Stone Ocean

This article is about the manga. For the animated TV series adaptation, see JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.

Stone Ocean
Stone Ocean volume 15 cover. From left to right: Weather Report (background), Anasui, Ermes, Jolyne, and Emporio
ストーンオーシャン (Sutōn Ōshan)
Manga
Written by	Hirohiko Araki
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 1, 2000 – April 21, 2003
Volumes	17
Manga
Fujiko no Kimyō na Shoseijutsu: Whitesnake no Gosan
Written by	Shō Aimoto
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Ultra Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Published	December 18, 2021
Other media
Original net animation
Chronology
Preceded by: Golden Wind Followed by: Steel Ball Run

Stone Ocean (Japanese: ストーンオーシャン, Hepburn: Sutōn Ōshan) is the sixth story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from January 1, 2000 to April 21, 2003 and was collected into 17 tankōbon volumes. In its original publication, it was known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 Jolyne Cujoh: Stone Ocean. It was preceded by Golden Wind and followed by Steel Ball Run. An anime adaptation, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, premiered on Netflix in December 2021.

Plot

Set near Port St. Lucie, Florida in 2011, the story follows Jotaro Kujo's estranged daughter Jolyne Cujoh, who was set up by her ex-boyfriend Romeo Jisso to serve a 15-year sentence at Green Dolphin Street Prison. Prior to her incarceration, Jolyne is stabbed by a pendant that belonged to her father and contains a fragment of the Stand-bestowing Arrow. Jolyne manifests her Stand before being visited by Jotaro, who attempts to break his daughter out while while revealing that she was framed by a disciple of DIO who seeks to kill her. But Jotaro realizes too late that he was lured into a trap as he ends up in a coma when his Stand and memories are extracted as discs by a Stand named Whitesnake. Jolyne realizes the extent of her father’s love for her and resolves to recover the discs from Whitesnake's user, a Catholic priest known as Enrico Pucci who met DIO in the 80s. Along the way, Jolyne gains allies in Emporio Alnino, a boy born in prison; Ermes Costello, an inmate seeking to avenge her sister. Jolyne also fights and befriends Foo Fighters, a plankton colony Pucci gave sentience to guard the stolen Stand Discs and inhabits a female prisoner's corpse. While Jolyne recovers Star Platinum, Enrico holds on to Jotaro’s memories which hold knowledge of DIO’s plan to establish a "perfect world" when certain conditions are met at a predestined place on the night of the new moon.

As Jolyne's group are joined by Narciso Anasui, an inmate who fell in unrequited love for Jolyne; and an amnesic named Weather Report, Pucci begins sacrifice prisoners to instill life into one of DIO's bones in the form of a green homunculus called the Green Baby that Pucci absorbs. Foo Fighters and Anasui are mortally wounded in the attempt to stop Pucci, with Foo Fighters uses the last of her strength to save Anasui's life and retrieve Jotaro's memory Disc. Jolyne and her allies escape from prison, and Jolyne sends both of Jotaro's Discs to the Speedwagon Foundation.

Weather Report retrieves his memory Disc, causing him to remember his past as Wes Bluemarine, Pucci’s long lost twin brother. It is revealed that in the past, their younger sister’s suicide awakened their Stand abilities and acted as the genesis of Pucci’s ideology that humans would be happier having full knowledge of their fate. Weather, regaining his ability to use Heavy Weather, dies confronting Pucci and uses Whitesnake's ability to leave his Stand's Disc for his allies. Pucci reaches Cape Canaveral as Whitesnake evolves into the gravity-manipulating C-Moon, overpowering Jolyne’s group as Jotaro arrives. But Pucci realizes that he can use C-Moon to replicate the new moon’s gravity, allowing him to complete his plan two days early. Pucci evolves his Stand into the time-accelerating Made in Heaven, using it to rapidly advance time. Despite Anasui's self-sacrifice, Pucci kills Ermes and Jotaro, and Jolyne sacrifices herself to save Emporio.

Pucci manages to accelerate time to the end of the universe, leading to a new cycle of time and a parallel universe where all surviving humans have subconscious precognition of their lives and the Joestar bloodline no longer exists. Pucci then attempts to kill Emporio, only to inadvertently insert Weather Report's Stand Disc into the child’s head. Pucci attempts to accelerate time once more, but Emporio uses Weather Report to increase the surrounding oxygen’s concentration to a lethal amount. A poisoned and paralyzed Pucci pleads with Emporio to spare him long enough to make his new universe permanent, but Emporio is unmoved, and Weather Report caves in Pucci's skull.

