JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

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“	I'd say living with a positive outlook is the theme of JoJo. It's a celebration of humanity.	„
	~ Hirohiko Araki

“	This story depicts the mysterious Stone Mask from Mexico and its raveling of the destinies of two youngsters and their bizarre adventures!	„
	~ Exposition

“	Joseph! You will likely meet him soon! You will probably understand his identity and the meaning of evolution! Like destiny handed down by God...	„
	~ Straizo

“	Because that person is evil incarnate, and his name is DIO! Now that he has been awakened from his hundred-year slumber, it is our fate to fight that man! The only way to break this curse is to find him... and kill him!	„
	~ Joseph Joestar

“	It's already been three months since the start of the year 1999. The past three months have been really stressful and exciting... until I met those two really strange guys.	„
	~ Koichi Hirose

“	His resolution couldn't be broken. He began to see his goal in life. Giorno Giovanna... dreamed of being a Gang-Star!	„
	~ Exposition

“	Didn't you say that everything should have a name? I want to give her a name too... Stone Free... Because I want to be free from this 'stone ocean'!	„
	~ Jolyne Cujoh

“	This story is the tale of me starting to walk. Not in the physical sense, but in an adolescence to adulthood sort of way. When I met that man, Gyro Zeppeli...	„
	~ Johnny Joestar

“	This is a story about breaking a curse. A curse is something that must be broken, or you will be defeated by it... This mysterious boy who was buried underground— Who in the world is he? Where did he come from?	„
	~ Yasuho Hirose

“	This is a story about how I got filthy rich. What, you think 'filthy rich' is an exaggeration? You think I sound conceited? By 'filthy rich', I do mean making fat stacks of money... But there's something way more important than that.	„
	~ Jodio Joestar

“	There's one reason you lost DIO. You pissed me off.	„
	~ Jotaro Kujo

“	Better introduce myself, then. My name is Jorge Joestar. Everyone calls me JoJo. Detective JoJo. Welcome to the new world, where the Atlantic and Canary Islands don't exist.	„
	~ Joji Joestar

“	As long as I live, I will not forget... about this journey... this sight... and... Kakyoin... Iggy... Avdol... it's over...!	„
	~ Joseph Joestar

Summary

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a continuing manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It currently has nine Parts and two different timelines as well as a spin-off focusing on the character Rohan Kishibe and the supernatural. Within them, various members of the Joestar family (always being capable of being nicknamed JoJo) embark on bizarre journeys in different time periods. In the first six Parts, the main influence of these quests is somehow related to the malevolent Dio Brando. In the seventh and eighth Parts, it is caused and driven by a mysterious Holy Corpse, and toward the end of the eighth part and ongoing ninth part, mysterious forces known as mechanisms.

Attack Potency: The verse's top tiers reach up to Building level to Large Building level+, and Stands like Weather Report has Island level environmental destruction. Its lower tiers being somewhere in the range of Below Average level to Small Building level.

Speed: Top tier Stands can go up to Massively FTL speeds, with at least only a couple being able to reach Infinite speeds. Some Stands can reach the Speed of Light, like Red Hot Chili Pepper and Hanged Man, and some Stands from Diamond is Unbreakable and Stone Ocean reach Relativistic+ to FTL in speeds.

Hax: JoJo's true strong point, however, is in their hax abilities. It has several characters capable of manipulating time, a Stand that manipulates causality and can exist even when time is erased, an ability that, when perfectly used, produces infinite damage, pierce through dimensional walls/realms plus ignore durability and space-time manipulations, and many more.

