The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 テュルプ博士の解剖学講義』, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Tyurupu-hakase no Kaibōgaku Kōgi) is an unreleased light novel written by Otsuichi around 2001. The story took place in Morioh a year after the events of the fourth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Diamond is Unbreakable. It featured several new original characters with a few illustrations by Hirohiko Araki.
The story centers around a nine-year old boy named Kaoru and his mother. The two of them move into Morioh a year after the events of Part 4. The apartment they moved into was previously owned by Minako Okura and Satoru Nakae, a couple that Yoshikage Kira killed. A robbery case from three years ago resurfaces, and Kaoru's mother is frightened by a mysterious stalker. Kaoru befriends Josuke Higashikata and learns various things about Stands and the history of the town. Kaoru encounters an old man in the park who ominously asks if his mother is hiding anything. He is eventually taken away by a nurse.
Summary
Prologue
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Chapter 1
Moving to Morioh
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Meeting Josuke
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Old Man at the Park
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Appearances
Creation and Development
When GioGio's Bizarre Adventure II: Golden Heart, Golden Ring was announced in 2001, Otsuichi wondered why they were skipping from the Part 3 novel to Part 5. Five years after his debut in 1996 while he was visiting Shueisha's editorial department one day, he asked "Why aren't you doing a novel for JoJo Part 4? If by any chance there isn't anyone to write it, mind if I do?". Thus, he began planning the story.[1]
An incomplete 30-page rough draft was released in a December 2002 issue of Yomu Jump (a special novel-based issue of Weekly Shonen Jump) along with a full release date in February 2003, but the novel ended up proving difficult to complete. He wrote a 400-page manuscript which he wasn't satisfied with and discarded.[1] In the 2005 issue of the annual Japanese guidebook, Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!, Otsuichi claimed to have written over 2000 pages, but had thrown them all out. Intent on writing a novel that lived up to the manga, it took him until 2007 to complete it.[2] However, the finished novel ended up being a completely different story titled The Book jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day.
Author's Notes
Yomu Jump (Hirohiko Araki)Yomu Jump (Otsuichi)Quick Japan Vol. 56Live at Faust@KodanshaKono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2005Gallery
Yomu Jump issue containing the draft
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