DESCRIPTION

CAST

CHAPTERS

MANGA ActionJoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders
MANGA ActionJoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze
ANIME ActionJoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai
ONE SHOT MysteryKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 4: Mochizukike no Otsukimi
ONE SHOT AdventureKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 5: Fugou Mura
ONE SHOT AdventureKishibe Rohan Gucci e Iku
ONE SHOT HorrorKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 2: Mutsukabezaka
ONE SHOT ActionKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 6: Mitsuryou Kaigan
ONE SHOT MysteryKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 7: Getsuyoubi Tenkiame
ONE SHOT MysteryKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 9: The Run
ONE SHOT HorrorKishibe Rohan Louvre e Iku
MANGA MysteryKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai
ONE SHOT MysteryKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 8: D.N.A
ONE SHOT ActionKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 16: Zangeshitsu
MANGA HorrorShikei Shikkouchuu Datsugoku Shinkouchuu
NOVEL ActionJORGE JOESTAR
MANGA HorrorDead Man's Q
NOVEL ActionThe Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day
MANGA ActionJoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Crazy Diamond no Akuryouteki Shitsuren
ONE SHOT MysteryKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 10: Hot Summer Martha
MANGA MysteryKishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episode 11: Dripping Gahou
MANGA AdventureMarou Shinshi BT
ONE SHOT ComedyHazamada Toshikazu no Bimyou na Bouken

REVIEWS

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  Yuseistar

  89/100
  A cohesive Mystery story paired with great art and amazing characters, a series I thoroughly enjoyed.

  

  Story: 6/10

  JoJo’s is synonymous with muscular dudes, beating the ever-loving crap out of each other. So, many don’t expect any type of cohesive story. But, the 4th installment in the JoJo series, turns that assumption on its head and delivers a cohesive story from beginning to end. There is a particular thing that happen in JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai, the story gives you this feeling of completeness before it is even over. I found myself thinking, many times, that if the story ended right here, it would still be a satisfactory ending. The story uses that concept and grips you and leaves you on the edge of your seat saying “Wait, this isn’t the end?!”

  The flow of the story works great as well. Dipping in and out of combat and the everyday lives of the characters, it works together to make the story smooth and not feel disjointed. Though there are some points within the story, especially during the out of combat parts that feel a bit forced. There’ll be many times where you get to see side adventures of some of the characters and that plays into the flow of the story but, there are times where the side adventures never really amount to anything. Sometimes you’ll see the reappearance of a character met in a side adventure or because of a side adventure, the world in JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai is impacted in some way or another. However, like I said before, some of the side adventures don’t add anything to the story. It felt like a one-shot was added in between chapters.

  The main plot is concise and rarely does the story stray away from the main objective that the characters have, and this pairs great with the Mystery theme that JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai has. Most everything that is done in the story has some type of importance down the line or reappear in the story someway. However, there is this feeling of lacking. The feeling you get where the main character is overpowered, and you know that there is nothing to fear. As the story progresses on, the climatic parts of the story have less and less impact due to this feeling.

  

  Art: 7/10

  Come on, it’s a JoJo series, how can you not expect great art! JoJo is known for its distinct art design for its characters and that is carried over into JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai. The art makes each character feel expressive, feel like they are alive. Emotion is shown, you can clearly tell the emotion that a character feeling just by seeing their face. The paneling is great too, and it especially shines during the fighting scenes. It was really to follow along, page after page, and when it came time to fight, I could understand how the fight itself was playing out. I knew what direction punches were coming from, where the people were standing, etc. You can also tell that the creator pays attention to the background as well. The buildings, the streets, the cars, almost everything in the background is drawn in detail. Almost. Almost everything in the background is drawn in detail, most of the time when people aren’t part of the foreground, say people in the background waiting to cross the street, there shape will be drawn but they’ll be filled with white. Outside of the shape of their body, nothing about them is drawn. Which sucks because it feels so out of place because everything else in the background is drawn with detail.

  

  Characters: 8/10

  How can you not like the characters from a JoJo series! There are so many characters and most of them are memorable! Most of the characters in JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai feel like actual characters. They aren’t this flat, and dull drawing, instead, they are expressive and feeling people. Josuke for example is your average kid who respects his upperclassmen and tries not to do anything too illegal but if you tick the right boxes, he can’t help but get mad and throw aside his personality. This is a person, if I search hard enough, I could find a person in real life that has the same personality as Josuke. That’s why the characters in JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai feel like actually people, and it’s not just Josuke either, you’ll find this in pretty much all the characters.

  Exactly like real people, the characters of this story grow. The characters achieve this through meaningful ways as well. Josuke doesn’t find growth out of nothingness just because he is the main character. He grows due to the adventures he goes on, the world that is constantly changing around him, and the people that he associates himself with. I wish that I could say the same about the relationships that the characters have and create. Many of them feel lackluster. Some relationships developed with Josuke feel that they are only present because Josuke is the main character of the story. Or when a small event happens and all of a sudden 2 characters are now inseparable brothers for life. It feels out of place and could be done smoother.

  

  Enjoyment: 8/10

  Gosh, I enjoyed the crap out of this manga. The JoJo art style, the story shrouded in mystery, the return of characters from previous iterations of JoJo, the characters, the stands, and much more. It all coalesces into an incredibly fun manga to read. I would stay up way late into the night because I kept telling myself “1 more chapter, just 1 more chapter.” My favorite character is definitely Koichi, I loved watching Koichi develop from what he was in chapter 1, all the way to what he was at chapter 174. And, I absolutely loved the stands in this series. They were all so cool and unique, something I never would’ve thought up in a million years! As it stands, my 2 favorite stands are Pearl Jam and Bad Company. There is just so much in the manga that I loved, and I enjoyed every second of reading it.

  

  Verdict

  This is a manga that I would recommend to anyone who enjoys Action/Adventure series. You’ll get an absolute kick from reading it. It’s a manga filled with awesome art and great characters. The points in the manga that hinder it are not egregiously big too so, the positives will definitely shine brighter than the negatives. Through and through, I don’t feel that this manga was a waste of my time, it didn’t feel like a filler manga, it was a great series fit to have the name JoJo associated with it.

  
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