JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Shueisha Paperback Edition)

Shueisha Paperback Edition
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Information
Japanese Name	集英社文庫(コミック版)
Romanized Name	Shūeisha Bunko (Komikku-ban)
Author(s)	Hirohiko Araki
Release Date	February 15, 2002 - January 18, 2018
Publisher	Shueisha
Medium	Paperback (Bunkoban)
Website	Official Website

The Shueisha Paperback Edition (集英社文庫(コミック版), Shūeisha Bunko (Komikku-ban)) is a paperback or bunkoban release (105 mm (4.1 in) by 148 mm (5.8 in), A6 size) of the first seven parts of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, in addition to various other works by Hirohiko Araki. Though physically smaller than the standard tankōbon editions, each paperback volume of the main series contains more pages and chapters than a standard tankōbon volume.

Summary

The release of the paperback edition of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure began with the release of Phantom Blood, now compiled into three volumes, on February 15, 2002. The next five Parts were gradually released over the next seven years, with the series reaching 50 volumes in total. The final volume of Stone Ocean was released on February 18, 2009. The first two volumes of Steel Ball Run's paperback edition were released on February 17, 2017, dropping most of the prior Parts' branding. The remaining 14 volumes of the Part were again released over time, with the final two volumes both being released on January 18, 2018.

Other works by Hirohiko Araki, namely Gorgeous Irene, Under Execution, Under Jailbreak, The Lives of Eccentrics, would receive paperback editions from September 2011 through October 2012; Cool Shock B.T. and Baoh the Visitor had already received paperback editions on June 16, 2000, and Oingo Boingo Brothers Adventure had been exclusively released in paperback format on October 18, 2002.

On August 31, 2012, all 12 paperback volumes of Diamond is Unbreakable were made available digitally as the monochrome line of JOJO-D. the digitally-released edition of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. Distributed under Shueisha's Jump Comics DIGITAL (ジャンプコミックスDIGITAL) product line, the JOJO-D release allows readers to digitally purchase or read volumes through online outlets. Volumes could also be downloaded to mobile devices through Shueisha's own Jump Store app for iOS and Android prior to its discontinuation. Vento Aureo and Stone Ocean were made available in the following weeks, and Parts 1-3 were made available on September 21, 2012. Unlike Parts 1-6, JOJO-D digitally published the tankōbon release of Steel Ball Run rather than the paperback release, a decision that extended to JoJolion and The JOJOLands.

Volumes

Phantom BloodBattle TendencyStardust CrusadersDiamond is UnbreakableVento AureoStone OceanSteel Ball RunOther Works

Volume 1

Phantom Blood Volume 1

Release Date

ISBN

February 15, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177849

Chapter Titles

1. Prologue (プロローグ, Purorōgu)
2. Dio Brando the Invader, Part 1 (侵略者ディオ・ブランドー その①, Shinryakusha Dio Burandō Sono 1)
3. Dio Brando the Invader, Part 2 (侵略者ディオ・ブランドー その②, Shinryakusha Dio Burandō Sono 2)
4. Dio Brando the Invader, Part 3 (侵略者ディオ・ブランドー その③, Shinryakusha Dio Burandō Sono 3)
5. Dio Brando the Invader, Part 4 (侵略者ディオ・ブランドー その④, Shinryakusha Dio Burandō Sono 4)
6. A Letter from the Past, Part 1 (過去からの手紙 その①, Kako kara no Tegami Sono 1)
7. A Letter from the Past, Part 2 (過去からの手紙 その②, Kako kara no Tegami Sono 2)
8. The Stone Mask, Part 1 (石仮面 その①, Ishi Kamen Sono 1)
9. The Stone Mask, Part 2 (石仮面 その②, Ishi Kamen Sono 2)
10. The Stone Mask, Part 3 (石仮面 その③, Ishi Kamen Sono 3)
11. The Stone Mask, Part 4 (石仮面 その④, Ishi Kamen Sono 4)
12. Youth with Dio, Part 1 (ディオとの青春 その①, Dio to no Seishun Sono 1)
13. Youth with Dio, Part 2 (ディオとの青春 その②, Dio to no Seishun Sono 2)
14. Youth with Dio, Part 3 (ディオとの青春 その③, Dio to no Seishun Sono 3)

Volume 2

Phantom Blood Volume 2

Release Date

ISBN

February 15, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177856

Chapter Titles

15. Youth with Dio, Part 4 (ディオとの青春 その④, Dio to no Seishun Sono 4)
16. Youth with Dio, Part 5 (ディオとの青春 その⑤, Dio to no Seishun Sono 5)
17. The Birth of DIO (DIO(ディオ)の誕生, DIO no Tanjō)
18. Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1 (切り裂きジャックと奇人ツェペリ その①, Kirisaki Jakku to Kijin Tseperi Sono 1)
19. Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 2 (切り裂きジャックと奇人ツェペリ その②, Kirisaki Jakku to Kijin Tseperi Sono 2)
20. Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 3 (切り裂きジャックと奇人ツェペリ その③, Kirisaki Jakku to Kijin Tseperi Sono 3)
21. Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 4 (切り裂きジャックと奇人ツェペリ その④, Kirisaki Jakku to Kijin Tseperi Sono 4)
22. Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5 (切り裂きジャックと奇人ツェペリ その⑤, Kirisaki Jakku to Kijin Tseperi Sono 5)
23. Ripple Overdrive, Part 1 (波紋疾走(ハモン・オーバードライブ) その①, Hamon Ōbādoraibu Sono 1)
24. Ripple Overdrive, Part 2 (波紋疾走(ハモン・オーバードライブ) その②, Hamon Ōbādoraibu Sono 2)
25. Ripple Overdrive, Part 3 (波紋疾走(ハモン・オーバードライブ) その③, Hamon Ōbādoraibu Sono 3)
26. Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 1 (タルカスと黒騎士ブラフォード その①, Tarukasu to Kuro Kishi Burafōdo Sono 1)
27. Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 2 (タルカスと黒騎士ブラフォード その②, Tarukasu to Kuro Kishi Burafōdo Sono 2)
28. Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 3 (タルカスと黒騎士ブラフォード その③, Tarukasu to Kuro Kishi Burafōdo Sono 3)
29. Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 4 (タルカスと黒騎士ブラフォード その④, Tarukasu to Kuro Kishi Burafōdo Sono 4)

Volume 3

Phantom Blood Volume 3

Release Date

ISBN

February 15, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177863

Chapter Titles

30. Sleep as a Hero (英雄として瞑る, Eiyū toshite Nemuru)
31. The Knights' Ruins (騎士たちの遺跡, Kishitachi no Iseki)
32. The Medieval Knights' Training Ground for Murder (中世騎士殺人修練場, Chūsei Kishi Satsujin Shūren Jō)
33. Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor, Part 1 (あしたの勇気・うけ継ぐ者 その①, Ashita no Yūki Uketsugumono Sono 1)
34. Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor, Part 2 (あしたの勇気・うけ継ぐ者 その②, Ashita no Yūki Uketsugumono Sono 2)
35. Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor, Part 3 (あしたの勇気・うけ継ぐ者 その③, Ashita no Yūki Uketsugumono Sono 3)
36. The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 1 (遥かな国からの3人 その①, Haruka na Kuni kara no 3-nin Sono 1)
37. The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 2 (遥かな国からの3人 その②, Haruka na Kuni kara no 3-nin Sono 2)
38. The Three from a Faraway Land, Part 3 (遥かな国からの3人 その③, Haruka na Kuni kara no 3-nin Sono 3)
39. Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 1 (炎(ファイアー)と氷(アイス) ジョナサンとディオ その①, Faiyā to Aisu Jonasan to Dio Sono 1)
40. Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 2 (炎(ファイアー)と氷(アイス) ジョナサンとディオ その②, Faiyā to Aisu Jonasan to Dio Sono 2)
41. Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 3 (炎(ファイアー)と氷(アイス) ジョナサンとディオ その③, Faiyā to Aisu Jonasan to Dio Sono 3)
42. Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 4 (炎(ファイアー)と氷(アイス) ジョナサンとディオ その④, Faiyā to Aisu Jonasan to Dio Sono 4)
43. Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 5 (炎(ファイアー)と氷(アイス) ジョナサンとディオ その⑤, Faiyā to Aisu Jonasan to Dio Sono 5)
44. Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 6 (炎(ファイアー)と氷(アイス) ジョナサンとディオ その⑥, Faiyā to Aisu Jonasan to Dio Sono 6)

Volume 1 (4)

Battle Tendency Volume 1

Release Date

ISBN

April 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177870

Chapter Titles

1. Joseph Joestar of New York, Part 1 (ニューヨークのジョセフ・ジョースター その①, Nyū Yōku no Josefu Jōsutā Sono 1)
2. Joseph Joestar of New York, Part 2 (ニューヨークのジョセフ・ジョースター その②, Nyū Yōku no Josefu Jōsutā Sono 2)
3. Joseph Joestar of New York, Part 3 (ニューヨークのジョセフ・ジョースター その③, Nyū Yōku no Josefu Jōsutā Sono 3)
4. Straizo vs. Joseph, Part 1 (ストレイツォVS(たい)ジョセフ その①, Sutoreitso tai Josefu Sono 1)
5. Straizo vs. Joseph, Part 2 (ストレイツォVS(たい)ジョセフ その②, Sutoreitso tai Josefu Sono 2)
6. Straizo vs. Joseph, Part 3 (ストレイツォVS(たい)ジョセフ その③, Sutoreitso tai Josefu Sono 3)
7. Straizo vs. Joseph, Part 4 (ストレイツォVS(たい)ジョセフ その④, Sutoreitso tai Josefu Sono 4)
8. Straizo vs. Joseph, Part 5 (ストレイツォVS(たい)ジョセフ その⑤, Sutoreitso tai Josefu Sono 5)
9. The Pillar Man (「柱の男」, 'Hashira no Otoko')
10. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 1 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その①, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 1)
11. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 2 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その②, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 2)
12. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 3 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その③, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 3)
13. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 4 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その④, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 4)
14. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 5 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その⑤, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 5)
15. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 6 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その⑥, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 6)
16. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 7 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その⑦, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 7)
17. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 8 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その⑧, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 8)
18. The Pillar Man, Santana, Part 9 (「柱の男・サンタナ」 その⑨, 'Hashira no Otoko Santana' Sono 9)

Volume 2 (5)

Battle Tendency Volume 2

Release Date

ISBN

April 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177887

Chapter Titles

19. Joseph Joestar of Rome (ローマのジョセフ・ジョースター, Rōma no Josefu Jōsutā)
20. The Red Stone of Aja (エイジャの赤石, Eija no Sekiseki)
21. Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times, Part 1 (太古から来た究極戦士 その①, Taiko kara Kita Kyūkyoku Senshi Sono 1)
22. Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times, Part 2 (太古から来た究極戦士 その②, Taiko kara Kita Kyūkyoku Senshi Sono 2)
23. Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times, Part 3 (太古から来た究極戦士 その③, Taiko kara Kita Kyūkyoku Senshi Sono 3)
24. Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times, Part 4 (太古から来た究極戦士 その④, Taiko kara Kita Kyūkyoku Senshi Sono 4)
25. Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times, Part 5 (太古から来た究極戦士 その⑤, Taiko kara Kita Kyūkyoku Senshi Sono 5)
26. An Engagement with Death: The Wedding Ring (死の契約・結婚指輪(ウェディングリング), Shi no Keiyaku Wedingu Ringu)
27. Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 1 (波紋教師 リサリサ その①, Hamon Kyōshi Risa Risa Sono 1)
28. Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 2 (波紋教師 リサリサ その②, Hamon Kyōshi Risa Risa Sono 2)
29. Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 3 (波紋教師 リサリサ その③, Hamon Kyōshi Risa Risa Sono 3)
30. Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 4 (波紋教師 リサリサ その④, Hamon Kyōshi Risa Risa Sono 4)
31. Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 5 (波紋教師 リサリサ その⑤, Hamon Kyōshi Risa Risa Sono 5)
32. Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa, Part 6 (波紋教師 リサリサ その⑥, Hamon Kyōshi Risa Risa Sono 6)
33. Go! Ripple Master (行け！波紋マスター, Ike! Hamon Masutā)
34. Flame Mode Esidisi, Part 1 (炎・流法(モード) エシディシ その①, Honō Mōdo Eshidishi Sono 1)
35. Flame Mode Esidisi, Part 2 (炎・流法(モード) エシディシ その②, Honō Mōdo Eshidishi Sono 2)

Volume 3 (6)

Battle Tendency Volume 3

Release Date

ISBN

May 17, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177894

Chapter Titles

36. Flame Mode Esidisi, Part 3 (炎・流法(モード) エシディシ その③, Honō Mōdo Eshidishi Sono 3)
37. The Remains Lurk, Part 1 (忍びよる残骸 その①, Shinobi Yoru Zangai Sono 1)
38. The Remains Lurk, Part 2 (忍びよる残骸 その②, Shinobi Yoru Zangai Sono 2)
39. Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back, Part 1 (シュトロハイム隊の逆襲 その①, Shutōrohaimu-tai no Gyakushū Sono 1)
40. Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back, Part 2 (シュトロハイム隊の逆襲 その②, Shutōrohaimu-tai no Gyakushū Sono 2)
41. Stroheim's Unit Strikes Back, Part 3 (シュトロハイム隊の逆襲 その③, Shutōrohaimu-tai no Gyakushū Sono 3)
42. Light Mode Kars, Part 1 (光・流法(モード) カーズ その①, Hikari Mōdo Kāzu Sono 1)
43. Light Mode Kars, Part 2 (光・流法(モード) カーズ その②, Hikari Mōdo Kāzu Sono 1)
44. Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 1 (シーザー孤独の青春 その①, Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun Sono 1)
45. Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 2 (シーザー孤独の青春 その②, Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun Sono 2)
46. Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 3 (シーザー孤独の青春 その③, Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun Sono 3)
47. Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 4 (シーザー孤独の青春 その④, Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun Sono 4)
48. Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 5 (シーザー孤独の青春 その⑤, Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun Sono 5)
49. Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 6 (シーザー孤独の青春 その⑥, Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun Sono 6)
50. Climb Out of the Fortified Hotel (要塞ホテルを登り切れ, Yōsai Hoteru o Noborikire)
51. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 1 (風と戦車とワムウ その①, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 1)
52. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 2 (風と戦車とワムウ その②, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 2)

Volume 4 (7)

Battle Tendency Volume 4

Release Date

ISBN

May 17, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177900

Chapter Titles

53. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 3 (風と戦車とワムウ その③, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 3)
54. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 4 (風と戦車とワムウ その④, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 4)
55. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 5 (風と戦車とワムウ その⑤, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 5)
56. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 6 (風と戦車とワムウ その⑥, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 6)
57. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 7 (風と戦車とワムウ その⑦, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 7)
58. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 8 (風と戦車とワムウ その⑧, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 8)
59. The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 9 (風と戦車とワムウ その⑨, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū Sono 9)
60. The Warrior Returns to the Wind (風に帰る戦士, Kaze ni Kaeru Senshi)
61. The Bond That Binds Lisa Lisa and JoJo, Part 1 (リサリサとジョジョを結ぶ絆 その①, Risa Risa to JoJo o Musubu Kizuna Sono 1)
62. The Bond That Binds Lisa Lisa and JoJo, Part 2 (リサリサとジョジョを結ぶ絆 その②, Risa Risa to JoJo o Musubu Kizuna Sono 2)
63. JoJo: The Final Ripple, Part 1 (ジョジョ 最後の波紋 その①, JoJo Saigo no Hamon Sono 1)
64. JoJo: The Final Ripple, Part 2 (ジョジョ 最後の波紋 その②, JoJo Saigo no Hamon Sono 2)
65. Kars the Superbeing is Born, Part 1 (超生物カーズ誕生 その①, Chō Seibutsu Kāzu Tanjō Sono 1)
66. Kars the Superbeing is Born, Part 2 (超生物カーズ誕生 その②, Chō Seibutsu Kāzu Tanjō Sono 2)
67. Joseph's Final Gamble (ジョセフ最後の賭け, Josefu Saigo no Kake)
68. The Man Who Became a God (神となった男, Kami to natta Otoko)
69. The Man Who Crossed the Atlantic (大西洋を越えて来た男, Taiseiyō o Koete Kita Otoko)

Volume 1 (8)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 1

Release Date

ISBN

June 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177917

Chapter Titles

1. Jotaro Kujo, Part 1 (空条承太郎 その①, Kūjō Jōtarō Sono 1)
2. Jotaro Kujo, Part 2 (空条承太郎 その②, Kūjō Jōtarō Sono 2)
3. Jotaro Kujo, Part 3 (空条承太郎 その③, Kūjō Jōtarō Sono 3)
4. The Man with the Star Birthmark (星のアザを持つ男, Hoshi no Aza o Motsu Otoko)
5. Noriaki Kakyoin, Part 1 (花京院典明 その①, Kakyōin Noriaki Sono 1)
6. Noriaki Kakyoin, Part 2 (花京院典明 その②, Kakyōin Noriaki Sono 2)
7. Noriaki Kakyoin, Part 3 (花京院典明 その③, Kakyōin Noriaki Sono 3)
8. The Power Called a "Stand" (「スタンド」という力(パワー), 'Sutando' toiu Pawā)
9. Head to Egypt (エジプトへ向かえ, Ejiputo e Mukae)
10. Tower of Gray (灰の塔(タワー・オブ・グレー), Tawā obu Gurē)
11. Silver Chariot, Part 1 (銀の戦車(シルバーチャリオッツ) その①, Shirubā Chariottsu Sono 1)
12. Silver Chariot, Part 2 (銀の戦車(シルバーチャリオッツ) その②, Shirubā Chariottsu Sono 2)
13. Silver Chariot, Part 3 (銀の戦車(シルバーチャリオッツ) その③, Shirubā Chariottsu Sono 3)
14. Dark Blue Moon, Part 1 (暗青の月(ダークブルームーン) その①, Dāku Burū Mūn Sono 1)
15. Dark Blue Moon, Part 2 (暗青の月(ダークブルームーン) その②, Dāku Burū Mūn Sono 2)

Volume 2 (9)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 2

Release Date

ISBN

June 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177924

Chapter Titles

16. Dark Blue Moon, Part 3 (暗青の月(ダークブルームーン) その③, Dāku Burū Mūn Sono 3)
17. Strength, Part 1 (力(ストレングス) その①, Sutorengusu Sono 1)
18. Strength, Part 2 (力(ストレングス) その②, Sutorengusu Sono 2)
19. Strength, Part 3 (力(ストレングス) その③, Sutorengusu Sono 3)
20. Devil, Part 1 (悪魔(デビル) その①, Debiru Sono 1)
21. Devil, Part 2 (悪魔(デビル) その②, Debiru Sono 2)
22. Devil, Part 3 (悪魔(デビル) その③, Debiru Sono 3)
23. Yellow Temperance, Part 1 (黄の節制(イエローテンパランス) その①, Ierō Tenparansu Sono 1)
24. Yellow Temperance, Part 2 (黄の節制(イエローテンパランス) その②, Ierō Tenparansu Sono 2)
25. Yellow Temperance, Part 3 (黄の節制(イエローテンパランス) その③, Ierō Tenparansu Sono 3)
26. Yellow Temperance, Part 4 (黄の節制(イエローテンパランス) その④, Ierō Tenparansu Sono 4)
27. Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 1 (皇帝(エンペラー)と吊られた男(ハングドマン) その①, Enperā to Hangudo Man Sono 1)
28. Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 2 (皇帝(エンペラー)と吊られた男(ハングドマン) その②, Enperā to Hangudo Man Sono 2)
29. Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 3 (皇帝(エンペラー)と吊られた男(ハングドマン) その③, Enperā to Hangudo Man Sono 3)
30. Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 4 (皇帝(エンペラー)と吊られた男(ハングドマン) その④, Enperā to Hangudo Man Sono 4)

Volume 3 (10)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 3

Release Date

ISBN

July 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177931

Chapter Titles

31. Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 5 (皇帝(エンペラー)と吊られた男(ハングドマン) その⑤, Enperā to Hangudo Man Sono 5)
32. Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 6 (皇帝(エンペラー)と吊られた男(ハングドマン) その⑥, Enperā to Hangudo Man Sono 6)
33. Empress, Part 1 (女帝(エンプレス) その①, Enpuresu Sono 1)
34. Empress, Part 2 (女帝(エンプレス) その②, Enpuresu Sono 2)
35. Empress, Part 3 (女帝(エンプレス) その③, Enpuresu Sono 3)
36. Empress, Part 4 (女帝(エンプレス) その④, Enpuresu Sono 4)
37. Wheel of Fortune, Part 1 (運命の車輪(ホウィール・オブ・フォーチュン) その①, Howīru obu Fōchun Sono 1)
38. Wheel of Fortune, Part 2 (運命の車輪(ホウィール・オブ・フォーチュン) その②, Howīru obu Fōchun Sono 2)
39. Wheel of Fortune, Part 3 (運命の車輪(ホウィール・オブ・フォーチュン) その③, Howīru obu Fōchun Sono 3)
40. Wheel of Fortune, Part 4 (運命の車輪(ホウィール・オブ・フォーチュン) その④, Howīru obu Fōchun Sono 4)
41. Justice, Part 1 (正義(ジャスティス) その①, Jasutisu Sono 1)
42. Justice, Part 2 (正義(ジャスティス) その②, Jasutisu Sono 2)
43. Justice, Part 3 (正義(ジャスティス) その③, Jasutisu Sono 3)
44. Justice, Part 4 (正義(ジャスティス) その④, Jasutisu Sono 4)
45. Justice, Part 5 (正義(ジャスティス) その⑤, Jasutisu Sono 5)

Volume 4 (11)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 4

Release Date

ISBN

July 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177948

Chapter Titles

46. Justice, Part 6 (正義(ジャスティス) その⑥, Jasutisu Sono 6)
47. Lovers, Part 1 (恋人(ラバーズ) その①, Rabāzu Sono 1)
48. Lovers, Part 2 (恋人(ラバーズ) その②, Rabāzu Sono 2)
49. Lovers, Part 3 (恋人(ラバーズ) その③, Rabāzu Sono 3)
50. Lovers, Part 4 (恋人(ラバーズ) その④, Rabāzu Sono 4)
51. Lovers, Part 5 (恋人(ラバーズ) その⑤, Rabāzu Sono 5)
52. Lovers, Part 6 (恋人(ラバーズ) その⑥, Rabāzu Sono 6)
53. Sun, Part 1 (太陽 その①, Taiyō Sono 1)
54. Sun, Part 2 (太陽 その②, Taiyō Sono 2)
55. Death Thirteen, Part 1 (死神(デス)13(サーティーン) その①, Desu Sātīn Sono 1)
56. Death Thirteen, Part 2 (死神(デス)13(サーティーン) その②, Desu Sātīn Sono 2)
57. Death Thirteen, Part 3 (死神(デス)13(サーティーン) その③, Desu Sātīn Sono 3)
58. Death Thirteen, Part 4 (死神(デス)13(サーティーン) その④, Desu Sātīn Sono 4)
59. Death Thirteen, Part 5 (死神(デス)13(サーティーン) その⑤, Desu Sātīn Sono 5)
60. Death Thirteen, Part 6 (死神(デス)13(サーティーン) その⑥, Desu Sātīn Sono 6)

Volume 5 (12)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 5

Release Date

ISBN

August 9, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177955

Chapter Titles

61. Judgement, Part 1 (審判(ジャッジメント) その①, Jajjimento Sono 1)
62. Judgement, Part 2 (審判(ジャッジメント) その②, Jajjimento Sono 2)
63. Judgement, Part 3 (審判(ジャッジメント) その③, Jajjimento Sono 3)
64. Judgement, Part 4 (審判(ジャッジメント) その④, Jajjimento Sono 4)
65. Judgement, Part 5 (審判(ジャッジメント) その⑤, Jajjimento Sono 5)
66. High Priestess, Part 1 (女教皇(ハイプリエステス) その①, Hai Puriesutesu Sono 1)
67. High Priestess, Part 2 (女教皇(ハイプリエステス) その②, Hai Puriesutesu Sono 2)
68. High Priestess, Part 3 (女教皇(ハイプリエステス) その③, Hai Puriesutesu Sono 3)
69. High Priestess, Part 4 (女教皇(ハイプリエステス) その④, Hai Puriesutesu Sono 4)
70. "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 1 (「愚者(ザ・フール)」のイギーと「ゲブ神」のンドゥール その①, 'Za Fūru' no Igī to 'Gebu-shin' no Ndūru Sono 1)
71. "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2 (「愚者(ザ・フール)」のイギーと「ゲブ神」のンドゥール その②, 'Za Fūru' no Igī to 'Gebu-shin' no Ndūru Sono 2)
72. "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 3 (「愚者(ザ・フール)」のイギーと「ゲブ神」のンドゥール その③, 'Za Fūru' no Igī to 'Gebu-shin' no Ndūru Sono 3)
73. "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 4 (「愚者(ザ・フール)」のイギーと「ゲブ神」のンドゥール その④, 'Za Fūru' no Igī to 'Gebu-shin' no Ndūru Sono 4)
74. "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 5 (「愚者(ザ・フール)」のイギーと「ゲブ神」のンドゥール その⑤, 'Za Fūru' no Igī to 'Gebu-shin' no Ndūru Sono 5)
75. "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 6 (「愚者(ザ・フール)」のイギーと「ゲブ神」のンドゥール その⑥, 'Za Fūru' no Igī to 'Gebu-shin' no Ndūru Sono 6)

