Steel Ball Run
Steel Ball Run | |
The February 2, 2004 issue of Weekly ShÅnen Jump, featuring Steel Ball Run character Gyro Zeppeli. | |
スティール・ボール・ラン (SutÄ«ru BÅru Ran) | |
---|---|
Genre | Action, Adventure, Supernatural, Racing, Western |
Manga | |
Written by | Hirohiko Araki |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | ShÅnen, Seinen |
Magazine | Weekly ShÅnen Jump, Ultra Jump |
Original run | February 2, 2004 – April 19, 2011 |
Volumes | 24 |
Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン SutÄ«ru BÅru Ran) is the seventh story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Set in 1890, it stars Gyro Zeppeli, a disgraced former executioner, and Johnny Joestar, a former hot-shot jockey who was shot and lost the use of his legs, as well as his fame and fortune. They, along with others, race across America for $50 million, reminiscent of the 1981 film The Cannonball Run.
Originally the first 23 chapters (4 volumes) were serialized in Weekly ShÅnen Jump in 2004 simply under the title Steel Ball Run. Although the character's names are obviously related to the series, it was unclear if the story was a part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. However, when the series moved to Ultra Jump in 2004, it was officially announced as part 7 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but in an alternate universe, like the following and current arc, JoJolion.
The 95 chapters were combined into 24 tankÅbon volumes (volumes 81 to 104 of the entire series), following the trend set by the previous part, Stone Ocean, of starting over the volume count. A couple of chapters were adapted into a "Vomic" series, which has voice actors act over the manga pages as they are shown on screen.
Plot
In the year 1890, racing jockeys from all over the world flock to the United States to take part in the Steel Ball Run— a cross-country horse race from San Diego to New York with a prize of fifty million dollars. Johnny Joestar, a former racing jockey who fell from glory after a shooting paralyzed him from the waist down, decides to enter the race after meeting the mysterious Gyro Zeppeli. The steel balls that Gyro uses as his weapon of choice have a strange power that made Johnny’s legs twitch for the first time in years, so Johnny insists on following Gyro until he learns the secret of the spinning steel balls. The two men begin as rivals, but they grow closer to one another as they travel through the wilderness and face attacks from violent competitors in the race.[1]
Although the race is organized by the eccentric oil tycoon Stephen Steel, it is later revealed that the Steel Ball Run is backed by the United States government. Unbeknownst to Stephen Steel, the president, Funny Valentine, masterminded the race as a means to collect the scattered pieces of a two-thousand-year-old saint’s corpse. It is said that whoever assembles the full corpse will be granted incredible power. Once Johnny and Gyro discover this, they must fend off assassins sent by the president as well as their highly competitive rivals as multiple factions struggle over control of the corpse parts.
Saint's Corpse
In the series, nine body parts of Jesus Christ, referred to as the Saint's Corpse (è–人ã®éºä½“ Seijin no Itai), are spread throughout the USA. When "fused" with someone they give the user Stand powers, similar to the bow and arrow introduced in Part 4 Diamond Is Unbreakable. However, Stands generated this way disappear as soon as the body parts defuse from the user, although it may fuse to such an extent that the Stand becomes a permanent part of the person. It also seems that each corpse part reacts differently with each person.
The Saint's Corpse plays a role in the storyline of the video game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven.
Competition
The race begins on September 25, 1890 at 10am in San Diego. Divided into nine parts, it extends for a total of 6,000 km to New York City. After each checkpoint, points are awarded to each person, the one with the most points at the end is the winner.
