PART VII
Across America, destiny rides on horseback.
Former jockey Johnny Joestar joins the Steel Ball Run, a cross-country horse race from San Diego to New York. Alongside Gyro Zeppeli, he pursues the secret of the Spin, the Saint's Corpse, and a chance to regain the life he lost.
BEGIN THE RACE ↓In 1890, thousands of racers gather in San Diego for the first transcontinental horse race across the United States.
Johnny Joestar witnesses Gyro Zeppeli's mysterious steel balls and briefly regains movement in his legs after touching one.
Desperate to understand the power, Johnny enters the race and follows Gyro into the desert.
Johnny learns that Gyro is a former executioner from the Kingdom of Naples.
Gyro entered the race to win amnesty for a young boy sentenced to death.
Though they begin as rivals, Johnny and Gyro gradually become partners.
The racers enter a shifting desert region known as the Devil's Palm.
Johnny awakens the Stand Tusk, while Gyro's steel balls become connected to supernatural powers.
They discover that pieces of a holy corpse are hidden across the race route.
President Funny Valentine secretly organized the race to collect the remains of the Saint's Corpse.
The Corpse grants supernatural abilities and may bring extraordinary fortune to the country that possesses it.
Valentine sends Stand users to eliminate Johnny and Gyro and steal the parts they have collected.
Cowboy and bounty hunter Mountain Tim investigates crimes occurring along the race.
His Stand, Oh! Lonesome Me, allows him to move his body along a rope.
He becomes an ally to Johnny, Gyro, and Lucy Steel.
British jockey Diego Brando is one of the most skilled and dangerous competitors in the race.
After gaining Scary Monsters, Diego can transform himself and others into dinosaurs.
He pursues the Corpse Parts for his own ambition and often serves as both enemy and temporary ally.
Johnny and Gyro encounter a strange tree that trades possessions for objects of greater value.
They must spend everything they receive before sunset or become trapped inside the tree.
Johnny begins to understand the sacrifices required to continue moving forward.
Johnny faces Axl RO and the Stand Civil War.
The Stand forces its victims to confront people and possessions they abandoned in the past.
Johnny must accept his guilt and decide whether he has the determination to continue.
Gyro teaches Johnny the secrets of the Golden Rectangle.
By matching the natural proportions found in living things, a rider can create a nearly perfect rotational energy.
Johnny's Tusk evolves as he learns to combine the Spin with the movement of his horse.
Valentine gathers the Corpse Parts and awakens D4C Love Train.
A dimensional wall redirects misfortune away from Valentine and sends it somewhere else in the world.
Johnny and Gyro must perfect the Golden Spin to break through the barrier.
Gyro challenges Valentine with Ball Breaker and the power of the perfected Spin.
Before his death, Gyro leaves Johnny with one final lesson and the knowledge needed to complete Tusk Act 4.
Johnny uses the Infinite Rotation to defeat Valentine.
Johnny survives the race but does not win first place.
His journey gives him something more important: the ability to move forward, accept himself, and walk again.
He returns the Corpse to the vault and carries Gyro's memory with him into the future.
The Spin is a rotational technique practiced by the Zeppeli family. Gyro produces the rotation using specially crafted steel balls, allowing him to affect muscles, nerves, objects, and even supernatural abilities.
The strongest form follows the Golden Rectangle found throughout nature. When combined with the natural motion of a horse, it creates the Infinite Rotation—a power capable of crossing dimensions and pursuing its target forever.
JOCKEYS, COWBOYS, ASSASSINS, POLITICIANS, AND SEEKERS OF THE CORPSE
A former champion jockey who lost the use of his legs. Tusk evolves as Johnny learns the Spin and regains his determination.
A charismatic executioner from Naples. Gyro enters the race to save a child and teaches Johnny the Spin.
A brilliant British jockey driven by ambition. Scary Monsters allows him to transform living things into dinosaurs.
The young wife of race organizer Steven Steel. Lucy risks her life to expose Valentine's conspiracy and protect the Corpse.
A cowboy and bounty hunter. Oh! Lonesome Me allows him to separate and move his body along a rope.
A secretive racer working for the Vatican. Cream Starter sprays and manipulates flesh like a foam.
A Native American runner competing to purchase his tribe's ancestral land. In a Silent Way gives physical form to sound.
The public organizer of the Steel Ball Run. He gradually discovers that the race is being manipulated by Valentine.
The President of the United States. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap allows him to travel between parallel dimensions.
President Funny Valentine secretly uses the Steel Ball Run to collect the Saint's Corpse and secure supernatural protection for the United States.
His Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, allows him to move between parallel universes by passing between two objects. He can replace himself with alternate versions and summon counterparts from neighboring realities.
After obtaining Love Train, Valentine redirects every misfortune away from himself and onto innocent people elsewhere. Johnny must use the Infinite Rotation to break through the dimensional barrier.
Johnny begins the race chasing a miracle, but the road teaches him that moving forward is not something another person can give him. STEEL BALL RUN