A review by wouterk
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 1 by Hirohiko Araki

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This is a review for the whole Phantom Blood Arc. A great series with a great start. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, is exactly that, Bizarre. In this first series we learn about the origin of Dio and his intrinsic evilness. We see how the feud with the Joestar family starts, a battle between good and evil over generations.

The Drawing style from the 80s is really recognizable and these volumes have very awesome panels. The story is great as well. The hype that the Anime had makes you almost forget how dark this series is. Trigger warnings for bullying, animal cruelty, violence against infants, psychological and physical torture, blood and gore. Still if you can handle this, The story and world building are equally fascinating and engaging.  I loved the forms of vampirism, including freezing powers, versus the literal breath of love, light and heat called Hamon.

A great series, on to Battle Tendency!
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