Silver Chariot (1) is the one-hundred-twenty-fourth chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the eleventh chapter of Part III: Stardust Crusaders.
Summary
Soon after defeating Gray Fly, Kakyoin notes that, unlike him, the old man didn't have a spore controlling him. Avdol tells him that Gray Fly is known to cause accidents and steal his victim's valuables, so he was probably just hired by DIO. The group finds out that the pilots have had their tongues ripped out by Tower of Gray, and the plane is going down with damaged engines. To their surprise, Gray Fly reveals that he is still alive. He tells them that he successfully did what his Stand represents: interrupted their journey. With his last breath, he reveals that DIO controls many Stand users, and the group is sure to be killed even if they manage to land the plane.
Jotaro compliments the flight attendants for not screaming and panicking the passengers, while Joseph takes control of the plane, since he has piloted propeller planes before. Kakyoin warns him that they are in a jet, not a simple propeller plane, and Joseph remarks that this is the third plane he will have crashed.
The plane lands on the ocean and the passengers are soon rescued. Discussing their status on land, Joseph remembers that someone once wrote a book about a travel around the world in 80 days, so they still have time to reach Egypt. He decides to go by sea in order to not get innocent people killed, and the group is then approached by a French tourist named Jean Pierre Polnareff, who asks for help ordering food. Jotaro tells him to get lost, but Joseph helps the tourist and invites him to join them.
At the end of dinner, Polnareff holds a star-shaped food and holds it on his neck, wondering out loud where he might have seen that mark before. Surprising everyone, Polnareff attacks Joseph by stabbing his prosthetic hand, but is interrupted by Avdol. Polnareff throws Magician's Red's flames at a table and forms a fire clock with them, proclaiming he will kill them all before the clock reaches 12 o'clock.
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Stardust Crusaders (スターダストクルセイダース Sutādasuto Kuruseidāsu) is the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 1989 to April 1992. The arc is preceded by Battle Tendency and spans 152 chapters.
Summary
From 1988 to 1989,[1] the story follows Jotaro Kujo and his friends as they journey from Tokyo to Cairo, Egypt, to save the life of his mother, Holy Kujo, by defeating his family's resurrected archenemy, DIO.
Jotaro travels with his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, as well as Muhammad Avdol, Noriaki Kakyoin, Jean Pierre Polnareff, and Iggy. The group fights several of DIO's minions and Stand users along the way.
Major Battles
Publication
Volumes are published in English by VIZ Media, and in Italian by Star ComicsW.
English Language Edition
Stardust Crusaders was the first part to be officially released in English. The series is edited by Jason Thompson, author of Manga: The Complete GuideW.
Some names were altered for the English release, presumably for copyright reasons. Additionally, the character Devo was changed entirely.
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Minor edits were made to artwork where certain scenes of animal violence were redrawn by Hirohiko Araki for the English release. Japanese volume 15 (English volume 3) featured a single panel of a dog being decapitated which was redrawn from an alternate angle, and Japanese volume 18 (English volume 6) has several redrawn panels where a mutilated dog was changed into a large rat.
Due to a controversy regarding one scene involving DIO apparently reading the Qur'anW in the OVA, Viz Media and Shueisha paused publication for a year, even though the manga did not feature that specific scene. However, Shueisha had Araki (or his assistants) redraw scenes that depicted characters fighting on top of or destroying buildings resembling mosquesW. Viz resumed publication on April 7, 2009, with Volume 11.
Adaptations
Animation
- The official TV anime began airing in Japan on April 4, 2014.
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA), produced by Studio APPP; 1993 and 2001
Video Games
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Super Famicom), 1993
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future; Capcom, 1998
- The cast of Stardust Crusaders has the highest representation in All Star Battle.
- The Stardust Crusaders plays a major part in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven story mode.
Other
Gallery
Trivia
- This story was initially titled "Dai San Bu Kūjō Jōtarō: Mirai e no Isan" / "第三部 空条承太郎 ―未来への遺産" / (lit.) "Part 3 Kūjō Jōtarō: Heritage for the Future".
- Stardust Crusaders contains the most popularly known characters and episodes of the series; introducing JoJo's distinctive Stand phenomenon, and the emblematic protagonist Jotaro Kujo.
- Many characters were not named until the release of additional materials like the artbooks.
- Araki describes the basis for Part 3 as like a board game, traveling between a series of stops; and further inspiration from the film Around the World in 80 Days.[2]
- While he began plotting for this part, Araki first pitched it as a modern retelling of Dracula. There was only one person in the room who thought it was a good idea; the rest were utterly confused. His editors told him to have at least one Japanese character/story arc prior to this part, as they felt the story had too many foreign characters and settings for the comic's target audience.[3]
- Part 3 is the last part to feature any vampires or the Ripple ability.
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