Today is a very important day for any good fan of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. Over the past few hours, thousands of Japanese stores received the new issue of Ultra Jump magazine, which includes the first chapter of JoJo Landsthere part 9 from Hirohiko Araki’s long-running manga. After a hiatus of more than a year and a half and saying goodbye to Josuke Higashikata, it’s time to welcome a new protagonist.
Unfortunately (or fortunately for the most impatient) yesterday the first leaks of the beginning of JoJoLands took place. A group of fans of the work had access to the 70 pages included in Ultra Jump and prepared an English version for everyone. Within hours, the manga became a global trend on social media, and the truth is, it was deserved, as Araki included plenty of outlandish references and amazing designs that fans fell in love with. Below, I collect ALL the remarkable details of this first chapter.
The keys to the premiere of JoJoLands
- JoJoLands focuses on the story of Jodio Joestarhe grandson of Joseph Joestar alternative
- This 15-year-old boy lives Hawaii with his mother and brother and works as seller of “illegal substances” (drugs) until he receives a tip from his superior: a Japanese man has just arrived on the island and has a diamond worth 6 million dollars; It’s time to steal that rock
- Basically Part 9 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure talks about Jodio and his mission to become very rich
- On the first pages are made direct references to Dua Lipa (world famous singer) and COVID-19
- Dragona JoestarJodio’s brother, is the first transsexual character of the whole saga (He’s a man who feels like a woman)
- He stay Jodio receives the name of November Rainreferring to a song by Guns N’ Roses
- The protagonist can use their power to create rain that does a lot of damage to his enemies
- One of the most successful secondary characters among the fandom, for obvious reasons, is Paco Lovelantes
- According to Araki himself (via JOJOLandsNews), Paco is the character in part 9 that he likes to work the most with
When will JoJoLands Chapter 2 be released?
Unlike other Jump works like Chainsaw Man, One Piece or Jujutsu Kaisen, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a work that is published monthlyhe. The next chapter of this ninth part will therefore only arrive on the day the 17th of March.
According to the author, in a few weeks he will show us how Jodio and the others go to a town to start looking for the diamond.