Volume 6 (13)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 6

Release Date

ISBN

August 9, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177962

Chapter Titles

76. "Khnum" Oingo and "Tohth" Boingo, Part 1 (「クヌム神」のオインゴ「トト神」のボインゴ その①, 'Kunumu-shin' no Oingo, 'Toto-shin' no Boingo Sono 1)
77. "Khnum" Oingo and "Tohth" Boingo, Part 2 (「クヌム神」のオインゴ「トト神」のボインゴ その②, 'Kunumu-shin' no Oingo, 'Toto-shin' no Boingo Sono 2)
78. "Khnum" Oingo and "Tohth" Boingo, Part 3 (「クヌム神」のオインゴ「トト神」のボインゴ その③, 'Kunumu-shin' no Oingo, 'Toto-shin' no Boingo Sono 3)
79. "Khnum" Oingo and "Tohth" Boingo, Part 4 (「クヌム神」のオインゴ「トト神」のボインゴ その④, 'Kunumu-shin' no Oingo, 'Toto-shin' no Boingo Sono 4)
80. Anubis, Part 1 (「アヌビス神」 その①, 'Anubisu-shin' Sono 1)
81. Anubis, Part 2 (「アヌビス神」 その②, 'Anubisu-shin' Sono 2)
82. Anubis, Part 3 (「アヌビス神」 その③, 'Anubisu-shin' Sono 3)
83. Anubis, Part 4 (「アヌビス神」 その④, 'Anubisu-shin' Sono 4)
84. Anubis, Part 5 (「アヌビス神」 その⑤, 'Anubisu-shin' Sono 5)
85. Anubis, Part 6 (「アヌビス神」 その⑥, 'Anubisu-shin' Sono 6)
86. "Bastet" Mariah, Part 1 (「バステト女神」のマライア その①, 'Basuteto-joshin' no Maraia Sono 1)
87. "Bastet" Mariah, Part 2 (「バステト女神」のマライア その②, 'Basuteto-joshin' no Maraia Sono 2)
88. "Bastet" Mariah, Part 3 (「バステト女神」のマライア その③, 'Basuteto-joshin' no Maraia Sono 3)
89. "Bastet" Mariah, Part 4 (「バステト女神」のマライア その④, 'Basuteto-joshin' no Maraia Sono 4)
90. "Bastet" Mariah, Part 5 (「バステト女神」のマライア その⑤, 'Basuteto-joshin' no Maraia Sono 5)
91. "Bastet" Mariah, Part 6 (「バステト女神」のマライア その⑥, 'Basuteto-joshin' no Maraia Sono 6)

Volume 7 (14)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 7

Release Date

ISBN

September 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177979

Chapter Titles

92. "Sethan" Alessi, Part 1 (「セト神」のアレッシー その①, 'Seto-shin' no Aresshī Sono 1)
93. "Sethan" Alessi, Part 2 (「セト神」のアレッシー その②, 'Seto-shin' no Aresshī Sono 2)
94. "Sethan" Alessi, Part 3 (「セト神」のアレッシー その③, 'Seto-shin' no Aresshī Sono 3)
95. "Sethan" Alessi, Part 4 (「セト神」のアレッシー その④, 'Seto-shin' no Aresshī Sono 4)
96. "Sethan" Alessi, Part 5 (「セト神」のアレッシー その⑤, 'Seto-shin' no Aresshī Sono 5)
97. Shooting DIO?! (DIO(ディオ)を撃つ!?, DIO o Utsu!?)
98. D'Arby the Gambler, Part 1 (ダービー・ザ・ギャンブラー その①, Dābī za Gyanburā Sono 1)
99. D'Arby the Gambler, Part 2 (ダービー・ザ・ギャンブラー その②, Dābī za Gyanburā Sono 2)
100. D'Arby the Gambler, Part 3 (ダービー・ザ・ギャンブラー その③, Dābī za Gyanburā Sono 3)
101. D'Arby the Gambler, Part 4 (ダービー・ザ・ギャンブラー その④, Dābī za Gyanburā Sono 4)
102. D'Arby the Gambler, Part 5 (ダービー・ザ・ギャンブラー その⑤, Dābī za Gyanburā Sono 5)
103. D'Arby the Gambler, Part 6 (ダービー・ザ・ギャンブラー その⑥, Dābī za Gyanburā Sono 6)
104. Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 1 (ホル・ホースとボインゴ その①, Horu Hōsu to Boingo Sono 1)
105. Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 2 (ホル・ホースとボインゴ その②, Horu Hōsu to Boingo Sono 2)
106. Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 3 (ホル・ホースとボインゴ その③, Horu Hōsu to Boingo Sono 3)

Volume 8 (15)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 8

Release Date

ISBN

September 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177986

Chapter Titles

107. Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 4 (ホル・ホースとボインゴ その④, Horu Hōsu to Boingo Sono 4)
108. Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 5 (ホル・ホースとボインゴ その⑤, Horu Hōsu to Boingo Sono 5)
109. The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1 (地獄の門番ペット・ショップ その①, Jigoku no Monban Petto Shoppu Sono 1)
110. The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 2 (地獄の門番ペット・ショップ その②, Jigoku no Monban Petto Shoppu Sono 2)
111. The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 3 (地獄の門番ペット・ショップ その③, Jigoku no Monban Petto Shoppu Sono 3)
112. The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 4 (地獄の門番ペット・ショップ その④, Jigoku no Monban Petto Shoppu Sono 4)
113. The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 5 (地獄の門番ペット・ショップ その⑤, Jigoku no Monban Petto Shoppu Sono 5)
114. D'Arby the Player, Part 1 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その①, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 1)
115. D'Arby the Player, Part 2 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その②, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 2)
116. D'Arby the Player, Part 3 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その③, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 3)
117. D'Arby the Player, Part 4 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その④, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 4)
118. D'Arby the Player, Part 5 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その⑤, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 5)
119. D'Arby the Player, Part 6 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その⑥, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 6)
120. D'Arby the Player, Part 7 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その⑦, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 7)
121. D'Arby the Player, Part 8 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その⑧, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 8)

Volume 9 (16)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 9

Release Date

ISBN

October 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086177993

Chapter Titles

122. D'Arby the Player, Part 9 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その⑨, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 9)
123. D'Arby the Player, Part 10 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その⑩, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 10)
124. D'Arby the Player, Part 11 (ダービー・ザ・プレイヤー その⑪, Dābī za Pureiyā Sono 11)
125. The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 1 (亜空の瘴気 ヴァニラ・アイス その①, Akū no Shōki Vanira Aisu Sono 1)
126. The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 2 (亜空の瘴気 ヴァニラ・アイス その②, Akū no Shōki Vanira Aisu Sono 2)
127. The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 3 (亜空の瘴気 ヴァニラ・アイス その③, Akū no Shōki Vanira Aisu Sono 3)
128. The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 4 (亜空の瘴気 ヴァニラ・アイス その④, Akū no Shōki Vanira Aisu Sono 4)
129. The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 5 (亜空の瘴気 ヴァニラ・アイス その⑤, Akū no Shōki Vanira Aisu Sono 5)
130. The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 6 (亜空の瘴気 ヴァニラ・アイス その⑥, Akū no Shōki Vanira Aisu Sono 6)
131. The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 7 (亜空の瘴気 ヴァニラ・アイス その⑦, Akū no Shōki Vanira Aisu Sono 7)
132. The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 8 (亜空の瘴気 ヴァニラ・アイス その⑧, Akū no Shōki Vanira Aisu Sono 8)
133. Suzi Q Joestar Visits Her Daughter (スージー・Q・ジョスター 娘に会いにくる, Sūjī Kyū Jōsutā Musume ni Ai ni Kuru)
134. DIO's World, Part 1 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その①, DIO no Sekai Sono 1)
135. DIO's World, Part 2 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その②, DIO no Sekai Sono 2)
136. DIO's World, Part 3 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その③, DIO no Sekai Sono 3)
137. DIO's World, Part 4 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その④, DIO no Sekai Sono 4)

Volume 10 (17)

Stardust Crusaders Volume 10

Release Date

ISBN

October 18, 2002
September 21, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086178006

Chapter Titles

138. DIO's World, Part 5 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑤, DIO no Sekai Sono 5)
139. DIO's World, Part 6 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑥, DIO no Sekai Sono 6)
140. DIO's World, Part 7 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑦, DIO no Sekai Sono 7)
141. DIO's World, Part 8 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑧, DIO no Sekai Sono 8)
142. DIO's World, Part 9 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑨, DIO no Sekai Sono 9)
143. DIO's World, Part 10 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑩, DIO no Sekai Sono 10)
144. DIO's World, Part 11 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑪, DIO no Sekai Sono 11)
145. DIO's World, Part 12 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑫, DIO no Sekai Sono 12)
146. DIO's World, Part 13 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑬, DIO no Sekai Sono 13)
147. DIO's World, Part 14 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑭, DIO no Sekai Sono 14)
148. DIO's World, Part 15 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑮, DIO no Sekai Sono 15)
149. DIO's World, Part 16 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑯, DIO no Sekai Sono 16)
150. DIO's World, Part 17 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑰, DIO no Sekai Sono 17)
151. DIO's World, Part 18 (DIO(ディオ)の世界 その⑱, DIO no Sekai Sono 18)
152. The Faraway Journey, Farewell Friends (遥かなる旅路 さらば友よ, Haruka naru Tabiji Saraba Tomo yo)

Volume 1 (18)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 1

Release Date

ISBN

February 18, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181679

Chapter Titles

1. Jotaro Kujo! Meets Josuke Higashikata, Part 1 (空条承太郎! 東方仗助に会う その①, Kūjō Jōtarō! Higashikata Jōsuke ni Au Sono 1)
2. Jotaro Kujo! Meets Josuke Higashikata, Part 2 (空条承太郎! 東方仗助に会う その②, Kūjō Jōtarō! Higashikata Jōsuke ni Au Sono 2)
3. Jotaro Kujo! Meets Josuke Higashikata, Part 3 (空条承太郎! 東方仗助に会う その③, Kūjō Jōtarō! Higashikata Jōsuke ni Au Sono 3)
4. Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo, Part 1 (東方仗助！アンジェロに会う その①, Higashikata Jōsuke! Anjuro ni Au Sono 1)
5. Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo, Part 2 (東方仗助！アンジェロに会う その②, Higashikata Jōsuke! Anjuro ni Au Sono 2)
6. Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo, Part 3 (東方仗助！アンジェロに会う その③, Higashikata Jōsuke! Anjuro ni Au Sono 3)
7. Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo, Part 4 (東方仗助！アンジェロに会う その④, Higashikata Jōsuke! Anjuro ni Au Sono 4)
8. Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo, Part 5 (東方仗助！アンジェロに会う その⑤, Higashikata Jōsuke! Anjuro ni Au Sono 5)
9. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 1 (虹村兄弟 その①, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 1)
10. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 2 (虹村兄弟 その②, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 2)
11. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3 (虹村兄弟 その③, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 3)
12. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 4 (虹村兄弟 その④, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 4)
13. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 5 (虹村兄弟 その⑤, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 5)
14. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 6 (虹村兄弟 その⑥, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 6)

Volume 2 (19)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 2

Release Date

ISBN

February 18, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181686

Chapter Titles

15. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 7 (虹村兄弟 その⑦, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 7)
16. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 8 (虹村兄弟 その⑧, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 8)
17. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 9 (虹村兄弟 その⑨, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 9)
18. The Nijimura Brothers, Part 10 (虹村兄弟 その⑩, Nijimura Kyōdai Sono 10)
19. Koichi Hirose (Echoes), Part 1 (広瀬康一(エコーズ) その①, Hirose Kōichi (Ekōzu) Sono 1)
20. Koichi Hirose (Echoes), Part 2 (広瀬康一(エコーズ) その②, Hirose Kōichi (Ekōzu) Sono 2)
21. Koichi Hirose (Echoes), Part 3 (広瀬康一(エコーズ) その③, Hirose Kōichi (Ekōzu) Sono 3)
22. Koichi Hirose (Echoes), Part 4 (広瀬康一(エコーズ) その④, Hirose Kōichi (Ekōzu) Sono 4)
23. Koichi Hirose (Echoes), Part 5 (広瀬康一(エコーズ) その⑤, Hirose Kōichi (Ekōzu) Sono 5)
24. Toshikazu Hazamada (Surface), Part 1 (間田敏和(サーフィス) その①, Hazamada Toshikazu (Sāfisu) Sono 1)
25. Toshikazu Hazamada (Surface), Part 2 (間田敏和(サーフィス) その②, Hazamada Toshikazu (Sāfisu) Sono 2)
26. Toshikazu Hazamada (Surface), Part 3 (間田敏和(サーフィス) その③, Hazamada Toshikazu (Sāfisu) Sono 3)
27. Toshikazu Hazamada (Surface), Part 4 (間田敏和(サーフィス) その④, Hazamada Toshikazu (Sāfisu) Sono 4)
28. Toshikazu Hazamada (Surface), Part 5 (間田敏和(サーフィス) その⑤, Hazamada Toshikazu (Sāfisu) Sono 5)

Volume 3 (20)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 3

Release Date

ISBN

April 16, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181693

Chapter Titles

29. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 1 (山岸由花子は恋をする その①, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 1)
30. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 2 (山岸由花子は恋をする その②, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 2)
31. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 3 (山岸由花子は恋をする その③, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 3)
32. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 4 (山岸由花子は恋をする その④, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 4)
33. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 5 (山岸由花子は恋をする その⑤, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 5)
34. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 6 (山岸由花子は恋をする その⑥, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 6)
35. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 7 (山岸由花子は恋をする その⑦, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 7)
36. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 8 (山岸由花子は恋をする その⑧, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 8)
37. Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 9 (山岸由花子は恋をする その⑨, Yamagishi Yukako wa Koi o Suru Sono 9)
38. Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food, Part 1 (イタリア料理を食べに行こう その①, Itaria Ryōri o Tabe ni Ikō Sono 1)
39. Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food, Part 2 (イタリア料理を食べに行こう その②, Itaria Ryōri o Tabe ni Ikō Sono 2)
40. Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food, Part 3 (イタリア料理を食べに行こう その③, Itaria Ryōri o Tabe ni Ikō Sono 3)
41. Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food, Part 4 (イタリア料理を食べに行こう その④, Itaria Ryōri o Tabe ni Ikō Sono 4)
42. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 1 (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー その①, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā Sono 1)
43. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 2 (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー その②, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā Sono 2)

Volume 4 (21)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 4

Release Date

ISBN

April 16, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181709

Chapter Titles

44. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 3 (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー その③, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā Sono 3)
45. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 4 (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー その④, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā Sono 4)
46. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 5 (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー その⑤, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā Sono 5)
47. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 6 (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー その⑥, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā Sono 6)
48. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 7 (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー その⑦, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā Sono 7)
49. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 8 (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー その⑧, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā Sono 8)
50. We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 1 (やばいものを拾ったっス！ その①, Yabaimono o Hirottassu! Sono 1)
51. We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 2 (やばいものを拾ったっス！ その②, Yabaimono o Hirottassu! Sono 2)
52. We Picked Up Something Crazy!, Part 3 (やばいものを拾ったっス！ その③, Yabaimono o Hirottassu! Sono 3)
53. Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 1 (漫画家のうちへ遊びに行こう その①, Mangaka no Uchi e Asobi ni Ikō Sono 1)
54. Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 2 (漫画家のうちへ遊びに行こう その②, Mangaka no Uchi e Asobi ni Ikō Sono 2)
55. Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 3 (漫画家のうちへ遊びに行こう その③, Mangaka no Uchi e Asobi ni Ikō Sono 3)
56. Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 4 (漫画家のうちへ遊びに行こう その④, Mangaka no Uchi e Asobi ni Ikō Sono 4)
57. Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 5 (漫画家のうちへ遊びに行こう その⑤, Mangaka no Uchi e Asobi ni Ikō Sono 5)

Volume 5 (22)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 5

Release Date

ISBN

May 18, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181716

Chapter Titles

58. Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 6 (漫画家のうちへ遊びに行こう その⑥, Mangaka no Uchi e Asobi ni Ikō Sono 6)
59. Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 7 (漫画家のうちへ遊びに行こう その⑦, Mangaka no Uchi e Asobi ni Ikō Sono 7)
60. Let's Go Hunting!, Part 1 (「狩り(ハンティング)」に行こう！ その①, 'Hantingu' ni Ikō! Sono 1)
61. Let's Go Hunting!, Part 2 (「狩り(ハンティング)」に行こう！ その②, 'Hantingu' ni Ikō! Sono 2)
62. Let's Go Hunting!, Part 3 (「狩り(ハンティング)」に行こう！ その③, 'Hantingu' ni Ikō! Sono 3)
63. Let's Go Hunting!, Part 4 (「狩り(ハンティング)」に行こう！ その④, 'Hantingu' ni Ikō! Sono 4)
64. Let's Go Hunting!, Part 5 (「狩り(ハンティング)」に行こう！ その⑤, 'Hantingu' ni Ikō! Sono 5)
65. Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 1 (岸辺露伴の冒険 その①, Kishibe Rohan no Bōken Sono 1)
66. Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 2 (岸辺露伴の冒険 その②, Kishibe Rohan no Bōken Sono 2)
67. Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 3 (岸辺露伴の冒険 その③, Kishibe Rohan no Bōken Sono 3)
68. Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 4 (岸辺露伴の冒険 その④, Kishibe Rohan no Bōken Sono 4)
69. Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 5 (岸辺露伴の冒険 その⑤, Kishibe Rohan no Bōken Sono 5)
70. Shigechi's Harvest, Part 1 (「重ちー」の収穫(ハーヴェスト) その①, 'Shigechī' no Hāvesuto Sono 1)
71. Shigechi's Harvest, Part 2 (「重ちー」の収穫(ハーヴェスト) その②, 'Shigechī' no Hāvesuto Sono 2)
72. Shigechi's Harvest, Part 3 (「重ちー」の収穫(ハーヴェスト) その③, 'Shigechī' no Hāvesuto Sono 3)

Volume 6 (23)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 6

Release Date

ISBN

May 18, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181723

Chapter Titles

73. Shigechi's Harvest, Part 4 (「重ちー」の収穫(ハーヴェスト) その④, 'Shigechī' no Hāvesuto Sono 4)
74. Shigechi's Harvest, Part 5 (「重ちー」の収穫(ハーヴェスト) その⑤, 'Shigechī' no Hāvesuto Sono 5)
75. Shigechi's Harvest, Part 6 (「重ちー」の収穫(ハーヴェスト) その⑥, 'Shigechī' no Hāvesuto Sono 6)
76. Shigechi's Harvest, Part 7 (「重ちー」の収穫(ハーヴェスト) その⑦, 'Shigechī' no Hāvesuto Sono 7)
77. Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1 (吉良吉影は静かに暮らしたい その①, Kira Yoshikage wa Shizuka ni Kurashitai Sono 1)
78. Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 2 (吉良吉影は静かに暮らしたい その②, Kira Yoshikage wa Shizuka ni Kurashitai Sono 2)
79. Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 3 (吉良吉影は静かに暮らしたい その③, Kira Yoshikage wa Shizuka ni Kurashitai Sono 3)
80. Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 4 (吉良吉影は静かに暮らしたい その④, Kira Yoshikage wa Shizuka ni Kurashitai Sono 4)
81. Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 5 (吉良吉影は静かに暮らしたい その⑤, Kira Yoshikage wa Shizuka ni Kurashitai Sono 5)
82. The People of Morioh (杜王町の人々, Moriō-chō no Hitobito)
83. Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella, Part 1 (山岸由花子はシンデレラに憧れる その①, Yamagishi Yukako wa Shinderera ni Akogareru Sono 1)
84. Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella, Part 2 (山岸由花子はシンデレラに憧れる その②, Yamagishi Yukako wa Shinderera ni Akogareru Sono 2)
85. Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella, Part 3 (山岸由花子はシンデレラに憧れる その③, Yamagishi Yukako wa Shinderera ni Akogareru Sono 3)
86. Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella, Part 4 (山岸由花子はシンデレラに憧れる その④, Yamagishi Yukako wa Shinderera ni Akogareru Sono 4)
87. Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella, Part 5 (山岸由花子はシンデレラに憧れる その⑤, Yamagishi Yukako wa Shinderera ni Akogareru Sono 5)

Volume 7 (24)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 7

Release Date

ISBN

June 18, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181730

Chapter Titles

88. Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella, Part 6 (山岸由花子はシンデレラに憧れる その⑥, Yamagishi Yukako wa Shinderera ni Akogareru Sono 6)
89. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 1 (シアーハートアタック その①, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 1)
90. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 2 (シアーハートアタック その②, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 2)
91. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 3 (シアーハートアタック その③, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 3)
92. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 4 (シアーハートアタック その④, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 4)
93. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 5 (シアーハートアタック その⑤, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 5)
94. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 6 (シアーハートアタック その⑥, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 6)
95. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 7 (シアーハートアタック その⑦, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 7)
96. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 8 (シアーハートアタック その⑧, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 8)
97. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 9 (シアーハートアタック その⑨, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 9)
98. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 10 (シアーハートアタック その⑩, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 10)
99. Sheer Heart Attack, Part 11 (シアーハートアタック その⑪, Shiā Hāto Atakku Sono 11)
100. Atom Heart Father, Part 1 (アトム・ハート・ファーザー その①, Atomu Hāto Fāzā Sono 1)
101. Atom Heart Father, Part 2 (アトム・ハート・ファーザー その②, Atomu Hāto Fāzā Sono 2)
102. Atom Heart Father, Part 3 (アトム・ハート・ファーザー その③, Atomu Hāto Fāzā Sono 3)

Volume 8 (25)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 8

Release Date

ISBN

June 18, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181747

Chapter Titles

103. Atom Heart Father, Part 4 (アトム・ハート・ファーザー その④, Atomu Hāto Fāzā Sono 4)
104. Atom Heart Father, Part 5 (アトム・ハート・ファーザー その⑤, Atomu Hāto Fāzā Sono 5)
105. Yoshikage Kira's New Situation, Part 1 (吉良吉影の新しい事情 その①, Kira Yoshikage no Atarashī Jijō Sono 1)
106. Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 1 (ジャンケン小僧がやって来る！ その①, Janken Kozō ga Yatte Kuru! Sono 1)
107. Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 2 (ジャンケン小僧がやって来る！ その②, Janken Kozō ga Yatte Kuru! Sono 2)
108. Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 3 (ジャンケン小僧がやって来る！ その③, Janken Kozō ga Yatte Kuru! Sono 3)
109. Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 4 (ジャンケン小僧がやって来る！ その④, Janken Kozō ga Yatte Kuru! Sono 4)
110. Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 5 (ジャンケン小僧がやって来る！ その⑤, Janken Kozō ga Yatte Kuru! Sono 5)
111. Rock-Paper-Scissors Kid is Coming!, Part 6 (ジャンケン小僧がやって来る！ その⑥, Janken Kozō ga Yatte Kuru! Sono 6)
112. Yoshikage Kira's New Situation, Part 2 (吉良吉影の新しい事情 その②, Kira Yoshikage no Atarashī Jijō Sono 2)
113. I'm an Alien, Part 1 (ぼくは宇宙人 その①, Boku wa Uchūjin Sono 1)
114. I'm an Alien, Part 2 (ぼくは宇宙人 その②, Boku wa Uchūjin Sono 2)
115. I'm an Alien, Part 3 (ぼくは宇宙人 その③, Boku wa Uchūjin Sono 3)
116. I'm an Alien, Part 4 (ぼくは宇宙人 その④, Boku wa Uchūjin Sono 4)
117. I'm an Alien, Part 5 (ぼくは宇宙人 その⑤, Boku wa Uchūjin Sono 5)

Volume 9 (26)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 9

Release Date

ISBN

July 16, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181754

Chapter Titles

118. I'm an Alien, Part 6 (ぼくは宇宙人 その⑥, Boku wa Uchūjin Sono 6)
119. Highway Star, Part 1 (ハイウェイ・スター その①, Haiwei Sutā Sono 1)
120. Highway Star, Part 2 (ハイウェイ・スター その②, Haiwei Sutā Sono 2)
121. Highway Star, Part 3 (ハイウェイ・スター その③, Haiwei Sutā Sono 3)
122. Highway Star, Part 4 (ハイウェイ・スター その④, Haiwei Sutā Sono 4)
123. Highway Star, Part 5 (ハイウェイ・スター その⑤, Haiwei Sutā Sono 5)
124. Highway Star, Part 6 (ハイウェイ・スター その⑥, Haiwei Sutā Sono 6)
125. Highway Star, Part 7 (ハイウェイ・スター その⑦, Haiwei Sutā Sono 7)
126. Highway Star, Part 8 (ハイウェイ・スター その⑧, Haiwei Sutā Sono 8)
127. Cats Love Yoshikage Kira, Part 1 (猫は吉良吉影が好き その①, Neko wa Kira Yoshikage ga Suki Sono 1)
128. Cats Love Yoshikage Kira, Part 2 (猫は吉良吉影が好き その②, Neko wa Kira Yoshikage ga Suki Sono 2)
129. Cats Love Yoshikage Kira, Part 3 (猫は吉良吉影が好き その③, Neko wa Kira Yoshikage ga Suki Sono 3)
130. Cats Love Yoshikage Kira, Part 4 (猫は吉良吉影が好き その④, Neko wa Kira Yoshikage ga Suki Sono 4)
131. Cats Love Yoshikage Kira, Part 5 (猫は吉良吉影が好き その⑤, Neko wa Kira Yoshikage ga Suki Sono 5)
132. Cats Love Yoshikage Kira, Part 6 (猫は吉良吉影が好き その⑥, Neko wa Kira Yoshikage ga Suki Sono 6)

