Phantom Blood - Volume 4
Summary
Zeppeli is killed during the battle against Tarkus, a Dark Knight resurrected by Dio. However, JoJo, after receiving a new power from Zeppeli, defeats Tarkus with his overwhelming power. Now JoJo continues into the town where Dio is lurking.
Chapters
- 028. Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 3
- 029. Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 4
- 030. Sleep as a Hero
- 031. The Knights' Ruins
- 032. The Medieval Knights' Training Ground for Murder
- 033. Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor, Part 1
- 034. Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor, Part 2
- 035. Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor, Part 3
- 036. The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 1
- 037. The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 2
Author's Note
Author's Note
My most valuable possession?
That would be my 900-yen notebook, my diary for the two months between June and August 1979. I started this diary after reading the published diary of some writer. When I read this diary now, my past self, my friends from the past are all in there. I find it interesting and am moved to the point of tears.それは、'79年の6月から8ヶ月間だけつけた、900円のノートの日記帳です。
ある作家の出版した日記を読んで「いいなぁ」と思って、つけはじめました。
今、自分の日記を読みかえすと…これが、おもしろくって、感動して、涙まで出てくるのです。
過去の自分がいる…過去の友人たちがそこにいる…。その感動なのでしょう…。
Afterword
AfterwordI'm really sorry. This afterword is an apology...
"Thank you for your continued support of JoJo. Why, you may ask, am I, the author, suddenly writing the afterword for this fourth volume? That's because, in Weekly Shonen Jump (where JoJo is being serialized), a character named Caesar, who is Zeppeli's grandson, appears. However, there is a significant mistake regarding Caesar's backstory, which can be found in this fourth volume. So, I'm writing this afterword to address it.
I received a lot of letters and phone calls protesting about this issue. Things like “Don't mess around!” or “Don't write such sloppy stories!” or “Adults are liars!” They were voices full of despair, anger, and sadness from boys and girls. (Also... to the readers who didn't notice the mistake, thinking, "Huh? Really? Where is it?" Please don't go out of your way to look for it.)
So I have written this afterword to correct that mistake, and to offer my apologies.
JoJo is a work created with a grand vision and meticulous planning, but writing it over a long period can lead to distortions and flaws... To all the boys and girls who thought, "Adults are liars!" I'm truly sorry. Adults aren't liars. They just make mistakes...
Well then, please continue to support JoJo."どうもすみません。
これは、おわびのためのあとがきです…。
『ジョジョ』のご愛読、ありがとうございます。
なぜ、突然、作者のぼくが、この4巻のあとがきを書くのか？
それは、現在、本誌（週刊少年ジャンプ）に連載中の『ジョジョ』にシーザーというツェペリさんの孫が出てくるのですが、そのシーザーの存在について、犬変重大なミスが、この第4巻に収録されている中に、あったためです。
そのことについての抗議の手紙や電話をたくさんいただきました。「ふざけるんじゃねえ！」とか「いいかげんな話をかくな！」とか「おとなはウソつきだ！」とかの、少年少女の絶望と怒りと悲しみの声でした。
（おっと…ミスに気づかなかった読者のみなさん！「へぇ〜、そーなの、どこかな？」とかいって、わざわざ探したりしないでください）
そこで、その箇所を訂正して、ここでおわびするために、このあとがきを書いたのです。
『ジョジョ』は、壮大な構想と緻密な計算のもとにつくられている作品ですが、長くかきつつけると、そこにヒズミやキズができてくるということでしょうか…。
「おとなはウソつきだ」と思った少年少女のみなさん、どうもすみませんでした。おとなはウソつきではないのです。まちがいをするだけなのです……。
Gallery
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Spine art featuring Volume 4's art -
Clean Cover Art -
Clean Spine Art -
The cover of Volume 4 without the dust jacket -
The illustration found in Volume 4 -
The tailpiece of Chapter 31 -
The tailpiece of Chapter 33 -
The tailpiece of Chapter 36 -
Afterword
