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  Chapter 54. ONE PIECE

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  inally, Pucci.

  He wasn't aware of the resolve Araki-sensei had wheing Phantom Blood and how it led to Jonathan's death in the final chapter.

  Nor did he know how, after this chapter ublished, Araki-sensei became the first manga artist in the history of JUMP to kill off the protagonist during serialization.

  He didn't know how Araki-sensei vinced his editor before drawing this chapter, or how he faced the readers of Phantom Blood a with their pressure after the chapter was released.

  After all, when Pucci first learned about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and was reeo watd immerse himself in the series, the first part, Phantom Blood, had long since cluded.

  Naturally, he didn't experiehe pressure. What he saw was only the more exg part of JoJo!

  This was the Apollo 11 that Araki-sensei and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure brought to Puc his past life, causing him to pletely fet. Killing off the protagonist in a work is never an easy matter, even though Pucew.

  Only Jonathan's death would lead to the part, Battle Tendency, and Joseph, the sed-geion JoJo, who was very different from the gentlemanly Jonathan but possessed a charisma that rivaled Jonathan's.

  It would also lead to the story of Stardust Crusaders.

  But was this ending truly iable?

  Akiyuki Shinbo couldn't help but ask. Unlike before, having passed the age of youthful passion, he found it hard to bear the impact of this Apollo 11.

  Just like his inal breakthrough work, "Magical Girl Lyrianoha", which, after the failure of "The Soul Taker" aransformation iher animation world, marked his return to the mainstream world with a decration of eback.

  Although the various settings in Nanoha were innovative at the time, breaking away from the fairy tale ventions of magical girl works to make the story more realistid shattering the traditional bd-white morality between good and evil.

  Or the magical girls who looked more like high-tech humanoid Gundams rather than traditional magical girls. It was all like that.

  But in this story, there was hardly any trace of Akiyuki Shinbo's own style. In trast, another work directed by Akiyuki Shinbo around the same time—Tsukuyomi—was filled with the familiar fvor of Akiyuki Shinbo from OP to ED.

  It could only be said that growing up means turning from a passionate youth into a dirty adult. Having toiled iher animation world for so many years, Akiyuki Shinbo had bee a dirty adult in every sense.

  Therefore, for this unpreted move in the industry, even though Pucci's words were filled with allure and indeed made him yearn for it, Akiyuki Shinbo would still prefer a more cautious approach.

  After all, free-form creation and self-destru are quite different.

  "It's unfortunate, but the ao your question is—this ending is indeed unavoidable."

  After p for a while, Pucci shrugged and replied, "It's not aability withiory, but a kind of... well, it's unavoidable in the same way as the significe of Zeppelin's death."

  But to ehat the subsequent parts of JoJo's story proceed smoothly, it's actually not difficult to make a slight ge to this plot.

  The sed part is needless to say. Even for the third part, which has a deep e with DIO and the ending of Phantom Blood, there are alternative methods to repce this plot.

  For example, in a JoJo fan work Pucci had seen, DIO actally got Zeppelin's desdant into the Egypt fighting team.

  With DIO's personality, he would defiarget the Joestar desdants to achieve eternal peace.

  Thus, it would iably bring that invincible man before him, starting the story of Stardust Crusaders.

  Making such a slight ge to the JoJo story is really not that difficult. After all, in this parallel world, there is ninal manga of JoJht?

  To put it bluntly, even if Pucci did modify the ter plot, the audien this parallel world wouldn't know at all.

  But this is just a modification of the plot.

  "Akiyuki, you must have read the script of the sed part, Battle Tendency, right?"

  Since Phantom Blood was nearing its end and the choice of Sakata Gintoki as the protagonist for the sed part had also been decided, the script of Battle Tendency, the sed part that tinues from Phantom Blood, was no longer a secret.

  Therefore, Pucci asked, "So, what do you think are the differences between Joseph and Jonathan?"

  "…"

  Are you sure you wao say it?

  Upon hearing this question, Akiyuki Shinbo's expression was exactly that. Only after firming that Pucci genuinely wao ask this did he respond in a slightly ione: "Uh, Joseph's character does seem a bit fresher…"

  "Alright, alright, just say that Joseph is nothing like Jonathan; I uand that," Pucterrupted. "Whether it's his style or bat style, if Jonathan is the standard English gentleman, then Joseph is the standard Ameri rascal."

  So you know that too. Akiyuki Shinbo also thought in his mind.

  "So you uand why I insist on filming acc to the inal plot of Phantom Bloht?" Not paying attention to Akiyuki Shinbo's small expression, Pucci tinued, "Not only is Jonathan's death an Apollo 11 for us, but Joseph's unorthodox style, different from the mainstream protagonist, is also an Apollo 11 for us."

  "If we don't have the ce to attempt to escape Earth's gravity, we'll never nd on the moon or set foot on its surface!"

  (PS: At the time when Hokuto no Ken was dominating the world with its straightforward macho style, Battle Tendency, which emphasized tactid deception, showg the bat intelligeween characters rather than pure strength, was truly an outlier and, in some respects, groundbreaking.)

  "Just like how Zeppelin passed his beliefs to Jonathan."

  "Jonathan's death not only symbolizes the end of Phantom Blood but also marks the beginning of a great era... that's what I think."

  No longer just a reader but now thinking as a creator, Puow seemed to somewhat uand the feelings Araki-sensei must have had at that time.

  And the difference from himself, who could still see a bit of the future, was that Araki-seruly found the enlighte and ce to move forward ich-bck wilderness!

  "…"

  In trast, Akiyuki Shinbo fell silent. Thearted to search the full-dive device for the things Pucci had written and transmitted earlier.

  "…?!"

  "Although I still don't quite agree with your adventurous approach, Pucci, but…"

  Akiyuki Shinbo sighed helplessly, "Now that I'm on this Apollo 11 flying into space, it seems a bit too te to want to get off the ship."

  "I only try my best to check for any bugs before the spaceship reaches its destination to prevent any acts or shipwrecks."

  "...Haha, don't worry about it, Akiyuki!" Pucci ughed, "Our spaceship will defiake us to the moon ahe ONE PIECE!"