Volume 10 (27)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 10

Release Date

ISBN

July 16, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181761

Chapter Titles

133. Let's Live on a Transmission Tower, Part 1 (鉄塔に住もう その①, Tettō ni Sumō Sono 1)
134. Let's Live on a Transmission Tower, Part 2 (鉄塔に住もう その②, Tettō ni Sumō Sono 2)
135. Let's Live on a Transmission Tower, Part 3 (鉄塔に住もう その③, Tettō ni Sumō Sono 3)
136. Let's Live on a Transmission Tower, Part 4 (鉄塔に住もう その④, Tettō ni Sumō Sono 4)
137. Let's Live on a Transmission Tower, Part 5 (鉄塔に住もう その⑤, Tettō ni Sumō Sono 5)
138. Let's Live on a Transmission Tower, Part 6 (鉄塔に住もう その⑥, Tettō ni Sumō Sono 6)
139. Enigma Boy, Part 1 (エニグマの少年 その①, Eniguma no Shōnen Sono 1)
140. Enigma Boy, Part 2 (エニグマの少年 その②, Eniguma no Shōnen Sono 2)
141. Enigma Boy, Part 3 (エニグマの少年 その③, Eniguma no Shōnen Sono 3)
142. Enigma Boy, Part 4 (エニグマの少年 その④, Eniguma no Shōnen Sono 4)
143. Enigma Boy, Part 5 (エニグマの少年 その⑤, Eniguma no Shōnen Sono 5)
144. Enigma Boy, Part 6 (エニグマの少年 その⑥, Eniguma no Shōnen Sono 6)
145. My Dad is Not My Dad, Part 1 (ぼくのパパはパパじゃない その①, Boku no Papa wa Papa ja Nai Sono 1)
146. My Dad is Not My Dad, Part 2 (ぼくのパパはパパじゃない その②, Boku no Papa wa Papa ja Nai Sono 2)

Volume 11 (28)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 11

Release Date

ISBN

August 10, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181778

Chapter Titles

147. Cheap Trick, Part 1 (チープ・トリック その①, Chīpu Torikku Sono 1)
148. Cheap Trick, Part 2 (チープ・トリック その②, Chīpu Torikku Sono 2)
149. Cheap Trick, Part 3 (チープ・トリック その③, Chīpu Torikku Sono 3)
150. Cheap Trick, Part 4 (チープ・トリック その④, Chīpu Torikku Sono 4)
151. Cheap Trick, Part 5 (チープ・トリック その⑤, Chīpu Torikku Sono 5)
152. Cheap Trick, Part 6 (チープ・トリック その⑥, Chīpu Torikku Sono 6)
153. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 1 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その①, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 1)
154. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 2 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その②, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 2)
155. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 3 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その③, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 3)
156. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 4 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その④, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 4)
157. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 5 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その⑤, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 5)
158. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 6 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その⑥, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 6)
159. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 7 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その⑦, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 7)
160. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 8 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その⑧, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 8)

Volume 12 (29)

Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 12

Release Date

ISBN

August 10, 2004
August 31, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086181785

Chapter Titles

161. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 9 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その⑨, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 9)
162. Another One Bites the Dust, Part 10 (アナザーワン バイツァ・ダスト その⑩, Anazāwan Baitsa Dasuto Sono 10)
163. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 1 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その①, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 1)
164. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 2 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その②, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 2)
165. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 3 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その③, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 3)
166. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 4 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その④, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 4)
167. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 5 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その⑤, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 5)
168. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 6 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その⑥, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 6)
169. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 7 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その⑦, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 7)
170. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 8 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その⑧, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 8)
171. Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable, Part 9 (クレイジー・D(ダイヤモンド)は砕けない その⑨, Kureijī Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai Sono 9)
172. Let Me Remind You (思い出させてあげる, Omoidasasete Ageru)
173. Town Guardian Spirits (町の守護聖霊, Machi no Shugo Seirei)
174. Goodbye, Morioh - The Golden Heart (さよなら杜王町－黄金の心, Sayonara Moriō-chō - Ōgon no Kokoro)

Volume 1 (30)

Vento Aureo Volume 1

Release Date

ISBN

March 18, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183017

Chapter Titles

1. Gold Experience, Part 1 (黄金体験(ゴールド・エクスペリエンス) その①, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Sono 1)
2. Gold Experience, Part 2 (黄金体験(ゴールド・エクスペリエンス) その②, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Sono 2)
3. Gold Experience, Part 3 (黄金体験(ゴールド・エクスペリエンス) その③, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Sono 3)
4. Bucciarati is Coming, Part 1 (ブチャラティが来る その①, Bucharati ga Kuru Sono 1)
5. Bucciarati is Coming, Part 2 (ブチャラティが来る その②, Bucharati ga Kuru Sono 2)
6. Bucciarati is Coming, Part 3 (ブチャラティが来る その③, Bucharati ga Kuru Sono 3)
7. Bucciarati is Coming, Part 4 (ブチャラティが来る その④, Bucharati ga Kuru Sono 4)
8. Bucciarati is Coming, Part 5 (ブチャラティが来る その⑤, Bucharati ga Kuru Sono 5)
9. Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall, Part 1 (塀の中のギャングに会え その①, Hei no Naka no Gyangu ni Ae Sono 1)
10. Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall, Part 2 (塀の中のギャングに会え その②, Hei no Naka no Gyangu ni Ae Sono 2)
11. Joining the Gang, Part 1 (ギャング入門 その①, Gyangu Nyūmon Sono 1)
12. Joining the Gang, Part 2 (ギャング入門 その②, Gyangu Nyūmon Sono 2)
13. Joining the Gang, Part 3 (ギャング入門 その③, Gyangu Nyūmon Sono 3)
14. Joining the Gang, Part 4 (ギャング入門 その④, Gyangu Nyūmon Sono 4)
15. Joining the Gang, Part 5 (ギャング入門 その⑤, Gyangu Nyūmon Sono 5)

Volume 2 (31)

Vento Aureo Volume 2

Release Date

ISBN

March 18, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183024

Chapter Titles

16. Joining the Gang, Part 6 (ギャング入門 その⑥, Gyangu Nyūmon Sono 6)
17. 5 Plus 1 (5(ファイブ)プラス1(ワン), Faibu Purasu Wan)
18. Find Polpo's Fortune! (ポルポの遺産を狙え！, Porupo no Isan o Nerae!)
19. The Mystery of Soft Machine, Part 1 (ソフト・マシーンの謎 その①, Sofuto Mashīn no Nazo Sono 1)
20. The Mystery of Soft Machine, Part 2 (ソフト・マシーンの謎 その②, Sofuto Mashīn no Nazo Sono 2)
21. Moody Blues Strikes Back, Part 1 (ムーディー・ブルースの逆襲 その①, Mūdī Burūsu no Gyakushū Sono 1)
22. Moody Blues Strikes Back, Part 2 (ムーディー・ブルースの逆襲 その②, Mūdī Burūsu no Gyakushū Sono 2)
23. Sex Pistols Appears, Part 1 (セックス・ピストルズ登場 その①, Sekkusu Pisutoruzu Tōjō Sono 1)
24. Sex Pistols Appears, Part 2 (セックス・ピストルズ登場 その②, Sekkusu Pisutoruzu Tōjō Sono 2)
25. Sex Pistols Appears, Part 3 (セックス・ピストルズ登場 その③, Sekkusu Pisutoruzu Tōjō Sono 3)
26. Sex Pistols Appears, Part 4 (セックス・ピストルズ登場 その④, Sekkusu Pisutoruzu Tōjō Sono 4)
27. Sex Pistols Appears, Part 5 (セックス・ピストルズ登場 その⑤, Sekkusu Pisutoruzu Tōjō Sono 5)
28. Sex Pistols Appears, Part 6 (セックス・ピストルズ登場 その⑥, Sekkusu Pisutoruzu Tōjō Sono 6)
29. The Hidden Six-Hundred Million Yen Stash (6億円の隠し場所, 6-oku En no Kakushi Basho)
30. Capo Bucciarati; The First Order from the Boss (ブチャラティ幹部；ボスからの第一指令, Bucharati Kanbu; Bosu kara no Dai Ichi Shirei)

Volume 3 (32)

Vento Aureo Volume 3

Release Date

ISBN

May 18, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183031

Chapter Titles

31. Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 1 (ナランチャのエアロスミス その①, Narancha no Earosumisu Sono 1)
32. Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 2 (ナランチャのエアロスミス その②, Narancha no Earosumisu Sono 2)
33. Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 3 (ナランチャのエアロスミス その③, Narancha no Earosumisu Sono 3)
34. Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 4 (ナランチャのエアロスミス その④, Narancha no Earosumisu Sono 4)
35. Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 5 (ナランチャのエアロスミス その⑤, Narancha no Earosumisu Sono 5)
36. Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 6 (ナランチャのエアロスミス その⑥, Narancha no Earosumisu Sono 6)
37. Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 7 (ナランチャのエアロスミス その⑦, Narancha no Earosumisu Sono 7)
38. Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 8 (ナランチャのエアロスミス その⑧, Narancha no Earosumisu Sono 8)
39. The Second Order from the Boss: "Retrieve the Key!" (ボスからの第二指令；「鍵(キー)をゲットせよ！」, Bosu kara no Dai Ni Shirei: "Kī o Getto seyo!")
40. Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze, Part 1 (マン・イン・ザ・ミラーとパープル・ヘイズ その①, Man in za Mirā to Pāpuru Heizu Sono 1)
41. Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze, Part 2 (マン・イン・ザ・ミラーとパープル・ヘイズ その②, Man in za Mirā to Pāpuru Heizu Sono 2)
42. Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze, Part 3 (マン・イン・ザ・ミラーとパープル・ヘイズ その③, Man in za Mirā to Pāpuru Heizu Sono 3)
43. Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze, Part 4 (マン・イン・ザ・ミラーとパープル・ヘイズ その④, Man in za Mirā to Pāpuru Heizu Sono 4)
44. Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze, Part 5 (マン・イン・ザ・ミラーとパープル・ヘイズ その⑤, Man in za Mirā to Pāpuru Heizu Sono 5)
45. Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze, Part 6 (マン・イン・ザ・ミラーとパープル・ヘイズ その⑥, Man in za Mirā to Pāpuru Heizu Sono 6)
46. Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze, Part 7 (マン・イン・ザ・ミラーとパープル・ヘイズ その⑦, Man in za Mirā to Pāpuru Heizu Sono 7)

Volume 4 (33)

Vento Aureo Volume 4

Release Date

ISBN

May 18, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183048

Chapter Titles

47. Express Train to Florence, Part 1 (フィレンツェ行き超特急 その①, Firentse Iki Chōtokkyū Sono 1)
48. Express Train to Florence, Part 2 (フィレンツェ行き超特急 その②, Firentse Iki Chōtokkyū Sono 2)
49. The Grateful Dead, Part 1 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その①, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 1)
50. The Grateful Dead, Part 2 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その②, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 2)
51. The Grateful Dead, Part 3 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その③, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 3)
52. The Grateful Dead, Part 4 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その④, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 4)
53. The Grateful Dead, Part 5 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その⑤, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 5)
54. The Grateful Dead, Part 6 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その⑥, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 6)
55. The Grateful Dead, Part 7 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その⑦, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 7)
56. The Grateful Dead, Part 8 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その⑧, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 8)
57. The Grateful Dead, Part 9 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その⑨, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 9)
58. The Grateful Dead, Part 10 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その⑩, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 10)
59. The Grateful Dead, Part 11 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その⑪, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 11)
60. The Grateful Dead, Part 12 (偉大なる死(ザ・グレイトフル・デッド) その⑫, Za Gureitofuru Deddo Sono 12)
61. Baby Face, Part 1 (ベイビィ・フェイス その①, Beibī Feisu Sono 1)

Volume 5 (34)

Vento Aureo Volume 5

Release Date

ISBN

June 17, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183055

Chapter Titles

62. Baby Face, Part 2 (ベイビィ・フェイス その②, Beibī Feisu Sono 2)
63. Baby Face, Part 3 (ベイビィ・フェイス その③, Beibī Feisu Sono 3)
64. Baby Face, Part 4 (ベイビィ・フェイス その④, Beibī Feisu Sono 4)
65. Baby Face, Part 5 (ベイビィ・フェイス その⑤, Beibī Feisu Sono 5)
66. Baby Face, Part 6 (ベイビィ・フェイス その⑥, Beibī Feisu Sono 6)
67. Baby Face, Part 7 (ベイビィ・フェイス その⑦, Beibī Feisu Sono 7)
68. Head to Venice! (ヴェネツィアに向かえ！, Venetsia ni Mukae!)
69. Venice's Santa Lucia Station - Get the "OA-DISC"! (ヴェネツィア・サンタ・ルチア駅『OA-DISC(ディスク)』をゲットせよ！, Venetsia Santa Ruchia Eki "Ō Ē Disuku" o Getto seyo!)
70. White Album, Part 1 (ホワイト・アルバム その①, Howaito Arubamu Sono 1)
71. White Album, Part 2 (ホワイト・アルバム その②, Howaito Arubamu Sono 2)
72. White Album, Part 3 (ホワイト・アルバム その③, Howaito Arubamu Sono 3)
73. White Album, Part 4 (ホワイト・アルバム その④, Howaito Arubamu Sono 4)
74. White Album, Part 5 (ホワイト・アルバム その⑤, Howaito Arubamu Sono 5)
75. White Album, Part 6 (ホワイト・アルバム その⑥, Howaito Arubamu Sono 6)
76. White Album, Part 7 (ホワイト・アルバム その⑦, Howaito Arubamu Sono 7)
77. The Boss's Last Orders (ボスよりの最終指令, Bosu yori no Saishū Shirei)

Volume 6 (35)

Vento Aureo Volume 6

Release Date

ISBN

June 17, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183062

Chapter Titles

78. Bruno Bucciarati's Childhood (ブローノ・ブチャラティ その少年時代, Burōno Bucharati Sono Shōnen Jidai)
79. The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 1 (キング・クリムゾンの謎 その①, Kingu Kurimuzon no Nazo Sono 1)
80. The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 2 (キング・クリムゾンの謎 その②, Kingu Kurimuzon no Nazo Sono 2)
81. The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 3 (キング・クリムゾンの謎 その③, Kingu Kurimuzon no Nazo Sono 3)
82. The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 4 (キング・クリムゾンの謎 その④, Kingu Kurimuzon no Nazo Sono 4)
83. The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 5 (キング・クリムゾンの謎 その⑤, Kingu Kurimuzon no Nazo Sono 5)
84. The Mystery of King Crimson, Part 6 (キング・クリムゾンの謎 その⑥, Kingu Kurimuzon no Nazo Sono 6)
85. The "G" in Guts (ガッツの「G」, Gattsu no 'Jī')
86. Clash and Talking Head, Part 1 (クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド その①, Kurasshu to Tōkingu Heddo Sono 1)
87. Clash and Talking Head, Part 2 (クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド その②, Kurasshu to Tōkingu Heddo Sono 2)
88. Clash and Talking Head, Part 3 (クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド その③, Kurasshu to Tōkingu Heddo Sono 3)
89. Clash and Talking Head, Part 4 (クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド その④, Kurasshu to Tōkingu Heddo Sono 4)
90. Clash and Talking Head, Part 5 (クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド その⑤, Kurasshu to Tōkingu Heddo Sono 5)
91. Clash and Talking Head, Part 6 (クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド その⑥, Kurasshu to Tōkingu Heddo Sono 6)
92. Clash and Talking Head, Part 7 (クラッシュとトーキング・ヘッド その⑦, Kurasshu to Tōkingu Heddo Sono 7)

Volume 7 (36)

Vento Aureo Volume 7

Release Date

ISBN

July 15, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183079

Chapter Titles

93. No Flightcode! Headed for Sardinia (フライト・コードなし！サルディニアへ向かえ, Furaito Kōdo Nashi! Sarudinia e Mukae)
94. Notorious B.I.G, Part 1 (ノトーリアス・B・I・G(ビッグ) その①, Notōriasu Biggu Sono 1)
95. Notorious B.I.G, Part 2 (ノトーリアス・B・I・G(ビッグ) その②, Notōriasu Biggu Sono 2)
96. Notorious B.I.G, Part 3 (ノトーリアス・B・I・G(ビッグ) その③, Notōriasu Biggu Sono 3)
97. Notorious B.I.G, Part 4 (ノトーリアス・B・I・G(ビッグ) その④, Notōriasu Biggu Sono 4)
98. Notorious B.I.G, Part 5 (ノトーリアス・B・I・G(ビッグ) その⑤, Notōriasu Biggu Sono 5)
99. Notorious B.I.G, Part 6 (ノトーリアス・B・I・G(ビッグ) その⑥, Notōriasu Biggu Sono 6)
100. Spice Girl, Part 1 (スパイス・ガール その①, Supaisu Gāru Sono 1)
101. Spice Girl, Part 2 (スパイス・ガール その②, Supaisu Gāru Sono 2)
102. Storm Warning in Sardinia Island! (サルディニア島嵐警報！, Sarudinia-tō Arashi Keihō!)
103. My Name is Doppio, Part 1 (ぼくの名はドッピオ その①, Boku no Na wa Doppio Sono 1)
104. My Name is Doppio, Part 2 (ぼくの名はドッピオ その②, Boku no Na wa Doppio Sono 2)
105. King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 1 (キング・クリムゾンv.s.(バーサス)メタリカ その①, Kingu Kurimuzon bāsasu Metarika Sono 1)
106. King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 2 (キング・クリムゾンv.s.(バーサス)メタリカ その②, Kingu Kurimuzon bāsasu Metarika Sono 2)
107. King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 3 (キング・クリムゾンv.s.(バーサス)メタリカ その③, Kingu Kurimuzon bāsasu Metarika Sono 3)
108. King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 4 (キング・クリムゾンv.s.(バーサス)メタリカ その④, Kingu Kurimuzon bāsasu Metarika Sono 4)

Volume 8 (37)

Vento Aureo Volume 8

Release Date

ISBN

July 15, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183086

Chapter Titles

109. King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 5 (キング・クリムゾンv.s.(バーサス)メタリカ その⑤, Kingu Kurimuzon bāsasu Metarika Sono 5)
110. King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 6 (キング・クリムゾンv.s.(バーサス)メタリカ その⑥, Kingu Kurimuzon bāsasu Metarika Sono 6)
111. Beneath a Sky on the Verge of Falling (今にも落ちて来そうな空の下で, Ima ni mo Ochite Kisō na Sora no Shita de)
112. Pronto! On the Phone, Part 1 (プロント(もしもし)！通話中 その①, Moshimoshi! Tsūwachū Sono 1)
113. Pronto! On the Phone, Part 2 (プロント(もしもし)！通話中 その②, Moshimoshi! Tsūwachū Sono 2)
114. Destination: Rome! The Colosseum (目的地はローマ！コロッセオ, Mokutekichi wa Rōma! Korosseo)
115. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 1 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その①, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 1)
116. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 2 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その②, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 2)
117. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 3 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その③, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 3)
118. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 4 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その④, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 4)
119. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 5 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑤, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 5)
120. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 6 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑥, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 6)
121. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 7 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑦, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 7)
122. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 8 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑧, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 8)
123. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 9 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑨, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 9)

Volume 9 (38)

Vento Aureo Volume 9

Release Date

ISBN

August 10, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183093

Chapter Titles

124. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 10 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑩, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 10)
125. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 11 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑪, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 11)
126. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 12 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑫, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 12)
127. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 13 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑬, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 13)
128. "Green Day" and "Oasis", Part 14 (『グリーン・ディ』と『オアシス』 その⑭, "Gurīn Dei" to "Oashisu" Sono 14)
129. His Name is Diavolo, Part 1 (そいつの名はディアボロ その①, Soitsu no Na wa Diaboro Sono 1)
130. A Little Story from the Past (ほんの少し昔の物語, Honno Sukoshi Mukashi no Monogatari)
131. His Name is Diavolo, Part 2 (そいつの名はディアボロ その②, Soitsu no Na wa Diaboro Sono 2)
132. What Lies Beyond the Arrow (「矢」のさらに先に存在(ある)もの, 'Ya' no Sara ni Saki ni Aru Mono)
133. The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 1 (鎮魂歌(レクイエム)は静かに奏でられる その①, Rekuiemu wa Shizuka ni Kanaderareru Sono 1)
134. The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 2 (鎮魂歌(レクイエム)は静かに奏でられる その②, Rekuiemu wa Shizuka ni Kanaderareru Sono 2)
135. The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 3 (鎮魂歌(レクイエム)は静かに奏でられる その③, Rekuiemu wa Shizuka ni Kanaderareru Sono 3)
136. The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 4 (鎮魂歌(レクイエム)は静かに奏でられる その④, Rekuiemu wa Shizuka ni Kanaderareru Sono 4)
137. The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 5 (鎮魂歌(レクイエム)は静かに奏でられる その⑤, Rekuiemu wa Shizuka ni Kanaderareru Sono 5)
138. The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 6 (鎮魂歌(レクイエム)は静かに奏でられる その⑥, Rekuiemu wa Shizuka ni Kanaderareru Sono 6)

Volume 10 (39)

Vento Aureo Volume 10

Release Date

ISBN

August 10, 2005
September 7, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086183109

Chapter Titles

139. The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 7 (鎮魂歌(レクイエム)は静かに奏でられる その⑦, Rekuiemu wa Shizuka ni Kanaderareru Sono 7)
140. The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 8 (鎮魂歌(レクイエム)は静かに奏でられる その⑧, Rekuiemu wa Shizuka ni Kanaderareru Sono 8)
141. Diavolo Surfaces, Part 1 (ディアボロ浮上 その①, Diaboro Fujō Sono 1)
142. Diavolo Surfaces, Part 2 (ディアボロ浮上 その②, Diaboro Fujō Sono 2)
143. Diavolo Surfaces, Part 3 (ディアボロ浮上 その③, Diaboro Fujō Sono 3)
144. Diavolo Surfaces, Part 4 (ディアボロ浮上 その④, Diaboro Fujō Sono 4)
145. Diavolo Surfaces, Part 5 (ディアボロ浮上 その⑤, Diaboro Fujō Sono 5)
146. King of Kings (王の中の王, Kingu obu Kingusu)
147. Gold Experience Requiem, Part 1 (ゴールド・E(エクスペリエンス)・レクイエム その①, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Rekuiemu Sono 1)
148. Gold Experience Requiem, Part 2 (ゴールド・E(エクスペリエンス)・レクイエム その②, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Rekuiemu Sono 2)
149. Gold Experience Requiem, Part 3 (ゴールド・E(エクスペリエンス)・レクイエム その③, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Rekuiemu Sono 3)
150. Gold Experience Requiem, Part 4 (ゴールド・E(エクスペリエンス)・レクイエム その④, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Rekuiemu Sono 4)
151. Epilogue: "Sleeping Slaves" (エピローグ『眠れる奴隷』, Epirōgu "Nemureru Dorei")
152. Sleeping Slaves, Part 2 (眠れる奴隷 その②, Nemureru Dorei Sono 2)
153. Sleeping Slaves, Part 3 (眠れる奴隷 その③, Nemureru Dorei Sono 3)
154. Sleeping Slaves, Part 4 (眠れる奴隷 その④, Nemureru Dorei Sono 4)
155. Sleeping Slaves, Part 5 (眠れる奴隷 その⑤, Nemureru Dorei Sono 5)

Volume 1 (40)

Stone Ocean Volume 1

Release Date

ISBN

April 18, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187367

Chapter Titles

1. Stone Ocean, Part 1 (石作りの海(ストーンオーシャン) その①, Sutōn Ōshan Sono 1)
2. Stone Ocean, Part 2 (石作りの海(ストーンオーシャン) その②, Sutōn Ōshan Sono 2)
3. Stone Ocean, Part 3 (石作りの海(ストーンオーシャン) その③, Sutōn Ōshan Sono 3)
4. Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh, Part 1 (囚人番号FE40536空条徐倫 その①, Shūjin Bangō Efu Ī 40536 Kūjō Jorīn Sono 1)
5. Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh, Part 2 (囚人番号FE40536空条徐倫 その②, Shūjin Bangō Efu Ī 40536 Kūjō Jorīn Sono 2)
6. Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh, Part 3 (囚人番号FE40536空条徐倫 その③, Shūjin Bangō Efu Ī 40536 Kūjō Jorīn Sono 3)
7. Goo Goo Dolls (グーグー・ドールズ, Gū Gū Dōruzu)
8. Stone Free, Part 1 (ストーン・フリー その①, Sutōn Furī Sono 1)
9. Stone Free, Part 2 (ストーン・フリー その②, Sutōn Furī Sono 2)
10. Green Dolphin Street Prison (グリーン・ドルフィン・ストリート刑務所, Gurīn Dorufin Sutorīto Keimusho)
11. The Visitor, Part 1 (面会人 その①, Menkainin Sono 1)
12. The Visitor, Part 2 (面会人 その②, Menkainin Sono 2)
13. The Visitor, Part 3 (面会人 その③, Menkainin Sono 3)

Volume 2 (41)

