steam_pilot: Still reading SBR

Nuu (

steam_pilot) wrote,
@ 2008-04-29 09:55:00

Entry tags:

fanart, jojo, sketch

Still reading SBR
14 volumes of text-heavy fabulous posing takes longer to get through than I thought.
Especially when I keep stopping to draw fanart. Which may or may not be a good thing, I guess...

Is it just me, or is Johnny really really MOE?
It feels to me... kind of, that he's made even more moe by the fact that he can't walk. I don't know if this makes me a horrible person or not.

Also: I like it when he cries hur hur hur hur hur.

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	ms_duck 2008-04-29 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	It feels to me... kind of, that he's made even more moe by the fact that he can't walk. I don't know if this makes me a horrible person or not. If it does, I must be terrible too. Your art makes this series seem terribly interesting and I do believe I should try to read it myself. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-29 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	It's pretty addictive! I'd say it's worth a read. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashesto 2008-04-29 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Johnny is super moe. T^Tb Th-there is totally a reason why he quickly became one of my favorite JoJos. When he cries... aaaaaah~ A ♥ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-29 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	YEAH INORITE? He's so mooeeeeeeee (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ashesto 2008-04-29 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	Really, really moeeeeeee @w@ And he's just an AMAZING CHARACTER and he has the cutest stand ever. And he perseveeeeres. A Ah~ he and Gyro balance each other's crazies well. I am sad this fandom is so tiny aaaah. (Incidentally, I will rec this fic to you because it is amazing and Johnny and Gyro and laundry and yes.) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-29 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	OMG THANKS <3 <3 <3 I didn't really think there's a fandom at all, really... I guess the art's not prettyful enough, huh. :/ (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

ashesto
2008-04-29 10:37 pm UTC (link)

xD I think the art is amazing and pretty? (Too manly for people maybe but. apparently not for CLAMP. CLAMP made doujinshi of the third arc and that's still burned into my brain sob) Mostly I've found it's just that the length of the series seems to scare people away before they even start. Since Jojo as a series is like... gods, are they at 100some volumes now? (But they're separated into arcs! And you don't even need to read the first two! Probably. English licensing started on the third arc anyway. Protagonists change every arc!)

I'd recommend the fifth arc too. Fourth arc was Araki changing his artstyle towards the more pretty, so by fifth arc, it was pretty settled. Fifth arc is also fairly standalone, too. ...It's also like mafia boyband extravaganza. xD

l-loev Jojo. |D;

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	steam_pilot 2008-04-29 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I think that length might have had to do with it... I've only read SBR myself, but I kinda want to read some other arcs. They're pretty stand alone, right? Which do you recommend? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

ashesto
2008-04-29 10:50 pm UTC (link)

Mmm, well, okay, as much as I love Dio Brando and Jonathan Joestar (whom Johnny is the AU version of) and Speedwagon and William Zeppeli (EPIC GAR), first arc is really skippable. All you need to get from that is that Dio is a kind of 2D villain who wants power and is also a vampire. Second arc you get AMAZING CHARACTERS like Joseph Joestar and Caesar Zeppeli (yeah, the Zeppeli family all are. kind of tragic in their fates)... also skippable though. Third arc is pretty crucial! Introduces stands, sets up the whole thing with Dio's coming back. Fourth arc is standalone and can be skipped. You get the whole arrow thing and upgrading stands thing in this arc too, but it'd probably be easy to pick up anyway. Fifth arc is also standalone except for one character at the end who plays a central role in the third. And sixth is also sorta standalone.

I'd say third, fifth, and sixth then. Sixth you should definitely read if only for AWESOME FEMALE JOJO. |Db

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	steam_pilot 2008-04-29 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	FEMALE JOJO? SOUNDS AWESOME ALREADY! Aw maan... I wish there were more fics or something around... :( (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ashesto 2008-04-30 12:07 am UTC (link)
	If it's going to be anywhere, it'd be either here or at hail2jojo? b-but yeah, not a lot of SBR stuff. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-30 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I wonder why. :( :( I mean they're so FABULOUS. And GAY. I thought girls would be all over this shit. I guess I could drag a few people into the fandom, but not enough to make a difference. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	heart_mint 2008-04-29 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	...♥♥ That was the best SBR fic I've ever read. Okay, the only SBR fic I've ever read, but it was still pretty damn good. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ashesto 2008-04-29 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	I- IF YOU CAN FIND MORE FIC link meeee. I don't think I've found many more myself. orz (Reply to this) (Parent)

