Battle Tendency

The second part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series takes place in the 1930s, and follows the misadventures of Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar, as he fights vampires and ancient super beings with some help from a Cybernetic Enhanced Nazi, a mysterious Ripple master and an Italian man he has a lot in common with.

Plot Summary
Joseph lives in New York with his grandmother Erina and seems to have inherited the power of the Ripple, as he has a natural ability to use it. When old family friend, Speedwagon is reported dead (or missing) in Mexico, Joseph takes it on himself to go check it out. His curiosity is piqued when he is attacked in New York City by an old friend turned vampire. When he goes to Mexico he discovers a secret underground Nazi facility where the Nazis are trying to revive a man who seems to have been trapped in a stone pillar for 2,000 years. Here Joseph meets the Nazi Stroheim.

Unfortunately the Nazis are successful in awakening the man, who is christened "Santana" before he kills most of them. Joseph and Stroheim battle Santana and manage to defeat him, though Stroheim is fatally wounded.

Joseph then heads to Rome, where three more "sleeping pillar men" have been discovered. In Rome, Joseph meets Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, a trained hamon user near his age who is supposed to show Joseph the ropes. Before they can do anything besides arguing (Caesar Zeppeli is a descendant of the top hat wearing, wine drinking mentor of Jonathan Joestar. Caesar blames Jonathan Joestar for killing his grand father with his incompetence), they find themselves present when the three sleeping men awaken after their 2,000 year nap. These creatures are something like vampire gods; it turns out that they created the stone mask that turned Dio into a vampire. These three are named Wamuu, Esidisi, and Kars, and their goal is to find the "Red Stone of Aja," which, used with a stone mask, will allow them to become ultimate life forms.

They are extremely powerful; untrained Joseph doesn't stand a chance. Luckily, he manages to talk them out of killing him. Wamuu and Esidisi both end up giving Joseph "wedding rings" which are internal time bombs set to release poison into his blood if he doesn't defeat them within a month. Joseph realizes that he'll have to train or he's going to die, and Caesar introduces Joseph to his master, the beautiful (and extremely talented) Lisa Lisa.

However, before the month is up, Esidisi finds out that Lisa Lisa has the Red Stone of Aja and comes to take it. Joseph uses his new skills to defeat Esidisi, thus earning the wrath of Wamuu and Kars (who previously thought of him as an amusement rather than a threat).

While on pursuit Joseph is reunited with the supposedly-deceased Stroheim, who has been rebuilt by Nazi science as a powerful cyborg, but Stroheim's machine body is quickly cut in half by Kars, who uses the "light mode" (a blade that extends from his arm spins so fast that it reflects light in irregular fashion giving the illusion of a glowing sword). In Switzerland the group discovers the location of Wamuu and Kars. Knowing Wamuu and Kars' vulnerability to sunlight, everyone is eager to face them during the day except JoJo. Caesar can't accept this and Joseph and Caesar fight.

Apparently Caesar's father disappeared during his youth, growing up as a thug hating his father, he later finds him. Caesar is eager to kill his father who has abandoned him, but to his surprise Caesar's dad didn't go out to enjoy himself. Following his father to the base of the Colosseum where the three monster sleep, Caesar tries to touch a gem that is embedded in the wall. To his surprise, his father pushes him out of the way and saves Caesar from the wall's trap. Caesar's father is quickly consumed by the flesh of the monsters in their dormant form and leaves a final message to him, telling him to inform Lisa Lisa that the three monsters in the wall will awaken soon.

Disregarding the warnings Caesar approaches the mansion where Wamuu and Kars are residing. Caesar is soon greeted by Wamuu and they fight. It appears that Caesar has the advantage as he nearly fries Wamuu with Ripple and refracted sun light, but Wamuu quickly counters his attack with his "holy sand storm" and Caesar loses his ability to use the Ripple. When Wamuu, satisfied with the victory, tries to leave, Caesar jumps up and tears out his lip piercing that contains the antidote to JoJo's poison ring. Before he dies from being crushed by a stone slab, Caesar uses his final Ripple to make a bubble out of his blood containing the antidote ring. Wamuu sees this but, respecting Caesar as a valiant warrior, he lets the bubble float away. When Joseph and Lisa Lisa arrive too late JoJo finds the bubble and vows not to drink the antidote until he personally has beaten Wamuu.

Joseph then defeats Wamuu in a deadly chariot race and the final showdown against Kars begins. First, keeping his promise, he fights the beautiful Lisa Lisa and though he promised to fight her one-on-one, he lies and sacrifices one of his weaker Vampires and is able to defeat her. Angered by Kars' trickery, Joseph then challenges Kars who looks upon Joseph as a weak Ripple user and not even worth fighting seriously. It all seems to be over in this fight against Kars until Stroheim(who has once again been brought back to life because of Nazi Science) and the Nazis, Speedwagon, and Smokey arrive to help Joseph. It is here that the reader also finds out that Lisa Lisa is also the biological mother of Joseph. After using the powers of Ultra violet rays of light it seems that Kars has been killed and the world has been saved. But all is not as it seems. Kars was not only able to place on a stone mask that he had been hiding on his person, but fused with the powers of the Red Stone of Aja, Kars becomes the Ultimate Life form. Now Joseph and the group are frantically trying to think of a way to be this so called Unbeatable lifeform and it seems that victory has once again arrived in Joseph's hands when he is able to send Kars inside an active volcano. But the fight was still not over. Kars was able to cover himself in an armor made of rock and protect himself from the molten lava. It looked like this would be the gruesome end of not only the Joestar's but the world itself, until the volcano erupts and sends both Joseph and Kars flying. Kars is sent into space and though he tries to fly back down to Earth to finish the job, a defense mechanism of his kicks in, freezing his body solid making him unable to travel back to Earth. The battle was finally over and Joseph was able to save the world from Kars' evil.

Weeks later the group of Erina, Lisa Lisa, Messina, Smokey, and Speedwagon pay their respects as they have a funeral for the assumed to be dead Joseph Joestar, but to their surprise Joseph wasn't dead! After falling back down from the sky he ends up in Italy where he is helped by some local fisherman. After finding and marrying Lisa Lisa's assistant, Suzie Q he returns back to America to find his friends. (Though he is annoyed to find that Suzie had not send them the message that he was still alive.) After all the loose ends are accounted for and the lives of the characters are explained, Part 2 ends with the now aged Joseph at a Japanese air port which leads us to the next part in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Series.

Like part one, part two is heavily influenced by the manga Fist of the North Star.

