77 [77] Stardust Crusaders Serialization Begins
Kurokawa Kazuya—
One thing went unnoticed...
After he obtained the power of the Pillar Man, protection from Counter Forece on him decreased!
This was natural...
The Pillar Man, if appearing in the real world, would pose a huge threat to the world, not just in terms of power but in other aspects too—
After all, no matter how strong the Pillar Man was, it was only relative to humans.
Anyone skilled in combat who served under the Counter Force could surpass the Pillar Man!
However, what made the Pillar Man truly formidable, even more so than their strength, was their ability to learn and adapt—
They had the intelligence to learn a new language with just a few words. When it came to learning magecraft—
In this case, within a short time, there might be a dangerous magus emerging.
As for Magic Circuits?
For ordinary people, it might be challenging, but for a Pillar Man who could control their own body at will, simulating Magic Circuits within their body wasn't impossible.
But that's not all—back in the distant Age of Gods.
On this planet, there existed beings known as "Phantasmal Species," which were also a form of life—
If Kurokawa Kazuya were to become the Ultimate Life Form...
Then, it would be fine as long as he didn't encounter these phantasmal species. He would still be an Ultimate Life Form on the level of Kars. However, what would happen once he encountered them?
The Ultimate Life Form: Possessing the abilities of all living beings, and surpassing them—
In other words, he would gain the abilities of all the phantasmal species he had seen and combine them into one! It's important to note that many phantasmal species were formidable beings that not even Heroic Spirits could handle.
When it came to Servants, it was a different story, as Servants couldn't be considered ordinary living beings anymore.
But humans were different. With the learning ability of the Ultimate Life Form, he could potentially acquire all the attributes of magus worldwide and—
Master all forms of magecraft, and perhaps even transcend magecraft!
Moreover, the Ultimate Life Form's extreme resilience meant that if he scattered his cells throughout the world...
Perhaps, unless the entire planet was destroyed, there would be no way to kill him.
Although he might not necessarily become an enemy.
However, Counter Force had given up its protection on him, its influence on him...
Hmm... In reality, these were all surface reasons, right?
The deeper reason was...
If Kurokawa Kazuya continued to remain oblivious to the true nature of this world... someone wouldn't be able to fulfill their promise, unable to make their entrance.
So, she wanted to see, she wanted to see what choices he would make...
The matter of the Pillar Man was just a matter of the Counter Force sensing that this was the most suitable time.
...
[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders.]
This manga has finally been released!
1987...
This year was also very important for JUMP—
Last year, Kazuya ranked first on the Japanese tax rankings with a tax amount of almost 297.78 million yen, about to break the 300 million mark. That same year, Takahashi Rumiko ranked sixth with a tax amount of 147.54 million yen!
In the top ten, there were unexpectedly two mangaka! This incident caused a sensation throughout Japan and had a significant impact on the manga world worldwide. In Japan, countless people started pursuing a career as mangaka.
As JUMP had already achieved a sales volume of over 5.5 million copies, it naturally became the benchmark and attracted many aspiring mangaka.
Although most of them couldn't even complete a full story, there were still some shining works among them!
And—
Different from this era's original works, [Fate] brought a different style of art and storytelling to this world. As a result, many people started submitting dark ensemble cast manga like this to JUMP.
As for JOJO...
In fact, JOJO's first and second parts hadn't exceeded the scope of this era, and their abilities were still relatively mainstream for that time.
However—
Now, Part 3 was starting serialization.
With different Stand abilities, just like Jotaro Kujo's Stand—punching with its own power in an instant!
It shattered the entire manga world!
Iwamoto Yu, who had been quiet for so long, finally reached the latest issue of the manga and felt that it was time for [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure] to shine...
He seemed to see it. The manga world was originally like a mirror with countless manga on its surface. Then, on this day! Today! That man shouted "Ora ora" with his Stand and punched the mirror, shattering it—
He took his step into this era!
"JUMP has been getting better and better lately," Iwamoto Yu mused.
"Yeah, who could deny that... The all-new [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure], [Hokuto no Ken], [Dragon Ball], [Captain Tsubasa], and even [City Hunter] have been getting more interesting. And lately, [Saint Seiya] is also quite captivating," Takashi Motoki, his former colleague and boss, said enviously.
Now, Iwamoto Yu had been promoted to a team leader, which meant he had upgraded!
There were several others who had been promoted as well because JUMP had changed its editor-in-chief last year. The new editor-in-chief's name was "Goto Hiroki."
"Ah, finally, this day has come... Stardust Crusaders..."
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure had a significant influence.
Especially starting with Part 3, how extensive was its influence?
Leaving aside other details, let's talk about something everyone knows. Because of their love for JOJO, in 2001, a young man started a subtitle translation group.
From then on— that teenagers were freed from waiting for a monthly release of bootleg manga, and online serialization became the mainstream!
Without JOJO, there might not have been subtitle translation groups, but they would have certainly come later!
"The report is in—!"
"Report? Let me see it!" Iwamoto Yu eagerly asked for it and, as expected, when he saw it, he couldn't help but be delighted, clenching his fist!
[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders, the first issue of the new serialization. Report—First Place! 56 votes!]
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