Stage | Subtitle | Route | Total Distance | Days Travel | Total Participants | Retires | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st. | 15,000 Meter[2] | San Diego Beach - Santa Maria Novella Church | 15 km | - | 3852 | 79 | 3 |
2nd. | Crossing the Arizona Desert[3] | - Monument Valley | 1,200 km | 12-18 Days | 3770 | 1219 | 82 |
3rd. | Rocky Mountain Breakdown[4] | - Cañon City | 710 km (Mountain Route) | 7 Days | 2469 | 551 | 0 |
4th. | The Small Gravestone on the Wide, Wide Great Plains[5] | - Kansas City | Approx. 1,250 km | 21 Days | 1918 | 1476 | 1 |
5th. | Illinois Skyline[5] | - Chicago, Michigan Lakeline | Approx. 780 km | Approx. 14 Days | 441 | 65 | 2 |
6th. | Michigan Lakeline[6] | - Mackinaw City - Lake Huron | Approx. 690 km | - | 374 | 313 | 0 |
7th. | Philadelphia Triangle[7] | - Philadelphia | Approx.1,300 km | Approx. 22 Days | 61 | 9 | 0 |
8th. | Both Side Now[8] | - New Jersey | Approx. 140 km | 2 Days | 52 | 7 | - |
9th. | Manhattan Rhapsody | - Trinity Church in Manhattan | Approx. 15 km | 30 Minutes | 45 | - | - |
Characters
Main characters
- Gyro Zeppeli (ジャイãƒãƒ»ãƒ„ェペリ Jairo Tseperi)
- Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (All-Star Battle, Eyes of Heaven), Kenji Hamada (Vomic)
- Gyro Zeppeli is a disgraced magistrate and executioner from the Kingdom of Naples (ãƒã‚¢ãƒãƒªã‚¹çދ国 Neaporisu ÅŒkoku), who participates in the Steel Ball Run to free someone who he believes has been wrongly imprisoned, racing on his horse Valkyrie (ヴァルã‚リー VarukirÄ«). Gyro is a master of a mystical art called the Rotation (回転 Kaiten), which is channeled through Steel Balls (é‰„çƒ TekkyÅ«) and is the art of imparting the knowledge of the Golden Rectangle into throwing the Steel Ball, causing the Rotation to be transferred from the ball to the target. It has both healing and offensive properties, as the Zeppeli family has used the Rotation in both their medical practice and in their work as executioners for the church. Gyro later develops a Stand called Scan (スã‚ャン Sukyan) when one of his Steel Balls is imparted with a piece of the Saint's Corpse, the object of desire of Funny Valentine. Scan gives Gyro the ability to look inside people, making his Rotation's attacks even more deadly. With the power of the Super Rotation, accessed by having Valkyrie run at a fast enough speed to make everything incorporate the Golden Rectangle, he develops the Stand Ball Breaker (ボール・ブレイカー BÅru BureikÄ), which when a Steel Ball hits its mark the vast energies kept by the Rotation accelerates the life of cells in the target, so much so that the cells die. He is ultimately killed by Funny Valentine.
- Gyro's real name is Julius Caesar Zeppeli (ユリウス・カエサル・ツェペリ Yuriusu Kaesaru Tseperi, pronounced in English as Juriasu ShÄ«zÄ Tseperi (ジュリアス・シーザー・ツェペリ?) ), sharing his name with Caesar Zeppeli of Battle Tendency.
- Johnny Joestar (ジョニィ・ジョースター Jonyi JÅsutÄ)
- Voiced by: Yūki Kaji (All-Star Battle, Eyes of Heaven), Takahiro Mizushima (Vomic)
- Johnny Joestar was an American horse racing prodigy (born in Kentucky but grew up for some time in the United Kingdom) until an accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. He participates in the Steel Ball Run in order to follow Gyro and to learn how to use the Rotation, as it is the only thing that has made him able to stand again. Johnny races on Slow Dancer (スãƒãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ€ãƒ³ã‚µãƒ¼ SurÅ DansÄ) and eventually develops the Stand Tusk (タスク Tasuku), at first allowing him to shoot his fingernails at people, but it soon evolves through a series of Acts. With Act 2 he imparts his fingernails with the Rotation, allowing him to move the holes his fingernails produce. Act 3 allows Johnny to teleport parts of himself through the holes after he shoots himself with an Act 2 fingernail. The final form of Act 4 allows Johnny to impart the Rotation onto other people after he has mastered the Rotation himself.
- Johnny's full name is Jonathan Joestar, the same as the protagonist of Phantom Blood and the original titular JoJo. Also like the original, he had a pet named Danny, although it was a rat.
- Lucy Steel (ルーシー・スティール Rūshī Sutīru)
- Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (All-Star Battle)
- Lucy Steel is the 14-year-old wife of Steel Ball Run promoter Stephen Steel. She tries to help Johnny and Gyro win the race by going undercover as the wife of President Valentine. However, her cover is blown one night and she accidentally acquires all of the President's Corpse parts into her, becoming pregnant by their means. This ultimately bestows upon her a powerful Stand called Ticket to Ride (æ¶™ã®ä¹—車券(ãƒã‚±ãƒƒãƒˆãƒ»ã‚¥ãƒ»ãƒ©ã‚¤ãƒ‰ï¼‰ Chikettu Raido) that Valentine uses against the others. It grants her the ability to draw powerful blades from her eyes, part water as Moses did to the Red Sea, and protect her from any harm by causing a chain reaction to deflect harm from her. Its ultimate power manifests when it was combined with the powers of D4C to form D4C Love Train. Her maiden name is Pendleton (ペンドルトン Pendoruton), shared with the character Erina Joestar (née Pendleton) of Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency.
