursue him, but soon come under attack by Satoru's incredibly powerful Stand. Unable to catch a glimpse of his face, their plans are halted even further when a bystander is accidentally killed while standing near Josuke and Mamezuku, causing the police to come after them. Meanwhile, Jobin and Tsurugi come under attack by Ojiro Sasame, a Stand user who Josuke had previously fought. Planning to steal the Locacaca for himself, Ojiro's scheme causes Jobin to reassess his plans, and ends up dying from Jobin's Stand ability.
While hiding from the police, Josuke and Mamezuku come under attack from Satoru's Stand once again, resulting in Mamezuku being arrested and Josuke being sent to the hospital for serious injuries; however, this was part of Josuke's plan, as being in the hospital would allow him to be closer to Satoru. This plan quickly goes awry, as immediately after awakening in the hospital Josuke finds himself under attack by Satoru's ability yet again. Meanwhile, Yasuho repeatedly runs into her ex-boyfriend Tooru. Although the group encounters him prior to Satoru’s ability activating, she is surprised when Tooru claims he works part time at the hospital and procures an image of Satoru’s face, next to Mitsuba.
Josuke is fatally wounded by the Stand's ability but he is saved by Holy, who uses an experimental vat of the fruit to heal his wounds via rock petrification. Josuke tearfully watches Holy’s illness progress and vows to save her. He then realizes he can make the head doctor fight him if he were to make Akefu pursue him.
Yasuho calls Tooru and asks him to aid her. Driven to the house by Tooru, she attempts to scout the Higashikata household but is attacked by Jobin who immobilizes her Stand in a toilet and attempts to drown her. When Mitsuba reluctantly agrees to kill Yasuho after being pressured by Jobin, her Stand is affected by Akefu when she spots him on the property, his back to her and Yasuho. Mitsuba’s Stand destroys a hole in the household, exposing the fruit graft. Upon investigation with King Nothing, Norisuke is incapacitated by Jobin's Stand, Speed King, which utilizes the power of heat to knock Norisuke unconscious. Suddenly, Mitsuba understands the nature of Satoru’s impending Stand attack: creating intense misfortune. When someone spots the head doctor's back, they are considered “pursuers” and are targeted by endless calamity and misfortune, unlucky events that violently end their victims.
Satoru launches his attack on Jobin, first manifesting himself as a ghostly image through various solid surfaces and then by causing a can of hair spray to heavily wound Jobin with its drip tube. Josuke locates the real Akefu by blackmailing him with videos of Kira’s mother. Mamezuku, having escaped the police and making his way back to the hospital with Doggy Style, spots Satoru Akefu pursuing him. Josuke waits for Akefu to arrive as Tooru closes in on the Higashikata household after Yasuho calls him for help.
Mamezuku chases the head doctor to Wu Tomoki’s lab, where he and Josuke discover that "Satoru Akefu" is actually a Stand. After Akefu senses Josuke’s trap, he attacks with a rock insect which poisons Josuke and Mamezuku. Akefu reveals himself as Tooru’s Stand “Wonder of U”, and explains that the fruit graft is being brought to his location by the flow of calamity. A detailed flashback explains the origins of the Rock Humans, implying Rock Humans look indistinguishable to normal Humans but are different genetically, as they have a silicon base, as opposed to the carbon base used in most forms of life. Wonder of U reveals that it was responsible for Mamezuku’s father's death as Josuke and Mamezuku prepare to attack. However, Wonder of U’s rock insect Dododo De Dadada blinds Josuke with asbestos. Rai uses his stand to kill Dododo De Dadada but succumbs to Wonder of U’s calamity generation and is indirectly killed by Josuke. Before seemingly dying, Rai tells Josuke his bubbles use Spin, a technique established in the previous part.