Kars blocks ultraviolet light: FTL+ (40.37c)

Jotaro Kujo sprints 400m in 25 seconds: Superhuman (16 m/s)

Knowledgeable Members

DemiiPowa (Parts 1-6)
ArbitraryNumbers (Mostly parts 1-5)
Chariot190
Cloozuma
Iapitus The Impaler
JustSomeWeirdo (Mostly 1-7)
CrimsonStarFallen (All parts)
Starter Pack (Parts 1-4)
The King of Prudence
FDrybob (Watched parts 1-5, read part 6)
SheevShezarrine (Parts 1 - 4)
Antoniofer (Up to Part 6)
Chritin060 (Parts 1-9 & Most Spin-offs)
AmonInChains

Characters

The story follows Jonathan Joestar as he matures with and eventually combats his adoptive brother, the cunning and merciless Dio Brando.

As part of his scheme, Dio torments Jonathan in ways such as "mistaking" his dog for attacking him and proceeding to knee him in the jaw, violently beating him in a boxing match, and turning his friends against him, all while presenting himself before Jonathan's father as a better gentleman and student than his adoptive brother. When Jonathan finds solace in a relationship with his girlfriend Erina Pendleton, Dio steals her first kiss.

Dio eventually becomes a vampire, leading to Jonathan fighting him for humanity's sake.

Phantom Blood

Jonathan Joestar	Will Zeppeli	Speedwagon	Straizo

Dio Brando	Tarkus	Bruford	Jack The Ripper

Taking place in 1938-39, the story follows the misadventures of Joseph Joestar, grandson of Jonathan, as he masters his innate Hamon abilities in order to combat hostile, ancient super-beings named the Pillar Men, creators of the Stone Mask that plot to become the ultimate lifeforms.

Along the way, Joseph trains with other warriors of the Ripple.

Battle Tendency

Joseph Joestar	Caesar Zeppeli	Lisa Lisa	Rudol von Stroheim

Santana	Wamuu	Esidisi	Kars

From 1988 to 1989, the story follows Jotaro Kujo and his friends as they journey from Tokyo to Cairo, Egypt, to save the life of his mother, Holy Kujo, by defeating his family's resurrected archenemy, DIO.

Jotaro travels with his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, as well as Muhammad Avdol, Noriaki Kakyoin, Jean Pierre Polnareff, and Iggy. The group fights several of DIO's minions and Stand users along the way.

Stardust Crusaders

Jotaro Kujo	Joseph Joestar	Muhammad Avdol	Noriaki Kakyoin	Polnareff	Iggy

Gray Fly	Captain Tennille	Forever	Devo the Cursed	Rubber Soul	J. Geil

Hol Horse	ZZ	Enya the Hag	Steely Dan	Arabia Fats	Mannish Boy

Cameo	Midler	N'Doul	Boingo	Anubis	Mariah

Alessi	Daniel J. D'Arby	Pet Shop	Telence T. D'Arby	Vanilla Ice	DIO

In 1999, an older Jotaro Kujo travels to coastal Morioh, Japan, in order to meet high school freshman Josuke Higashikata who is the illegitimate child of Joseph Joestar.

Meanwhile, the Arrow, manifesting latent Stand abilities, travels throughout Morioh; as Josuke and his friends seek out the culprits of a series of homicides.

Diamond Is Unbreakable

Josuke Higashikata	Koichi Hirose	Okuyasu Nijimura	Rohan Kishibe	Shigekiyo Yangu

Mikitaka	Keicho Nijimura	Hazamada	Akira Otoishi	Yoshikage Kira

Yukako Yamagishi	Anjuro Katagiri	Yuya Fungami	Terunosuke	Stray Cat

Cheap Trick	Bug-Eaten	Yoshihiro Kira

Set in 2001 Italy, the story follows Giorno Giovanna and his dream to rise within the Neapolitan mafia and defeat the boss of Passione, the most powerful and influential gang, in order to become a "Gang-Star". With the aid of a capo and his men, and fueled by his own resolve, Giorno sets out to fulfill his goal of absolving the mafia of its corruption.

