JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2 Battle Tendency Vol 1-4 Collection 4 Books Bundle

Battle Tendency Deluxe #1-4

by Hirohiko Araki

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2 Battle Tendency Vol 1-4 Collection 4 Books Bundle. Description:- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency Volume 1 The beginning of the Battle Tendency Arc! The Joestar family is called upon to do battle against evil again! This time, it's Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar! And his enemies are more powerful and diabolical than ever! Behold! The terror of the Pillar Men! For older teen audiences. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 2--Battle Tendency Volume 2 The battle against evil takes a diabolical twist as more Pillar Men awaken! Now it is up to Joseph Joestar and his new ally Caesar Zeppeli to try and stop their nefarious plan! But these are creatures of unimaginable power, and JoJo and Caesar will have to get a lot stronger to even stand a chance! For older teen audiences. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 2--Battle Tendency, Vol. 3 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a groundbreaking manga famous for its outlandish characters, wild humor and frenetic battles. A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil! JoJo and Caesar face their most powerful foe yet-the leader of the Pillar Men! Armed with the ability to create a weapon from any part of his body, he is more than a match for JoJo and his allies. And now that his brethren have fallen, he's got a score to settle. Prepare for a battle unlike any before! JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 2--Battle Tendency, Vol. 4 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a groundbreaking manga famous for its outlandish characters, wild humor and frenetic battles. A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil! The conclusion of the fight against the Pillar Men! It has been a long and perilous journey for JoJo and his allies. Many battles have been fought and many lives lost.

Genres: Manga, Comics

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Hirohiko Araki ( 荒木飛呂彦) is a Japanese manga artist. He left school before graduation from Miyagi University of Education.

He enjoys the baseball manga Kyojin No Hoshii (Star of the Giants); the video games Mario Kart and Bomberman; and likes Prince and other African-American singers, as well as jazz, rock, and rap.

He is a recipient the Tezuka Award for manga.

Reviews

[Vicente Ribes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Segundo arco de Jojo. Esta vez en el entorno de la segunda guerra mundial, con robots, nazis y tres villanos con los peculaires nombres de Cars, Wham y ACDC, así tal cual X).
En este el autor introduce más humor pero la trama a veces se alarga tontamente. Lo mejor los paisajes y lugares que los protagonistas visitan para entrenarse o pelear con sus enemigos.

[Kapitol Tank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pack de Battle Tendency con los cuatro tomos que incluyen los 69 capítulos más textos extra.
En la primera edición japonesa se había editado en 7 tankoubon.

[Jack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part 2 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is by far one of my favorite parts of the manga to date. While this part is very early on in Araki's career as a writer and illustrator, this part hits all the right notes for me which makes it one of my favorite stories period. Battle Tendency, the name of the part, also has one of my favorite protagonists in the series: Joseph Joestar. While Johnathan Joestar, the protagonist in Part 1, was very one-noted and very much just a "good guy", who fights with honor and is overall a shining example of what a white knight type character is, his grandson Joseph is very unlike his gentlemanly ancestor. He is loud, brash, cocky, and not a "gentleman" like Johnathan always prided himself on being. But, he still has the same ideals and will to fight just like his grandfather before him. The story itself explains the origins of the Stone Mask, which was the object that granted the antagonist in Part 1, Dio Brando, his vampiric powers. Jojo has to team up with the grandson of the man who helped train Johnathan in hamon, William Zeppelli's grandson Caesar Zeppelli. While they originally don't get along, their friendship and rivalry is very entertaining to watch play out during the story. This story took what Part 1 did, and then did better in every aspect. The story, threat, character deaths, it all is a step up. I would recommend Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Part 2: Battle Tendency to anyone who has read or watched Part 1. Even though this is shorter than most of Jojo's other parts, this is just a great read overall.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leído originalmente en los siete tankoubon originales (es un decir) más de una vez, después visto en el anime en sus correspondioentes capítulos, después releídos de nuevo en los cuatro bunko preciosos en castellano (tanto algunos españoles como los argentinos), releída en busca de escenas en particular y a la espera de una nueva rerrerrelectura íntegra cuando me haga el tiempo.

[Reanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ever the amazing series

[Ronit J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 rounded up to 4

I loved JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 1 Phantom Blood so much that I ended up reading chapter 1 of Part 2 almost immediately after. And right off the bat, I could tell I was going to enjoy this one better. This part’s JoJo was a lot more likeable—despite being a lout—and the overall setting and plot seemed like improved versions of its predecessor.

But was it really?

SPOILERS AHEAD!

What I liked:
I’ll admit, I found the ending to Phantom Blood to be quite a bummer. After everything, the way Jonathan Joestar dies just didn’t sit well with me. However, I also know that there’s some kind of curse on the Joestar family, which kinda makes the ending fitting. While it took me a few chapters to actually start liking Jonathan, Joseph Joestar (Jonathan’s grandson) in Battle Tendency was an almost immediately easy MC to root for.

Okay, he is crass, he is a man-child, and he can be a little too much at times. But he is also street smart and a hell of a lot more assertive than his grandfather, which was quite refreshing to be honest. To have an MC that actively drives the plot forward (as opposed to one who simply reacts to the villain’s plotting) made Battle Tendency a much more captivating story. And the story didn’t disappoint.

Battle Tendency features a whole new mishmash of crazy plot points. We start with New York gangsters and cops, intercut with Speedwagon in a South American archeological site. We later deal with Nazis and their science experiments, coupled with an ancient race of god-like creatures who supposedly created the ‘Stone Mask’. If that’s not enough, we even visit Italy and Switzerland, get deeper lore of the Ripple Masters, and some epic fight sequences that outdo the ones in the previous part.

Battle Tendency improves on many of Phantom Blood’s strengths, particularly the absurdity and the lore. You don’t know where everything is headed, and that’s the best part. Even the strange training sessions with Ripples are new and unique in their own ways, feeling fresh despite being so familiar.

What’s more, the secondary characters in Battle Tendency are certainly an upgrade. Be it the Nazi Straizo or the female mentor Lisa Lisa, each feels better developed. Of course, there’s still a lot of room for improvement, but the growth is noticeable and serves to make Part 2 a lot more enjoyable. It was also interesting to see how the world has changed, and how the few characters that make it from Part 1 have changed with it. I’m guessing it’s this constantly evolving world and characters coupled with the consistent absurdity and wild world-building that makes JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure a much-loved manga & anime. It’s slowly making its way into my list of favorites. At the pace at which I’m reading, I predict that I’ll be all caught up with the manga before the end of next year.

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