Yasuho is eventually aided by Joshu, who uses part of Jobin’s experimental New Locacaca branch to perform an equivalent exchange. Tooru chooses not to intervene, instead watching Yasuho regrow her arm at the expense of Joshu’s. Yasuho realizes that Tooru was the assailant the whole time as she spots him and draws her stand. Joshu suddenly begins to demand his arm back, and despite Yasuho trying to reason with him, Joshu continues to become more and more unstable. Yasuho then calls Kei Nijimura, who begins to pursue Josuke's location.
In the skies of Morioh, a panel of a landing plane breaks off, flying directly towards the Higashikata estate. Joshu trips and falls, passing out, allowing Yasuho to continue guiding Kei. In the Locacaca lab, Josuke tries to bait Wonder of U into attacking him by stepping on and breaking the vials of Locacaca 6251, however, the calamity powers of Wonder of U begin to impact him, and he is impaled in the wreckage of the vault. However, Born This Way appears as Kei enters the room, using it’s freezing wind to guide Josuke’s spinning bubbles towards Wonder of U. Although the head doctor manages to pop most of the bubbles sent to him, he is hit by one, slightly injuring him, and causing Tooru to bleed at the Higashikata house. Because of these injuries, Josuke and Wonder of U both begin to understand Mamezuku’s words, seeing that there is untapped potential inside of Josuke’s bubbles. However, because of her part in guiding the bubbles, Wonder of U’s cane flies directly into Kei’s eye socket, killing her, as she hands her phone to Josuke. Josuke and Yasuho reconnect, and Yasuho tells him that Tooru is the user of Wonder of U. Realizing that Josuke is beginning to take the upper hand in battle, Wonder of U begins to retreat, planning to allow the flow of calamity to naturally kill Josuke later, as Tooru reveals himself to Yasuho, confronting her. Joshu attempts to attack Tooru, but the calamity causes a falling leaf to cut through his fingers, as he passes out again. Yasuho then sees the piece of plane that had previously broken off flying directly towards her, telling Josuke about it. Josuke begins chasing the Head Doctor again, hoping to defeat him before the calamity kills Yasuho, and Mamezuku’s disembodied voice begins to guide Josuke, showing Josuke a new ability in his bubbles, as he fires one from his finger like a bullet directly at the escaping Wonder of U.
Characters
- Josuke Higashikata[lower-alpha 1] is a young man with no memory of his past or name and is temporarily named "Josuke" by Yasuho after her dog. He would learn that he was originally Josefumi Kujo,[lower-alpha 2] a friend of the Kira Family whose body was altered by the power of the Locacaca Tree transplanting traits of Yoshikage Kira into him. He uses the Stand Soft & Wet,[lower-alpha 3] which allows him to produce soap bubbles that upon contact with an object can absorb, or steal an aspect of the object that can be used for other purposes, such as a person's eyesight or the friction of the floor.
- Yasuho Hirose[lower-alpha 4] is a young woman who discovers Josuke and helps him search for his true identity. She uses the Stand Paisley Park,[lower-alpha 5] which has the ability to direct things around Yasuho, although Paisley Park acts on Yasuho's subconscious needs rather than her being able to directly control her abilities.
- Norisuke Higashikata IV[lower-alpha 6] is the patriarch of the Higashikata family and runs a local fruit parlor. He uses the Stand King Nothing,[lower-alpha 7] which has the ability to track by scent while changing its physical appearance to resemble the target it is tracking.
- Hato Higashikata[lower-alpha 8] is the eldest daughter of the Higashikata family, and is a fashion model. She uses the Stand Walking Heart,[lower-alpha 9] which allows her to extend her shoes' heels into spikes, which can be used as weapons and to walk up walls.
- Joshu Higashikata[lower-alpha 10] is a college student who uses the Stand Nut King Call,[lower-alpha 11] which allows him to materialize nuts and bolts through objects or people's bodies; if the bolt is undone on a person, the limb it was attached to falls off.
- Daiya Higashikata[lower-alpha 12] is a near-blind teenaged girl who uses the Stand California King Bed,[lower-alpha 13] which allows her to steal people's memories and store them within chess pieces, as long as she does not step on the victim's shadow.
