JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol. 8

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Deluxe editions #25

by Hirohiko Araki

Solo in fumetteria!! Tornano le avventure della famiglia Joestar in una nuova edizione interamente riveduta e corretta, assolutamente irrinunciabile per tutti coloro che hanno amato JoJo nella prima edizione! - Nuovo formato - Nuova grafica - Dialoghi riveduti e corretti - Nuovo adattamento grafico - Volumi di OLTRE 300 PAGINE ciascuno Un’occasione imperdibile per tutti i giovani lettori che non hanno ancora avuto l’opportunità di leggere uno dei manga “generazionali” più epici dell’ultimo ventennio! In questo numero i nostri eroi, sulle tracce dell’assassino Yoshikage Kira, scoprono l’esistenza di un secondo artefatto ma, inaspettatamente, lo spirito del defunto padre di Yoshikage ruba la Freccia e vola su Morio-cho alla ricerca di un sistema per proteggere la nuova identità segreta del figlio... Non c’è pace per i nostri eroi!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Action, Horror, Shonen, Fiction

394 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 18, 2004

About the author

Hirohiko Araki ( 荒木飛呂彦) is a Japanese manga artist. He left school before graduation from Miyagi University of Education.

He enjoys the baseball manga Kyojin No Hoshii (Star of the Giants); the video games Mario Kart and Bomberman; and likes Prince and other African-American singers, as well as jazz, rock, and rap.

He is a recipient the Tezuka Award for manga.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

RTC

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh I haven’t read a JoJo book I haven’t liked!

The only thing that made me super uncomfortable was the bath scene with Hayato and Kira.... so strange!

[maddie ౨ৎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

shower time with daddy

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75/5

The best book in the arc thus far. Some fun and weird adventures here.

[Des Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great volume. The stands here are wild, and while the radio tower arc ran a little long, I am really enjoying the way things are coming together with Kira's subplot. I love Rohan and Koichi and the way their story tied up at the end here really surprised and tickled me. Great art as always, and a fun relationship chart that I appreciated seeing. Excited to reach the end of this part.

[Blake the Book Eater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another wild adventure! Rohan is such a great character with fun powers. He’s probably my favorite character from this Part!

[Radwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

- the whole page that illustrates what that man does with his calluses is wild to me
- it feels weird saying this, but i feel like now there's way too many stand users?
- i want that neat paper trick
- after that unnecessary and creepy bath scene, i'm rooting for hayato. go, kid!
- now, I want to see his back too!

[Johnny Bahama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rohan sensei is the king of piggyback rides.

[Kurt Sabatini · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is easily the creepiest volume.
I love the gun hidden behind the piece of paper and the Part 4 Cheat Sheet/Relationship Chart is so cute.

Characters and Stands

Toyohiro Kanedaichi + Super Fly 🗼

Akemi, Yoshie and Reiko 💟

Terunosuke Miyamoto + Misterioso 📖

Masazo Kinoto + Cheap Trick 🗯️

[_SakuraBooks_ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s the penultimate volume! Every time I read JoJo’s I’m in awe! The storytelling and characters are phenomenal, the art is stunning and intricate, and the plot is absolutely ridiculous in the best way possible. The gang are closing in on Kira but not before encountering some creative and bizarre enemy Stand users. I cannot express in word my love for this series and even though I know how Part 4 ends, I am very much looking forward to reading volume nine!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

[Lksreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

So, with my last review of volume 7 being that I was a little underwhelmed and ready for things to speed up… Araki made me eat my words again.

Let’s Live on a Transmission Tower is a great deal of fun. It’s chaotic but for as little screen time as he gets, Josuke steals the scenes he’s in. Super Fly is conceptually a really neat stand - and it made me realize how frickin’ dumb I’ve been. Stands represent their user. Sure. I have neglected that this whole time and just dismissing Stand’s as wacky writing. Super Fly is pretty obvious with this and it reminded me of how that concept plays out and it made perfect sense and revitalized my enjoyment of the series.

Misterioso kicks so much butt dude. Starts fast, keeps pace, ends up being such a wild duel. Convinced Araki writes some of these stands just to boast his artistic skills. Beautiful double-pages throughout this whole book, had to go and reread Misterioso.