With Pucci's premature death, the parallel universe collapses with a new universe established where Pucci no longer exists and precognitive effects of the second universe are gone. In the new universe, with Foo Fighters not among them, Emporio encounters alternate versions of his deceased friends with Irene, Jolyne's counterpart, engaged to Anakiss, Anasui's counterpart. As Ermes's and Weather Report's counterparts join the two as hitchhikers, Emporio tearfully re-introduces himself to Irene after noticing her star-shaped birthmark as the group drive off to meet Irene's father, Jotaro's unseen counterpart.

Characters

See also: List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters § Part 6: Stone Ocean_2

• Jolyne Cujoh is an inmate at Green Dolphin Street Jail, and is the daughter of the Stardust Crusaders main protagonist Jotaro Kujo. Her Stand is Stone Free, which allows her to unravel her body into multiple threads.
• Jotaro Kujo returns from Stardust Crusaders and Diamond is Unbreakable as Jolyne’s father. Now a middle-aged man, he arrives at Green Dolphin Street Jail to help Jolyne clear her name and stop Enrico Pucci. His stand is Star Platinum, a powerful close-ranged Stand with immense strength, precision, speed, and the ability to stop time.
• Ermes Costello is an inmate who intentionally got herself incarcerated to go after the gangster Sports Max for killing her sister. She aquires the Stand Kiss, which allows her to place stickers on whatever she wants duplicated until the sticker is removed, inflicting damage from the duplicate and the original merging back together.
• Foo Fighters, shortened to F.F., is a sapient being consisting of plankton. It is its own Stand, with the ability to control the plankton colony as one being or individually, as well as the ability to seal wounds using plankton or possess someone's body, the latter of which it uses to assume the appearance of a deceased prisoner named Atroe.
• Emporio Alnino is a boy born to an unknown inmate in Green Dolphin Street Jail. His Stand, Burning Down the House, has the ability to manifest objects which no longer exist such as from the former prison, and secretly lives in a ghost room that he created, together with Weather Report and Narciso Anasui.
• Weather Report , born Domenico Pucci and raised as Wes Bluemarine, is an amnesiac inmate who aides Jolyne at Emporio's request. With no memory of his true name, he goes by the name of his Stand, which allows him to manipulate the weather and the atmosphere. His Stand also has a hidden ability known as Heavy Weather, which sends subliminal messages that gradually transform people into snails.
• Narciso Anasui is an inmate who is obsessively in love with Jolyne, and wishes to marry her despite the fact she is clearly not interested in him. His stand, Diver Down, allows him to phase himself or his Stand into objects, or into others' bodies to absorb damage dealt to them.
• Enrico Pucci is a Roman Catholic priest and Jolyne’s warden of the Green Dolphin Street Jail, and is one of the last loyalists to DIO. Pucci uses the Stand Whitesnake, which allows him to torture his prisoners to their breaking point by extracting their memories and Stands in the form of compact discs; he can then insert these disks into their bystanders for information about their crimes against the public so that he may mercilessly crucify his prisoners without trial. Whitesnake eventually evolves into C-Moon, giving Pucci the ability to reverse the gravity of the area around him, as well as the gravity of anything the Stand touches. After evolving once more, C-Moon changes into Made in Heaven, gaining the power to gradually speed up time until reaching a new parallel universe. In reality, Pucci seeks to avenge DIO and continue his plans by wiping out Jolyne and her family line of Joestars, and therefore rewriting reality into DIO's image.
• Miraschon is an inmate who becomes a pawn of Enrico Pucci and is given the Stand "Marilyn Manson, The Debt Collector".
• Loccobarocco is the ruthless chief of Green Dolphin Street Prison and uses an alligator puppet to communicate in tandem with people.

