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'''This year marks the 20th anniversary of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''. With the seventh part of the series currently being serialized and still going strong, JoJo is becoming the topic for hot discussion. Araki-sensei must be feeling the excitement, but what are his thoughts on it?'''
'''Araki:''' When I first heard that people were doing "JoJo Poses", I visited a website about it on my computer. And to my surprise, I was blown away at how amazing they all were--it was like modern art. ''(laughs)'' After that, a lot of TV personalities who were fans of my work started recommending ''JoJo'' on their shows. What I found more interesting though is that most of these TV personalities were people in their 30s. I guess its true that you become a lot more vocal once you reach your 20s. ''(laughs)'' This also made me wonder if all the boys and girls who read ''JoJo'' in school when it first came out were finally growing up and starting to show off their talents to the world.
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'''These youngsters sure like being vocal about their opinions without listening to the older generation--they also like making hour-long programs about ''JoJo''. ''(laughs)'''''
'''Araki:''' Yes, that's true. (laughs) On a side note, ''[[Weekly Shonen Jump|Shonen Jump]]'' is a great magazine that takes very good care of its authors. To help concentrate on our weekly schedule, authors were never expected to take interviews--but I usually took them anyway. Maybe that's how I came to notice the little changes in the air around ''JoJo'' over time. Whenever someone came up to me for an interviews, I would just go out and do it. It wasn't until recently that I started doing formal requests. I never initiate anything myself.
'''How do you feel about the fact that you've been drawing JoJo for 20 years?'''
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'''Araki:''' When starting out, I wanted to draw a horror manga, centered around terror and suspense. This got me thinking hard on stuff like "Who's the strongest man in the world?", "What's the scariest thing in the world?", and so on. Is the strongest man in the world just a person with big muscles and powerful punches? No matter how strong your opponent is, if you strike their weak points, you'll be able to take them down. Or so they say.
When I thought about it, what's really frightening is being attacked by something completely out of your control, like ancestral karma, even if you're innocent. Characters like [[Josuke Higashikata|Josuke]] and [[Jotaro Kujo|Jotaro]] are under siege of a grudge that happened generations before they were born that they knew nothing of. I think a world where you can't escape your fate is the scariest thing in the world, perhaps more so than death. That's why I'm so obsessed with the concept of bloodlines and lineages.
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'''Araki:''' As for [[Steel Ball Run|Part 7]], which is currently being serialized, I got stuck on a lot of things after [[Stone Ocean|Part 6]] ended. (laughs) Firstly, I can't go any further into the future than 2011. Osamu Tezuka's a manga artist who is great at depicting distant futures, like in Phoenix, but I can't do it at all. I want the setting my main characters are in to be as realistic as possible. The concept of drawing flying cars or the year 2200 is completely out of the question. (laughs) In terms of developments in civilization, I would only be able to go as recent as the cell phone. Manga that feature fantastical inventions are also far beyond me. I always strive for something more realistic. So, I decided to end the series here and go back to where it all started.
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'''Each person has their own individual [[Stand]] ability, so there’s an infinite amount of ways to define power. Since there's not a single idea of what power is, the logic of defeating an "impossible" or "ultimately powerful" enemy is interesting.'''
'''Araki:''' That side of it quite philosophical. Behind the scenes there's possibly a battle of the strength of each person's philosophy, "I believe this" versus "I believe that." When I made Stands, I thought that I would be able to have a large variety of battles, so my imagination was able to run wild.
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'''I guess that's the ''JoJo''-style of romance, where even love is a battle (laughs).'''
'''Araki:''' When I drew [[Yukako Yamagishi|Yukako]], I had been married for about two years. I might get in trouble for saying this (laughs), but I think my experience being married was reflected in my work. Instead of drawing women just for the sake of it, I started trying to draw the other side of women that you don't usually get to see. I think getting married and having a family has added a lot of depth to my work.
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