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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Box Sets #7
STEEL BALL RUN 文庫版 コミック 全16巻完結セット
舞台は1890年のアメリカ。人類史上初の乗馬による北米大陸横断レース「SBR」に挑むため、世界各地から集う冒険者たち。 下半身の感覚を失った元天才騎手ジョニィ・ジョースターは、偶然体感したジャイロ・ツェペリの能力に希望を見出し参加を決意! 参加総数3852名による、優勝賞金5千万ドルをかけた戦いがここに始まる! The stage is America in 1890. Adventurers from all over the world to challenge the North American Continental Race "SBR" by riding the first human race history. Former genius jockey John Joe Star who lost the feeling of the lower body decided to participate in finding hope in the ability of Gyro Ceppeli who experienced by chance! A battle with a winning prize of 50 million dollars with a total of 3852 participants starts here!
4710 pages, Hardcover
Published January 18, 2018
About the author
Hirohiko Araki
593 books1,663 followersHirohiko Araki ( 荒木飛呂彦) is a Japanese manga artist. He left school before graduation from Miyagi University of Education.
He enjoys the baseball manga Kyojin No Hoshii (Star of the Giants); the video games Mario Kart and Bomberman; and likes Prince and other African-American singers, as well as jazz, rock, and rap.
He is a recipient the Tezuka Award for manga.
He enjoys the baseball manga Kyojin No Hoshii (Star of the Giants); the video games Mario Kart and Bomberman; and likes Prince and other African-American singers, as well as jazz, rock, and rap.
He is a recipient the Tezuka Award for manga.
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May 4, 2022
Tell him to to go eat shit johnny. Tell him yourself. Eat shit asshole! Fall off your horse!
July 9, 2019
If you're going to read one book in your entire life, the complete Steel Ball Run is the only one worth reading.
July 28, 2022
I mean it’s Jojo. What do you want? Of course it was a masterpiece just like every other jojo part that came before.
November 9, 2020
I really want to talk to someone about how much of a mess this was. Probably because my priority was storytelling instead of convoluted and poorly representated geometric concepts. There's always the humor, though. And the memes. My tombstone will say: I did it for the memes.
It's sad that it was a mess because a lot of the characters were really fun really interesting: Diego, Blackmore, Hotpants, Ringo, Sandman, etc. Most of those characters were severely underutilized.
Lucy Steel is a great character and, in many ways, is the deuteragonist alongside Gyro.
Honestly think the president is the most boring JoJo villain yet. And the total switcheroo of Stephen Steel's entire character arc gave me narrative whiplash for sure.
Supposedly part of the reason why it took such a severe turn might be because of the switch from Shonen Jump to Shonen Ultra Jump, a switch that was probably overdue because JoJo is unquestionably Seinen. Also, apparently Araki preferred the longer chapter format.
I just can't really accept the sheer number of abandoned plotlines here, no matter how much I love JoJo. Part 6 was super convoluted, but I was always sure what the protagonists were aiming for, even with all the flashbacks. Part 7 was aimless like Part 3 but without the fundamental commitment to comedy. I thought we were to a point where we were focusing on cool stands, but I'm always disappointed when the stands fail to actually make any sense or are too OP to be interesting.
This made me laugh: "The concept of having the United States president fighting the main characters came from when Araki saw the film Independence Day, and liked the idea of a president who fights."
It's sad that it was a mess because a lot of the characters were really fun really interesting: Diego, Blackmore, Hotpants, Ringo, Sandman, etc. Most of those characters were severely underutilized.
Lucy Steel is a great character and, in many ways, is the deuteragonist alongside Gyro.
Honestly think the president is the most boring JoJo villain yet. And the total switcheroo of Stephen Steel's entire character arc gave me narrative whiplash for sure.
Supposedly part of the reason why it took such a severe turn might be because of the switch from Shonen Jump to Shonen Ultra Jump, a switch that was probably overdue because JoJo is unquestionably Seinen. Also, apparently Araki preferred the longer chapter format.
I just can't really accept the sheer number of abandoned plotlines here, no matter how much I love JoJo. Part 6 was super convoluted, but I was always sure what the protagonists were aiming for, even with all the flashbacks. Part 7 was aimless like Part 3 but without the fundamental commitment to comedy. I thought we were to a point where we were focusing on cool stands, but I'm always disappointed when the stands fail to actually make any sense or are too OP to be interesting.
This made me laugh: "The concept of having the United States president fighting the main characters came from when Araki saw the film Independence Day, and liked the idea of a president who fights."
December 30, 2019
Steel Ball Run is about a race that takes place in the late 1800’s. During the times when cowboys were a thing. The main characters meet during a race across America for prize and fame. But they find out the President of the United States is using them all as Guinea pigs. Somewhere across America are cursed lands that give certain people special powers and abilities. And the President is looking for a particular collection of abilities to absorb and call his own. It is amazing and my current favorite thing. Also one of the main character’s is named Jonathan and he is a badass paraplegic who has awesome powers and a interesting backstory. I was always cheering for him, because he is believably flawed and progresses naturally throughout the story. One of my biggest complaints was the surprise final antagonist of the series. It felt like fan service and almost ruined a perfectly good ending. Overall this was a decent soft reboot of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and I wish most properties would do clever reboots of already established franchises in this manner. (Instead of bastardizing them like Ghostbusters did.)
June 24, 2020
*sob*
September 30, 2022
“why don’t we pray that we have a safe voyage crossing the atlantic ocean, and getting you back home… let’s go home”
May 18, 2022
Por dios cómo amo Steel Ball Run.
La dinámica entre Johnny y Gyro se siente genuina, real, puntualizada por esos momentos de descanso en los que simplemente cantaban, contaban chistes o hablaban de tonterías.
Funny Valentine es un villano intimidante, con un stand increíble y su objetivo, aunque no lo apruebas, lo comprendes. Dio por primera vez no es caricaturezcamente malévolo, sino coherentemente ambicioso, y me gustó que fuera un antagonista secundario recurrente cuyas metas no lo ponían definitivamente en un bando u otro, sino en su propio bando, que chocaba con los otros dos en distintos puntos de la historia. La perseverancia de Lucy fue cautivadora. Las peleas fueron creativas y dinámicas, destacando entre ellas las de Ringo, Valentine, Oyecomova, Diego y el de Catch the Rainbow. La conclusión fue satisfactoria, agridulce.
El arte de Araki evolucionó mucho, admiro mucho que siempre se esté reinventando y esté cambiando su estilo (y vaya estilo), y el estilo con el que terminó Steel Ball Run es mi favorito de todos, Jojolion incluído.
La dinámica entre Johnny y Gyro se siente genuina, real, puntualizada por esos momentos de descanso en los que simplemente cantaban, contaban chistes o hablaban de tonterías.
Funny Valentine es un villano intimidante, con un stand increíble y su objetivo, aunque no lo apruebas, lo comprendes. Dio por primera vez no es caricaturezcamente malévolo, sino coherentemente ambicioso, y me gustó que fuera un antagonista secundario recurrente cuyas metas no lo ponían definitivamente en un bando u otro, sino en su propio bando, que chocaba con los otros dos en distintos puntos de la historia. La perseverancia de Lucy fue cautivadora. Las peleas fueron creativas y dinámicas, destacando entre ellas las de Ringo, Valentine, Oyecomova, Diego y el de Catch the Rainbow. La conclusión fue satisfactoria, agridulce.
El arte de Araki evolucionó mucho, admiro mucho que siempre se esté reinventando y esté cambiando su estilo (y vaya estilo), y el estilo con el que terminó Steel Ball Run es mi favorito de todos, Jojolion incluído.
February 4, 2023
Oh man where to begin? I think I had a very common journey getting into/experiencing this series as many people. It was for the memes I started watching the anime and along with the encouragements of my younger brother I kept going. I enjoyed it.. till I hit part 4.
It's something that I don't have right words to describe but I was hooked. I binged both part 4 and 5 in succession. It was not only something I have never seen before but also something very well executed.
After watching the part 6 of the anime(Obligatory Fuck You to Netflix) and thoroughly enjoying every second of it, I turned my eyes to this Behemoth of a story - Steel Ball Run, Part 7.
I call this Behemoth not because of its size story but the size of the fandom that truly loves it and puts it on a pedestal that I have rarely seen a fandom do.
And safe to say, I was not disappointed. What a story! What a journey! The story had such a classic feel to it yet it looked and felt modern. And the characters! Whatever these characters lacked in depth, they made it up with their sheer fucking personality (which is actually quite common in JoJo). It was a journey that felt motivational, that in the end of it all my first review was - It was a story worth telling.
The references to previous parts, the amazing yet (dare I say) more bizzare fights than ever with the amazing brotherhood between Jonny and Gyro and add in the amazingly charismatic antagonists just truly makes this an obvious contender for the best JoJo part.. ever.
It's something that I don't have right words to describe but I was hooked. I binged both part 4 and 5 in succession. It was not only something I have never seen before but also something very well executed.
After watching the part 6 of the anime(Obligatory Fuck You to Netflix) and thoroughly enjoying every second of it, I turned my eyes to this Behemoth of a story - Steel Ball Run, Part 7.
I call this Behemoth not because of its size story but the size of the fandom that truly loves it and puts it on a pedestal that I have rarely seen a fandom do.
And safe to say, I was not disappointed. What a story! What a journey! The story had such a classic feel to it yet it looked and felt modern. And the characters! Whatever these characters lacked in depth, they made it up with their sheer fucking personality (which is actually quite common in JoJo). It was a journey that felt motivational, that in the end of it all my first review was - It was a story worth telling.
The references to previous parts, the amazing yet (dare I say) more bizzare fights than ever with the amazing brotherhood between Jonny and Gyro and add in the amazingly charismatic antagonists just truly makes this an obvious contender for the best JoJo part.. ever.
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November 3, 2021I like this series because of the different obstacles that Johnathan Joestar and Gyro Zepelli have to overcome. The idea of the steal ball run race real purpose was to collect the corpse parts. I like that Johnathan Joestar and Gyro Zepelli have many different enemies wanting to collect the corpse parts.
Gyro Zepelli wants to win the race because he wants to free a boy from his home country that was sentenced to death. And Johnathan Joestar joined the race because he wanted to learn the secret of Gyro Zepellis "spin" so he could make his legs move again.
Gyro Zepelli wants to win the race because he wants to free a boy from his home country that was sentenced to death. And Johnathan Joestar joined the race because he wanted to learn the secret of Gyro Zepellis "spin" so he could make his legs move again.
March 25, 2023
Seconda rilettura della settima parte. Non perde il mordente. Una delle parti migliori della saga. Molti la consigliano come entry point per i neofiti proprio per la sua natura di "reboot", io non sono d'accordo poiché molto della bizzarria di questi personaggi gioca sul contrasto con le passate controparti. Oltretutto i finali dalla sesta all'ottava parte sembrano avere degli importanti fili conduttori. Consiglio sempre di iniziare dalla terza o dalla quarta parte e arrivare a questa con calma.
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February 6, 2022I already logged the last sbr volume but i just want to log this as well since it’s basically the whole series and has all the pages. This is 100% gonna be the longest “book” i read so i might delete it lol . But ya this was perfect. All the characters were so amazing and literally everything was perfect. The pacing was rlly nice too so i wasnt bored at all reading this. DIEGO I LOve u.
September 4, 2022
Sin duda mi parte favorita de Jojo's. Al solo contar con dos claros protagonistas en la mayor parte de la historia, se deja lugar para un desarrollo más profundo y personal entre los dos. El villano es icónico y las batallas son increíbles. La gran mayoría de los personajes están muy bien aprovechados y la historia no pierde el ritmo en ningún momento.
June 14, 2023
Personally, I find this to be one of the best parts in the JoJo franchise. The relationship between Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli is very strong and the antagonist continues the trend of being dangerous, calculated, and unique. Most of the fights are pretty well done but some do feel a bit pointless. I recommend reading this while eating pizza mozzarella.
October 11, 2022
Voy a contar también a los monos chinos como lecturas, y más porque la historia va de dos cowboys hermosos que viajan por todo Estados Unidos para recuperar las partes del cuerpo de Jesucristo redentor 🥹
October 1, 2020
Crazy action and insane plot twists during a cross continental horse race made this a super exciting read. Probably tied with part 3 for my favorite jojo story. Araki is very creative.
August 24, 2021
One of my favourite Jojo parts as it presents the evolution in Araki’s artstyle and presents one of the best villains after Kira, the one and only Funny Valetine. It is truly a work of art
August 26, 2021
Araki nails the Jojo formula with horse racing, intrigue, and stand fighting. This is the best Jojo portion I have read so far.
January 18, 2022
fucking awesome
May 5, 2022
Jojo part 7 was phenomenal!
May 18, 2022
Hirohiko Araki's best work. The perfect combination of Old JoJo and New JoJo. It is what Stardust Crusaders was supposed to be.
February 27, 2023
Strasznie koniarskie ale fajne
Gyro best jobro
Johnny daj mi pomacać twojom dupke prosze 🥺🥺
Gyro best jobro
Johnny daj mi pomacać twojom dupke prosze 🥺🥺
March 14, 2023
tengo depresion
April 9, 2023
A chefs kiss, cant wait for the anime adaptation !
May 3, 2023
Just as batshit as the rest
January 14, 2024
This is Araki’s magnum opus
February 10, 2024
acabei o mangá hoje e estou genuinamente triste da forma como simplesmente acabou
February 14, 2024
Cowboy’s, supernatural forces, beautiful poses what else would a story need? 🥰
April 17, 2024
3.5/5
plot is derivative as fuck. doesn't get good until 40/50ish chapters in (out of 96!). overrated honestly. some beautiful and creative illustrations tho
plot is derivative as fuck. doesn't get good until 40/50ish chapters in (out of 96!). overrated honestly. some beautiful and creative illustrations tho
March 4, 2023
D4C >>> Infinite Tsukuyomi
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