Volumes

No.	Title	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1 (64)	Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh Shūjin Bangō FE40536 Kūjō Jorīn (囚人番号FE40536空条徐倫)	May 1, 2000	978-4-08-872866-7
1–3. "Stone Ocean (1–3)" (石作りの海（ストーンオーシャン） その①〜③, Sutōn Ōshan Sono 1–3) 4–6. "Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh (1–3)" (囚人番号FE40536空条徐倫 その①〜③, Shūjin Bangō FE40536 Kūjō Jorīn Sono 1–3) 7. "Goo Goo Dolls" (グーグー・ドールズ, Gūgū Dōruzu) 8. "Stone Free (1)" (ストーン・フリー その①, Sutōn Furī Sono 1)
2 (65)	Visitor to Green Dolphin Street Prison Gurīn Dorufin Sutorīto Keimusho no Menkainin (グリーン・ドルフィン・ストリート刑務所の面会人)	August 4, 2000	978-4-08-872899-5
9. "Stone Free (2)" (ストーン・フリー その②, Stōn Furī Sono 2) 10. "Green Dolphin Street Prison" (グリーン・ドルフィン・ストリート刑務所, Gurīn Dorufin Sutorīto Keimusho) 11–17. "The Visitor (1–7)" (面会人 その①〜⑦, Menkainin Sono 1–7)
3 (66)	Prisoner of Love Purizunā Obu Ravu (プリズナー・オブ・ラヴ)	October 4, 2000	978-4-08-873027-1
18–19. "The Visitor (8–9)" (面会人 その⑧〜⑨, Menkainin Sono 8–9) 20. "Prisoner of Love" (プリズナー・オブ・ラヴ, Purizunā Obu Ravu) 21–25. "Ermes' Sticker (1–5)" (エルメェスのシール その①〜⑤, Erumesu no Shīru Sono 1–5) 26–27. "There's Six of Them! (1–2)" (6人いる! その①〜②, Rokunin Iru! Sono 1–2)
4 (67)	Go! Foo Fighters Iku zo! Fū Faitāzu (行くぞ!フー・ファイターズ)	December 4, 2000	978-4-08-873051-6
28–30. "There's Six of Them! (3–5)" (6人いる! その③〜⑤, Rokunin Iru! Sono 3–5) 31–33. "Foo Fighters (1–3)" (フー・ファイターズ その①〜③, Fū Faitāzu Sono 1–3) 34–36. "The Collector, Marilyn Manson (1–3)" (取り立て人マリリン・マンソン その①〜③, Toritatenin Maririn Manson Sono 1–3)
5 (68)	Operation Savage Garden (Head for the Courtyard!) Saveji Gāden Sakusen (Nakaniwa e Mukae!) (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 (中庭へ向かえ!))	February 2, 2001	978-4-08-873077-6
37–39. "The Collector, Marilyn Manson (4–6)" (取り立て人マリリン・マンソン その④〜⑥, Toritatenin Maririn Manson Sono 4–6) 40–45. "Operation Savage Garden (Head for the Courtyard!) (1–6)" (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 (中庭へ向かえ!) その①〜⑥, Saveji Gāden Sakusen (Nakaniwa e Mukae!) Sono 1–6)
6 (69)	Flash Flood Warning Shūchū Gōu Keihō Hatsurei (集中豪雨警報発令)	April 4, 2001	978-4-08-873103-2
46–47. "Operation Savage Garden (7–8)" (サヴェジ・ガーデン作戦 その⑦〜⑧, Saveji Gāden Sakusen Sono 7–8) 48–50. "Flash Flood Warning (1–3)" (集中豪雨警報発令 その①〜③, Shūchū Gōu Keihō Hatsurei Sono 1–3) 51–54. "Kiss of Love and Revenge (1–4)" (愛と復讐のキッス その①〜④, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 1–4)
7 (70)	Ultra Security Solitary Urutora Sekyuriti Chōbatsubō (ウルトラセキュリティ懲罰房)	June 4, 2001	978-4-08-873126-1
55–57. "Kiss of Love and Revenge (5–7)" (愛と復讐のキッス その⑤〜⑦, Ai to Fukushū no Kissu Sono 5–7) 58. "Ultra Security Solitary" (ウルトラセキュリティ懲罰房, Urutora Sekyuriti Chōbatsubō) 59. "His Name Is Anasui" (その名はアナスイ, Sono Na wa Anasui) 60–63. "The Secret of Westwood the Guard (1–4)" (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その①〜④, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 1–4)
8 (71)	Enter the Dragon's Dream! Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu (燃えよ竜の夢（ドラゴンズ・ドリーム）)	September 4, 2001	978-4-08-873160-5
64–66. "The Secret of Westwood the Guard (5–7)" (看守ウエストウッドの秘密 その⑤〜⑦, Kanshu Uesutouddo no Himitsu Sono 5–7) 67–71. "Enter the Dragon's Dream! (1–5)" (燃えよ竜の夢（ドラゴンズ・ドリーム） その①〜⑤, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 1–5) 72. "Enter Foo Fighters!" (燃えよフー・ファイターズ, Moe yo Fū Faitāzu)
