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{{Story Arc Info
{{Story Arc Infobox
|title = Scary Monsters
|title = Scary Monsters
|image = [[File:SBR Chapter 30.jpg]]
|image = [[File:SBR Chapter 30.jpg|{{ImageSize}}]]
|ja_kanji = スケアリー モンスターズ|ja_romaji = Sukearī Monsutāzu
|ja_kanji = スケアリー モンスターズ|ja_romaji = Sukearī Monsutāzu
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|part = ''[[Steel Ball Run]]''
|part = ''[[Steel Ball Run]]''
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|manga = {{Ch5|SBR|28|32}}
|anime =
|anime =
|vol = {{Vol5|SBR|6|7}}
|vol = {{Vol5|SBR|6|7}}
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|prev = {{SA|SBR8}}
|next = {{SA|SBR7}}
|next = {{SA|SBR10}}
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{{Nihongo|'''''Scary Monsters'''''|スケアリー モンスターズ|Sukearī Monsutāzu}} is the sixth story arc in ''[[Steel Ball Run]]''.
{{Nihongo|'''Scary Monsters'''|スケアリー モンスターズ|Sukearī Monsutāzu}} is the ninth story arc in ''[[Steel Ball Run]]''.


It narrates [[Johnny Joestar|Johnny]] and [[Gyro Zeppeli|Gyro]]'s battle against a swarm of dinosaurs, one of whom is [[Diego Brando]].
It narrates [[Johnny Joestar|Johnny]] and [[Gyro Zeppeli|Gyro]]'s battle against a swarm of dinosaurs, one of whom is [[Diego Brando]].
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[[Funny Valentine|Valentine]] examines a tissue [[Pork Pie Hat Kid]] rolled the left arm within, deduces which limb it was and that Johnny was in fact sheltering it the whole time. Valentine reveals the Corpse's heart within him, which is seen by [[Lucy Steel]]. Valentine however doesn't know he's been watched.
[[Funny Valentine|Valentine]] examines a tissue [[Pork Pie Hat Kid]] rolled the left arm within, deduces which limb it was and that Johnny was in fact sheltering it the whole time. Valentine reveals the Corpse's heart within him, which is seen by [[Lucy Steel]]. Valentine however doesn't know he's been watched.


Gyro and Johnny see Diego who's fallen off his horse and is visibly hurt. They are however violently rebuked. Later Diego joins them, surprisingly jovial toward them, an exhibiting surprising abilities such as an inhuman sense of hearing. As night falls the three of them take shelter in a village. Gyro wanders off from the group looking for food. Diego shows more and more strange symptoms, such as eating rocks or having his vision altered. Gyro alerts Johnny of a bear corpse just under their home's window, and they realize that Diego transformed into a dinosaur.
Gyro and Johnny see Diego who's fallen off his horse and is visibly hurt. They are however violently rebuked. Later Diego joins them, surprisingly jovial toward them, and exhibiting surprising abilities such as an inhuman sense of hearing. As night falls the three of them take shelter in a village. Gyro wanders off from the group looking for food. Diego shows more and more strange symptoms, such as eating rocks or having his vision altered. Gyro alerts Johnny of a bear corpse just under their home's window, and they realize that Diego transformed into a dinosaur.


The raptor's kinetic vision gives him an edge against Gyro and Johnny's projectile based attacks, and they can only flee from the transformed Diego. However the whole village has transformed into various dinosaurs. A tyrannosaurus attacks Johnny but Gyro managed to hide him in a sewer by flattening his body with the Spin. They both realize that the next corpse part is hidden in the next mountain and resolve to go look for it.
The raptor's kinetic vision gives him an edge against Gyro and Johnny's projectile-based attacks, and they can only flee from the transformed Diego. However, the whole village has transformed into various dinosaurs. A tyrannosaurus attacks Johnny but Gyro managed to hide him in a sewer by flattening his body with the Spin. They both realize that the next corpse part is hidden in the next mountain and resolve to go look for it.


