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JoJolion (Japanese: ジョジョリオン, Hepburn: Jojorion) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki, and is the eighth part of the larger JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Set in Japan in 2011, it follows Josuke Higashikata, a young man afflicted by retrograde amnesia, in his search to uncover his identity in Morioh Town, a coastal Japanese town affected by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. However, his digging pulls him and his adoptive family into the unfinished business between his previous life and an impending inhuman threat. It was serialized by Shueisha in the seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 2011 until August 2021, and has been collected in 27 tankōbon volumes.
JoJolion | |
ジョジョリオン (Jojorion) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Hirohiko Araki |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Ultra Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | May 19, 2011 – August 19, 2021 |
Volumes | 27 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by: Steel Ball Run |
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami,[lower-alpha 1] strange structures known colloquially as the Wall Eyes appear near the coast of the town of Morioh, with the ground beneath them gaining the ability to swap traits of objects buried within it. A local college student named Yasuho Hirose finds a mysterious amnesiac youth buried under one of the Wall Eyes, who she decides to temporarily name "Josuke," and the two set out to recover his memories and identity. Yasuho conducts her investigation while leaving the youth in the care of the Higashikata family, hypothesizing that Josuke is connected to a missing doctor named Yoshikage Kira. As Yasuho visits Kira's terminally-ill mother, Holy Joestar-Kira, Josuke learns that he is a fusion of Kira and someone else.
When Josuke later confronts the patriarch of the family, Norisuke Higashikata IV, over his reasons for taking him in, he learns that the Higashikata family needs Kira's memories to end a family curse that petrifies each of their first children. Kira had been involved with a fruit named the Locacaca, which can heal one part of its consumer's body by weakening another. Norisuke remains unaware that his oldest son Jobin has been illegally obtaining and selling Locacaca in coordination with a group of mysterious stone-based beings called Rock Humans, who seek to eliminate Josuke and ascend the ranks of society.
Josuke later learns that prior to his awakening, Kira and a certain Josefumi Kujo had grafted a Locacaca branch to a tree in the Higashikata orchard, creating a new type of Locacaca that uses another person as collateral for the healing process. After Kira was fatally injured by the Rock Humans, Josefumi used the new Locacaca to cure him as the two of them fell into the site of the future Wall Eyes. Realizing that he is a fusion of Josefumi and Kira, Josuke resolves to retrieve the new Locacaca fruit and use it to cure Holy, just as Kira and Josefumi intended to. Meanwhile, Jobin's mother, Kaato, leaves prison after a 15-year sentence for killing a child to save Jobin's life. Even as Jobin reunites with his mother, he keeps his plot to use the Locacaca branch to cure his own son, Tsurugi, to himself.
At Norisuke's behest, Josuke meets with a plant appraiser named Rai Mamezuku, who he leads to the Higashikata orchard to identify the Locacaca branch. At the same time, Jobin's alliance with the Rock Humans falters, eventually forcing him to set the orchard ablaze to keep Josuke and the Rock Humans from obtaining the branch. Ultimately, two Rock Humans in an ambulance appear to seize the new Locacaca branch, unaware that Tsurugi has misled both them and Josuke's group using his own Stand; in reality, the branch remains in Jobin's possession. After defeating one of the Rock Humans posing as a doctor, the three heroes plan to hunt down the hospital's director.
The group encounters an intern at the hospital named Toru, who points them in the direction of hospital director Satoru Akefu. While attempting to pursue him, the three are attacked by Akefu's ability, which manipulates the laws of nature to attack those who pursue him. The group is forced to split up, with Josuke managing to bait the hospital director into pursuing him and Mamezuku. Meanwhile, Yasuho investigates the Higashikata household, eventually revealing the branch to the family by accident. Norisuke confronts Jobin, who incapacitates him; Jobin himself is killed shortly afterward by the force of a calamity as Toru arrives at the scene. Yasuho realizes that Toru is the Stand User of the calamity-controlling Stand Wonder of U, who Mamezuku and Josuke identify as Akefu himself.
Mamezuku and Josuke unsuccessfully attempt to set a trap for Satoru Akefu; Mamezuku is fatally wounded by Akefu, but reveals the latent Spin within Josuke's ability as he dies. Yasuho then calls Josuke and informs him of her findings. Though Akefu escapes Josuke's attack, he and Yasuho combine their abilities with the power of the Spin to attack Toru with a transient bubble. A gravely-wounded Toru eats a ripening fruit from the branch and attempts to initiate an exchange, only to be pinned to the ground by Kaato. Kaato forces Toru to exchange with Tsurugi and receive his curse, killing both Toru and herself. The last of the new Locacaca branch is destroyed in the process.
Josuke and Yasuho visit Holy in the hospital after reuniting. Though Yasuho glimpses Josefumi's mother in the parking lot, Josuke decides not to introduce himself to her, as he has accepted being neither Josefumi nor Kira. The two meet with what remains of the Higashikata family at a cake shop, as the family tries to decide on a cake to celebrate Norisuke's release from the hospital. The family eventually decides to leave the decision to Josuke as Yasuho takes her leave, satisfied that Josuke has found a loving family and a new life.
JoJolion is written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It premiered in Shueisha's Ultra Jump on May 19, 2011,[1] and ended on August 19, 2021,[2] making it the longest running part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series overall. In the first volume, Araki described the story of JoJolion as being the solving of a "curse" (呪い, noroi). Curses, he goes on, are the sins of the ancestors and this makes people "unclean" (穢れ, kegare), and if this curse continues it will only turn into "resentment" (恨み, urami). Another theme is that from birth we see things as black and white, but this produces a "friction" (摩擦, masatsu) from what humanity really experiences. From these, the "curse" is lifted, this being the goal of the story.
On the inside cover of volume 2, Araki explained that the "-lion" ending in the title comes from both the Christian concept of blessing and the gospels ("evangelion" in Greek), and the Ancient Greek myth of Pygmalion.
The first chapter title of each pair is the title that is used in the volumization of JoJolion. The second title is the title used in the original serialization in Ultra Jump.
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1 (105) | Welcome to Morioh Town Yōkoso, Moriō-chō e (ようこそ 杜王町へ) | December 19, 2011[3] | 978-4-08-870311-4 | ||
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Yasuho Hirose discovers the body of a naked man underneath one of the Wall Eyes. While investigating his identity, they are nearly killed by someone who thinks the mysterious young man is Yoshikage Kira. | |||||
2 (106) | His Name Is Josuke Higashikata Higashikata Jōsuke toiu Namae (東方定助という名前) | April 19, 2012[4] | 978-4-08-870413-5 | ||
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The young man, now dubbed Josuke, is adopted by the Higashikata family. To return the favor of being given a home, Norisuke IV places him in charge of taking care of his blind daughter Daiya, who intends to use her own memory-stealing Stand to make Josuke her lover. | |||||
3 (107) | Their Family Tree Sono Kakeizu (その家系図) | September 19, 2012[5] | 978-4-08-870526-2 | ||
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After besting Daiya, Josuke discovers the Higashikata family tree, leading him and Yasuho to pursue Yoshikage Kira's only known living relative: his mother, Holy Joestar-Kira. However, Josuke soon encounters two Stands, including one that seems to be helping him. | |||||
4 (108) | The Lemon and the Tangerine Remon to Mikan (レモンとみかん) | May 17, 2013[6] | 978-4-08-870642-9 | ||
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Josuke defeats the enemy Stand with the help of Yasuho's emerging Stand before meeting its user: the Higashikatas' maid, Kei Nijimura. Meanwhile, Yasuho meets an afflicted Holy Joestar at Morioh's TG University Hospital. Several days later, Norisuke IV tasks Joshu with bringing Josuke to the local high school, which lies at the end of Morioh's infamous Shakedown Road. | |||||
5 (109) | Morioh Town: 1901 Moriō-chō "Sen Kyū-hyaku Ichi Nen" (杜王町『1901年』) | October 18, 2013[7] | 978-4-08-870830-0 | ||
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Josuke and Joshu discover the truth behind Shakedown Road, and Josuke hears a legend from Morioh's past. | |||||
6 (110) | Tsurugi Higashikata's Goal, and the Architect Higashikata Tsurugi no Mokuteki, Soshite Kenchikka (東方つるぎの目的 そして建築家) | March 19, 2014[8] | 978-4-08-870891-1 | ||
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Yasuho unwillingly becomes acquainted with young Tsurugi Higashikata, but her abhorrence of the child's actions drives Tsurugi to put her under the thrall of his Stand. The mysterious architect Yotsuyu Yagiyama makes himself known. | |||||
7 (111) | King Nothing Kingu Nasshingu (キング・ナッシング) | May 19, 2014[9] | 978-4-08-880087-5 | ||
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Josuke and Norisuke IV find themselves under attack from Yotsuyu Yagiyama, the architect of the Higashikata estate. Wanting Yoshikage Kira dead at any cost, Yotsuyu has convinced Tsurugi to help him eliminate Josuke. | |||||
8 (112) | Every Day Is a Summer Vacation Mainichi ga Natsuyasumi (毎日が夏休み) | October 17, 2014[10] | 978-4-08-880238-1 | ||
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Josuke has no choice but to fight the mysterious Yotsuyu Yagiyama, as he may have some clue toward how to cure the Higashikata family's curse. But when Yotsuyu seemingly dies, Josuke instead discovers that the family's eldest son Jobin Higashikata may know more than he lets on, and decides to make a bet with him to discover the truth. | |||||
9 (113) | Eldest Son: Jobin Higashikata Danchō: Higashikata Jōbin (長男・東方常敏) | February 19, 2015[11] | 978-4-08-880314-2 | ||
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Josuke enters his bet against Jobin to help Tsurugi and Yasuho discover exactly how he has come across the strange Locacaca fruit. He is told he will be pitting a giant stag beetle against one of Jobin's favorite beetles; along the way, he realizes that what he has actually entered is a battle of wits and Stands. | |||||
10 (114) | Follow the Locacaca Tree! Locacaca no Ki o Oe! (ロカカカの樹を追え!) | July 17, 2015[12] | 978-4-08-880436-1 | ||
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With information from Jobin's car, Yasuho and Tsurugi track down the mysterious Locacaca dealer Aisho Dainenjiyama. However, he soon discovers their presence and tries to kill them with his Stand, putting the two on the run as the tornado-like Doobie Wah! tracks them down. | |||||
11 (115) | The Twins Are Coming to Town Sōji ga Machi ni Yattekuru (双児が町にやって来る) | December 18, 2015[13] | 978-4-08-880548-1 | ||
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After Dainenjiyama is defeated, Yasuho and Josuke finally meet up, but Josuke is distracted by a young woman who seems to know who he is. He meets up with the woman, Karera Sakunami, to discover she does know his original identity; before he can learn enough from her, the two are attacked by a pair of Stand-using twins. | |||||
12 (116) | Hato's Boyfriend Hato-chan no Bōifurendo (鳩ちゃんのボーイフレンド) | March 18, 2016[14] | 978-4-08-880647-1 | ||
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Hato introduces her boyfriend, Tamaki Damo, to the Higashikatas, who are soon incapacitated by Damo's liquifying Stand. While interrogating Norisuke, Damo begins to reveal Kira and Josefumi's past. | |||||
13 (117) | Walking Heart Wōkingu Hāto (ウォーキング・ハート) | July 19, 2016[15] | 978-4-08-880742-3 | ||
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Kira and Josefumi's story continues as they are confronted by the Rock Humans. In the present, Josuke and Hato attempt to overcome Damo's ability. | |||||
14 (118) | Dawn of the Higashikata Household Higashikata-ke no Yoake (東方家の夜明け) | December 19, 2016[16] | 978-4-08-880880-2 | ||
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After Damo's defeat, Joshu seemingly lucks out as the money he steals begins to multiply. Meanwhile, Kaato Higashikata, Norisuke's ex-wife, is released from prison after a 15-year murder sentence. | |||||
15 (119) | Dolomite's Blue Lagoon Doromite no Aoi Sangoshō (ドロミテの青い珊瑚礁) | July 19, 2017[17] | 978-4-08-880882-6 | ||
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Jobin enlists the help of Dolomite's Blue Lagoon, which can control those its victims touch, to eliminate Josuke. | |||||
16 (120) | Mother and Child Haha to Ko (母と子) | September 19, 2017[18] | 978-4-08-881233-5 | ||
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After Dolomite's defeat, Josuke and Yasuho meet up with plant appraiser Rai Mamezuku on Norisuke's orders. The trio is soon attacked by Urban Guerilla and his pet, Doremifasolati Do. | |||||
17 (121) | Escape from Mount Hanarero Hanareroyama kara Dasshutsu Shiro (鼻炉山から脱出しろ) | December 19, 2017[19] | 978-4-08-881443-8 | ||
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The battle against Urban Guerilla and Doremifasolati Do continues as Josuke, Yasuho, and Mamezuku try to avoid being dissolved. | |||||
18 (122) | North of the Higashikata Household. The Orchard Higashikata-ke no Kita. Kajuen (東方家の北。果樹園) | July 19, 2018[20] | 978-4-08-881452-0 | ||
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With their enemies defeated, Mamezuku sends Yasuho home as he and Josuke head for the Higashikata orchard. Meanwhile, Jobin plants a Stand in the orchard to ambush Josuke, only for him and his son to be attacked by it as well. | |||||
19 (123) | Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Wu Tomoki Seikeigekai – Ū Tomoki-sensei (整形外科医 – 羽伴毅先生) | October 19, 2018[21] | 978-4-08-881596-1 | ||
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The battle between Josuke, Jobin, and Poor Tom reaches a boiling point as the orchard catches fire. Later, Yasuho runs into Mitsuba at TG University Hospital, witnessing the drastic results of the latter's repeated treatment. | |||||
20 (124) | Please Come With Me. Doctor Wu Issho ni Onegai. Dokutā Ū (一緒にお願い。ドクター・ウー) | March 19, 2019[22] | 978-4-08-881777-4 | ||
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Mitsuba's doctor, Wu Tomoki, reveals himself to be a Rock Human. As the two try to escape his attack, Yasuho bears witness to Mitsuba's own Stand ability. | |||||
21 (125) | The Wonder of You Za Wandā Obu Yū (ザ・ワンダー・オブ・ユー) | July 19, 2019[23] | 978-4-08-882015-6 | ||
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Having defeated Wu Tomoki, Josuke, Yasuho, and Mamezuku decide to pursue the university hospital's director with help from an intern named Toru. However, the heroes only succeed in inflicting injury upon themselves. Meanwhile, Mitsuba returns home, seemingly being followed by the hospital director. | |||||
22 (126) | TG University Hospital Head Doctor: Satoru Akefu TG Daigaku Byōin Inchō - Akefu Satoru (TG大学病院院長 - 明負悟) | December 19, 2019[24] | 978-4-08-882167-2 | ||
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Having heard about the new Locacaca fruit, Ojiro assaults Jobin and Tsurugi in hopes of obtaining it for himself. Meanwhile, Josuke and Mamezuku realize their own enemy's true power, forcing Josuke to have himself returned to the hospital to confront it. | |||||
23 (127) | Whole Lotta Love Mune Ippai no Ai wo (胸いっぱいの愛を) | April 17, 2020[25] | 978-4-08-882278-5 | ||
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Josuke meets Holy at the hospital, who advises him to make the hospital director pursue him. At the same time, Yasuho investigates the Higashikata estate, where Jobin's discovery of Paisley Park puts her in grave danger. As Yasuho is wounded by Jobin's attempt on her life, calamity conspires to reveal the Locacaca fruit to the rest of the family. | |||||
24 (128) | Just Don't Move Ugokanai Shikanai (動かないしかない) | October 16, 2020[26] | 978-4-08-882394-2 | ||
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Jobin is forced to incapacitate his own father, but is himself killed shortly afterward by the force of calamity. Meanwhile, Mamezuku catches up to Josuke, and the two enter a standoff with the hospital director. | |||||
25 (129) | The Ultimate Dilemma Kyūkyoku no Jirenma (究極のジレンマ) | December 18, 2020[27] | 978-4-08-882544-1 | ||
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Mamezuku is mortally wounded, but reveals a hidden power within Josuke's ability. At the same time, Joshu approaches Yasuho to heal her with the new Locacaca branch, and Toru finally reveals himself as the Stand User responsible for the recent calamities. Yasuho decides to call Josuke and expose the enemy's identity, putting her first in line to die via calamity. | |||||
26 (130) | Go Beyond Gō Biyondo (ゴー・ビヨンド) | May 19, 2021[28] | 978-4-08-882697-4 | ||
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Nijimura delivers Yasuho's call to Josuke at the cost of her own life. As the hospital director decides to escape, Josuke and Yasuho combine their abilities in one final attempt to overcome calamity. | |||||
27 (131) | When All Curses Are Broken Subete no Noroi ga Tokeru Toki (全ての呪いが解けるとき) | September 17, 2021[29] | 978-4-08-882836-7 | ||
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Toru, gravely wounded by Josuke's attack, meets Kaato Higashikata, whose true intentions are revealed. A flashback depicts Lucy Steel's visit to Morioh, where she and a mysterious teenager encounter a living guard rail. |
JoJolion won the Grand Prize for Manga Division at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2013.[30] On Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list, which surveys people in the manga and publishing industry, named JoJolion the 12th best manga series for male readers in 2013.[31] The manga has been nominated for the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2022.[32] JoJolion was nominated for the 53rd Seiun Award in the Best Comic category in 2022.[33]
The first volume of JoJolion was the second best-selling manga for its debut week of December 19–25, 2011 with 237,374 copies sold.[34] The second volume ranked third, with 204,791 copies, for the week of April 16–22, 2012.[35] Its third volume debuted at number two for the week of September 17–23, selling 260,080 copies.[36] All three were some of the best-selling manga of 2012; volume one was 46th with 534,996 copies, volume two was 53rd with 516,040, and volume 3 sold 457,791 copies for 69th.[37][38] Volume four was number two for the week of May 12–18, 2013, selling 224,551 copies in its first week.[39]
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