The JoJoLands | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Jodio Joestar | |
Manga | |
Written by | Hirohiko Araki |
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Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Ultra Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | February 17, 2023 – present |
Volumes | 3 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by: JoJolion |
The JoJoLands (stylized as The JOJOLands) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki, and the ninth part of the larger JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, as part of the rebooted continuity depicted in Steel Ball Run (2004–2011) and JoJolion (2011–2021). Set in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the early 2020s, it follows Jodio Joestar, a teenage gangster intent on becoming wealthy in the tropics. It is serialized by Shueisha in the seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump since February 17, 2023.
Jodio Joestar is a high schooler living with his family on Oahu, Hawaii. His goal is to become incredibly rich via the "mechanisms" of daily life. Working alongside his older brother Dragona Joestar, Jodio is involved in the criminal world of his state to also ensure his mother's protection. One day, his school principal and boss Meryl Mei Qi instructs Jodio, Dragona, and their kleptomaniac classmate Paco Laburantes to perform a heist alongside suspicious client Usagi Alohaoe.[1]
The four arrive to Big Island to steal an expensive blue diamond from Japanese manga artist Rohan Kishibe. The gang breaks into Rohan's villa to discover not only the blue diamond, but a lava rock that can attract anything of value that its holder touches. Jodio incapacitates Rohan and convinces him to let the team leave with both the diamond and the lava rock, though not before the manga artist warns him of other pursuers. Jodio's group is soon attacked by in the jungle by a trio of cats and eventually their owner a.k.a Big Island resident Charming Man, who hopes to use the rock to investigate his brother's disappearance at Hualālai. At Paco's suggestion, Charming Man is offered a spot on the team in exchange for knowledge regarding the rock.
The gang returns to Oahu without further incident. As the team of five explains the lava rock to Meryl Mei, Charming Man notes his inability to investigate his brother's disappearance on his own, due to the location of his brother's disappearance being private property. Meryl Mei notes that the property in question belongs to the multi-million-dollar company Howler, and suggests that the group use the lava rock to gain control of the company and their profits.
Moving on, the group heads to the Hawaii State Registry Office in order to obtain the deeds of the Howler company. The operation appears to be completed without fail, although the protagonists soon find themselves one by one victims of a mysterious disease-inducing Stand that infiltrates the body to puncture it from inside, starting with Usagi. One of the victims of the ability, who happens to be the employee that gave Jodio's group access to the original documents of Howler, is later on revealed to be the daughter of a congressman relentlessly legally pursuing the company.
See also: List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters § Part 9: The JoJoLands |
The JoJoLands is written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was announced in August 2021 following the conclusion of JoJolion, the previous part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,[2][3] and began serialization in Shueisha's monthly seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump on February 17, 2023.[4]
The first chapter title of each pair is the title used in the collected volumes. The second is the title used in the original serialization in Ultra Jump.
No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
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1 (132) | Departure Shuppatsu (Dipāchā) (出発 (DEPARTURE)) | August 18, 2023[5] | 978-4-08-883606-5 | ||
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Jodio Joestar and his companions are tasked with stealing a diamond from Rohan Kishibe, who is on a vacation on the islands. After a Stand-wielding stray cat attacks them, Rohan catches and interrogates Jodio's allies. | |||||
2 (133) | "Rise Up" "Nobotte Ike" (『上って行け』) | December 19, 2023[6] | 978-4-08-883765-9 | ||
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Using his Stand, November Rain, Jodio manages to turn the tables and incapacitate Rohan. The group then discovers and steals a chunk of cooled lava with wealth-attracting properties, only to be attacked by three of the Stand user cats, who also seek the rock. | |||||
3 (134) | "Money-Making Time" "Kanemōke no Jikan" (『金儲けの時間』) | April 18, 2024[7] | 978-4-08-884038-3 | ||
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4 (135) | — — (—) | August 19, 2024[8] | 978-4-08-884157-1 |
The following chapters have not yet been released in collected tankōbon volumes:
Interest in the series' launch was enough to prompt a second printing of its debut issue of Ultra Jump – only the fourth time this had happened in Ultra Jump's history, and the first time in eleven years.[9] The first tankōbon volume debuted at the top of Oricon's weekly Japanese sales charts for print comics,[10] and was reported by Comic Natalie to have been the week's highest and fourth-highest selling comic at the bookstores Tsutaya and Comic Zin, respectively.[11] The second volume was Shueisha's eleventh highest first print run manga volume of 2023–2024 (period from April 2023–March 2024), with 350,000 copies printed.[12]
It ranked fifteenth, along with The Ramparts of Ice, on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.[13]