Part 2: Battle Tendency



Part 2 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, subtitled Battle Tendency, is preceded by Part 1: Phantom Blood and followed by Part 3: Stardust Crusaders. Joseph Joestar is the JoJo of this part and Kars is the main antagonist. The Pillar Men are the villainous faction.

This part reveals the origins and conclusion to the Stone Masks, and is the final part featuring Hamon.

The manga, originally titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Joseph Joestar - His Proud Lineage, released in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1987, almost one year after Part 1 began.

It was adapted into a TV anime in 2012, paired with Part 1 as one season on most streaming services.

In 2012, the light novel JORGE JOESTAR was released, exploring the history and backstory of Joseph Joestar's father Jorge Joestar. While not an adaptation of Part 2, some consider it a non-canon prequel to Battle Tendency, as it elaborates on flashbacks that were present in this part.

The Part 2 manga was officially released in 2015 in the United States.

Official Description
In 1938, Joseph Joestar learns the martial art Hamon through his teacher Lisa Lisa and attempts to stop the evil Pillar Men from obtaining the Red Stone of Aja and becoming rulers of the world.

Summary
The second part, set in the year 1938, follows Jonathan's grandson Joseph Joestar. He too is trained in Hamon through Hamon master Lisa Lisa, who happens to be his own mother. Joseph comes face-to-face with the creators of the ancient Stone Mask, the Pillar Men, who are much stronger than a typical vampire. He must defeat this ancient race of super-beings with the help of Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, Lisa Lisa, and Rudol Von Stroheim before they can recover the Red Stone of Aja and become rulers of the world. Battle Tendency ends with Joseph defeating Kars, at the expense of losing his right hand, and ending the story of the Stone Mask for good.

Cast

 * Joseph Joestar - Ben Diskin
 * Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli - Bryce Papenbrook
 * Lisa Lisa - Wendee Lee
 * Kars - Will Barrett
 * Esidisi - Chris Jai Alex
 * Wamuu - George C. Cole
 * Santana - Kaiji Tang

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: JORGE JOESTAR
A non-canon light novel written by Otaro Maijo that acts as a spinoff to Part 2 (as well as basically every other part up to Part 7) that tells the story of Joseph Joestar's father, Lisa Lisa, and all the wacky hijinks they get into in this weird crossover nexus thing that I cannot even begin to describe. It was released in 2012 for JoJo's 25th Anniversary.

Songs

 * Bloody Stream
 * Goodbye Nostalgia
 * Iggy Walk
 * Crazy my Beat

Trivia

 * The anime was announced on July 5, 2012 by Hirohiko Araki during the JoJo Exhibition 2012 press conference.
 * This is the final part that uses Hamon as a major plot element, as it would be replaced with Stands starting with Part 3.
 * Hamon is used sparingly in Part 3, but is no longer a major part of the story.