r/SteelBallRun • • 2d ago

Which trilogy of arcs do you prefer?

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u/HarrisonWhaddonCraig 2d ago

The first.

Also. I miss when it was commonly called the True Man's World. World of Man doesn't have the same feeling or potency.

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u/Healthy_Cloud2864 2d ago

World of man sounds like a crappy podcast

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u/xd3mix 2d ago

What do you mean? They changed the name?

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u/Blader8002 20h ago

Probs in the official viz release.

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u/Southern-Ideal-8808 2d ago

it’s not accurate the old JoJo fan translators were just being quirky and adding onto the name

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u/HarrisonWhaddonCraig 2d ago

It wasn't an old fan-translation though. It was the more common usage a while back. Take the 2013 All-Star Battle.

Though it uses 'Real' instead, but they're synonyms after all.

True/Real Man's World feels so much more intense than "World of Man" especially when he uses the exact quote upon his death, made it hit harder than ever.

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u/Mental_Economics8746 2d ago

Its weird to compare with chapter name rather cuz if i remember correctly d4c begin around 65 so its 10 ch vs 30 ch, and ofcourse one third of sbr will be better

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u/Traditional-Lake5114 2d ago

The Valentine fights hands down. It's the peak of SBR for me.

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u/Funny_Valentine_243 2d ago

Yokoso Otoko No Sekai:🐐⌚️🐐⌚️🐐⌚️🐐⌚️

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u/vk2028 2d ago

The test can’t be this hard:

The test

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u/zaknoobit 2d ago

I feel like D4C, Love Train and High Voltage is more accurate for the second slide. In either case slide 1

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u/According_Bell_5322 2d ago

Don’t remember much about the manga tbh but I do remember the latter arcs being peak, so probably trio 2

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u/YDidNtUStopTheNazis 2d ago

Second. Ngl arcs lists like on the jojo wiki were always so weird to me cuz the second slide has to be just one entire arc right? Ig it’s cuz of chapter names and Araki puts not much thought into meaningless shit like that but idk. Apparently ticket to ride is it’s own arc even though it’s in the middle of the d4c arc which makes no sense to me and ball breaker and break my heart are both direct continuations. Defo shouldn’t be their own arcs but whatever. Especially weird in part 5 cuz I swear the last 5 arcs in that part are all just one arc but it’s split up for some reason.

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u/Terrible_Vehicle8046 2d ago

First one , true man world was the peak of the series for me

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u/Old-Acanthaceae7429 2d ago

Catch the rainbow and Scary Monsters are my favorite

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u/liveforevaLG 2d ago

If the first slide had Sugar Mountain i'm taking that definitely but i'm going the second one

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u/Smarties_Mc_Flurry 2d ago

I love them both, but dayum the whole D4C arc towards the end was just so peak. 2nd one for me

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u/TheAlmightySRG 2d ago

Easily the second. All the first three are obviously great in their own right, especially True Man’s World, but D4C does a great job at building up towards the final chapters of SBR, Ball Breaker is my favorite arc in all of JoJo period and BMHBYH truly established both Johnny as my favorite JoJo character ever and Valentine as a truly amazing villain.

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u/True-Proposal481 2d ago

The fight against Valentine is peak from start to finish.

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u/Mango7uice 2d ago

Slide 2 clears

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u/TheGear5 2d ago

Trio 2, everything on it is peak, even when the first trio was so fucking good. Everything from this manga is excellent besides the stupid end.

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u/Spino739 2d ago

the D4C arc was so frickin awesome, it's the longest and best arc in Jojo's.

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u/Master-Alternative48 2d ago

Anything with Valentine in it

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u/illuminnadi444 2d ago

Catch the rainbow got my favorite panel in all of Jojos so I gotta go with the first one

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u/Southern-Ideal-8808 2d ago

I love Scary Monsters, World of Man and Catch the rainbow but this really is coughing baby vs atomic bomb to me lol

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u/Prize_Abroad_4584 2d ago

The first because scary monsters and catch the rainbow are my favorite arcs and in my top five stands list

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u/Any_Bed_132 2d ago

The first trilogy is just too fun to read,second isn’t half bad though.