My Dad is Not My Dad also made me eat my words - I previously said that the Stray Cat storyline was useless, didn’t amount to anything. Here I am being proven wrong by Hayato pushing the plot forward. Sorry Araki. I trust you. Except, why does there need to be a weird bath/baby scene so often?

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Father/Son bath time? WTF?!?! I feel like I need a bath myself to feel clean after reading that scene. That kid is way, way, WAY too old to need help having a bath even if his father wasn't a face changing serial killer.
Disturbing bath time antics aside there are some great sets of chapters in this volume. We get the continuation of the stranger living on an electricity pylon story that started in the last volume. I liked the idea that not all Stands could be controlled by their user in fact I'm not entirely sure if this Stand had a user as such. The conclusion to the chapters was really interesting and not the usual quick simple ending we get most the time.
Other chapters continue the hunt for Kira in his new identity which I'm assuming must be coming to an end soon as there is only one volume left in part 4. I really liked the Mysterioso Stand even if it didn't make much sense that it could trap things like fire and electricity in a piece of paper.
A pretty good entry for a series that I have found rather up and down it's just a shame that the author felt the need to add a super creepy bath scene in it. I just don't get it.

[India♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The stand users in this one were truly bizarre. Mikitaka is a real one! He really came through for Josuke. Yuya too. That paper guy using Tomoko was dirty, but at least her outfit was cute. The way Rohan got that stand off of his back was genius!Bringing him to Reimi's street was very clever. Kira finally gets proof that Hayato knows something is up and decides to confront him in the bathroom? Hayato really held his own though, that kid wasn't playing! Also, I hate Kira but I'm obsessed with his tie.

[Nora Suntken · Rating 4 out of 5]

If this volume didn’t include the lowkey goofy but almost entertaining tower thing it would probably be five stars. Kira is truly so so unsettling in this part and it really cements just how truly evil he is. Not a morally gray antagonist in the slightest—just a straight up freakazoid. Like the murder which is already so so eerie in it of itself followed by the bath scene… peak literature. Rohan was also less insufferable than normal here but I feel bad for the architect. I want to read the next volume now but am making myself wait to truly enjoy the finale of the legit best jojo part.

[ComicNerdSam · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Superfly fight is cool, if a little confusing in parts. Enigma is a great fight, genuinely tense and super fun to read. I love the character turnaround and the ending is awesome. The standout of this volume is the Cheap Trick fight, which is another peak in this Part. A great concept for a stand, and the resolution is so damn cool. This is a nice group of fights, feels weird knowing this is the preamble to the finale though with no warning of said finale being just around the corner.

[Pinky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Josuke saves Mikitaka from Toyohiro. Toyohiro wants to stay in his tower and Josuke and the others leave him. Josuke recruits Yuya to sniff out the perp that kidnapped Koichi. Hayato films Kira killing Minako and her boyfriend. Rohan gets rid of a pesky stand thanks to his wits. Misterioso gets beat thanks to Yuya and Josuke and Koichi finish him off.

[Kristina Mlinarić · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kira's favorite movie is The Remains of the Day, haven't seen it, but I'm guessing he likes it due to its unfulfilled love/admiration from afar theme (sinister if you take into account what he does to somen). Serial killers watch romantic movies too.

P.S. Cheap Trap takes the prize for the most annoying enemy in Diamond.

[Guido]

Tomo 8 de 11, con Kira y su stand en portada.

[Sebastian Rodríguez Rivera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grandes arcos secundarios de la segunda mitad de DiU, con mucha participación de Rohan y de Kira.

[Gabe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Qué tomo más pesado. Las dos Estrellas van para el inicio. ¿8 capítulos de piedra papel o tijera? Paso.

[damjan · Rating 3 out of 5]

that one scene in the bathroom was so weird

[Renato · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esse volume é legal, mas é bem focado em joguinhos.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5✨

[Gigi Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

and then... it was thursday

[Kaya Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

SO READY FOR THE FINAL ARCS

[SillyKate · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve seen the anime so uh…idk

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

The tower stand was kind of cool.

[Mikel · Rating 3 out of 5]

[7.5/10]

[Felix Lawson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hate hate hate haaaaaate the shower scene-

[Ferran]

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