The thirty-fourth comic: #532 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Going through a bunch of manga, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is one of the famous, long running series. Running for thirty years, it follows members of the family of Joestars, who all possess certain mystical powers, and have to fight certain villains.

Each character gets a section of the story, with the previous sometimes making appearances as side characters - if they survive. There's still always a main JoJo, and what has been interesting is how their stories have differed. The first is straight-laced, the good boy who can't keep up with the perfect adopted son. The second and third are more callous, but on different levels - they are quite different characters still. They grow throughout, learning to control their powers - although again, this feels like they do it on different levels. And that's what is interesting: the adventures for all of them are quite different from each other.

The downside is that the battles can feel disjointed and, in places, with too many fakeouts and new powers introduced out of nowhere - and so often it doesn't need to matter. I guess it's a staple for the genre, but I didn't care too much and it seemed unnecessary.

Also, I'm not sure what's so bizarre about the adventure.

Even so, it looks good and it's a really compelling story.