JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Which Part Should You Start With?
Reading order is the most argued question in the JoJo fandom, and there is no neutral answer.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is eight-plus stories under one banner, which makes the entry point genuinely difficult. The purist position is simple: start at Part 1 and go in order, because later parts reference earlier ones and the escalation of the Stand system only makes sense as a progression.
The pragmatic position is that Phantom Blood is the weakest part and the worst ambassador. These readers recommend starting with Part 3 or Part 7, where the series is already confident, then looping back once the reader is invested.
Both camps are loud, and both have a point. JoJo is one of the few series where a best manga to read recommendation genuinely depends on which part you name.
Editorial Discussion
There is no correct answer, only a trade-off. Reading in order preserves the generational structure and the slow build of the Stand concept, but it asks a new reader to sit through the roughest material first. Jumping ahead guarantees a better first impression at the cost of context. Editorially, the most useful advice is to name the reader's tolerance honestly: if they bail on slow starts, send them to Part 3; if they hate skipping, tell them Part 1 is short and worth surviving. Pretending there is one right order helps nobody.