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 (image by Waffleman) At 10am on September 25th, 1890, three thousand eight hundred and fifty two riders line up on a San Diego beach. Their destination is New York City. This is the story of how Johnny Joestar learned to walk. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7 - Steel Ball Run was written and drawn by Hirohiko Araki from 2004 to 2011 and is widely considered by the western JoJo fanbase as one of the greatest things he's ever done. Part 7 brings with it a lot of changes, as not only was it here that JoJo switched from being a weekly series running in Weekly Shonen Jump, but it also marked a fresh start in the long running series. Similar to many reboots of Western comics, Part 7 is a "new universe" of sorts. Many things will seem extremely familiar while others will be entirely new. The switch from weekly to monthly also allowed Araki to really plan out his narrative, Part 7 is much more of a seinen than a shounen, with more complicated and mature storytelling and a bit of an ensemble cast. It's still wonderfully bizarre and fun, but it takes itself much more seriously and has, in my opinion, some of the best character arcs and thematic moments in all of manga. To say more about the nature of what Part 7 is about and the characters involved would be to give away a lot of the fun, so I'll just say I like it a lot! Why do this now? Okay honestly, a frequent conversation when the JoJo manga thread has run out of talking points is how good Part 7 is and a lot of us wanted to read it again. But also with the Part 5 anime over, and Part 6 being but a distant dream, we didn't want the fun to stop. So whether you left Part 5 feeling satisfied and excited or were a bit let down, or just want more JoJo, this is for you! Part 7 stands alone in that nothing that happens here will spoil you for Part 6 or any other PartAlso, the possibility of a Part 7 anime feels a bit uncertain, and if it does, will be in like 2023 and that's too long! It's possible that perhaps you're a bit burnt out on JoJo with Part 5 having so recently wrapped, but I honestly think Part 7 is refreshing enough to feel almost like it's own thing. So I invite you to come and experience what is, probably, the best JoJo there is! Also! If you've never read JoJo's Bizarre Adventure before! Well, you'd kinda be starting the show with a showstopper, and I recommend you check out all of JoJo starting at the beginning, but there's nothing wrong with starting here outside of missing a couple winks and nods. If you had to read one JoJo part, you picked a good one. Where To Read? Part 7 has sadly yet to be released in English, so you'll have to be a bit resourceful. There are both original black and white scans or the official color scans for your enjoyment. I personally prefer the color scans cause I'm an idiot Spoiler Policy This thread is for manga and anime people alike, so this does mean that discussion related to anything outside of whatever happened on that week is strongly dis-encouraged. If you simply must talk about something in the future, please use spoiler tags and denote what their for, or take it to the manga thread please and thank you Schedule This may not end up being a hard and fast schedule, but I'd like to stick to it as best as we can, just to make discussion easier to follow. The pacing on this will be a bit weird, as the transition to a monthly schedule happens mid run so suddenly the volumes get a lot shorter and the chapters get a lot longer. This thread is going up a bit early to build  hype and so the dates given are when to start reading the following chapters and what we'll discuss that week. (if people really wanna start right now let me know, I'll change the dates, I just worry some might be burnt out on JoJo) Week 1 - Monday, August 12th Volume 1 - 3 Chapter 1 - 17 Week 2 - Monday, August 19th Volume 4 - 6 Chapter 18 - 30 Week 3 - Monday, August 26th Volume 7 - 9 Chapter 31 - 39 Week 4 - Monday, September 2nd Volume 10 - 12 Chapter 40 - 48 Week 5 - Monday, September 9th Volume 13 - 15 Chapter 49 - 59 Week 6 - Monday, September 16th Volume 16 - 18 Chapter 60 - 72 Week 7 - Monday, September 23rd Volume 19 - 21 Chapter 73 - 84 Week 8 - Monday, September 30th Volume 22 - 24 Chapter 85 - 95 The Global Steel Ball Read has finally begun... Expect My Mom fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Aug 7, 2019 |
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Aug 7, 2019 02:25
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hello
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Aug 7, 2019 02:35
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Nyo ho~
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Aug 7, 2019 02:39
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I just read SBR for the first time like a month ago but gently caress it I’ll do it again
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Aug 7, 2019 02:52
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I actually shotgunned the whole arc last week, but I'll gladly join in for the discussion about the misadventures of two cowboys and the secrets of the balls while making sure to avoid spoiling anyone while doing it.
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Aug 7, 2019 02:55
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i literally just finished part 6 for the first time and i need an adult to help me process it!! so gently caress yeah lets do 7 o7
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Aug 7, 2019 03:04
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Oh boy I've been waiting for this! This is gonna be good!
