As a serialized manga, the chapters of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are first published in a magazine before being compiled into volumes. This page contains a compiled list of differences between the magazine and volume releases, ranging from dialogue changes to redrawn frames.
Phantom Blood
Battle Tendency
Chapter 1 (Page 1)
Rearranged "I have to say, Straizo," (それにしてもストレイツォさん, Sorenishitemo Sutoreitso-san) to "Straizo, I have to say," (ストレイツォさんそれにしても, Sutoreitso-san sorenishitemo).
Chapter 69 (Page 21)
Removed "Maybe I'll listen to The Beatles' "Get Back." (ビートルズの"ゲットバック"でも聞 くか, Bītoruzu no "Gettobakku" de mo kiku ka)" from Joseph's dialogue.
Stardust Crusaders
Chapter 15 (Page 18)
Changed "Star Silver" (星の白金 , Sutā Shirubā) to "Star Platinum" (星の白金 , Sutā Purachina).
Chapter 165 (Page 2)
Incorrectly spelled Steely Dan's name, so this was corrected by adding the missing hiragana character "り".
Chapter 165 (Page 3)
Replaced the phrase "起こっている" by removing the hiragana character "こ" from it. Both phrases still translate to the word "happening," so this is just a different style of writing that out.
Diamond is Unbreakable
Vento Aureo
Chapter 1 (Page 4)
Changed currency amounts in clerk's dialogue: 80,000 lira (8万 リラ) to 4,000 yen (4000円 ) and 100,000 lira (10万 リラ) to 5,000 yen (5000円 ).
Chapter 1 (Page 9)
Changed currency amount in Giorno's dialogue: 150,000 lira (15万 リラ) to 8,000 yen (8000円 ).
Chapter 1 (Page 10)
Changed currency amounts in Giorno's dialogue: 10,000 lira (1万 リラ) to 1,000 yen (1000円 ).
Chapter 1 (Page 10)
Changed currency amount in Koichi's dialogue: 10,000 lira (1万 リラ) to 1,000 yen (1000円 ).
Chapter 1 (Page 10)
Changed currency amount in Koichi's dialogue: 10,000 lira (1万 リラ) to 1,000 yen (1000円 ).
Chapter 18 (Page 14)
Replaced Bucciarati announcing they were headed to Taormina (Sicily), to retrieve Polpo's fortune, with Capri (Campania).
Chapter 132 (Page 3)
Replaced "2m" in the first text box with the full katakana word for "meter," then the second text box replaced the hiragana word for "what" to the kanji of the same word.
Stone Ocean
SO Chapter 66 (Page 14)
Changed Vibiano Westwood (ヴィビアーノ・ウェストウッド, Vibiāno Uesutouddo) to Viviano Westwood (ヴィヴァーノ・ウエストウッド, Vivāno Uesutouddo) and Earth Wind and Fire (アース・ウインド・アンド・ファイヤー, Āsu Uindo ando Faiyā) to Planet Waves (プラネット・ウェイブス, Puranetto Weibusu).
JoJolion
JJL Chapter 33 (Page 12)
JJL Chapter 34 (Page 37)
JJL Chapter 91 (Title Page)
Extra Soft & Wet fist added where text was removed. Smear effect below is improved.
JJL Chapter 91 (Page 24)
Added "Go Go Go Go" SFX across page. "Kitchen knife" (包丁) changed to "Knife" (ナイフ). Sweat added on Mitsuba's face in middle panel.
JJL Chapter 94 (Page 14)
Replaced mug next to Tsurugi with a picture frame, clock and box of tissues.
JJL Chapter 98 (Page 2)
Added white ink splatter on Akefu. Removed some of the scarf's outline in the bottom middle panel.
JJL Chapter 98 (Page 8)
Added white ink splatter on Akefu in the top panel and speedlines in the bottom panels.
JJL Chapter 98 (Page 16)
Enlarged middle speech bubble and added the dialogue from the bubble below it. Bubble below now says "That's the Stand of this enemy (それがこの敵のスタンドだ, Sore ga kono teki no Sutando da)".
JJL Chapter 98 (Page 19)
Added white ink splatter on Wonder of U and lightened the sun symbols on its suit.
The JOJOLands
Phantom Blood
Stardust Crusaders
In May 2008, Shueisha halted manga shipments of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure after a complaint had been launched against them from an Egyptian cleric, after noticing a scene in the OVAs that had the villain, Dio Brando, reading a book depicting pages from the Qur'an.[1] Even though the manga did not feature that specific scene, Shueisha had Araki redraw scenes that depicted characters fighting on top of, and destroying, mosques.[1]
Vento Aureo
Chapter 136 (Tailpiece)
In initial prints of Volume 62, Guido Mista's name was spelt "Kuido Mista" on his character information profile. It was corrected in later reprints and releases.
Stone Ocean
SO Chapter 5 (Page 7)
In 2020, Hirohiko Araki altered the inking on one of the female inmates in Stone Ocean chapter 5, and the banana she is eating was redrawn into a sandwich to avoid allusions to racial caricatures and blackface. This change was published in Shueisha's reprinted tankobons of volume 1 in Japan, Ivrea's Spanish release, and VIZ Media's digital chapter in 2022 and volume release in 2023.
JoJolion
JJL Chapter 44 (Page 21)
In January 2023, Josefumi Kujo's birthmark was removed when the volume was reprinted. Digital versions of the volume were also updated.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JoJo's Anime, Manga Sales Halted Due to Islamic Images
- ↑ Vish (April 13, 2023), "JoJolion Volume Reprints Remove Josefumi Kujo's Star Birthmark", JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia.