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is the seventh story arc of the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Set in 1890, it stars Gyro Zeppeli, a disgraced former executioner, and Johnny Joestar, a former hot-shot jockey who was shot and lost the use of his legs, as well as his fame and fortune. They, along with others, race across America for $50 million, reminiscent of the 1981 film ''The Cannonball Run''. Originally the first 23 chapters (4 volumes) were serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in 2004 simply under the title ''Steel Ball Run''. Although the character's names are obviously related to the series, it was unclear if the story was a part of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''. However, when the series moved to ''Ultra Jump'' in 2004, it was officially announced as part 7 of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', but in an alternate universe, like the following and current arc, ''JoJolion''. The 95 chapters were combined into 24 ''tankōbon'' volumes (volumes 81 to 104 of the entire series), following the trend set by the previous part, ''Stone Ocean'', of starting over the volume count. A couple of chapters were adapted into a "Vomic" series, which has voice actors act over the manga pages as they are shown on screen. ==Plot== In the year 1890, racing jockeys from all over the world flock to the United States to take part in the Steel Ball Run— a cross-country horse race from San Diego to New York with a prize of fifty million dollars. Johnny Joestar, a former racing jockey who fell from glory after a tragic accident paralyzed him from the waist down, decides to enter the race after meeting the mysterious Gyro Zeppeli. The steel balls that Gyro uses as his weapon of choice have a strange power that made Johnny’s legs twitch for the first time in years, so Johnny insists on following Gyro until he learns the secret of the spinning steel balls. The two men begin as rivals, but they grow closer to one another as they travel through the wilderness and face attacks from violent competitors in the race. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Steel Ball Run (manga) )〕 Although the race is organized by the eccentric oil tycoon Stephen Steel, it is later revealed that the Steel Ball Run is backed by the United States government. Unbeknownst to Stephen Steel, the president, Funny Valentine, masterminded the race as a means to collect the scattered pieces of a two-thousand-year-old saint’s corpse. It is said that whoever assembles the full corpse will be granted incredible power. Once Johnny and Gyro discover this, they must fend off assassins sent by the president as well as their highly competitive rivals as multiple factions struggle over control of the corpse parts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steel Ball Run」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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