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Steel Ball Run #13
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7 - Steel Ball Run, Vol. 13
スティール・ボール・ラン #13 ジャンプコミックス (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7, Steel Ball Run #13)
187 pages, ebook
First published September 4, 2007
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About the author
Hirohiko Araki
650 books2,041 followersHirohiko 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.
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.
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July 7, 2020
God, I wanted to like Valentine's wife. It's very rare to see an LGTB+ character in shonen. But we ended up with a character who is hypersexual, makes sexual advances on a minor, and dies an excessively violent death. I don't think Araki set out with bad intentions, but he definitely dropped the ball.
Outside of that, this volume did a lot right. We got a full book of action where the majority of the cast is female. Lucy has won a lot of points with me due to her sheer tenacity. The mission to steal the president's heart, which is also the heart of Christ (symbolism!), is thrilling. Lucy is a child struggling to get by in an adult world, both in terms of social standing and in terms of stand powered violence. Nobody has her side and everybody is taking advantage of her. She's way in over her head, leaving me on the edge of my seat for the entire thing.
While I wasn't big on Hot Pants, she's won me over recently as well. Her battle with Tube Boy was similarly exciting. While a major character, it does feel as though she could plausibly die before the later stages of story. So this was an instance where Jojo's tendency to gruesomely injure its cast felt thrilling. When Giorno's arms were cut off in the fight against B.I.G., I was annoyed because I knew he would end up being fine and he had taken such a horrible injury for no reason. When Hot Pants's arms were cut off, I was flipping out because I legitimately believed she was done for.
While I expected Tubular Bells to be a dull stand, it ended up making for one of the most exciting battles in Steel Ball Run. Such a weirdly specific power gets put to great use. It's kind of like the brilliance of Luffy. You take a seemingly useless power and just turn it into gold.
Starting Wrecking Ball, I feel like there's a bit of parallel between Johnny and Gryo vs Wekapipo and Magenta Magenta. There's the obvious comparison of Gyro and Wekapipo both using steel balls, but the random humorous small talk between Wekapipo and Magenta reminds me of the dynamic between the two protagonists. It's a solid set up. I almost kind of wish we'd have gotten to see them bump into each other a few times before the big fight, but it's not a big deal.
The word I keep coming back to for this volume is thrilling. Be it Lucy's infiltration or the battle with Tubey Bells. The violence for this volume had been cranked up to 11, and the heroes felt more vulnerable than ever, making for an intense read.
Outside of that, this volume did a lot right. We got a full book of action where the majority of the cast is female. Lucy has won a lot of points with me due to her sheer tenacity. The mission to steal the president's heart, which is also the heart of Christ (symbolism!), is thrilling. Lucy is a child struggling to get by in an adult world, both in terms of social standing and in terms of stand powered violence. Nobody has her side and everybody is taking advantage of her. She's way in over her head, leaving me on the edge of my seat for the entire thing.
While I wasn't big on Hot Pants, she's won me over recently as well. Her battle with Tube Boy was similarly exciting. While a major character, it does feel as though she could plausibly die before the later stages of story. So this was an instance where Jojo's tendency to gruesomely injure its cast felt thrilling. When Giorno's arms were cut off in the fight against B.I.G., I was annoyed because I knew he would end up being fine and he had taken such a horrible injury for no reason. When Hot Pants's arms were cut off, I was flipping out because I legitimately believed she was done for.
While I expected Tubular Bells to be a dull stand, it ended up making for one of the most exciting battles in Steel Ball Run. Such a weirdly specific power gets put to great use. It's kind of like the brilliance of Luffy. You take a seemingly useless power and just turn it into gold.
Starting Wrecking Ball, I feel like there's a bit of parallel between Johnny and Gryo vs Wekapipo and Magenta Magenta. There's the obvious comparison of Gyro and Wekapipo both using steel balls, but the random humorous small talk between Wekapipo and Magenta reminds me of the dynamic between the two protagonists. It's a solid set up. I almost kind of wish we'd have gotten to see them bump into each other a few times before the big fight, but it's not a big deal.
The word I keep coming back to for this volume is thrilling. Be it Lucy's infiltration or the battle with Tubey Bells. The violence for this volume had been cranked up to 11, and the heroes felt more vulnerable than ever, making for an intense read.
