Jojo Bizarre Adventure part 1 — Review

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Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure was a series written by Hirohiko Araki in 1987. The series has currently gone through 8 parts with a newer one being announced this year. When it comes to anime only Parts 1 to 6 have been adapted. The series starts with Jonathan Joestar but later begins to follow the generations of Joestars who each have their own unique personalities and stories. Each follows a different theme with part 3 being a buddy trip, Part 4 being a murder mystery and part 5 being a mafia story.

Parts 7 to 9, however, are separate from Parts 1 to 6, with this series ending at Part 6. I will firstly be doing a series reviewing Parts 1 to 6, and at the end, I will rank Parts 1–6, following on with covering Parts 7–8. This will come from someone who hasn’t grown up with the series and is jumping in based on context from the anime. I hope to read the manga in the future and compare it to the anime since there are still many differences between the adaptations. Outside of anime and manga, there have been light novels, games, and spin-off manga that have added to the expansion of the world of JoJo.

The first part is about a character named Jonathan Joestar who lives with a rich and prosperous family. One day a boy named Dio Brando is adopted into…