Vento Aureo

Vento Aureo
Cover of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure volume 47 (the first of Vento Aureo), featuring protagonist Giorno Giovanna (front center) with (clockwise from Giorno) Stand Gold Experience, Stand Star Platinum, Jotaro Kujo, Josuke Higashikata, and Stand Crazy Diamond.
黄金の風 (Ōgon no Kaze)
Manga
Written by	Hirohiko Araki
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run	November 20, 1995 – April 5, 1999
Volumes	17 (List of volumes)

Vento Aureo (黄金の風, Ōgon no Kaze^?, lit. "Golden Wind") is the fifth story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Since the arc takes place in Italy, the series title is written in Italian as Le Bizzarre Avventure di GioGio. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from the November 20, 1995 issue to the April 5, 1999 issue. In its original publication, it was referred to as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5 Giorno Giovanna: Golden Heritage (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第5部 ジョルノ・ジョバァーナ【黄金なる遺産】, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai Go Bu Joruno Jobāna [Ōgon naru Isan]).

As it is the fifth part of the series, the 155 chapters pick up where the fourth left off and are numbered 440 to 594, with the tankōbon volumes numbered 47 to 63. It was preceded by Diamond Is Unbreakable and followed by Stone Ocean.

In 2001 Koichi Hirose, from Part 4, goes to Naples at the request of Jotaro Kujo to find someone known as Haruno Shiobana and get a skin sample of theirs. This person turns out to be middle school student Giorno Giovanna (In Italian "Gio" is pronounced exactly like "Jo", and when written in Japanese, "Haruno Shibana" and "Giorno Giovanna" look exactly the same.), the son of Dio Brando (conceived using Jonathan Joestar's body) and a Japanese woman. Giorno is introduced by attempting to steal Koichi's luggage, though he is stopped by Koichi's stand Echoes Act Three. Giorno recognized his power as being a stand power similar to his Gold Experience, (Named after the Prince album.)a stand that can give life to inanimate objects. The story then follows Giorno as he tries to become a boss of the mafia in order to make Naples a better place and help its people, specifically where availability of drugs to young people are concerned. After an altercation with gang member Leaky Eye Luka, he attempts to join Passione, an organized crime group that employs many Stand users (essentially, his vision for Passione is akin to Robin Hood's band, in contrast to the sheer powerlust of its current leader). He is approached by a member of Passione, Bruno Bucciarati, who suspects him of killing Luka. During the fight readers are introduced to Buciarati's stand, Sticky Fingers, that can place and open a zipper on any surface. Bucciarati challenges Giorno to complete the rite to join Passione, and therefore visit the Capo, Polpo, in prison. Giorno is given a lighter by Polpo, with instructions to not let it go out. When it is accidentally extinguished by a passerby, Polpo's stand Black Sabbath is activated, which pursues Giorno from the shadows, quite literally. Giorno is able to subdue Black Sabbath with the help of Koichi, passing Polpo's test and joining Passione. He is placed in the group of Bucciarati, who agrees to work with Giorno to take over the mob from within, and put an end to the Passione drug trade. Bucciarati is the superior of the four other members of Giorno's group, fellow Stand users Guido Mista, Leone Abbacchio, Narancia Ghirga, and Pannacotta Fugo. Throughout the span of the story, the group - suspicious of Giorno - soon discover his courage and generosity, and slowly warm to him.