Author's Note/Stone Ocean

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 note to the reader. The quotes 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. The following notes and pictures below are from the volumes of Stone Ocean.

SO Vol. 1

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“ The protagonist of JoJo Part 6 is a woman. Why a 『woman』? That's where it gets tricky. She's a JoJo protagonist, so she's gotta be tough enough to not get disheartened even if she gets punched in the face. But sometimes she might be crawling around a ditch, or she might have her legs spread open and fall from the top of a building. Having it be a woman is a bit of a tricky setup. But thinking about that gap, it actually seemed interesting. And it could be a person with great humanity like the Virgin Mary. I felt I just had to make the protagonist a woman. ” —Hirohiko Araki

SO Vol. 2

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“ Observation of the nature surrounding us n°4 Last cause I contracted a gastritis, due to stress they say. During that period I heard of the european proverb "He who cultivates tomatoes is never ill." I thought: "Really ?...Let's try this." Thus I've begun to cultivate tomatoes. I bought some flower display cases (2,300 yen), fertilizer and compost (around 1,000 yen), stakes (200 yen), tomato seeds (140 yen), in brief, for three seedings I had to pay 10,920 yen. If I harvest ten tomatoes, how much does one of them would yield?(to be continued) ”

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SO Vol. 9

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SO Vol. 10

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SO Vol. 11

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SO Vol. 12

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SO Vol. 13

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SO Vol. 14

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SO Vol. 15

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SO Vol. 16

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SO Vol. 17

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