Stone Ocean Volume 2

Release Date

ISBN

May 16, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187374

Chapter Titles

14. The Visitor, Part 4 (面会人 その④, Menkainin Sono 4)
15. The Visitor, Part 5 (面会人 その⑤, Menkainin Sono 5)
16. The Visitor, Part 6 (面会人 その⑥, Menkainin Sono 6)
17. The Visitor, Part 7 (面会人 その⑦, Menkainin Sono 7)
18. The Visitor, Part 8 (面会人 その⑧, Menkainin Sono 8)
19. The Visitor, Part 9 (面会人 その⑨, Menkainin Sono 9)
20. Prisoner of Love (プリズナー・オブ・ラヴ, Purizunā obu Ravu)
21. Ermes's Sticker, Part 1 (エルメェスのシール その①, Erumesu no Shīru Sono 1)
22. Ermes's Sticker, Part 2 (エルメェスのシール その②, Erumesu no Shīru Sono 2)
23. Ermes's Sticker, Part 3 (エルメェスのシール その③, Erumesu no Shīru Sono 3)
24. Ermes's Sticker, Part 4 (エルメェスのシール その④, Erumesu no Shīru Sono 4)
25. Ermes's Sticker, Part 5 (エルメェスのシール その⑤, Erumesu no Shīru Sono 5)
26. There's Six of Us!, Part 1 (6人いる！ その①, 6-nin Iru! Sono 1)
27. There's Six of Us!, Part 2 (6人いる！ その②, 6-nin Iru! Sono 2)
28. There's Six of Us!, Part 3 (6人いる！ その③, 6-nin Iru! Sono 3)

Volume 3 (42)

Stone Ocean Volume 3

Release Date

ISBN

June 18, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187381

Chapter Titles

29. There's Six of Us!, Part 4 (6人いる！ その④, 6-nin Iru! Sono 4)
30. There's Six of Us!, Part 5 (6人いる！ その⑤, 6-nin Iru! Sono 5)
31. Foo Fighters, Part 1 (フー・ファイターズ その①, Fū Faitāzu Sono 1)
32. Foo Fighters, Part 2 (フー・ファイターズ その②, Fū Faitāzu Sono 2)
33. Foo Fighters, Part 3 (フー・ファイターズ その③, Fū Faitāzu Sono 3)
34. Debt Collector Marilyn Manson, Part 1 (取り立て人マリリン・マンソン その①, Toritatenin Maririn Manson Sono 1)
35. Debt Collector Marilyn Manson, Part 2 (取り立て人マリリン・マンソン その②, Toritatenin Maririn Manson Sono 2)
36. Debt Collector Marilyn Manson, Part 3 (取り立て人マリリン・マンソン その③, Toritatenin Maririn Manson Sono 3)
37. Debt Collector Marilyn Manson, Part 4 (取り立て人マリリン・マンソン その④, Toritatenin Maririn Manson Sono 4)
38. Debt Collector Marilyn Manson, Part 5 (取り立て人マリリン・マンソン その⑤, Toritatenin Maririn Manson Sono 5)
39. Debt Collector Marilyn Manson, Part 6 (取り立て人マリリン・マンソン その⑥, Toritatenin Maririn Manson Sono 6)
40. Operation Savage Garden (Head to the Courtyard!), Part 1 (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦(中庭へ向かえ！) その①, Saveji Gāden Sakusen (Nakaniwa e Mukae!) Sono 1)
41. Operation Savage Garden, Part 2 (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 その②, Saveji Gāden Sakusen Sono 2)
42. Operation Savage Garden, Part 3 (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 その③, Saveji Gāden Sakusen Sono 3)
43. Operation Savage Garden, Part 4 (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 その④, Saveji Gāden Sakusen Sono 4)

Volume 4 (43)

Stone Ocean Volume 4

Release Date

ISBN

July 18, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187398

Chapter Titles

44. Operation Savage Garden, Part 5 (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 その⑤, Saveji Gāden Sakusen Sono 5)
45. Operation Savage Garden, Part 6 (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 その⑥, Saveji Gāden Sakusen Sono 6)
46. Operation Savage Garden, Part 7 (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 その⑦, Saveji Gāden Sakusen Sono 7)
47. Operation Savage Garden, Part 8 (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 その⑧, Saveji Gāden Sakusen Sono 8)
48. Torrential Downpour Warning, Part 1 (集中豪雨警報発令 その①, Shūchū Gōu Keihō Hatsurei Sono 1)
49. Torrential Downpour Warning, Part 2 (集中豪雨警報発令 その②, Shūchū Gōu Keihō Hatsurei Sono 2)
50. Torrential Downpour Warning, Part 3 (集中豪雨警報発令 その③, Shūchū Gōu Keihō Hatsurei Sono 3)
51. Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 1 (愛と復讐のキッス その①, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 1)
52. Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 2 (愛と復讐のキッス その②, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 2)
53. Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 3 (愛と復讐のキッス その③, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 3)
54. Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 4 (愛と復讐のキッス その④, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 4)
55. Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 5 (愛と復讐のキッス その⑤, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 5)
56. Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 6 (愛と復讐のキッス その⑥, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 6)
57. Kiss of Love and Revenge, Part 7 (愛と復讐のキッス その⑦, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 7)

Volume 5 (44)

Stone Ocean Volume 5

Release Date

ISBN

August 8, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187404

Chapter Titles

58. Ultra Security House Unit (ウルトラセキュリティ懲罰房, Urutora Sekyuriti Chōbatsubō)
59. His Name is Anasui (その名はアナスイ, Sono Na wa Anasui)
60. The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 1 (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その①, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 1)
61. The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 2 (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その②, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 2)
62. The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 3 (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その③, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 3)
63. The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 4 (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その④, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 4)
64. The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 5 (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その⑤, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 5)
65. The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 6 (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その⑥, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 6)
66. The Secret of Guard Westwood, Part 7 (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その⑦, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 7)
67. Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 1 (燃えよ龍の夢(ドラゴンズ・ドリーム) その①, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 1)
68. Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 2 (燃えよ龍の夢(ドラゴンズ・ドリーム) その②, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 2)
69. Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 3 (燃えよ龍の夢(ドラゴンズ・ドリーム) その③, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 3)
70. Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 4 (燃えよ龍の夢(ドラゴンズ・ドリーム) その④, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 4)
71. Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 5 (燃えよ龍の夢(ドラゴンズ・ドリーム) その⑤, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 5)
72. Enter the Foo Fighters (燃えよフー・ファイターズ, Moe yo Fū Faitāzu)

Volume 6 (45)

Stone Ocean Volume 6

Release Date

ISBN

September 18, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187411

Chapter Titles

73. Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 6 (燃えよ龍の夢(ドラゴンズ・ドリーム) その⑥, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 6)
74. Enter the Dragon's Dream, Part 7 (燃えよ龍の夢(ドラゴンズ・ドリーム) その⑦, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 7)
75. Father: Jotaro Kujo, Daughter: Jolyne Cujoh (父・空条承太郎 娘・空条徐倫, Chichi: Kūjō Jōtarō Musume: Kūjō Jorīn)
76. Birth of the "Green", Part 1 (『緑色』の誕生 その①, "Midori-iro" no Tanjō Sono 1)
77. Birth of the "Green", Part 2 (『緑色』の誕生 その②, "Midori-iro" no Tanjō Sono 2)
78. Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 1 (ヨーヨーマッが来る！ その①, Yō Yō Ma ga Kuru! Sono 1)
79. Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 2 (ヨーヨーマッが来る！ その②, Yō Yō Ma ga Kuru! Sono 2)
80. Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 3 (ヨーヨーマッが来る！ その③, Yō Yō Ma ga Kuru! Sono 3)
81. Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 4 (ヨーヨーマッが来る！ その④, Yō Yō Ma ga Kuru! Sono 4)
82. Yo-Yo Ma is Coming!, Part 5 (ヨーヨーマッが来る！ その⑤, Yō Yō Ma ga Kuru! Sono 5)
83. F.F. - The Witness, Part 1 (F・F-目撃者 その①, Efu Efu - Mokugekisha Sono 1)
84. F.F. - The Witness, Part 2 (F・F-目撃者 その②, Efu Efu - Mokugekisha Sono 2)
85. Awaken, Part 1 (AWAKEN(アウェイクン)-目醒め その①, Aweikun - Mezame Sono 1)
86. Awaken, Part 2 (AWAKEN(アウェイクン)-目醒め その②, Aweikun - Mezame Sono 2)

Volume 7 (46)

Stone Ocean Volume 7

Release Date

ISBN

October 17, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187428

Chapter Titles

87. Awaken, Part 3 (AWAKEN(アウェイクン)-目醒め その③, Aweikun - Mezame Sono 3)
88. Awaken, Part 4 (AWAKEN(アウェイクン)-目醒め その④, Aweikun - Mezame Sono 4)
89. Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 1 (ホワイトスネイク-追跡者 その①, Howaitosuneiku - Tsuisekisha Sono 1)
90. Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 2 (ホワイトスネイク-追跡者 その②, Howaitosuneiku - Tsuisekisha Sono 2)
91. Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 3 (ホワイトスネイク-追跡者 その③, Howaitosuneiku - Tsuisekisha Sono 3)
92. Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 4 (ホワイトスネイク-追跡者 その④, Howaitosuneiku - Tsuisekisha Sono 4)
93. Whitesnake - The Pursuer, Part 5 (ホワイトスネイク-追跡者 その⑤, Howaitosuneiku - Tsuisekisha Sono 5)
94. Time for Heaven (天国の時, Tengoku no Toki)
95. New Moon! New Priest (新月の時！　新(ニュー)神父, Shingetsu no Toki! Nyū Shinpu)
96. Jail House Lock!, Part 1 (JAIL(ジェイル) HOUSE(ハウス) LOCK(ロック)！ その①, Jeiru Hausu Rokku! Sono 1)
97. Jail House Lock!, Part 2 (JAIL(ジェイル) HOUSE(ハウス) LOCK(ロック)！ その②, Jeiru Hausu Rokku! Sono 2)
98. Jail House Lock!, Part 3 (JAIL(ジェイル) HOUSE(ハウス) LOCK(ロック)！ その③, Jeiru Hausu Rokku! Sono 3)
99. Jail House Lock!, Part 4 (JAIL(ジェイル) HOUSE(ハウス) LOCK(ロック)！ その④, Jeiru Hausu Rokku! Sono 4)
100. Jail House Lock!, Part 5 (JAIL(ジェイル) HOUSE(ハウス) LOCK(ロック)！ その⑤, Jeiru Hausu Rokku! Sono 5)
101. Jail House Lock!, Part 6 (JAIL(ジェイル) HOUSE(ハウス) LOCK(ロック)！ その⑥, Jeiru Hausu Rokku! Sono 6)

Volume 8 (47)

Stone Ocean Volume 8

Release Date

ISBN

November 18, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187435

Chapter Titles

102. Jailbreak... (脱獄へ…, Datsugoku e...)
103. Three Men Taken to the Hospital (病院に運ばれた3人の男, Byōin ni Hakobareta 3-nin no Otoko)
104. Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 1 (自由人の狂想曲(ボヘミアン・ラプソディー) その①, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 1)
105. Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 2 (自由人の狂想曲(ボヘミアン・ラプソディー) その②, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 2)
106. Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 3 (自由人の狂想曲(ボヘミアン・ラプソディー) その③, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 3)
107. Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 4 (自由人の狂想曲(ボヘミアン・ラプソディー) その④, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 4)
108. Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 5 (自由人の狂想曲(ボヘミアン・ラプソディー) その⑤, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 5)
109. Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 6 (自由人の狂想曲(ボヘミアン・ラプソディー) その⑥, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 6)
110. Bohemian Rhapsody, Part 7 (自由人の狂想曲(ボヘミアン・ラプソディー) その⑦, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 7)
111. It's Been a While, Romeo (ひさしぶりねロメオ, Hisashiburi ne Romeo)
112. Sky High, Part 1 (スカイ・ハイ その①, Sukai Hai Sono 1)
113. Sky High, Part 2 (スカイ・ハイ その②, Sukai Hai Sono 2)
114. Sky High, Part 3 (スカイ・ハイ その③, Sukai Hai Sono 3)
115. Sky High, Part 4 (スカイ・ハイ その④, Sukai Hai Sono 4)

Volume 9 (48)

Stone Ocean Volume 9

Release Date

ISBN

December 12, 2008
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187442

Chapter Titles

116. Sky High, Part 5 (スカイ・ハイ その⑤, Sukai Hai Sono 5)
117. Sky High, Part 6 (スカイ・ハイ その⑥, Sukai Hai Sono 6)
118. Time for Heaven: Three Days Until the New Moon (天国の時 新月まであと3日, Tengoku no Toki Shingetsu made Ato Mikka)
119. Under World, Part 1 (アンダー・ワールド その①, Andā Wārudo Sono 1)
120. Under World, Part 2 (アンダー・ワールド その②, Andā Wārudo Sono 2)
121. Under World, Part 3 (アンダー・ワールド その③, Andā Wārudo Sono 3)
122. Under World, Part 4 (アンダー・ワールド その④, Andā Wārudo Sono 4)
123. Under World, Part 5 (アンダー・ワールド その⑤, Andā Wārudo Sono 5)
124. Under World, Part 6 (アンダー・ワールド その⑥, Andā Wārudo Sono 6)
125. Heavy Weather, Part 1 (ヘビー・ウェザー その①, Hebī Wezā Sono 1)
126. Heavy Weather, Part 2 (ヘビー・ウェザー その②, Hebī Wezā Sono 2)
127. Heavy Weather, Part 3 (ヘビー・ウェザー その③, Hebī Wezā Sono 3)
128. Heavy Weather, Part 4 (ヘビー・ウェザー その④, Hebī Wezā Sono 4)
129. Heavy Weather, Part 5 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑤, Hebī Wezā Sono 5)

Volume 10 (49)

Stone Ocean Volume 10

Release Date

ISBN

January 16, 2009
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187459

Chapter Titles

130. Heavy Weather, Part 6 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑥, Hebī Wezā Sono 6)
131. Heavy Weather, Part 7 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑦, Hebī Wezā Sono 7)
132. Heavy Weather, Part 8 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑧, Hebī Wezā Sono 8)
133. Heavy Weather, Part 9 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑨, Hebī Wezā Sono 9)
134. Heavy Weather, Part 10 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑩, Hebī Wezā Sono 10)
135. Heavy Weather, Part 11 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑪, Hebī Wezā Sono 11)
136. Heavy Weather, Part 12 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑫, Hebī Wezā Sono 12)
137. Heavy Weather, Part 13 (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑬, Hebī Wezā Sono 13)
138. At Cape Canaveral (ケープ・カナベラルにて, Kēpu Kanaberaru nite)
139. Gravity of the New Moon, Part 1 (新月の重力 その①, Shingetsu no Jūryoku Sono 1)
140. Gravity of the New Moon, Part 2 (新月の重力 その②, Shingetsu no Jūryoku Sono 2)
141. C-MOON, Part 1 (C(シー)-(・)MOON(ムーン) その①, Shī Mūn Sono 1)
142. C-MOON, Part 2 (C(シー)-(・)MOON(ムーン) その②, Shī Mūn Sono 2)
143. C-MOON, Part 3 (C(シー)-(・)MOON(ムーン) その③, Shī Mūn Sono 3)
144. C-MOON, Part 4 (C(シー)-(・)MOON(ムーン) その④, Shī Mūn Sono 4)

Volume 11 (50)

Stone Ocean Volume 11

Release Date

ISBN

February 18, 2009
September 14, 2012 (JOJO-D)

978-4086187466

Chapter Titles

145. C-MOON, Part 5 (C(シー)-(・)MOON(ムーン) その⑤, Shī Mūn Sono 5)
146. C-MOON, Part 6 (C(シー)-(・)MOON(ムーン) その⑥, Shī Mūn Sono 6)
147. C-MOON, Part 7 (C(シー)-(・)MOON(ムーン) その⑦, Shī Mūn Sono 7)
148. C-MOON, Part 8 (C(シー)-(・)MOON(ムーン) その⑧, Shī Mūn Sono 8)
149. Made in Heaven, Part 1 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その①, Meido in Hebun Sono 1)
150. Made in Heaven, Part 2 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その②, Meido in Hebun Sono 2)
151. Made in Heaven, Part 3 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その③, Meido in Hebun Sono 3)
152. Made in Heaven, Part 4 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その④, Meido in Hebun Sono 4)
153. Made in Heaven, Part 5 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その⑤, Meido in Hebun Sono 5)
154. Made in Heaven, Part 6 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その⑥, Meido in Hebun Sono 6)
155. Made in Heaven, Part 7 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その⑦, Meido in Hebun Sono 7)
156. Made in Heaven, Part 8 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その⑧, Meido in Hebun Sono 8)
157. Made in Heaven, Part 9 (メイド・イン・ヘブン その⑨, Meido in Hebun Sono 9)
158. What a Wonderful World (ホワット・ア・ワンダフル・ワールド, Howatto a Wandafuru Wārudo)

Volume 1 (51)

Steel Ball Run Volume 1

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

February 17, 2017

978-4086196574

Chapter Titles

1. The Steel Ball Run Press Conference (スティール・ボール・ラン　記者会見, Stīru Bōru Ran Kisha Kaiken)
2. Gyro Zeppeli (ジャイロ・ツェペリ, Jairo Tseperi)
3. Johnny Joestar (ジョニィ・ジョースター, Jonī Jōsutā)
4. September 25, 1890 - 3 Hours to Start (1890年9月25日　スタート3時間前, 1890-nen 9-gatsu 25-nichi Sutāto 3-jikan Mae)
5. 1st Stage: 15,000 Meters (1st.(ファースト) STAGE(ステージ) 15,000メートル, Fāsuto Sutēji 15,000 Mētoru)
6. The Dried-Up River; Diego Brando (涸れた川；ディエゴ・ブランドー, Kareta Kawa; Diego Burandō)
7. Pocoloco and Sandman (ポコロコとサンドマン, Pokoroko to Sandoman)
8. Crossing the Forest (雑木林越え, Zōkibayashi Goe)

Volume 2 (52)

Steel Ball Run Volume 2

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

February 17, 2017

978-4086196581

Chapter Titles

9. Long, Long Downhill (長い長い下り坂, Nagai Nagai Kudari-zaka)
10. The Final Stretch: 2,000 Meters Left (最終直線 残り2,000メートル, Saishū Chokusen Nokori 2,000 Mētoru)
11. The Final Stretch: 1,000 Meters Left (最終直線 残り1,000メートル, Saishū Chokusen Nokori 1,000 Mētoru)
12. 1st Stage: Disqualified from Victory (1st.(ファースト)STAGE(ステージ) 優勝失格, Fāsuto Stēji Yūshō Shikaku)
13. The Sheriff's Request to Mountain Tim (保安官 マウンテン・ティムへの依頼, Hoankan Maunten Timu e no Irai)
14. Across the Arizona Desert: Continuing Along the Shortest Route (アリゾナ砂漠越え 最短ルートを進め, Arizona Sabaku Goe Saitan Rūto o Susume)
15. The Desert Born Outlaws, Part 1 (砂漠で生まれたならず者 その①, Sabaku de Umareta Narazumono Sono 1)
16. The Desert Born Outlaws, Part 2 (砂漠で生まれたならず者 その②, Sabaku de Umareta Narazumono Sono 2)

Extra Chapter

1. ~How the Steel Ball Run Race Got Started~ (～スティール・ボール・ランレース開催のいきさつ～, ~Stīu Bōru Ran Rēsu Kaisai no Ikisatsu~)

Volume 3 (53)

Steel Ball Run Volume 3

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

March 17, 2017

978-4086196598

Chapter Titles

17. The Desert Born Outlaws, Part 3 (砂漠で生まれたならず者 その③, Sabaku de Umareta Narazumono Sono 3)
18. The Devil's Palm, Part 1 (悪魔の手のひら その①, Akuma no Tenohira Sono 1)
19. The Devil's Palm, Part 2 (悪魔の手のひら その②, Akuma no Tenohira Sono 2)
20. Gyro Zeppeli's Mission, Part 1 (ジャイロ・ツェペリの宿命 その①, Jairo Tseperi no Shukumei Sono 1)
21. Gyro Zeppeli's Mission, Part 2 (ジャイロ・ツェペリの宿命 その②, Jairo Tseperi no Shukumei Sono 2)
22. The Terrorist from a Faraway Country, Part 1 (遠い国から来たテロリスト その①, Tōi Kuni kara Kita Terorisuto Sono 1)
23. The Terrorist from a Faraway Country, Part 2 (遠い国から来たテロリスト その②, Tōi Kuni kara Kita Terorisuto Sono 2)
24. Interlude (インタールード(間奏曲), Intārūdo (Kansōkyoku))

Volume 4 (54)

Steel Ball Run Volume 4

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

March 17, 2017

978-4086196604

Chapter Titles

25. Tusk, Part 1 (牙(タスク) その①, Kiba (Tasuku) Sono 1)
26. Tusk, Part 2 (牙(タスク) その②, Kiba (Tasuku) Sono 2)
27. Tusk, Part 3 (牙(タスク) その③, Kiba (Tasuku) Sono 3)
28. Scary Monsters, Part 1 (スケアリー モンスターズ その①, Sukearī Monsutāzu Sono 1)

Volume 5 (55)

Steel Ball Run Volume 5

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

April 18, 2017

978-4086196611

Chapter Titles

29. Scary Monsters, Part 2 (スケアリー モンスターズ その②, Sukearī Monsutāzu Sono 2)
30. Scary Monsters, Part 3 (スケアリー モンスターズ その③, Sukearī Monsutāzu Sono 3)
31. Scary Monsters, Part 4 (スケアリー モンスターズ その④, Sukearī Monsutāzu Sono 4)
32. 3rd Stage Goal: Cañon City (3rd.(サード)STAGE(ステージ) ゴール．キャノン・シティ, Sādo Sutēji Gōru. Kyanon Shiti)
33. The World of Man, Part 1 (男の世界 その①, Otoko no Sekai Sono 1)

Extra Chapter

2. The Story of F. Valentine (ザ ストーリー オブ ファニー・ヴァレンタイン, Za Sutōrī obu Fani Varentain)

Volume 6 (56)

Steel Ball Run Volume 6

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

April 18, 2017

978-4086196628

Chapter Titles

34. The World of Man, Part 2 (男の世界 その②, Otoko no Sekai Sono 2)
35. The World of Man, Part 3 (男の世界 その③, Otoko no Sekai Sono 3)
36. The Green Tomb, Part 1 (緑色の墓標 その①, Midori-iro no Bohyō Sono 1)
37. The Green Tomb, Part 2 (緑色の墓標 その②, Midori-iro no Bohyō Sono 2)

Volume 7 (57)

Steel Ball Run Volume 7

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

May 18, 2017

978-4086196635

Chapter Titles

38. Catch the Rainbow (On a Stormy Night...), Part 1 (キャッチ・ザ・レインボー(嵐の夜に…) その①, Kyatchi za Reinbō (Arashi no Yoru ni...) Sono 1)
39. Catch the Rainbow (On a Stormy Night...), Part 2 (キャッチ・ザ・レインボー(嵐の夜に…) その②, Kyatchi za Reinbō (Arashi no Yoru ni...) Sono 2)
40. Silent Way, Part 1 (サイレント・ウェイ その①, Sairento Wei Sono 1)
41. Silent Way, Part 2 (サイレント・ウェイ その②, Sairento Wei Sono 2)
42. Silent Way, Part 3 (サイレント・ウェイ その③, Sairento Wei Sono 3)

Extra Chapter

3. Untitled Stand Chapter

Volume 8 (58)

Steel Ball Run Volume 8

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

June 16, 2017

978-4086196642

Chapter Titles

43. Silent Way, Part 4 (サイレント・ウェイ その④, Sairento Wei Sono 4)
44. Silent Way, Part 5 (サイレント・ウェイ その⑤, Sairento Wei Sono 5)
45. The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 1 (約束の地 シュガー・マウンテン その①, Yakusoku no Chi Shugā Maunten Sono 1)
46. The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 2 (約束の地 シュガー・マウンテン その②, Yakusoku no Chi Shugā Maunten Sono 2)
47. The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 3 (約束の地 シュガー・マウンテン その③, Yakusoku no Chi Shugā Maunten Sono 3)

Volume 9 (59)

Steel Ball Run Volume 9

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

July 18, 2017

978-4086196659

Chapter Titles

48. Tubular Bells, Part 1 (チューブラー・ベルズ その①, Chūburā Beruzu Sono 1)
49. Tubular Bells, Part 2 (チューブラー・ベルズ その②, Chūburā Beruzu Sono 2)
50. Tubular Bells, Part 3 (チューブラー・ベルズ その③, Chūburā Beruzu Sono 3)
51. Wrecking Ball, Part 1 (壊れゆく鉄球 レッキング・ボール その①, Kowareyuku Tekkyū Rekkingu Bōru Sono 1)
52. Wrecking Ball, Part 2 (壊れゆく鉄球 レッキング・ボール その②, Kowareyuku Tekkyū Rekkingu Bōru Sono 2)

Volume 10 (60)

Steel Ball Run Volume 10

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

August 18, 2017

978-4086196666

Chapter Titles

53. Wrecking Ball, Part 3 (壊れゆく鉄球 レッキング・ボール その③, Kowareyuku Tekkyū Rekkingu Bōru Sono 3)
54. Wrecking Ball, Part 4 (壊れゆく鉄球 レッキング・ボール その④, Kowareyuku Tekkyū Rekkingu Bōru Sono 4)
55. The Victor's Qualifications (勝利者への資格, Shōrisha e no Shikaku)
56. Civil War, Part 1 (シビル・ウォー その①, Shibiru Wō Sono 1)
57. Civil War, Part 2 (シビル・ウォー その②, Shibiru Wō Sono 2)
58. Civil War, Part 3 (シビル・ウォー その③, Shibiru Wō Sono 3)

