The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day

“The Book” jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day

Light Novel7.6783 votes1 volumes · 5 chaptersFinished

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Synopsis

The novel is about a normal day in Morioh, from the point of view of a new character named Takuma Hasumi. His stand is called The Book, has the appearance of a normal book, and possesses the power to record everything he sees or feels. Josuke and the rest of the Part IV heroes appear as antagonists. The story takes place in Morioh, in the year 2000. Three days before the end of winter break. Koichi and Rohan find a blood-stained cat outside a convenience store. They go searching for the cat's owner, and find a woman's strange-looking corpse inside the house. By using Heaven's Door, they find a clue: "a male student with red scratch marks under his arm." Over the span of 3 months, the curtain opens on this incident.

Publication notes

The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day was first announced in 2000 but proved difficult to complete. In 2004, author Otsuichi claimed that he had written over 2000 pages but had scrapped them all. The novel was finally released in 2007, coinciding with the series 20th anniversary.

Published

Nov 26, 2007

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Parent Story

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai

Main characters

Jousuke Higashikata10846 fan favorites
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Height: 180 cm Blood type: B Nationality: Japanese Jousuke is the main protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4. He begins his story as a new freshman in the town of Morioh. Part 4 begins with Joutarou seeking him out, as Jousuke is the illegitimate son of Joutarou's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. Jousuke makes his entrance into the JoJo universe as a caring, popular, and slightly naïve teenager. Inspired by his police officer grandfather's (on his mother's side) sense of justice, he isn't afraid to fight for those in need. He is confronted by Joutarou with the need to eradicate evil Stand users from his hometown, Morioh. He refuses at first, believing that it is not any of his business. However, he quickly changes his mind when his policeman grandfather is killed by a criminal Stand user. With a vow paralleling that of Peter Parker, Jousuke decides to deliver justice to evil Stand users in his grandfather's place. Jousuke is nice to people and says "Mister" and "Miss" like a normal, polite young man until someone pisses him off (which isn't very hard to do). The easiest way to do that is to mock his hair, which makes Jousuke angry and explosively violent. Jousuke grew up with his single mother, never knowing his father Joseph Joestar. Jousuke is crafty and has a sneaky streak for money, which is shown multiple times in the story. Nevertheless, he is a dependable and friendly person who is always willing to protect people who need it. Jousuke's Stand power, Crazy Diamond, is a melee Stand with short range (2m). Crazy Diamond has the ability of "restoration." It can repair damage (by returning an object to a previous state) and by extension heal injuries (apart from Jousuke's own injuries). It is limited in that it cannot revive the dead or cure illnesses (as the sick are not considered as damaged). It can, however, restore an item to its raw materials (e.g., a table can be restored to timbers). This ability allows Crazy Diamond to perform a range of interesting feats, including trapping the enemy (by restoring pieces of a broken crate around the target) and tracking (e.g., restoring a torn piece of clothing so that it will seek out what it came from and reattach). Its restoration ability often "malfunctions" when Jousuke is angry, causing the object to be improperly put back together. The Stand's name is a reference to Pink Floyd's song, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."
Rohan Kishibe7811 fan favorites
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Rohan is a famous mangaka. He first appears as an antagonist to Koichi and Toshikazu when they go to his house for an autograph. After they try to sneak a peek of the new issue of his manga he uses his stand Heaven's Door to make neither of them able to attack him. Then he reads their memories and in doing so finds out about Josuke, Okuyasu and everyone else in the story so far, but only according to how Koichi sees them. Then he decides to use them as materials for his manga. After using Koichi as his personal "Inspiration" Okuyasu and Josuke find out about where Koichi has been going by following him. They defeat him and leave him in the hospital for a while.
Okuyasu Nijimura2518 fan favorites
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Okuyasu admires and respects his older brother Keichou but he begins to question his actions after encountering Josuke for the first time. While Okuyasu is initially hostile towards Josuke, he quickly becomes his ally and friend, joining him on his journey to help solve the murders and disappearances occurring in Morioh. Okuyasu is quick to jump into action due to his brash, hotheaded personality and acknowledges his own dimwitted nature but he also proves himself to be a loyal, positive, and kindhearted person.
Kouichi Hirose1315 fan favorites
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An ally and classmate who meets Jousuke when Joutarou is searching for him, resulting in the two becoming quick friends.
Takuma Hasumi3 fan favorites
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Takuma is the son of Akari Hirai and Teruhiko Oogami. After Akari gave birth to him, Teruhiko abandoned him in a temple according to their deal. Takuma was then taken to an orphanage called Tsutsuji no Oka (Azalea's Hill), and got this name from the orphanage dean, inspired by his horse-shaped birthmark. Later, the orphanage staff found out about his natural ability to not forget anything and thought he was a genius, but were disappointed when they realized he could only store data, but not actually put them together to solve problems. (Source: JJBA Wikia) No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .