Every JoJo Part Ranked From Great to Greatest

With the Steel Ball Run anime arriving September 25, it is the perfect moment for the eternal argument: ranking every JoJo part. Note the framing. There are no bad parts, only great and greater.

The rankings

7. Phantom Blood. The essential foundation, carried by Dio’s magnificent villainy.

6. Battle Tendency. Joseph’s trickster energy turned the series into a comedy of clever victories.

5. Stone Ocean. Jolyne’s prison break against fate itself, with the boldest ending in the saga.

4. Stardust Crusaders. The road trip that invented Stands and built the template half of shonen still uses.

3. Diamond Is Unbreakable. The cozy murder mystery. Morioh remains the series’ most lovable setting.

2. Golden Wind. Giorno’s gangster dream, home to the saga’s best villain organization and Bruno’s crew.

1. Steel Ball Run. The consensus masterpiece: a continental horse race wrapped around the richest story Araki ever told. The anime arrives in weeks to prove it to everyone else.

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My take: Steel Ball Run at number one is the correct answer and this fall the whole world finds out why. Gyro and Johnny are the best duo Araki ever wrote.