''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak'' is a Japanese

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series written by

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and drawn by Tasuku Karasuma. It is a spin-off from

Hirohiko Araki , better known as , is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his long-running series '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', which began publication in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in 1987 and has over 120 million copies in circulation, making it one ...

's manga ''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly manga magazine ''Ultra Jum ...

'', narratively set between its

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and fourth parts. It was serialized by

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in their monthly magazine ''

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'' from December 2021 to May 2023, with its chapters collected in three volumes. A

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adaptation, also written by Kadono, was released in June 2023.

Plot

''Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak'' is a spin-off from

's ''

'', and is set in March 1999, a decade after the events of ''

Stardust Crusaders is the third main story arc of the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The arc was serialized for a little over 3 years. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from April 3, ...

'' and a month before the events of ''

Diamond Is Unbreakable is the fourth main story arc of the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for a little more than years, from May 4, 1992, to D ...

''. Ten years after Dio's death, Hol Horse is among those who survived Dio and attempt to resume their normal lives. One day, Hol Horse accepts a request from the mother of Pet Shop's original owner to find her son's other pet, a parrot named Petsounds who also possesses a Stand. Following an encounter with Mariah, Hol Horse enlists Boingo to aid him with the latter's Stand Tohth, which advises the two to visit Morioh. There, the two encounter high school freshman Josuke Higashikata, as well as Ryoko Kakyoin, Noriaki Kakyoin's cousin who blames herself for causing her cousin's meeting with Dio and eventual death. Eventually, it is revealed that Petsounds is being used by a police officer named Kazuki Karaiya, the grandson of a surviving member of the vampires that the Pillar Man Kars created in the 1930s, who believes he has the right to rule over others. After the villain's defeat, Hol Horse tells Ryoko about her cousin's fate, and the heroes part amicably.

Characters

* is a former servant of Dio who fought against

Jotaro Kujo is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The main protagonist of the series' third story arc, '' Stardust Crusaders'', Jotaro is depicted as a rough delinquen ...

and his allies in 1988. Ten years after Dio's defeat, he is tasked with finding and returning Petsounds to its rightful owner. Hol Horse wields the Stand Emperor, a long range Stand resembling a gun that can steer the bullets it fires. *Josuke Higashikata is the illegitimate son of

Joseph Joestar is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Joseph is the main protagonist of the series' second story arc, '' Battle Tendency'', and the grandson of the firs ...

. He is a freshman who lives in the town of Morioh with his mother and grandfather. After meeting Hol Horse, Josuke decides to involve himself in the gunslinger's mission. His Stand is Crazy Diamond, which can restore objects to their original state or rearrange their structure, allowing him to heal injuries or revert complex structures to their raw components. *Ryoko Kakyoin is the younger cousin of the late Noriaki Kakyoin. Still seeking answers about her cousin's death, Ryoko is soon caught up in the conflict between Hol Horse and Petsounds. She gains the power of Thoth after Boingo abandons the Stand, which she hopes will lead her to the answers she seeks. *Boingo is an insecure young man living with his older brother. Hol Horse enlists him to help in tracking down and capturing Petsounds. His Stand is Thoth, a comic book that depicts unavoidable predictions of the near future. Soon after arriving in Japan, Boingo parts ways with the book, which falls into Ryoko's hands. *Petsounds is a parrot trained alongside Pet Shop from ''

''. After killing their trainer, Dio adopted the two birds as subordinates. Ten years after Dio's death, Petsounds is suddenly stolen from its trainer's grandmother and brought to Morioh, where it is allowed to wreak havoc. Petsounds's unnamed Stand can replay any event that it has witnessed, forcing its victims to relive the actions and feelings of the roles they are forced into. *Kazuki Karaiya is a police officer in the town of Morioh. He steals Petsounds from its owner in Egypt in order to fulfill his ambitions of gaining complete power over others. Karaiya is not a Stand user himself, but can control Petsounds and its Stand after having the parrot swallow part of his earlobe. *Koji Kiyohara is a university student who takes pleasure in killing innocent animals with a crossbow. Karaiya, noticing his twisted personality, manipulates him into working alongside Petsounds to attack the officer's enemies.

Production and release

''Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak'' is written by

and drawn by Tasuku Karasuma, and is the second ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' spin-off manga after Araki's ''

Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe ''Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe'', known in Japan as , is a series of manga one-shots created by Hirohiko Araki. It is a spin-off from '' Diamond Is Unbreakable'', the fourth part of Araki's ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' series, and features the ...

''. The manga started its serialization in

's monthly manga magazine ''

'' on December 18, 2021. The series finished on May 19, 2023. Shueisha published the series in three collected volumes from June 17, 2022, to June 19, 2023. The manga has been licensed for English release by

Viz Media Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, ...

. The volumes were released between December 3, 2024 and April 1, 2025.

Volumes

Reception

Volume 1 of the series debuted with an estimated 35,000 copies sold, as the seventeenth highest selling comic of the week on the Japanese

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sales charts, with an additional 38,000 copies in its second week. The second volume debuted higher, at ninth place with 54,000 copies sold. By December 2022, Shueisha reported that the series had reached 300,000 copies in circulation, including digital sales.

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