	themodestotter 2008-04-29 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Where can I get his hoodie? :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-29 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	GOOD QUESTION. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	deadberry_spore 2008-04-29 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	Your last post made me go find out what Steel Ball Run was and consequently read the first 7 volumes. IT IS SO GOOD. SOOO GOOOOD. And your drawings of Johnny are just plain awesome ;3; (I do not discourage more SBR arts~) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-29 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	I PLAN TO DRAW MORE, BELIEVE ME. 8D 8D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	questofdreams 2008-04-29 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Is it wrong just seeing your art makes me want to learn more about this series? XDD (or is the star-patterned hat with the horse shoe detail? XDDD) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-29 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	OMG You know what you should do? You should read the comic. AND THEN WRITE SOME SEXY FICS. THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zanni_smile 2008-04-30 03:01 am UTC (link)
	Two words: back-scratcher moe. I've always wanted to read some of the JoJo's series. I just know the basics of it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-30 09:05 am UTC (link)
	Hmm... I don't even know the basics, I just started reading SBR because I heard that it was stand-alone and unrelated to the rest of the story. :/ I guess it's a good place to dive into, although I don't know about the rest of it either. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	paperonigiri 2008-04-30 04:22 am UTC (link)
	AHHHHHH ;___; 14?! WHERE DID YOU GET THEMMMM ;___; I'm stuck at volume 6 because I can't find any other scansss ;____; Durhur, I have to agree 8'D. Johnny's disability makes him the perfect uhh...uke? Moe guy? Take your pickkkk~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-30 09:06 am UTC (link)
	Uhhmm I was reading the chinese raws. Can you read Chinese? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	paperonigiri 2008-05-01 10:19 am UTC (link)
	Oh noes D8; I can always ask a friend to read for me I guess :0! Could you give me the link if it's not too much to ask : D? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-05-01 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't read at a site (my sis sent me the files) but you can read it online here: http://www.manhuawww.com/html/S/SBR/index.html If it doesn't work, let me know. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nataku_kun 2008-04-30 06:42 am UTC (link)
	No, he's moe. Super moe... and your art makes him even more moe and not in a bad way (as opposed to CLAMP's venture into Jojo fandom...) but I'm still hung on Dio... probably for forever XD ...I should go out and actually buy the volumes but I'm so, so broke... which means I'm very behind in the story (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-30 09:06 am UTC (link)
	Man, now I'm all curious about Clamp's doujin! Was it... bad? I'm rather fond of Dio myself, actually. Dio... (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	nataku_kun 2008-04-30 09:09 am UTC (link)
	I have a copy of the raw on my cpu that I can send if you ever want to have a look... let's just say... mpreg characters that hatch out of eggs aren't my thing... nor are characters who are meant to be blind and dead but come back alive suddenly... Dio's an asshole in all versions... but he's made of awesome (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-30 09:14 am UTC (link)
	I'd like to have a look, just because the curiosity is getting the better of me. I'm not sure I'll have any idea what's going on since I never read the third arc of Jojo though. :/ And I also think that Dio is unreasonably cute when he's acting like a dinosaur. X) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

nataku_kun
2008-04-30 09:28 am UTC (link)

Alrighty, I'll have a look for it then XD. Don't worry, the plot of the doujin has nothing to do with the manga itself (2nd part of doujin involves a character from the fourth arc too but that doesn't make sense since Kakyoin's meant to be blind and dead by that stage). It's just... the existance of such a thing is blasphemy against the nature of shounen manga... (there's also a sonic part in there that's a bit "no comment")

...>_> not up to there yet and desparately yearning for it

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	steam_pilot 2008-04-30 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	Huh... I can't remember which bit it was that he does that. Vol 6 or 7 if I recall correctly. But it was cute. 8D (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	nataku_kun 2008-05-01 09:03 am UTC (link)
	...You make me wanna drool T_T in so many ways... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nataku_kun 2008-04-30 09:49 am UTC (link)
	If you don't mind mediafire, I've uploaded it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jdqlze3g3yz enjoy =D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-04-30 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! <3 Wow, that was pretty surreal. +__+ I don't even know how I feel about it, it was just... weird. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	nataku_kun 2008-05-01 09:04 am UTC (link)
	And that is CLAMP, taking a perfectly good story and then complicating it x9000... I mean... I don't even know why I'm still reading Tsubasa (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	steam_pilot 2008-05-01 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	Hahaha, yeah... I stopped reading Tsubasa ages ago, although for a while I read just for the KuroFai gayness. I still like xxxholic though, although in my opinion it has too much Tsubasa in it. :/ (Reply to this) (Parent)

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