The Lives of Eccentrics

Second story arc of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Takes place in the 1930s, and follows the misadventures of Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar, as he fights vampires and ancient super beings with some help from a cybernetically-enhanced Nazi and an Italian man he has a lot in common with. [Official English](https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-2-battle-tendency/all)

The beginning of the Stardust Crusaders Arc! A fiendish villain once thought to be dead has resurfaced and become even more powerful! To fight this evil, the aging Joseph Joestar enlists the help of his hot-blooded grandson, Jotaro Kujo. Together they embark on a perilous adventure that will take them around the world!

Book with manga & illustrations from Japanese and international artists for the FIFA World Cup 2002. Content: 1. Otomo Katsuhiro - Cover Illustration 2. Inoue Takehiko - *I love this game* 3. Kamijo Atsushi - *Kaerenai ko hito* (Those Who Will Never Return) About a girl name Tchie as she reminsces the time she had with her two best friends. 4. Matsumoto Taiyou - *Mie ken no shounen* 5. «Mizugame 3» - *Lust for Life* Tajima Sho-u (Gorilla Kick), Obata Takeshi (Morning Kong) and Asada Hiroyuki (Utan Chop) About a tale of a football shoes as it is used/travelled from one user to the next. 6. Illust Gallery Araki Hirohiko Yazawa Ai Yamada Yoshihiro Nishimura Shinobu Okano Reiko 7. Kusumoto Maki - *Netsu* 8. Yoshino Sakumi - *GOAL!!* 9. François Boucq - *Sekai wa mawaru* 10. Yasuhiko Yoshikazu - Bateren: <Journey to Western Europe - Prologue> (南蛮西遊記序章, Bateren: Nanban Saiyuuki Josho). This one-shot is the prelude to an tale of alternate history where Amakusa Shiro Tokisada survives the Shimabara Rebellion, and arrives in Spain in seek of aid for Japanese Christians. 11. penthon - *A fantastic dream* 12. Nicolas de Crécy - *Montceau-les-Mines VS Pont-à-Mousson* 13. Frédéric Boilet - *2002 FIFA WORLD TEA CUP* 14. Nicolas de Crécy - *Soccer no dendou* 15. Yokoyama Hiroshi - *Robot Battle VI* 16. D[di:] - *Fire Star Man* 17. Taniguchi Jiro - *Fuka* 18. Emile Bravo - *Shinpan wa 12 hitome no senshu!* 19. Max Cabanne - *Penalty area* 20. Kuroda Iou - *Schweitzer* 21. Terada Katsuya - *Box!* 22. Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten - 23. Young Soon Yang - 24. Gyoubu Ippei - football image visual *Source: MangaUpdates*

A collection of stories by Hirohiko Araki: 1. Under Execution, Under Jailbreak The story of a jailed man and his attempted escapes. 2. Dolce and his Master A cat and a man on a sinking yacht attempt to secure resources from each other 3. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 16: At A Confessional The first Rohan one shot, a spinoff of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Diamond is Unbreakable, centering on the continued adventures of Rohan Kishibe. 4. Dead Man's Questions A ghost wanders a town in search of both his mission and his memories. Related to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Diamond is Unbreakable.

Toshikazu Hazamada is your typical outcast high school boy. He bullies small animals, ogles his female classmates, and also has a sentient mannequin called “Surface” who copies the appearance and personality of anyone that touches it. Didn’t want to hear his story? Well, you’re getting it anyway.

The sixth story arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In Florida, 2011, Jolyne Cujoh sits in a jail cell like her father Jotaro once did; yet this situation is not of her own choice. Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Jolyne is ready to resign to a dire fate as a prisoner of Green Dolphin Street Jail. When all hope seems lost, a gift from Jotaro awakens her ability, a Stand called Stone Free. Now armed with the power to change her fate, Jolyne sets out to find an escape from the stone ocean that holds her. However, she soon discovers that her incarceration is merely a small part of a grand plot: one that not only takes aim at her family, but has additional far-reaching consequences. What's more, the mastermind is lurking within the very same prison, and is under the protection of a lineup of menacing Stand users. Finding unlikely allies to help her cause, Jolyne sets course to stop their plot, clear her name, and take back her life.

The ninth story arc of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. O’ahu, early 2020s. Dua Lipa is a trending musician, and COVID is still a major concern. On this island lives a 15-year-old boy named Jodio Joestar. Alongside his sibling, Dragona Joestar, they act as dealers for certain illegal substances. One day, their employer comes and shows them an excellent find: a Japanese person has landed in Hawaii with a diamond worth over six million dollars. Normally it would be impossible to steal, but for two siblings with Stands… This is a story of a young boy and his quest to become rich.

Naples, 2001. Giorno Giovanna is a small-time crook with one big dream—to become a "Gang-Star." No ordinary thief, Giorno has a connection to the remarkable Joestar bloodline, and possesses a Stand named Gold Experience. His dream starts to become reality when he meets Bruno Bucciarati, a mobster from the gang Passione and a fellow Stand user himself. Realizing that they share similar ideals, and both disagree with the gang's harmful affairs, Giorno reveals his goal to Bruno: with Bruno's help, he will reform Passione by overthrowing the boss. As Giorno becomes a member of Passione, and is inducted into Bruno's squad, he discovers that it is no simple gang; its numbers are teeming with Stand users. Now confronted by other squads of differing loyalties and unpredictable caliber, their goal to change the gang from the inside out will be a tough one. Taking on these adversaries, Giorno attempts to rise through the ranks and inch closer to the boss, a man who is shrouded in mystery. [Official English](https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-5-golden-wind/all)

From the same creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, teenager Ikuro Hashizawa can transform into the parasitical bio-weapon, Baoh, gaining superhuman strength and other abilities such as firing a corrosive substance. He escapes from the Secret Organization Dress along with a young psychic girl, Sumire, and the two must face various assassins sent by the organization to kill him. Link: [JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia](https://jojowiki.com/Baoh_the_Visitor) (Manga) [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=259) (OVA)

Explore the lives of the famous-yet-not-so-famous people of history; such as Nikola Tesla, Ty Cobb, Typhoid Mary, the woman behind the Winchester Mystery House, Kou Yoshio, and many more. [Series of one-shots](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=33311) published between 1989-2003, released a tanko volume in 2004 and a bunko release in 2012. (Art by Araki Hirohiko and Onikubo Hirohisa; all stories by Araki Hirohiko)