the thing, you see, about the difference between vento aureo and steel ball run is that vento aureo runs on the suffering of androgynous men, physically and emotionally. steel ball run also does this, but araki has taken a quality over quantity approach and focused all of the beautiful male suffering on one johnny joestar. fundamental differences. steel ball run is miles better in terms of like. being a story and narrative with characters who grow and change, but vento aureo has my wife leone abbacchio so who’s to say what’s better