JoJolion

JoJolion (Japanese: ジョジョリオン, Hepburn: Jojorion) is the eighth main story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Set in Japan in 2011, it follows Josuke Higashikata, a young man afflicted by retrograde amnesia, in his search to uncover his identity in Morioh Town, a coastal Japanese town affected by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. However, his digging pulls him and his adoptive family into the unfinished business between his previous life and an impending inhuman threat. It was serialized by Shueisha in the seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 2011 until August 2021, and has been collected in 27 tankōbon volumes.

Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, anomalous formations known as the Wall Eyes emerge near the coastal town of Morioh. These structures possess the ability to exchange traits between objects buried within their vicinity and occasionally awaken Stand abilities in individuals. Yasuho Hirose, a local college student, discovers an amnesiac young man buried beneath the Wall Eyes and temporarily names him "Josuke". Together, they endeavor to uncover his lost memories and true identity. While Yasuho investigates possible connections between Josuke and a missing ship doctor named Yoshikage Kira, she entrusts his care to the Higashikata family. Upon visiting Kira's ailing mother, Holy Joestar-Kira, Yasuho gathers clues that eventually lead Josuke to realize he is a fusion of Kira and another individual.

Josuke confronts Norisuke Higashikata IV, the family patriarch, regarding his motives for sheltering him. Norisuke reveals that the Higashikata lineage suffers from a generational curse that petrifies their firstborn children, and they require Kira's memories to break it. Kira had been involved with a miraculous fruit called the Locacaca, capable of healing one part of the body at the expense of another. Unbeknownst to Norisuke, his eldest son Jobin has been secretly trafficking Locacaca in collaboration with a group of stone-based beings known as Rock Humans, who seek to eliminate Josuke and infiltrate human society.

Further revelations expose that before Josuke's awakening, Kira and a man named Josefumi Kujo had grafted a Locacaca branch onto a tree in the Higashikata orchard, creating a new variant of the fruit that uses another person as collateral for healing. After Kira was mortally wounded by the Rock Humans, Josefumi used this new Locacaca to save him, and the two were buried beneath what would later become the Wall Eyes. Recognizing himself as the fusion of Josefumi and Kira, Josuke resolves to retrieve the new Locacaca and fulfill their original intent: curing Holy. Meanwhile, Jobin's mother, Kaato, is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence for murdering a child to save Jobin's life. Though Jobin reunites with her, he conceals his plan to use the Locacaca branch to heal his son, Tsurugi.

Under Norisuke's direction, Josuke enlists the help of Rai Mamezuku, a plant appraiser, to locate the Locacaca branch in the Higashikata orchard. However, Jobin's alliance with the Rock Humans collapses, prompting him to set the orchard ablaze to prevent both Josuke and his former allies from securing the branch. Amid the chaos, two Rock Humans posing as paramedics seize what they believe to be the Locacaca branch, unaware that Tsurugi has deceived them—and Josuke's group—using his Stand. The true branch remains in Jobin's possession. After defeating one of the Rock Humans, Josuke and his allies prepare to pursue the hospital director suspected of orchestrating the conflict.

Their investigation leads them to Toru, a hospital intern who directs them toward the elusive director, Satoru Akefu. During their pursuit, Akefu's Stand manipulates natural laws to assault them, forcing the group to separate. Josuke lures Akefu into a confrontation alongside Mamezuku, while Yasuho inadvertently exposes the Locacaca branch's location to the Higashikata family. Norisuke confronts Jobin, only to be incapacitated; moments later, Jobin falls victim to a calamitous force as Toru arrives. Yasuho deduces that Toru is the true Stand User behind Wonder of U, the ability controlling calamity, and that he has been masquerading as Akefu.

Mamezuku and Josuke attempt to ambush Akefu, but Mamezuku is mortally wounded in the process. Before dying, he awakens the latent Spin within Josuke's Stand ability. Yasuho relays her discoveries to Josuke, who then combines his power with hers and the Spin to launch a decisive attack against Toru. Though Akefu evades destruction, Toru is gravely injured and consumes a ripening Locacaca fruit in a desperate bid to initiate an exchange. Kaato intervenes, forcing Toru to bear Tsurugi's curse in his place, resulting in both their deaths. The last remnants of the new Locacaca branch are destroyed in the struggle.

With the conflict resolved, Josuke and Yasuho visit Holy in the hospital. While Yasuho catches sight of Josefumi's mother outside, Josuke chooses not to approach her, having embraced his identity as neither Josefumi nor Kira. The two later join the surviving Higashikata family at a cake shop, where they deliberate over a celebratory dessert for Norisuke's impending hospital discharge. The family ultimately defers the decision to Josuke as Yasuho departs, content in the knowledge that he has found both a home and a new purpose.