{"id":46882,"date":"2025-04-09T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46882"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:29:28","slug":"jojos-bizarre-adventure-has-finally-entered-textbooks-in-japan-becoming-a-part-of-middle-school-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/jojos-bizarre-adventure-has-finally-entered-textbooks-in-japan-becoming-a-part-of-middle-school-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Jojo&#8217;s Bizarre Adventure has finally entered textbooks in Japan, becoming a part of middle school education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jojo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure\u2019s<\/strong> unique art style has been captivating the hearts of manga enthusiasts for decades now, and it\u2019s undoubtedly one of the most recognized and influential art styles in the manga world. But would it surprise you if your teacher came to class one day and said \u201cKids, open up your textbooks, we\u2019re learning about Jojo today.\u201d For some middle schoolers in Japan, this has recently become reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An X post by a mother of a middle schooler has been creating much buzz among Japanese users, as she was shocked by the fact that her son\u2019s art textbook features none other than Hirohiko Araki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u306a\u306b\u30a3\u30a3\u30a3\uff5e\uff5e\uff5e\u30c3\u30c3\uff01\uff1f\u606f\u5b50\u306e\u7f8e\u8853\u306e\u6559\u79d1\u66f8\u306b\u30b8\u30e7\u30b8\u30e7\u3060\u3068\u30c3\u30c3\uff01\uff1f\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30df\u30fc\u30e0\u306b\u3055\u308c\u305d\u3046\u306a\u8352\u6728\u5148\u751f\u3082\u63b2\u8f09\u3055\u308c\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u8a00\u53ca\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u306f\u30a2\u30dd\u30ed\u3068\u30c0\u30d5\u30cd\u3002\u30e2\u30ca\u30ea\u30b6\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u4e00\u5b89\u5fc3\u2026\u3002\u6614\u306e\u79c1\u304c\u4f7f\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xk5JOZenB7\">pic.twitter.com\/Xk5JOZenB7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b9\u30c8\u30a6\ud83c\udf38\u30ed\u30b4\uff06\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u3064\u304f\u308b\u3072\u3068 (@STOUcreation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STOUcreation\/status\/1909087754308505809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cApollo and Daphne are mentioned (next to Araki), but I\u2019m relieved there was no mention of the Mona Lisa\u201d \u2013 the lady jokes, possibly alluding to a famous scene from Diamond is Unbreakable, in which Yoshikage Kira talks about his bizarre sexual awakening after seeing the Mona Lisa in his textbook. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On that note, there\u2019s also a theory on Japanese Twitter that Araki has been alive many centuries before his alleged year of birth \u2013 and has appeared in textbooks not once, but twice &#8211; as the Mona Lisa and as the swordsman Toshizo Hijikata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u8352\u6728\u98db\u5442\u5f66\u5148\u751f\u306e\u6bd4\u8f03\u88682024\u5e74\u7248\u3092\u4f5c\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oZmHWbLujw\">pic.twitter.com\/oZmHWbLujw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u7537\u7235\u828b (@Potato_1838) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Potato_1838\/status\/1798731582519509309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the textbook, Hirohiko Araki\u2019s art is showcased back-to-back with some of the most influential artists in history, such as Van Gogh and Claude Monet. Japanese X users were quick to comment how jealous they are of middle schoolers for getting to learn about Araki in their art class, and to be honest with you \u2013 I\u2019m jealous too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we\u2019re able to see in the preview that was posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/krdkrk.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a> of the textbook\u2019s publisher, the main purpose of putting legendary manga artists such as Araki in textbooks is for the students to be able to interact with art in a way that is more familiar to them; Araki\u2019s timeless art pieces are not valuable just because they (very deservingly) marked an era of manga history, but because through them he was able to channel a lot of the important aspects of both classical and modern art of the World.\u00a0 It comes as no surprise that his art was even exhibited at the Louvre once (Perhaps the bit about him being the Mona Lisa was true after all?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese X users find out that their middle schoolers are learning about Jojo&#8217;s Bizarre Adventure mangaka Hirohiko Araki in class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":46884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[73,17],"class_list":["post-46882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-anime","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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