JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 1: Phantom Blood
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood
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Synonyms: Dai Ichi Bu Jonathan Joestar: Sono Seishun
Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ファントムブラッド
English: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 44
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 2, 1986 to Oct 13, 1987
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Horror Horror
Themes: Historical Historical, Vampire Vampire
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Araki, Hirohiko (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.301 (scored by 7411674,116 users)
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Ranked: #46442
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Popularity: #93
Members: 123,163
Favorites: 2,484

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While the gold rush takes Europe by storm, a young Jonathan Joestar lives a life of luxury with his father at their estate in Liverpool, England. Jonathan, known by his peers as JoJo, spends his days playing the part of a gentleman and living a carefree life. However, those peaceful days soon came to an end when Dio Brando intrudes upon him.

Dio is a young boy from London who is adopted into the Joestar family due to a debt Jonathan's father owed to Dio's father. While Jonathan is receptive towards having a new brother, Dio schemes against the Joestars in order to inherit the fortune. As Dio's schemes get out of hand, Jonathan is forced to confront him once and for all.

Thus begins the story of the Joestar bloodline, as Jonathan matures with and eventually combats his adoptive brother while encountering bizarre new friends and foes.

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A 17-volume kanzenban version dubbed as JoJonium was published in Japan from December 4, 2013, to March 4, 2015. This edition covered the first three parts of the Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken series and included new cover art which showed redesigns of the characters by Araki Hirohiko. JoJonium's first three volumes cover the first part.

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 1: Phantom Blood was published in English by VIZ Media as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood from February 24 to August 4, 2015. These were released in a hardback format featuring the JoJonium artwork and contents. It was also published in Italy by Star Comics from from November 1993 to May 1994, and in Spain by Editorial Ivrea following the JoJonium format from June 30 to September 21, 2017.

A beat'em up video game based on the series developed by Namco Bandai Games Inc. was released in Japan on October 26, 2006.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has more than 100 million copies in print, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history. Phantom Blood is the first story arc of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure with Dio.

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Sequel:JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 2: Sentou Chouryuu
Spin-off:Jorge Joestar
Adaptation:JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood Pilot, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV)

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Brando, Dio
Brando, Dio
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Speedwagon, Robert E. O.
Speedwagon, Robert E. O.
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Joestar, Jonathan
Joestar, Jonathan
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Zeppeli, Will A.
Zeppeli, Will A.
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Pendleton, Erina
Pendleton, Erina
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Bruford
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Joestar, George I
Joestar, George I
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Dire
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Brando, Dario
Brando, Dario
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Butler
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43 Recommended
13 Mixed Feelings
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Apr 11, 2023
Sefiroz
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood is the first manga and anime part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, created by Hirohiko Araki. The story follows Jonathan Joestar, a young English aristocrat who, after the arrival of his adoptive brother Dio Brando, begins to discover dark secrets about his family and must confront Dio and his evil plans.

What makes Phantom Blood a unique part of the series is its focus on the Victorian era and historical setting, which is combined with the supernatural action and violence that is characteristic of the series. Araki introduces a unique combat system in which characters fight using the ...
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May 6, 2023
LightNoragami1
Mixed Feelings
The art is beautiful, the storytelling...not so much.

The plot of Phantom Blood is really basic and tbh the manga never goes beyond the surface of the plot, its all just basic and generic.

The characters for the most are pretty standard shonen characters, especially Jonathan, who has essentially no uniqueness to him. Dio is a step above tho and is very enjoyable to watch, but his relationship with JoJo isn't as well developed as it could have been, it was fine when they were rivals for the inheritance but once there rivalry became about saving/conquering the world it sort of became stale. Speedwagon is fun but ...
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Apr 14, 2023
Pezguy97
Not Recommended
JoJo Part 1 may just be the worst manga series I have ever read, but three factors keep me from giving it anything less than a 5. First, it is easy to see how JoJo influenced a lot of anime and manga series that I find more palatable because they dial down the goofiness from JoJo a bit. Second, the art style in JoJo is well above almost all of it's Shonen Jump peers. Third, there is a significant jump in quality between part 1 and part 2. Pretty much every other aspect of this manga is banal. Just getting through all the volumes felt ...
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