Manga like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7-Steel Ball Run: 6 series to read in English

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7-Steel Ball Run opens on a beach in San Diego in 1890. A horse race crosses the whole United States and a fortune waits for the winner.

The picks below are the series on Mangainfo that share the most themes and genres with it in AniList's tags and have English volumes out, with the more popular series winning a close call.

All volume counts and release dates here are as of October 2026.

Vagabond

Like Steel Ball Run, Vagabond carries tags for travel, history and disability. It is an action adventure drama from Takehiko Inoue and Eiji Yoshikawa.

Miyamoto Musashi was a real swordsman of the early Edo period. Inoue retells his early years. His starting point is the novel Musashi by Yoshikawa.

Japan has 37 volumes so far. English has caught up with all 37. The series is still releasing in Japan. No next English volume is listed yet.

Vinland Saga

Travel and history tie Vinland Saga to Steel Ball Run. Both also share the Foreign tag. The series is by Makoto Yukimura.

The setting is the early eleventh century. Danish Vikings are fighting for control of England. Thorfinn is a teenager who serves in a band of Viking mercenaries.

Vinland Saga is finished in Japan at 29 volumes. All 29 are out in English. You can read the whole thing.

Golden Kamuy

Few picks match the outdoor side of Steel Ball Run as well as Golden Kamuy. It shares the Wilderness and Outdoor Activities tags. Travel is on its list too. Satoru Noda mixes action and adventure with comedy and drama.

The story starts in Hokkaido shortly after the Russo-Japanese War. Saichi Sugimoto lived through so much fighting that soldiers gave him a name. They called him Immortal Sugimoto.

The series ended in Japan at 31 volumes. English has all 31. It is complete in English.

Billy Bat

Mystery and the supernatural are the genres Billy Bat shares most clearly with Steel Ball Run. Its shared tags include guns, travel and foreign settings. Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki made it.

In 1949 a comic called Billy Bat is a hit in America. Its hero is a detective. He also happens to be a bat.

This is the pick with the furthest to go in English. Japan finished it at 20 volumes. Only 2 are out in English. Volume 3 comes from KANA on 8 December 2026.

Mushishi

Steel Ball Run fans who care about the land itself should look at Mushishi. It shares the Environmental and Travel tags. Philosophy is another link. Yuki Urushibara's series is a supernatural mystery with a slice of life pace.

Ginko wanders the country as an expert in mushi. Mushi are primitive beings. They sit closer to the root of life than plants or animals do.

Mushishi finished in Japan at 10 volumes. English has 7 of them. No next English volume is listed.

Blade of the Immortal

History, gore and philosophy are the tags Blade of the Immortal shares with Steel Ball Run. It also shares the Action, Adventure and Supernatural genres. Hiroaki Samura is the creator.

Manji is a wandering swordsman in Edo-period Japan. He has killed a hundred men. An ancient nun has put sacred bloodworms into his body.

The series ended in Japan at 30 volumes. All 30 are out in English. Like Vinland Saga and Golden Kamuy it is complete in English.