JoJo Project Releases

To all the people who read Steel Ball Run: JoJo Project would like to announce the release of the latest English chapter, Chapter 84. With this chapter, we finish volume 21.

We don't have any fancy kind of hype blurb this time. We believe that this chapter needs to stand by itself.

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Previous chapters are at http://www.mediafire.com/jojoproject, and you can check on our status at our new blog (shizukajoestar on tumblr) or at shizukajoestar.blogspot.com.

We hope to have v22 in a convenient block ready for you as soon as possible! We can actually get things done faster overall by doing volume releases, as we discovered on v21, and we suspect it might cut down on some of the spoiler problems.

Wow! It's only been a few days since we released 82, but can you believe it?! We're at 83 now! Welp, Shizu wrote up a nice little blurb, and I suck at summarizing, so let's not let that go to waste~

We're cranking up the speed and it feels so good! Welcome to the first chapter of Ball Breaker. We're still fighting D4C, but at least the chapter isn't CALLED "D4C" anymore! This arc is going to continue on into the next volume.

What more can I say about what's going on? Gyro and Johnny are definitely in a big pinch right about now! With all the variables ramping up intensity, what on earth can happen next? (A bunch of crazy shit, that's what's going to happen next.)

So, here are the links! Enjoy this first chapter of Ball Breaker!
MF: http://www.mediafire.com/?nu7jk4xep6o1cuh
MU: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TEKZ9DOT
SS: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5i0jzl

It's been a little longer than we like (haven't we said this way too many times?) but we're moving along at a way faster speed than we have before, and Steel Ball Run chapter 81 is ready to go and on its way! Guess what? Not only are we into volume 21 (!!!!!) BUT! After this we only have one, yes, ONE more chapter in the seemingly never-ending D4C arc! I bet it feels like a breath of fresh air to you all, doesn't it?

As for what's going on in the story... Well, D4C! This chapter marks the reappearance of two things which should be familiar to readers; one familiar to everybody who read SBR and one from... past times?! An old friend and an old enemy, both on the side of our heroes...

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And as always, past chapters are at mediafire.com/jojoproject if you missed chapter 80.

I am not good with blog.

Anyway, there are several new releases!

ch78:
mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/?zdo3p8dwvxyst31
sendspace: http://www.sendspace.com/file/lpw69q
megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5HT5YM93

ch79:
Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/?2kml8icwksgmlkn
Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XBYWMS18
Sendspace: http://www.sendspace.com/file/0iysve

ch80:
Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/?cb3el4c6eh9fscz
Sendspace: http://www.sendspace.com/file/dncxa9
Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4QPNTW26

And we've got more people on the team. Watch this blog for the next 24 hours to see when I'll finally get to post that we have all scripts and all raws for the whole series, and now all we have to do is proofread the scripts, clean all the raws, typeset the fuckers, and get them out to you.

Did any of you ever read Ferdinand by Munro Leaf? I can't help but think of how the bull only wanted to sit under his favorite tree and smell the flowers. I just want to sit on the internet and relax, not lead a scan project for an ongoing series. (Never mind that SBR finished before I was able to catch up, it still counts.) I'm not really cut out for this sort of thing. I am SO GLAD that everybody is out there to help me.

IN THIS CHAPTER OF STEEL BALL RUN, BEARS!

Hey guys! It's been a little while but SBR chapter 77 is out! It's the first chapter of volume 20, which means we're getting way closer to the end! And Araki's definitely letting us know. The tension is ramping up like crazy—what on earth is this new Stand power that's manifesting, and what the heck is up with the bear sign? As our hero team reaches view of the Atlantic Ocean, what on earth is going to happen next?

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And back chapters are, as always, on mediafire.com/jojoproject for your convenience.

I also need to apologize. I've been doing the absolute best job I can to set things up to continue uninterrupted in my wake, but I'm (unfortunately) rather tied up in the organization of how JJP operates, and I will be out of the country in a week with dubious internet access. I'll be gone about two weeks, and I'm most likely going to have one terrible case of jet lag when I return. I've got stuff set up so hopefully my scanlation friends can put out a chapter while I'm gone, but I can't guarantee anything. I know you guys have been very patient with delays, so I hate to inflict more of them on you, but I think it's only fair to warn of a possible problem.

It's the Fourth of July, also known in America as Independence Day! This is also the name of a old cult hit movie starring Will Smith. Years ago, a manga author in Japan was watching that movie before starting a new manga and thought to himself that "A fighting President would be cool!" The manga that resulted is Steel Ball Run. So let's celebrate Independence Day in the best way I can think of that's still legal (well, not really): Some more SBR!

SO YEAH, SBR 76. What does it contain, other than being the end of volume 19? It has Dio, violence, Dio, Gyro and Johnny talking about random stuff, an off-the-cuff comment that may blow some previously held fan theories ENTIRELY out of the water into the realm of impossibility, and bears. Welp. Sounds good to me!

Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/?p8ejte3j783qayl
Sendspace: http://www.sendspace.com/file/82aj9y
Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GO5YCL0X

And the back chapters are always at the mediafire archive, mediafire.com/jojoproject whenever wherever you need more (old) SBR!

(Also for the record, this is being released under just JoJo Project because instead of getting in contact with anybody else, I rushed this the fuck out in hopes of making it in time for July 4 and only one of my friends helped with the editing.)

And have a bonus: A picture designed for use as a light fabric T-shirt iron-on transfer, matching the typesetting of the sign from the end of the transfer! We care. Just be careful where you wear this.

WHAT IS THIS?

It's been a very, very long time indeed. Some of you have called us SlowJo Project for this. I honestly don't blame you. There's been miscommunication that just would sound stupid if I went and tried to explain it all, but finally, we're done. Chapter 75.

And what do I have to say about Chapter 75? BADASS ACTION ON A TRAIN. Dio really gets a chance to shine this chapter (and incidentally, on one particular speech bubble, the only editing I did was to remove the furigana. It was kindly written in oddly typeset Roman letters for your convenience). And you finally get to figure out more about D4C, how it works, and what its weaknesses and strengths are!

This is also the last chapter which will be done as a joint with Red Hawk. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with the slowness of this chapter; in fact, they were finished with the redraws earlier than the typesetting, and the slowness was caused by miscommunication between Freek and I about when each of us were available. Rather, their group has pretty much reached full workload capacity. We were already borrowing some members from another group they're friends with, and considering Otafreek already worked with them on some other projects other than SBR, it made more sense to get our extra cleaning in the future from I Eat Manga. Let's hear it for the wonderful cleaning help that has given us glorious spreads in the past, and for a future full of even more SBR!

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Sendspace: http://www.sendspace.com/file/35h8sx

And as always, mediafire.com/jojoproject for back chapters!

May you enjoy wryyyyyyding this chapter!