Volume 11 (61)

Steel Ball Run Volume 11

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

September 15, 2017

978-4086196673

Chapter Titles

59. A Dream of Gettysburg (ゲティスバーグの夢, Getisubāgu no Yume)
60. Both Sides Now, Part 1 (ボース・サイド・ナウ その①, Bōsu Saido Nau Sono 1)
61. Both Sides Now, Part 2 (ボース・サイド・ナウ その②, Bōsu Saido Nau Sono 2)
62. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (いともたやすく行われる えげつない行為, Itomo Tayasuku Okonawareru Egutsunai Kōi)
63. Seven Days in a Week (7日で一週間, Nanoka de Ishūkan)

Volume 12 (62)

Steel Ball Run Volume 12

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

October 18, 2017

978-4086196680

Chapter Titles

64. Chocolate Disco, Part 1 (チョコレート・ディスコ その①, Chokorēto Disuko Sono 1)
65. Chocolate Disco, Part 2 (チョコレート・ディスコ その②, Chokorēto Disuko Sono 2)
66. D4C, Part 1 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その①, Dī Fō Shī Sono 1)
67. D4C, Part 2 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その②, Dī Fō Shī Sono 2)
68. D4C, Part 3 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その③, Dī Fō Shī Sono 3)
69. D4C, Part 4 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その④, Dī Fō Shī Sono 4)
70. D4C, Part 5 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑤, Dī Fō Shī Sono 5)

Volume 13 (63)

Steel Ball Run Volume 13

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

November 17, 2017

978-4086196697

Chapter Titles

71. Ticket to Ride, Part 1 (涙の乗車券 その①, Chikettu Raido Sono 1)
72. Ticket to Ride, Part 2 (涙の乗車券 その②, Chikettu Raido Sono 2)
73. D4C, Part 6 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑥, Dī Fō Shī Sono 6)
74. D4C, Part 7 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑦, Dī Fō Shī Sono 7)
75. D4C, Part 8 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑧, Dī Fō Shī Sono 8)
76. D4C, Part 9 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑨, Dī Fō Shī Sono 9)
77. D4C, Part 10 (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑩, Dī Fō Shī Sono 10)

Volume 14 (64)

Steel Ball Run Volume 14

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

December 15, 2017

978-4086196703

Chapter Titles

78. D4C, Part 11 -Love Train- (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑪ -ラブトレイン-, Dī Fō Shī Sono 11 -Rabu Torein-)
79. D4C, Part 12 -Love Train- (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑫ -ラブトレイン-, Dī Fō Shī Sono 12 -Rabu Torein-)
80. D4C, Part 13 -Love Train- (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑬ -ラブトレイン-, Dī Fō Shī Sono 13 -Rabu Torein-)
81. D4C, Part 14 -Love Train- (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑭ -ラブトレイン-, Dī Fō Shī Sono 14 -Rabu Torein-)
82. D4C, Part 15 -Love Train- (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー) その⑮ -ラブトレイン-, Dī Fō Shī Sono 15 -Rabu Torein-)
83. Ball Breaker, Part 1 (ボール・ブレイカー その①, Bōru Bureikā Sono 1)

Volume 15 (65)

Steel Ball Run Volume 15

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

January 18, 2018

978-4086196710

Chapter Titles

84. Ball Breaker, Part 2 (ボール・ブレイカー その②, Bōru Bureikā Sono 2)
85. Ball Breaker, Part 3 (ボール・ブレイカー その③, Bōru Bureikā Sono 3)
86. Ball Breaker, Part 4 (ボール・ブレイカー その④, Bōru Bureikā Sono 4)
87. Ball Breaker, Part 5 (ボール・ブレイカー その⑤, Bōru Bureikā Sono 5)
88. Break My Heart, Break Your Heart, Part 1 (ブレイク・マイ・ハート ブレイク・ユア・ハート その①, Bureiku Mai Hāto Bureiku Yua Hāto Sono 1)
89. Break My Heart, Break Your Heart, Part 2 (ブレイク・マイ・ハート ブレイク・ユア・ハート その②, Bureiku Mai Hāto Bureiku Yua Hāto Sono 2)

Volume 16 (66)

Steel Ball Run Volume 16

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

January 18, 2018

978-4086196727

Chapter Titles

90. High Voltage, Part 1 (ハイ・ヴォルテージ その①, Hai Vorutēji Sono 1)
91. High Voltage, Part 2 (ハイ・ヴォルテージ その②, Hai Vorutēji Sono 2)
92. High Voltage, Part 3 (ハイ・ヴォルテージ その③, Hai Vorutēji Sono 3)
93. High Voltage, Part 4 (ハイ・ヴォルテージ その④, Hai Vorutēji Sono 4)
94. The World of Stars and Stripes (星条旗の世界, Seijōki no Sekai)
95. The World of Stars and Stripes - Outro (星条旗の世界 -OUTRO(アウトロ), Seijōki no Sekai -Autoro)

Cool Shock B.T.
魔少年ビーティー Mashōnen Bītī

Release Date

ISBN

June 16, 2000
November 1, 2015 (Digital)

978-4086174855

Chapter Titles

1. B.T. Appears!! (ビーティー登場!!, Bītī Tōjō!!)
2. The Summer Camp Incident (サマーキャンプ事件, Samā Kyanpu Jiken)
3. The Prank Corpse Incident (イタズラ死体事件, Itazura Shitai Jiken)
4. The Two Old Guys Incident (おじさんX事件, Ojisan Ekkusu Jiken)
5. The Dinosaur Fossil Thief Incident (恐竜化石泥棒事件, Kyōryū Kaseki Dorobō Jiken)
6. The Eerie Freckled Boy Incident (そばかすの不気味少年事件, Sobakasu no Bukimi Shōnen Jiken)

Baoh the Visitor
バオー来訪者 Baō Raihōsha

Release Date

ISBN

June 16, 2000
October 5, 2012 (Digital)

978-4086174862

Chapter Titles

1. Baoh, the Ultimate Weapon (最終兵器バオー, Saishū Heiki Baō)
2. The Extermination Order! (抹殺指令!, Massatsu Shirei!)
3. Baoh, the Invincible Body (無敵の肉体バオー, Muteki no Nikutai Baō)
4. Evil Beast Martin (凶獣マーチン, Kyōjū Māchin)
5. Grandpa Rokusuke (六助じいさん, Rokusuke-jīsan)
6. Aroma Bat (アロマ・バット, Aroma Batto)
7. Come Out, Baoh (怪物(バオー)よ出でよ, Baō yo Ide yo)
8. Cyborg Lieutenant Colonel Dordo (サイボーグ・ドルド中佐, Saibōgu Dorudo-chūsa)
9. Demon Walken (魔人ウォーケン, Majin Wōken)

Oingo Boingo Brothers Adventure
オインゴとボインゴ兄弟大冒険 Oingo to Boingo Kyōdai Daibōken

Release Date

ISBN

October 18, 2002

978-4086177207

Description

The future-predicting manga Oingo Boingo Brothers Adventure carried around by Boingo, user of the Stand representing the god of writing, Tohth, has been released as a paperback. Read all of the hilarious episodes of the brothers Oingo and Boingo, who fought with all their might to defeat Jotaro Kujo and company.

Gorgeous Irene
ゴージャス★アイリン Gōjasu Airin

Release Date

ISBN

September 16, 2011

978-4086193092

Chapter Titles

1. Gorgeous Irene -Lauper's Palace- (ゴージャス★アイリン -大女の館-, Gōjasu Airin -Dai Onna no Yakata-)
2. Gorgeous Irene -The Girl in the Slums- (ゴージャス★アイリン -スラム街に来た少女-, Gōjasu Airin -Suramu Gai ni Kita Shōjo-)
3. B.T. "The Wicked Boy" (魔少年ビーティー, Mashōnen Bītī)
4. Say Hi to Virginia (バージニアによろしく, Bājinia ni Yoroshiku)
5. Poker Under Arms (武装ポーカー, Busō Pōkā)
6. Outlaw Man (アウトロー・マン, Autorō Man)

Under Execution, Under Jailbreak
死刑執行中脱獄進行中 Shikei Shikkōchū Datsugoku Shinkōchū

FrontBack

Release Date

ISBN

September 16, 2011

978-4086192774

Chapter Titles

1. Under Execution, Under Jailbreak (死刑執行中脱獄進行中, Shikei Shikkō-chū Datsugoku Shinkō-chū)
2. Dolce, and His Master (ドルチ ～ダイ・ハード・ザ・キャット～, Doruchi ~Dai Hādo Za Kyatto~)
3. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 16: At a Confessional (岸辺露伴は動かない 〜エピソード16：懺悔室〜, Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai ~Episōdo 16: Zange-shitsu~)
4. Deadman's Questions (デッドマンズＱ, Deddomanzu Q)

The Lives of Eccentrics
変人偏屈列伝 Henjin Henkutsu Retsuden

Release Date

ISBN

April 18, 2012

978-4086193504

Chapter Titles

1. History's Greatest Hitting Machine! Ty Cobb (史上最高！強打製造機『タイ・カッブ』, Shijō Saikō! Kyōda Seizōki "Tai Kabbu")
2. Showman of the Century Who Launched Oliver: Yoshio Kou (オリバー君を仕掛けた世紀の興行師『康 芳夫』, Oribā-kun o Shikaketa Seiki no Kōgyōshi "Kō Yoshio")
3. The Ultimate Choice That Actually Existed: Typhoid Mary (実在した究極の選択『腸チフスのメアリー』, Jitsuzai-shita Kyūkyoku no Sentaku "Chō-Chifusu no Mearī")
4. The Mysterious Manor the Widow Kept Expanding: Winchester Mystery House (未亡人が増築しつづけた謎の館『ウィンチェスター・ミステリー・ハウス』, Mibōjin ga Zōchiku-shitsuzuketa Nazo no Yakata "Winchesutā Misuterī Hausu")
5. The Brothers Nobody Knew: Collyer Brothers (誰も知らない兄弟『コリヤー兄弟』, Dare mo Shiranai Kyōdai "Koriyā-Kyōdai")
6. The Genius Who Made Edison Cower: Nikola Tesla (エジソンを震えあがらせた大天才『ニコラ・テスラ』, Ejison o Furueagaraseta Daitensai "Nikora Tesura")

Box Sets

Box Set 1 - Phantom Blood & Battle Tendency

Release Date

ISBN

June 10, 2003

978-4086179089

7 Volumes (1-7)

Part 1:

1. ISBN: 978-4086177849

2. ISBN: 978-4086177856

3. ISBN: 978-4086177863

Part 2:

4. ISBN: 978-4086177870

5. ISBN: 978-4086177887

6. ISBN: 978-4086177894

7. ISBN: 978-4086177900

Box Set 2 - Stardust Crusaders

Release Date

ISBN

June 10, 2003

978-4086179096

10 Volumes (8-17)

8. ISBN: 978-4086177917
9. ISBN: 978-4086177924
10. ISBN: 978-4086177931
11. ISBN: 978-4086177948
12. ISBN: 978-4086177955
13. ISBN: 978-4086177962
14. ISBN: 978-4086177979
15. ISBN: 978-4086177986
16. ISBN: 978-4086177979
17. ISBN: 978-4086178006

Box Set 3 - Diamond is Unbreakable

Release Date

ISBN

June 15, 2006

978-4086179140

12 Volumes (18-29)

18. ISBN: 978-4086181679
19. ISBN: 978-4086181686
20. ISBN: 978-4086181693
21. ISBN: 978-4086181709
22. ISBN: 978-4086181716
23. ISBN: 978-4086181723
24. ISBN: 978-4086181730
25. ISBN: 978-4086181747
26. ISBN: 978-4086181754
27. ISBN: 978-4086181761
28. ISBN: 978-4086181778
29. ISBN: 978-4086181785

Box Set 4 - Vento Aureo

Release Date

ISBN

June 10, 2008

978-4086179164

10 Volumes (30-39)

30. ISBN: 978-4086183017
31. ISBN: 978-4086183024
32. ISBN: 978-4086183031
33. ISBN: 978-4086183048
34. ISBN: 978-4086183055
35. ISBN: 978-4086183062
36. ISBN: 978-4086183079
37. ISBN: 978-4086183086
38. ISBN: 978-4086183093
39. ISBN: 978-4086183109

Box Set 5 - Stone Ocean

Release Date

ISBN

July 17, 2009

978-4086179188

11 Volumes (40-50)

40. ISBN: 978-4086187367
41. ISBN: 978-4086187374
42. ISBN: 978-4086187381
43. ISBN: 978-4086187398
44. ISBN: 978-4086187404
45. ISBN: 978-4086187411
46. ISBN: 978-4086187428
47. ISBN: 978-4086187435
48. ISBN: 978-4086187442
49. ISBN: 978-4086187428
50. ISBN: 978-4086187466

Box Set 6 - Steel Ball Run

Release Date

ISBN

January 18, 2018

978-4086189385

16 Volumes (51-66)

51. ISBN: 978-4086196574
52. ISBN: 978-4086196581
53. ISBN: 978-4086196598
54. ISBN: 978-4086196604
55. ISBN: 978-4086196574
56. ISBN: 978-4086196628
57. ISBN: 978-4086196635
58. ISBN: 978-4086196642
59. ISBN: 978-4086196659
60. ISBN: 978-4086196666
61. ISBN: 978-4086196673
62. ISBN: 978-4086196680
63. ISBN: 978-4086196697
64. ISBN: 978-4086196703
65. ISBN: 978-4086196710
66. ISBN: 978-4086196727

Afterwords

Phantom Blood First Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

About the Paperback Edition

This work, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, runs from Part 1 through Part 6, and although each part is connected to the others by a single bloodline, each story is told by a different protagonist.
In addition, each part was originally supposed to have a subtitle.

Subtitles:
Part 1: Phantom Blood, Protagonist: Jonathan Joestar
Part 2: Battle Tendency, Protagonist: Joseph Joestar
Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, Protagonist: Jotaro Kujo
Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable, Protagonist: Josuke Higashikata
Part 5: Vento Aureo, Protagonist: Giorno Giovanna
Part 6: Stone Ocean, Protagonist: Jolyne Cujoh

I thought about adding a subtitle when beginning Part 3, but the editorial department told me that if I suddenly added a subtitle, the comic would have two different titles (one without a subtitle and one with a subtitle), which would leave readers impossibly confused. With that instruction from the editorial department, I decided, "Okay, no subtitle," and held myself back.

However, when it came time for Part 6 of the series, the editorial department suggested that I publish it as a new series under the title of Stone Ocean in order to bring out the novelty of the series. In other words, the title of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure would no longer be used. As an author, I thought, "Absolutely not." My image of it was JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 6: Stone Ocean. After some discussion, we decided to just make the phrase Stone Ocean bigger. In other words, it's like the difference between Indiana Jones and Star Wars. The main title of Indiana Jones is larger, while in Star Wars, the subtitle is larger. That's the difference.

And so, with the release of the paperback edition, I was finally able to add the subtitles I had thought about back then for each part. Moreover, I made sure that each part ends on the last page of a book, rather than in the middle of the book. The theme of the entire work is "an ode to humanity." Whether friend or foe, every character only looks forward. There probably isn't a single human being in the story who has any doubts about life. The main characters must overcome those people as enemies.

And so must you, dear readers. What is absolutely necessary is "courage."

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[Translated by HudgynS]

文庫版にあたって

本作『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』は第1部から第6部まであリ、各部は血統でつながってはいるのだが、それぞれ違う主人公で物語が語られるよっ構成されている。
そして各部には本来「サブタイトル」が付けられるはずであった。

サブタイトル
第1部「ファントムブラッド」
主人公　ジョナサン・ジョースター
第2部「戦闘潮流」
主人公　ジョセフ・ジョースター
第3部「スターダスト・クルセイダース」
主人公　空条承太郎
第4部「ダイヤモンドは砕けない」
主人公　東方仗助
第5部「黄金の風」
主人公　ジョルノ・ジョバァーナ
第6部「ストーン・オーシャン」
主人公　空条徐倫

サブタイトルは第3部の時点で付けよっかなと考えたのだが、そのタイトルをいきなり付けると、コミックスにおいて付けてないのと「2種類」出る事になるので読者が混乱し不可能である。――との編集部からの指示があり、「なるほどそフなのか」とやめる事にした。
ところが第6部の時点になって、目新しさを出すためタイトルを「ストーン・オーシャン」で新連載しよつと編集部から言って来た。つまり「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険」というタイトルはなくなる事に。
作者的には「それはヤだ」と思った。自分のイメージは『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険6・ストーン・オーシャン』なのだ。で、話し合いの結果「ストーン・オーシャン」の文字を大きくしてという事で、落ち着いた。つまり『インディ・ジョーンズ』と『スターウォーズ』の違いだ。『インディ・ジョーンズ』はメインタイトルの方が大きく、『スターウォーズ』はサプタイトルの方が大きい。その違いというわけだ。
……で、文庫化にあたって、各部にやっと前から考えてあった「サブタイトル」を付ける事が出来た。しかも各部の終了も本の途中にならないようにキチッと最終ページに来るように。
作品全体のテーマは「人間讃歌」。登場人物は敵も味方も全員が「前向き」である。生きる事に疑問を持つ人間はたぶんひとりも出て来てないはずである。主人公たちはそういうヤツらを相手に乗り越えて行かねばならない。

そして読者のみなさんも。

絶対に必要なものは〝勇気〟だ。

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Phantom Blood Last Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

About the Memories that Inspired JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

I don't think about it a lot these days, but when I was a boy, I used to talk with my friends about which monsters were our favorites. Statements like "Frankenstein's monster harbors sorrow over its own creation," or "Werewolves are explosions of the primal instincts deep inside human beings," felt as serious to me as the question of, "Will there be a nuclear war in the future?"

For my part, the monster that fascinated me most was, by far, the vampire. The dark aristocratic background and fashionable coolness of vampires were what drew me to them. I was also attracted to the fact that they live by certain rules, which I found fascinating because of their intellectual aesthetic.

Like a martial artist who runs 10 kilometers a day and eats scraps of chicken for protein, the most compelling monsters are strong creatures who live by their own rules and believe that, as long as those rules remain unbroken, they will never face misfortune. (Incidentally, I also tend to think like that sometimes. When I was a child, I was told by an acquaintance that toothpaste contains abrasives that grind and whiten your teeth, and from then on I believed that brushing my teeth with toothpaste would cause cavities. Even now, I still live by a rule of only using water when brushing my teeth. I don't have any cavities, though.)

Speaking of rules, I've been told it's surprising, but I really love sports manga, and what makes sports manga so interesting is the rules they follow. In other words, I believed that the story of a manga must follow its own rules. And so, I firmly decided to create a story based on the rules of vampires, which I adore.

"So, it'll be about vampires, but it'll be more powerful than that, too... How should I put it? It'll be like an ode to life." When I said that to my editor at the time, he replied: "That sounds cheap. But then again, I have even darker tastes than you do. Let's do it."
That was how JoJo first began to take shape.

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[Translated by HudgynS]

『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』を執筆し始めるに至った思い出話について

最近はあんまリ考えなくなったんだけれど、少年時代はよく「〝モンスター〟の中で何が一番好きか？」なんて事を友人たちとかと話したりしたもので……。「フランケンシュタインの怪物は生まれて来た者の悲しみがある」だとか「狼男は人間の奥に潜む原始の本能の爆発だ」とか、それはそれは核戦争は将来起きるのか？と同じくらい大マジメに考えたものだ。

そのモンスターの中で最も魅力的だったのは自分の場合、やはリ〝吸血鬼〟だった。ダークな貴族の背景とファッション的にカッコイイのが吸血鬼入門のきっかけ。そして何といっても彼らはルールに従って生きている所が、知的な美学につながっていてシビれると感じたのだ。

一日10キロのランニングと鳥肉のササミでタンパク質をとる拳法家のよフに、強い生物はルールに従って生きていて、ルールを破らない限リ、自分は不幸な事態に陥ることはないと信じてる所が、とっても引き込まれるモンスターだった（ちなみに自分にもそういう所があって、子供の時に「歯みがき粉には研磨剤ってのが入ってて、歯をけずって白くしてんだぞ」と知り合いに言われて以来、歯みがき粉をつけて歯をみがくと虫歯になると思い込んでおり、未だに歯ブラシを使フ時は水だけってルールがある。虫歯はないけど）。

……で、ルールといえば「意外ですね」とよく言われるんだけど、わたしはスポ根マンガが大好きで、スポーツマンガはそのルールがあるからおもしろいのだ。

つまりマンガのストーリーはルールにのっとって進行しなければならないと考えたわけだ。そして大好きな吸血鬼のルールをテーマに話を創っていってみようと強く思い立ったのである。

「あのですね、吸血鬼をですね、もっとこうパワフルにして、なんて言うかなぁー　生命讃歌なんですよ」
当時の編集者にそう言うと、
「マイナーだなぁ」
「でも、オレ実は君以上にダーク趣味なの。それやろう」…てことで『ジョジョ』を創リ始めていったわけ……。

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Battle Tendency Last Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

What kind of era was the late 1980s, the period in which Part 2: Battle Tendency was drawn as part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure? It's important to consider what kind of impact that has on the process of drawing manga.

First of all, what kind of films were being made? Sound effects and makeup had come a long way, but in spite of that, the number of great horror movies had decreased. Although the number of horror films I liked had dwindled, the number of books about real-life serial killers and the like were increasing. As far as music goes, I found myself fascinated by Prince, whose "black music" exuded a strange and exotic atmosphere in every song he wrote. In art and design, although fashion was usually thought of as beautiful and elegant, fashion designers like Versace and Moschino had begun to emerge. I wondered whether people saw their designs as "cool" or not, and whether European women actually wore clothes like theirs. Around this time, I realized that there's a big difference between how you see a place in books or on TV and what you actually see with your own eyes when you go there. For example, in Europe, there are many strange gardens and sculptures that have been carefully preserved. I went to some of these places expecting to be scared witless, but I actually found myself at ease and found that strange things tend to calm my heart. Strange things are eccentric at the time, but after some time they might turn out to be great things. I realized that both righteousness and darkness are part of a true "ode to humanity," and I decided to depict them both in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

The question that Part 1 and Part 2 of JoJo have asked, "How strong can a human being become?" shifts its focus from the ultimate body to the ultimate spirit in Part 3: Stardust Crusaders. I began drawing thinking the part would end after depicting 22 characters (since there are 22 tarot cards), and yet...

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[Translated by HudgynS]

第2部「戦闘潮流」を描いていた頃の1980年代後半とは『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』にとって、いったいどんな時代だったのだろうか？　ちょっとそんな事を考えるのもマンガを描く上で、大切な事だと思う。

まず、どんな映画をやっていたのだろフか？　SFXとかスペシャルメイクの技術はすごく発達して来たのだけれども、それに反してどういうわけか、傑作ホラー映画の数は減ってきていたよっに思う。大好きなホラー映画が少なくなって、実在の殺人鬼とかの著作物が増え始めたのだ。「音楽」では奇妙な異国情緒が曲の端々からかもし出されてくるブラックミュージック“プリンス”に夢中になった。「美術・デザイン」では普通、美しいとかエレガントとかいったイメージのデザインに思われていたファッションデザインで、“ヴェルサーチ”とか、“モスキーノ”というデザイナーが出現して来て、カッコいいとかこんのアリなの？と思われるよっな感動があって、ヨーロッパの女性はこんな服着たりするわけ？とか思った。「旅行」では、本やテレビで見るのと、実際行って自分の目で見るのは大違いだなという、あたり前の事にこの頃気がつき取材旅行の影響力を知った。たとえばヨーロッパには、怪奇な庭園だとか奇妙な彫刻だとかが大切に残されているのだが、さぞや恐ろしいだろっと想像して行ってみると、それは不思議に心の落ちつく所で怪奇なものとは心をおだやかにさせてくれると気づいた。奇妙なものとはその時点では変なものだが、時間がたつといいものなのかもしれない。正しいものも暗黒なものも全て「人間讃歌」なのだなと思い『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』にはこれらを描くのだと決心したのだ。

ジョジョの第1部、第2部で追求して来た“人間はどこまで強くなれるのか？”という間いは、究極の肉体から究極の精神へと、第3部「スターダストクルセイダース」から踏み込んでいく事になる。これが、“主人公”VS“敵の数”――22人くらいで（タロットカードの数22枚）終わるだろうと思って描き始めたんだけど………。

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Stardust Crusaders Last Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

When I was a child, I used to fight with my younger twin sisters. Whenever I got into a fight with one of them, the other sister would suddenly start crying. Whatever the reason for their tears, it always ended up being my fault, and I always ended up being scolded by my parents. In reality, this was a ploy between my two sisters to place me in a situation where, no matter how hard I tried to explain myself, my parents would find me completely guilty. I still tear up whenever I hear reports of people being falsely imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit... Back then, I wished from the bottom of my heart for those sisters of mine to disappear without a trace.

But things like that happened to me every day. Eventually, I started to wonder I was cursed to forever be misunderstood by others. Whenever an incident occurred at school, the teachers would often include me on the list of suspects. Why? Was my way of life the problem...?