- Funny Valentine (ファニー・ヴァレンタイン Fanī Varentain)
- Voiced by: Yasuyuki Kase (All-Star Battle, Eyes of Heaven)
- Funny Valentine is the 23rd President of the United States (replacing Benjamin Harrison in the fiction of Steel Ball Run), a disgraced soldier who was discharged from duty after having been tortured. He ultimately finds the heart of the Saint and seeks to obtain all the parts, as a prophecy is foretold that the holder of all of the parts of the Saint will rule the world. In obtaining the heart, he gains the Stand Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Dirty deeds done dirt cheap(ã„ã¨ã‚‚ãŸã‚„ã™ã行ã‚れるãˆã’ã¤ãªã„行為) DÄtÄ« DÄ«zu Dan DÄto ChÄ«pu (Itomo Tayasuku Okonawareru Egetsunai KÅi)), often shortened to just D4C (D4C(ディー・フォー・シー) DÄ« FÅ ShÄ«), which allows him to travel between alternate dimensions by being pressed between two objects, and also allowing him to transfer his consciousness with an alternate version of himself to keep himself from dying from his wounds. He can also bring other people from these alternate realities into his own, and if they come in contact with that universe's iteration of themselves, they will annihilate each other in the form of Menger sponges. With Lucy's powers, he acquires the ability D4C -Love Train- (D4C-ラブトレイン- DÄ« FÅ ShÄ« -Rabu Torein-), which makes a gap in space with Lucy's body to make President Valentine seemingly invincible from harm, as well as making any attack he makes ultimately more dangerous. Before he is killed by Johnny's Act 4, he brings a Diego Brando from an alternate reality into this one in order to prevent Johnny from obtaining the corpse.
- Diego Brando (ディエゴ・ブランドー Diego BurandÅ)
- Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (All-Star Battle, Eyes of Heaven), Masayuki KatÅ (Vomic)
- Diego Brando, nicknamed Dio (ディオ), is a British racer in the Steel Ball Run, riding the horse Silver Bullet (シルãƒãƒ¼ãƒãƒ¬ãƒƒãƒˆ ShirubÄ Baretto). He is initially just a rival to Gyro and Johnny, but he soon grows to hate them enough that he joins forces with the President. After being subject to the Stand of Dr. Ferdinand, Diego acquires one of the Saint's eyes and obtains the Stand Scary Monster (æç«œï¼ˆã‚¹ã‚±ã‚¢ãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ¢ãƒ³ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ¼ï¼‰ SukearÄ« MonsutÄ), allowing him to transform into a dinosaur at will, as well as transform other living beings into dinosaurs or fossilize them. After he turns on the President and dies, Valentine uses D4C to bring another Diego Brando into this iteration of reality, and this one has the Stand The World (THE WORLD(ザ・ワールド) Za WÄrudo), the same as his namesake Dio Brando. This Dio ultimately wins the Steel Ball Run, but is killed shortly thereafter thanks to Lucy Steel, and is disqualified as he could not be located.
Other racers
- Sandman (ç ‚ç”·ï¼ˆã‚µãƒ³ãƒ‰ãƒžãƒ³ï¼‰ Sandoman, alternatively "Soundman" (サウンドマン Saundoman))
- Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (Eyes of Heaven)
- Sandman (although he goes by the name "Soundman" amongst his people) is a Native American participant in the Steel Ball Run who has no horse and runs barefoot throughout the race as he has found a way to do so without needing any rest. He learned to speak English by reading books, but his people burned down his tepee when they discovered he was reading things written by the white men. He develops the Stand In a Silent Way (イン・ア・サイレント・ウェイ In A Sairento Wei), which can produce sounds that become three-dimensional kana that are stored in objects. When the object comes in contact with someone, the kana come out of the object and attack based on the sound that produced them. He teams up with Dio and attacks Gyro and Johnny, but is ultimately killed.
- Mountain Tim (マウンテン・ティムMaunten Timu)
- Mountain Tim is a cowboy from Wyoming who participates in the Steel Ball Run on his horse Ghost Rider in the Sky (ゴースト・ライダー・イン・ザ・スカイ GÅsuto RaidÄ In Za Sukai). In his youth, he accidentally came across a piece of land known as the Devil's Palm (悪é”ã®æ‰‹ã®ã²ã‚‰ Akuma no Tenohira), a piece of the United States that seems to move on its own accord, having been created after a terrible tragedy befell the Saint. As a result, he obtained his Stand Oh! Lonesome Me (オーï¼ãƒãƒ³ã‚µãƒ ・ミー ÅŒ! Ronsamu MÄ«), which enchanted his lasso into enabling him to move parts of his or other people's bodies along its length. He is brought into the race to investigate a series of murders perpetrated by the Boomboom family.
- Urmd Abdul (ウルムド・アブドゥル Urumudo Abuduru)
- Urmd Abdul is an Egyptian racer of the Steel Ball Run who rides his unnamed camel rather than a horse. He loses fairly early in the race.
- He is named after Stardust Crusaders character Mohammed Avdol.
