Author's Note ★ The JOJOLands
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Author's Note
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. The notes below are from The JOJOLands.
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| TJL Chapter 1 | I hope you enjoy JOJO Part 9. Personally, my favorite character to draw is Paco. | JOJO第9部よろしくお願いいたします。 自分的に描いてて特に好きなのは[パコ]です。
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| TJL Chapter 2 | It's never happened before, but I got hit with hay fever this year. It's pretty bad. | 無縁だったけれど今年花粉デビューしたみたい。これ辛いね。
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| TJL Chapter 3 | I was able to do some flower viewing this year. It's nice to enjoy the bright, happy atmosphere. | 今年はお花見ができました。 華やかで幸福感があっていいね。
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| TJL Chapter 4 | To think a work I drew for France's bande dessinées would be made into a movie. Wow. | フランスのバンド・デシネのために描いた作品が映画になるとはね。凄いね。
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| TJL Chapter 5 | You know plastic wrap, right? The type that comes in those boxes. Do not, under any circumstances, let the plastic fall off the blade and slip back into the box. At that point, it's all over. Like basically the end of the world. | 食品のラップ、箱のヤツ。ノコギリの所から中に端が入るともう絶対ダメ。無理。この世の終わりの気分です。
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| TJL Chapter 6 | Whipped myself up some Chicken Parmesan. It tasted amazing after I squeezed a lemon on it. | パルミジャーノチーズを衣に入れたフライドチキンを料理してみた。仕上げにレモンを搾って、ウマかったー。
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| TJL Chapter 7 | The heat's been so awful this year, it feels like it's trying to take me out. I barely have any means to defend myself from it. I even tried to run into the woods, but it was full of wasps. | 今年は本当に生命的な暑さでヤバいです。 個人的対策はほぼ無い。森に逃げたけれどスズメバチ居るし。
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| TJL Chapter 8 | I stayed at the Hayama Kachi-Tei Hotel, which is Rohan's house in the live action. I didn’t draw manga while I was there, but they said I could cook, so I did. | 実写露伴の加地邸に行ってきました。やっても良いというので漫画は描かなかったけれど料理してきましたよ。
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| TJL Chapter 9 | I walk to work, but I keep getting stopped for a police check. They ask me things like "What's in your wallet?" Can you believe I'm being stopped for a police check even though I'm over 60? | 仕事場まで徒歩通勤してるのだけれど職質されるんだよねェ。財布に何入ってるの?とか?60歳過ぎて職質される?
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| TJL Chapter 10 | I went on a trip to Osaka and Kyoto. I came across a book that used the sound 'totsutotsutotsu' (地々々). It seems to be similar to the onomatopoeia 'gogogo' (ゴゴゴ). | 大阪京都旅行して来ました。「咄々々（とつとつとつ）」という音の書に出会いました。意味は「ゴゴゴ」みたいな擬音らしい。
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TJL Volume 1
Author's Note
TranslationTranscript
“
The JOJOLands is Part 9 of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. We find our ninth protagonist in a fifteen-year-old boy. I consider fifteen to be the age where a person's feelings toward the future are the most vibrant. As the author, my hope is that the protagonist will mature and develop admirably over time. On another note, within this story you will see the name "November Rain," the root "novem" being Latin for the number 9. At some point, the months of July and August were inserted into the middle of the calendar, causing November to become the eleventh month.
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『The JOJOLands』は『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』の第9部です。第9番目の主人公は15歳の少年です。
15歳は人生の中で最も未来を想う心が強い年齢だと思います。作者として、立派に成長して上って行って欲しいと願います。
因みに「ノーヴェンバー・レイン」という名前が物語中に出てきますが、「NOVEM」とは「9」という数のこと。7月と8月が途中に入ってきたので、暦で11月の場所になったらしいです。
15歳は人生の中で最も未来を想う心が強い年齢だと思います。作者として、立派に成長して上って行って欲しいと願います。
因みに「ノーヴェンバー・レイン」という名前が物語中に出てきますが、「NOVEM」とは「9」という数のこと。7月と8月が途中に入ってきたので、暦で11月の場所になったらしいです。
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TJL Volume 2
Author's Note
TranslationTranscript
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While walking to work, I'll sometimes get stopped for police checks, but other times, people will just hand me food. They'll be like, "Would you like some persimmons to go? Perhaps some udon or radishes?" These people don't even live nearby. I don't know who some of them are. They don't expect autographs or anything, and it's a different person each time. I guess I look hungry. They even handed me matsutake mushrooms one time, hahaha. Isn't that amazing? What I'm trying to say is that's how I start off my work days.
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徒歩通勤。たまに職質をされたりも有りますけれど、僕、歩いてると食べ物を貰うんだよねェ。「柿持って行く？」とか「うどんとか大根」とか。そんなに近所の人でも無いんだよね。よく知らない人もいるし。サインをせがまれる訳でも無く、それぞれ別人。お腹空いてる様に見えるのかな。松茸を貰った事もあるんだよね。ワハハ。凄いでしょ？何が言いたいのかというと、そういう風にお仕事の一日が始まるのであった。
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