JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 2: Sentou Chouryuu
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency

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What can i say about "Battle Tendency"? is fucking shit with terrible main villains so pretty stupid and boring (and almost all the work is a mental trick of araki)... But the first 18 chapters of that thing are the second best thing of manga and fourth best thing of literature thanks to how good, unique, bizarre, funny, exciting and well done they are, i mean, shit... The thing can be as hard to read as one of those classic books but is still a pretty funny and excitig read and you will see its quality if you read with ... the attention enough, seriously read it with attention and patience and you will have the fourth or maybe the best reading experience of your life... LONG LIVE TO ARAKI

6/10

This is an upgrade compared to the first installment of the long-running series - Phantom Blood. The protagonist is funnier the story fights are on way higher level and overall the world that was built is more interesting. We travel a bit around Europe to see Italy and Switzerland but also other places like US and Mexico. There is a lot going on in all of this places. The way Nazis were portrayed is very funny, too. Stroheim is one of my favorite characters of this part.

The story about stone mask and becoming the strongest being in the world isn't that particularly complicated or ... sophisticated but for this format is is just about fine. I wish there was more complexity in next parts but this is yet to be seen. Other than that the main protagonists are a bit bland. It is purely let's get three badass guys and fight with them. There is no personality to Wham or Cars or AC/DC. Naming enemies with band names is also interesting pick and adds a bit to the sauce. Some of their attacks are interesting but I can't see this series going so far without introducing stands. Hamon in itself was quite simple and could not create too many new options for interesting and captivating fights.

This part is definitely better than the first one. Can't wait to read what the next ones are going to bring to the table. Recommend to all fans of JoJo!

Part 1 was at 19th Centuary England, Part 2 was around late 30s just before world war II and it spaned from America to Italy. Part 1's Jonathan Joester, the 1st Jojo was a noble gentleman, Part 2's Joseph Joester The 2nd Jojo (the grand son of Jonathan) was a hot headed smart and talented kid who could use hamon special tecniques without training and he loved comics, it cought my eyes that he had Superman comics in his hands at a flight travel panel in plane. lol Jonathan and Joseph look visually exactly the same btw. I didn't like the Part 2 as much ... as the Part 1 cause Part 1 had a pure 100% evil villain called Dio and the end was sour... I like a villain who has no trace of goodness in him/her and i actually like bad ends over anything but a sour end was close so it has my symphaties. lol Part 2's naive parts bothered me more for some reason and villains were bigger, Santviento, Wamuu, Esidisi and The Master of them all Kars, the 4 Pilar Men, Pilar Men were god like beings, they all had their special powers so they were bigger than the first part's villain Dio who was just a Vampire, after all the next installment must be bigger, and some of the villains had honor at Part 2 so it wasn't as much as appealing to me like a pure evil villain Dio. The stone mask of the first part was connected to the Pilar Man btw.

Dio, Esidisi and Zeppeli character names sounds familiar to you too ? If you like Rock and Metal music, it must have. These names come from none other than the famous Metal Band Dio and AC DC (Esidisi) and Rock band Led Zeppelin (Zeppeli). Mangaka Hirohiko Araki is a Rock and Metal music lover just like his many readers including me.

Jojo part 1 and 2 was not for everyone for sure. If you can endure, look over some naive writting and if you especially have a taste for some naivety like half an hour falls from hights and the fights still go on while they are falling, the outragously naive ways that they survive from the falls... Joseph's way of wining the battles, Ceasar's Bubbles... those were impossible to buy into. Especially If you have a taste for naive parts like those, you will like Jojo part 1 and 2. I started to read Jojo cause people say it got really good with Part 3: The Stardust Crusaders so i read it for the promise of good future parts and i'm there now, i will see how good it's. Just waiting for Part 3 to be completed in its english publication so i can read it from start to finish without a long break.