Diego's backstory is revealed: at first buried alive as a baby then washed down into a river by a flood, his mother saw him and changed her mind, deciding to raise him as she runs to the river to pick him up. Swept away by the flooded river's flow, both were left to die by Diego's father, but survived. Then Diego passed his youth working at a farm, the bad treatment he and his mother received, notably his mother dying from an infection, left Diego resenting humanity as a whole and becoming ambitious to one day rule over those he hated. That ambition led him to search for glory in the Steel Ball Run.
Diego's backstory is revealed: at first buried alive as a baby then washed down into a river by a flood, his mother saw him and changed her mind, deciding to raise him as she runs to the river to pick him up. Swept away by the flooded river's flow, both were left to die by Diego's father, but survived. Then Diego spent his youth working at a farm, the bad treatment he and his mother received, notably his mother dying from an infection, left Diego resenting humanity as a whole and becoming ambitious to one day rule over those he hated. That ambition led him to search for glory in the Steel Ball Run.


In the sewer, Johnny and Gyro are marked by small dinosaurs, setting the whole village on their trail. As they exit the sewer on the side of a cliff, they see the whole village climbing or descending the cliff toward them. They realize that Gyro is slowly transforming into a dinosaur, and only the next corpse part's energy can counter the effect of that transformation. Johnny and Gyro jump over the ravine to the other side, discovering a Stand holding the Corpse's eyes but Diego catches up to them and seizes the eyes before them.
In the sewer, Johnny and Gyro are marked by small dinosaurs, setting the whole village on their trail. As they exit the sewer on the side of a cliff, they see the whole village climbing or descending the cliff toward them. They realize that Gyro is slowly transforming into a dinosaur, and only the next corpse part's energy can counter the effect of that transformation. Johnny and Gyro jump over the ravine to the other side, discovering a Stand holding the Corpse's eyes but Diego catches up to them and seizes the eyes before them.


Diego having both Corpse eyes, Gyro now working with him as a semi-transformed dinosaur, Johnny is left alone. The Stand also informs Diego's of the next Corpse part's location. [[Dr. Ferdinand]] makes his appearance and reveal that his Stand [[Scary Monsters]] was controlling every dinosaur so far. Dr. Ferdinand hints at the Corpse's true identity, which is whose of someone even the Pope would have to defer to. Johnny abandons his left arm temporarily, and before he's controlled by Dr. Ferdinand, manages to toss one of the eyes to Gyro. Gyro is then cured, and acquires the new ability Scan. Both manage to incapacitate Dr. Ferdinand, who's eaten by cougars he transformed into raptors. However Diego escapes with one of the eyes, and retains his dinosaur abilities.
Diego having both Corpse eyes, Gyro now working with him as a semi-transformed dinosaur, Johnny is left alone. The Stand also informs Diego of the next Corpse part's location. [[Dr. Ferdinand]] makes his appearance and reveals that his Stand [[Scary Monsters]] was controlling every dinosaur so far. Dr. Ferdinand hints at the Corpse's true identity, which is that of someone even the Pope would have to defer to. Johnny abandons his left arm temporarily, and before he's controlled by Dr. Ferdinand, manages to toss one of the eyes to Gyro. Gyro is then cured, and acquires the new ability Scan. Both manage to incapacitate Dr. Ferdinand, who's eaten by cougars he transformed into raptors. However, Diego escapes with one of the eyes, and retains his dinosaur abilities.<ref>{{Ch|SBR Chapter 28}} to {{Ch|SBR Chapter 31}}</ref>


