Steel Ball Run Explained
At first he thought spin was the key to regaining the use of his legs but that turned out to be a dead end.
Steel ball run explained. Sutīru bōru ran is the reboot and seventh story arc of the japanese manga series jojo s bizarre adventure written and illustrated by hirohiko araki set in 1890 it stars gyro zeppeli a disgraced former executioner and johnny joestar a former star jockey who was shot and lost the use of his legs as well as his fame. Yet he still walked after his final battle with valen. Steel ball run 94 world of stars and stripes official color scans sep 30 2016. The youthful johnny joestar a crippled former horse racer has come to san diego to watch the start of the race.
There he encounters gyro zeppeli a racer with two steel balls at his waist instead of a gun. After johnny witnesses gyro s steel balls and spin and how they enabled him to. We all know after the gunshot to his spine johnny couldn t walk for most of the part. Since johnny has mastered the spin by the time he starts being able to walk again johnny may actually be using the spin to.
Steel ball run 95 world of stars and stripes outro end of part 7 official color sca. The steel ball run is truly a one of a kind event. Johnny joestar is a depressive ex jockey who clings to his hope of regaining the use of his legs through the spin and then the corpse part throughout steel ball run. Steel ball run 92 high voltage part 3 official color scans sep 28 2016.
It s never explicitly explained but the very first thing we re told about the spin is that it s capable of manipulating body tissue. God damn thats my favorite ending to a part by far. In two types they belong mainly to gyro zeppeli and wekapipo. Steel ball run is in many ways his passion project one where he took everything he learned from his years writing manga and applied it to a fresh start in the setting that he loves most.
Johnny is introduced as a distant paraplegic man whose career was ruined when he was shot in the spine after conceitedly antagonizing a passerby. To me that s what gives part 7 its freshness. Just finished steel ball run. The zeppeli family s steel balls are polished highly spherical balls of steel about the size of a baseball or boule.
Steel ball run japanese. They are grooved on opposite faces by two large hexagons almost joined by lines crossing the balls.