- Dot Han (ドット・ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ³ Dotto HÄn)
- Dot Han is a Mongolian participant in the Steel Ball Run, a child of Genghis Han, riding his horse #1. He loses fairly early in the race.
- Pocoloco (ãƒã‚³ãƒã‚³ Pokoroko)
- Voiced by: Yasuhiko Kawazu (All-Star Battle), Fumihiro Okabashi (Vomic)
- An American racer from Georgia who rides the horse Hey! Ya! (ヘイï¼ãƒ¤ã‚¢ï¼ Hei! Yaa!). Before joining the Steel Ball Run, he met a mysterious gypsy who told him that his luck will turn around for the next two months, leading to his decision to participate in the race. This coincides with the development of his Stand Hey Ya! (ヘイ・ヤー Hei YÄ), which guides Pocoloco to make lucky choices. After tallying the points, Pocoloco comes in second place, but due to Diego's death he is ultimately named the winner of the Steel Ball Run.
- Baron Roocatugo (ãƒãƒƒã‚«ãƒãƒ¥ã‚´ç”·çˆµ Rokkachugo Danshaku)
- A German participant in the Steel Ball Run who drives a car rather than rides a horse. He is eliminated early due to its fuel consumption.
- Mrs. Robinson (ミセス・ãƒãƒ“ンスン Misesu Robinsun)
- A Mexican participant in the Steel Ball Run who rides the horse El Condor Pasa (エル・コンドル・パサ Eru Kondoru Pasa). He is quick to attack Gyro to eliminate him from the run, using a cactus as well as a hive of insects kept in his eye, but is easily dispatched.
- The Boomboom Family (ブンブーン一家 Bunbūn Ikka)
- The Boombooms are a family of assassins hired to kill Gyro and Johnny to prevent them from winning the Steel Ball Run. Like Mountain Tim, each passed through the Devil's Palm and each has a unique aspect of a shared Stand called Tomb of the Boom (トゥーム・オブ・ザ・ブームTūmu Obu Za Būmu). Mountain Tim is hired to catch them.
- Benjamin Boomboom (ベンジャミン・ブンブーン Benjamin Bunbūn)
- Voiced by: Kazuhiro Yamaji (Eyes of Heaven)
- Benjamin is the patriarch of the Boombooms and rides the horse Crosstown Traffic (クãƒã‚¹ã‚¿ã‚¦ãƒ³ãƒ»ãƒˆãƒ©ãƒ•ィック Kurosutaun Torafikku). His Stand Tomb of the Boom 1 (トゥーム・オブ・ザ・ブームワン TÅ«mu Obu Za BÅ«mu Wan) allows him to fuse metal to his body and transform his appearance into that of another person.
- Andre Boomboom (アンドレ・ブンブーン Andore Bunbūn)
- Andre is the elder brother of the Boomboom family and rides the horse Foxy Lady (フォクシーレディ Fokushī Redi). His Stand Tomb of the Boom 2 (トゥーム・オブ・ザ・ブームツー Tūmu Obu Za Būmu Tsū) allows him to magnetize people through his touch, even if the target is only hit by a drop of his blood.
- L.A. Boomboom (L.A.ブンブーン Eru Ē Bunbūn)
- L.A. is the younger brother of the Boomboom family and rides the horse Little Wing (リトル・ウイング Ritoru Uingu). His Stand Tomb of the Boom 3 (トゥーム・オブ・ザ・ブームスリー Tūmu Obu Za Būmu Surī) allows him to manipulate iron sand by attracting it to his body, and even giving him the ability to attract the iron in others' blood.
- Oyecomova (オエコモムOekomoba)
- Oyecomova is a Neapolitan terrorist and explosives expert who joined the Steel Ball Run. He plans to kill Gyro, as he is the only person alive who can stop him from killing their king. He also finds the Devil's Palm, granting him a Stand called Boku no Rhythm wo Kiitekure (ボクã®ãƒªã‚ºãƒ ã‚’è´ã„ã¦ãれ Boku no Rizumu o Kiitekure, the Japanese title of "Oye Como Va") that takes the form of a toucan that turns any object it touches into a bomb.
- Fritz von Stroheim (フリッツ・フォン・シュトãƒãƒã‚¤ãƒ Furittsu Fon Shutorohaimu)
- Stroheim is a German terrorist sent to assassinate Gyro, participating in the Steel Ball Run by riding the horse Europe Express (ヨーãƒãƒƒãƒ‘・エクスプレス YÅroppa Ekusupuresu). He has been converted into a cyborg, much like his namesake Rudol von Stroheim from Battle Tendency.
- Hot Pants (ホット・パンツ Hotto Pantsu)
- Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Eyes of Heaven)
- Hot Pants is an American participant in the Steel Ball Run, riding the horse Gets Up (ゲッツ・アップ Gettsu Appu). She participates dressed as a man, having actually spent the past several years as a nun, and seeks to obtain the Corpse parts. Her Stand Cream Starter (クリーム・スターター KurÄ«mu SutÄtÄ) takes the form of a "meat spray" that can turn other people's flesh into a foamy substance, both as a defensive measure to prevent them from properly attacking as well as healing wounds by fusing the foamy flesh together.
- Gaucho (ガウãƒãƒ§)
- Gaucho is a Spanish racer in the Steel Ball Run, riding Peg (ペグ Pegu). He dies while trapped by Ringo Roadagain.
- Norisuke Higashikata (ノリスケ・ヒガシカタ)
- Norisuke Higashikata is a Japanese racer in the Steel Ball Run, riding his horse HonÅ (ホノオ, lit. "Flame). He shows that he possesses two navels. Due to Dio's death, Higashikata ultimately finishes the race in second place, and his winnings allow him to start a fruit import company in his hometown of Morioh. His descendents run the company, and by the time of JoJolion, the fourth man to have the name "Norisuke Higashikata" (æ±æ–¹ 憲助 Higashikata Norisuke) is in charge.
Other racers and their horses are as follows:
- Mister. (ミスター・ MisutÄ) and unknown horse
- Tarukus (タルカス Tarukasu) and unknown horse
- Rotters Club (ãƒãƒƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã‚ºãƒ»ã‚¯ãƒ©ãƒ– RottÄzu Kurabu) and unknown horse
- Billy White (ビリー・ホワイト Birī Howaito) and Love Unlimited (ラヴ・アンリミテッド Ravu Anrimiteddo)
- Shigechi (シゲãƒãƒ¼ ShigechÄ«) and unknown horse
- Mack the Knife (マック・ザ・ナイフ Makku Za Naifu) and unknown horse
- Kanye (カニエ Kanie) and unknown horse
- Iglesias (イグレシアス Igureshiasu) and Nathalie (ナタリー Natarī)
- Nightfly (ナイトフライ Naitofurai) and unknown horse
- Dixie Chicken (デã‚シー・ãƒã‚ン DikishÄ« Chikin) and Ramblin' Man (ランブリン・マン Ranburin Man)
- Caravan Serai (ã‚ャラãƒãƒ³ãƒ»ã‚µãƒ©ã‚¤ Kyaraban Sarai) and Moon Flower (ムーン・フラワー MÅ«n FurawÄ)
- Zenyatta Mondatta (ゼニヤッタ・モンダッタ Zeniyatta Mondatta) and Roxanne (ãƒã‚¯ã‚µãƒ¼ãƒŒ RokusÄnu)
- Nellyville (ãƒãƒªãƒ“ル Neribiru) and Country Grammar (カントリーグラマー KantorÄ« GuramÄ)
- Georgy Porgy (ジョージー・ãƒãƒ¼ã‚¸ãƒ¼ JÅjÄ« PÅjÄ«) and unknown horse
- Sloop John B (スループ・ジョン・B SurÅ«pu Jon BÄ«) and Catch a Wave (ã‚ャッãƒãƒ»ã‚¢ãƒ»ã‚¦ã‚§ã‚¤ãƒ´ Kyatchi A Weivu)
Valentine's assassins
- Pork Pie Hat Kid (ãƒãƒ¼ã‚¯ãƒ»ãƒ‘イ・ãƒãƒƒãƒˆå°åƒ§ PÅku Pai Hatto KozÅ)
- Pork Pie Hat Kid is sent by President Valentine to kill Gyro and retrieve the Corpse parts. His Stand Wired (ワイアード WaiÄdo) takes the form of a winch on his tongue and the hooks from the winch can travel through any object, so long as Pork Pie Hat has put a similar object in a pan of water that his hooks have gone through.
- Dr. Ferdinand (フェルディナンドåšå£« Ferudinando-hakase)
- Dr. Ferdinand is a geologist and paleontologist who has been studying the Devil's Palm since it granted him his Stand Scary Monsters (スケアリーモンスターズ SukearÄ« MonsutÄzu), enabling him to infect people with a virus that transforms them into dinosaurs under his thrall. He is devoted to President Valentine, wanting him to succeed in his plan to rule the world with the parts of the Saint.
- Ringo Roadagain (リンゴォ・ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ‰ã‚¢ã‚²ã‚¤ãƒ³ RingÅ RÅdoagein)
- Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (All-Star Battle)
- Ringo Roadagain is a gunman who lives on an orchard in the Steel Ball Run's path. Anyone who enters the orchard enters the thrall of his Stand Mandom (マンダムMandamu), which allows him to turn back time exactly 6 seconds. He is hired by the President to take Johnny and Gyro's Saint Corpse parts.