Later Gyro and Johnny join the top racers in yet another final rush to finish the third stage.<ref>{{Ch|SBR Chapter 28}} to {{Ch|SBR Chapter 31}}</ref>
Later Gyro and Johnny join the top racers in yet another final rush to finish the third stage. While the rest of the racers go around the lake, Gyro, Johnny, and Diego choose to ride directly through the lake. At the last moment, Johnny passes both of them, reaching the end of the stage with Diego and Gyro behind him. However, it is revealed that the true winner of the stage, [[Hot Pants]], had already passed the finish line an hour ago. Gyro acknowledges his defeat and resolves to obtain the strength of will necessary to win.<ref>{{Ch|SBR Chapter 32}}</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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{{CBox|Title=Characters|bg=SBR3|bg2=SBR2|
{{Char|Name=Johnny Joestar|Av=JohnnyAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Johnny Joestar|Av=JohnnyAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Gyro Zeppeli|Av=GyroAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Sandman|Av=SoundmanAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Diego Brando|Av=DiegoAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Steven Steel|Av=StevenSteelAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Pork Pie Hat Kid|Av=PorkpiehatkidAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Funny Valentine|Av=FunnyValentineAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Lucy Steel|Av=LucySteelAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Hot Pants|Av=HotPantsAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Dario (Steel Ball Run)|SName=Dario|Av=DarioSBRAv.png|Status={{1st}} {{Flash}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Diego's Mother|Av=DiegoMomAv.png|Status={{1st}} {{Flash}} {{Death}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Dr. Ferdinand|Av=FerdinandAv.png|Status={{1st}} {{Death}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Pocoloco|Av=PocolocoAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Dot Han|Av=DotHanAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Gyro Zeppeli|Av=GyroAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Sandman|Av=SoundmanAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Diego Brando|Av=DiegoAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Steven Steel|Av=StevenSteelAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Pork Pie Hat Kid|Av=PorkpiehatkidAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Funny Valentine|Av=FunnyValentineAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=President's Aides|Av=President Aides Av.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Lucy Steel|Av=LucySteelAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Hot Pants|Av=HotPantsAv.png|Status={{1st}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Dario (Steel Ball Run)|SName=Dario|Av=DarioSBRAv.png|Status={{1st}} {{Flash}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Diego's Wife|Av=Diego Wife Av.png|Status={{1stm}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Diego's Mother|Av=DiegoMomAv.png|Status={{1st}} {{Flash}} {{Death}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Dr. Ferdinand|Av=FerdinandAv.png|Status={{1st}} {{Death}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Pocoloco|Av=PocolocoAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Mountain Tim|Av=TimAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Zenyatta Mondatta|Av=NoPicAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Norisuke Higashikata I|SName=Norisuke Higashikata|Av=NorisukeSBRAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Dot Han|Av=DotHanAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Baba Yaga|Av=Baba Yaga Av.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Marco|Av=MarcoAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Gregorio Zeppeli|Av=GregorioAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Mack the Knife|Av=NoPicAv.png|Status={{Mo}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
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{{CBox|Title=Stands|bg=SBR3|bg2=SBR2|
{{CBox|Title=Stands|bg=SBR3|bg2=SBR2|
{{Char|Name=Scary Monsters|Av=ScaryMonstersAv.png|Status={{1st}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}{{Char|Name=Tusk|SName=Tusk ACT1|Av=Tusk ACT1 Av.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Scary Monsters|Av=ScaryMonstersAv.png|Status={{1st}}|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
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{{Char|Name=Valkyrie|Av=ValkyrieAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Silver Bullet|Av=SilverBulletAv.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Number 1|Av=Horse No1 Av.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Peg|Av=Horse Peg Av.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Hey! Ya!|Av=Horse Hey ya Av.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
{{Char|Name=Nut Rocker|Av=Horse Nut Rocker Av.png|Color=SBR|Color2=SBR2}}
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*030 (782). ''{{Ch2|SBR Chapter 30}}''
*030 (782). ''{{Ch2|SBR Chapter 30}}''
*031 (783). ''{{Ch2|SBR Chapter 31}}''
*031 (783). ''{{Ch2|SBR Chapter 31}}''
*032 (784). ''{{Ch2|SBR Chapter 32}}''


==Volumes==
==Volumes==
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Latest revision as of 15:57, 13 February 2025


Scary Monsters (スケアリー モンスターズ, Sukearī Monsutāzu) is the ninth story arc in Steel Ball Run.

It narrates Johnny and Gyro's battle against a swarm of dinosaurs, one of whom is Diego Brando.

Summary

As the final dash of the second stage between the top racers begins, Johnny witnesses the photograph of a mountain bearing the same form as the letters engraved on his arm, he distracts Gyro with it, leading to Diego taking the first place, Johnny the second place, Sandman the third place, and Gyro the fourth. Gyro's angry, but he cannot do anything about it as the race immediately moves on to the third stage: 517 km through the Rocky Mountains.

