Anyone who ever got into Jojo decided which part was their favorite, at some point. Some people like the sleepy and hometown-y feeling of Part 4, some people enjoy the over-the-top bravado and the bizarre race of the Pillar Men from Part 2, some people really enjoy Part 7 for his "going back to the roots" idea of basically rebooting Part 1 and Part 3.

And then comes Jojolion, the 8th part of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, an installment in the series that is for those who want a little bit of all of the above, taking the best from Part 2 and Part 4, using the iconic formula and style that Araki achieved in the past decade.

We're back to a familiar city, Morio-cho, where a young, naked boy with no name and no memories of his past emerges from a rocky hill after the Tōhoku earthquake, happened in 2011. As he discovers his power of "stealing" (and it's not mere stealing, we're talking about stealing immaterial things, like people's eyesight, or ground's friction), he's quickly introduced to his new life, his new family, his new love interest and a series of deadly foes that want his and his new family's heads, as he tries to bring back his past and to find out who he truly is.

The art style and the designs are masterful, probably the best Araki ever made. While we still have a little "same face syndrome" from Part 7 and a couple too many blank backgrounds, we can't deny the breathtaking designs of the characters, the stands and the overall sleepy world of a more country-sided Morio-cho. Like a true Rohan Kishibe follower, Araki takes what he can from the real world and twists it into a new, personal and fascinating universe.

Josuke, or as I like to call him, Gappy, the new Jojo, is really different from the one we've seen in the past. While he still recalls a couple of important traits from his ancestors, he's his own character: a cute, innocent and sometimes awkward teenager whose unusual personality (for the Jojo standards) breathes new air in a series that always saw violent macho-men and merciless, fabulous criminals as main characters.

We could divide the manga into three different "phases": the one where Gappy and his newfound family and friends fight with their stands, the one where Gappy explores Morio-cho and tries to found out clues about his past and the one where he just hangs out and interacts with the other characters. These three phases blend perfectly into each other, giving us the right amount of action and strategy from the fights but also enough time to learn and get attached to the characters, both the good ones and the evil ones.

The story isn't finished yet, but what else is there to say?
Jojolion is a new, fantastic installment in the +30 years running shonen masterpiece that is Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, that is both able of attracting new fans and keeping the old ones stuck to the most recent tankobons.

Like I said in the introduction, every Jojo fan has their favorite part. But despite which one is yours, you will love Jojolion.