How to Read The JOJOLands — When the Official Volumes Lag Behind Japan

If you follow JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, you know the frustration: the newest part is running right now in Japan, and the official English release is a long way behind. The JOJOLands is the clearest case on this whole blog of a series where a translation tool isn't a nice-to-have — it's how you keep up at all.

What is The JOJOLands?

The JOJOLands is the ninth part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized monthly in Ultra Jump. Set in Hawaii, it follows Jodio Joestar, a teenager who wants to get rich, and his Stand-powered crew as a heist spirals outward. It's Araki at his most stylish — the fashion, the Stand battles, the escalating schemes — and because it's ongoing, the Japanese chapters are where the story actually is right now.

The official-English gap

Here's the problem. The JOJOLands comes out monthly in Japan, but the official English release is volume-based and significantly delayed — VIZ collects it into books that arrive long after the Japanese serialization. So if you want to read what's happening now, waiting for the official English can mean a year or more behind.

And that's just English. There's no official Portuguese, Spanish, French or German release keeping pace either — which leaves a huge part of the JoJo fandom with no timely way to read the newest part in their language at all.

This is the gap a translator was made for: read the monthly Japanese chapter (one you have the right to read — an official source or a volume you bought) in the language you actually read in.

Reading The JOJOLands with Sumi

• On your phone or Mac: the reader app has a built-in browser for the official manga sites. Open the chapter, pick your language — Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and more — and translate as you read, with the text set back inside the bubbles.
• On a computer: Sumi for Chrome translates the reader page in place.
• A saved page or screenshot: drop it into the online translator.

JoJo lives and dies on its Stand names and battle logic, so consistency matters more here than almost anywhere. Sumi's glossary keeps a Stand's name translated the same way every chapter, and the one-tap "fix this bubble" lets you correct a call whenever the AI reads a stylized name the wrong way.

FAQ

Is The JOJOLands available in English? Only as delayed official volumes from VIZ — there's no fast simulpub the way Weekly Shonen Jump titles get. That lag is why readers translate the monthly Japanese chapters to keep up.

Can I read The JOJOLands in Portuguese or Spanish? There's no official release in those languages, but Sumi translates the pages into 20+ languages — pick yours in the settings and read the latest part in the language you think in.

Do I need to read the earlier JoJo parts first? Each part is largely self-contained with a new cast, so The JOJOLands is a reasonable jumping-on point — though longtime readers will catch more of the references.

Is it legal to translate the raws? Translating manga you have a right to read — your own purchases, official sources, public-domain titles — is fine for personal use. The tools only convert text on a page you already have; they don't host or distribute manga. Support the official volumes as they release.

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Sample page: Black Jack ni Yoroshiku by Syuho Sato, released by the author for free use. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The JOJOLands is © Hirohiko Araki / Shueisha and is referenced here for identification only.