- Jobin Higashikata[lower-alpha 14] is the eldest son of the Higashikata family, and uses the Stand Speed King,[lower-alpha 15] allowing him to manipulate the temperature of his targets and store heat in objects which can then be released as a trap. He intends to obtain the Locacaca fruit and use it to end the curse plaguing his family, and against his father's own will in particular.
- Mitsuba Higashikata[lower-alpha 16] is a vain woman, and Jobin's wife who uses the Stand Awaking III Leaves,[lower-alpha 17] which allows her to create vector arrows that will repel anything from the arrow's direction.
- Tsurugi Higashikata[lower-alpha 18] is a nine-year-old boy, and Jobin's son, having pretended to be a girl as part of his family's tradition that the eldest Higashikata son poses as a girl until the age of 12 to avoid the evil eye. Tsurugi truly fears the family curse, allowing him to played by Yagiyama after seeing him restore a petrified dog with Locacaca fruit which he named Iwasuke.[lower-alpha 19] Tsurugi uses the Stand Paper Moon King,[lower-alpha 20] which lets him create origami that upon touching a person gives them prospagnosia, though this is later revealed to be a single application of Paper Moon King's ability, which actually disrupts his target's vision and causes them to be unable to discern objects and people from each other, such as making Aisho see a bus as Jobin. It additionally allows him to create origami from other objects than paper and is able to control origami creatures he has made.
- Kaato Higashikata[lower-alpha 21] is Norisuke's ex-wife and the mother of Hato, Joshu, Daiya and Jobin, and has served a fifteen-year sentence for the murder of a child. She uses a Stand that allows her to store objects in the middle of a deck of cards.
- Kei Nijimura[lower-alpha 22] is the Higashikata family's maid, and uses the Stand Born This Way,[lower-alpha 23] which takes the form of a robotic rider on a motorcycle, which attacks when its target opens an item, such as a door or a notebook, and attacks by freezing everything around it. She is later revealed to be Holy's daughter and Yoshikage's sister
- Rai Mamezuku[lower-alpha 24] is a plant appraiser and fruit grower who works for Norisuke's fruit company. He uses the Stand Doggy Style,[lower-alpha 25] which allows him to peel his flesh like an apple, turning it into a ribbon that he can manipulate.
- Holy Joestar Kira[lower-alpha 26] is an ophthalmologist from T.H. Medical University Hospital and an associate professor at Morioh's T.G. University. She is hospitalized, as parts of her brain and other organs are missing.
- Yoshikage Kira[lower-alpha 27] is a doctor who is a descendant of Johnny Joestar through his mother and thus a distant relation to the Higashikata family. He was also a friend of Josefumi Kujo, who attempted to help him save Holy's life by stealing a Locacaca Branch to use its fruit. But it ended with Yoshikage fatally wounded by the Rock People with Josefumi attempting to save him with last of the Locacaca Fruit they stole before the two were buried alive by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The fruit takes effect with Kira's body parts being swapped with Josefumi's to turn him into Josuke, with what remained of Yoshikage's body uncovered a few days after Josuke was found. Yoshikage's Stand is Killer Queen,[lower-alpha 28] which can produce exploding soap bubbles, its "soap bubble" aspect transferred into Soft & Wet. It can also summon out multiple tank-like stands called Sheer Heart Attack[lower-alpha 29]
- Tooru[lower-alpha 30] is a part-time worker at the same hospital that Holy's in, and Yasuho's ex-boyfriend. Later revealed to be a Rock Human, Tooru's goals are to get a grasp at the new Locacaca fruit at any cost. His Stand is the humanoid, calamity-causing Wonder of U[lower-alpha 31].