So back in 1988, when I was writing Part 2 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure for Weekly Shonen Jump, I was searching for a new concept to write about. (This isn't the type of thing I'd normally tell people about, but since it's an afterword, it's probably fine if I jot it down as a memory of mine.) I was looking for a way to depict someone's "strength of mind" through something other than their physical body. Until then, supernatural powers had always been something like, "eyes open wide, the sweat pours out, the blood vessels jiggle, and the rock breaks." But in JoJo, the power itself would appear and smash the rock. "Isn't this just a wonderful idea? This way, I can express the strength of a person's soul. It's not really a superpower so much as a psychic power, the power of a concept itself. Can any other art form depict this type of thing?"

My boss gave me the all-clear, so I began to draw Part 3 around the concept... But once I began the project, I only heard comments like, "I don't get it at all!" or, "What's happening in this panel?" And I thought to myself, "It's happening again. This cursed personality of mine... What should I do? No one's ever going to understand me. Maybe there's not enough dialogue, or maybe the pacing is too abrupt... But how else am I going to communicate it through drawings? This is my talent."

After I first moved out of Sendai to begin my new life as a manga artist in Tokyo, my grandmother prayed at the Buddhist altar whenever she heard news of a murder in Tokyo. She told me once that she was praying the murderer wasn't me. "Now why on earth would I be thinking that...?"

I don't think anyone in my family has ever fully understood me. My readers will probably never understand me, either. In my next work, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4, I chose to depict a small town. Of course, that was going to be controversial too. But my boss told me to "draw what you want and draw it with confidence. That's what a manga artist does." Somehow, his words inspired some courage within me.

(I wonder, though... Does he really understand me either? Better dealing with him than my sisters, at least.)

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[Translated by HudgynS]

ぼくは子供の頃、よく妹とケンカをした。妹は双子なんだけど、片方とケンカしていると、なぜか関係のないもうひとりの妹が急に泣き出したりする。 「なんでおまえが泣くんだよ？」
こーなると理由はどーあれ、完全に悪者は自分の方で親にしかられるのも自分だ。

実はこれは妹二人のチームワークで、ぼくが親にどう弁解しようと完壁有罪になってしまう状況にはまってしまったのだ。無実の罪で投獄された人の報道を聞くと、本当、涙してしまう。こんな妹たちなんかいなくなってしまえばいいのに。いつもそう願っていた。

こういう事が毎日のように起こっていると、自分で人から誤解されるよう呪われているのかな？　などとも思うようにもなっていた。
学校でもなにか事件が起こると、教師たちから容疑者のひとりにぼくが入っていたりする。
「なんでだ？　普段の行ないのせいか？」

というわけで、週刊少年ジャンプに『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険　第2部』を執筆中の一九八八年当時、ぼくは何か新しい「概念」はないかなあと模索していた。（こういう事ってワザワザ自分で言うものではないかもしれないけれど、ま、あとがきなので思い出として書いてもいいかなとも思う。）
なんか肉体ではなく「心の強さ」を絵で描けたり出来ないものかなあ？みたいな事を探していたのだと思う。
今までの超能力は「目を見開き、汗を流し、血管ピクピクいわせて」岩を砕く。ジョジョでは姿がビジュアルとして現れて岩を砕きに行く(・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・)。

「もしかしていいんじゃあないか？　これで心の強さが表現できるかも。超能力というよりも精神の力、という概念なんだ。他にこれを表現できる芸術はあるか？」
そして担当もＯＫし、これを中心に第３部を描き始めたわけだけれども……。
「なんかわからないよ」「何が起こっているんだ？」開始当時、そんな意見ばかりだった。

「………出た。自分の呪われた性格が……。どうしよう？　誰からも理解されないぞ。言葉がたりてなかったり、唐突すぎるのかなあ。でもこれ以外どういう風に描けって言うんだよ？　これが実力なんだ」

ぼくのおばあちゃんは、ぼくが初めて漫画家として仙台から上京して生活を始めたとき、東京で起こった殺人事件のニュースがあると、犯人がぼくじゃあないように仏壇で手を合わせていたという。
「なんでそんな事、思うのかなあ？」

自分は家族の誰からも完全に理解された事はないと思う。ましてや読者に完全に理解してもらえる事なんか一生ないのではないか？
次作、『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険第４部』では「街」を描くんだけど、なんかこれもヤバそうだなあ。
当時の担当は言ってくれた。
「自信を持って自分の好きなものを描きなよ。それが漫画家だよ」ちょっと勇気が湧いて来た。（でもこの担当も、本当、理解してくれてんのかなあ？　ま、うちの妹たちよりましだけど。）

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Diamond is Unbreakable First Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

About the Beginning of Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable

The protagonist, Josuke Higashikata, was one of my favorite characters to draw. He is a free-spirited individual, and he has just enough humor to him to make him tough. I also appreciate the sadness that pervades his family. When I met with my editor at the time and told him I was going to give the protagonist a regent hairstyle, he said, "Wouldn't that look old-fashioned?" (In the world of manga, things like regent hairstyles and school uniforms were firmly in the realm of gags.) But in 1999, the regent hairstyle was rather new to me, and the character of Josuke Higashikata, who insists on wearing that hairstyle, seemed perfect for the protagonist who would protect his town.

In Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, the setting was a journey from Tokyo to Egypt, but that meant that the type of enemies appearing over the course of the journey had to be pursuers who attacked directly. As a result, I wanted to draw enemies that would, like a spider, wait patiently to trap the protagonist. For that reason, I naturally decided to set Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable in a single town.

I wanted to make the town feel as though the readers actually lived there, as though they were actually walking down the street to the bakery just around the corner. As the artist, I found that the easiest way to do this was by reminiscing about my hometown of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, where I'd lived since I was a child.

In the late '70s and '80s, the fields and forests where I used to play and go cycling as a child underwent rapid development, and many new towns cropped up in the suburbs of Sendai. The roads, houses, and yards were shiny and new, and everyone seemed happy. But at the same time, the mountains where old graves were strewn all about, the ruins of air-raid shelters where people were killed during World War II, the swamps where bodies of those who had drowned themselves were found, as well as all the other places that were haunted and therefore quite dangerous... All of them were cleared and reclaimed to create new towns.

So I thought to myself, "Then what about the ghosts there? Where did they go?" With a creeping feeling of unease, I thought, "They look so peaceful and beautiful, but are they?" For that reason, I used them as the model for the city of Morioh. That's the setting of Part 4. Morioh serves to criticize the practice of destroying people's nostalgia in the name of development.

People seem peaceful and happy, but you really have no idea what they're up to in their own homes. That's the feeling the people who live in Morioh give off. In the latter half of Part 4, a certain serial killer emerges as the main villain, but I'll talk about him in the afterword for Part 4. And yet, Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable was the most well-received part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series among my friends and family. Often, they would show their appreciation with responses such as "Did you use him as a model?" or "Don't use my name," or "That's my line you stole."

I also remember enjoying being able to draw my favorite foods, fashions, stores, and so on. I had a hard time putting the brakes on the series, but I wanted to avoid spoiling the eerie atmosphere by having too much fun. If I had the chance, I would love to give Morioh more depth by drawing more of the town and residents that didn't appear in the story proper...

"I'd rather not be their friend, but I have a soft spot for them." Those are the residents of Morioh, the town of the 21st century.

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[Translated by HudgynS]

『第4部　ダイヤモンドは砕けない』の始まりにあたって

主人公〝東方仗助〟は描いていて最も好きなキャラクターのひとりだ。精神的な自由さがあって、しかも適度なユーモアがタフな感じがする。杖助の家庭的な悲しさもよい。
当時の編集担当と羽ち合わせをした時ヘアスタイルをリーゼント風にする、と話すと「古っぼくならないかな？」と言われた。（漫画界では、もはやリーゼントとかガクランといったものは、ギャグの範囲に入っていた）
だけど1999年当時のリーゼントが自分にはむしろ新しさに思えたし、その髪形に未だにこだわる東方仗助というキャラクターが、町を〝守る〟主人公としてピッタリに思えた。
『第3部スターダストクルセイダース』では、東京からエジプトへの旅が背景のテーマになっていたのだけれども、旅の途中に出てくる〝敵〟のタイプといったものが、追跡して襲撃してくる者たちの形式をとらざるをえなかった事に対して、「じっくり待って蜘蛛のように主人公にワナをしかける」タイプの敵を作者的に描きたくなっていた。
……というわけで『第4部　ダイヤモンドは砕けない』は、町を背景のテーマとして描いて行こうと自然と決まっていった。

「道路を歩いてカドを曲がったらパン屋がある」といった風に、実際に読者が住んでるかのような感じにしたいと思った。
そこで作者的にはやっぱり描きやすいのは、子供の頃から住んでいた生まれ故郷（宮城県仙台市）を思いながらという事になる。
子供の頃に遊んだり、サイクリングに行った田畑や山林といった場所が、70年代後半から80年代にかけて一気に開発され、新しい町が仙台市の郊外ではたくさんできた。
道路も家も庭もピカピカで新しく、みんな幸せそうだ。だけど、子供の頃あそこの山には昔の墓がゴロゴロたおれていて、幽霊が出るからヤバイだの、第二次大戦時の防空壕跡で人が殺されただの、あそこの沼で入水自殺の死体があがっただの聞かされてた場所が切り開かれ埋めたてられて町ができたのだ。
自分的には「じゃあ、あそこにいた幽霊はどこ行っちゃったんだ？」と、そりゃあ不気味で不気味で、「一見平和で美しいけど真実なのか？」……と言った理由からの、〝モデル〟がこの〝杜王町〟。第4部の舞台である。

杜王町は開発の名のもと、破壊された個人的な郷愁への批判もこめられた象徴でもあるのだ。
平和で幸せそうな人々が実は、家の中では何してるのかわからないぞ。その感覚が杜王町に住む人たちなのである。
第4部は後半、最大の敵の殺人鬼が出てくるが、それは、第4部あとがきの時ふれる事にする。
…とはいえ『第4部　ダイヤモンドは砕けない』は『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』中、最も〝自分の身内受け(・・)〟が良かったシリーズである。
「モデルは彼でしょ？」だとか「オレの名前使うなよ」とか「セリフ盗ったな」とか親戚友人から大いに喜ばれました。
自分的にも好きな食べ物とか、ファッションとかお店とか、本当、楽しんで描いた思い出があるし、あまり趣味に走りすぎて、不気味さが損なわれないようブレーキをかける方に苦労したシリーズでもあります。

機会があったら、まだ描かれていない町の部分や新しい住民をさらに描いて、より深い杜王町を作ってみたいな……という気にもなっています。
「親しくお付き合いはしたくはないけれど、なんか好きな人たちなんだよな」

それが杜王町の住民たちであり、21世紀の町なのです。

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Diamond is Unbreakable Last Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

For what reason do people decide to draw manga? I began drawing manga when I was a child. Ever since my first work was published in a magazine 20 years ago, this question may have been in the back of my mind. Why do I draw manga?

Sometimes I think I do it just because it's my job, but whenever I draw manga, my shoulders and hips ache, and I seem to get sick to my stomach. (Also, do you know about "tight glutes"? I sit in a chair for too long, which causes stiffness and fatigue in my hip muscles, as if they were a stiff neck.) Anyway, when I draw manga, there are always times when I put myself in physical pain. During those times especially, I think to myself, "Why do I draw manga? There must be an easier way to live. I can't keep doing this unless there's some meaning to it." If the idea or the work is very well-received, the problem might not be so serious yet. On the other hand, when the physical pain is overwhelming and the work isn't good enough (when you work every day, times like those are inevitable), it really makes me stop and ask myself, "Why do I draw manga?!"

There may not be a definite answer, but it reminds me of a story. Orson Welles, an American filmmaker and actor, performed a radio program in either the 1940s or 1950s. It was a science fiction story about aliens coming to and invading Earth by the title of The War of the Worlds. When the program was broadcast as a faked news report, people listening to the radio believed that aliens had really arrived, and entire cities started to panic. The confusion was so great that it became a social problem, and Orson Welles was ultimately forced to formally apologize on the air and in the papers, saying "of course, I'm terribly sorry now." But when I heard this story, I immediately imagined the following: when Orson Welles bowed his head and apologized, he definitely stuck out his tongue at an angle where people couldn't see it... No doubt about it! I swear he was laughing in his heart! (I know he was!) This part of the story seems to hold the answer to the question of why I draw manga. It's hard work, but there's a kind of fun to it that no one else knows about... That's what I think.

I'm aware that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable is a work that took a creative stance on many of its aspects. (I'm not saying I cheated the readers. I mean that I drew it in a way that people don't understand and enjoy.) There's no end to the number of specific examples I could give, so I'll leave it up to the reader to imagine what they want to see explained, but I'll tackle the biggest portion of it here: the character of Josuke Higashikata. I had wanted to draw a dumb character for a long time (because I had never drawn such a character before), and I imagined that the intelligent storyline and dumb character would contrast each other perfectly.

I began drawing Part 4 with a promise in my mind: "My older brother, who's a bit of an idiot but has a kind heart, happens to be a Stand user." The first reaction of my editors and readers was: "Huh? A pompadour? What a stupid hero! And do people like that even exist in 1999? Are you sane?!" In short, he was unpopular. I would respond with, "I did it! I really hate to be unpopular, but I'm also a little glad that it wasn't accepted from the beginning." I thought that the perfect contrast would reveal itself later as the pages piled up. Moreover, I had a lot of fun during the creative period designing the character of Josuke. (By the way, Okuyasu Nijimura and Shigechi are also dumb characters...) I felt as if he was a real friend by my side. "This is what creating manga is all about," I thought to myself. Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable ended up being the period in which I learned that lesson.

Even though they were antagonists, Yoshikage Kira and Rohan Kishibe were also characters that I enjoyed creating. They were murderers and unforgivable villains, but (though I don't want to say too much) I found their lives enviable. They must have had difficult childhoods, but they have a positive outlook on life, always affirming themselves without playing the victim, and the strength of their spirit was enough to get them through difficult crises. If you ignore the fact that Yoshikage Kira kills people, I feel like he's the very image of my ideal hero, and drawing him made me feel ecstatic.

But stories and encounters with people always have to come to an end. When I approached the end of the story, I felt really lonely. I didn't want to leave everyone. That's how I really felt. Josuke Higashikata. Yoshikage Kira. Koichi. Okuyasu. Rohan Kishibe. Reimi Sugimoto. Hayato Kawajiri. "Goodbye, Morioh," I said with a tear in my eye.

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[Translated by HudgynS]

漫画を描くという行為はいったい何のために行われるのだろうか？
子供の時に漫画を描き始めて、そして初めて作品の雑誌掲載が決まってから二十数年、その事をずっと考え統けてるのかもしれない。
自分はなぜ漫画を描くのだろうか？
仕事だからって思う時もあるけれど、漫画描いていると必ず肩とか腰とか痛んできて、胃まで気持ち悪くなったりするし（あと、おシリがコる(・・)ってわかる？　イスに長時間座りすぎているので、屑コリみたいにおシリの筋肉がコって疲労がたまったりする）。

とにかく漫画描いていると、肉体的に苦痛のある時がしょっちゅうなのだ。そんな時など特に「自分はなぜ漫画を描くんだ？　もっと楽な生き方だってあるはず。なにかの『意味』がないとこんな事やってらんないぜ」と……強く考えてしまう。アイデアや作品の出来が大好評ならまだ問題は浅いかもしれない。だが肉体的なダメージが深い時に、作品の出来もいまいちだったりすると（毎日仕事してると、誰にもそういう時が絶対にある）本当にさらに深く、なんで漫画って描くんだッ!?って考えこんでしまう。

確かな答えなんてないのかもしれないが、ある話を思い出す。
オーソン・ウェルズといつアメリカの映画作家兼俳優が、一九四〇年代だか五〇年代だかに、ラジオの番組をやったそうだ。
タイトルは『宇宙戦争』というSFで、内容は宇宙人が地球を侵略しに来るという話。これをニュース番組の演出形式で放送したら、ラジオを聴いていた人が本当に宇宙人がやって来たと信じ込んでしまい、街中がパニックになってしまったらしい。あまりの混乱で社会問題にまでなって、ついにオーソン・ウェルズは放送やマスコミを通して謝罪せざるを得なくなり、正式にあやまった。「本当に申し訳ない事をしました」…と。

だけど、ぼくはこの話を聞いた時、次の事をただちに想像した。
オーソン・ウェルズは頭を下げてあやまった時、人から見えない角度で絶対にべロを出したなー……と。間違いない！　心の中では絶対笑ってた！……と（ぼくにはわかる！）。
このエピソード、ここ(・・)の部分にこそ(・・・・・)、いったいなぜ漫画を描くのか？の答えが隠されているように思う。
「とてもつらいんだけど、誰にもわからない楽しみもある」………と。

『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険Part4ダイヤモンドは砕けない』は、そんな部分が多い創作姿勢をとった作品だと認識している（読者をだましたって事ではないよ。人にはわからない楽しみ方をして描いたという意味）。
具体的にどこがどうと細かく例をあげていくとキリがないので、まあ読者に勝手に想像していただくとしてだが、大きいところを解説すると、やはリ東方杖助のキャラクターだろう。ぼくはこの時期、どうしても頭の悪いキャラを描きたくて描きたくて目標としてかかげ（今まで描いた事のなかったキャラだから）、知的なストーリー展開とその頭悪キャラは必ずや絶妙なコントラストを奏でるだろう……と想像した。
「頭はバカだが心はやさしいお兄さんがスタンド使いなんだよ」と心に誓ってPart4を描き始めた。すると編集と読者の反応がまず「え？　リーゼント？　ダせぇ主人公！　しかも1999年には、そんなヤツもういないんじゃあないの？　大丈夫？」みたいな不評。

「やった！　不評なのはイヤだけど。でもなんか最初から認められないのも、ちょっとうれしい」。絶妙なコントラストってのは、のちのちページが重ねられると出てくるものだと思ったからだ。しかも杖助のキャラを創ってる間は本当に楽しい創作期間だった（ついでにバカ頭キャラは虹村億泰とか重ちーもいて…）。いつしか杖助は本当に自分の側にいる仲間のように思えてきた。漫画の創作とはこうゆう事のために行われる事なのだと思った。
『Part4ダイヤモンドは砕けない』はこの事を学んだ時期だった。

敵ではあるが吉良吉影と岸辺露伴もキャラを創っていて楽しい登場人物だった。
殺人鬼でとても許せない悪党だが、（人にはあまり言えないが）とてもあこがれる存在となった。
つらい少年時代を送っているに違いないが、人生には前向きで、常に自分を被害者づらなど決してせず、肯定している所、つらい危機的な状況をなんとか切り抜ける精神の強さなどだ。吉良吉影は殺人を犯している所をのぞけば、本当にぽくのヒーロー像そのものだと感じ、描いてる間はとても幸せだった。

しかし物語と人との出会いには必ず終わりがあるものだ。ラスト近くなった時、描いていて本当にさびしい思いがした。みんなと別れたくなかった。これは真実の気持ちだ。
東方杖助。吉良吉影。康一くん。億泰。岸辺露伴。杉本鈴美。川尻早人。
さよなら杜王町、って感傷にひたった。

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Vento Aureo First Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

About the Beginning of Part 5: Vento Aureo

Recently, I've calmed down quite a bit... or maybe I've just settled on the idea that I should go with the flow for now, since causing trouble will only tire me out. This is regarding the "self-censorship" of artistic expression within shonen manga ("Self-censorship" here refers to things like discriminatory language, racially insensitive depictions, violent scenes, abuse of the weak or animals, scenes resembling actual crimes, or immoral actions like nudity, smoking, or drinking. The editorial department decides by themselves whether these scenes are problematic and asks the artist to either omit or tone them down to avoid complaints). During the time I was writing Part 5: Vento Aureo, I, Hirohiko Araki, was internally grappling with a "raging storm" related to this issue.

Before I proceed, I want to make it clear that what I intend to write here is not a criticism of the editorial department or a commentary on "self-censorship." It's just a fact that I, Hirohiko Araki, was feeling this way while creating Vento Aureo.

With Part 5: Vento Aureo, I wanted to depict themes such as deep human grief and sorrow over one's very birth into the world, more so than I had previously in JoJo. Depending on the environment one is born into, some people find happiness from the very beginning. Then, what should those who are born into the worst situations do? The characters in Part 5: Vento Aureo are all cast out of society for one reason or another, finding themselves in situations in which the most they can do is survive. But in a world draped by evil, where the law of the jungle reigns supreme, will they be able to carry out their sense of justice?

When I try to depict a confrontation between good and evil within that theme, the influence (or should I say, the force) of "self-censorship" in shonen manga suddenly opposes the realistic expression of evil in the work. Evil smokes, shows no mercy to the weak, sexually harasses others, stabs people with knives, beheads people, rapes both women and men, plucks out eyeballs, eats brain matter, and it is assumed that even the "evil" people who don't discriminate are easily capable of doing so. If one wants to express true evil and the dark side of human nature, it is crucial that they go as far as possible to express the cruelest and most terrible aspects without hesitation.

In any case, I experienced something that had never happened to me before in my entire writing career. As soon as I started working on Part 5: Vento Aureo (which would have been around 1996), I suddenly received so many orders from the editorial department to "fix this page," "change that line," "correct this image," and so on. I'd like to go into detail about which pages they were, but there's no end to them, so I'll have to refrain. In addition, not much explanation was offered as to why they were inappropriate. Some of the requests didn't offer a clear and convincing reason at all, but they would say, "Well, in any case, it's practically a rule, and the deadline's coming up, and that's just how publishing is these days. Just hurry up and fix it. You can figure out the rest by yourself later." Again, I want to stress that I am not criticizing the editorial department in any way, nor am I implying that the editorial department was overbearing or careless (really, I always feel grateful toward my editors). I'm merely sharing my personal feelings about how I, Hirohiko Araki, perceived things while working on Vento Aureo.

And at the time, I felt a great crisis in attempting to express the themes of Vento Aureo, and I began to wonder. Had some kind of wall been set up to limit freedom of expression? Had manga itself reached the limits of its evolution? Or, perhaps ambition and profit-seeking were out to nip art in the bud? These questions had me quite distressed. Even now, I haven't found a definite answer to these questions, having, again, calmed down quite a bit. Nonetheless, my feelings at the time are naturally reflected in the personalities and actions of the protagonists.

The main characters of the work, Giorno and Bucciarati, betray the organization they belong to for the sake of their own righteousness. The organization is a symbol of power and gratitude, and acts as the "home" that raised them. And yet, the protagonists decide to fight there in order to live under justice. I found myself very encouraged by that scene, despite being the one who wrote it. I still cry when I think about how the protagonists must have felt. They could have lived safely and comfortably under the aegis of power, but instead the protagonists chose justice, no matter how dangerous it was. They believed in the value of their own existence under justice.

Despite the cool Italian fashion, unique Stand battles, and suspense depicted in Part 5: Vento Aureo, as its author I regard it as a very dark work. But even though it's a dark work, it is also a very profound work that I harbor a bit of pride in. I would be honored if you were to enjoy reading it as much as the other parts. In the afterword to Part 5's ending, I'd like to write about the things I had to remove.

