The new Jojo's Bizarre Adventure one-shot promoting the launch of the Stone Ocean anime debuted in the latest issue of Ultra Jump magazine, and it's a strange one even by Jojo's standards.
The one-shot, entitled Fujiko's Bizarre Worldly Wisdom: Whitesnake's Miscalculation follows Jolyne in the earliest days of her arrival at Green Dolphin Street Prison, but the villainous Enrico Pucci already has his sights set on her. The one-shot was written by Shou Aimoto, creator of the supernatural mystery series Kemono Jihen, and utilizes a very different style from that employed by Araki on other Jojo manga. The cutesy style happens to work decently well with Jolyne, although it does strongly reinforce the idea that this is a little side project/spinoff rather than a big new story.
Rumors are swirling around the prison of a prisoner who creates art that she sells for extra cash. That artist turns out to be Fujiko Fujiyama, a Japanese-born woman whose hobby is to draw whatever perverse request she might receive. However, this isn't just a skill of hers--it's actually tied to her Stand ability, named "Bad Romance" after the Lady Gaga song. Fujiko offers to do a sketch of Jolyne for free, which is relatively tasteful compared to some of her other work. That's where the Stand kicks in, however: anyone who has received artwork from Fujiko will have their emotions controlled by her... and as evidenced by her taste in drawing subjects, the main feeling she intends to evoke is desire, something that's only made worse by her increasing obsession with Jolyne.
Reading the one-shot feels a lot more like reading an unofficial doujinshi (fan comics that are often R-rated) than a promotional chapter. From the lewd gaze at Jolyne as she and the other female inmates practice Yoga to the very nature of Fujiko's Stand, it all feels like the set-up for a wild rendezvous in the prison, but the comic shies away from going that far. Instead, Pucci, aka Whitesnake, is so embarrassed by the incident at the end of the manga that he removes Fujiko's stand and effectively erases all memory of the incident. While the chapter is obviously intended to be comedic and does have some funny moments, it also seems to strike at one of the biggest fears many fans had for the first female Jojo: being reduced to overly sexualized eye candy.
Jolyne is an unusual character in that she's often defined herself by being comfortable with sex and sexuality in a way that her father Jotaro and most other Jojo characters aren't. In that way, she's a bit more like her grandfather, Joseph, both wearing that attraction on their sleeves. While turning that factor on its head could be an interesting idea, it all comes off feeling more like an excuse for fan service. It's probably best for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure fans to take the chapter for what it's worth: a few laughs at the characters' expense with little-to-no bearing on anything else.