Is Steel Ball Run set in the same universe as Part 8?

[mental night]

I remember seeing a post here talking about that it is in a different universe but I want to know how and why.

[dire lion]

SBR and p8 are in the same universe

[mental night]

huh

what abt part 9

[dire lion]

Same with p9, they’re in the same universe

[zenith ginkgo]

yes there's literally an entire like 3 or 4 chapters that recall the steel ball run

[unreal walrus]

It’s the same universe there’s a memorial of Johnny in morioh

[mental night]

I havent read the manga so idk all of this

[late vigil]

Yes