There are other stories in the JoJo series outside of the main Parts.
This mini series focusing on the Part 4 character Rohan Kishibe looks at other tales that the character has heard to do with all sorts of supernatural occurances.
This side story written in 1997 has Rohan Kishibe take a holiday to Italy and accidently enter the priest's side of a confessional where he hears a story involving a curse and a beggar.
This side story written in 2007 has Rohan Kishibe go bankrupt after purchasing a mountain to investigate a yokai legend, which is that a woman accidently killed her lover, but he kept bleeding years after his death, and she ends up with a strange relationship becayse of this.
This side story written in 2012 has Rohan Kishibe meet a magazine editor named Kyoka Izumi who tries to persuade him to buy a property in a mountain village, but unknown to them, the village is protected by mountain gods, which punish bad etiquette via death of loved ones.
This side story written in 2013 has Rohan Kishibe meet up with chef Tonio Trussardi, a side character from Part 4, who requests his help in poaching the rare disk abalone, which only live in Morioh, which turns out to be used in a cure for Tonio's sick girlfriend.
This side story written in 2014 has Rohan Kishibe tell the story of the Mochizuki family, who suffer from a curse where if they aren't watching the Harvest Moon as a family, they die in a freak accident, as every single death in the family has occurred on the same day.
This side story written in 2015 has Rohan Kishibe be pushed onto the train line by people on their smartphones not paying attention, as well as an obese man who also falls onto the tracs as trains arrive on both tracks. It turns out that there are a species of insects living inside the phones called Coire Electricus Lawrencinia, which feed off electromagnetic waves.
This side story written in 2017 has Rohan Kishibe meet up with Yukaka Yamagishi, a character from Part 4, who introduces Rohan to Mai Katahira because she thinks there is something wrong with her child, who has a tail, makes no noise when walking and has long eyelashes below but not above the eye.
This side story written in 2018 has Rohan Kishibe meet a young man named Yoma Hashimoto, who had recently become completely obessed with exercise, going so far as to steal 270,000 yen from his girlfriend. Rohan then ends up in a running competition with Yoma on treadmills.
This side story written in 2010 has Rohan Kishibe be investigating a mysterious painting in the Louvre that appears to be the blackest colour in the world, but also killed four people in the past, so he gains access to discover what the true secrets of the painting holds.
This side story written in 2011 has Rohan Kishibe visit the Gucci factory in Florence, Italy to make them fix his grandmother's bag, which makes items disappear, but it's revealed that Rohan doesn't understand the "true purpose" of the bag.
This side story written in 2012 has Jolyne Cujoh waiting for a plane when she finds a blue unicorn, which is the property of Polpo, a citizen. She is then approached by two government agents, Bucciarati and Abbacchio, who ask her to hand over the unicorn, which is actually a message of hope.
A retelling of Boingo's manga from Part 3 from the Oingo Boingo and Hol Horse and Boingo arcs, featuring guest comments from Rohan Kishibe at the end.
This side story written in 1999 features a deceased protagonist trapped in the living world despite being dead and so has to complete goals set to him by a monk, which involve killing people in exchange for money.
Unlike the manga, which are mostly of canon, the light novels are not counted to be as part of the main series canon.
This story is based on the events of the second half of Part 3 with two seperate stories added. The first one takes place when the group are attacked by mirage-creating stands shortly after the N'Doul fight when they get Iggy on the team. The second story runs at the same time as the Pet Shop arc, where Polnareff, Avdol and Joseph are attacked by a book wielding stand user that summons the historical events written inside its pages.
Set after the point in Part 5 where Fugo leaves the group, featuring a girl named Coniglio and her stand The Cure, which can heal any illness instantly, but Fugo, being used by Sogliola Lopez, who was tasked by the Boss of Passione to kill the traitors of the group by having Fugo use Purple Haze around The Cure too many times so it becomes huge and spreads the virus across Venice.
Set in the town of Morioh and involving several Part 4 characters, this story features a character named Takuma Hasumi, who has a stand named The Book which allows him to record everything he sees or feels into a book. Another story involves the Part 4 characters Rohan Kishibe and Koichi Hirose as they investigate a corpse.
Set 6 months after the events of Part 5, it involves Guido Mista giving Pannacotta Fugo an assassination mission to take out the drug developing arm of Passione to prove his worth to the new Boss.
This story is based on DIO's diary which he writes before the events of Part 3 and is a major plot point of Part 6. The diary discusses many aspects of DIO's thoughts, including his opinions on the stand users that he has under his command.
The first of the two stories in this novel features the tale of George Joestar II, the son of Jonathan and the father of Joseph, where he pledges his love to Elizabeth Joestar and how they deal with some of Dio's remaining zombies. The other story involves a kid detective named Joji Joestar after Made in Heaven resets the universe 36 times and he teams up with the original Giorno Giovanna and the original Rohan Kishibe, who both survived. He also meets 36 versions of Kars, who reformed after landing on Mars and all ended up in the same universe due to resetting the universe too many times. There are also high numbers of alternate characters, including the Part 4 and Part 5 teams, and almost every main villain up to Part 7 appears in some form as well.
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