9 (72)	Green Birth Midoriiro no Tanjō (緑色の誕生)	November 2, 2001	978-4-08-873183-4
73–74. "Enter the Dragon's Dream! (6–7)" (燃えよ竜の夢（ドラゴンズ・ドリーム） その⑥〜⑦, Moe yo Doragonzu Dorīmu Sono 6–7) 75. "Father: Jotaro Kujo - Daughter: Jolyne Cujoh" (父・空条承太郎 娘・空条徐倫, Chichi: Kūjō Jōtarō Musume: Kūjō Jorīn) 76–77. "Green Birth (1–2)" (緑色の誕生 その①〜②, Midoriiro no Tanjō Sono 1–2) 78–81. "Here Comes Yo-Yo Ma! (1–4)" (ヨーヨーマッが来る! その①〜④, Yōyōma ga Kuru! Sono 1–4)
10 (73)	Awaken AWAKEN-Mezame (AWAKEN-目覚め)	February 4, 2002	978-4-08-873225-1
82. "Here Comes Yo-Yo Ma! (5)" (ヨーヨーマッが来る! その⑤, Yōyōma ga Kuru! Sono 5) 83–84. "FF - The Witness (1–2)" (F・F-目撃者 その①〜②, Efu Efu Mokugekisha Sono 1–2) 85–88. "Awaken (1–4)" (AWAKEN（アウェイクン）-目覚め その①〜④, AWAKEN-Mezame Sono 1–4) 89–90. "Whitesnake - The Pursuer (1–2)" (ホワイトスネイク-追跡者 その①〜②, Howaito Suneiku- Tsuisekisha Sono 1–2)
11 (74)	Head Out! Paradise Time Mukae! Tengoku no Toki (向かえ! 天国の時)	April 4, 2002	978-4-08-873250-3
91–93. "Whitesnake - The Pursuer (3–5)" (ホワイトスネイク-追跡者 その③〜⑤, Howaito Suneiku- Tsuisekisha Sono 3–5) 94. "Paradise Time" (天国の時, Tengoku no Toki) 95. "New Moon, New Priest!" (新月の時!新（ニュー）神父, Shingetsu no Toki! Nyū Shinpu) 96–99. "Jail House Lock! (1–4)" (JAIL（ジェイル） HOUSE（ハウス） LOCK（ロック）! その①〜④, Jeiru Hausu Rokku! Sono 1–4)
12 (75)	For Escape... Datsugoku e... (脱獄へ…)	July 4, 2002	978-4-08-873284-8
100–101. "Jail House Lock! (5–6)" (JAIL（ジェイル） HOUSE（ハウス） LOCK（ロック）! その⑤〜⑥, Jeiru Hausu Rokku Sono 5–6) 102. "For Escape..." (脱獄へ… , Datsugoku e...) 103. "Three Men in Hospital" (病院に運ばれた3人の男, Byōin ni Hakobareta 3nin no Otoko) 104–108. "Bohemian Rhapsody (1–5)" (自由人の狂想曲（ボヘミアン・ラプソディー） その①〜⑤, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 1–5)
13 (76)	Sky High Soars High! Sora Takaku Sukai Hai (空高くスカイ・ハイ!)	September 4, 2002	978-4-08-873315-9
109–110. "Bohemian Rhapsody (6–7)" (自由人の狂想曲（ボヘミアン・ラプソディー） その⑥〜⑦, Bohemian Rapusodī Sono 6–7) 111. "Long Time No See, Romeo" (ひさしぶりねロメオ, Hisashiburi ne Romeo) 112–117. "Sky High (1–6)" (スカイ・ハイ その①〜⑥, Sukai Hai Sono 1–6)
14 (77)	Paradise Time: Three Days to the New Moon Tengoku no Toki Shingetsu made Ato Mikka (天国の時 新月まであと3日)	December 4, 2002	978-4-08-873346-3
118. "Paradise Time: Three Days to the New Moon" (天国の時 新月まであと3日, Tengoku no Toki Shingetsu made Ato Mikka) 119–124. "Under World (1–6)" (アンダー・ワールド その①〜⑥, Andā Wārudo Sono 1–6) 125–126. "Heavy Weather (1–2)" (ヘビー・ウェザー その①〜②, Hebī Wezā Sono 1–2)
15 (78)	Heavy Weather Hebī Wezā (ヘビー・ウェザー)	February 4, 2003	978-4-08-873383-8
127–135. "Heavy Weather (3–11)" (ヘビー・ウェザー その③〜⑪, Hebī Wezā Sono 3–11)
16 (79)	In Cape Canaveral Kēpu Kanaberaru nite (ケープ・カナベラルにて)	April 4, 2003	978-4-08-873410-1
136–137. "Heavy Weather (12–13)" (ヘビー・ウェザー その⑫〜⑬, Hebī Wezā Sono 12–13) 138. "In Cape Canaveral" (ケープ・カナベラルにて, Kēpu Kanaberaru nite) 139–140. "The New Moon's Gravity (1–2)" (新月の重力 その①〜②, Shingetsu no Jūryoku Sono 1–2) 141–146. "C-Moon (1–6)" (C-MOON その①〜⑥, Shī Mūn Sono 1–6)
17 (80)	Made in Heaven Meido In Hebun (メイド・イン・ヘブン)	July 4, 2003	978-4-08-873483-5
147–148. "C-Moon (7–8)" (C-MOON その⑦〜⑧, Shī Mūn Sono 7–8) 149–157. "Made in Heaven (1–9)" (メイド・イン・ヘブン その①〜⑨, Meido In Hebun Sono 1–9) 158. "What a Wonderful World" (ホワット・ア・ワンダフル・ワールド, Howatto a Wandafuru Wārudo)

