After watching all the currently aired parts (1-5), I decided to continue by going through the manga since I was incredibly interested in part 7. Part 6 already proved a very pleasant surprise after the amazing part 5 anime adaptation, but Steel Ball Run is definitely the king of all currently completed JoJo parts. [Minor spoilers]

[Story: 9]
Part 7's story is overall quite simplistic, revolving around a 6 thousand kilometer horseback race across america to win a massive prize of $50 000 000. What makes this race special besides it's massive scale is however the fact that unbeknownst to a lot of the participants, the race was put up in order to collect corpse parts of a "saint".

Steel Ball Run managed to briefly catch my interest in the first few chapters, but unfortunately after that I was met with a somewhat sluggish and boring 20+ chapters. In SBR the stands are introduced quite far into the manga, and the first stand fights are nothing extraordinary. After reading the arc "A True Man's World" in chapters 33-35 I was however instantly hooked, and it's after this arc that the story starts to pick up.

The stand fights may not necessarily be better than in previous JoJo's, but every encounter feels well grounded in the actual story of SBR, making them feel much more engaging than in previous parts. Couple that with the fact that people aren't talking about their stand powers 24/7.

[Characters: 9]
The characters in part 7 are simply incredible, and since I don't think I can justify their greatness without a 50k character essay, so briefly:
- Great villain, great "good guys". Everyone has a well written backstory, everyone's character has depth. Side characters usually stand out on their own.

[Art: 10]
Although the art is not the best I have seen, comparing this to the previous JoJo parts is light and day. There wasn't a single bad panel, and even the unimportant, smaller panels can easily be compared to the cover art of previous parts.

[Enjoyment 8]
Unfortunately I simply didn't find this part better in terms of enjoyment compared to the previous part 6, but it stands above it in all other aspects.