Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2024)

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan^[1] (岸辺露伴は動かない Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai, lit. Rohan Kishibe Does Not Move!) is the name of a series of one-shots^W featuring Rohan Kishibe (of Part 4) as the narrator and/or protagonist.

These one-shots are often published in Weekly Shōnen Jump or Jump Square. A volume compiling the first four chapters, along with Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci, was released on November 19, 2013.

Summary[]

The Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series is a set of fantasy stories, all spanning a single chapter of around 50 to 60 pages and usually organized into disordered "episodes". They all feature Rohan Kishibe, who usually witnesses and subsequently makes an account of the supernatural phenomena happening to him. Although the stories regularly feature Rohan's Stand, Heaven's Door, Rohan mainly encounters more esoteric creatures other than Stands, such as Yōkai^W, eldritch new species, or divinities.

The series is kept separated from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's storyline, although characters from Diamond is Unbreakable and the town of Morioh regularly make an appearance.

Releases[]

In ascending chronological order:

1. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 16: At a Confessional (Weekly Shōnen Jump - 1997) Called episode 16 but the first part ever published.
2. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill (Jump Square - December 2007)
3. Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci (Spur - October 2011) Could be considered Episode 3.
4. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 5: Millionaire Village (Weekly Shōnen Jump - October 2012)
5. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 6: Poaching Seashore (Weekly Shōnen Jump - October 2013)
6. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 4: The Harvest Moon (Shōnen Jump+ - September 2014)
7. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 7: A Rainy Monday (Jump Square - December 2015)
8. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 8: Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Bessatsu Margaret - August 2017)
9. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 9: The Run (Weekly Shōnen Jump - February 2018)
10. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 10: Hot Summer Martha (JOJO Magazine - March 19, 2022)
11. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 11: Drip Painting Style, Part 1 (Ultra Jump - April 19, 2022)
12. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 11: Drip Painting Style, Part 2 (Ultra Jump - May 19, 2022)

Volumes[]

Title		ISBN
Chapters	Release Date	Cover
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (岸辺露伴は動かない Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai)		978-4-08-870872-0 978-8-86-920168-4 978-2-7560-7851-9
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 16: At a Confessional (岸辺露伴は動かない 〜エピソード16:懺悔室〜 Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai ~Episōdo 16: Zange-sh*tsu~) Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill (岸辺露伴は動かない 〜エピソード2:六壁坂〜 Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai ~Episōdo 2: Mutsukabezaka~) Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 5: Millionaire Village (岸辺露伴は動かない 〜エピソード5:富豪村〜 Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai ~Episōdo 5: Fugō-mura~) Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 6: Poaching Seashore (岸辺露伴は動かない 〜エピソード6:密漁海岸〜 Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai ~Episōdo 6: Mitsuryō Kaigan~) Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci (岸辺露伴 グッチへ行く Kishibe Rohan Gutchi e Iku)	Nov 19, 2013[1] Feb 19, 2014[7] Jul 19, 2018[8] Jan 8, 2015[2] Apr 6, 2016[3]	JP FR IT
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Vol.2 (岸辺露伴は動かない 2 Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai 2)		978-4-0890-8314-7 978-2-413-01532-1
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 4: The Harvest Moon (望月家のお月見 岸辺露伴は動かない エピソード4 Mochizuki-ke no Otsukimi Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episōdo 4) Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 7: A Rainy Monday (岸辺露伴は動かない ～エピソード7 月曜日-天気雨～ Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai ~Episōdo 7: Getsuyōbi - Tenkiame~) Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 8: Deoxyribonucleic Acid (岸辺露伴は動かない エピソード#8 D・N・A Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episōdo 8 D·N·A) Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 9: The Run (岸辺露伴は動かない エピソード#9 ザ・ラン Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Episōdo 9 Za Ran)	Jul 19, 2018[4] Mar 13, 2019[5] Nov 13, 2019[6]	JP FR IT

Author's Notes[]