- Blackmore (ブラックモア Burakkmoa)
- Blackmore is another of the President's assassins who is sent to take the Corpse parts from Gyro and Johnny. His Stand Catch the Rainbow (ã‚ャッãƒãƒ»ã‚¶ãƒ»ãƒ¬ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒœãƒ¼ Kyatchi Za ReinbÅ) allows Blackmore to manipulate the flow of rain, stopping it and moving through it invisibly. Blackmore is initially successful in his attempt to take the Corpse parts and Lucy Steel back to the President, but he is distracted by a vision of the Saint himself (Jesus Christ) and Lucy helps Gyro and Johnny to kill him.
- Eleven Men (11人ã®ç”·ãŸã¡ JÅ«ichi-nin no Otoko-tachi)
- The eleven men are the next assassins sent by the President to face off against Gyro and Johnny in a bar, all experienced gunmen who use their shared stand Tatoo You! (TATOO YOU!(タトゥーユーï¼ï¼‰ TatÅ« YÅ«!), a tattoo on each of their backs that they can travel through. All seem to have writing in their hair. All die, except for the last who acquires the last of Johnny and Gyro's Corpse parts while they are under the thrall of the mysterious Stand-using tree.
- Mike O (マイク・O Maiku Ō)
- Mike O is one of President Valentine's bodyguards and assassins, sent to find the intruder and traitor amongst the President's assassins. His Stand Tubular Bells (ãƒãƒ¥ãƒ¼ãƒ–ラー・ベルズ ChÅ«burÄ Beruzu) allows him to turn metal objects into balloon animals that have the same properties as the animal they depict. Once they reach their target, they enter the target in their original form, such as an iron nail or a metal window blind.
- Wekapipo (ウェカピãƒ)
- Voiced by: Ken Narita (All-Star Battle)
- Wekapipo is a former member of the Neapolitan royal guard who is hired alongside Magent Magent to protect President Valentine and kill Gyro and Johnny. Also skilled in using the Rotation, Wekapipo uses a special Steel Ball known as Wrecking Ball (レッã‚ング・ボール(壊れゆã鉄çƒï¼‰ Rekkingu BÅru (Kowareyuku TekkyÅ«)) that releases a series of satellite balls that can blind the target. He soon sides with Gyro and Johnny after discovering that his sister, claimed by the President to have died, is alive and well.
- Magent Magent (マジェント・マジェント Majento Majento)
- Magent Magent is sent alongside Wekapipo to kill Gyro and Johnny. His Stand 20th Century Boy (20th Century BOY(トウェンティース・センãƒãƒ¥ãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒœãƒ¼ã‚¤ï¼‰ TowentÄ«su SenchurÄ« BÅi), a vest-like apparatus, makes him impervious to damage and even death so long as he is crouching down with his palms touching the ground. This is his undoing when he eventually is thrown into a river, using 20th Century Boy's power to keep him alive so long as he does not move. He hopes for rescue at the hands of Diego Brando, but he eventually stops waiting and stops thinking, much like Kars's ultimate fate in Battle Tendency.
- Axl RO (アクセル・RO Akuseru RÅ)
- Voiced by: Taku Yashiro (Eyes of Heaven)
- Axl RO is one of Valentine's bodyguards and a former soldier who let an entire town and his fellow infantrymen get massacred because of his disillusion with the war. The guilt he felt after this event manifests as his Stand Civil War (シビル・ウォー Shibiru WÅ), which can attack people through the guilt of things they have left behind through a membrane that suffocates them, but the membrane can be dissolved with water. Civil War also can resurrect Axl RO should he be killed and someone feel guilty for doing so. Then Axl RO's guilt is transferred to the assailant, compounding his powers. However, should Axl RO feel guilty for killing his target, Civil War's powers reverse onto him.
- D-I-S-C-O (ディ・ス・コ Di Su Ko)
- D-I-S-C-O is another one of Valentine's assassins sent to kill Johnny and Gyro to retrieve the last of the Corpse parts. He does nothing other than activate his Stand, Chocolate Disco (ãƒãƒ§ã‚³ãƒ¬ãƒ¼ãƒˆãƒ»ãƒ‡ã‚£ã‚¹ã‚³ ChokorÄ“to Disuko), and attack Gyro. Chocolate Disco takes the form of a grid-like arm band through which D-I-S-C-O can manipulate the position of objects by switching their positions on the grid.
Other characters
- Stephen Steel (スティーブン・スティール Sutībun Sutīru)
- Voiced by: Mitsuru Ogata (Vomic, All-Star Battle)
- Stephen Steel is the promoter of the Steel Ball Run and the elderly husband of Lucy Steel. Their marriage is one of love rather than passion.
