Araki does it again... The JOJOLands Chapter 7 Review

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▸ The JOJOLands (ザ・ジョジョランズ) is the ninth and current part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was announced in the September 2021 issue of Ultra Jump and began serialization in the March 2023 issue.

▸ The story takes place on the volcanic islands of contemporary Hawaii. Jodio Joestar, a young boy living on Oahu Island, aspires to become extremely rich by reaching the apex of the world's mechanisms. As for what he plans to do to achieve his goals, an unpredictable story unfolds in the islands woven with light and shadow.

▸ The JOJOLands represents the third part of the series set in the second continuity, also known as the "Steel Ball Run Universe".

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[Chaonyx_]

The resolution to this fight felt like such a classic jojo moment. Been really digging this part so far.

[AlexanderArts]

The sex pistols bullets ate food, so I guess the cats could still be a stand even though they ate caviar.

[twv]

7:04 He's Slippin Jodio, he'll never change

[davidnishball]

There's a stranger theory, that Usagi was lying about the whole thing but it was the other characters Believing that the cats were [Valuable] that triggered the [Mechanism]

[SpookyStu]

I swear if these things get called Cat’s Cradle or Cat’s in the Cradle I would be so happy

[Dizzyinc]

Really happy Jojolands is selling well and is well received globally. Loved the chapter review, thanks Xforts, looking forward to more.

[ParkournPrankster]

Usagi's 3 Wish Rule Theory:

So after the latest chapter of Jojolands, like everybody, admired Usagi for his bravery. Now youd think I have his full trust, except for one thing, him demanding DRAGONA to make a wish. Now look back to the wishes he made so far. Usagi asked Dragona to want a camera, then asked her AGAIN for a net. Now this begs the question, "What happens if Dragona makes a third wish?"

Which is important considering in media, 'what happens if a genie grants someone three wishes?'. Usually, they disappear forever. I think the MOMENT, Dragona makes a third wish, something BIG could happen. Either Usagi's stand gets a power boost, or perhaps Dragona is in danger if her third wish is made in a row. This is all speculation, but it makes sense to why Usagi is specifically asking Dragona to grant wishes in a row. It would also explain why Usagi demanded Dragona to wish for scissors, almost as if he was desperate. Despite Paco being the one hurt the most. Whatever happens, just know this, for the next wish, OBSERVE Dragona's next wish. Cuz at this point anything could happen.

[DrPielicious]

The arrows shooting up clearly signify s t o n k s

[chs]

Usagai is making up for the lack of practical uses for the matte kudasai by being the brains of the operation

[finjaquetemumnomeaqui]

I really wanna see these cats use their stand to merge with each other and make a Wire Megazord

[khulekanimagubane]

Classic Araki body horror. This looks like such a fun part of JJBA so far. Reminds me a lot of DIU. Fun and tense, but so far, low-stakes...

[benobrien]

Usagi is my favorite character so far. I knew he would save them.

[TaigaXsenpai]

We know that somebody will betray Jodio, but....
what if it's Jodio that's the most evil of all ??
When Rohan said that he shouldn't trust his comrades, maybe he nurtured his inner darkness?
Maybe in the end Jodio is the one who will betray his comrades and take all profits for himself....

We got some hints, his psychopathy, Dio ancestor,

[anasuiatdisneyland]

I knew our boy wouldn't let us down

[quiet_tech]

Araki’s mind is so weird:
Part 8 Killer Queen having explosive bubbles is obviously a reference to how Kira used Stray Cat in part 4. Then, killer queen gets fused into Soft n Wet, who’s bubbles are actually spinning strings.
Now if Araki wanted to bring back Stray Cat for the sbr timeline, he’d need to come up with a new concept to differentiate it from pt.8 KQ, since that basically already used stray cat’s bubble ability. But, you’d want to keep the function of Stray Cat’s ability similar to recreate that feeling (invisible, floating, dangerous projectiles).
So he gave new Stray Cat *strings.* because soft n wets bubbles are strings, those bubbles referenced KQ8’s bubbles, which were a reference to KQ4 using Stray Cat, which was a stand with bubbles.
Idk how intentional that is but its funny.

[Kiriotosu-ok]

dude, the jojolands is so much fun. I truly cannot wait to see what direction araki takes this story in

[it]

I think this is one of those chapters that's trying to balance both
It wants both surprise yet resolution
I was wondering whether this chapter would be better while reading it back to back with the previous chapter, and I think it would as the continuity is better maintained
In the last chapter, post a certain point, we just don't see Usagi at all until the very end where he leaves
But then again, the misdirection wouldn't work as well unless you were reading it monthly
So it fumbles there too

Ultimately, I agree with Xforts on this one
We should've seen cats do...just something
Because the set up was there albeit subtle but the last few steps were absent and that makes this a problematic resolution

[JwKirby]

I imagine Araki probably wanted to get a classic Jojo moment in as soon as possible but I feel like this probably couldve used one more chapter to really pay everything off and have it makes sense. Anyway, still really into this part and excited to see where it goes!

[danielsantiagourtado]

The wait was worth it man! The video was amazing! And tye araki moment was so great! Never would have guessed caviar burguers! 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤😂😂😂😂😂

[bonaquador]

That image of the girl at the start... If you know, you know ☠️