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.
I'm glad to see Kira introduced as an ultimate goal for the protagonists. I've enjoyed the more one-off stories, but an overarching sense of direction is also welcome. Kira is such an effective villain because he breaks the mold. The worst Morioh has had to offer to this point are selfish individuals who would take advantage of others for personal gain. They'd take your money or hurt you, or steal pages from your face (you heard me), but they're not out to kill just for the sake of it. But Kira- he's a remorseless murder who kills for its own sake.
I said he breaks the mold, but you could also say Kira is a lot like other characters. Kira's just a regular citizen of Morioh whose lifestyle has been juiced up by the addition of a stand. The thing is that Kira just so happens to be a serial killer. But like Tonio or Rohan, he just wants to go about his stand fueled lifestyle in piece.
As much as a love the addition of Kira, it does throw a wrench into the flow of Diamond is Unbreakable. Josuke, Okuyasu, and Sigechi's get rich quick scheme is plenty of fun. But the whole time I'm reading this, in the back of my head I'm thinking "Really, Josuke? You're dicking around when you know Kira's on the loose". It's a tough situation. I'm tempted to say that we should just get all of the fun stuff taken care of before Kira is introduced. That way I as a reader can focus on the lighthearted fun without having more important stuff in the back of my mind. But I also wouldn't want Kira to be introduced at the end of the story. I want Kira introduced early, but I also don't want the gang to goof off while Kira is looming. It's a tough situation. Maybe some throwaway lines about Rohan and Jotaro working on the case while Josuke's out being a kid would've help.
But overall, it's not a big deal. I can usually put my concern aside. Shigechi's harvest was fun. Okuyasu and Josuke being greedy kids is always amusing. As was the back and forth of the lads using Shigechi and vice versa. Reminds me of Ed, Edd, and Eddy, of all things. Anyway, the scene at the bank stands out as one of funnies in Diamond is Unbreakable. The way everybody is trying to screw everyone else out of the money, even down to the banker, had me intrigued the whole way through.
¡Paciencia, mis queridos Jojos! Sé que los abandoné a mitad del tomo pero en breve los retomo. UPDATE: Finito, ahora sí. La verdad que lo promedio con tres por la misma razón por la que lo he hecho con tomos parecidos: está muy bueno, pero palidece frente a otros tomos. Cómo sigue el asunto de la chica fantasma me parece genial, aunque no le hayan dado ningún cierre todavía. Pero la historia de Shigeshi, que ocupa la mayor parte del tomo, se me termió haciendo larga, pese a que la idea en sí está buena y a que Shigechi seguramente se termine haciendo querer. Por lo que veo, en el tomo que viene aparece el Big Bad de la Parte 4, así que espero no colgarla ooooootra vez.
Octavo tomo de Diamond is Unbreakable; parte IV de Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, tomo 36 en total. Inédito en castellano, publicado al completo en francés, en italiano (en tomos más pequeños y reeditado en más grandes) y en chino.
Por el momento la historia va a un rumbo que parece normal, chicos viviendo cosas de jovenes, por lo tanto todo de mantiene tranquilo.
Josuke me parece muy buen Jojo, y el personaje de Jotaro me parece mejor como un secundario o alguien de apoyo como protagonista. Koichi me parece un buen personaje, incluso me siento en momentos identificado con varios de los personajes.
Okuyasu me parece un poco diferente al inicio cuando se nos presentó, pero es un buen personaje.
NOW WE GOT A PLOT. and its a serial killer??? ugh i love a little killer story. also how rohan is connected to this story MWAH. AMAZING. i love rohan so much... BUT WHO CARES ABOUT MURDER. WHEN WE HAVE MONEY!!!! moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoney. this was such a fun story and josuke and okuyasu are one of the best jojo duos ever. they match each other so much UGH. and this story Highlights it SO MUCH. i love this kinda noisy town of morioh.
Awww hemos sido testigos de la primera borrachera de un Joestar, en este caso de Josuke :3
Es en momentos en los que Josuke se pone a trazar planes demasiado beneficiosos usando trampas que me recuerda a su papá ♥ Dicen que Josuke saco el mal caracter de su madre, pero siendo honestos le veo más parecido a Joseph xD
4.5/5 I am curious what happened to the ghost mystery in this one. It seemed like it started and disappeared. Aside that, this was a fun volume. Even though the main story was put on hold, it had great pacing.
La historia del fantasma es buenísima, muy interesante, entretenida, con toques de terror a la vieja andanza. Pero la pelea de Harvest es ingeniosa, pero me irrita tanto el personaje que hubiera preferido omitir que ni siquiera sirve la pelea.
Otro Jojo al que le daría... salvo por ese peinado espantoso. Espero poder leerme esta generación antes de que la adapten al animé, así me dejan de discriminar como fan de cuarta hora :P