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Aug 7, 2019 03:05
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I’m down. Never read a jojo manga before so why not
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Aug 7, 2019 03:06
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Everyone in the Jojo threads say that Steel Ball Run is good so I'm down. Unnecessary rambling: Reading a manga as, like, a community experience is making me fiercely nostalgic for LiveJournal circa 2004 when it was my primary social hub, and also full of weebs. I think with SBR just starting there was a push to get people reading jojo's and it was an even harder sell back then because there was, like no legal English content available and it was all torrents, or same day scans from China with bad translations. The slow collapse of LJ, incidentally, is also when I stopped keeping track of One Piece, which I keep meaning to get back to. So I guess I'm here to feel sixteen again? Anyway that's my weird personal story, carry on.
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Aug 7, 2019 03:26
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I always forget how long it took for Araki to get Steel Ball Run finished. Already read through this twice within the last few years, but a third time sure can't hurt.
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Aug 7, 2019 03:31
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i super highly recommend the color scans since they're well done and the color palettes picked are nice, for the record
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Aug 7, 2019 04:07
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Does it do the anime thing where the palette shifts for no reason but it still looks amazing?
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Aug 7, 2019 04:13
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the palette shifts are mostly an anime-only thing since color scans of the manga tend to be consistent, but the colorists like to use some nice shades in any case
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Aug 7, 2019 04:16
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Johnny Joestar posted:i super highly recommend the color scans since they're well done and the color palettes picked are nice, for the record YggiDee posted:Everyone in the Jojo threads say that Steel Ball Run is good so I'm down. The REAL Goobusters posted:I’m down. Never read a jojo manga before so why not
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Aug 7, 2019 04:17
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Hell yes this is going to be awesome.
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Aug 7, 2019 04:22
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I need to re-read this and Stone Ocean, so this thread comes at an opportune time. 
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Aug 7, 2019 04:37
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I've been waiting for this! I'm excited to revisit SBR!
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Aug 7, 2019 05:56
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ty for doing this effort you beautiful bastard
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Aug 7, 2019 07:41
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SBR is potent enough to brain wipe my memories of the P5 ending again
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Aug 7, 2019 09:38
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I know lots of bits and pieces about SBR, but never sat down to properly read it from start to finish before. Real excited to start now!
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Aug 7, 2019 09:43
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Hell yes, super down for this thread. Glad it finally got made
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Aug 7, 2019 09:52
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The best JJBA with the best setting and the best Jojo. I'm very excited for this one.
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Aug 7, 2019 10:41
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Hell yeah the best poo poo.
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Aug 7, 2019 11:13
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Can't believe I'm going back into the true man's world.
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Aug 7, 2019 12:14
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The colour scans are good because they remind you that all the men in this series wear lipstick.
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Aug 7, 2019 12:25
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Lord, I need a new avatar for this.
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Aug 7, 2019 12:29
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Irony Be My Shield posted:The colour scans are good because they remind you that all the men in this series wear lipstick. it's an essential detail
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Aug 7, 2019 12:32
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I dunno if I'll keep up because I just read this for the first time last year but whatever
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Aug 7, 2019 12:50
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Ooooh boy, this is gonna be fun. SBR is, pound for pound, the best JoJo and I am here for it.
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Aug 7, 2019 15:31
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cool thread, maybe gonna do this
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Aug 7, 2019 17:26
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Im glad this is three volumes a week, a lot of simulwatches and simulreads feel like they go at a snails pace
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Aug 7, 2019 23:19
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Well, this is about a race, after all. 
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Aug 7, 2019 23:50
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Been busy so I couldn't say much but
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Aug 7, 2019 23:56
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yeah, i'm definitely glad of the pace. a week is plenty of time for people to get a chunk done and talk about what they want to talk about. if it was slower i'd be frustrated but any quicker and it might end up too frenetic for some.
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Aug 8, 2019 00:22
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Yeah, three volumes a week is a good pace, and Steel Ball Run is engrossing enough that, if this is your first time, you're even gonna be tempted to read on. Like, the pacing of SBR is phenomenal.
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Aug 8, 2019 00:44
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Yeah I just zoomed through the first 3 volumes tonight, it's a good amount
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Aug 8, 2019 15:33
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I think I binged all of SBR in like three days the first time It’s so drat good Only discussing three volumes is gonna be hard
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Aug 8, 2019 15:36
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From a non-regular manga reading perspective, 3 volumes a week seems really intimidating.
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Aug 8, 2019 17:59
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I’m down to reread this. Nyo-ho~!
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Aug 8, 2019 18:22
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Tir McDohl posted:From a non-regular manga reading perspective, 3 volumes a week seems really intimidating. The first week is 17 chapters, which is less than 3 per day on average. You can knock that out all at once in an couple of hours easy. Steel Ball Run also has my absolute favorite color scans of all the parts I've read, and help make it so much more digestible.
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