- Rock Humans are a mysterious race of humanoid silicon-based lifeforms with the ability to turn into stone, having infiltrated Morioh (and presumably the rest of the world) under assumed aliases. The groups active in Morioh also have ties to both the Locacaca Tree and Jobin, silencing anyone who learns of the former's existence. Currently, there are two selective groups of Rock Humans who are after the Locacaca and its fruit including the following:
- The Locacaca Smuggling Organization is a mysterious, secret smuggling operation serve as the first collective antagonists in the start of the series, their goal is to secretly obtain and sell Locacaca fruits:
- Yotsuyu Yagiyama[lower-alpha 32] is the first of the Rock Humans to appear, tricking Tsurugi to help him kill Josuke while stealing the Higashikata fortune. In his civilian identity, Yotsuyu is an architect of some regard, and was the one that the Higashikata family hired to design and build their house. Yagiyama's Stand is I Am a Rock,[lower-alpha 33] which turns his target into a gravity well that pulls certain objects towards them.
- Aisho Dainenjiyama[lower-alpha 34] is a Rock Human who is among the protectors of the Locacaca Tree, attacking Yasuho and Tsurugi when he realized they were following him before the latter used his ties to Jobin to trick him into getting run over by a bus. Dainenjiyama's Stand is Doobie Wah!,[lower-alpha 35] which allows Dainenjiyama to create small razor-sharp tornadoes that automatically track down their target by means of their breath, and grows bigger as the target breathes more.
- The A. Phex Brothers[lower-alpha 36] are twin Rock Humans who pose as street performers while targeting Karera before they come across Josuke, having played a role in the attempt on Josefumi and Yoshikage's lives prior. The older brother's Stand Schott Key No. 1[lower-alpha 37] allows him to transfer objects between his two hands, using it the younger brother's Stand Schott Key No. 2[lower-alpha 38] a soccer ball concealing a doll-like figure that releases a poisonous gas, for risky combination attacks.
- Tamaki Damo[lower-alpha 39] is a Rock Human and their leader who set up the Damo Can Cleaning service as a cover, using Hato under to infiltrate the Higashikata estate to track down those who killed his allies. But he ends up being mortally wounded by Hato and then killed by Josuke. Damo's Stand is Vitamin C,[lower-alpha 40] which allows him to render a living being's body malleable or completely liquefy into nothingness after they touch an object that has his fingerprints on it.
- The Locacaca Research Organization is a group working in the medical field whose interest in the Locacaca fruit seems to stem from a desire to make Rock Humans the dominant species:
- Urban Guerrilla[lower-alpha 41] is Rock Person whose real name is Ryo Shimosato;[lower-alpha 42] he's a gastroenterologist who was assigned to take down Mamezuku before Josuke and Yasuho meet him to find the Locacaca branch, he later attacks all three of them at Mamezuku's summer home/ski lift in his pet Rock Animal Doremifasolati Do.[lower-alpha 43] Guerrilla's Stand is Brain Storm,[lower-alpha 44] which can melt the flesh of anyone that comes in contact with him, they grab onto the skin and then breakthrough into inside the victim's body. This causes hemolysis within the body while they constantly multiply as the target begins to break down into holes dug into the skin. However, the Stand can be nullified by washing it off with water before it has the chance to burrow into the victim.
- Poor Tom,[lower-alpha 45] a short, infant-like Rock Human covered in wrinkles and smokes cigarettes who is enlisted by Jobin after Guerrilla's defeat and tells him to bury his Stand Ozon Baby[lower-alpha 46] in the ground to prevent the others to find the branch only to betray him and trap him and his son Tsurugi in the Higashikata household via his Stand. He is killed after by an unseen enemy, who shoots him in the head with an unknown object after he suffers fatal poisoning from a Yew tree seed. His Stand can depressurize an area upon activation and can inflict depressurization sickness in seconds, also any room will regain normal pressure closed when but still as dangerous as the pressure will gradually increase to lethal levels. Ozon Baby can also create illusions of itself, and getting close to it will cause the body to cave in on itself from the intense pressure.
- Wu Tomoki,[lower-alpha 47] a Rock Human who's an orthopedic surgeon, he's first seen by Yasuho examining Mitsuba's right ear and later curing her with a 200 million yen cure involving Locacaca fruit. He is killed when Josuke seals his fragmented head in medical cement. He has a Stand called Doctor Wu,[lower-alpha 48] that's bound to Wu's body, and allows him to disintegrate into tiny, independent stone fragments in order to possess someone.