Author's Note Vol.1
“ Maybe you know, but Rohan Kishibe, the protagonist of this volume, is a character from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Series, in particular the fourth part, Diamond is Unbreakable. He is a mangaka and a Stand user able to transform someone into a book, thus accessing this person's life and thoughts, and also influentiate them by writing among the lines... This collection gathers several stories about the adventures he had during his research. The first chapter was written in 1997. I'm very happy to see them together here. These five horrifying stories bring us to Italy as well as in the middle of the Japanese mountains and the beach. I hope, with all my heart, that you'll enjoy reading them. ” —Hirohiko Araki
Author's Note Vol.2
“ Here is the second anthology that Rohan Kishibe, a mangaka and Stand User who can turn people into book to read their lives and put new orders in them, is presenting. This book is composed of several episodes that were initially published in different media. Now that I'm reading them again, I see that each episode has its now atmosphere depending on where it was published, for instance the Bessatsu Margaret or the smartphone app. Yet, I wasn't conscious about it when I was drawing them.Rohan Kishibe is such a lucky guy, isn't he? ” —Hirohiko Araki

Short Story Collection[]

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は動かない 短編 小説集 Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū) is an anthology of short stories released with various issues of Ultra Jump. The first and second were included with the August and September 2017 issues to coincide with the 9th episode release of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series, while the third was released later with the January 2018 issue. Published by Shueisha, the stories are written by various Japanese authors, with original concept by Hirohiko Araki, all revolving around the adventures of Rohan Kishibe.

The first volume includes three short stories (159 pages) written by Ballad Kitaguni (北國 ばらっど Kitaguni Baraddo) and Ryo Yoshigami (吉上 亮 Yoshigami Ryō). The second contains two short stories (95 pages) written by Yusuke Iba (維羽 裕介 Iba Yūsuke) and Mirei Miyamoto (宮本 深礼 Miyamoto Mirei), and the third contains another two short stories (117 pages) written by previous writers, Ballad Kitaguni and 'Mirei Miyamoto.

A compilation volume containing all the stories (with two new ones), titled Rohan Kishibe Does Not Shout: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は叫ばない 短編 小説集 Kishibe Rohan wa Sakebanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū), was released on June 19, 2018. A second story collection titled Rohan Kishibe Does Not Frolic: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は戯れない 短編 小説集 Kishibe Rohan wa Jarenai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū), was also released on July 19, 2018.

Title
Chapters	Release Date	ISBN	Cover
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection (1) (岸辺露伴は動かない 短編 小説集 (1) Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū (1))
"Box of Happiness" (辛福の箱 Kōf*cku no Hako) "Kushagara" (くしゃがら) "Blackstar"	August 2017	491-0118-13087-1(Ultra Jump)
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection (2) (岸辺露伴は動かない 短編 小説集 (2) Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū (2))
"Censored Equation" (検閲方程式 Kenetsu Hōteishiki) "Yū Yanagidai" (夕柳台)	September 2017	491-0118-13097-0(Ultra Jump)
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection (3) (岸辺露伴は動かない 短編 小説集 (3) Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū (3))
"Blood-Stained Bookmark" (血栞塗 Chi Shiori Mitoro) "Symmetry Room" (シンメトリー・ルーム Shinmetorī Rūmu)	January 2018	491-0118-13018-5(Ultra Jump)
Rohan Kishibe Does Not Shout: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は叫ばない 短編 小説集 Kishibe Rohan wa Sakebanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū)
"Kushagara" (くしゃがら) "Blackstar." "Blood-Stained Bookmark" (血栞塗 Chi Shiori Mitoro) "Censored Equation" (検閲方程式 Kenetsu Hōteishiki) "Okami-sama" (オカミサマ)	June 19, 2018	978-4-08-703455-4
Rohan Kishibe Does Not Frolic: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は戯れない 短編 小説集 Kishibe Rohan wa Jarenai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū)
"Box of Happiness" (辛福の箱 Kōf*cku no Hako) "Yū Yanagidai" (夕柳台) "Symmetry Room" (シンメトリー・ルーム Shinmetorī Rūmu) "Gleaner's Paradise" (楽園の落穂 Rakuen no Ochibo)	July 19, 2018	978-4-08-703457-8

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