JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean

Stone Ocean is the sixth part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga and stands as an original work rather than an adaptation of another medium. Araki's run on the part began in December 1999 and concluded in February 2003, leaving a finished story told across 158 chapters that were later gathered into 17 collected volumes. It is a manga entry in a franchise that also includes animated adaptations, so its production history belongs to the printed serial rather than to any screen version.

The narrative centers on Jolyne Cujoh, daughter of Jotaro Kujo, who is sentenced to fifteen years in prison for a murder she did not commit. Araki sets much of the story inside that prison, populating it with Stand users who divide into allies and enemies, and the part leans into action, adventure, drama, and supernatural material alongside themes of crime, memory, and tragedy. The heroine's prominence gives the installment a distinct identity within the larger Joestar family saga, and the finished volume count marks it as one of the longer completed parts of the series.

English-language readers can find the work through VIZ and MANGA Plus, the two services listed for it in the catalog. This page covers the Stone Ocean manga as an individual installment, while the broader franchise hub gathers the other Joestar generations and their respective parts.

Stone Ocean is the sixth part of Hirohiko Araki's long-running JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, serialized from 1999 to 2003 and collected in 17 volumes. It follows Part 5, Golden Wind, and precedes Part 7, Steel Ball Run, which shifted the series into a new continuity. As an original manga rather than a spin-off or adaptation, it stands as a mainline installment in the Joestar family saga, though its prison setting and its focus on Jolyne Cujoh, the first woman to carry the JoJo name, set it apart from earlier arcs.

The part continues the series' multigenerational structure and resolves several threads running since Part 3, Stardust Crusaders, including the legacy of DIO. It was later adapted into an anime by David Production, released in batches beginning in 2021, so the manga remains the source version of this story. Readers can approach it as a later entry in the mainline sequence, and it is available in English through VIZ Media.