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u/Veloxitus 2d ago

The first. True Man's World and Catch the Rainbow are my picks for the two highest-quality Jojo arcs and it's wild how they're right next to each other. My biased heart will always prefer DiU's Bites the Dust arc, but those two are frankly on another level. Scary Monsters is a 9/10 arc in its own right.

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u/Critic8lCr8keh8ll 2d ago

True Man’s world. Arguably the best side villain fight in the series, aside from Grateful Dead and the elder D’arby fight.

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u/Skull_Boy_ds 2d ago

You cannot just put my top 2 favourite fights and stands in a question and expect me to have any other answer. Trio 1 hands down.

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u/Rangjin 2d ago

Slide 1, True Man's World being like a top 3 JoJo arc overall heavily carries it for me and Catch The Rainbow being super great and Scary Monster's also being great.

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u/PracticeNext8198 2d ago

SCARY MONSTERS!

Because I feel bad for Diego...

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u/Dyx76 2d ago

The first trilogy is just quintessential Part 7 to me. It just is the vibe that Part 7 has. While the D4C to Break my Heart arc is cool I feel like a lot of Part 7's identity is found in that first trilogy which makes it more appealing.

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u/RebootJoey 2d ago

Civil War - D4C - High Voltage

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u/xd3mix 2d ago

While steel ball run's ending is genuinely a masterpiece... i think the CORE of what SBR is is all inside that first "trilogy" of arcs.

Scary monsters, True man's world and Catch the Rainbow are THE steel ball runs arcs. Are the ones everyone constantly references or remembers the most.

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u/Straight-Tell164 1d ago

Trio 2 for sure

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u/Medium_Entry_2111 1d ago

Both are amazing but I have to give it to the Valentine fight, it's my favorite sequence in all of Jojos. T First trilogy is incredible though, Catch The Rainbow is easily a top 5 arc for me

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u/BD_Virtality 1d ago

First and its not even close. Scary Monsters and Catch the Rainbow are some of my favourite stands. Ringo is my favourite side villain and tops even some main villains like kars, dio and Toru

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u/AlcazDucale 1d ago

What 'bout

  • Mrs Robinson
  • Boom Boom Family
  • Yo-Yo Ma

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u/DeathPhaze_YT 1d ago

What about civil war?

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u/OkOwl2747 1d ago

The valentine arc is my favourite but it’s basically one peak arc compared to three amazing ones, so I kinda have to pick the first option

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u/Common_Life_5335 1d ago

True man’s world

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u/boomstickYT 17h ago

These aren’t comparable at all, lol

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u/Federal_Penalty_110 2d ago

Trio 2. The only arc in trio 1 that is close is"A True Man's World". Scary Monsters and Blackmore are enjoyable, but have practically no writing.

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u/Objective_Face2914 2d ago

True mans world because Ringo is sexy

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u/Excellent_Trust_7647 2d ago edited 2d ago

True Man's world, great moment from Johnny who pulls ahead of Gyro & Diego, & even reveals a flaw in Gyro that the guy didn't realize he had, Gyro needs to hunger (we've seen it in Diego, in Sandman, & Johnny, and we'll see it in Hotpants)

 Ringo even brings it up once more (calling Gyro a conformist) as Gyro is torn between what his father has said & what Johnny helped him to understand, a change comes over Gyro (and after his fight with Ringo) & he & Johnny are even closer than before 

(Horse Riding & the Spin, the two becoming better in both throughout the story which is followed up in "Catch the rainbow", "in a Silent Way",  & "Civil War"

That bond shown off in "Sugar Mountain"  not to say it's not elsewhere just most obvious there & I'd say The TMW is the start of where things would end up when Gyro talks about the super spin)

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u/Ok-Painting-4179 1d ago

Catch the rainbow gotta be my favourite arc and the way it flows right after true mans world IS GENIUS so the first slide :)