Chapters
The first three chapters of Part II: Battle Tendency are included in Volume 5. {|class="wikitable" !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Title ! Chapters ! Release Date ! ISBN ! Cover !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Volume 5: The Final Ripple (最後の波紋 Saigo no Hamon) !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Volume 6: JoJo vs. The Ultimate Life-Form (JoJo vs.究極生物 Jojo tai Kyūkyoku Seibutsu) !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Volume 7: The Red Stone of Aja (エイジャの赤石 Eija no Sekiseki) !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Volume 8: The Final Trial (最終試練! Saishū Shiren!) !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Volume 9: Rushing Towards the Cliff of Death (死の崖へつっ走れ Shi no Gake e Tsuppashire) !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Volume 10: The Crimson Bubble (鮮赤のシャポン Senseki no Shabon) !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Volume 11: The Warrior Returning to the Wind (風にかえる戦士 Kaze ni Kaeru Senshi) !style="text-align: center" colspan=5| Volume 12: Birth of the Ultimate Being (超生物の誕生! Chō Seibutsu no Tanjō!)
 * 045. New York's JoJo (ニューヨークのジョジョ Nyū Yōku no Jojo)
 * 046. The Living Statue (生きた彫像 Ikita Chōzō)
 * 047. Painful News (悲痛なしらせ Hitsū na Shirase)
 * (JP) August 10, 1988
 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851130-6
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 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851130-6
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 * 048. Straizo's Ambition (ストレイツォの野望 Sutoreitso no Yabō)
 * 049. The Game Master (ゲームの達人 Gēmu no Tatsujin)
 * 050. The Immortal Monster (不死身の化け物 Fujimi no Bakemono)
 * 051. Cold and Cruel, Straizo (冷酷非情ストレイツォ Reikoku Hijō Sutoreitso)
 * 052. Nazis and the "Man in the Pillar" (ナチスと”柱の男” Nachisu to "Hashira no Otoko")
 * 053. "Man in the Pillar" Resurrection Project (”柱の男”蘇生実験 "Hashira no Otoko" Sosei Jikken)
 * 054. "Man in the Pillar" vs. Man With the Stone Mask (”柱の男”対石仮面の男 "Hashira no Otoko" tai Ishi Kamen no Okoto)
 * 055. The Tracker in the Desert (砂漠の追尾者 Sabaku no Tsuibisha)
 * 056. Santana Vanishes (消えたサンタナ Kieta Santana)
 * 057. JoJo vs. The Ultimate Life-Form (JoJo vs.究極生物 Jojo tai Kyūkyoku Seibutsu)
 * (JP) October 7, 1988
 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851062-0
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 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851062-0
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 * 058. The Ripple and the Ultimate Life-Form (究極生物に波紋! Kyūkyoku Seibutsu ni Hamon!)
 * 059. The Perfect Plan!! (完璧なる作戦っ!! Kanpeki naru Sakusen!!)
 * 060. Stroheim's Determination (シュトロハイムの覚悟 Shutorohaimu no Kakugo)
 * 061. The End of A Proud Man (誇り高き男の最後! Hokori Takaki Otoko no Saigo!)
 * 062. The Spaghetti Battle (スパゲッティーの戦い Supagettī no Tatakai)
 * 063. The Pigeon and the Girl (ハトと女の子 Hato to Onna no Ko)
 * 064. The Red Stone of Aja (エイジャの赤石 Eija no Sekiseki)
 * 065. The Truth That Hides in the Mouth of Truth (真実の口にひそむ真実 Shinjitsu no Kuchi ni Hisomu Shinjitsu)
 * 066. The Ultimate Warrior Wamuu (究極戦士ワムウ Kyūkyoku Senshi Wamū)
 * 067. Special Attack: JoJo Clackers! (必殺!JoJoクラッカー Hissatsu!Jojo Kurakkā)
 * (JP) December 6, 1988
 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851063-7
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 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851063-7
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 * 068. The "Blood Clock" Battle (”血時計”の戦い 'Chidokei' no Tatakai)
 * 069. Qualification of a Hero (ヒーローの資格 Hīrō no Shikaku)
 * 070. The Wedding Ring of Death (死の結婚指輪 Shi no Uedingu Ringu)
 * 071. The Master of Venice (ヴェネチアの達人 Venechia no Tatsujin)
 * 072. The Training of A Ripple Warrior (波紋戦士の試練 Hamon Senshi no Shiren)
