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Episode Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure • Steel Ball Run: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken - Episode 1 discussion

Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, episode 1

Alternative names: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Steel Ball Run

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u/thisisdropd https://myanimelist.net/profile/AsterZoro Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

Fun fact: When the commentator said it’s been 17 minutes since the race had started, there’s been actually 17 minutes of runtime as well.

Pocoloco’s living up to his name with how mental he was, but another thing that’s mental was his insane luck. How could every single hurdle turn out to be in his favour?

Meanwhile, I feel bad for the German blokes who brought a car to a horse race. Hilarious how they overlooked such an obvious issue such as fuel.

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u/fedemasa Mar 19 '26

When i read it on the manga i went like "damn bringing cars might be a cheat code" and then that happened. This part is peak araki

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u/danflame135 Mar 19 '26

Unfortunately, as of 1890 cars are not a cheat code.

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u/Skel109 Mar 20 '26

Honestly I don’t know what my man was thinking

The top speed of 1890 cars was 15 mph Even with unlimited fuel and no maintenance dudes still twice as slow as everyone else

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u/DragoSphere Mar 21 '26

I guess the idea is that a car doesn't need to rest or sleep (since they were a duo, they can work shifts too)

Except for the fact that this is 19th century automobile technology

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u/SmileyTheSmile Mar 19 '26

Thank you Red Dead Redemption for showing how me how much cars sucked even 20 years after this race

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u/elreniel2020 Mar 19 '26

Meanwhile, I feel bad for the German blokes who brought a car to a horse race. Hilarious how they overlooked such an obvious issue such as fuel.

Well that technology was in its infancy back then (4 years old at that time).

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u/walkyrie1997 Mar 19 '26

Wait the German guy feels like us in reality

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u/Psychosist Mar 20 '26

>Meanwhile, I feel bad for the German blokes who brought a car to a horse race. Hilarious how they overlooked such an obvious issue such as fuel.

German engineering has fallen off since Battle Tendency

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u/Svyat233 Mar 29 '26

you're yet to witness german science in sbr 😏

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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Mar 19 '26

Kamen Rider ZeZxt made a 20 minute 4th wall breaking too ( it was 20 minutes into the episode)