September 20, 2020
Strong female characters. Sign me tf up.
May 14, 2020
Memes in this volume:
SHE IS 14
SHE IS 14
Balloon animals make great "advanced guard mechanisms"
SHE IS 14
SHE IS 14
Balloon animals make great "advanced guard mechanisms"
April 4, 2025
Esse ultimo capitulo foi bem mid mas os outros dois foram MT bons
July 29, 2025
that one writer who needs to let that 14 year old girl go gawdd araki let her go
December 7, 2022
The Tubular Bells arc, whilst narratively integral, was a weaker arc than those surrounding it. The sexualization of Lucy Steel was uncomfortable, Cream Starter's disguise ability came out of left field, and Mike O. was defeated too quickly.
I am excited to re-consume the arc(s) featuring Wekapipo and Magenta Magenta. The gaudy colours implied by the character designs are far less distracting when rendered in monochrome. Wekapipo's design, especially, is much easier on the eyes. Overall, Wrecking Ball is off to a strong start.
February 9, 2019
this was an experience.
I loved Lucy-centric chapters, she's one of my faves, but I can't say I like the killing off of sapphic character one chapter later she's introduced. and so brutally, as well.
Definitely CWs for body horror and gore, spousal abuse in ch.51.
I loved Lucy-centric chapters, she's one of my faves, but I can't say I like the killing off of sapphic character one chapter later she's introduced. and so brutally, as well.
Definitely CWs for body horror and gore, spousal abuse in ch.51.
December 31, 2023
Series: Steel Ball Run #13
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good
This volume is split into two parts with the beginning focusing on Lucy and the end focusing back on Johnny and Gyro. This picks up right where the previous volume ended, Lucy is with the First Lady and is seducing her to try and get closer to the President. While this works it still really bothers me that Lucy is so freaking young and even Scarlet points out that her husband is like 30 years older than her, which I know was common during this time but still not Araki could have made her older.
While Lucy was initially extremely annoying, in this volume we see her step up and get close enough to the president to get the body parts he had and take down his crazy wife Scarlet in the process. Yes she has some help from Hot Pants but I was very surprised by Lucy in this one. Also Hot Pants continues to surprise me with her abilities. They may not seem like much but they can really do a lot of damage.
Next we switch to a new character called Wekapiko who we learn was from Gyro’s country and was exiled after trying to save his sister from an abusive marriage. He is also a wielder of steel balls and is now working for the President to assassinate Johnny and Gyro, and of course return the body parts that were stolen. Wekapiko and Gyro’s battle has just started at the end of this volume but I am very interested in seeing what will happen next.
TW: gun violence; domestic abuse;
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good
This volume is split into two parts with the beginning focusing on Lucy and the end focusing back on Johnny and Gyro. This picks up right where the previous volume ended, Lucy is with the First Lady and is seducing her to try and get closer to the President. While this works it still really bothers me that Lucy is so freaking young and even Scarlet points out that her husband is like 30 years older than her, which I know was common during this time but still not Araki could have made her older.
While Lucy was initially extremely annoying, in this volume we see her step up and get close enough to the president to get the body parts he had and take down his crazy wife Scarlet in the process. Yes she has some help from Hot Pants but I was very surprised by Lucy in this one. Also Hot Pants continues to surprise me with her abilities. They may not seem like much but they can really do a lot of damage.
Next we switch to a new character called Wekapiko who we learn was from Gyro’s country and was exiled after trying to save his sister from an abusive marriage. He is also a wielder of steel balls and is now working for the President to assassinate Johnny and Gyro, and of course return the body parts that were stolen. Wekapiko and Gyro’s battle has just started at the end of this volume but I am very interested in seeing what will happen next.
TW: gun violence; domestic abuse;
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 2, 2025
- Lucy como personaje es muy bueno y el arco de Tubular bells ha estado muy emocionante. Hubiera preferido menos sexualización gratuita, pero teniendo en cuenta que el 99 % de JoJo's es sexualización de señores, pues yo qué se. Aún así, el dibujo de la portada me parece que Araki se lo podía haber ahorrado, o al menos haber puesto a un personaje adulto (Scarlet, por ejemplo).
