Alrighty, STONE OCEAN. Yes Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part Six: Stone Ocean. Baring one of the most impressive Female Protagonists I've ever read: Jolyne Cujo. It focuses upon how one day she is thrown into prison for hit and run and attempting to hide, which was an elaborate plot to see her father into the light, and for his power and soul to be taken. By some crazed individual with a bizarre plot in mind.
So in the prison, having gained a power herself, Jolyne endeavors, with a small caste of buds she meets along the way to get her dad's soul and power back before he dies. And stop whoever it is who took them.
Now, it's difficult for me to suggest this since it's what brought me to Jojo in the first place, but I read it from the beginning instead (Part 1). The good thing is, is that Jojo is approachable from whichever part since each part focuses on a different protagonist and situation.
The Art Style is Beautiful to say the least, and oddly enough for the Shonen side of things, it does not go out of it's way to sexualize women despite the core cast being women. And aside from the beginning where it shows her boyfriend, he did betray her into prison so there isn't any romance. (Aside from one of the Cast Members: Androgynous Anasui, trying to win Jolyne's heart to little avail. More Comedic) Of course it is the ending which has me wish to suggest all of JOJO. sadly Jolyne is the only female protagonist in the series, which in a way makes her one of the best because she was so different. Part Six is the End of an Era, as Seven and Into Nine are an entirely new Era.
So check it out, it's goofy, filled with 80s-90s music references... It is while not as bloody as Part 5, somehow more gruesome. So be careful if you're squeamish.