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[Translated by HudgynS]

第5部『黄金の風』はじめに

最近やや落ちついて、…というか、もめ事を起こしても疲れるだけだから、とりあえず従っておくかって風に定着して来たかな？という感じがする。少年漫画内の作画的表現に対する「自主規制」であるが――（「自主規制」とは、例えば、差別用語だとか差別的絵画表現｟人種の皮膚の色の描き方｠だとか、暴力シーンとか弱者や動物に対する虐待シーンだとか、実際の犯罪に似てるシーンだとか、不道徳的なシーン｟裸体とか喫煙とか飲酒など｠を編集部が自主的にマズいと思うかな？と判断して、作家に描くのをやめてもらうか、もしくは誰にも文句を言われないように表現を弱くしてもらう事）。―――この第5部 『黄金の風』を執筆期間のこの荒木飛呂彦の心の中では、実はこの問題について「大嵐」が吹き荒れていました。
これから書く事は初めに断っておきますが、編集部に対する批判だとか、「自主規制」に対する意見だとかそういう事ではなく、荒木飛呂彦はそういう(・・・・)事を感じながら『黄金の風』を執筆していたっていう事実です。

第5部『黄金の風』になって、ぼくは以前の『ジョジョ』よりも、もっと人間の深い悲しみだとか、この世に生まれて来る事の悲しさだとかといったものをテーマに描きたくなって来ました。
人間は生まれる環境によって最初から幸せな人もいるし、もし最悪な状況の場所に生まれて来たらそういう人は、いったいどうすればいいのだろう？
第5部『黄金の風』の登場人物たちはみな、理由があって社会から外にはじき出され、そこでしか生きて行けない状況におかれてしまっています。しかし、そこは完全に弱肉強食の世界で、「悪」によって包囲されていたとしたら、彼らはその場所で「正義」を貫けるのだろうか？

そういうテーマで「善」と「悪」の対決を描こうとすると、リアリティある「悪」の表現に対し、あの少年漫画の「自主規制」の「権力」っていうのか、「暴力」っていうのかが、突然作品を攻撃して来ます。「悪」っていうのは、タバコも吸うし、弱者に対し容赦ないし、セクハラするし、ナイフで人刺すし、首はねるし、女だって男だって犯すし、目玉くり抜くし、脳ミソ食べたりするし、差別してなくても「悪」いヤツだから差別してるっていわれるし。「悪」や「人間の闇」の部分の表現には、酷い部分とか残酷な部分の表現がギリギリまでというのが不可欠になってしまいます。とにかく、今までの自分の執筆活動ではあまりなかった事なのだが、この第5部『黄金の風』に突入した途端（1996年頃）、突然編集部から「そのページ直せ」「あそこのセリフを変更しろ」「絵を修正しろ」という注文がものスゴく多くなったのだ。具体的に細かく作品のこのページのこの部分って示したいが、際限ないのでここでは省略するけど。しかもなぜダメなのかだのの説明があまりなく、中には納得いく理由があまりハッキリしていないのに、「とにかく規則みたいなものだから、〆切も近いし、そういう最近の出版状況なの。さっさと直してよ。後は自分で考えてね」的態度で指導があるのだ。もう一度断っておくけど、編集部に対する批判ではいっさいなく、編集部が、高圧的でいいかげんな態度をとっていた、とかそういうのでもいっさいなく、（実際、編集者にはいつも感謝している）当時、荒木飛呂彦は『黄金の風』を描いている時「そう感じた」という個人的感想にすぎない事を述べているだけですからね。

そしてぼくは当時、『黄金の風』のテーマ性を表現するのに大きな危機を感じ、表現の自由に限界の壁が設けられたのでは？とか、漫画としての芸術的な発展がもうないのでは？とか、「権力」とか「利益追及」の思想が芸術の芽を抜き取ろうとしているのでは？とか、とても思い悩んだ。現在も確実な答えがないまま、少し落ち着いた状態ではあるが、当時のぼくの気持ちが、当然ながら主人公たちのキャラクターとか行動にも思い入れとして表れている。

「ジョルノ」と「ブチャラティ」という主人公たちが、自分たちが所属していた「組織」を「正義の心」のために裏切る所である。「組織」は「権力」と「恩義」の象徴で、自分たちを育ててくれた「故郷」。しかし、主人公たちは「正義」の下で生きるために、そこに闘いをいどむ事を決意します。そのシーンには作者であるぽくが、描いていながら、ぼく自身がとても勇気づけられました。主人公たちの気持ちを考えると、今でも涙が出て来ます。
彼らは「権力」の庇護の下に生きていれば、安全に楽に過ごせたかもしれません。でも主人公たちは、危険でも「正義」を選択したのです。「正義の中」にこそ自分たちの存在価値を信じて。

第5部『黄金の風』はカッコいいイタリア的ファッションや、より独特となったスタンド戦の中にサスペンスが描かれていますが、作者としての思い入れとしては、とても暗い作品だと位置づけしています。暗い作品ではありますが、とても重厚になったとも、ひそかに誇りに思う作品でもあります。
他のパート同様、楽しんで読んでいただければ光栄に思います。『第5部終わり』のあとがきでは、「カットせざるを得なかった部分」について書きたいと思います。

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Vento Aureo Last Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

The main character in Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, Jotaro Kujo, accepts the karma he inherits from his grandfather, the karma of six generations (counting from Jonathan's father), and sets out on a journey of battle. In that situation, the main enemy, Dio Brando, also represents "fate" or "destiny" itself. Of course, no one can really tell what kind of person their ancestors from six generations earlier were. In the case of Jotaro, it's impossible for him to know what good deeds or sins his ancestors committed, but the fate of his ancestors has befallen him nonetheless. And yet, he stands up to it with the pride he inherits from his bloodline.

During the process of drawing Part 5: Vento Aureo, I thought to myself: What about those who regret being born at all? What are those people to do? People can't choose where they are born. Some are born into happy families, while others arrive in terrible circumstances. If "fate" or "destiny" is already determined, like some kind of law written by God or the movements of the stars, what are they to do? That is the theme of Part 5: Vento Aureo, as well as the protagonists and enemies who appear within it.

Giorno, Bucciarati, Fugo, Narancia, Abbacchio, and Mista. From the very beginning, they grew up being shunned by their families and by society at large. Or rather, it'd be more accurate to say that they were forced to grow up. I think the same holds true for Trish, the boss's daughter. Can they face their "destiny" and "fate" and change it somehow? That question was on my mind while drawing Part 5. Due to certain circumstances, I found myself in a bitter and dark mood at the time. What should I do? If "fate" or "destiny" could be changed just by putting in effort or courage, it'd be much too easy to do so, and we wouldn't be able to call it "destiny" at all. Then, how will the protagonists break free?

The protagonists themselves showed me the answer. They didn't try to change their "fate" or their "destiny," but refused to abandon their sense of righteousness, no matter what situation befell them. They believed that happiness dwelled within hearts of justice. It came naturally to them. Even I, as the author, was inspired by the lessons the characters taught me while I was writing the work. In that sense, when I think back on the characters in Part 5, I feel as though, instead of simply being the creations of an author, they became my own companions.

And, in light of that, let me tell you the story behind the way the work was written. In Part 5: Vento Aureo, there was one part I had to cut... or rather, an episode I could never have drawn. The setup for it was that one of the four allies (Mista, Narancia, Fugo, and Abbacchio) would be revealed as a spy for the boss who "betrays" Giorno and Bucciarati. I felt that Fugo would probably have been the "traitor," but I couldn't bring myself to draw it no matter how hard I tried.

The dark mood I was in at the time seemed to be turning my story darker and darker, and I began to despise it from the bottom of my heart. And when I thought how Bucciarati and the others would feel, I truly felt sorry for them. I had never considered that any of my own trusted friends would betray me, and the thought of it made me feel sick to my stomach. Scold me for not having enough courage as an author if you want, but I began to feel that I truly hated my profession. And to reinforce the boundary between right and wrong, I probably would've had to include an episode where Giorno would have to execute Fugo, even though I knew it would make the young boys and girls reading it feel awful.

For that reason, I instead drew the farewell scene at the landing of San Giorgio Maggiore on the Grand Canal of Venice. Essentially, I asked Fugo to disappear. (Later, for a novel adaptation of Vento Aureo, I met with the author and asked him to write a side story in which Fugo helps everyone from the shadows of the organization.)

To conclude, as the author, I would like to say one thing to my characters:
Thank you all so much. In times of hardship and pain, you are the golden wind that blows in my heart.

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[Translated by HudgynS]

第3部『スターダストクルセイダース』での主人公、空条承太郎は、彼のおじいさんのそのまたひい(・・)おじいさんの――つまり6代も前（ジョナサンのお父さん）の――因縁を承（うけお）って闘いの旅に出ました。この場合、敵、ディオ・ブランドーは「運命」だとか 「宿命」の象徴でもあったという事になります。 普通、6代も前の先祖なんて、どんな性格の人だったかわかる人なんていません。
承太郎かり見ればその先祖がいい事をした人なのか、間違った事をしたのかもわからないわけです。その因縁が承太郎の身の上にふりそそいで来ました。しかし彼はその血統を「誇り」に立ち向かいました。

この第5部『黄金の風』を描く時にぼくは考えました。では「生まれて来た事自体が悲しい」場合、その入物はどうすればいいのだろうか？　人は生まれる場所を選べません。幸せな家庭に生まれる人もいるし、最初からヒドイ境遇に生まれる人もいます。
で、もし「運命」とか「宿命」とかが、神様だとか、この大宇宙の星々が運行するように、法則だとかですでに決定されているものだとしたら、その人はいったいどうすればいいのだろうか？　そのテーマがこの第5部『黄金の風』の設定であり、登場する主人公たちや敵たちです。
ジョルノ、ブチャラティ、フーゴ、ナランチャ、アバッキオ、ミスタ。彼らは始めっから、社会とか家庭からつまはじきにされて育ちました。育たざるを得ないという言い方が正しいと思います。ボスの娘、トリッシュもそうだと思います。
彼らは「運命」「宿命」に立ち向かい、それを変えていく事なんてできるのだろうか？
その事をずっと考えながらこの第5部を描きました。執筆した時期とか状況もあって、とても苦しく暗い気分になりました。どうしよう？　「運命」とか「宿命」とかが、そんなに簡単に人間の努力とか根性とかで変えられたら、そんなの最初から「運命」なんて言わないと思うし、軽々しすぎる。そう思いました。
じゃ主人公たちは、どうやって脱出すればいいんだ？

その答えをぼくにくれたのは誰あろう、主人公たちでした。主人公たちは「運命」や「宿命」を変えようとはせず、彼らのおかれた状況の中で「正しい心」を捨てない事を選んだのです。正義の心の中にこそ「幸福」があると彼らは信じて。自然にそうなったのです。
（作者であるぼくは）登場人物たちに逆に教わる事が執筆中出てきて、本当に勇気づけられました。そういう意味で思い返すと、第5部の登場人物は作者にとって愛着があるという感じよりはなにか、ぼくが仲間にしてもらったかのような錯覚を覚えます。

そして、その事をふまえた上での執筆の裏話をしましょう。
この第5部『黄金の風』では、どうしてもカットせざるを得ない部分があって――というよリ、どうしても描く事ができないエピソードがありました。
それは、ミスタ、ナランチャ、フーゴ、アバッキオの４人の中の誰かが、実はボスのスパイで、ジョルノとブチャラティを「裏切る」という設定でした。感覚の中ではたぶん、フーゴが「裏切り者」なんだろうなと思って描こうとしたら、これがどーしても描く事が出来ませんでした。
あの時の暗い気分がますます暗い話になっていきそうだし、実際「嫌ー」な気持ちがぼくの心の中に芽ばえてきて、しかもブチャラティとかの気持ちを考えると、本当に気の毒で、気の毒で。信頼していた仲間が裏切るなんて、ぼくの概念にはなくて、生理的に嫌な気分になりました。「作者としての勇気がたりないぞー」と叱られればそれまでなのですが、本当、絶対描くのは嫌だ、と思ってしまったのです。しかもケジメをつけるために、たぶんジョルノがフーゴの処刑に行くようなエピソードになったでしょうね。絶対に少年少女読者をヤバイ気分にさせると思い込んでしまったのです。

そういう理由で、ヴェネツィア大運河のサン・ジョルジョ・マッジョーレの船着き場での、別れのシーンです。フーゴに消えてもらったのです（のちに小説版『黄金の風』では、作家さんとの打ち合わせで、フーゴは組織の中で陰ながらみんなを助ける、という裏話を書いてもらいました）。

最後に登場人物たちに作者からひとこと言わせてください。
「本当にありがとう。君たちは、苦しくつらい時に吹いてくれる『黄金の風』なのだ」と。

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Stone Ocean First Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

About the Beginning of Stone Ocean...

Even if I don't usually care about something, when certain periods of time come around, I find it strange and get weirdly angry at it. Angry seasons exist within me, but these "angry seasons" are balanced by "seasons of being attacked."

Once, I shared the following story with my relatives: there's a traffic light on the street in my neighborhood that turns red even when there are no cars passing through. I used to just ignore it and cross the street if I didn't see any cars, but it always felt like a bad idea to me, so lately I've decided not to cross until the light turns green. And then, suddenly, a barrage of criticism began. "Who would even do that these days?" "Aren't you just such a good boy? Jackass." "Because someone saw you doing it and wrote about you on 2ch, you hypocrite?!" Oh no. It seems my "season of being attacked" has arrived.

It's one thing to be attacked for doing or saying the wrong thing, but I hadn't even done anything. I didn't even cross the street at a traffic light. Such is the "season of being attacked." We find ourselves under attack without knowing the reason why. When such a season comes, trying to fight back only leads to further aggression and pain. The only thing you can do is wait for the season to end, like how a person with hay fever has to wait for pollen to stop flying. This season is one where the best defense is not a good offense.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure finally finds its sixth protagonist, Jolyne Cujoh, in the midst of such a "season of being attacked." She has lived in Florida since she was a little girl. Her father was very busy in Morioh back then, so she longed for his affection above all. But she would spend her entire childhood without a father. Despite her tough and cool bloodline, she somehow found herself going down a path filled with anxiety. All she ever received from her mother was nagging. When she fell in love with a boy, Jolyne came to believe in her boyfriend's love. From him she received the love and trust that her father never gave her. But that feeling of love dragged Jolyne into a world of misery. Can Jolyne unravel the thread that binds her and escape that place? And will she grow as a person in the process? That is the background of the protagonist in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean.

In the 80's, I drew a short story named Gorgeous Irene with a female protagonist, hoping to take her on a unique adventure. But at the time, I had the impression that women wouldn't feel very comfortable reading my work, so I decided not to make it a full series. It's been almost 15 years since then, and I feel like times have changed. The impression has shifted to the point that girls can get punched, have their fingers blown off, or be pushed off a building, and still be tough enough to go on.

It's all because of her father, Jotaro Kujo. He comes to save his daughter and, in turn, she goes to save her father's life, and her heart grows as a result. A protagonist like her is someone worth challenging in the span of a full-length manga. After all, a bloodline and its legacy are passed down, regardless of whether their recipient is male or female. The title of Stone Ocean symbolizes Jolyne's stone will, as well as the femininity of the ocean. It can also refer to an ocean of stone, the image of the prison in which the story takes place.

While working on Stone Ocean, I visited a prison in Florida on a research trip. The prison was divided into four areas: the juvenile ward, the female ward, the male ward, and the ward for the dangerous or condemned. In America, where punishment is a commercial enterprise, prisons are often privately owned. We were allowed to enter three of the four areas; with the exception of the kitchen where the model prisoners worked, we were not allowed to visit the male ward, which we were told was a dangerous place. It wasn't the kind of large-scale prison Jolyne finds herself in, but rather a high-tech prison building like Roppongi Hills.

Upon entering the prison, we were searched for belongings and had to pass through metal detectors. After that, we took an elevator, walked down a corridor, took another elevator, went down another corridor, and so on, again and again. And each time, a steel door with an electronic lock opened and shut and opened and shut as I entered with the warden and guards. None of us mentioned it, but every time the door closed, the realization sank in that I would never be able to leave on my own free will ever again. I felt claustrophobic, and I became so nervous that I started to hyperventilate and had trouble breathing. The prisoners would call out to us, "I'm from Tokyo," or, "Please let me have a Korean Bible." One of them was a small lady sitting next to a much larger woman, as though the larger one were her boss in a scene from a movie. The larger of the two asked me how old I was through her henchwoman. I eventually told the guard frankly, "I'm so nervous, and it's so hard to breathe in here," to which they replied, "I feel the same way every day. It's always a relief when I get to go home."

Jolyne Cujoh... For the entire time I worked on Part 6 of the series, I wondered if she was going to be okay. If I were in Jolyne's shoes, I would've broken down and cried within three hours of being put in there. Out of all of the protagonists in JoJo, I really feel that she might be the toughest, and the one I wanted to be happiest. Especially since she's found herself in the middle of a "season of being attacked."

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[Translated by HudgynS]

―――『ストーンオーシャン』の始まりに……

普段は別にどうでもいいと思っているのに、何か急にある時期がやってくると、同じ物事に対して「やっばりおかしい！」と妙に怒りがわいてくる。「怒(ど)の季節」というのが自分の中にあるんだけど、「怒(ど)の季節」に対して「攻撃される季節」というのもある。
この問、親戚の前で、『近所の道路に信号があるんだけど、車のほとんど通らない時間帯でも「赤」になるのね。で、かつては「ま、いいやノ」って、車が通らないからヒョイって無視して渡ってたのね。でも、そういうのって良くないかなと思って、最近はボケーっと「青」になるまで無視しないで、渡らない事にした。』って話を軽くしたら。突然。「今時そんなヤツいないだろッ！」とか「ムカつく、いい子ブってんじゃあないの！？」だの「目撃されてて2ch(ちゃんねる)で書かれるからだろ偽善者！」とまで非難の集中砲火をあび始めた。やばい。
　　「攻撃される季節」がやって来た。

間違った事をしたり言ったりで攻撃されるのはしょうがないってのがあるが、なにもしてないのに。ていうか信号さえ渡ってもいない。これが「攻撃される季節」。なぜかわけがわからず攻撃されてしまうのだ。こういう時期がおとずれた時は、反撃なんかしようものなら、ますます攻撃されて痛めつけられてしまうので、ひたすら季節が終わるのを、花粉症の人が花粉が飛ばなくなるのを耐えしのぶように待つしか方法はない。この季節は「反撃する事は最大の防御にはならない(・・・・)のだ。」

「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険」もついに6人目の主人公―「空条徐倫」も―こんな「攻撃される季節」の中にあった。
彼女は小さい頃から、アメリカ合衆国のフロリダに住んでいたのだが、父親が日本の杜王町でとても忙しかったため、父親の愛をとても欲しがった。でも、父親は不在の少女時代。もともとタフでクールな血筋は受け継いではいるが、なんとなく不安でいっぱいの道を歩み始めた。母親からは小言ばかり。男の子に恋をし、「徐倫」はボーイフレンドの愛を信じた。父親からもらえなかった愛と信頼を。だが、その愛する気持ちがとんでもない世界へ徐倫を引きずり込んでいく。空条徐倫はそこから「糸をほどくように」脱出できるのか？　そして、成長して行く事ができるのか？　それが「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険Part6ストーンオーシャン」の主人公設定である。

以前、80年代に「ゴージャス☆アイリン」という「女性が主人公」の短編を、創作的冒険の動機で描いた事があるんだけれども、その時なんか妙に、こう………女性が自分の作品にしっくりとハマらない雰囲気がただよったので、長編にするのをやめにした事がある。
15年近く過ぎて、時代がなんか変わったような気がする。女の子でもパンチくらったり、指が吹っ飛んだり、ビルから突き落とされても、タフに行けそうな雰囲気の時代になって来た。全ては父―空条承太郎の責任。そして娘を救いに向かい、逆に娘も父の命を救出に向か う事によって、娘の心は成長していくのだ。マンガの巾でそういう主人公にチャレンジする価値はありそうだ。
血統とその志(こころざし)は男であろうが女であろうが受け継がれるものだから。
「ストーンオーシャン」とは「石(ストーン)」は徐倫の意志、「海(オーシャン)」は女性を象徴的に意味する。もしくは「石でできた海」、この舞台である牢獄のイメージを意味する。

「ストーンオーシャン」を描くにあたって、フロリダの刑務所へ見学取材に行った。そこは、「少年監房」「女子監房」「青年男子監房」「死刑囚、および異常犯罪系監房」の４地区にわかれており、許可をとって中に入れてもらった。アメリカには「民営」の刑務所があって、刑罰が営利事業にもなっている。3区域は入れてもらい、青年男子エリアは危険との事で、模範囚の働く厨房以外は入れてもらえなかったが、空条徐倫の入った広大な敷地にあるタイプの刑務所ではなくて、なんか六本木ヒルズのようなハイテクビルの刑務所だった。
入る時に持ち物検査と金属探知検査をされると、エレべーターに乗り、廊下を歩き、またエレべーター、廊下、と繰り返し中へ入っていく。その度に電子ロックの鋼鉄のドアがドーンドーンと開いては閉じられ開いては閉じられしながら看守長や看守さんたちと一緒に入って行く。言葉はないんだが扉が閉まる度に、「もうおまえは決して自分の意志では外には出れないんだぞ。」と実感として体にしみ込んで行く。閉所恐怖というか、すごく緊張して過呼吸気味になって息が苦しくなって来た。囚人の人達が「ぼくは東京から来た」と言ってるのに「韓国語の聖書、プレゼントしてくれよ。」とか言って来る。本当、映画みたいにボスがいて、体格のいい女性の横に小柄な子分みたいな女の人がチョコンと座ってて。「おまえ歳いくつ？」ってその子分を通じてぼくに質間して来る。看守さんに、「すごく緊張して呼吸が苦しいです。」と感想を率直に言ったら、「わたしも毎日だよ。帰宅で外に出れた時、いつもホッとする。」そう、コメントしていた。

「空条徐倫」―第6部を描いてて本当、彼女「大丈夫かな？」っていつも思っていた。ぼくが徐倫の状況だったら、おそらく入れられて(・・・・・)3時間で壊れていた(・・・・・)と思う。
実感としてジョジョ歴代主人公の中でも、一番タフかも。そして一番幸せになって欲しい。と思った主人公だ。しかも彼女、今「攻撃される季節」のまっただ中にいるのだから。

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Stone Ocean Last Volume Afterword

TranslationTranscript

To tell the truth, I don't have much to comment on in this afterword.

In terms of Stand abilities (speaking from my own perspective), it felt at the time like I had drawn all that I needed to in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean, and I felt a sense of creative satisfaction at the thought that, perhaps, I had reached the pinnacle of my ideas. Time itself was getting faster and faster and outpacing human senses, approaching infinity itself, or at least as close to infinity as possible. I thought to myself then that no Stand ability could ever surpass it. There was nothing more incredible I could draw. My ideas had indeed reached their pinnacle.

I've always believed that a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment is a dangerous feeling. To put it bluntly, speaking as a human being and a manga artist, the situation that arises from thinking that everything's turned out alright and nothing more needs to be done is a dangerous thing, for the development of society and civilization, for science, for philosophy, and especially for art. It's like a love that has burned itself out, an Ashita no Joe with no more battles to fight. We all work to achieve something, to find satisfaction, but what do we do after that? That was the contradictory feeling I had when I finished Stone Ocean.

The protagonist, Jolyne Cujoh, lacked the love from her father that she so desperately sought, which led to her involvement in a car accident and her incarceration. But then, by trying to save her father, she grows as a woman. The story of her growth as a protagonist is complete. What do we do now? I felt much the same way about the process of creating the manga itself. In other words, there's nothing left to draw. It's over. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has reached its peak. That is Stone Ocean. The end.

No, it still doesn't feel quite right. Maybe I'm just conceited, but this is still no good. That feeling of having accomplished something is a problem in and of itself. The red light's flashing. What can I do? What can I possibly do? And then it hit me.

We'll go back to the root. The Italian Renaissance was inspired by a return to ancient Greek and Roman concepts. The French painter Gauguin created a new painting by returning to nature in Tahiti. We'll make the Stand ability of the main villain, Father Pucci, even more powerful. That way, time, the protagonists, and the bloodline itself can make a full cycle of the universe and return to their origin. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure will abandon modern civilization and return to nature.

That is the end of Stone Ocean, which was changed and redrawn at the last minute. Moreover, it also brought out a sense of nostalgia. Jolyne Cujoh's memories are different, but her love and affection will remain and become eternal, and she will surely continue to grow and move forward. Speaking of which...

As I finished Part 6, I had a thought: the protagonist of the next part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Part 7, should be a protagonist who fights against nature, but also learns from nature and grows as a person as a result. Would Steel Ball Run (tentative) be a good title? Under normal circumstances, I probably wouldn't have said or written any of this. But it's an afterword written by the author. The afterword is what it is.

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[Translated by HudgynS]

このあとがきのコメントは実をいうとあまりありません。
この『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険Part6ストーンオーシャン』でスタンド能力としては（作者自身の感覚としては）――けっこう描ききった感が当時あって、アイデア的に究極に達してしまったのかな？　と創作的な満足感を味わってしまったのです。
「時間」が、どんどん人間の感覚より速くなって行って、無限に、考えうる限りの無限に――近づいて行く。―――これ以上のスタンド能力ってもうないだろう。凄いのなんて、もうないな。アイデアは究極へ達した。そう思ってしまったのです。

「満足感」とか「達成感」という感覚は、けっこう危険な領域の感覚なのでは？　と常日頃思っていて、つまり「全てOKしちゃって、もう何もいらないや」という状態は人間としても漫画家としても、あるいは社会や文明の発展としても科学としても哲学としても、芸術としてもきっとヤバイ事に違いない。
燃え尽きる恋愛。もしくは闘い終わった〝あしたのジョー〟。人間はきっと何かを達成したり満足するために行動するのだろうけど、満足したらそのあとどうする？　それがこのストーンオーシャンを描き終わった時の矛盾した感覚でした。

主人公の空条徐倫は、求める父親からの愛情の空虚さが心の底にあって、それ理由(ゆえ)、交通事故を引き起こし、投獄されました。
そして、逆に父を助ける行動で、ひとりの女性として成長して行く。主人公の成長物語としては達成してしまった。そのあとどうする？　………漫画制作的にそうも思ってしまいました。
つまり描く事はもうないな。終わったな。「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険」はもう究極に達してしまったな。それがこの「ストーンオーシャン」です。―――――以上。………………

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……………………………………………………………………いや、やっぱりヤだな。それはなんか、うぬぼれなのかもしれない。かなりヤバイ。達成感とか思う事。それ自体がヤバイような。赤信号が点滅しました。どおしよう？　本当どおしよう？　「そうだ！」そう思いました。
原点に返ろう。イタリアのルネッサンスは古代ギリシャやローマ時代の概念に返ったから起こったんだ。フランスの画家のゴーギャンは、タヒチという原始に返って新しい絵画を生みだしたんだ。
ラストのボス・プッチ神父のスタンド能力をさらにパワーアップさせよう。そうすりゃあ、時間も主人公たちも血統も宇宙一周して原始に返れる。ジョジョの奇妙な冒険は――現代文明を捨てて自然に返ろう。

それが当時、終了直前に変更して描いた、「ストーンオーシャン」のラストです。しかもノスタルジイの感覚も出せた。空条徐倫の記憶は別のものだが、愛と情は残って永遠のものとなり、きっと成長して行くでしょう。

そして――――――――
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険の次の第7部の主人公は、自然と闘い、自然から学んで成長して行く主人公にしよう。タイトルは「スティール・ボール・ラン（仮）」か？
そう思いながら、当時、この第6部を描き終えました。本来なら、こういった事は言ったり書いたりすべき事ではないのかもしれない。でも作者本人のあとがきですからね。そういうあとがきです。

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Steel Ball Run First Volume Afterword

TranscriptionTranscript

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run, which I began drawing in 2004, is the story of two protagonists, Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli, as they participate in a horse race across the North American continent from San Diego on the West Coast to New York on the East Coast. I would like to write down some memories regarding the creation of this story.