Valentine examines a tissue Pork Pie Hat Kid rolled the left arm within, deduces which limb it was and that Johnny was in fact sheltering it the whole time. Valentine reveals the Corpse's heart within him, which is seen by Lucy Steel. Valentine however doesn't know he's been watched.

Gyro and Johnny see Diego who's fallen off his horse and is visibly hurt. They are however violently rebuked. Later Diego joins them, surprisingly jovial toward them, and exhibiting surprising abilities such as an inhuman sense of hearing. As night falls the three of them take shelter in a village. Gyro wanders off from the group looking for food. Diego shows more and more strange symptoms, such as eating rocks or having his vision altered. Gyro alerts Johnny of a bear corpse just under their home's window, and they realize that Diego transformed into a dinosaur.

The raptor's kinetic vision gives him an edge against Gyro and Johnny's projectile-based attacks, and they can only flee from the transformed Diego. However, the whole village has transformed into various dinosaurs. A tyrannosaurus attacks Johnny but Gyro managed to hide him in a sewer by flattening his body with the Spin. They both realize that the next corpse part is hidden in the next mountain and resolve to go look for it.

Diego's backstory is revealed: at first buried alive as a baby then washed down into a river by a flood, his mother saw him and changed her mind, deciding to raise him as she runs to the river to pick him up. Swept away by the flooded river's flow, both were left to die by Diego's father, but survived. Then Diego spent his youth working at a farm, the bad treatment he and his mother received, notably his mother dying from an infection, left Diego resenting humanity as a whole and becoming ambitious to one day rule over those he hated. That ambition led him to search for glory in the Steel Ball Run.

In the sewer, Johnny and Gyro are marked by small dinosaurs, setting the whole village on their trail. As they exit the sewer on the side of a cliff, they see the whole village climbing or descending the cliff toward them. They realize that Gyro is slowly transforming into a dinosaur, and only the next corpse part's energy can counter the effect of that transformation. Johnny and Gyro jump over the ravine to the other side, discovering a Stand holding the Corpse's eyes but Diego catches up to them and seizes the eyes before them.

Diego having both Corpse eyes, Gyro now working with him as a semi-transformed dinosaur, Johnny is left alone. The Stand also informs Diego of the next Corpse part's location. Dr. Ferdinand makes his appearance and reveals that his Stand Scary Monsters was controlling every dinosaur so far. Dr. Ferdinand hints at the Corpse's true identity, which is that of someone even the Pope would have to defer to. Johnny abandons his left arm temporarily, and before he's controlled by Dr. Ferdinand, manages to toss one of the eyes to Gyro. Gyro is then cured, and acquires the new ability Scan. Both manage to incapacitate Dr. Ferdinand, who's eaten by cougars he transformed into raptors. However, Diego escapes with one of the eyes, and retains his dinosaur abilities.[1]

Later Gyro and Johnny join the top racers in yet another final rush to finish the third stage. While the rest of the racers go around the lake, Gyro, Johnny, and Diego choose to ride directly through the lake. At the last moment, Johnny passes both of them, reaching the end of the stage with Diego and Gyro behind him. However, it is revealed that the true winner of the stage, Hot Pants, had already passed the finish line an hour ago. Gyro acknowledges his defeat and resolves to obtain the strength of will necessary to win.[2]

Appearances

Characters
Johnny Joestar
Gyro Zeppeli
Sandman
Diego Brando
Steven Steel
Pork Pie Hat Kid
(Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Funny Valentine
President's Aides
Lucy Steel
Hot Pants
(Debut)
First appearance
Dario
(Debut)
First appearance
 (Flashback)
Diego's Wife
(1st mentioned)
Diego's Mother
(Debut)
First appearance
 (Flashback) (Death)
Dr. Ferdinand
(Debut)
First appearance
 (Death)
Pocoloco
Mountain Tim
(Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Zenyatta Mondatta
(Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Norisuke Higashikata
(Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Dot Han
Baba Yaga
Marco
(Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Gregorio Zeppeli
(Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Mack the Knife
(Mentioned)
Mentioned only
Stands
Scary Monsters
(Debut)
First appearance
Tusk ACT1
Horses
Slow Dancer
Valkyrie
Silver Bullet
Number 1
Peg
Hey! Ya!
Nut Rocker

Chapters

Volumes

References

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