- Satoru Akefu,[lower-alpha 49] the head of the T.G. University Hospital and a possible Rock Human. Believed to be 89 years old; he is the head of the research group and the mastermind behind the Rock Humans' various operations in Morioh. Yasuho suspects that he and Wu Tomoki were involved in the death of Poor Tom. Mamezuku tries to ask the receptionist for a meeting with him, but he refuses to interfere. He possesses a mysterious Stand ability that prevents anyone from following him by causing various objects (ranging from still-burning cigarettes to nearby vehicles) to collide with them, with the energy from the collisions being stored and eventually released as a single attack which can cause a chain reaction-like transfer to others around the victim; a bystander was hit by a car after suffering a sudden injury after coming into contact with Josuke's blood. This ability only works if someone is trying to find him explicitly, but if he is simply a barrier in the way of their actual goal, then the Stand cannot affect them. He is revealed to be Tooru's Stand, Wonder of U.
- Dolomite[lower-alpha 50] is a limbless Rock Person whose real name is Masaji Dorokoma,[lower-alpha 51] he is currently the only Rock Person not affiliated with any of the groups above. In the past, he was a carefree, handsome man until he saved his blind girlfriend from going into a power plant, destroying his arms and legs in the process; he was assigned by Jobin to take out Josuke. Dolomite's Stand is Blue Hawaii,[lower-alpha 52] it can possess a person only by having someone touch something that belongs to the user like Dolomite's tooth, it can then possess another or more through the same process. It has to be physical so touching through something like plastic wrap doesn't count, but blood dropped onto another person or more does. Once it is done, the possessed victim(s) will go after a specific target the user desires, its weakness though causes the possessed to walk in a straight, linear direction towards that target; the possessed are also functionally blind while under the Stand's thrall, and "see" through their own spilled blood.
- Shakedown Road[lower-alpha 53] is a location in Morioh where the residents are known for extorting visitors; and despite not being a person, it has a Stand called Les Feuilles[lower-alpha 54] that allows it to move people very fast and unnoticed when stepping on the ginkgo leaves.
- Milagro Man[lower-alpha 55] is the Stand of a well-known unnamed arms dealer who set his family, fortune, house and himself on fire after a losing a 50,000,000,000 dollar lawsuit. The Stand caused whoever stole money from its previous owner to gain an increasingly large amount of money by creating and duplicating it until they are literally buried in it regardless of spending it or destroying it, the only way out is to either give it back to the previous owner or give it to a new one.
Production
JoJolion is written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It premiered in Shueisha's Ultra Jump on May 19, 2011.[1] 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 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 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.
Chapters
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.
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1 (105) | Welcome to Morioh Town Yōkoso, Moriō-chō e (ようこそ 杜王町へ) | December 19, 2011[2] | 978-4-08-870311-4 | ||
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Yasuho Hirose discovers the body of a naked man underneath one of the Wall Eyes, and while investigating his identity, they are nearly killed by someone who thinks the naked man is Yoshikage Kira. | |||||