- Scarlet me ha gustado bastante, me da rabia que se la hayan ventilado tan rápido.
- Hot Pants como personaje me gusta mucho, pero es excesivamente comodín. Siempre aparece de la nada para salvar la papeleta, usa los poderes que se requieran en ese momento aunque no se los hayamos visto antes, y se va. Espero que Araki se trabaje un poco más al personaje en lo que queda de manga, porque tiene muchísimo potencial y me fastidiaría que no se le sacase partido (que es la impresión que me llevé de Sandman)
- Wekapipo claramente tiene movidas personales contra Gyro. Empiezo a pensar que si Gyro no hubiera participado en la carrera, la mitad de los participantes se habrían quedado en casita.
Cosas que quiero para la segunda mitad de SBR: Más stands originales como Sugar Mountain, más momentos bonitos entre Gyro y Johnny, que vuelva Dio, que le den un buen guión a Hot Pants, que Lucy reparta estopa.
- Scarlet me ha gustado bastante, me da rabia que se la hayan ventilado tan rápido.
- Hot Pants como personaje me gusta mucho, pero es excesivamente comodín. Siempre aparece de la nada para salvar la papeleta, usa los poderes que se requieran en ese momento aunque no se los hayamos visto antes, y se va. Espero que Araki se trabaje un poco más al personaje en lo que queda de manga, porque tiene muchísimo potencial y me fastidiaría que no se le sacase partido (que es la impresión que me llevé de Sandman)
- Wekapipo claramente tiene movidas personales contra Gyro. Empiezo a pensar que si Gyro no hubiera participado en la carrera, la mitad de los participantes se habrían quedado en casita.
Cosas que quiero para la segunda mitad de SBR: Más stands originales como Sugar Mountain, más momentos bonitos entre Gyro y Johnny, que vuelva Dio, que le den un buen guión a Hot Pants, que Lucy reparta estopa.
July 6, 2024
Todo lo correspondiente a Lucy es muchísimo mejor que lo posterior, no es que me haya desilusionado de Johnny y Gyro, pero esta mujer tiene unos ovarios… Si bien muchas veces caemos en la sexualización femenina en el Seinen (mucho más que en el Shonen), creo que Araki lo pensó más como en las armas que tenía Lucy para dar riendas a su plan. También mezclando todo lo que viene con Hot Pants es muy bueno, además queda como infiltrada, entonces al fin de cuentas ¿qué será lo que realmente deparará para Lucy? Por otra parte, Hot Pants sigue en la competición, pero nunca su intención ha sido ganarla, de ser así, ¿cuáles serán sus próximos pasos a seguir? Y si bien no se había visto para nada la primera dama, es impactante que ella haya tomado riendas en el asunto, de hecho, espero que Lucy termine siendo un usuario de Stand y le den rienda suelta a la batalla contra el presidente.
April 10, 2025
oh my god girl LUCY FUCKING STEEL. HOLY SHIT. god she should be playing WITH HER DOLLS but... ill take a girl boss (so sad that TWO PEDOS are getting at her) but god DAMN. AND FUCKING HOT PANTS. MY GOAT. i am actually like so thankful araki is really good at writing women because both of these ladies are so fucking great.and strong. and just.... i do fear for lucy like so much. please please please please don't kill her. BRO AND THEN WE GET WEKAPIPO who is already REALLY COOL. giving me ringo vibes (and not just because they are minor villains who have sad backstories). god like STEEL BALL FUCKING DUEL BRO.
July 22, 2021
I actually really like Lucy Steel even though we don’t know much about her except that she’s 14 and married to someone 35 years older than her… alas I hope we do find out more about her!!
also new enemies for Johnny and Gyro with that person being from Gyro’s home country?? with his own set of steel balls?!!?! :0
also new enemies for Johnny and Gyro with that person being from Gyro’s home country?? with his own set of steel balls?!!?! :0
December 18, 2022
esse arco da Lucy foi meio chatinho, devo admitir, e como as coisas se "resolveram" para que ela não fosse pega me deixaram p da vida por que essa pobre coitada vai se ferrar mais ainda na história...
bom que foi seguido pelo arco Wrecking Ball que dá pra ver que promete só pelo flashback do vilão novo.
bom que foi seguido pelo arco Wrecking Ball que dá pra ver que promete só pelo flashback do vilão novo.
April 23, 2024
**Will contain spoilers**
SBR Volume 13: We start off this volume with a very uncomfortable scene between Lucy and the president's wife, Scarlet Valentine. Lucy is very brave and smart, and goes through way more than a 14 year old girl ever should. I also see a lot more of her body than I ever wanted to. Araki makes it very hard to defend him with the gratuitous panty shots.
I was NOT expecting Hot Pants to come in like that.
Switching gears to the standoff between Wekapipo and the guys - the beginning of this fight is very fun to read. I love how Johnny always completely loses his cool during fights and constantly turns to Gyro, as if he has any answers. It is a consistent characterization we see throughout the manga, and I absolutely love it. Johnny is such an underrated protagonist.
SBR Volume 13: We start off this volume with a very uncomfortable scene between Lucy and the president's wife, Scarlet Valentine. Lucy is very brave and smart, and goes through way more than a 14 year old girl ever should. I also see a lot more of her body than I ever wanted to. Araki makes it very hard to defend him with the gratuitous panty shots.
I was NOT expecting Hot Pants to come in like that.
Switching gears to the standoff between Wekapipo and the guys - the beginning of this fight is very fun to read. I love how Johnny always completely loses his cool during fights and constantly turns to Gyro, as if he has any answers. It is a consistent characterization we see throughout the manga, and I absolutely love it. Johnny is such an underrated protagonist.
December 13, 2025
"You little whore! I'm going to scrape your breasts off with my bullets!"
but seriously please Araki, I don't want to read about a 14 year old whoring herself out to save her 50 year old pedo husband........ this better be going somewhere ISTG. excited to see this Wekapipo guy fuck up gyro tho... he didn't personally do anything wrong I assume but it'll be satisfying anyways
but seriously please Araki, I don't want to read about a 14 year old whoring herself out to save her 50 year old pedo husband........ this better be going somewhere ISTG. excited to see this Wekapipo guy fuck up gyro tho... he didn't personally do anything wrong I assume but it'll be satisfying anyways
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 8, 2023
4 estrellas.
Disfruto ver la participación de Lucy Steel en toda la trama de la historia, y que no se quede simplemente como mera espectadora, o la niña bonita de la temporada.
A pesar de no tener Stand, es muy fuerte en sus decisiones.
Disfruto ver la participación de Lucy Steel en toda la trama de la historia, y que no se quede simplemente como mera espectadora, o la niña bonita de la temporada.
A pesar de no tener Stand, es muy fuerte en sus decisiones.
January 2, 2025
this is not something a '14 year old' is mentally and physically capable of if you ask me but my god was this an incredibly tense and nerving scene to take place. lucy steel is such a strong and well written character
November 18, 2025
This volume animated is going to be VERY gory and graphic which will be interesting to see what they keep from this manga and what they leave out… this volume was mainly just Lucy not being able to catch a break again
January 13, 2020
It came in like a wrecking ball
February 13, 2020
Pretty good 7th part of Jojo’s bizarre Adventures and far from the best! This series lacks awesome intense fights and the story of this series was dull😭😁❤️❤️
December 29, 2022
This gets a 3 because of poor Lucy being sexualised
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 31, 2022
What a book to end the year on, this manga is absolutely banana's at it's best, and just does so many odd things. I really enjoy it, but it's so bizarre.
January 6, 2023
2.5⭐
Honestly I don't even remember which chapters were in this volume, which means that it must have been pretty middle of the road for me!
Honestly I don't even remember which chapters were in this volume, which means that it must have been pretty middle of the road for me!
January 18, 2023
lucy is a girlboss and i love hot pants
April 23, 2023
If you ignore Lucy being fourteen and the hypersexual Scarlet Valentine, this was a great volume.
July 26, 2023
EPICA LA PELEA SCARLET CON SCARLET JASDAJ
September 16, 2023
Lucy's adventure is pretty interesting but I've already moved on to being obsessed with Magenta Magenta.
October 24, 2023
Lucy Steel is the only character in fiction that has made me go "Yes queen!!!!"
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