Vento Aureo

Giorno Giovanna	Bruno Bucciarati	Guido Mista	Narancia Ghirga	Pannacotta Fugo

Leone Abbacchio	Trish Una	Coco Jumbo	Polpo	Formaggio

Illuso	Prosciutto	Pesci	Melone	Ghiaccio

Risotto Nero	Cioccolata	Secco	Carne	Sale

Squalo	Tiziano	Chariot Requiem	Scolippi	Diavolo

In 2011, Florida; Jolyne Cujoh, daughter of Jotaro, is wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit and sent to a maximum security prison. While imprisoned, she struggles within a longstanding plot agreed between dead villain DIO and ideologue Enrico Pucci.

Stone Ocean

Jolyne Cujoh	Ermes Costello	Emporio Alniño	Foo Fighters	Narciso Anasui	Weather Report

Enrico Pucci	Green Baby	Ungalo	Rikiel	Donatello Versus	Johngalli A.

Gwess	Thunder McQueen	Miraschon	Sports Maxx	Viviano Westwood	Miuccia Miuller

Set in the United States in 1890, the story follows Johnny Joestar, a paraplegic ex-jockey, and Gyro Zeppeli, master in a mystic art named the Spin, as they compete with a vast number of others in the Steel Ball Run race: a mad-dash across America for a grand prize of 50 million dollars.

Steel Ball Run describes a new continuity apart from that detailed in Part 1-6 of the series. On top of core features to JoJo such as Stands, the story is marked by many references to the original series.

Steel Ball Run

Johnny Joestar	Gyro Zeppeli	Hot Pants	Funny Valentine	Diego Brando

A.U. Diego Brando	Ringo Roadagain	Wekapipo	Magent Magent	Axl Ro

Oyecomova	Blackmore	The Eleven Men	Pocoloco	Sandman

The story begins in 2011 and 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 Tohoku earthquake. However, his digging pulls him and his adoptive family into the unfinished business between his previous life and an impending inhuman threat.

JoJolion

Josuke Higashikata	Joshu Higashikata	Kyo Nijimura	Yoshikage Kira	Josefumi Kujo

Yotsuyu Yagiyama	Tamaki Damo	Hato Higashikata	Urban Guerrilla	Doremifasolati Do

Milagro Man	Wu Tomoki	A.Phex Brothers	Wonder of U	Jobin Higashikata

An arena fighter released exclusively for the PS3 and PS4 in 2015. Taking place immediately after the fight between DIO and Jotaro in Part 3. Jotaro and his remaining allies travel through both time and space, gathering pieces of the Saint's Corpse and fighting enemies from the various parts of JoJo. Jotaro must prevent an apparent all-powerful DIO from another world from conquering the base world with the help of other heroes and in some cases, villains, from all across the manga's history.

Eyes of Heaven

Heaven Ascension DIO	Jotaro Kujo

A light novel following the life of George "Jorge" Joestar, the son of Jonathan and his experiences with the supernatural, zombies, war, etc and Joji Joestar, the adopted grandson of the legendary Joseph Joestar in the 37th iteration of the universe who works as a detective solving cases in which he eventually comes into contact with the Ultimate Thing. George and Joji, even if not knowingly, work together to unravel the secrets behind a string of mysterious words and uncover the truth behind a bizarre entity known as "Beyond".

JORGE JOESTAR

Kars	Dio Brando	Joji Joestar	Goyathlay Soundman	Beyond

6 months after the events of Part 5, Fugo is called into action by former friend Guido Mista under the order of Giorno Giovanna. Given an ultimatum, prove his loyalty by taking part in a mission to dismantle the remaining members of the narcotics team, or be killed by his former gang. Fugo accepts and learns to come to terms with his past mistakes.

Purple Haze Feedback

Pannacotta Fugo	Massimo Volpe	Vittorio Cataldi	Vladimir Kocaqi	Angelica Attanasio

OVA

Jotaro Kujo

Locations

Locations

Ghost Girl's Alley

Powers

Powers

Stand

Artifacts

Artifacts

Stone Mask	Red Stone of Aja	Stand Arrow	Locacaca

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