Author's Note/Stardust Crusaders
This section contains the quotations from Araki found in the English Version of the manga published by VIZ Media. In every volume of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, the front folded flap of the dust jacket usually contains a picture of Hirohiko Araki himself, and more than often a quotation. The quotes featured below the picture are always different from each other, and are usually about Araki expressing his opinion on certain subjects. These subjects can be about anything, including information about characters or the story itself.
Because the volumes published in English do not have dust jackets, Viz Media has taken the liberty of placing the quotes on the first page of every volume. Because of this, all the pictures are in not in color. So far, only Part III: Stardust Crusaders has been released outside Japan, and as such the volumes are labeled starting from 1.
Vol. 1
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"In this book, a new ability called "Stands" is introduced. "Stands" are psychic powers given a visible form and shape. Traditionally, these kinds of powers were shown with light and electrical effects, or aftereffects like crumbling buildings. I asked myself, "How can i express this invisible power?" That's when i came up with "Stands". Now,let's begin a new adventure with Jotaro and his friends!
Hirohiko Araki, 1989 |
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Vol. 2
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"When I'm traveling, I can feel very lonely, so I appreciate the kindness of strangers from the bottom of my heart. |
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Vol. 3
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"When you start working in the real world, you're often asked to trade business cards. But ever since I became a manga artist, I've had to say, "Oh, I don't have a business card. Sorry!" |
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Vol. 8
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"In the early 1980's I lived in Sendai. Back then I used to send photocopies of my corrected manuscripts to my publisher by postal mail. One photocopy cost me 40 yen (about 40 cents) per page. After the publisher received it I'd have to talk to them on the phone and discuss it. After a while this became a pain, so I moved to Tokyo by myself. Now faxes and color copiers are much better than they were back then. If they had been available back in the day, I doubt I would have moved to Tokyo. Lately I'm really seeing how times have changed." -- Hirohiko Araki, 1990 |
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Vol. 14
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"(Continued from last volume) So in my dream I am facing a sumo wrestler on national TV and trying to avoid being known as the biggest coward in Japan. I try to concoct a plan to lose the match without getting hurt. I get in the ring, and the referee says "Miatte!" ordering me and the other wrestler to face on another. The other wrestler is glaring at me and his face if four times the size of mine. There's an open wound on his forehead, probably from yesterday's brutal match. The wound starts to twitch, and blood oozes out of it. I'm pretty sure I let out a piercing scream at the point. (The End)" -- Hirohiko Araki, 1992 |
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Vol. 15
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"In my entire life, I've only seen a ghost once. It happened a few years ago when I traveled in England. I stayed in a hotel that used to be an old castle. It was only eight o'clock, but I was exhausted, so i want to bed early. A few minutes after I lay down, a woman came out through the slightly open bathroom door. I saw that there was blood on her wrist... (Continued in the next volume)" -- Hirohiko Araki, 1992 |
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Vol. 16
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"(Continued from last volume) The female ghost floated across the room. Standing beside my bed, she looked down at me with a blank expression. I thought to myself, "I'm seeing a ghost! I thought I has no psychic powers!" Then the next moment I thought, "I'm really sleepy... I don't want to deal with this right now." As if she knew what I was thinking, the ghost's expression turned to sadness, and she slowly disappeared." -- Hirohiko Araki, 1992 |
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