 * 073. Concentrated Ripple Power (一点集中波紋パワー Itten Shūchū Hamon Pawā)
 * 074. The All-Or-Nothing Gamble (一か八かの賭け Ichi ka Bachi ka no Kake)
 * 075. Ripple Master JoJo (波紋達人JoJo Hamon Masutā Jojo)
 * 076. The Final Trial (最終試練! Saishū Shiren!)
 * 077. The Fruits of Harassment (しごきの成果 Shigoki no Seika)
 * (JP) February 10, 1989
 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851064-4
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 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851064-4
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 * 078. The Disturbing Esidisi (エシディシの不気味 Eshidishi no Bukimi)
 * 079. Laying Some Elaborate Traps (深く罠をはれ! Fukaku Wana o Hare!)
 * 080. An Ensured Victory (決定されていた勝利 Kettei sarete ita Shōri)
 * 081. The Insidious Demon! (忍び寄る魔! Shinobiyoru Ma!)
 * 082. The Stolen Body (奪われた肉体 Ubawareta Nikutai)
 * 083. Chasing the Red Stone to Switzerland (スイスに赤石を追え Suisu ni Sekiseki o Oe)
 * 084. The Mysterious Nazi Officer (謎のナチス軍人 Nazo no Nachisu Gunjin)
 * 085. Kars, Light Mode (カーズ”光の流法” Kāzu 'Hikari no Mōdo')
 * 086. Rushing Towards the Cliff of Death (死の崖へつっ走れ Shi no Gake e Tsuppashire)
 * (JP) April 10, 1989
 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851065-1
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 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851065-1
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 * 087. Fight to the Death For 175 Meters (死闘175m Shitō 175m)
 * 088. Caesar - The Anger From the Past (シーザー過去からの怒り Shīzā Kako kara no Ikari)
 * 089. Caesar's Lonely Youth (シーザー孤独の青春 Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun)
 * 090. The Horrifying Ghostly Man (鬼気!幻の男 Kiki! Maboroshi no Otoko)
 * 091. The Fight Between Light and Wind!! (光と風の激突!! Hikari to Kaze no Gekitotsu!!)
 * 092. The Crimson Bubble (鮮赤のシャポン Senseki no Shabon)
 * 093. Caesar's Final Ripple (シーザー最後の波紋 Shīzā Saigo no Hamon)
 * 094. Lisa Lisa and Her Silk Dance (絹の舞いリサリサ Shiruku no Mai Risa Risa)
 * 095. The Hundred vs. Two Strategy (100対2のかけ引き 100 tai 2 no Kakehiki)
 * (JP) June 9, 1989
 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851066-8
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 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851066-8
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 * 096. The Skeleton Heel Stone (骸骨の踵石 Gaikotsu no Kakato Ishi)
 * 097. Furious Struggle From Ancient Times (荒ぶる古の戦 Araburu Inishie no Ikusa)
 * 098. Moonlight Start! (月光のスタート! Gekō no Sutāto!)
 * 099. The Pillar and the Hammer (柱とハンマー! Hashira to Hanmā!)
 * 100. A Trickery Genius (天才的イカサマ師 Tensaiteki Ikasama Shi)
 * 101. A True Warrior (真の格闘者 Shin no Kakutōsha)
 * 102. Shoot Symmetrically! (対象点上を撃て! Taishō Tenjō o Ute!)
 * 103. The Final Mode of the Wind (風の最終流法 Kaze no Fainaru Mōdo)
 * 104. The Warrior Returning to the Wind (風にかえる戦士 Kaze ni Kaeru Senshi)
 * (JP) August 10, 1989
 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851067-5
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 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851067-5
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 * 105. Treachery at the Temple of Sacrifice (悪逆!生贄の神殿 Akugyaku! Ikenie no Shinden)
 * 106. The Link Between Lisa Lisa and JoJo (リサリサ、JoJoを結ぶ絆 Risa Risa, Jojo o Musubu Kizuna)
 * 107. JoJo's Ultimate Ripple (JoJo 最期の波紋 Jojo Saigo no Hamon)
 * 108. The Tragedy of George Joestar (ジョージ·ジョースターの悲劇 Jōji Jōsutā no Higeki)
 * 109. Birth of the Ultimate Being (超生物の誕生! Chō Seibutsu no Tanjō!)
 * 110. JoJo's Final Bet (JoJo 最後の賭け! Jojo Saigo no Kake!)
 * 111. The Man Who Became A God! (神となった男!! Kami to Natta Otoko!!)
 * 112. The Phenomenal Power of the Red Stone (驚異の赤石パワー Kyōi no Sekiseki Pawā)
 * 113. The Comeback (帰ってきた男 Kaette kita Otoko)
 * (JP) October 9, 1989
 * (JP) ISBN 978-4-08-851068-2
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