Part 1: The Protagonists

The main characters each have their own family troubles. Johnny has his relationship with his father to deal with, and Gyro has his family's legacy. It's as if their very births were contradictions. And yet, they challenge the race hoping to overcome it. All of the other characters look forward as well; to bide their time concealing their Stand ability, they must have a certain degree of confidence. But only looking forward is a harsh way to live. And in any case, the only respite for a person who only looks forward is to either drop out or arrive in New York.

Part 2: Stands

In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, I set out to use Stand designs to depict things that, while they cannot be seen, exist in this world nonetheless. Anyway, my goal was to draw the existences of all creation and all kinds of physical phenomena. I would try to turn fire into a character, or time into an image, and so on. My previous work, Part 6: Stone Ocean, left me with a sense of satisfaction, or perhaps the sense that I had drawn all there was to draw...? I felt a small sense of accomplishment. So what do I do now?

At the time, there was something in my drawings that I was very interested in, and that was rotation (or, to use the proper term, spiral rotation). When I draw flames, I draw them in a twisting motion, like the twist of a splash of water. The twist of the bending joints of a human body. The twist of a growing lock of hair. I draw the branches of plants and trees twisting as they connect to the trunk. I draw petals as if they were whirlpools. I add shading to rocks and stones as if they were rotating, and so on.

Drawing in such a way led me to believe that all the phenomena in the world could be explained by rotation and spirals. If this were a Stand ability, it might just be the most powerful of all. And if rotation is rebirth, then perhaps the story can return to its origin. I decided to set Steel Ball Run during the same time period as Part 1: the dawn of modern civilization.

Part 3: Research

I am very fond of stories where the characters mature during their travels, and I think there's a certain universality to them. In recent years, a lot of information has been made available on the Internet, so there's no need to actually go on a research trip anymore. But I was curious as to how open the enviroment was, and I wanted to experience the sense of distance it gave off. The environment also provides an underlying feeling of inequality, even envy, and some places really made me think about what it would be like to live there, what I would do if I ran out of milk here, or other things like that. I wanted to feel that, so my first trip was to the deserts in the western part of North America by Cessna and by car. This isn't related to Steel Ball Run, but I was overwhelmed by the aircraft storage area (the boneyard?) in the desert.

I also decided to walk the Kumano Kodō in the mountains of Wakayama Prefecture for five days and four nights. I walked the trail because I wanted to see what would happen to me if I walked around 20 kilometers every day. This particular incident might be somewhat related to Steel Ball Run. A beautiful forest landscape becomes darker than you can imagine after 4:00 PM, with dark shadows growing in the mere blink of an eye. One lone elderly traveler told me as they left the dark forest, "If I hadn't met that kid, I would have been totally lost!" (Now where do I find that kid?) My muscles ached terribly after the second day of walking, and my cell phone felt really heavy when I had to wait in places without any signal, so I thought about throwing it out every day. That's the contradiction of a convenient invention.

Part 4: The Enemy

President Valentine, a character that appears in the second half of Steel Ball Run, is the main antagonist, the greatest enemy, the villain. The ultimate evil. But I'd like to point out that this character is primarily a villain from the perspectives of the protagonists, Johnny and Gyro. President Valentine uses the transcontinental Steel Ball Run race to find a treasure that will make his country the greatest in the world. In other words, he intends to win the people's trust and support through sports. President Valentine knows that the future is moving away from the age of the horse and into the age of the machine. He is also keenly aware that democracy is equal to capitalist economic self-empowerment. Moreover, his selfless motives make him both powerful and utterly terrifying as a character.

In other words, our protagonists—Johnny, Gyro, Mr. Steel, and their allies—are outclassed in the justice of their perspective by President Valentine. And yet, in Steel Ball Run, the president attempting to lead society on the right path is the ultimate evil. Within President Valentine exists a contradiction between justice and evil. He is a paradox. What exactly is happiness, then? If happiness is true victory, will the coming era bring victory? Did Johnny and Gyro win after all?

Part 5: Scope

Serialization moved from Weekly Shonen Jump to the monthly publication Ultra Jump. This was partly because my age was making the weekly schedule difficult, but I also felt that the scope of what I could draw increased (due to the number of pages in each chapter). The rhythm of the manga's progression and the scale of the drawings of landscapes and characters just felt right. Steel Ball Run was well-suited for a monthly magazine indeed.

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[Translated by HudgynS]

2004年から描き始めた「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第7部―スティール・ボール・ラン」（SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)）は北米大陸を西海岸のサンディエゴから、東海岸のニューヨークまで、馬で横断するレース大会に参加する主人公―「ジョニィ・ジョースター」と「ジャイロ・ツェペリ」たちの物語です。
――創作にあたっての思い出を書いてみたいと思います。

その①「主人公たち」
主人公たちは、それぞれ家族の問題を抱えています。 「ジョニィ」は父親との関係だし、「ジャイロ」は家系の事。まるで、彼らは『生まれた事』そのものが矛盾であるかのように。
しかし、それを克服したいと願ってレースに挑みます。他のどのキャラも「前向き」で、スタンド能力を隠し待っているなら、それなりの自信もあるって事でしょう。
でも、「前向き」って、かなり厳しい生き方ですよね。とにかく前向きの人がのんびりするには、脱落するか、ニューヨークに到着してからなのです。

その②「スタンド」
「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険」はこれまで、この世の目に見えないけれども『存在するモノ』を「絵」にしようと『スタンド』というデザインで描いて来ました。とにかく、あらゆる物理現象や万物の存在を「絵」にする事を目標にしました。「炎」をキャラ化しようとか、「時間」を絵にしようとか、そういう事です。
それが前作「第6部―ストーンオーシャン」で、満足感というのか、一通り描いてしまったかな…。という、ちょっとした達成感がありました。
ではどうする？
この頃、絵を描く時の事なのですが非常に興味のある事があって、それが「回転」です（正しく言うと「螺旋状の回転」）。炎を描く時、ねじった様に描く、水のパシャッというしぶきをねじる様に飛ばす。人体の関節をねじるように曲げる。髪の毛をねじるように生やす。植物、木々の枝をねじるように幹に接続して描く。花びらをうずまきの様に描く。岩や石のタッチの陰影も回転しているようにつけていく。などです。そんな事をして描いていると、この世の現象は全て、回転や螺旋で説明がつく、などと思い込んでしまいました。
これをスタンド能力としたなら、もしかすると最強な事かもしれない。そして回転とは再生なら、ストーリーも原点に戻れるのかもしれない。
「SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)」の設定も、近代文明の幕開けである「第1部」と感じ頃にしようと思い立ちました。

その③「取材」
旅を通じて、登場人物たちが成長していくという形式をとった物語が非常に大好きで、普遍性があると思います。
近年はネットで調べれば何でも情報があるので、実際に取材旅行に行かなくて良い訳ですが、「どのくらい広いのか？」とか地形の距離感が観たいのです。それに地形には「羨ましい」とか「不平等」とかいった裏の感じ方があって、そういう場所に住んでみたいなあとか、ここでは牛乳とか切らした時にどうするんだろうと、行ってみて考える場所がある。それを感じたくて、まず北米の西の方の砂漠をセスナとか車で取材しました。「SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)」には直接関係ない事ですが、砂漠にある使われなくなった飛行機置き場（墓場？）には圧倒されました。
それと日本の和歌山県にある熊野古道を4泊5日、山の中を歩いてみる事にしました。毎日20kmくらい連続で歩いたら、自分はどうなるのかを試したかったので歩きました。これは「SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)」にちょっと関係あるかもしれないエピソードです。
美しい森の風景も午後4時過ぎると、暗い影の部分がアッという間に増えて想像を超えた闇になる。「あの子供に会わなかったら私、迷ったきり遭難してたわッ！」と独り旅行者のおばさんが暗い森から出て来た（その子はどこの子？）。それと歩き始めて2日目からヒドい筋肉痛で電波の無い所に待ってきた携帯がマジ重く感じて毎日捨てる事を考えた。便利な発明の矛盾です。

その④「敵」
「SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)」後半に出てくるキャラクターのヴァレンタイン大統領は「ラスボス」である。つまり、最大の敵であって、悪役。超悪い人。しかしながら、このキャラクターは主人公ジョニィやジャイロの視点から見て『悪役である』という事を説明したい。
ヴァレンタイン大統領は、祖国を新しい時代に向かって世界一の偉大な国にする為に、そしてその為の「宝」を探し出す為に「大陸横断SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)レース」を利用する。つまり、スポーツを通じて人々の気持ちと権利を得ようという訳だ。ヴァレンタイン大統領は将来の流れが馬の時代から機械の時代に向かう事を知っていて、民主主義がイコール資本主義経済の権利取得である事を知っている。しかも、『私利私欲では無い』という動機はキャラクターの性格としては強くて怖ろしい。
つまり、私たちの主人公たち―
「ジョニィ」や「ジャイロ」や「スティールさん」たちの考えている事よりも、ヴァレンタイン大統領が考えている事の方が「正論」なのである。
しかしながら、「SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)」では、この社会にとって「正しい道」を行こうとしている大統領を「最大の悪役」とした。ヴァレンタイン大統領には「正義」と「悪」の矛盾が存在する。彼はパラドックスなのだ。
「幸福」とはいったいどういう事を言うのだろうか？
真の勝利が「幸福」の事ならば、時代は勝利に向かうのだろうか？
果たして、「ジョニィ」と「ジャイロ」たちは勝利できたのだろうか？

その⑤「面積」
掲載誌は「週刊少年ジャンプ」から月刊「ウルトラジャンプ」へ移った。
年齢面で週刊スケジュールが辛くなったという事もあるのですが、この事は作品にとって描ける「面積」が増えたと感じました（一つのエピソードのページ数の事です）。風景や人物の絵画的スケール感もそうなのですが、マンガ進行のリズムがとにかく、しっくり来たと感じ、「SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)」は作品の性質として本当に月刊誌向きです。

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Steel Ball Run Last Volume Afterword

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I already wrote about my memories of this work at the end of the first volume of this paperback edition of Steel Ball Run, so here I would like to talk about the end. It might not be exclusive to manga production, but when I begin a new serialization, choosing a setting, doing research, and worrying the entire time makes it quite difficult. But I think the most difficult part is when it comes time to end the series.

Depending on the work, the editorial department might say, "It's about time to finish the story." Or the author might want to finish the story, but the public won't allow them to end it. The author has to part ways with the characters who have decided the story's trajectory and with whom they have been intimately interacting every day, and abandon the setting and perspective in the process. And furthermore, they can't just throw out the answers to the mysteries and the fates of the characters that they've been dragging out. They have to get it right.

Will the readers be satisfied with this outline for the last part of the story? I get so nervous. And once I finish drawing, there'll be nothing left for me to do. I end up thinking to myself, "What am I going to do now?" This is the situation that comes at the end of a manga series.

Though such severe ending situations do exist, in the case of both Steel Ball Run and JoJo Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, the premise sets the readers up to believe that the end is when the inevitable goal is reached. I felt no hesitation or anxiety, and my only concern during the ending was how to end it. It ended exactly how it was supposed to. When the work finally reached the goal, only one feeling arose within me: "Well done. You did an excellent job. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."

I think my favorite scene to draw was near the end of Steel Ball Run, the scene where Gyro and Johnny share their personal secrets with each other. Gyro shares his real name, and Johnny shares his fetish. That personal information itself is rather trivial, but will those secrets be secrets forever? Or, if they survive, will the secrets live on in their hearts? When I was drawing it, I couldn't help but cry.

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[Translated by HudgynS]

この文庫版『SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)』の第一巻巻末で本作品の想い出はそれなりに書かせて頂いたので、ここでは〝おわり〟について。
漫画の制作とは限らないのかもしれませんけれど、連載を始める時は設定やら取材やら不安やらで相当大変だけれども、〝おわる〟時はそれ以上に大変な気がします。
作品によっては、編集部から「もうそろそろ完結にしましょうか…」とか言われたり、もしくは描いている作者がもう完結にしたいのに、世間の要望で逆に〝おわり〟にさせてくれないという場合もあります。
それまで話の軌道にのって、想い入れ親しく毎日、大切に付き合い続けてきたキャラクターたちと別れなくてはいけないし、設定や世界観も捨てなくてはなりません。しかも引っ張っていた謎の答えやキャラクターの運命もすべて、放り出すわけにはいきません。
ちゃんとしなくてはいけないのです。
こんなラストの形で読者は満足してくれるのだろうか？　不安で仕方ない気分になります。
そして描き終わった後、自分には何も残らなくなってしまうのだ。「どうしよお!?」と想い込んでしまうのです。
これが連載漫画の〝おわり〟の状況。
こうした厳しい〝おわり〟の状況もありますけど、本作品『SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)』とJOJO第3部『スターダスト クルセイダース』、この二つはラストがゴールの時と読者も思っているに違いない設定なので、〝おわり〟の時は必然、ゴールの時でした。迷ったり悩んだりとかがなく、ラストのアイデアは着地の仕方のみで、決まるべくして〝おわれ〟ました。
作品がゴールに辿り着けた時は「お疲れ様。よくやってくれた。心からありがとう」、そういう気持ちだけでした。
本作品『SBR(スティール・ボール・ラン)』のラスト付近で、描いていて特別に好きだったシーンは、ジャイロとジョニィが自分の秘密の個人情報をお互い言い会うシーンでしょうか。ジャイロは「本名」を教え、ジョニィは「フェチ」を教えるところ。その個人情報は軽くてくだらないものだけれど、秘密は永遠の秘密となるのか？　それとも、もし生き残るなら秘密は心の中で生き続けるのだろうか？　自分で描いていて泣いてしまいました。

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Cool Shock B.T. Afterword

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Cool Shock B.T. (Devil Boy B.T. in Japanese) was my first serialized work in a weekly magazine.

Serialization began sometime between a year and eighteen months after the first chapter's completion, mainly because the editorial department did not like the name of the pilot at all. At one point, the serialization was almost rejected outright. The title was the main reason. For a boys' manga, which are supposed to be all about justice, friendship, and victory, what was the author thinking when he titled it Devil Boy? Doesn't the word "devil" refer to Satan himself? Also, the name "B.T." sounds like a code word for something. It just keeps getting more and more esoteric. Even the content of the story, which sees the boy protagonist plotting to do evil, was completely unsuitable for Shonen Jump.

In fact, Mr. Kabashima, the editor-in-chief at the time, still says the following to this day: "I had a really hard time getting it serialized. Almost everyone in the editorial department was against it!"

That editor has a special talent to persuade people to do things... (This isn't related in any way, but one time he persuaded me to buy a waterbed, even though I really didn't want one. When I heard how he described it, I was completely brainwashed into thinking it was a good idea, and so I ended up getting one.) This work was so difficult to have serialized that even someone who could convince others that what's black is white would've had a hard time with it. But as the author, I felt relaxed and, well... somehow, I just felt like I could handle it.

Cool Shock B.T. pays homage to Sherlock Holmes, being a story about a boy who pretends to do evil with his intelligence and curiosity, yet values justice and friendship above all. I think the most difficult part was actually drawing it, because I had no idea how to draw in a way that would bring out my own style. Moreover, it took me nearly three weeks to draw a single chapter, and I had no idea how to use the black color of an ink pen on white paper back then. Fax machines hadn't become commonplace quite yet, so I had to use the copy machine at a friend's company. I would send each manuscript to the editorial office via courier service, which was just beginning to become popular, and then hold a brief meeting over the phone: "We need to revise the manuscript, so come to Tokyo and bring your tools with you!" The Tōhoku Shinkansen hadn't opened yet, so I had to take a four-hour express train to Tokyo to redraw the manuscript.

After finishing B.T., I had no choice but to move my workplace from my hometown in Sendai directly to Tokyo for the sake of Baoh the Visitor's serialization. The money I received from B.T. served as my war fund, so it really helped me out in the end. And the theme of B.T. as a Sherlock Holmes-like battle of wits, which I had dreamed of since childhood, developed into a more body-focused theme in Baoh the Visitor.

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『魔少年ビーティー』は、一番最初の週刊誌連載作品である。

第一話が完成してから掲載されるまで一年から一年半かかっている作品で、というのも第一話のネームの編集部ウケ(・・)が最低に悪かったからである。一時、連載はボツ、という所までいった。理由は、まずタイトルである。正義とか友情とか勝利とかをうたっている少年マンガで、「魔」少年とは、この作者、何考えてんだ？　悪魔の「魔」だぞ？　しかもビーティーって暗号のような名前。ますますわからん。話の内容も、少年の主人公が悪事をたくらんでて、 少年ジャンプ向きではない。実際、当時の担当編集者の椛島さんは未だに言う。

「オレ、あれを連載させるのに、本当苦労したよ。編集部ほぼ全員が反対するんだものよォーー！」

この編集者は、人を説得させたら右に出る者はないという特技を持つ人で――（関係ないけど、この人の説得でわたし、あまり欲しくなかったんだけど、ウォーターベッドってあるよね。あれ、話聞いてたら、いいかなあーなんて洗脳されて、つい買ってしまった事がある。）

黒でも白と説得してしまう、それくらいスゴイ人が、連載させるの苦労したよって言うくらい難航したのが本作品である。でも、作者的には気楽なもんで、ま…なんとかなるんじゃあないのって感じだった。

『魔少年ビーティー』は『名探偵シャーロック・ホームズ』へのオマージュ的な設定をとっていて、少年が知性と好奇心で悪事をやらかすとみせかけていて、正義と友情を貫いているという事だ。それよりも、自分的に苦労した所は絵で、どういう風に描けば自分らしくなるのか全然わかっていなかったと思う。しかも、一話描くのに３週間近くもかかっていて、ペンと墨の黒い色を、白い原稿用紙にどう使っていいのかわからなかった時期だった。時代もＦＡＸとかいった機械はまだ一般化されていなくて、コピー機も知り合いの会社でとらせてもらっていた。打ち合わせは、普及しはじめていた宅配便で原稿を編集部へ送り、電話でやっていた。「原稿のなおしがあるから、道具持って東京へ来い！」

東北新幹線がまだ開通してなかったので、４時間かけて特急で行き、原稿を描きなおす。こりゃ、さすがに大変になってきたな…という事で、仕方なくこの『ビーティー』を描き上げた後、『バオー来訪者』の連載のため、故郷の仙台から仕事場を東京に移すことになる。この『ビーティー』でもらったお金が軍資金になったので、本当助かったよ。

そして『ビーティー』でテーマにした、子供時代からの憧れ、シャーロック・ホームズ的知力の闘いは、次作『バオー来訪者』で、肉体テーマへと発展していったと思う。

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Baoh the Visitor Afterword

TranslationTranscript

When I started writing Baoh the Visitor, I moved my workplace from my hometown of Sendai to Tokyo. Up until that point, I had been working alone, drawing at my own house. If I had a fax machine and an efficient photocopier like I do now, and could get to the editorial department in about two hours via bullet train, perhaps I wouldn’t have moved.

However, at the time Baoh began serialization in 1984, courier services had barely been established in Sendai, so my work schedule was already constrained. I didn't want to move to Tokyo in the summer because of the hot and humid weather, as well as the small size of the place (which I'm still not used to), but after some encouragement I took the plunge. And now, looking back, I can only remember the positives of coming to Tokyo.

Firstly, the people there were human, too. I got to know people with different ideas and information, and was shocked at the different ways of looking at things, and being able to see and hear new things was the biggest plus in terms of studying. There were books on sale by painters and designers I had never seen before, and I became obsessed with food I had never eaten before. I really admired the painters Frank Frazetta, Enki Bilal, and Antonio Lopez. I was surprised by the beauty and fashion sense of designer stores like Missoni and Versace. I also watched MTV shows late at night, and I got to see performances of Madonna and African American rap music for the first time. I brought the question I had been pondering since my previous work, Cool Shock B.T., with me to Tokyo: "How can I develop my own art style?" As I studied, I realized I had a lot of work to do.

The idea for Baoh the Visitor came to me while I was working in Sendai. Since I had depicted an "intellectual conflict" in Cool Shock B.T., I thought about creating a setting and protagonist based on the theme of "the body" for my next work. I wanted to write a story about the topic of creating biological weapons using the cloning and genetic engineering techniques already available in 1984. The abilities used by the protagonist had to be sufficiently biological and logical, even if they were exaggerated. I also wanted to depict the story's progression with a similar rhythm to rock music. That's what it felt like to me, anyway. It had to be like the groove I'd seen on MTV since I came to Tokyo, full of the shrieks, the crescendos, the "Barubarubarubaru!" of life.

Once serialization began and the story progressed, I began to feel that, while genes could be a strange and wonderful concept, there's also something sad about them. Perhaps something like fate exists within one's own genes. For around ten years after its conclusion, I was often asked whether I would continue Baoh the Visitor. However, I think it's best to keep the end of Baoh here. The heroine, a young girl, grows up with a sense of hope for the future. I drew the last chapter with the feeling that the future is driven by hope, and I believe this "ode to life" was inherited by a work I started two years later, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In regard to that art style challenge I had during my Cool Shock B.T. days, I wonder if I'll continue to study and hone my skills from here on? In that regard, I'm hopeful for the future.

I lost the manuscript for the full-color illustration of this book at some point, probably when the Shueisha building was being renovated, and I haven't been able to find it since. That's why I decided to use a magazine cover from the time of its publication. In other words, the original cover doesn't exist anymore...

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本作品『バオー来訪者』執筆から、わたしは仕事場を故郷の仙台から東京に移した。それまでの作品は、故郷の自宅でひとりで描いていたわけだ。そして、現在のようにＦＡＸや性能のいいコピー機があって、新幹線で約2時間で編集部まで行かれてたなら、仕事場をもしかしたら東京に移していなかったかもしれない、とも思う。

でも『バオー』連載時の一九八四年当時は、やっと宅配便のシステムが出来た程度で、故郷で仕事するのは、時間的にもう限界に来ていた。夏、あついのはヤだし、土地は狭そうだし（現在でもけっこう慣れてない）上京するのはいやだったけれど、背中をドンと押されて上京したというわけだ。 そして今、思い返すと、上京して良かったと思う点しかあがらない。

まず、やっぱり人間だ。いろんな考えや情報を持った人と知りあえて、いろんな物の見方にショックを受けて、見たり聞いたり出来たので、勉強という点では最大にプラスになっている。見た事もない画家やデザイナーの本が売ってるし、食べた事もない料理に夢中になった。

フランク・フラゼッタとかエンキ・ビラル、アントニオ・ロペスといった画家は、本当に好きになった。ミッソーニとかヴェルサーチといったデザイナーの店の美しさやセンスのよさにビックリした。それと、ＭＴＶのテレビ番組も深夜やってて、マドンナとか黒人ラップとかも初めて見た。 わたしの前作『魔少年ビーティー』からの作品的な課題で「自分なりの絵をどう描くか？」それをひきずって上京したわたしは、研究したり勉強したり「やる事がいっぱいあるなあ」と思った。

『バオー来訪者』のアイデア自体は、仙台の時からあって、「魔少年ビーティー』で「知力」の闘いを描いたから、次作は「肉体」をテーマにして設定と主人公をつくってみようと思っていた。一九八四年当時のし(・・)て来た、クローンだとか遺伝子操作の科学技術で、生物兵器を作ってる話にしよう。主人公が使うワザは、ちゃんと生物学的に、誇張はしてても筋道が通ったモノでなくてはいけない。そして、それをロックのリズムでストーリーが展開していく様に描こう。そう思った。東京に来てから見たＭＴＶとかのノリ(・・)の様にギャアーーンだとかバルバルバルだとかドッバァァァァンとかいった、生命感あふれるノリ。

そして連載が始まり、どんどん話をすすめていくと、描いているうちに「遺伝子」ってなんて不思議でスバらしいメカニズムであると同時に、なんか悲しいところもあるなあと感じるようになって来た。たぶん、運命のようなものが遺伝子の中に存在するからかもしれない。 よく『バオー来訪者』の続きは描かないのですか？と、完結後10年くらい言われた。でも、『バオー』のラストは、ここで「終わり」を保っとくのが一番いいと、自分では思っている。主人公の女の子が、希望をいだきながら成長していく。未来のことは希望の中にこそあると、自分は描いている途中で感じ、そしてこのラストは、生命の讃歌として、この２年後の作品『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』が受け継いでいると自分では思う。

最後に「自分なりの絵をどう描ーか？」という『魔少年ビーティー』からの課題も、これからもずっと研究して修業していくのかな？　と希望の中に思っているというわけ。

本書のロ絵の４色カラーは、（たぶん集英社のビル建て直しの時だと思う）原稿が紛失してしまって、どうしても見つからない。しかし、だからあえて発表当時のジャンプの表紙として載せる事にした。という事で、もう存在しないわけ…。

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Trivia

• The box sets for the first three parts have the same number of volumes as the JoJonium releases.
• This edition introduces some mild censoring, removing certain phrases that would now be considered homophobic, sexist, or demeaning to the intellectually-disabled. All subsequent editions, including the JoJonium and digital releases, retain these changes.
• This version has been fully published in Italian by Star Comics, and serves as the basis for the Spanish, Argentinean, Mexican, Brazilian, German, Polish, and Indonesian editions of the series.