Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (岸辺露伴は動かない) is an ongoing series of  featuring the titular character, Rohan Kishibe, as the narrator and/or protagonist. These one-shots are intermittently published in various magazines such as Weekly Shonen Jump or .

A volume compiling the first five chapters, including Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci, was released on November 19, 2013. A second volume containing another four chapters was released on March 13, 2019.

An English release for Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan was announced on February 14, 2022 by VIZ Media, with digital and hardcover editions. Volume 1 was released on September 27, 2022 and Volume 2 will release on December 27, 2022.

The series has spawned an OVA adaptation, a collection of short stories, and a live action TV drama adaptation.

Summary
The Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series is a set of short stories, each spanning a single chapter of around 40 to 60 pages and usually organized into disordered "episodes". They all feature Rohan Kishibe, who frequently witnesses and subsequently makes an account of the supernatural phenomena around him.

The first chapter of the series, At a Confessional, was published in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 7, 1997, under the restriction set by the magazine's editorial team that it couldn't be related to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. As a workaround, Araki took inspiration from the 1950's TV show, and made Rohan the narrator of the one-shot. The title, Rohan Kishibe Does Not Move, was initially derived from the fact that Rohan is not the main protagonist of At a Confessional, but rather a "navigator" or onlooker of the story who ultimately does nothing.

The series features many esoteric creatures other than Stands, such as, eldritch species, or divinities. The plot of each chapter is generally separated from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure storyline, although characters from Diamond is Unbreakable and the town of Morioh regularly make an appearance.

Other Media
A spin-off titled Rohan at the Louvre was featured at the in the The Louvre Invites The Comics exhibit from January 22 to April 13, 2009 before being published in Ultra Jump on March 19, 2010. Like Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci, the spin-off does not have Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan in its title, but is nonetheless included as part of the series in the Spring 2022 issue of JOJO magazine.

An OVA adaptation by David Production was announced on April 15, 2016. The first two episodes were released as a promotional DVD to those who had purchased the entirety of the Diamond is Unbreakable anime adaptation, with another two episodes being released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 25, 2020.

Three volumes of an anthology of short stories based on the series were released with issues of Ultra Jump from July 19, 2017 to December 19 of the same year, with a fourth following suit on October 19, 2021. The stories were written by multiple Japanese authors, including Ballad Kitaguni, Ryo Yoshigami, Yusuke Iba, and Mirei Miyamoto.

A three-episode live-action TV drama adaptation of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan was aired on in December 2020, with three additional episodes being aired in December 2021. The live-action series follows a different format from the manga, choosing to adapt various chapters and short stories into one cohesive storyline.

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