JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure creator, Hirohiko Araki, has finally revealed details about the upcoming part 9 story, JOJOLANDS. Shortly after the ending of part 8 of the franchise, JoJolion, it was announced that JoJo would, in fact, receive a part 9 titled JOJOLANDS. No information about JOJOLANDS was given at the time, and a year after the initial announcement, there’s still very little known about it, not even when it’s supposed to start.
There’s still no word on when JOJOLANDS is supposed to start, but at the very least, new details about the story have finally been revealed. In a recent interview with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki, it was revealed that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: JOJOLANDS will focus on the Joestar bloodline and will be about the descendants of the alternate version of Joseph Joestar introduced at the end of JoJolion (via jojo-news.com). On the whole, that doesn’t say much, especially about whether JoJolion’s story will be continued, but it does create the idea of JOJOLANDS taking the series back to its roots, and that’s something to look forward to.
JOJOLANDS Can Bring Back JJBA’s Most Important Plot Point
The biggest benefit to JOJOLANDS’ plot is that it can allow JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure to bring back the series’ most important plot point: the Joestar family. The ongoing struggles of the Joestar family across generations was originally the focal point of the series, but after the reboot with Steel Ball Run, that aspect of Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure became largely irrelevant. Araki’s comments, however, suggest that the Joestar bloodline will be important to JOJOLANDS’ story, and that could be interesting to see after so many years of the Joestar bloodline being largely irrelevant to the series.
JOJOLANDS Needs To Finish JoJolion’s Story
The major story beats of JOJOLANDS are still unknown right now, but whatever ends up happening, it needs to find a way to finish JoJolion’s story. Throughout its ten-year run, JoJolion set up many plot points that, for whatever reason, were never resolved by the time the series ended. Some of them were relatively minor like the baby who appeared on the same day as Johnny’s death, but other unresolved plot threads were far more important such as the man who appeared in Josuke’s memory of Kira, Josefumi Kujo being a Joestar, and Holly still needing a cure for her illness.
Ultra Jump’s JoJolion left a lot of story threads hanging, but it wouldn’t be impossible for JOJOLANDS to resolve them. Josefumi’s heritage could be explained by him being one of Joseph’s descendants, which would make sense with his resemblance to the original Josuke Higashikata. Additionally, finding a cure for Holly could easily be continued in JOJOLANDS, and the man in Josuke’s memory could be introduced as an ally or antagonist at some point. There’s no way of knowing if JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure will follow up on JoJolion in its next installment, but at the very least, it wouldn’t be hard to do.