2 (106) | His Name Is Josuke Higashikata Higashikata Jōsuke toiu Namae (東方定助という名前) | April 19, 2012[3] | 978-4-08-870413-5 | ||
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The young man, now dubbed Josuke, is adopted by the Higashikata family. To return the favor of being given a home, Norisuke IV places him in charge of taking care of his blind daughter Daiya, who soon reveals she has a Stand and intends to use it to make Josuke her lover with her memory-stealing abilities. | |||||
3 (107) | Their Family Tree Sono Kakeizu (その家系図) | September 19, 2012[4] | 978-4-08-870526-2 | ||
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After besting Daiya, Josuke discovers the Higashikata Family Tree, leading him and Yasuho in a race to meet Yoshikage Kira's only known living relative: his mother Holy Joestar-Kira. However, Josuke soon encounters two Stands, including one that seems to be helping him. | |||||
4 (108) | The Lemon and the Tangerine Remon to Mikan (レモンとみかん) | May 17, 2013[5] | 978-4-08-870642-9 | ||
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Josuke finishes his fight against the strange biker Stand with the help of the navigation Stand, only to meet the biker Stand's user: the Higashikata's maid Nijimura. She reveals her true identity to Josuke and helps him figure out who he really is, or at least in part, while Yasuho discovers why Holy Joestar was admitted to Morioh's TG University Hospital. Several days later, Josuke asks Norisuke IV if he can begin attending school, and he tasks Joshu with bringing him to the local high school, which lies at the end of Morioh's infamous Shakedown Road. | |||||
5 (109) | Morioh Town: 1901 Moriō-chō "Sen Kyū-hyaku Ichi Nen" (杜王町『1901年』) | October 18, 2013[6] | 978-4-08-870830-0 | ||
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Josuke and Joshu discover the truth behind Shakedown Road and Josuke and Yasuho discover a mystery from Morioh's past. | |||||
6 (110) | Tsurugi Higashikata's Goal, and the Architect Higashikata Tsurugi no Mokuteki, Soshite Kenchikka (東方つるぎの目的 そして建築家) | March 19, 2014[7] | 978-4-08-870891-1 | ||
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Yasuho unwittingly becomes acquainted with young Tsurugi Higashikata, but her abhorrence of the child's actions puts her under the thrall of Tsurugi's Stand. And the mysterious architect Yotsuyu Yagiyama makes himself known. | |||||
7 (111) | King Nothing Kingu Nasshingu (キング・ナッシング) | May 19, 2014[8] | 978-4-08-880087-5 | ||
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Josuke and Norisuke IV find themselves under the attack of Yotsuyu Yagiyama, the architect of the Higashikata estate and a man who wants Josuke (or rather Yoshikage Kira) dead, and has convinced Tsurugi to help him. | |||||
8 (112) | Every Day Is a Summer Vacation Mainichi ga Natsuyasumi (毎日が夏休み) | October 17, 2014[9] | 978-4-08-880238-1 | ||
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Josuke has no choice but to fight the mysterious Yotsuyu Yagiyama, as he may have some clue as to how to cure the Higashikata family's stone curse. But when Yotsuyu seemingly dies, Josuke instead discovers that the family's eldest son Jobin Higashikata may know more than be hiding something from the others, and decides to make a bet with him to discover the truth. | |||||
9 (113) | Eldest Son: Jobin Higashikata Danchō: Higashikata Jōbin (長男・東方常敏) | February 19, 2015[10] | 978-4-08-880314-2 | ||
