Battle Tendency

This article is about the manga. For animated TV series adaptation, see JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (season 1) § Battle Tendency.

Battle Tendency
Cover of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure volume 8, featuring the Pillar Men (left to right: Wamuu, Esidisi, and Kars) and Joseph Joestar (foreground)
戦闘潮流
(Sentō Chōryū)
GenreAdventure, supernatural[1]
Manga
Written byHirohiko Araki
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 2, 1987 – March 27, 1989
Volumes7
Other media
Chronology

Battle Tendency (Japanese: 戦闘潮流, Hepburn: Sentō Chōryū) is the second story arc of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialized for around 1+1⁄2 years in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 2, 1987,[2] to March 27, 1989,[3] for 69 chapters, which were later collected into seven tankōbon volumes. In its original publication, it was referred to as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2 Joseph Joestar: His Proud Lineage (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第二部 ジョセフ・ジョースター —その誇り高き血統, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai Ni Bu Josefu Jōsutā Sono Hokoritakaki Kettō). The arc was preceded by Phantom Blood (1987) and followed by Stardust Crusaders (1989–1992).

Set in North America and Europe in 1938–39 around 50 years after Phantom Blood, the story follows Joseph Joestar and Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, descendants of Jonathan Joestar and Will A. Zeppeli from Phantom Blood who can manipulate sunlight-based energy called Hamon. Along with the Hamon master Lisa Lisa, Joseph and Caesar seek to prevent ancient humanoids called the Pillar Men, who invented the stone masks from Phantom Blood, from obtaining a powerful stone called the Super Aja, which would evolve them into ultimate beings and conquer their vulnerability to sunlight.

In 2012, Battle Tendency was digitally colored and released as digital downloads for smartphones and tablet computers. A four-volume re-release under the title JoJonium was published in 2014.[4] This version was licensed and released in North America by Viz Media in 2015 and 2016.[5]

Battle Tendency was adapted as part of the first season of David Production's 2012 anime television series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

  1. ^ "Read a Free Preview of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 2--Battle Tendency, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  2. ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ 1987/11/02 表示号数47 (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  3. ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ 1989/03/27 表示号数15 (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  4. ^ "コミックナタリー - 「ジョジョ」カラーページを完全再現した「JoJonium」刊行". Natalie.mu. September 19, 2013. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "JoJo's Bizarre Adventures: Battle Tendency Gets Print Edition in Fall 2015". Anime News Network. July 8, 2014. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2016.