2008 release

No.	Title	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
40	Part 6: Stone Ocean 1 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 1 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 1)	April 18, 2008	978-4-08-618736-7
Chapters 1–13
41	Part 6: Stone Ocean 2 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 2 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 2)	May 16, 2008	978-4-08-618737-4
Chapters 14–28
42	Part 6: Stone Ocean 3 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 3 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 3)	June 18, 2008	978-4-08-618738-1
Chapters 29–43
43	Part 6: Stone Ocean 4 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 4 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 4)	July 18, 2008	978-4-08-618739-8
Chapters 44–57
44	Part 6: Stone Ocean 5 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 5 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 5)	August 8, 2008	978-4-08-618740-4
Chapters 58–72
45	Part 6: Stone Ocean 6 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 6 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 6)	September 18, 2008	978-4-08-618741-1
Chapters 73–86
46	Part 6: Stone Ocean 7 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 7 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 7)	October 17, 2008	978-4-08-618742-8
Chapters 87–101
47	Part 6: Stone Ocean 8 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 8 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 8)	November 18, 2008	978-4-08-618743-5
Chapters 102–115
48	Part 6: Stone Ocean 9 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 9 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 9)	December 12, 2008	978-4-08-618744-2
Chapters 116–129
49	Part 6: Stone Ocean 10 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 10 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 10)	January 16, 2009	978-4-08-618745-9
Chapters 130–144
50	Part 6: Stone Ocean 11 Part 6 Sutōn Ōshan 11 (Part6　ストーンオーシャン 11)	February 18, 2009	978-4-08-618746-6
Chapters 145–158

Related media

Anime

Main article: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

The anime adaptation of Stone Ocean was personally announced by series creator Hirohiko Araki on the "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure the Animation Special Event: JOESTAR Inherited Soul" live stream on 4 April, 2021, stating that it is “[...] finally being animated and released”.

On August 8, 2021, on a live stream event, it was announced that the Stone Ocean anime would be streaming on Netflix worldwide on December 1, 2021. In the same live stream, there was a 2-minute trailer featuring new character art, animation, and music.

One-shot manga

Fujiko no Kimyō na Shoseijutsu: Whitesnake no Gosan (フジコの奇妙な処世術 -ホワイトスネイクの誤算-, "Fujiko's Bizarre Wisdom: Whitesnake's Miscalculation"), a one-shot spin-off manga by Shō Aimoto, is planned to be published by Shueisha in their seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump on December 18, 2021.

Reception

Kono Manga ga Sugoi! recommended the series, and called Jolyne a distinctive character within the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise. In a 2015 poll on Charapedia, Japanese readers ranked Stone Ocean as having the seventeenth most shocking ending of all time in manga and anime.