- Gregorio Zeppeli (グレゴリオ・ツェペリ Guregorio Tseperi)
- Gregorio is Gyro's father, and the teacher of the Steel Ball and Rotation techniques.
- Marco (マルコ Maruko)
- Marco is a young boy from the Kingdom of Naples who was arrested and sentenced to death for a crime he could not have possibly committed. Gyro, upon learning of this travesty, argued for the boy's freedom, and was ordered by the King of Naples to participate in the Steel Ball Run. If he won, Marco would be freed. He shares his name with the Battle Tendency character Mark, a friend of Caesar Zeppeli who dies at the hands of the Pillar Men, spurring Caesar to fight against them.
- Nicholas Joestar (ニコラス・ジョースター Nikorasu JÅsutÄ)
- Nicholas is Johnny's older brother and a skilled jockey who died in a freak accident when Johnny was only five, apparently because of Johnny's pet rat Danny. Johnny tried to follow in his footsteps, but his father favored Nicholas more.
- Sugar Mountain (シュガー・マウンテン ShugÄ Maunten)
- Sugar Mountain is a young girl who has become trapped by a Stand-using tree's power, becoming its guardian. The tree's Stand takes the form of a spring at its base and has powers akin to Aesop's fable "The Honest Woodman". If someone drops something into the spring, it comes out as a much better form than when it entered. The tree then offers it back to its original owner via Sugar Mountain but the owner must acknowledge the original state of the item. If they lie, the tree kills them. If they tell the truth, they are given both but must use the items up or relinquish ownership through a transaction, or else they will replace Sugar Mountain as the tree's guardian.
- Scarlet Valentine (スカーレット・ヴァレンタイン SukÄretto Varentain)
- Scarlet Valentine is the First Lady of the United States, wife to President Funny Valentine. She is bisexual and slightly masochistic, and comes onto Lucy Steel. However, this is all a plan by Hot Pants and Lucy to kill Scarlet so Lucy can take her place and steal the President's Corpse parts. Her death causes Mike O to go mad.
Chapters
The first chapter title of each pair is the title that is used in the volumization of Steel Ball Run. The second title is the title used in the original serialization in Weekly ShÅnen Jump and starting with volume 5, Ultra Jump.
No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 (81) | September 25, 1890: San Diego Beach Issen Happyaku KyÅ«jÅ« Nen Kugatsu NijÅ«gonichi San Diego BÄ«chi (1890å¹´9月25æ—¥ サンディエゴビーãƒ) | May 20, 2004[2] | ISBN 4-08-873601-X | ||
| |||||
2 (82) | 1st Stage: 15,000 Meters FÄsuto SutÄ“ji 15,000 MÄ“toru (1st. STAGE 15,000メートル) | May 20, 2004[9] | ISBN 4-08-873613-3 | ||
| |||||
3 (83) | 2nd Stage: Arizona Desert Crossing Sekondo SutÄ“ji Arizona Sabaku Goe (2nd. STAGE ã‚¢ãƒªã‚¾ãƒŠç ‚æ¼ è¶Šãˆ) | November 4, 2004[3] | ISBN 4-08-873673-7 | ||
| |||||
4 (84) | Gyro Zeppeli's Mission Jairo Tseperi no Shukumei (ジャイãƒãƒ»ãƒ„ェペリã®å®¿å‘½) | November 4, 2004[10] | ISBN 4-08-873689-3 | ||
| |||||
5 (85) | The President's Conspiracy DaitÅryÅ no InbÅ (å¤§çµ±é ˜ã®é™°è¬€) | August 4, 2005[4] | ISBN 4-08-873845-4 | ||
| |||||
6 (86) | Scary Monsters SukearÄ« MonsutÄzu (スケアリー モンスターズ) | November 4, 2005[11] | ISBN 4-08-873890-X | ||
| |||||
7 (87) | A Little Grave on the Wide, Wide Prairie Hiroi Hiroi DaisÅgen no Chiisana BohyÅ (広ã„広ã„大è‰åŽŸã®å°ã•ãªå¢“標) | March 3, 2006[5] | ISBN 4-08-874117-X | ||
| |||||
8 (88) | To a Man's World Otoko no Sekai e (ç”·ã®ä¸–界ã¸) | May 2, 2006[12] | ISBN 4-08-874119-6 | ||
| |||||
9 (89) | A Stormy Night Is Coming Arashi no Yoru ga Yatte Kuru (åµã®å¤œãŒã‚„ã£ã¦ãã‚‹) | September 4, 2006[13] | ISBN 4-08-874147-1 | ||
| |||||
10 (90) | Illinois Skyline, Michigan Lakeline Irinoi Sukairain Mishigan Reikurain (イリノイ・スカイライン ミシガン・レイクライン) | November 2, 2006[14] | ISBN 4-08-874285-0 | ||
| |||||
11 (91) | Make the Golden Rectangle! ÅŒgon ChÅhÅkei o Tsukure! (黄金長方形をã¤ãれ!) | March 2, 2007[6] | ISBN 978-4-08-874336-3 | ||
| |||||
