Thread:Neetaku/@comment-1037137-20181028073715/@comment-24407809-20181029214044

The quickest way would be for you to read the summary of the series on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series page, but the short and sweet version is that the series follows different generations of the Joestar family, with stories taking place in the 1880s to 2012.

The big draw to it for me was the multi-generational aspect. The series is not quite an anthology, as it still tells a linear story, with many characters returning and appearing in multiple arcs, but it still rotates out old characters and replaces them with new characters in order to keep the series fresh. It also offers a unique opportunity for the author to compare new protagonists to old ones (a major theme of the series is having new Joestar family members having to come to terms with the legacies that their predecessors have left behind), which allows for a lot of interesting character work to be done.

The other big draw for me is that although JoJo is inspired by series such as Dragon Ball, which are all about getting more powerful to defeat your enemies, JoJo opts for a more cerebral approach to combat. The main characters have a specific set of powers, with clearly defined limitations, and the battles in JoJo are propelled by the characters finding ways to utilize the powers they have in ways that will compensate for any weaknesses that they might have.