This is the area where Yukako kidnapped Koichi Hirose in Diamond is Unbreakable.ī.T. Koichi’s house was transported from a villa where the Boyoyoing Cape is. says it was an equivalent exchange between houses, referencing the Wall Eyes from JoJolion. Koichi asks why his house became a Mansion Ghost, which is a specific phenomenon from Deadman’s Questions.ī.T. Koichi says “It’s been quite a cool shock to be blocked by my family”, name-dropping the English title of the series. Several years later, it became well known as the catchphrase of Funny Valentine from Steel Ball Run.Ī Stray Cat figure can be seen on the car’s dashboard. and is often used in its later chapters as well. This SFX first appears in the first chapter of Cool Shock B.T. The estate is located in the suburbs of Morioh, a fictitious town and the setting of Diamond is Unbreakable. The book has an obi strip which parodies one of Rohan’s quotes: “It’s a novel that captures reality.” Rohan Kishibe from Diamond is Unbreakable drew the cover for Koichi’s Cool Shock B.T. Koichi’s son left to live in the city 13 years ago, which is a reference to Rokusuke‘s son from Baoh the Visitor also leaving to the city 13 years ago.Ĭoco Jumbo is visible in B.T.’s car, as well as a tribal mask, a miniature guillotine, a knife, a bottle with fishes, and several other bottles which are all from B.T.’s room in CSBT Chapter 5. The pamphlet with Kira’s quote also has Stray Cat drawn on it.
The pamphlets say “Offering you eternal security” ( SC Chapter 135) and “No need for extreme joy if you have a tranquil life” ( DU Chapter 161). The pamphlets contain quotes from DIO ( Stardust Crusaders) and Yoshikage Kira ( Diamond is Unbreakable). The “Outlaw Guys” is a reference to the Outlaw Man one-shot manga by Hirohiko Araki. had various locks in his room in CSBT Chapter 5. A lock can be seen on the side of the car. The title card is in the same style as CSBT Chapter 2. The “Do Not Enter” signs with Koichi Mugikari in between them are the same as the signs on the Nijimura house’s gates, with Koichi Hirose from Diamond is Unbreakable in between them (DU Chapter 10). Koichi’s suit is the same as the one at the end of CSBT Chapter 6.
The page layout references the beginning of CSBT Chapter 2. The narration is a parallel of the one introducing Speedwagon in Chapter 1 of Battle Tendency. Several items are visible in B.T.’s car: Caesar‘s headband, the figure from the Sardinian Taxi Driver‘s car, Giorno‘s brooch, the Red Stone of Aja, the Arrow, Joseph‘s clackers, a Steel Ball, the doll possessed by Ebony Devil, Joseph‘s Polaroid, a Locacaca plant figure, B.T.‘s ventriloquism doll, and a Stone Mask. How many have you spotted while reading the manga? List of ReferencesĬallback to Cool Shock B.T.‘s bunkoban cover.Ĭallback to Cool Shock B.T.‘s tankobon volume cover, except the squirrel is replaced with Nozzo from Baoh the Visitor. References to JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Araki’s other works are present in both the dialogue and art, some being more discrete than others. The announcement for the one-shot was made a month prior. The sequel stars the titular protagonist, B.T., and his best friend, Koichi Mugikari, but takes place sixty years after the original story. It was published in the November 2021 issue of Ultra Jump, released on October 19, 2021. is a 51-page sequel to the Cool Shock B.T.series, which was written by Hirohiko Araki in October-November 1983. It was written by Nisio Isin, the author of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Over Heaven light novel, the Monogatari series, and Medaka Box, and illustrated by Posuka Demizu, illustrator of The Promised Neverland.Ĭool Shock Old B.T. is brimming with references and callbacks to Hirohiko Araki’s numerous works throughout his past 40 years as a manga artist. This is Jcrcomciarts saying thank you for reading.Cool Shock Old B.T. Please check out the newest page of my comic as well as past pages and chapters here. If you like what you see please hit the like and follow buttons. Luckily, Araki was able to change things up with Stone Ocean and introduced the daughter of Jotaro Kujo in the adventures that take place mostly in a maximum-security prison in Florida.” As found by fans of the strange anime franchise, it seems that Hirohiko Araki was originally vying for Giorno to be a woman rather than the son of Dio Brando, but was eventually dissuaded by his editor at the time.
“Araki has revealed in the past that getting Jolyne Cujoh to be the star of Stone Ocean was an uphill battle, with women not traditionally taking the main role in Shonen manga series. The thing is his editor talked him out of it.
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In a new interview series creator Hirohiko Araki commented on how he planned for Girono to be the first main lady before Jolyne. The thing about that is he was originally meant to be a she. Jojo Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind introduced us to Giorno the son of Dio.