12 (92) | Conditions for the Body, Conditions for Friendship Itai e no JÅken YÅ«jÅ e no JÅken (éºä½“ã¸ã®æ¡ä»¶ 勿ƒ…ã¸ã®æ¡ä»¶) | May 2, 2007[15] | ISBN 978-4-08-874362-2 | ||
| |||||
13 (93) | Wrecking Ball Kowareyuku TekkyÅ« (壊れゆã鉄çƒ) | September 4, 2007[16] | ISBN 978-4-08-874420-9 | ||
| |||||
14 (94) | The Victor's Rights ShÅrisha e no Shikaku (å‹åˆ©è€…ã¸ã®è³‡æ ¼) | December 4, 2007[17] | ISBN 978-4-08-874438-4 | ||
| |||||
15 (95) | A Dream of Gettysburg GetisubÄgu no Yume (ゲティスãƒãƒ¼ã‚°ã®å¤¢) | May 2, 2008[7] | ISBN 978-4-08-874518-3 | ||
| |||||
16 (96) | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Itomo Tayasuku Okonawareru Egutsunai KÅi (ã„ã¨ã‚‚ãŸã‚„ã™ã行ã‚れる ãˆã’ã¤ãªã„行為) | September 4, 2008[8] | ISBN 978-4-08-874574-9 | ||
| |||||
17 (97) | D4C Dī FŠShī (D4C(ディ・フォー・シー)) | March 4, 2009[18] | ISBN 978-4-08-874648-7 | ||
| |||||
18 (98) | Ticket to Ride Chiketto Tu Raido (æ¶™ã®ä¹—車券(ãƒã‚±ãƒƒãƒˆãƒ»ã‚¥ãƒ»ãƒ©ã‚¤ãƒ‰ï¼‰) | July 3, 2009[19] | ISBN 978-4-08-874725-5 | ||
| |||||
19 (99) | Don't Get Used to Having Money Okane Mochi ni wa Narenai (ãŠé‡‘æŒã¡ã«ã¯ãªã‚Œãªã„) | November 4, 2009[20] | ISBN 978-4-08-874769-9 | ||
| |||||
20 (100) | Love Train – The World Is One Rabu Torein – Sekai wa Hitotsu (ラブトレイン-世界ã¯ã²ã¨ã¤) | March 9, 2010[21] | ISBN 978-4-08-870060-1 | ||
| |||||
21 (101) | Ball Breaker BÅru BureikÄ (ボール・ブレイカー) | July 2, 2010[22] | ISBN 978-4-08-870099-1 | ||
| |||||
22 (102) | Break My Heart, Break Your Heart Bureiku Mai HÄto Bureiku Yua HÄto (ブレイク・マイ・ãƒãƒ¼ãƒˆ ブレイク・ユア・ãƒãƒ¼ãƒˆ) | November 4, 2010[23] | ISBN 978-4-08-870160-8 | ||
| |||||
23 (103) | High Voltage Hai VorutÄ“ji (ãƒã‚¤ãƒ»ãƒ´ã‚©ãƒ«ãƒ†ãƒ¼ã‚¸) | May 19, 2011[24] | ISBN 978-4-08-870206-3 | ||
| |||||
24 (104) | The Stars and Stripes Forever SeijÅki yo Eien Nare (æ˜Ÿæ¡æ——よ æ°¸é ãªã‚Œ) | June 3, 2011[25] | ISBN 978-4-08-870253-7 | ||
|
Notes
Steel Ball Run: How the Race Got Started and Chapter 63 were only released in the volumization of Steel Ball Run.
References
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run (manga)". Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- 1 2 "Steel Ball Run Volume 01". Shueisha. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- 1 2 "Steel Ball Run Volume 03". Shueisha. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- 1 2 "Steel Ball Run Volume 05". Shueisha. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Steel Ball Run Volume 07". Shueisha. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- 1 2 "Steel Ball Run Volume 11". Shueisha. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- 1 2 "Steel Ball Run Volume 15". Shueisha. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- 1 2 "Steel Ball Run Volume 16". Shueisha. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 02". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 04". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 06". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 08". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 09". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 10". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 12". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 13". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 14". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 17". Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 18". Shueisha. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 19". Shueisha. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 20". Shueisha. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 21". Shueisha. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 22". Shueisha. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 23". Shueisha. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Steel Ball Run Volume 24". Shueisha. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Official Vomic page
- Steel Ball Run (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
|
|