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Josuke enters his bet against Jobin to help Tsurugi and Yasuho discover exactly how he has come across the strange fruit. He discovers he will be pitting the giant stag beetle Jobin just gave him against one of Jobin's favorites in his collection. Along the way, he realizes that what he has actually entered is a battle of wits and Stands. | |||||
10 (114) | Follow the Locacaca Tree! Locacaca no Ki o Oe! (ロカカカの樹を追え!) | July 17, 2015[11] | 978-4-08-880436-1 | ||
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With information from Jobin's car, Yasuho and Tsurugi track down the mysterious Aisho Dainenjiyama who was last seen with the mysterious Locacaca fruit. However, he soon discovers their presence and tries to kill them with his Stand, putting the two on the run as the tornado-like Doobie Wah! tracks them down. | |||||
11 (115) | The Twins Are Coming to Town Sōji ga Machi ni Yattekuru (双児が町にやって来る) | December 18, 2015[12] | 978-4-08-880548-1 | ||
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After Dainenjiyama is defeated, Yasuho and Josuke finally meet up, but Josuke is distracted by a young woman who seems to know who he is. He meets up with this woman, Karera Sakunami, to discover she does know his original identity, but before he can learn enough from her, the two are attacked by a pair of Stand-using twins. | |||||
12 (116) | Hato's Boyfriend Hato-chan no Bōifurendo (鳩ちゃんのボーイフレンド) | March 18, 2016[13] | 978-4-08-880647-1 | ||
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13 (117) | Walking Heart Wōkingu Hāto (ウォーキング・ハート) | July 19, 2016[14] | 978-4-08-880742-3 | ||
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14 (118) | Dawn of the Higashikata Household Higashikata-ke no Yoake (東方家の夜明け) | December 19, 2016[15] | 978-4-08-880880-2 | ||
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15 (119) | Dolomite's Blue Lagoon Doromite no Aoi Sangoshō (ドロミテの青い珊瑚礁) | July 19, 2017[16] | 978-4-08-880882-6 | ||
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16 (120) | Mother and Child Haha to Ko (母と子) | September 19, 2017[17] | 978-4-08-881233-5 | ||
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17 (121) | Escape from Mount Hanarero Hanareroyama kara Dasshutsu Shiro (鼻炉山から脱出しろ) | December 19, 2017[18] | 978-4-08-881443-8 | ||
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18 (122) | North of the Higashikata Household. The Orchard Higashikata-ke no Kita. Kajuen (東方家の北。果樹園) | July 19, 2018[19] | 978-4-08-881452-0 | ||
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19 (123) | Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Wu Tomoki Seikeigekai – Ū Tomoki-sensei (整形外科医 – 羽伴毅先生) | October 19, 2018[20] | 978-4-08-881596-1 | ||
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20 (124) | Please Come With Me. Doctor Wu Issho ni Onegai. Dokutā Ū (一緒にお願い。ドクター・ウー) | March 19, 2019[21] | 978-4-08-881777-4 | ||
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21 (125) | The Wonder of You Za Wandā Obu Yū (ザ・ワンダー・オブ・ュー) | July 19, 2019[22] | 978-4-08-882015-6 | ||
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22 (126) | TG University Hospital Head Doctor: Satoru Akefu TG Daigaku Byōin Inchō - Akefu Satoru (TG大学病院院長 - 明負悟) | December 19, 2019[23] | 978-4-08-882167-2 | ||
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23 (127) | Whole Lotta Love Mune Ippai no Ai wo (胸いっぱいの愛を) | April 17, 2020[24] | 978-4-08-882167-2 | ||
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24 (128) | Just Don't Move Ugokanai Shikanai (動かないしかない) | October 16, 2020[25] | 978-4-08-882394-2 | ||
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25 (129) | The Ultimate Dilemma Kyūkyoku no Jirenma (究極のジレンマ) | December 18, 2020[26] | 978-4-08-882544-1 | ||
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were serialized in Ultra Jump in the January 2021 through February 2021 issues.
- 103. "The Endless Disaster (9)" (終わりなき厄災 その⑨, Owarinaki Yakusai Sono 9)
- 104. "The Endless Disaster (10)" (終わりなき厄災 その⑩, Owarinaki Yakusai Sono 10)
Reception
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.[27] The second volume ranked third, with 204,791 copies, for the week of April 16–22, 2012.[28] Its third volume debuted at number two for the week of September 17–23, selling 260,080 copies.[29] All three were some of the best-selling manga of 2012; volume one was 46th with 534,996 copies, volume two was 53rd with 516,040, and volume 3 sold 457,791 copies for 69th.[30][31] Volume four was number two for the week of May 12–18, 2013, selling 224,551 copies in its first week.[32] The 2013 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, which surveys people in the manga and publishing industry, named JoJolion the 12th best manga series for male readers.[33] It won the Grand Prize for manga at the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival.[34]
Notes
- Josuke Higashikata (東方 定助, Higashikata Jōsuke)
- Josefumi Kujo (空条 仗世文, Kūjō Josefumi)
- Soft & Wet (ソフト&ウェット(柔らかくてそして濡れている), Sofuto Ando Wetto (Yawarakakute Soshite Nureteiru))
- Yasuho Hirose (広瀬 康穂, Hirose Yasuho)
- Paisley Park (ペイズリーパーク, Peizurī Pāku)
- Norisuke Higashikata IV (四代目東方 憲助, Yondaime Higashikata Norisuke)
- King Nothing (キング・ナッシング, Kingu Nasshingu)
- Hato Higashikata (東方 鳩, Higashikata Hato)
- Walking Heart (ウォーキング・ハート, Wōkingu Hāto)
- Joshu Higashikata (東方 常秀, Higashikata Jōshū)
- Nut King Call (ナット・キング・コール, Natto Kingu Kōru)
- Daiya Higashikata (東方 大弥, Higashikata Daiya)
- California King Bed (カリフォルニア・キング・ベッドちゃん, Kariforunia Kingu Beddo-chan)
- Jobin Higashikata (東方 常敏, Higashikata Jōbin)
- Speed King (スピード・キング, Supīdo Kingu)
- Mitsuba Higashikata (東方 密葉, Higashikata Mitsuba)
- Awaking III Leaves (アウェイキング・Ⅲリーブス, Aweikingu Surī Rībusu)
- Tsurugi Higashikata (東方 つるぎ, Higashikata Tsurugi)
- Iwasuke (岩助)
- Paper Moon King (ペーパー・ムーン・キング, Pēpā Mūn Kingu)
- Kaato Higashikata (東方 花都, Higashikata Kaato)
- Kei Nijimura (虹村 京, Nijimura Kei)
- Born This Way (ボーン・ディス・ウェイ, Bōn Disu Wei)
- Rai Mamezuku (豆銑 礼, Mamezuku Rai)
- Doggy Style (ドギー・スタイル, Dogī Sutairu)
- Holy Joestar Kira (吉良・ホリー・ジョースター, Kira Horī Jōsutā)
- Yoshikage Kira (吉良 吉影, Kira Yoshikage)
- Killer Queen (キラークイーン, Kirā Kuīn)
- Sheer Heart Attack (シアーハートアタック, Shiā Hāto Atakku)
- Tooru (透龍とおる, Tōru)
- Wonder of U (ワンダー・オブ・U (ユー), Wandā Obu Yū)
- Yotsuyu Yagiyama (八木山 夜露, Yagiyama Yotsuyu)
- I Am a Rock (アイ・アム・ア・ロック, Ai Amu A Rokku)
- Aisho Dainenjiyama (大年寺山 愛唱, Dainenjiyama Aishō)
- Doobie Wah! (ドゥービー・ワゥ!, Dūbī Wau!)
- A. Phex Brothers (エイ・フェックス兄弟, Ei Fekkusu-kyōdai)
- Schott Key No. 1 (ショット・キー No.1, Shotto Kī Nanbā Wan)
- Schott Key No. 2 (ショット・キー No.2, Shotto Kī Nanbā Tsū)
- Tamaki Damo (田最 環, Damo Tamaki)
- Vitamin C (ビタミンC Bitamin Shī)
- Urban Guerrilla (アーバン・ゲリラ, Āban Gerira)
- Ryo Shimosato (下里 良, Shimosato Ryō)
- Doremifasolatido Do (ドレミファソラティ・ド, Doremifasorati Do)
- Brain Storm (ブレイン・ストーム, Burein Sutōmu)
- Poor Tom (プアー・トム, Puā Tomu)
- Ozon Baby (オゾン・ベイビー, Ozon Beibī)
- Wu Tomoki (羽 伴毅, Ū Tomoki)
- Doctor Wu (ドクター・ウー, Dokutā Ū)
- Satoru Akefu (明負 悟, Akefu Satoru)
- Dolomite (ドロミテ, Doromite)
- Masaji Dorokoma (泥駒 政次, Dorokoma Masaji)
- Blue Hawaii (ブルー・ハワイ, Burū Hawai)
- Shakedown Road (カツアゲロード, Katsuage Rōdo)
- Autumn Leaves(Les Feuilles) (オータム・リーブス, Ōtamu Rībusu)
- Milagro Man (ミラグロマン, Miraguro Man)
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External links
- JoJolion (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia