Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
The story in JoJo is divided between two continuities. The first continuity
includes Parts 1 to 6, detailed in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1986 to 2003, while the second
continuity includes Parts 7 to 9, detailed in seinen magazine Ultra Jump from 2004 to the present.
The plot across these stories is supplied in multi-chapter arcs detailing precarious, melodramatic
conflicts between parties defined both by unique supernatural powers, mainly by the versatile
Stand phenomenon, and exclusive ambitions, attitudes or moral standards. These arcs vary in tone,
alternating adventure, suspense, mystery, and horror; always through action, and with frequently
embedded comedy. Typically, a race emerges among the heroes of a story to intercept a powerful
central antagonist.
STEEL BALL RUN
Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン Sutīru Bōru Ran) is the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre
Adventure series. Initially serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from January 19, 2004 to October 18,
2004, the part's publication later moved to Ultra Jump, where it was serialized from March 19, 2005
to April 19, 2011.
