JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak explained

Ja Kanji:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 クレイジー・の悪霊的失恋
Ja Romaji:Jojo no Kimyō na Bōken: Kureijī Daiyamondo no Akuryō-teki Shitsuren
Type:manga
Author:Kouhei Kadono
Illustrator:Tasuku Karasuma
Publisher:Shueisha
Demographic:Seinen
Imprint:Jump Comics
Magazine:Ultra Jump
First:December 18, 2021
Last:May 19, 2023
Volumes:3
Volume List:
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak is a Japanese manga series written by Kouhei Kadono and drawn by Tasuku Karasuma. It is a spin-off from Hirohiko Araki's manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, narratively set between its third and fourth parts. It was serialized by Shueisha in their monthly magazine Ultra Jump from December 2021 to May 2023, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. A light novel adaptation, also written by Kadono, was released in June 2023.[1]

Plot

Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak is a spin-off from Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and is set in March 1999, a decade after the events of Stardust Crusaders and a month before the events of Diamond Is Unbreakable.[2] Ten years after Dio's death, Hol Horse is among those who survived Dio and attempt to resume their normal lives. One day, Hol Horse accepts a request from the mother of Pet Shop's original owner to find her son's other pet, a parrot named Petsounds who also possesses a Stand. Following an encounter with Mariah, Hol Horse enlists Boingo to aid him with the latter's Stand Tohth, which advises the two to visit Morioh. There, the two encounter high school freshman Josuke Higashikata, as well as Ryoko Kakyoin, Noriaki Kakyoin's cousin who blames herself for causing her cousin's meeting with Dio and eventual death.[3] [4] Eventually, it is revealed that Petsounds is being used by a police officer named Kazuki Karaiya, the grandson of a surviving member of the vampires that the Pillar Man Kars created in the 1930s, who believes he has the right to rule over others. After the villain's defeat, Hol Horse tells Ryoko about her cousin's fate, and the heroes part amicably.

Characters

Production and release

Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak is written by Kouhei Kadono and drawn by Tasuku Karasuma, and is the second JoJo's Bizarre Adventure spin-off manga after Araki's Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe.[5] The manga started its serialization in Shueisha's monthly seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump on December 18, 2021.[6] The series finished on May 19, 2023.[7] Shueisha published the series in three collected tankōbon volumes from June 17, 2022, to June 19, 2023.[4] It is planned to be released in French by Delcourt/Tonkam starting in 2024.[8] It is also set to be released in English by Viz Media starting in Q4 2024.[9]

Reception

Volume 1 of the series debuted with an estimated 35,000 copies sold, as the seventeenth highest selling comic of the week on the Japanese Oricon sales charts,[10] with an additional 38,000 copies in its second week.[11] The second volume debuted higher, at ninth place with 54,000 copies sold.[12] By December 2022, Shueisha reported that the series had reached 300,000 copies in circulation, including digital sales.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-790118-4. ja:クレイジーDの悪霊的失恋 -ジョジョの奇妙な冒険より-/上遠野 浩平/荒木 飛呂彦. ja. April 19, 2023. Shueisha. May 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230421152500/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-790118-4. April 21, 2023. live.
  2. Web site: https://dengekionline.com/articles/115078/. ja:仗助とホル・ホースが邂逅し、物語は動き出す!『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』スピンオフ1話が公開中. ja. January 21, 2022. Dengeki Online. ASCII Media Works. December 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221219151425/https://dengekionline.com/articles/115078/. December 19, 2022. live.
  3. Web site: https://dengekionline.com/articles/164062/. ja:意外! ホル・ホースと東方杖助のコンビッ!! 『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 クレイジー・Dの悪霊的失恋』2巻。一方、花京院典明の死の真相を追う涼子は…. ja. December 16, 2022. Dengeki Online. ASCII Media Works. December 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221219131557/https://dengekionline.com/articles/164062/. December 19, 2022. live.
  4. Web site: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/481934. ja:「ジョジョ」第3部と第4部の狭間描くスピンオフ「クレイジー・Dの悪霊的失恋」1巻. ja. June 17, 2022. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. December 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112132049/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/481934. November 12, 2022. live.
  5. Web site: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Manga Gets New Multi-Chapter Story (Updated). Pineda. Rafael Antonio. March 21, 2022. Anime News Network. December 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221109134338/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-21/thus-spoke-kishibe-rohan-manga-gets-new-multi-chapter-story/.183818. November 9, 2022. live.
  6. Web site: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/458217. ja:「ジョジョ」初のスピンオフマンガがUJで開幕!藍本松が描く6部題材の読切も. ja. December 18, 2021. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. December 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221219131559/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/458217. December 19, 2022. live.
  7. Web site: ja:「The JOJOLands」クリファイルがUJに 上遠野浩平&カラスマタスクのスピンオフは完結. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/525332. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. May 20, 2023. ja. May 19, 2023. May 19, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230519171616/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/525332. live.
  8. Web site: La saga Jojo's Bizarre Adventure va encore s'étoffer grace à Delcourt/Tonkam. fr. December 26, 2023. Manga-News.com. January 31, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230130073311/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2023/01/26/La-saga-Jojos-Bizarre-Adventure-va-encore-setoffer-grace-a-Delcourt/Tonkam. January 30, 2023. live.
  9. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Viz Media Licenses Trillion Game, Otaku Vampire's Love Bite, Spider-Man: Octo Girl, X-Men, More Manga for Fall 2024. Anime News Network. February 2, 2024. February 2, 2024.
  10. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/obc/w/2022-06-27/p/2/. ja:オリコン週間 コミックランキング 2022年06月13日~2022年06月19日. ja. 2. June 27, 2022. Oricon. December 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220624091031/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/obc/w/2022-06-27/p/2/. June 24, 2022. dead.
  11. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/obc/w/2022-07-04/p/2/. ja:オリコン週間 コミックランキング 2022年06月20日~2022年06月26日. ja. 2. July 4, 2022. Oricon. December 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220703135706/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/obc/w/2022-07-04/p/2/. July 3, 2022. dead.
  12. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/obc/w/2023-01-02/. ja:オリコン週間 コミックランキング 2022年12月19日~2022年12月25日. 1. ja. January 2, 2023. Oricon. December 30, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221230064911/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/obc/w/2023-01-02/. December 30, 2022. dead.
  13. Web site: https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/news/news-5499/. ja:ウルトラジャンプ2023年1月特大号発売!. ja. December 19, 2022. Ultra Jump. Shueisha. December 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221221235314/https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/news/news-5499/. December 21, 2022. live.